Da Liang, since the night of King Yu's wedding, Emperor Liang did not go to the court for half a month on the grounds that the dragon body was not safe, and only left an oracle - all the affairs of the court were handed over to King Yu to decide. In this way, King Yu also became the actual helmsman of Daliang, at the beginning, King Yu every time he met Emperor Liang but got the same answer every time: boldly let go and do it! King Yu was helpless, the most urgent thing in front of him was the late prince's entry into the mausoleum, Emperor Liang began to build his own mausoleum since he succeeded to the throne, but the prince did not, after obtaining the consent of Emperor Liang, all the craftsmen of the imperial tomb were called day and night to build the prince's mausoleum next to the emperor's mausoleum, and the remains of the prince and the princess were temporarily placed in the ice coffin.

After that, King Yu stabilized the court with the help of King Xiang and concentrated his forces to deal with the Tang Dynasty and the personal envoy, but no matter how hard King Yu explained, the personal envoy insisted that Princess Yan Li died at the hands of King Yu. In the face of the aggressive momentum of the Tang Dynasty and the envoys, King Yu naturally could not make the princess's false identity public, but rejected the request of the Tang Dynasty and the envoys to transport the princess's body back to China, and the ministers of the Liang Dynasty wrote to demand the expulsion of the Tang Dynasty and the envoys, and even some ministers demanded that the envoys be executed in order to punish their disrespectful behavior.

In the face of the turbulent words of the government and the opposition and the unrelenting abuse of the Tang Dynasty and his personal envoys, King Yu decisively sent all the envoys from the Tang Dynasty back to the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty. In just half a month, King Yu has been quite exhausted and tired.

"Eat more, this is codonopsis stewed black chicken, which is the most qi-replenishing!" Concubine Du Xian filled a bowl full of chicken soup and handed it to King Yu with chicken legs, and said with some distress: "Now you have also experienced the difficulty of being the king of a country, Your Majesty's persistence for so many years, and the hardships are only known to you, you, if you have time to enter the palace, I will make you delicious." ”

"Thank you, mother," King Yu drank the chicken soup in one gulp, "Father, is the emperor in better health?" ”

"In the past few days, Your Majesty has also been to Qingzhi Palace a few times, but more often than not, it is still in Qiluo Yuan, and the imperial doctor who will go to check His Majesty's pulse every day brought news yesterday Judging from the pulse, there should be no big problem."

"Father has always been with the concubine." King Yu muttered to himself, Concubine Du Xian looked at her son, and said warmly: "Sister Yingren was sent to the palace by King Xiang on His Majesty's birthday, and she has been quite favored since she entered the palace, and Your Majesty loves to stay in Qiluo Garden." ”

"Mother, since my father's body is fine, can I .......?"

"Can anything? Let your father return to court? ”

"After all, Erchen is only acting as an auxiliary minister, and Erchen has been in the border for a long time, and he is confident in military affairs, but this government is really a little powerless."

"How many years has your father been in power? Whoever can be at ease as soon as he takes over, if Your Majesty wants to go to court again, do you still need to go on this trip? ”

King Yu suddenly said to himself: "Could it be that my father did it on purpose? Concubine Du Xian held King Yu's hand and said solemnly: "Yun Qi, how many years, you have been away from the court for too long, since you have this opportunity to be familiar with the court and politics, don't miss it!" ”

At this moment, King Yu saw a different emotion from the past in the eyes of Concubine Du Xian, not as plain as water before, nor as thirsty for power as Concubine Jingjia, but as if sandwiched between the two, it was not clear.

These days, Emperor Liang has enjoyed a rare leisure since he ascended the throne, spending most of his time in Qiluo Yuan, throwing the affairs of the court to King Yu, and leaving his ears clean. It's also strange to say, every time I come to Yingshuren, Emperor Liang has an indescribable comfort, very relieved, this comfortable feeling has not been experienced for a long time.

"Your Majesty, do you feel comfortable?" Yingshuren is kneading the soles of Emperor Liang's feet, sometimes gently, sometimes hard, between a relaxation, Emperor Liang feels the breeze on the top of the mountain, such as soaking in a hot spring to warm the limbs, the crisp and numb pleasure spreads from the soles of the feet along the meridians throughout the body, and Emperor Liang falls into a dream in a trance.

In the dream, Emperor Liang was in the Wanhua Hall of Zhongling Palace, the hall was surrounded by flowers and trees, but it was cool in the summer, this is Wen Jin's bedroom! She loves to plant and fiddle with flowers and trees, the fragrance in the Wanhua Hall is overflowing, and the pink butterflies are flying, which is a good natural scenery. Emperor Liang was admiring himself but heard someone sobbing behind him, and carefully identified that the woman kneeling on the ground was Wen Jin.

"Wen Jin!" Emperor Liang ran to her side and hugged the woman, but saw that this green silk, this eyebrows, and this makeup were Wen Jin, the Wen Jin who had been away from him for ten years, "Wen Jin, it's really you!" I miss you so much! ”

"Your Majesty!" Wen Jin saw her husband crying even more, "The concubine also misses Your Majesty very much, whenever she misses Your Majesty, the concubine will plant a flower and tree in this hall, Your Majesty, the flowers and trees around this are the concubine's thoughts of Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Liang hugged Wen Jin in his arms tighter, and said distressedly: "If you miss me, you will return to me!" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine can no longer serve and accompany Your Majesty, the concubine has poured all her love for Your Majesty into Yun Yi's body, and I only hope that Yun Yi can accompany Your Majesty on behalf of the concubine!"

Hearing the name of the crown prince, Emperor Liang felt that the guilt in his heart immediately came out of a corner, and Wen Jin was still saying, "But Your Majesty...... Why doesn't Your Majesty protect Yunyi, he is our child, he is the only support of the concubine in this world, Your Majesty! The concubine is so heartbroken! ”

As he spoke, Wen Jin broke free from Emperor Liang's embrace and ran towards the outside of the palace, crying while running, the cry was desolate and mournful, the back was lonely and helpless, Emperor Liang watched Wen Jin disappear from his sight, but he couldn't move, he couldn't do anything.

"Wen Jin! I don't love Yun Yi, I made him the crown prince, even if I know that he is unqualified and weak, I still try my best to support him! Emperor Liang roared angrily in the direction where his back disappeared, "But, do you know what hurtful things he did behind my back!" I didn't want Yun Yi to die! Emperor Liang screamed hysterically and explained, but the gentle woman never looked back.

"Wen Jin!" With a loud scream, Emperor Liang woke up from his dream, the beads of sweat on his forehead did not slip down, and his eyes widened to see the nervous face of Lady Yingren, "Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare?" Yingshuren asked with concern, and immediately turned around and brought a bowl of soothing soup from the table to feed Emperor Liang, but was gently pushed away by Emperor Liang. Yingshuren put down the soup with interest, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, did you dream of Empress Wen Jin?" ”

"Wen Jin is blaming me, blaming me for not being able to protect our son, hey, but she doesn't understand my difficulties!"

"The concubine understands the discomfort and regret in the heart of any father in this world when he loses his son, and Empress Wen Jin's spirit in the sky will definitely understand Your Majesty."

"What if you don't understand? The crown prince is no longer there after all, he is to blame, I have given him a chance many times! ”

As soon as the words came out, Emperor Liang seemed to realize that he had said too much, so he stopped the conversation in time and changed the topic and said: "I am the most comfortable and comfortable here for you, and it has been ten months, and it is time for me to return to the court." ”

"It is the honor of the concubines to serve Your Majesty, and let the concubines change clothes for Your Majesty." Yingshuren lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to her eyes, and her infinite tenderness always aroused the love and pity in Emperor Liang's heart, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch a warm and smooth face like an egg out of water, and stood up very satisfied and let this woman shuttle back and forth in front of him.

Sitting back on the dragon chair of the Liang Dynasty, Emperor Liang felt that he had always firmly controlled the power of the country in his own hands, and at the same time intended to listen to the views of the audience on the proxy rule of King Yu since the beginning of the month.

"Your Majesty Chenqi" or Cai Quan spoke first, "His Royal Highness King Yu explained several times to the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, although he did not completely explain the misunderstanding of the envoys about our dynasty, but His Royal Highness still sent him back home safely. His Royal Highness's move has preserved the dignity of my Daliang, but Xia Tang still does not want to return the princess's body, and even Chen Bing at the border! ”

Hearing the mention of a possible war, Cao Zijing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, immediately stepped forward, "Return to Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty is stationing troops on the border of Hanzhou, and there is a general in Jinchang City, and no changes have been detected for the time being!" ”

"King Yu, tell me!" Emperor Liang was noncommittal after listening to the advice of the two, and turned to ask King Yu.

"Back to my father, because of my father's sad brother's departure that day, Erchen did not carefully tell about the princess of the Tang Dynasty. The former Khan King of the Tang Dynasty did have a daughter, but this princess has not appeared in front of the world for several years, and Qi Diao Yanli used force with his son on the night of the wedding, at first Erchen thought she was an assassin but did not expect her to commit suicide by poisoning in the end, and the East Palace caught fire at the moment when she took poison, so Erchen thought that the identity of the princess was fake. ”

As soon as King Yu's analysis came out, everyone present involuntarily made small movements, and some raised their eyebrows; Some glanced at their colleagues; Some peeked at Emperor Liang's reaction. Emperor Liang really showed surprise: "You mean that this princess's identity is fake, and the reason why she married into my Great Liang Palace is not to assassinate you, but to let herself die in the palace?" ”

"That's exactly what Erchen thinks!" King Yu replied simply, and King Keling stepped out and said: "Fourth brother, this marriage is decided by the father, is it possible that you say this to mean that the father can't even tell the princess between true and false?" ”

Cai Yan stood up and supported: "How can the identity of the princess be faked? Besides, the name of the princess of Xia Tang has been heard for a long time, how can you fabricate one out of thin air? If the princess is fake, the king of Xia Tang Khan himself will be disgraced! What he said was the head, but after Cai Quan flew a sharp look, Cai Yan had no choice but to shut up and retreat obediently.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that His Royal Highness King Yu's words are credible. His Royal Highness King Yu has been in battle for a long time, and his style of action is steady, and he will never catch the wind and catch shadows, when the princess of the Tang Dynasty entered the Liang, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang personally greeted him, and it is said that the princess was healthy at that time, and there was no sign of illness at all. ”

Cai Quan led the topic to King Xiang, who took it calmly and calmly, "That day, Erchen was ordered to meet the princess, and it was indeed as Cai Xiang said. ”

"In this case, it is indeed very likely that the princess has a different heart. According to the old minister, since the princess of Xia Tang came prepared, knowing that she was invincible to His Royal Highness King Yu, it was still very possible to commit suicide. These days, Dali Temple has begun to investigate. Cai Quan followed King Xiang's words and introduced Lin Kun into the bureau.

Lin Kun came out of the queue and saluted and spoke, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already examined the princess's body, and when she looked like she was alive, although she felt that something was wrong, she did not find any trace of poison. ”

"Oh? Is Lord Lin questioning my fourth brother's words? There are so many poisons in the world, it's not surprising that Dali Temple can't find them! "The King of Ling is not without mockery.

Lin Kun had no choice but to continue: "If you really take the poison, then you should be able to find the vessel containing the poison at the scene." ”

King Yu obviously can't stand by" Indeed, that night the princess took out a porcelain bottle, but after she took poison, she crushed the porcelain bottle, and the wind that poured in when the seventh brother pushed open the door of Hechuan Palace dispersed the powder. ”

"Fourth brother, you're blaming me!" King Ling was innocent and angry, "I was happy for the fourth brother that night, I drank too much wine and stayed in the palace, I heard that the East Palace was on fire, and I was worried that the fourth brother went to Hechuan Palace to inform him!" ”

"Okay, King Yu didn't mean to blame you!" Emperor Liang spoke out to stop him, "King Yu, you are the only one on the night of the wedding, no matter how you explain it now, Xia Tang will insist that it was my Liang who killed the princess, and it is meaningless to entangle the reason at this time, and the plan for today is to deal with the Chen Bing plan of the Tang Dynasty first." ”

"Father, since this matter started because of my son-in-law, my son-in-law is willing to lead troops to protect my Liang Dynasty from losing an inch of land!" King Yu clearly expressed his willingness to protect his family and defend the country, which was appreciated by Emperor Liang.

"If you really want to go to war, my big beam will naturally not be afraid! However, we can't let the people of the world think that my Daliang is unreasonable, Cai Xiang, who do you think will be sent as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty again to let the people of the world know the intention of our dynasty to temporarily suspend the war? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Jiang Weizhen, the top student in last year's Beijing test, is brilliant, thoughtful, and eloquent, and can afford this trip!"

"When Cai Xiang said this, I remembered it, this Jiang Weizhen is performing his duties in the household department?"

Emperor Liang asked, and Xue Jian, the secretary of the household department, replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Jiang Weizhen is now the head of the household department. ”

"Master Xue thinks this person is up to the task?"

Of course, Xue Jian understood the consequences of going against Cai Quan, and also read his approval of this person from Emperor Liang's words, as an old man in the officialdom, Xue Jian must follow the trend "The minister thinks that Jiang Weizhen is competent." ”

"Good! Jiang Weizhen was preparing to send an envoy, and all matters were handed over to the Ministry of Rites to handle with full authority. King Yu returned to Mobei to rectify the Xuanjia army, and focused on preventing the Tang army in Hanzhou; At the same time, spread my will, let the Tai Guizong be careful to watch out, and report any movement immediately! ”