Book 5: Whose Great Cause, Chapter 90, Return to the Old Land
Yang Guang suddenly spit out the sobering soup, the guard was unexpected, and was immediately sprayed on his face, he had to wipe it with his sleeve with a wry smile, and explained: "Lord Wang, this is sobering soup, and I dare not deceive the prince." β
"Sobering soup, why should the lonely king drink sobering soup, the lonely king is not drunk, no, it's better to be drunk." Yang Guang opened his cloudy eyes and said loudly.
The guard looked helplessly at the wheat iron staff and asked, "My lord, what do you think?" β
Yang Guang's eyes swept to Mai Tiecane's body, as if he had just discovered that there was more Mai Tiecane in the hall now, his eyes flashed, and at the same time, he immediately disappeared, and said with a sigh: "Hey, I didn't expect it to be the emperor's brother's guard commander who came, just to accompany King Gu to drink, and he was almost annoyed to death in front of those guards in the village all day long." β
On the surface, Mai Tiecane is a rough man, in fact, sometimes his mind is quite delicate, and he can be regarded as thick and fine, otherwise this position of the commander of the guard is not a simple rough man can do a good job, he does not entangle with Yang Guangduo, and takes a few mangoes from his sleeve and puts them on the table, and says: "Lord, the lower officials did not come to drink with the prince, but at the behest of the emperor, they sent these tribute fruits to the prince, and announced that the prince entered the palace to see the emperor, this tribute fruit is still produced in Luzon overseas, it is still a rare thing, and the prince is invited to taste it." β
Yang Guang's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Mai Tiezhu in disbelief, for the first time in more than ten years, he heard the news that the emperor was going to summon him, and stammered: "Your Majesty, he is really ...... Do you really want to summon Lone? β
When he failed to seize the throne, Yang Guang was going to die himself, just die, it's not a big deal, he pays for his talent, but the eldest brother oppresses him everywhere, and it's okay when he was a child. There is only admiration and pride for the eldest brother, but when he leaves the capital and becomes the king alone, and tastes the taste of power, this admiration and pride becomes a deep disobedience. Even if the eldest brother is stronger than himself in leading the troops and making poems better than himself, will he be stronger than himself in governing the country, although Jiangnan was laid down in the eighth year of the emperor's reign, but the remnants of the Chen State have been in turmoil one after another, but they were pacified by themselves. It is precisely with the land south of the Yangtze River as the confidence that Yang Guang dared to compete with Yang Yong.
It's just that I didn't expect that the great cause had not yet begun, and as soon as I entered Beijing, I fell into the hands of my eldest brother, and for a while. Yang Guang was discouraged, but he was not afraid of death, and wished that the imperial brother would give him a zhang of white silk or a cup of poisonous wine, according to his heart. If he succeeds in taking the throne. I will not let my eldest brother live again.
It's just that I didn't expect that this day would not come, and slowly Yang Guang's original backbone was all consumed, and he became afraid again, afraid that he would die unexplained one day, this fear was not eliminated for a day, Yang Guang couldn't even sleep well for a day, so he could only anesthetize himself with wine.
Years later, the fear of death is gone. It is accompanied by boundless loneliness. The whole villa covers a vast area and has a large number of people. But after all, he can only be trapped in this corner of the place, full of people and horses, without a heart, which is undoubtedly very uncomfortable for Yang Guang, who has always been active, and his alcohol addiction can only get bigger and bigger.
Over the years, he has also given up, and he has been planning to live in this mountain villa all his life, but he didn't expect to suddenly hear the news that the emperor was going to summon him, how could he not be stunned. My heart was stirring.
"Of course, how dare the lower officials falsely preach the holy decree."
With a bang, there was a crisp sound in the hall, a copper basin fell to the ground, and the water in the basin was scattered all over the ground.
"Aifei, what's wrong with you?" Yang Guang hurriedly held Concubine Xiao's body, with concern in his eyes, in the past ten years, the two can be said to have relied on each other, if it weren't for Concubine Xiao's constant persuasion by her side, I'm afraid Yang Guang would have gone crazy.
"Your Majesty...... Is the emperor finally going to do it? Concubine Xiao said in a trembling voice.
Yang Guangdi's face turned pale, he didn't think about this possibility just now, at this time, when he heard his concubine's reminder and saw the fruit on the table, his face trembled violently, and his wine turned into cold water, soaking the clothes on his entire back. The emperor suddenly sent fruit, how could there be such a good thing?
"No, the lone king doesn't go, and the lone king doesn't want this fruit." Yang Guang let go of Concubine Xiao's body, swept the fruit off the table like crazy, and screamed out in frustration. In his opinion, this unknown fruit may have poison in it, if it was changed more than ten years ago, when he was just imprisoned, whether it was poisonous or not, he would definitely pick it up and eat it in one bite, but now he has no courage at all.
Mai Tiezhu was helpless, picked up the fruit on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "King Jin, the princess must not be suspicious, the emperor has no such intention, this fruit is still taken out of the emperor's imperial study, this time the emperor summoned the prince, it will only be a good thing for the prince, if the prince does not believe it, the lower officials will eat one first." β
After speaking, Mai Tie Staff really picked up a fruit, peeled off the skin, revealing the golden flesh inside, and suddenly a fragrance emanated, very attractive, Mai Tie Staff ate a fruit in three times and two times, and licked his mouth at the end.
As soon as the mango entered Beijing, it was sent to the palace as soon as possible, except for the emperor and the people who came from Luzon himself, no one really had eaten, although the status of the wheat iron rod would definitely be rewarded by the emperor, but at most a few tasted it, there were many grandchildren in his family, and it was good for one person to be able to get a small piece, he himself may not have had the opportunity to enter the mouth, and now that he found the opportunity, the wheat iron rod was naturally not polite.
"Hmm, it's delicious, it's delicious." Mai Tiezhu praised while eating: "Lord Wang, if you don't want it, then the lower officials will eat it all." β
Seeing the wheat iron rod eat the fruit, Yang Guangcai dispelled his suspicions, carefully looked at the remaining fruit, only to find that this kind of fruit is extraordinary, not only the color is good-looking, but also the fragrance is attractive, a total of six fruits, at this time there are only five on the table, Yang Guang also saw that the wheat iron rod swallowed a big fruit core in his mouth, if you let the wheat iron rod eat to your heart's content, don't say six, even ten or eight is no problem. "This is to take the land from the imperial brother's imperial study, and the imperial brother personally rewarded the land?"
"Yes, the lower officials are not lying."
"Okay, Lone King eats." Yang Guang picked up a fruit, followed the example of a wheat iron rod, peeled off the peel in three strokes, and sent it to his mouth.
"Lord, how slow."
Concubine Xiao wanted to stop this, but when she had time, Yang Guang had already taken a big bite, swallowed the pulp, and ate a mango pulp in a few clicks: "Well, it's really delicious, Concubine Ai, you can eat one too." β
Seeing that Yang Guang had already eaten it, Concubine Xiao sighed in her heart: "That's it, if you want to eat, let's die together." Taking the fruit that Yang Guang stretched out, Bei Ya bit lightly, unlike Yang Guang and Mai Tiecane devouring it, Concubine Xiao ate it very much, and the golden flesh was sent into Concubine Xiao's bright red lips, constituting a beautiful scenery. However, later, Concubine Xiao was also attracted by the fragrance of the fruit, and she significantly accelerated her speed.
Since it was opened, the wheat iron rod was not polite, and then picked up another fruit, unconsciously, the remaining five fruits were eaten by the three people, a total of six fruits, the wheat iron rod ate three, and the last one was almost competing with Yang Guang, Yang Guang's hand was not as fast as the wheat iron rod, and he almost watched the wheat iron rod send the pulp into his stomach.
"You ......" Yang Guang pointed to the wheat iron staff, so angry that he couldn't speak, but he was completely relieved in his heart, since the wheat iron staff is like this, it means that the emperor really has no intention of harming himself, thinking about it this way, the three fruits are still worth it, Yang Guang finally calmed down.
Throwing away the peel in his hand, he clapped his hands, and said with satisfaction: "Thank you for the fruit rewarded by the prince, it's not too early, and please ask the prince to get in the car and follow the official into the palace." β
Yang Guang glared at Mai Tiezhu fiercely, and his anger almost rose again, if anyone dared to grab something from him when he was the prince in Jiangnan, as long as he shouted the order, he would be killed immediately, but at the moment he was helpless, he could only remind himself not to offend this person.
When he walked out of the gate of the villa and was about to board the carriage prepared by Mai Tiezhu, Yang Guangchao looked left and right, and asked with a strange face: "Lord Mai, just the two of us?" β
There are more than 1,000 people in the entire villa, almost just to imprison him, and now he, the main man, is leaving, but there is only one person and one car, even the coachman is only two, no wonder Yang Guang is puzzled.
Mai Tiezhu nodded: "Lord Wang, please." β
Since the emperor wants to secretly meet Yang Guang, he naturally can't make a big splash, if he wants to summon Yang Guang ten years ago, he naturally can't be so casual, but now more than ten years have passed, Yang Guang's power in Jiangnan has long been swept away by the emperor, and now even if Yang Guang is released, he can't make any big waves, Mai Tiecane knows the inside story very well, so he dares to take Yang Guang into the palace like this, of course, Mai Tiecane also has confidence, unless there are still people who are worried about Yang Guang's idea, otherwise there is no need to worry that Yang Guang will slip away from his hands.
Yang Guang silently stepped into the carriage and was imprisoned for more than ten years, he was a brother and a minister, he would not be naΓ―ve to think that there was someone to save him, not to mention that even if someone came to save him, where could he escape, just asked just by the way.
The carriage entered the city smoothly, then into the inner city, and drove directly into the palace.
"Lord Wang, it's here, get out of the car."
Looking at the palace in front of him, Yang Guang's eyes moistened, fourteen years ago, he had dreamed of staying here, and after failing, he thought that he would never have the opportunity to see the palace again, but he didn't expect to step into it again today