A series of heart-wrenching loyal songs kicked off the prelude to the competition for hegemony.

Some people were martyred for Yang Guang, such as Li Quanzhi, Lai Hu'er and others, and some people became their own forces in the name of crusading against Yu Wenhua, such as Wu Xing Taishou Shen Faxing. The world has not stabilized because of Yang Guang's death, but has become more turbulent.

After more than half a month, the news of the Jiangdu Palace change reached the eastern capital, and for a while, the people wept, and the whole city was silent, and it was full of sadness for the people of the dead country. The Wagang thieves suspended the siege and retreated for more than 30 miles to show respect for the emperor's death.

It stands to reason that Yu Wenhua and the killing of Yang Guang should be supported by Li Mi, Li Yuan, Dou Jiande and others, but the fact is the opposite, all the forces have issued a document, claiming to fight against the country's thieves. What is a thief? Kill the king with a minister, and be a thief!

Of course, whether they really want to avenge Yang Guang or want to win the hearts of the people through this move is not enough for outsiders.

For the officials left behind in Luoyang, the death of the emperor was a major event, and they had to set up an altar in accordance with the etiquette to comfort Yang Guang's soul in the sky. But in addition to this incident, there is another thing that is extremely important, even more important than the death of the emperor, and that is who will inherit the throne. After all, the Jiangdu Palace change happened too suddenly, and Yang Guang did not leave an edict.

The gate of Zhongyong Mansion was covered with white yarn, and the trees in the mansion were also white, and in the main hall, Li Xuanba knelt on the futon, staring at Yang Guang's tablet in a daze. Although he knew that Yang Guang would not die well, he was still stimulated by the sudden bad news.

The matter of the throne has its own old ministers to discuss, Li Xuanba does not care about this matter, because he knows that King Yue will sit on the dragon chair, and then Wang Shichong will take over the power. poisoned and killed the king of Yue, and then Li Yuan accepted the envoy of the acting king Chan and established the Tang Dynasty, and finally the Li father and son swept away all the forces and took the world. If history is already doomed, then why should he be a spectator again?

Wei Zheng and others successively persuaded Li Xuanba to cheer up. But Li Xuanba was very stubborn and unwilling to participate in the affairs of the court, and what he was most worried about at this time was how to deal with him once King Yue ascended the throne.

In the fourth year of coming to the Sui Dynasty, Li Xuanba finally smelled the fragrance of peony flowers in Luoyang, but his mood couldn't get any better, and he didn't even want to know what was happening outside the mansion.

Li Xuanba didn't care about the outside affairs, which made the atmosphere in Zhongyong's mansion extremely tense and depressing, and Fang Xuanling finished inquiring about the news outside. Hearing that Li Xuanba was still paying respects in the main hall, he walked into the main hall with a frown, and said flatly: "Childe, you have been kneeling for a few days, do you want to continue to kneel?" King Zhao is on the throne, you should always enter the palace to participate in the ceremony. ”

"Sir thinks he'll want to see me show up?" Li Xuanba said without raising his head. After a moment's pause, he suddenly reacted. Looking back at Fang Xuanling, he asked very seriously, "What Mr. just said was that King Zhao ascended the throne?" ”

"Although it was unexpected. But it was indeed King Zhao who ascended the throne. Fang Xuanling was taken aback by Li Xuanba, slowed down for a moment, nodded and replied: "You and the princess are in love, the princess and King Zhao have a deep sister and brother relationship, after King Zhao ascends the throne, he will definitely reuse the son." So Childe shouldn't be so depressed. ”

When Li Xuanba heard Fang Xuanling's words, he only felt that his mind was in a mess, he stood up, pulled Fang Xuanling to the courtyard, and sat down opposite each other in the place where Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng usually played chess. opened his mouth and said: "Please tell me about what happened recently, Xuanba really wants to know how King Zhao ascended to the throne." ”

"According to the etiquette system, King Zhao is the only remaining son of the first emperor, and he should inherit the throne." Fang Xuanling saw the vitality in Li Xuanba's gaze and arched his hand.

"But King Yue has stayed in the Eastern Capital for many years and has never made a big mistake, why did the hundred officials abandon King Yue and choose King Zhao?" Li Xuanba said hurriedly: "Your Majesty has died, I don't believe that those ministers in the court will still care about Your Majesty's thoughts." Although Yang Guang did not leave an edict, everyone knew very well in their hearts that Yang Guang loved King Zhao and planned to pass on the throne to him.

"This is also what the lower officials don't understand." Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "I heard that when the ministers discussed the canonization of a new monarch, King Zhao was not present, but except for Lord Yuan and a few other old ministers, all the officials supported King Zhao's accession to the throne. ”

Li Xuanba asked casually: "Since King Zhao inherited the throne, what should King Yue do?" ”

Li Xuanba cared so much about King Yue, Fang Xuanling felt a little strange, but he still replied seriously: "The dragon body of the first emperor is still in Jiangdu, naturally someone has to go to take the first emperor back, and the only person in Luoyang City who is qualified to do this is His Royal Highness King Yue." It is said that as soon as the enthronement ceremony of King Zhao is over, King Yue will go to Jiangdu. ”

"This is also the result of the courtiers' deliberations?" Li Xuanba asked, and seeing Fang Xuanling nodding, he said thoughtfully: "In the past six months, how many envoys have died on the way to Jiangdu?" King Zhao was only sixteen years old, how could he possibly bring back His Majesty's body? Isn't this for King Yue to be sent to death? ”

"Between King Zhao and King Yue, they chose King Zhao, so King Yue naturally couldn't stay." Fang Xuanling sighed and said: "The battle for the throne is originally a matter of life and death, but King Yue may not understand why the ministers in the court suddenly stood on the side of King Zhao. ”

"Does the gentleman understand?" Li Xuanba has been staying in the mansion recently, and he doesn't know what is going on outside at all, so he can't sort out his thoughts, he said: "No matter why the courtiers support King Zhao, but the current situation is naturally the best for us. ”

"When Gongzi led the Xingyang army back to the Eastern Capital, King Zhao sent someone to pretend to assassinate Gongzi, and he wanted to use this incident to make Gongzi stand on his side, which shows that although King Zhao is young, he is very scheming." Fang Xuanling replied: "King Zhao has been going back and forth between King Zhao's mansion and Guozijian, King Yue will inevitably be contemptuous, Xuanling guesses that King Zhao must be secretly befriending the minister. ”

Li Xuanba was silent, Fang Xuanling's explanation was indeed very reasonable, he had stayed in Luoyang for so long, and he had never paid attention to Yang Gao's movements, but he didn't expect Yang Gao to be a blockbuster. After thinking for a moment, he raised his head and asked, "How is the situation on the Xingyang Army's side?" ”

"General Li Jing has always been vigilant in accordance with Gongzi's previous orders." Fang Xuanling replied: "Childe, now that King Yue has lost power, you shouldn't have to worry about someone being unfavorable to the Xingyang Army, right?" ”

There have been many times when Li Xuanba thought that history had changed, but every time the result made him very disappointed, he was very worried that there would be an accident this time, so he said: "Let's wait until King Zhao ascends the throne, and pay close attention to King Yue's movements." ”

"King Yue's business, don't worry about it." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Those courtiers betrayed King Yue at a critical moment, and they were more afraid of King Yue regaining power than Gongzi. (To be continued.) )