Seven days is a short time, a long time, these days, Yang Lian is mostly closed in Honglu Temple, occasionally going out, but also after wandering around the street, and then go to Zeng Yiling to discuss things. When I was in Honglu Temple, I was practicing calligraphy, and I looked like I was cultivating my life.

At this time, Fu Jinzhan was grinding ink for Yang Lian on the side, and when Yang Lian was writing, he said a few words from time to time and gave some pointers. After all, Fu Jinzhan was born in a famous family, she is a well-read woman, and her calligraphy is also good, she can even imitate Yang Lian's handwriting, if you don't look carefully, you can't find a flaw at all.

During this period, Yang Lian kept going to the officials of Honglu Temple and asked him when the negotiations between the two countries would start? The officials of Honglu Temple only promised to repay the Son of Heaven, but there was no news.

In the evening of this day, Yang Lian disguised himself and went to Zeng Yiling again to ask how things were going. Zeng Yiling said that she had sent dead soldiers and successfully infiltrated the palace, and the next step was to see if she could implement the plan.

Yang Lian also knew that this matter was in a hurry, after all, there were so many things in Kaifeng recently, and it was reasonable for Liu Zhiyuan to take strict precautions, and this matter should be foolproof, it is normal to be slow, if it is not successful, it will startle the snake and arouse Liu Zhiyuan's vigilance, and it will be more difficult to start again in the future.

Yang Lian didn't go to Liu Chengyou recently, this guy has been very busy recently, and he spends most of his time in the imperial city dealing with government affairs every day. At this time, although Liu Zhiyuan planned to make Liu Chengyou the crown prince, due to poor health, it had not yet been officially announced.

Yang Lian came out of Zeng Yiling's place, and he was idle anyway, so he immediately went to find Liu Chengyou. Liu Chengyou still lived in the mansion on the edge of the Bianhe River and did not move to the East Palace, Yang Lian arrived at the place, just knocked on the door, and saw that the door showed half of his face, and when he saw that it was Yang Lian, he was busy with a smile on his face, and said: "Yang Messenger, you are here." ”

"Here, is the second prince in the mansion?" Yang Lian asked, and at the same time silently took out half a hanging money and handed it to Menzi.

Menzi smiled and took the half-hanging money and said, "Your Highness just returned home." "Even the title has changed, and it seems that this door is quite well-informed.

Yang Lian nodded and said, "I want to see the second prince, there are some things." ”

Menzi patted his head, smiled, and said, "Oh, look at my memory." With that, he hurriedly opened the door.

Yang Lian smiled at him, walked in, the door led the way in front of him diligently, while saying nice words, Yang Lian listened to him, walked a few hundred steps, and saw that in the courtyard, Liu Chengyou was with a bitter face, pacing with his hands in his hands.

Yang Lian saw Liu Chengyou, so he waved his hand to signal Menzi to go down, Menzi retreated, Yang Lian looked at Liu Chengyou, saw that he was deep in thought, and didn't realize that he had come, so he slowed down and walked slowly over.

Liu Chengyou, who was contemplative, was awakened by Yang Lian's footsteps, raised his head suddenly, and when he saw Yang Lian, he was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly ran up a few steps, and said, "Brother Yang, you are here." ”

This title has changed, Yang Lian smiled slightly, and said: "Second prince, I see that you have a bitter face, what happened to make you so embarrassed?" ”

"Alas!" Liu Chengyou sighed, shook his head, and said: "These days, it's really better to live than to die, you don't know, there are mountains of folds to see every day, and countless people, buzzing in your ears, like flies, it's really annoying." ”

"Look at some excerpts, naturally you need it." Yang Lian smiled, he also knew that this kid was naughty, and it was really embarrassing for him to let him look at the excerpts quietly and handle government affairs decently.

"I knew this earlier, I really didn't want to be the prince of Raush." Liu Chengyou said.

Yang Lian smiled and said: "If you become a prince, you can be an emperor, above tens of thousands of people, respond to every call, and control the life and death of people, don't you want to?" Yang Lian laughed.

Liu Chengyou nodded and said, "I want to, but I don't want to deal with too many things." ”

"Don't worry, when you have cultivated henchmen and reliable people, let them help you deal with government affairs. You're busy because you've never dealt with it, and when you've accumulated enough experience, you're ready to let it go. Yang Lian said.

Liu Chengyou waved his hand, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Brother Yang, can you stay and help me?" ”

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, speaking of the strength of the Han State is not bad, but then again, today's Han State can be described as terminally ill, there are unruly festival envoys in various places, and there are also various factions in the court, the territory that the Son of Heaven really controls, in fact, is only in the Hedong and Central Plains areas, and most of the other places have heavy troops, once they are pressed, they will rebel at any time.

"I'm a Tang man after all." Yang Lian shook his head, in fact, it would be excellent if he could develop in the Han Kingdom, but it was a pity that Yang Lian lacked skills, and there were still many enemies to deal with on the Tang side, and he didn't have so much energy to deal with so many enemies at the same time.

"Alas!" Liu Chengyou's eyes were full of disappointment, and he also knew that it was impossible for Yang Lian to stay, so he just wanted to give it a try.

"Although I can't stay in Han, I can try my best to help you on the day I open it." Yang Lian smiled slightly.

In Liu Chengyou's opinion, Yang Lian's smile at this time was like the winter sun, which made his heart much warmer. Liu Chengyou laughed and said, "Thank you, Brother Yang!" ”

Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Why are you so polite between me and you?" ”

Liu Chengyou saw that Yang Lian was serious and said seriously, so he raised his hand and said, "Brother Yang, as long as I ascend to the throne of the emperor, my things will be yours." ”

Yang Lian was a little moved at this moment, if he could hold great power in the Han Kingdom, he didn't have to go to Jinling to fight step by step. But he quickly warned himself that this was almost impossible, not to mention the Jiedu envoys in various places, Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao and others were all old ministers in the Han court, and they also had great rights, and it was impossible for these people to watch themselves in power, after all, for them, Yang Lian's identity as a "Tang envoy" would never be able to get rid of it.

Since Yang Lian is an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, why is he in power in the Han court? Even if Liu Chengyou ascends to the throne, most of them are puppets, and most of the power is in the hands of Liu Zhiyuan's entrusted ministers, and Yang Lian can hardly get a profit.

After figuring out this section, Yang Lian chose to give up, or honestly manage his own forces in Jinling, of course, if he could insert an eyeliner or two in the Han court, it would be worth it.

While the two were talking, a eunuch hurriedly ran over, and before he saw Liu Chengyou, he shouted loudly: "Second prince, summoned by the queen." ”

Liu Chengyou and Yang Lian glanced at each other, Liu Chengyou frowned, and asked, "Is there something wrong with the summons of the concubine?" ”

"I don't know this micro-minister, the queen only said that it was a big deal, and I hope that the second prince will enter the palace quickly!" As the eunuch spoke, he wiped the sweat from his face, and it seemed that he had rushed all the way.

Yang Lian nodded and said, "This father-in-law can go back to the palace immediately and tell the queen that the second prince will come immediately." ”

The eunuch glanced at Yang Lian and wondered who this person was?

Liu Chengyou didn't wait for the eunuch to ask, waved his hand, and said, "You go back first, I'll come right away!" ”

The eunuch took a deep breath, nodded, turned around quickly without speaking, and ran back.

Liu Chengyou said: "The mother concubine summoned her, she was in such a hurry, and she didn't know what happened?" ”

Yang Lian's heart moved, thinking that Liu Zhiyuan had an accident? However, according to the original plan, it should start tomorrow. Could it be that things have changed, and the Assassins have found a particularly good opportunity, so they have made a move ahead of time?

Yang Lian's face was cloudy, and after listening to Liu Chengyou's inquiry, he thought about it and said, "The queen summoned me, something big should have happened." The second prince immediately summoned the dead soldiers in the palace and stood by at any time. ”

Liu Chengyou didn't expect Yang Lian to give such an order, but because of Yang Lian's dedication, he successfully overthrew Yang Lian, so he was convinced of Yang Lian's decision and hurriedly ordered.

Yang Lian thought for a while, and then said, "Now that the matter is urgent, let me accompany you into the palace." On the one hand, Yang Lian wants to protect Liu Chengyou, at this time, Liu Chengyou must not have an accident, otherwise his efforts will be wasted, on the other hand, Yang Lian also wants to know what happened to make Queen Li so nervous?

Liu Chengyou immediately asked someone to send a set of clothes, let Yang Lian dress up in disguise, and then hurriedly left the mansion with four or five hot guards and rushed towards the imperial city. In less than a stick of incense, everyone arrived at the imperial city, Liu Chengyou did not get off the horse, took out the gold medal and shook it, and shouted: "Open the door!" ”

How could the soldiers guarding the door not know the second prince? Seeing that he was in a hurry, he hurriedly opened the city gate, and the group ran towards the court.

At this time, Empress Li was full of tears, and she was holding Liu Zhiyuan's corpse and crying. She couldn't have imagined that after her husband had eaten lunch, he said that he was sleepy, so he lay down on the soft couch to rest, but this rest turned out to be a long sleep.

Empress Li felt a little strange, and reached out to touch it, only to find that Liu Zhiyuan's body was already cold, and he had been out of breath for a long time. After all, it is a deep relationship between husband and wife, how can Queen Li not be sad? At this time, a eunuch reminded her that the Son of Heaven died suddenly, and the national society was very dangerous, so she had to summon the second prince immediately and let him make up his mind. Otherwise, at the time of the national mourning, if someone has the intention to rebel, the Han will be in danger.

This eunuch had some ideas, and Empress Li listened to it and hurriedly asked people to invite the second prince. When the second prince arrived, Empress Li was wiping her tears.

"Mother!" The second prince Liu Chengyou shouted, he didn't understand, what was the mother crying about?

Empress Li glanced at her son, stood up, and said, "Chengyou, you're finally here." Sadly, she didn't notice that Yang Lian was also here.

"Mother, why are you so anxious?" Liu Chengyou gasped.

"Son, your father, he's dead!" Empress Li said, her voice trembling.

Even if Yang Lian was prepared, when he heard the news, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, Liu Zhiyuan died? He couldn't help but look at Liu Zhiyuan on the soft couch.

Liu Chengyou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly let out a sad cry, threw himself towards the soft couch, and said, "Dad! (To be continued.) )