The smoke and rain are misty and dripping, just like the mood of Yang Guang in the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion at this time, which is dark and dull and continuous.

In the rain and fog, the city of Yangzhou is still full of hustle and bustle, since the demise of Nanchen, the Son of Heaven ordered the demolition of the Jiankang City in the south of the Yangtze River, this Yangzhou city in the north of the Yangtze River has naturally become the new center of Jiangdong, and it has been prosperous day by day.

He stood quietly by the window, naked, alone in the dark night sky, the cold wind blowing through him, but he didn't care at all. Although he has been in Jiangnan for many years, he is still an authentic northern man in his bones. Xiao Meiniang leaned on the soft pillow, pulled the soft silk quilt, covered the snow-white carcass that her husband would never get enough of, up to her chin, and hid the stunning beauty. She looked at her husband silently, and felt that he seemed to have become fierce and full of Lingli, not at all like the gentle and elegant His Royal Highness King Jin on weekdays. It was as if he had suddenly returned to the young man he saw for the first time when he first came to Chang'an from Jiangling sixteen years ago, although he was three years younger than him, but he was only fourteen years old at the time, but his gaze was so hot and direct. There was a hot pain in his private parts, which was caused by his too violent and domineering movements just now. But she felt a kind of goodness, her husband still came to her even when he was in the worst mood. Instead of wiping it immediately, she reached out and grabbed a pillow and stuffed it into the quilt under the plump buttocks. She could feel his seed in herself, and she hoped that it would blossom and bear fruit. The eldest son, Yang Zhaokaihuang, was born in the fourth year and is now fourteen years old. Among the four children, the youngest daughter, Jill, was also born the year before. She is still young, but she has the heart to add a few more sons and daughters to him.

The royal family is thin, and when today's son is in love with Duguhou, he once vowed to love only Duguhou. Therefore, he only gave birth to five sons and five daughters with Queen Dugu in his life. Although the crown prince Yang Yong has ten sons, he does not even have a son-in-law. King Jin, as the second son of today's saint, now only has two sons and five daughters. Although she also took some beautiful concubines for him, he did not go to them very much, so that four of the five children were born to her. In any case, she still hopes that her husband will have prosperous children and grandchildren, and have more children.

"He's getting tighter and tighter!" As he spoke, he turned to face him, his eyes cloudy and his tone dark. "Those black-clothed people who infiltrated Yangzhou are the dead soldiers of the East Palace, the Black Iron Guard. They're looking for trouble with me! ”

The guards who went out had already returned to Yangzhou, and Pei Li secretly told him the news that someone was looking for Yi Feng and Ji Yao in Yangzhou. Yang Guang didn't know who Ji Yao was, but he was no stranger to the word Yifeng. Although he has been a memory for a long time, he still remembers the word Yi Feng as fresh as he still remembers and will never forget it.

What he didn't expect was that after eighteen years, someone would mention this matter again, and even implicate two forces in a fight on his territory.

He didn't know who the other group was, but he had already figured out the identities of the corpses that were brought back, and they were the dead soldiers Black Iron Guard secretly trained by the East Palace.

Yang Yong finally couldn't help but do something to him?

Xiao Shi maintained that posture, lay on the bed and said: "There is no way to retreat, so fight back!" ”

"But with this step, there is no turning back."

"When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic!" Xiao Shi said calmly, "In fact, today, even if you back down, where can you retreat." Now that he is just a prince, he can't tolerate you, if he becomes the supreme one day, how can he let you go? What's more, the concubine knows her husband's ambitions, and with your ability, you are far better than the prince by a thousand times. Over the years, you have defended the northern frontier for the empire, fought the Turks, Pingnan Chen, Zhenjiangnan, and worked hard, and your talent is more suitable than the crown prince to inherit the Great Sui. You know the crown prince, he can't even govern a small East Palace, how will he inherit the entire Great Sui in the future? Now that the two saints in the palace and the people of the court and the opposition are all looking at you, whether you want to or not, you have completely walked to the opposite side of Prince Ma, can't you see that if you retreat at this time, it may bring us a catastrophe? ”

Yang Guang shook his head: "Seeing that the land cutting will not be like that, even if he wants to, he will not dare." Our five brothers, seeing the land and living in the East Palace, and our other four brothers, are sitting in Jianghuai, Shuzhong, Guanlong, Hebei, if he dares to act rashly, the consequences are unbearable for him, he does not have the ability and the courage. What I'm really worried about is my father, and I still can't really grasp my father's mind. In this matter, it is ultimately up to the father to decide. If he still has the slightest hesitation, it will be a big trouble for us. Once we make a move, and our father refuses to abolish the Insight Domain, then we have to suffer the pain of backlash. Maybe then my father will destroy us in order to stabilize our position. ”

"Father may still be hesitating." She replied, "But in this matter, the real most important thing is the queen mother. Now the queen mother has long been disgusted with the prince, and she fully supports her husband. Although the Xiao family grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, they had close ties with the Dugu Empress in Chang'an, and even had close contacts with the wives of the nobles of the gates in Daxing City. She is very loved by the lonely queen, so she knows the wind direction of Daxing City very well. "Your Highness, the Supreme is still hesitating, but the Queen Mother has fully supported us. Now, the only way to do this is to give it a go! ”

"The chips aren't enough!" Yang Guang smiled bitterly. Dugu Hou does like him, and the Son of Heaven also likes him, but they don't just like him. In terms of favor, among the five brothers, the most favored by the emperor is the five princes, Han Wang Yang Liang. Yang Liang is six years younger than him, but he is more liked by the second saint. Yang Guang and the other two brothers both started serving as local governments when they were only ten years old. But Yang Liang has been left in Beijing by the second saint until last year, when he was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou. However, when he took office, the emperor personally escorted him all the way to Bingzhou to take office. He served as the governor of the state, and the land under his command was from Huashan in the west, to the Bohai Sea in the east, to Yanmen Pass in the north, and to the fifty-two states of the Yellow River in the south. That's not all, the Son of Heaven even specially granted Yang Liang the privilege of not being restricted by laws and regulations, and acting on his own.

Yang Guang is not worried about pulling the prince off the horse, the prince has too many flaws. But what he has been hesitating about is whether he can succeed Yang Yong as the new prince after pulling down the crown prince. If not, then the qiē has no meaning. The five brothers, Yang Yong, he doesn't put it in his eyes, the third Qin King Yang Jun is not quarrelsome, but he likes luxury, because of this matter, he was repeatedly reprimanded by the Son of Heaven, and last year he was directly removed from his official position, he is not an opponent.

Yang Xiu, the fourth prince of Shu, was crowned the king of Shu since the first year of the emperor, the governor of Yizhou, and the military governor of 24 states. Yang Xiu has been in Shu for eighteen years, occupying the Shu land of the country of abundance, and has many barbarian elite soldiers. Moreover, Yang Xiu is quite brave among the brothers, and has been operating in Shu for many years, so he is a real powerful faction.

The fifth prince, Yang Liang, is the most favored by the two saints, and the land is wide and the soldiers are fine.

If he fights with the crown prince and the prince is deposed, then get rid of Yang Jun, who has been dismissed, and he is also very threatening to Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and Yang Liang, the king of Han. Both of them were based on the same side of the territory as he was, leading the army.

Yang Guang sits in Jianghuai and commands the 44 states of Jianghuai, Yang Xiu sits in Shuzhong and commands the military of the 24 states in Shuzhong, and Yang Liang sits in Kandong and owns the old land of Northern Qi in 52 states. In terms of territory, Yang Guang's territory is not the largest, and when it comes to terrain, Shuzhong and Kanto are both places of narrow victory, the land of Wang Ba's foundation, and his Jiangnan is the most unfavorable. The only thing that is advantageous to him is his good name, and the status of his second son.

Yang Xiu may not be able to compete with himself, but Yang Liang is difficult to say. And there is another point that Yang Xiu has a close relationship with Yang Yong, Yang Xiu may not fight for the crown prince by himself, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not support Yang Yong to keep the throne.

"If you don't have enough chips, then find a way to get a few more chips!" She replied.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"The concubine is just a woman's family, and there is no room for such a big thing to speak. But you and I are one, and the concubine will not be kept at this time. From the perspective of the concubine, in fact, His Royal Highness is so smart, he has already prepared, and what he lacks now is just determination. Such a major event should be fought with all our hearts, and there can be no indecision. He will also reveal a trace of inner hesitation in front of himself, but he will not have this attitude in front of others. This made her happy, she was the princess of the lost country, and she knew that this kind of power struggle was unstoppable, and there was no room for hesitation. Even if her husband loses in the future, she has no regrets.

"Well, seeing that Di Fa has the support of Gao Gong in the court, this is his biggest pillar, Gao Gong is the first important minister of this dynasty, he was my maternal grandfather's retainer back then, and then followed his father and emperor, and made countless contributions, and he was most relied on by his father and mother, otherwise, Yang Yong would not marry his daughter to Gao Gong's son. More than half of the officials inside and outside the DPRK and China are all subordinates of Gao Gong, and with his support, it will be difficult to bring down Yang Yong. ”

"Then find a way to bring down Gao Gong first." Xiao said, "Gao Gong has been in the dynasty for 18 years, and he has been sitting in the position of prime minister so far, and he must have made a lot of enemies, and there must be people who want to replace him." ”

These words caused the corners of Yang Guang's mouth to rise slightly, "What the princess said is good, the merit is high, the first important minister of the dynasty, and it has been more than ten years above the phase, which is unprecedented." Even more than half of the officials in the DPRK and China were promoted and recommended by him, just like Su Wei and Yang Su, who are among the four nobles in the DPRK and China, are also promoted by him. It's hard to take him, but it's not like it's all out of the question. ”

"Su Wei or Yang Su?"

Since the founding of the country, there have only been a few ministers who really hold great power in the DPRK and China, Gao Gong, Li Delin, Su Wei, Yu Qingze, and Yang Su. Li Delin was the first hero of the Son of Heaven to represent Zhou, but unfortunately he later opposed the Son of Heaven to destroy the Northern Zhou royal family, and was disgusted by the Son of Heaven, and since then he has withdrawn from the center. Although Su Wei was the son of Su Sui, a famous reformer in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, his entry into the center was completely recommended by Gao Gong. Yu Qingze and Yang Su are both transferred from martial arts to literature, and both of them are famous generals. However, Yu Qing was highly meritorious, because he was the commander of the army, and his personality was not low-key, so he was killed by the Supreme for treason last year. Now the DPRK and the Central Committee are headed by Gao Gong, Su Wei, and Yang Su, and Su Wei and Yang Su are all recommended by Gao Gong to join the prime minister, so it can be said that the DPRK and the Central Committee are completely headed by Gao Gong. He supports Yang Yong, so the DPRK and China basically support Yang Yong.

Xiao Shi said that the names of Su Wei and Yang Su meant that if you want to bring down Gao Gong, the only reliable thing is to use his left and right hands to bring him down.

"Su Wei is a person with strong political ability, but he is not courageous, he is a rudder who sees the wind, but he will never be in the limelight. It's Yang Su, who was originally a military general, and he used soldiers like a god and never was defeated. Judging by the use of troops, he is bold and radical, and he is quite bold. He is now shooting for Shangshu's right servant, and he is only one step away from the peak of Renchen. I believe that he must have hoped to go one step further and replace Gao Gong. ”

"Then join forces with Yang Su and move down Gao Gong first!"

"Hmm!"

Yang Guang turned around again, his gaze returning to the darkness. He stood there, looking out into the darkness, as if he had made up his mind and was planning the whole thing.