Yangzhou City did not fall into a greater panic after Li Jingye's death, except for a few cases of some wealthy nobles and ruffians who wanted to intimidate ordinary people at this point in time, and were stopped by patrolling soldiers, there were no other accidents.

The dismissed soldiers, after leaving the city, because of the supervision of a large number of heavily armed soldiers behind them, there was no large-scale panic, only some of the dismissed soldiers, after leaving Yangzhou City, moved to plunder the people outside the city, but they were also punished on the spot by the Tang soldiers.

Li Hong nodded silently, and took the list of several personnel drawn up by the servants of the Ministry of Officials, these people are either the governors of the counties under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, or some local loose officials, who are waiting for the imperial court to be hired.

"Tomorrow, let Lawless and General Pei Zhong lead the Futu camp back to Chang'an, it is enough to leave Wei Tuqi, and when Yangzhou City is stabilized, we will return to Chang'an, and ask Xiaoxue as soon as possible, if there is anything big going on in Chang'an." Li Hong sat in the pavilion by the lake and said lightly.

The weather has gradually had a hint of coolness, even in Yangzhou, in the middle of the night, there is a trace of coolness, and now the north has gradually entered the winter.

Li Hong put on the thick clothes brought by the princess, turned his head to look at her, thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow, you will go back to Chang'an with the lawless and lawless them, and when you arrive in Chang'an, someone will arrange it for you." ”

"You're not going back?" The princess asked curiously.

"Let's go back in a few days." Li Hong glanced at her and said, "These days, haven't you been making trouble going to Chang'an to study?" Doesn't it mean that the other students of your Wa Kingdom have arrived, and it is inappropriate for you not to meet them? ”

The princess nodded silently, in her opinion, it seems that this prince did not show enough joy after today's victory in Yangzhou, as if the whole person was still a little lonely.

But she did not object to Li Hong's proposal, and agreed to follow Lawless to return to Chang'an tomorrow, after all, the purpose of her coming to the Tang Dynasty, she could not forget everything in order to accompany the Tang Prince, so she went to Chang'an first to meet those Tang envoys, which was what she had to do at the moment.

On the second day, Lawless took three coffins, set off by water from Yangzhou Port, and headed for Chang'an, as for how to inform His Majesty of the death of King Cao, King Yue, and King Langya after going back, Li Hong had already written a detailed letter for them to take with them.

Similarly, at the first time, he used carrier pigeons to go to Chang'an for the first concert.

The death of the three royal relatives, even if it is not in the hands of Li Hong, whether it is facing the court or facing his father, Li Hong has a responsibility that is difficult to escape.

What's more, the three of them really died in their own hands, and they were ordered to be executed, although they blamed Li Jingye, but after they arrived in Chang'an, how many people in the court would believe it? Will my father believe it? This is all what Li Hong has to worry about.

This is no better than other courtiers in the court, he can be dismissed and executed at will, this is a royal family, two people who are the same generation as his father and emperor, were beheaded and died in a different place, this is not a thing that can be easily revealed.

His father followed the example of the first emperor, and he always hoped that he would be a benevolent and tolerant monarch, and he had done it all these years, but if the death of King Cao and the three of them violated Li Zhi's bottom line, Li Hong would not be able to eat and walk away.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, and also because Yangzhou needed him to stabilize order, he had to carefully delay the time to return to Chang'an, so he had to transport the bodies of King Cao and others back to Chang'an first, and test his father's attitude.

On the third day, after two days and two nights of busy work, the officials of Zhongshu, Menxia, Yushitai, and the Ministry of Officials finally drew up a list of officials who temporarily held the posts of assassin in the yamen of Yangzhou City.

On the fourth day, it was approved by the three provinces of Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province, and then after the supervision of the Yushitai, it was handed over to the Ministry of Officials to issue an order, so as to replace it with the official recognition of Yangzhou.

Not surprisingly, the best candidate for the history of Yangzhou is the son of Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, Li Xiaoyi, the Duke of Wu.

And this is naturally the best candidate in Li Hong's heart, so after the Yangzhou affair came to an end, the officials of Zhongshu, Menmen, the Ministry of Officials and the Yushitai began to go to Kuozhou, where they were also needed to appoint and remove officials after Li Chongyi and Li Shangjin controlled.

Li Hong has been waiting in Yangzhou for the past few days, and finally got the news, not only the letters sent by Xiaoxue and them, but also the father, the queen mother, and the sixth Li Xian, who also sent letters to themselves.

"Now that Lawlessness has not returned to Chang'an, so the death of King Cao and others, my father does not know about it for the time being, do you say that if my father saw the corpses of King Cao and others, would he still be in such a good mood to talk to me?" Li Hong's brows furrowed.

He suspected that this was the sixth Li Xian's heart, but Li Xian was now able to get what happened in Yangzhou five days ago? He has such a fast source?

The answer is obviously impossible, so it can only show one problem, this matter was planned in advance.

But yes, a prince's wedding, no matter what, needs to be planned for more than half a year, so is there any other meaning for the father and the queen mother to agree to the sixth marriage in front of him?

"The happy event of King Pei's wedding, it seems that His Majesty and the Queen are very happy." Bai Chun put down the letter in his hand, and also wrinkled his white jade-like forehead.

"Yes, it is estimated that the royal clan is now concentrated in Chang'an, or on the way to Chang'an." Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, the other royal clans are all big living people who ran to Chang'an, and he sent three dead princes to his father and emperor? This...... It's hard to guess the result.

"Do you want to send a letter to the queen to inform you? Maybe things could be better? Bai Chun hugged Li Hong tightly and said with some concern.

"I've already sent a letter, I'm afraid that if something happens along the way, I still let Hai Dongqing go with the secret letter, so that only the queen mother can see it, and I don't dare to show it to my father." Li Hong rubbed his temples that were a little painful, and said with some frustration.

Bai Chun lay in Li Hong's arms, showing a thoughtful expression, and suddenly said, "Last time, you said that if King Cao and them succeeded in Yangzhou City, what would King Pei do?" So is it King Pei's wedding, that is, when King Cao and they succeeded, King Pei's response to them in Chang'an, in this way, is King Pei increasing the bargaining chips for the crown prince? ”

Hearing Bai Chun's words, Li Hong instantly fell into deep thought, yes, otherwise, why would the sixth child suddenly get married in a hurry?

When he was in Chang'an, he had never heard him say it, nor did he hear his father and mother think about it.

And now, during the time when he was not in Chang'an, why did he suddenly remember that the marriage was coming, or when he was not in Chang'an, is it really as Bai Chun said, Li Xian did this to increase his bargaining chips for the crown prince?

The father and the queen mother, in their absence, actually agreed, why is this?

When Li Hong thought like this, he ignored one thing he had caused himself, that is, after Yang Jikang in Hangzhou was arrested by him, Yang Zhirou, another servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Sijian have now been jointly investigated by Dali Temple and Yushitai.

As the quasi-crown princess designated by Wu Mei, Yang Yu was no longer the candidate for the crown princess in Wu Mei's heart because Yang Sijian was involved in Yang Zhirou, the servant of the ministry, which made Wu Mei fall into the headache of choosing the crown princess for Li Hong.

Although there is a Pei Wanying who is in love with Li Hong, she can be regarded as the best candidate for the crown princess, and Wu Mei has been summoned several times, and for Wu Mei in all aspects, she meets the conditions of the crown princess.

But Pei Wanying's father, Pei Xingjian, is now a very popular minister, if his daughter becomes the crown princess again, after Li Hong ascends the throne in the future, will it cause Pei Xingjian's power to tilt towards the government and the opposition?

So when Li Xian mentioned his marriage, Wu Mei and Li Zhi had no choice but to help Li Xian handle the marriage first when they were uncertain about the matter of Crown Princess Li Hong.

What's more, there is another factor that Li Zhi and Wu Mei have to agree to, that is, Li Xian's quasi-princess Fang Muqing is now a "yellow flower girl" who has been pregnant for three months, and if she doesn't marry, the child will be born.

Li Hong, who was puzzled, no matter what, confirmed at least one thing, that is, the marriage of the sixth child was by no means a simple royal event, but a completely premeditated and purposeful royal event.

"Depart tomorrow and rush back to Chang'an." Li Hong thought for a while and said.

In any case, it is impossible to control all the situation in Chang'an in Yangzhou now, Jingwei has also withdrawn, and now there are only two hundred personal guards left in the hands of him and Bai Chun, Mang Chong and Cheetah, and Wei Tuqi.

Therefore, it is extremely convenient to go back lightly, and it will only take half a month to reach Luoyang by water.

Bai Chun lay in Li Hong's arms and nodded silently, when Li Hong decided to go back, she was still a little reluctant in her heart.

During this period of time, the prince belonged to her alone, and although she had experienced a lot of things that made her have nightmares, every time she woke up in a nightmare, there was a chest by her side that could give her a sense of security at any time, as a warm harbor for her, so that she could wander comfortably and at ease.

Even if he was mentally prepared, after hearing the prince's decision, he couldn't help but feel a little lost and empty in his heart.

So he tightened the prince who was hugged by himself, his white and beautiful eyes instantly slipped a string of crystal clear tears, and he mumbled in his mouth as an answer.

On the second day, at the Yangzhou Wharf where the sun had just risen, Li Xiaoyi looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince holding Bai Chun's tall figure, with two hundred guards, and slowly walked towards the Wuya battleship.

(PS: I'm sorry, it's a bit of a thing in the past two days, I can only watch two more, and I will try to continue three more tomorrow.) ）