The prince still didn't react, but Li Fuguo understood what the prince meant: "The slave maid will go and inform them." ”

The grass beside the tomb is green, and there are rare cicadas and frogs.

King Shou has left. Xiao Jiangyuan knelt alone by the tomb, staring sideways at the name on the tombstone, and I don't know how long it took before he took out something from the purse hanging from his waist.

It was a faded and broken thread of longevity, which had lingered on her wrist for years.

Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but hold Xiao Jiangyuan's wrist because of the pain. When her hand finally fell weakly, her longevity came to an end.

Xiao Jiangyuan put the longevity wisp in the palm of his hand, looked at it for a while, and then put it away.

Even without Yang Yuhuan's entrustment, as long as she lives, there is no way to give up on him and give up the dream she has followed all her life.

The growing sunlight stung her eyes and made her realize the time it was. She couldn't stay here for long, there was still a departure to be taken care of, and this messy and mournful escape was far from over.

"When he returns to Chang'an the next day, he will come to see you again. In his lifetime, there will be a day. ”

After Xiao Jiangyuan finished speaking, he planned to get up and leave. But her knees hurt as if they had been pricked by a thousand needles, and she tried several times, but she couldn't stand up, and finally a person suddenly appeared next to her and helped her up.

A strange and familiar voice sounded in her ears: "Master......"

When Xiao Jiangyuan saw the cuffs, he thought it was Wang Chengen, but he didn't want it to be Li Fuguo.

"Thank you for your help."

Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan was still so polite and unfamiliar, although Li Fuguo was unhappy, he didn't show it. He complied with her, let go of her hand, and then took out a tightly wrapped silk handkerchief from the placket of his shirt and handed it to Xiao Jiangyuan.

There was an enticing sweet fragrance coming out of the silk handkerchief, and Xiao Jiangyuan knew when he smelled it that there were several Hu cakes sprinkled with sesame seeds. She didn't answer, raised her eyebrows slightly, and smiled lightly: "Is the prince ready for breakfast?" ”

In addition to her old appearance, the woman in front of her also had a little more gray hair on her sideburns, which was no different from what Li Fuguo had seen before. Seeing that she recovered so quickly, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, at least in this regard, he was really far inferior to her. When he arrived at the East Palace, he was decadent for half a year before he got back to his former self.

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't answer, and Li Fuguo didn't stop: "I'm not a master, even if the prince is still hungry, I won't treat myself badly." ”

"Does the prince treat you badly?"

"Well, it's not good. If it is useful, use it, and discard it if it is useless, just like yesterday, once I fail and show my handle, he will be the first to hand me over, is Master concerned about me, or does he want to divide me? Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan was about to leave, Li Fuguo's hand holding the silk handkerchief was still hanging in the air, but the voice chased out, "Master...... The futile has eaten. ”

“…… What does it have to do with me? ”

"So it's all for him?" The Hu cake in the silk handkerchief was instantly crushed, and Li Fuguo walked up to Xiao Jiangyuan and sneered, "Look at the way he looks now!" arrogant and stupid, absurd and blind, he was knocked off the throne by a Hu man and stepped on the dust**, so that he fled for his life in a hurry, and even the Zongmiao Sheji didn't dare to ask for it! Is he still the king of a country? He's not even as good as a ruffian! What's more, he didn't have you in his heart for a long time, and all he thought about was Yang Yuhuan! You are nothing to him, but a slave! Now that you have killed Yang Yuhuan with your own hands, aren't you afraid that he will arrive in Chengdu and settle accounts after the autumn? ”

"What kind of person he is, I already know." Xiao Jiangyuan raised his eyes and looked directly into Li Fuguo's burning eyes, "So what?" The relationship between me and him has never been maintained solely by love. He is the king, I am the minister, he bestows the grace of knowledge to me, and I repay him with loyalty and filial piety. ”

Li Fuguo is very familiar with this sentence. Many years ago, when he was just out of the court, the first thing she taught him was this.

But he scoffed at it from the beginning, disapproving, and he didn't learn anything for so many years.

When Li Fuguo woke up from his memories, Xiao Jiangyuan was no longer in front of him.

As soon as he returned to the post house, Xiao Jiangyuan saw that the prince, Chen Xuanli, Wei Jiansu, Wei Ge and others were all standing in the courtyard, as if discussing something. She first saluted the prince respectfully, and then saluted Chen Xuanli and others before asking: "The old slave is late to come back, so I will tell the saint to set off, and please be calm." ”

"Wait," Wei said, "It was Yang Guozhong's idea to go to Shu to take refuge in the country, and now that Yang Guozhong is dead, and his subordinate generals and officials are all in Shu, do we still want to go over?" ”

Before the words fell, someone agreed: "The Tang Dynasty is wide, not only in Shu can take refuge, Hexi and Longyou have enough troops to protect the saints!" ”

"Taiyuan is the land of the Tang Dynasty, why don't you go to Taiyuan?"

"Compared to Taiyuan, Shuofang Lingwu is more suitable!"

"What is it to take refuge all the time, isn't it to give up this great mountain and river to An Lushan? If you want to turn the tide of the war, of course, you must return to Chang'an! ”

Wei Ge hurriedly said: "If you want to return to Beijing, you must be prepared to resist the traitors. Now, with these soldiers and horses, how can it be so easy to enter Chang'an? It's better to help the wind first, and then think about it in the long run, how about it? ”

Fufeng is in the west of Ma Weiyi, extending in all directions, to the north can reach Shuofang, Hedong, and to the south is the necessary place to enter Shu.

Seeing that the ministers said everything to me, they were arguing endlessly for a while, and it was difficult to make a judgment, and the prince was like an outsider, and he just shook his head when asked, Xiao Jiangyuan suddenly said: "What you say makes sense. ”

Although her words were polite, they were loud and loud, and everyone was instantly quiet.

Xiao Jiangyuan continued, "But...... It is impossible to kill back to Chang'an, Taiyuan is too far away, Lingwu is a good place, but what if you encounter rebels on the way? As for Shudi, it was known as the 'Land of Abundance' long before Yang Guozhong was born, which was not only rich in products, but also had the natural dangers of Shu Road as a barrier. Jiannan Shu is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, Jiannan Jiedu makes the following positions also loyal to the saints, and the generals and officials who want to come to Jiannan are not willing, just because Yang Guozhong alone is misunderstood as a rebellion. ”

The most important point is that after last night's Ma Weiyi Incident, with Xiao Jiangyuan's understanding of Li Longji, he will no longer fully trust these Long Wuwei, let alone go elsewhere with them, and Shu has at least 30,000 elite soldiers in Jiannan, which can be controlled by him.

Wei Ge wanted to say something, but was stopped by his father Wei Jiansu.

Only the crown prince, Chen Xuanli, and the old minister Wei Jiansu noticed that Xiao Jiangyuan was not as calm and calm as before.

Her reasons were very sufficient, but she lacked her usual thoughtfulness and tactfulness, she seemed to be a little anxious, and there were some subtle thorns in her every word.

After all, it is not up to these courtiers to decide where the fleeing team will go, and the decision will still be made by Li Longji.

Just when Xiao Jiangyuan finished speaking and the ministers fell silent, Li Longji opened the door and walked out: "I heard it all...... Let's go to Fufeng first. ”

The team immediately marched out and prepared to go west. As soon as Li Longji got on his horse, he saw a crowd of people nearby surrounding:

"The palaces and mausoleums are all in Chang'an, but the saint insists on leaving, what is his intention?"

"Doesn't the saint really want Chang'an?"

"Of course, Shu is in a safe corner, but it is difficult to fight it, if the saint goes like this, will he come back to recapture the Central Plains in the future?"

"When will the saint come back?"

"Don't go, saint!"

Li Longji was silent for a long time and did not give any answer.

He was like the most ordinary old man in the world, his hair and beard were almost white, he looked helpless and powerless, and there was no hope in his eyes.

He can't even protect the woman he loves, and he's really the most cowardly emperor.

Xiao Jiangyuan noticed at this time that Li Fuguo had not returned to the prince's side until now. As soon as she realized something, she saw that the people let Li Longji go, turned to the back of the team, and surrounded the prince.

"The saint refuses to stay, and he is willing to lead his children to follow His Highness, break the traitors in the east, and recapture Chang'an! If His Royal Highness and the saint enter Shu together, then who will the people of the Central Plains be the main ones? ! ”

The prince sighed: "My father traveled far away, and there were many dangers along the way, and as a son of man, I couldn't serve day and night, so how could I leave him?" Why don't I ask my father first? ”

Before the prince could take a step, Li Fuguo knelt in front of the prince's horse: "If Your Highness does not comply with the will of the people at this time and starts to quell the rebellion, how can you talk about the future of prosperity?" According to what the slaves and maids saw, why didn't His Royal Highness respond to the invitation of the people, go north to collect the troops guarding the border in the northwest, and at the same time recall the two generals Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, and work together with them to fight against the rebels in the east, recover Erjing, pacify the four seas, turn the society into safety, and let the temple be destroyed and revived! At that time, His Royal Highness will send someone to clean the palace ban and welcome the saint back, this is the great one of filial piety! His Royal Highness, as the son of man and the prince of the country, why should he be a child with little warmth? ”

The people also knelt down and said: "Please also ask Your Highness to stay, you are willing to follow the prince, break the rebellion in the east, and recover Erjing!" ”

The sound shook the sky, and a field of birds instantly rose in the nearby jungle.

The prince lowered his eyes and sighed, and when he raised his eyes again, his expression was already very firm: "In this case, I will not leave." ”

Seeing that Li Longji turned a deaf ear to the cheers of the people, Xiao Jiangyuan grabbed Li Longji's reins: "There are no two days, there are no two lords in the country, the prince is now parting ways with everyone, that is, dividing the court into two, who will the people in the world listen to at that time?" The crown prince clearly wants to take the opportunity to seize power......"

Li Longji lowered his head, looked at Xiao Jiangyuan quietly, and didn't speak for a long time.

The woman in front of him has been with him for many years, from youth to old age, from youth to old age. She hadn't changed much, she had always been, she really hadn't betrayed him, never.

As tight as her eyebrows furrowed, his heart was at peace.

"Let's go." After Li Longji finished speaking, he glanced back at the prince.

His son did not bow his head respectfully, as before, but looked at him squarely, as if waiting for him to do something.

This is the son he knows the least in his life, even after becoming the crown prince for more than ten years, he has never really understood him, until now.

Li Longji sighed lightly and said, "Transfer two-thirds of the Inner Flying Dragon Soldiers and the Dragon Martial Army to ensure that the prince is safe." Will the kings, princesses, princes, lords, courtiers, generals, and their families follow me or the princes...... You decide for yer. ”

In the end, the princess, the county lord, Zuo Xiang Wei Jiansu, Chen Xuanli and their families still followed Li Longji, and the others chose the prince one after another.

Li Longji seemed to have known that the result would be like this, so he only nodded and ordered to set off.

Who is in favor of Li Longji's decision, a discerning person can see at a glance. Xiao Jiangyuan also wanted to know whether all this today was the meaning of the prince or Li Fuguo's personal doing, but the result was already like this, so it didn't matter The political situation in the Tang Dynasty has quietly changed in this turmoil.