In the night, the gate of Taiyuan City opened, and a carriage drove back from outside the city, this is the ministers who returned to the city after participating in the enthronement ceremony, and another wide carriage drove into the city, hundreds of guards were guarding on both sides, this is Yang Yuanqing is back.

At this time, a more than one has already passed, and there is silence in Taiyuan City, darkness shrouds every corner of the city, and only a faint starlight is sprinkled on the road, guiding the direction of the carriage.

In the carriage, Yang Yuanqing did not have the joy of being named the king of Chu, for him, the prince was just a false name, and it did not increase his strength, on the contrary, it would weaken his power to a certain extent, in the past, he was the governor of Fengzhou and the Taishou of Wuyuan County, and the military power and administrative power were in his hands, and now, Ziwei Pavilion will divide half of his administrative power, there will be gains and losses, if he wants to seize the world and win more people to join the support, he must divide part of the power, so that the people who support him taste the sweetness, In order to make the Shandong Shi clan fully support him.

The key to power is to have checks and balances, and it is necessary to establish a power system with checks and balances from the beginning, which is something that Yang Yuanqing has been thinking about these days.

There can be no doubt that Yang Yu must be a puppet, and he must not even be allowed to participate in a little government affairs in order to successfully complete the transition of power in the end.

Xiangquan must also be restrained, Ziwei Pavilion cannot interfere with the army, this is also a principle, in fact, many things are also groping, and only by doing it can you know whether it is right or wrong, Yang Yuanqing sighed softly, tomorrow will be his first day in power, and he is looking forward to it in his heart.

When it was almost two o'clock, Yang Yuanqing finally returned to his mansion, he came out of the carriage and stared at the plaque on the gate for a long time, which read the words 'Chu Wangfu', he didn't expect it to be replaced so quickly, Yang Yuanqing sighed softly, he suddenly remembered the 'Yueguo Mansion' he saw when he was a child. I wonder how my grandfather would feel when he knew that he was named the king of Chu?

Yang Yuanqing walked into the mansion, the night was already very deep, the family had fallen asleep, there was silence in the house, he walked quickly to the inner house, just walked into the door of the inner house, but faintly heard the sound of someone talking, Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned, stopped.

The voice was very low, and it was very vague, I couldn't hear what I was saying, but I could faintly hear that it was a woman's voice, talking to herself, the voice came from the small courtyard on the left, there was an empty courtyard, no one lived yet, Yang Yuanqing slowly walked into the courtyard, only to see incense candles on the stone table under a plum tree, and a middle-aged woman in black was kneeling and praying in a low voice.

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, the middle-aged woman was his master, that is, the wife of Master Zhang Xutuo, Han.

After Zhang Xutuo was killed, Han returned to her parents' home, her parents had died, and the two half-brothers were very cold to her because of the poverty in her family, and even wanted to drive her out, when she had nowhere to go, Pei Minqiu sent someone to find her, so that she was desperate, and she came to Lingwu County, which happened to be the time when the Turks attacked Fengzhou.

Han has no children and no daughters, and has been living with Yang Yuanqing and them, Yang Yuanqing regards her as his mother, and his children call her grandmother, so Han lives with peace of mind.

"Master!"

Yang Yuanqing shouted in a low voice, Han was startled, and when she saw that the person standing in front of the courtyard gate was Yang Yuanqing, she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yuanqing, you are ...... Just came back? ”

She saw that Yuanqing was wearing armor and didn't look like she got up at night, so she asked in surprise: "It's almost two shifts now, why did you come back?" ”

"I have something very important today, so I'm coming back late."

Yang Yuanqing walked forward slowly, and saw that the master was kneeling down to worship the spirit card of the master Zhang Xutuo, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and after a while, he bit his lip and asked, "Master, is today the death day of the master?" ”

Han shook his head, "It's not your master's death day, it's that I dreamed of your master these two nights, and I felt uneasy, but I didn't want people to know, so I ran here at night to pay tribute to him." ”

Yang Yuanqing looked at the spirit card, which read, 'The Spirit of the Deceased Husband Zhang Xutuo'. He only felt that his nose was a little sore, and he had not visited the master's grave until now.

Yang Yuanqing also knelt down in front of the master's spirit, kowtowed three heads, and said silently with his palms together: "Master is above, the apprentice has been crowned the king of Chu today, and the apprentice will continue the Great Sui in another way, so that the red flag of the Great Sui will fly forever, may the master understand the painstaking efforts of the apprentice in the spirit of heaven, and one day, the apprentice will worship the master with Li Mi's head." ”

Yang Yuanqing's voice was very low, but Han faintly heard it, she was moved in her heart, her husband once told her that he was a vain who valued love and righteousness, and everything was good, and the only thing he couldn't tolerate was that he was too ambitious and always wanted to replace Da Sui.

But Han didn't care about this, she lived with Yuanqing's family for almost half a year, she deeply realized the respect and care of Yuanqing's family for her, and regarded her as a relative, but her two brothers were so indifferent, and later learned that Yang Yuanqing was her husband's apprentice, and her attitude immediately changed drastically, and she came to apologize several times, and wanted to ask her to go back to care for the elderly, but she didn't want to go, she had already regarded this place as her home, and Yuanqing's children as her grandchildren, she believed that if her husband knew that Yuanqing took care of her, he would definitely forgive Yuanqing.

"Master, rest in peace in the spirit of heaven!" Han also said silently.

Yang Yuanqing stood up and said, "Master, it's very cold at night, go back to the house!" Don't get sick with the cold. ”

"I'll clean up and go back, Yuanqing, you go back first!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, then turned around and left the small courtyard, walked across a small bridge, and two lanterns appeared in front of him, it was his wife Pei Minqiu who came over with two maids.

Yang Yuanqing felt a warm feeling in his heart, it was so late, his wife was still waiting for him, he hurriedly greeted him, "Minqiu, why don't you sleep yet?" ”

"If you don't come back, you will usually send someone to say it, and if no one comes today, I know that you will come back, so I will wait for you."

Pei Minqiu stepped forward with a smile on her face and grabbed her husband's arm, and asked him in a low voice, "The maid said you came back just now, why are you now?" ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced back at the small courtyard not far away, and said in a low voice: "Just now I met the master in the small courtyard over there to offer sacrifices to the master, and I also went to kneel and worship." ”

"Now?" Pei Minqiu asked in surprise.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Shi Niang doesn't want people to know, she is actually afraid that we will be too careful."

"It was my negligence."

Pei Minqiu blamed herself apologetically: "Today, the master also asked me if there was a temple nearby, and I said that I asked people to inquire, but then I forgot about it when I got busy, hey!" It's really my fault. ”

"You've done a good job."

Yang Yuanqing smiled approvingly at his wife, Pei Minqiu was praised by her husband, and she was happy in her heart, and she smiled again: "I have sent someone to the old mansion in Luoyang to find those nuns and nuns, and build a nunnery in the mansion, so that the master also has a sustenance in her heart, and your aunt, I also want to bring her together." ”

Yang Yuanqing held his wife's hand, and his wife's carefulness and thoughtfulness made him only silently grateful......

The two held hands and went back to the bedroom, Yang Yuanqing leaned down on the couch and stretched his waist, he was really tired of a busy day today, Pei Minqiu pursed his lips and asked with a smile: "Is it that you have been crowned the king, and you feel different in your heart?" ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, "How do you know?" ”

At this time, the two maids came in with a basin of hot water, Pei Minqiu waved her hand to let them out, she took off Yang Yuanqing's boots, personally washed his feet and massaged, lowered her head and smiled lightly: "Your pro-soldiers are all anxious, can I not know?" ”

Yang Yuanqing remembered that the plaque in front of the house had been replaced, and he wanted to officially announce it tomorrow to surprise his family, but they were fast, hey! These guys.

"How do you feel? Princess Chu. Yang Yuanqing asked with a hint of amusement.

Pei Minqiu glanced at him, she found a stool to sit down, slowly massaged his feet, and after a while, the pretty eyes were lightly picked, with a hint of resentment in her eyes, meaning to ask him, 'Is there such a princess who pinched her feet?'

Yang Yuanqing laughed, stood up and half-hugged his wife and hugged the inner room, "Let's lie down and talk." ”

Pei Minqiu asked coquettishly: "It's so late, does the husband still have the spirit?" ”

She was halfway pushed by her husband and into the back room......

The room was dark, and the husband and wife slowly lay down after some affection

Pei Minqiu snuggled in her husband's arms, and for a long time, she sighed lowly, Yang Yuanqing turned over, hugged his wife's moving body, kissed her on the forehead, and asked with a low smile: "What's wrong?" ”

Pei Minqiu bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "Husband, in fact, I knew yesterday afternoon that you were going to be crowned king." ”

"Who told you?"

Yang Yuanqing was even more puzzled, King Feng Chu was decided only last night, and his wife actually knew about it yesterday afternoon, he thought about it, and suddenly asked her: "Did grandfather look for you yesterday afternoon?" ”

can only be explained in this way, except for Pei Ju, a veteran in the power field, no one can guess his thoughts, Yang Yuanqing is slightly unhappy in his heart, he doesn't like Pei Ju to pull his wife into the power field.

Pei Minqiu stretched out his arm around her husband's neck, and said faintly in his ear: "Grandfather told me that I want to think more about the interests of the Pei family in the future, and don't just worry about the affairs of the back house all day long, and he also told me that one day in the future you will ascend the throne, I will become the queen, and the relationship between husband and wife will not be so simple at that time, he said that if I don't have the support of my mother's power, I will be deposed, husband, it will really be what he said, will you really abandon me one day?" ”

Yang Yuanqing patted her on the back and said softly: "Don't think nonsense, it's too late, rest!" ”

Yang Yuanqing's mind was dizzy for a while, he was indeed too tired, his mind was a mess, he couldn't understand his wife's mind in detail, his eyes were closed, his whole mind was pitch black, and he soon lost consciousness.

Pei Minqiu couldn't sleep over and over, she was very anxious in her heart, she had read history books, in her memory, almost no queen of the two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties could die well, if it was really like what her grandfather said, her husband would become an emperor one day, then what should she do? The bond between husband and wife should be affection, but is it possible that when you become an emperor, the relationship between husband and wife will be replaced by power and interests?

The big sign of 'Chu Wangfu' at the entrance of the mansion floated in front of her eyes, it was so dazzling, it pierced her heart deeply, and she couldn't wait to smash the sign with a hammer.

It's the last day of October.