Yang Guang was surprised to find that since he was made a lieutenant and held the power of all kinds of troops in the world, he had become more and more isolated in the court.

Not only did many of the courtiers who had previously supported Crown Prince Yang Yong alienate him, but even ministers like Yu Qingze, who were close to him in the past, deliberately avoided him.

In fact, Yang Guang didn't want to be this lieutenant, and put himself in the situation of competing with the crown prince Yang Yong for the crown prince. He even discussed with Zhang Heng, Duan Da and others, and wanted to take the initiative to find his father Yang Jian and resign from this official position.

However, Zhang Heng, who was the first thinker in his shogunate, firmly disagreed with him doing so.

The reason given by Zhang Heng is that Yang Guang is not only among the princes, even compared with the top generals of the dynasty, the military exploits he has made for the imperial court in recent years are not inferior, and even no one is comparable, and as Yang Jian gets older, he really needs a prince to represent him to control the military power of the world, which is the most important point.

Secondly, although Yang Jian did not strictly investigate his behavior of expanding the six rates of the East Palace without authorization, after this incident, the original foundation of mutual trust between the father and son no longer exists. Even if Yang Guang did not accept the canonization of the prince, Yang Jian would never hand over the military power to the prince, and most would choose one of the two brothers Yang Jun and Yang Xiu to grant the military power.

Third, it cannot be ruled out that Yang Jian intends to put Yang Guang in a position that is on the cusp of public criticism, in order to test whether he has the ambition to compete with the prince for the throne. In this case, the best way to deal with it is to follow the trend, as long as Yang Guang does not have the intention of being a prince in his heart, there will never be any danger.

Although Zhang Heng conclusively put forward three plausible reasons to oppose his initiative to resign from the military power of the world, Yang Guang intuitively could still feel that everyone in his shogunate, including Zhang Heng and Duan Da, had a strong desire to push himself to the throne and compete with the crown prince for the position of prince. This was unsettling to him.

Although he was only thirteen years old when he was attached to Yang Guang, he had already predicted that according to the trajectory of historical development, the next step would be the deposition of the crown prince Yang Yong (although he did not know what the real reason for Yang Yong's abolition was), he became the crown prince, and then became the emperor, and then the Sui Dynasty fell in his hands.

If you act according to the wishes of Zhang Heng and others, you will inevitably follow the trajectory of real historical development step by step, what is the meaning of this for a traverser?

The more lonely you feel, the more you need someone around you who you can trust to talk to.

Yang Guang couldn't help but start thinking of An Ruoxi at this time. If An Ruoxi was still alive, what would she do herself? Will he also follow the design of Yuwen Prajna, who sent her to lurk beside him, to encourage himself to compete with his eldest brother for the throne?

No, never. If this is the case, then she will not take the initiative to tell herself before she dies that she is the eyeliner that Yuwen Banruo planted beside her.

From An Ruoxi, Yang Guang thought of the princess Xiao E, who is known as the goddess: Although Xiao E is not as resourceful as An Ruoxi, it can be seen from the fact that she agreed with her father to naturalize Houliang with only one edict, she has a clear mind, a big picture, and is also an extremely rare virtuous helper. Listen to her and decide how you want to do it.

With this in mind, Yang Guang found Xiao E, confided in her the distress in his heart, and asked Xiao E to make an idea for himself and what he should do in the future.

Because the palace was haunted in the first two years, and Xiao Er was known as a goddess, the queen never let her go out of the palace to live in the house. After Yang Guangtong's army defeated Chen Chenggong and returned to the court, he still lived in Lanzhi Palace with Xiao E and his two children.

In the dormitory of Lanzhi Palace, Xiao E listened to the story of his husband, and only smiled and asked Yang Guang: "Does the prince have the intention of competing with the crown prince for the crown prince?" ”

"No, never." Yang Guang immediately waved his hand and denied it.

Xiao E smiled: "Then why does the concubine look at the prince and seem to be moved?" If the prince's heart is like water, and he has no intention of being a prince or an emperor, even if your father orders you to participate in the government, you will not think about it. Is the concubine right? ”

"But...... The current situation is that even if I don't have this mind, in the eyes of others, I have become another candidate for the crown prince chosen by my father, which I cannot explain clearly to my eldest brother and courtiers. And Jianping and they did not agree with my resignation from the world's military power, thinking that my father would not hand over the military power to my eldest brother because of my resignation from the world's military power. What do you say I should do? Yang Guang explained to Xiao Er with some irritation.

"Since my father canonized you as a lieutenant and handed over the world's military power to you, he must have his reasons. The concubine also did not agree with the prince's resignation from the military power of the world. Xiao E replied to Yang Guangdao clearly, "Do you still remember how your father dealt with Gao De's book in the five years since the opening of the emperor?" ”

Yang Guang's heart flashed, and he hurriedly asked Xiao E: "What does the princess mean, do you want me to go out of the town?" ”

"Well, the concubine remembers fostering in her uncle's house when she was young, and she heard her uncle tell a true story: decades ago, after the Liang Dynasty was destroyed by the Hou Jing Rebellion, the three uncles and brothers fled to the middle reaches of the river with the Xiao clan, and used the Northern Dynasty to establish the Later Liang, when the Western Wei Emperor had intended to designate his uncle as the king of Later Liang, and the uncle fled to the countryside overnight with his family after hearing the news, and refused the request of the Western Wei Emperor to make him the prime minister of Later Liang. When I heard this story, I asked my uncle why the emperor refused to do it, why didn't even the prime minister do it? My uncle replied to me: In my capacity, if I am in the center and hold the power of the court, sooner or later my father will arouse suspicion of me and cause my brothers to turn against me. Xiao E did not reply to Yang Guang positively, but told him a story about the Xiao family, and then persuaded him, "Although the current situation and position of the prince are different from that of his uncle, there is no need to resign like his uncle and return to the mountains and forests, but it must be known that only by staying away from Chang'an and away from the center of the government can the prince achieve his wishes." In addition, the concubine couldn't think of a better way. ”

Yang Guang repeatedly tasted the coping measures taken by his father after the incident of Gao De's book four years ago, as well as the story of the Xiao brothers, and felt that Xiao E's suggestion to him to stay away from the center and avoid suspicion was indeed a good way out: not to disobey his father's will, but also to avoid competing with his eldest brother for the throne. Therefore, he decided to act according to Xiao E's words, and took the opportunity to ask Yang Jian to leave the town.