Although Yang Yong was reluctant in his heart, he didn't dare to show it in front of his father Yang Jian, and when he heard that Yang Jian was going to hold a banquet in Zhengyang Palace tomorrow for himself and Yang Jun to postpone his return to the Eastern Capital for a day, he had to thank Yang Jian with Yang Jun.

"Ah Yi, I remember that you, like Ah Zong, are allowed to bring 300 hussars. From this day forward, I will allow you and Ah Zong to bring 500 hussars each, so as to make a strong reputation. Yang Jian looked at Yang Yong and said to Yang Jun.

"Thank you for your father's grace, my son's son will go to Jiangling, and I will definitely live up to my father's expectations." Yang Jun bowed excitedly and thanked him.

And the crown prince Yang Yong beside him knew that his father allowed Yang Guang and Yang Jun to expand the size of the hussar camp in front of him, and he deliberately said this to himself, trying his best to hide the horror in his heart, and looked at Yang Jian with a smile on his face.

Yang Jian saw that Yang Yong was quite calm in front of him, and secretly doubted the authenticity of the rumors he had heard about the prince's private expansion of the East Palace, so he did not make any further verbal tests to Yang Yong, and allowed his two brothers to leave the palace.

Staying outside the Linde Hall and breaking up with Yang Jun, he was blown by the hot wind in the sun, and Yang Yong realized that his back was almost soaked in cold sweat from fright.

He thought about it, and felt that if he lived in Chang'an for one more day, he would be one more point likely to be found out by Yang Xiong about the actual number of people in the East Palace.

Tang and Zou were urgently summoned to Yichun Palace, and they were also surprised when they heard Yang Yong say that Yang Xiong, the king of Guangping, had been ordered to go to the Eastern Capital secretly to secretly investigate the number of people in the East Palace.

As the chief strategist of Yang Yong's side, Tang Lingze, the prince's left concubine, was dissatisfied with Yang Yong's failure to adopt his previous advice and reorganized the seven or eight thousand soldiers of the East Palace Six Leaders outside the army establishment into the Eastern Capital Army in advance, but now, it is not feasible to only complain about Yang Yong, he thought about it and asked Yang Yong with his hand: "Please ask Your Highness to allow the subordinate to carry the seal of the Eastern Capital to stay behind, return to the Eastern Capital immediately, and reorganize the six-rate sergeants outside the military establishment into the Eastern Capital Army to eliminate future troubles." ”

Yang Yong said with a bitter face: "This time I am still facing forward, this palace specially explained to Xiahou Fu, except for the palace in person, no one holding any tokens is allowed to mobilize six soldiers and horses, what you said is only afraid that it will not work." ”

Tang Ling knew that Yang Yong and his father Yang Jian were similar, and both had suspicious problems, so he was so angry that he stomped his feet and bowed his head silently.

Seeing that the method proposed by Tang Lingze did not work, Zou Wenteng, the commander of the prince's family, groaned slightly, and bowed his hand to Yang Yong and said: "Since the six leading troops and horses cannot be mobilized without the presence of the prince in person, there is only one way to go now: find a way to drag down the king of Guangping, so that he will start to check the number of the six rates of the East Palace a few days later." ”

"Yang Xiong went to the Eastern Capital to verify the six soldiers and horses on the secret order of his father, what good way can you hold him back?" Yang Yong stared at Zou Wenteng suspiciously and asked.

His Royal Highness said that King Guangping left Chang'an yesterday, and estimated that it would take two or three days to reach the eastern capital. If along the way, King Guangping and his entourage encountered banditry, and the remnants of the famous 'Eighteen Arhats' were blocking his way, did His Highness think he could be dragged down? Zou Wenteng said gloomily.

Yang Yong's eyes lit up, and then his eyes became dim again, and he sighed lightly and said: "Yang Xiong went to the Eastern Capital secretly this time, although there are not many soldiers and horses with him, but he is very skilled, and it is not easy to stop him in the middle of the road. The people and horses of the East Palace cannot be used, and in addition, the Palace really can't think of anyone else to find to stop Yang Xiong. ”

Zou Wenteng smiled indifferently and replied: "If you want to do this, you don't need to spend a single soldier on your highness." As long as His Royal Highness ordered people to let out the wind in Chang'an City, falsely claiming that the King of Guangping had left Jingdong this time, and he was on a secret mission related to the imperial court's army to destroy Chen, someone would intercept him halfway at that time. ”

"In that case, will it hurt him?" Yang Yong heard that Zou Wen had the idea that he, the newly outgoing prince who presided over the investigation of Nan Chen's fine case, actually asked the "Wild Goose's Nest" to stop Yang Xiong for him, and he was extremely reluctant, and he was afraid that they would hurt Yang Xiong's life if they shot too hard.

Zou Wenteng secretly scolded Yang Yong's kindness and lack of great things, but verbally comforted him: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the King of Guangping is not an ordinary person, and there are officers and soldiers stationed along the way, so there should be no big problem." As long as the soldiers and horses of the 'Eighteen Arhats' can stop the King of Guangping on the road for a day, and the lower officials prepare two good horses for His Highness, His Highness will not be able to return to the Eastern Capital with him. ”

Yang Yong looked back at Tang Lingze, and saw that Tang Lingze was silent, so he nodded at Zou Wenteng and adopted his suggestion.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day near noon, the queen Dugu Jialuo decisively ordered someone to invite Yang Yong and his wife to Zhengyang Palace to participate in the banquet set up by the emperor for them.

Yang Yong decided yesterday to adopt the suggestion of Zou Wenteng, the prince's family commander, to spread rumors, in an attempt to use the profits of the "Goose's Nest" to stop Yang Xiong, the king of Guangping, who was secretly going to the eastern capital, and returned to the Splendid Palace that night.

He thought about it repeatedly, but still felt that once he failed to stop Yang Xiong, told him to rush to the Eastern Capital before him, and verified that there were seven or eight thousand more people in the East Palace for no reason, not to mention that his position as the prince was difficult to protect, and most of them would be detained by his father and the emperor on the charge of plotting chaos, and it would be difficult to save his life. So, he planned to wait for the banquet in Zhengyang Palace tomorrow to disperse, so he bid farewell to Yang Jian and immediately set off to return to the Eastern Capital.

When Yang Yong and the crown princess Yuan walked into the main hall of Zhengyang Palace together, they saw that not only Yang Guang and Xiao Er were in the hall, but also the eldest sister Yang Lihua and the fifth sister Yang Awu were also invited to the banquet.

At that time, Yang Jian had not yet retreated from the court, and returned to Zhengyang Palace from the Linde Palace, Yang Yong saw Yang Jun, the king of Qin, sitting alone today among the brothers and sisters who came to the banquet, and the princess of Qin Cui was missing, so he walked up to him and asked, "Why didn't my brother and sister come with you today?" ”

Yang Jun hurriedly got up and replied: "Neiko got up this morning and felt sick to her stomach, and the younger brother has already taken leave from the queen mother, I am afraid that I will have to retire early today and go back to see her condition." ”

Yang Yong had long heard that Yang Jun had a reputation for fear since he married the daughter of the world's high-ranking family, Boling Cui, and he was obedient to this princess of Qin on weekdays. Yang Jun couldn't even sit at the final banquet specially held for him by his father and queen mother today, so I think that the princess of the Cui family is really sick.