It wasn't until after dinner that Liu Yichen came back from the palace wearing the starlight, and after waiting for most of the day, the banquet was already pacing in the room anxiously, even if he summoned the old ministers, he wouldn't have to greet him for so long.

As soon as Liu Yichen arrived at the door of the post house, he saw Lu Mang who was waiting for him, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Why did you come out on such a cold day, did it make you worried?" ”

Lu Mang shook his head and said, "It's Sister Yanxin who is worried about you, but she has an old illness and is inconvenient to walk, so I came out to take a look." ”

"Relapse?"

After hearing the news of the recurrence of the wound, Liu Yichen's heart was anxious, his expression was gloomy, and he was immediately not calm, so Lu Mang hurriedly explained.

"It's not a big deal, it is estimated that the second prince was only concerned about talking when he came, and now it has stopped, let's go in and have a look."

Liu Yichen didn't delay, he walked directly with Lu Mang, he couldn't figure out how Yanxin's injury had been diagnosed by the doctor before leaving Lanzhou, and it was clearly impossible to recur, why was it like this after seeing Qin Xuanlang today.

Several guards at the door listened to this conversation, and they only felt that this new young general was not only loved, but also a good brother, so concerned about his sister's safety.

hurriedly walked to the gate of the courtyard, Liu Yichen changed his expression after pushing the door open, and he stepped in after a pause, and Lu Mang followed closely behind to close the door.

At this time, Yan Xin was sitting at the table in a black robe and drinking tea, whether it was his face or eye movements, it didn't look like an old disease had recurred.

"Heart, you're not ......"

He asked with doubts, not knowing what new plans Yan Xin had.

Yanxin stood up and took the lead in explaining: "The entire post house may be Qin Xuanlang's eyeliner, and if you want to go out, you naturally want to avoid people's eyes." ”

Liu Yichen thought for a while and felt that what she said made sense, and then asked, "Go out?" It's getting dark, where are you going? ”

Yan Xin took a step forward and didn't answer in a hurry, but just asked again, "What did Your Majesty say when Brother Xuan entered the palace?" ”

His Majesty's attitude now is very beneficial to the situation, if he can know His Majesty's current bias, this will be able to balance the situation, and it will not make Qin Xuanlang make waves.

Yan Xin has always felt in his heart that His Majesty is so holy that he will definitely not fail to see the open and secret struggle between his two sons, but he has refused to express his position for a long time, and he has refused to change the crown prince, which is even more strange.

"At first, I just asked about Biansai's situation and asked my father well, but later I asked what I thought of the prince's mistakes."

Liu Yichen recalled the situation when he met His Majesty alone in the palace, and he offended His Majesty in the court a few years ago because of a mistake, so he was transferred out of the capital.

He held his breath and refused to admit his mistake, and his father was so upright that he naturally wouldn't intercede for him, so he had been on the side for so many years, and now it seems that His Majesty has already been relieved, and he didn't mention that little thing, but there was still a meaning of support in his words.

"Just the crown prince?" The frown of the banquet is deeply locked, so it is not transparent.

Judging from the superficial phenomena, the few things before the crown prince caused His Majesty Long Yan to be angry, and now it seems that he has completely lost his position, and being frightened in the dungeon has damaged the royal face, how can a person with such a good face as His Majesty deliberately mention it?

"Yes, but Your Majesty doesn't know that I was recommended by the second prince to return to Beijing, but he didn't mention the name of the second prince, he just asked about the prince, and even the affairs of the Ashan Ministry were handed over to the Criminal Department to deal with." Liu Yichen replied truthfully.

Lu Mang finally grasped the stubble and interjected: "This is strange, it stands to reason that Your Majesty should have guessed that the second prince was going to take you under his command, and he also had other meanings for Sister Yanxin, how could this be." ”

His Majesty's grace is unpredictable, and Liu Yichen can only guess out of thin air: "I'm afraid that Your Majesty knows that my father has a strict family education and knows that we will not take refuge at will?" ”

Yan Xin shook his head noncommittally. "What did my brother say at the time?"

"I only said that the prince is the royal concubine after all, and he is the only bloodline of the first queen, and if the first queen is still there, she will definitely take good care of it."

In this way, Liu Yichen did not answer this question head-on, but as long as he did not fall into the ground, it means that he has no intention of taking refuge in the second prince, and the saint should also understand it.

"Then Your Majesty can reinstate you?" There is another question that Yan Xin is concerned about.

The previous holy decree only asked my brother to return to Beijing to take up his post, but after all, he didn't make it clear what position he was looking for.

Liu Yichen still shook his head, his face was not very good-looking, and it didn't seem to meet his expectations.

"This ...... His Majesty didn't explain it when I was in the palace, but just let me drink tea at the bottom, and I didn't let me come back after drinking five cups of tea, and there was no conversation during the period. ”

Just drinking tea and not talking?

Yan Xin was thinking about it in the room and turning around, she felt that His Majesty took the opportunity to let his brother enter the palace If he just asked which camp Liu Yichen was more inclined to, he didn't need to take so many steps, and now he quietly detained people and didn't put pressure, what kind of reason is this, is it to make a show for others to see?

Now there is only one person in the court who really cares about this scene, isn't there only the second prince, what is the meaning of His Majesty's doing......

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, the three of them looked at each other, Liu Yichen was the first to open the door to see the situation, and he was lying on the windowsill and quietly staring at the scene outside.

Judging from the palace clothes of the comer, it should be a person in the palace, and there are a large number of guards behind him, thinking that he is the father-in-law who passed the decree.

I saw Qin Xuanlang leaning over and saluting when he saw someone coming, and then said hello, "Gonggong Cai, why are you here?" ”

"This time, our family is here to announce the decree, and after the young general left, His Majesty thought about it again and again, and decided to let you try this position."

The words were closed, Liu Yichen was about to kneel down to receive the order, but Gonggong Cai stopped him first, and said with a smile: "Our family won't read it, you can see for yourself, Your Majesty has high hopes for you and the Liu family, and I hope that the young general will share your worries for Your Majesty." ”

Liu Yichen hurriedly opened the holy decree, and after his hurried eyes, he showed uncontrollable joy, and he hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely live up to your high expectations and serve Your Majesty!"

Seeing that the elder brother made this great gift and showed this kind of affection, it must be quite a high grace, is it also the position of a general above the fifth grade?

Seeing this, Gonggong Cai hurriedly waved the dust, bent down to help Liu Yichen up, and carefully cared for him: "Captain Liu, please get up quickly, you can't help but bow down like this in this cold winter, you can enter the palace on duty from tomorrow, you received such a position at a young age, and you have to walk more solidly in the future." ”

"Yichen, thank you Gonggong Cai for mentioning something, you must be cautious in the future!"

Gonggong Cai nodded with satisfaction, unwilling to stay longer, "Then our family will go back to the palace to resume their lives." ”

Seeing Liu Yichen send that Cai Gonggong away, Yan Xin returned to the monk's window and returned to the table, waiting for Liu Yichen to come back.

Just now she heard it clearly, Gonggong Cai shouted the captain, the official position of the captain is not big or small, but he is not the kind of military general who crosses the iron cavalry to fight in all directions, but the imperial military attache who maintains the imperial city of Kyoto......

"Holy Maiden, what does Your Majesty mean by this, and what is the official position of the captain?"

Seeing that Yanxin looked worried, Lu Mang had some suspicions that Liu Yichen's official position would be unfavorable to him, so he hurriedly inquired anxiously.

"There are several kinds of lieutenants in our court, some are in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi, some are in charge of the safety of the palace, and some are ...... Ordered to gain insight into what the officials were doing. ”

These three official positions are more dangerous than the other, this is not only a great responsibility, but also offended many officials in the capital, who used to be chosen from His Majesty's cronies, but now it has fallen on a young man like Liu Yichen, which makes Yanxin really incomprehensible.

Liu Yichen came back with a smile, and as soon as he entered the door, he announced the good news loudly, "Xin'er, did you just hear it!" His Majesty has appointed me as the captain of the cavalry, this is an important position in charge of most of the forbidden troops in the palace, and my father will be pleased to know it! ”

At this time, Liu Yichen only cared about being happy, and he never thought of what His Majesty's intentions were behind this official position.

"Brother, I think Your Majesty should be helping you."

After being silent for a long time, Yan Xin gave an answer.

"Why?"

Lu Mang was a little puzzled, she really didn't understand the deep meaning of His Majesty Tianyu after listening to it for so long, and why did she want to protect a courtier who was not familiar with her.

"Your Majesty has kept you in the palace for so long, and he didn't give him an official position on the spot, but just made Gonggong Cai run away in person. This shows that His Majesty wants the second prince to know, this is because you have shown the emperor's incomparable loyalty, although His Majesty favors you, but he does not trust you 100%, and giving you such a high-level official position is just a test of you and the Liu family. ”

Yanxin said carefully, but there were still problems in it, so that Liu Yichen couldn't understand. "What kind of test is this?"

"If the second prince doesn't care about contacting you openly at this time, it means that he has different intentions, if you agree, the official position will not be guaranteed, and the second prince will not be able to steal chickens and will not be able to get benefits, if you disagree and directly inform Your Majesty, the second prince still has no way to achieve his goal, so he will not act rashly, but can only slowly try to it."

Yan Xin said it again and analyzed it in her heart, she wanted to look at the chessboard of Xunyang City from the perspective of as many people as possible.

Qin Xuanlang is a smart person, and he will definitely not attract attention when Liu Yichen has just been promoted, otherwise he will undoubtedly prove his wolf ambition and quick success, so he and the prince are on the same footing.

So even if he wanted to win over the Liu family and his brother, he could only start slowly from Yanxin's side......

Wrong!

Suddenly, Yan Xin suddenly got a terrible idea, and she staggered up from the table, her eyes empty.

"I'm afraid that the Liu family should be one of the few things that the emperor can rely on."

"How so?" Liu Yichen didn't expect to be so behind, but he just saw the situation in front of him, so he asked Yanxin.

Qin Xuanlang had already grasped a lot of His Majesty's power before he killed his brother and seized the throne, so even now, His Majesty has not stopped Qin Xuanlang's many evil deeds because he doesn't want to, but it's not the right time.

"Brother, I'm going to the princess's mansion now."

There are three days left before the state banquet, and the banquet must either save the prince's life or help the three princes get out of prison within these three days!

Lu Mang was worried for no reason, and said, "What are you doing in the princess's mansion?" ”

After all, he and his brother had just met, and he hadn't told him much about Xunyang City, so Yan Xin could only make a long story short: "I have been living in the princess's mansion when I was in Xunyang before, Qin Huai treated me well and agreed to help us, and she still needs to arrange this matter." ”

"Okay, I'll send you out."

Liu Yichen turned around and was about to go out, but was stopped by Yan Xin.

"No, this time I'm going to sneak out, Lu Mang and I will change clothes and lie down for me."