"I want to know everything." Luo Yan looked straight into Murong Qian's eyes. Murong Qian lowered his eyelids and was silent.

Luo Yan sighed and asked, "Do you think it's better for me to get by and go back and face those things in ignorance, or do I see my situation clearly?" I'm not a kid anymore! Even if I want to be, you want me to be, but what about others? ”

Murong Qian nodded slowly: "You're right, I'm just ...... I don't know what to tell you. ”

Luo Yan said categorically: "Then start from the beginning!" Three years ago, after the crown prince returned to Beijing, I wondered, why did my father's temper allow me to live until now? ”

Murong Qian raised his head in surprise, but when he saw Luo Yan's calm face, he couldn't help but feel even more sad in his heart, and after thinking about it, he said: "I have heard about this, at that time, when my father was angry, did I have this idea, or did Concubine Jing intercede, saying that it was all her fault, and let you fall into the poison of those talented and beautiful women...... Her father smashed her head with a cup. But then I didn't mention this matter again, but just removed your princess title and royal status. ”

Luo Yan couldn't help but feel a storm in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "What happened to Concubine Jing?" ”

Murong Qian said: "My father hasn't seen her for two months, but fortunately, the auspicious baby is well-behaved, and my father is reluctant to let him go, and then he slowly got better." ”

Luo Yan felt sad in her heart, and she could only speak after half a ring: "In the past three years, has anything changed in the court?" The crown prince he is now ...... How is it? ”

Murong Qian said: "My father and the emperor have gradually disliked the directors in the past two years, and they travel at every turn, the prince is in charge of the country, and the so-called ** in the middle of the court is nearly half of the wall, this time I received your news, I immediately sent the only gray pigeon in Jinling to protect you, but above the court, the prince's party is resolutely opposed to letting you come back, and the father is not easy to be arbitrary, so he had to go to the heavenly master to ask for advice, the heavenly master deliberately rushed from the Chongyang Palace to Shangdu, and said in person, your calamity is full, not only should you come back, but you can also go to the Chongyang Palace to retreat for three months...... Now, there was no more opposition from the court, so I brought someone over. ”

Going to Chongyang Palace? Luo Yan couldn't help but be stunned - if the memory is correct, although there are not many people in Dayan who have been blessed by the Heavenly Master, and it is not too few, only two people have been allowed to go to the mysterious Chongyang Palace, that is, Taizu Murong Hui and Flying Princess Murong Feixue, both of whom have done something shocking after they came back...... She's just an ordinary person, what can she do? Slow down, the second brother said just now that Aunt Fang was sent by him......

Luo Yan couldn't help but look up at Murong Qian and asked, "Second brother, didn't you become the director of the bureau?" ”

Murong Qian nodded, a mocking smile appeared on his face: "More than two years ago, I had that accident, and after I came back, the imperial doctors concluded that I could no longer walk. Half a year later, the original Jing Zhaomu, that is, Yan Lao of the Intelligence Bureau, came to me and asked me if I would like to take over...... At that time, something happened, and I thought it would be better for me to take over, and last summer I returned the fief to my father and officially appointed Jing Zhaomu. Now my Ye Wangfu has become the most unworthy and crowded place in Shangdu. It was as I wanted. ”

Luo Yan naturally knew that Murong Qian was gentle on the outside, but he was a little arrogant in his temperament, although he was the most able to talk and laugh, and he was exquisite, but he didn't like to socialize in his heart, but he was just ...... But he didn't know what to say for a while, so he changed the topic: "Third brother, what is he doing now?" ”

Murong Qian's expression was slightly dark: "Ah Jun has always had some trouble in the past two years, he somehow angered his father last year, and now he is in his fiefdom, and he can't return to Beijing without an edict." ”

Luo Yan couldn't help but be shocked, no wonder she asked Xue Ming's third brother about the situation, she only said, "It's good, it's probably still in the land right now", she thought that the third brother was just going to autumn hunting again as before, how could she think of such a thing? The third brother is heroic and intelligent, and he has always been the most beloved prince of his father, but he got Xiao Jixiang a few years ago, and he did not cross the order of the third brother. Therefore, she has never worried about his situation, how can the third brother end up like this after only three years of hard work!

Murong Qian saw that her face was not good, and hurriedly said: "This is not a bad thing, as the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and he can't be involved in any right or wrong here, and he has been running it since he was a child in the northeast, and you know Ah Jun's ability, I can't get into people, don't talk about others." Now he can only live more comfortably there than in the capital, and even his son has been born! ”

Luo Yan blurted out: "But Sister Mingzhu's?" ”

Murong Qian nodded: "Naturally, Ah Jun is not crazy, where dare to let others give him a son, I am not afraid that Xiao Mingzhu will cut his leg with a sword!" ”

Thinking of the fierce appearance of the petite Xiao Mingzhu when she was furious, the brother and sister couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

Luo Yan curled her index finger, lightly clasped the tabletop, and said half-loudly: "But I still can't figure it out." Murong Qian nodded: "Indeed, I don't understand it very well. ”

The brother and sister naturally knew that the crown prince was born to the first queen, and the father felt ashamed of the queen who died early, so he made him the prince in his infancy, setting a precedent in Dayan. Although Concubine Rong was favored later and gave birth to three children, Murong Qian, Murong Jun and Murong Luoyan, the father's favor for the three of them was completely different from the strictness of the crown prince.

In terms of authority, the prince was assisted by carefully selected ministers when he was in the East Palace, and after the crown ceremony, he was equipped with a complete team. In recent years, although his father has been particularly fond of Murong Jun, he has only found some generals of the same age for him, and sent them to the army for two times. No matter how you look at it, the father has no intention of changing people, why is the prince so worried about their brother? That's it, Luo Yan is just a princess, and three years ago she was just an arrogant girl who could only eat, drink and have fun, why did she come?

Luo Yan still remembers that when she was the head horn baby, the prince was already a steady and elegant young man in the East Palace, although he didn't get along much on weekdays, but this eldest brother never showed malice towards her, and was occasionally willing to mess around with her, why did he become such a scheming and vicious person in a blink of an eye? Even if power can make people do whatever it takes, there has to be a reason, right?

"Second brother, is there anything else you haven't told me?" Luo Yan stared at Murong Qian's eyes.

Murong Qian smiled bitterly, and then said carefully: "You probably don't know that three years ago, King An had proposed to his father that he would welcome you as the princess, as the old practice of the previous dynasty, the princess opened the mansion alone, and the prince lived in the palace and the princess's mansion at will on weekdays. Although my father didn't agree on the spot, saying that he couldn't afford that stupid boy easily, he had already begun to prepare for your marriage in private. ”

Luo Yan was stunned at first, and then her heart was like pouring a five-flavor bottle, accompanied by a pinprick pain-had she ever been so close to him? Just a little, just a little bit...... Somehow, a few names suddenly popped into my mind: Yuwen Lanzhu, Yuwen Lanxin, Yuwen Lanting! No wonder! The crown prince didn't want King An, who had the most prestige in the army, to be biased towards the second brother and third brother because of her, so he could only get rid of her and let the princess's sisters become the cable!

Thinking of this, Luo Yan only felt bitter and astringent in her mouth, her tongue was a little numb, and she said half-loudly: "So, did you ask him to come to pick me up this time, or did he come himself?" ”

Murong Qian lowered his eyes and said indifferently: "Both." During this time, I found that there seemed to be some signs in the army that were not right, and I came to pick you up, although I can ensure that the forces in the secret are not a threat, but if someone really uses the army, it is not something that my people can fight against. And with King An's prestige in the army, coupled with the reputation that Yang Fei has established in the past three years, if we act together, probably no one will dare to make much of a move. ”

Luo Yan gently took a sip of the tea that had already been cooled, and she didn't know whether it was bitter or sweet in her mouth, and suddenly remembered another question: "What's going on over there with Gao Xiangguo?" ”

Murong Qian said lightly: "Didn't you guess it?" Naturally, someone told him that you would enter Chongyang Palace, and Dayan's national strength was already stronger than Dali's, how could he hope to see Dayan come out of the world again? ”

"Then how did he change his attitude?" Luo Yan frowned, Gao Taiming is the actual ruler of Dali, he has a ruthless and stable temperament, how can he give up easily when he recognizes something?

Murong Qian smiled and said, "I only learned about this matter recently, so I told him by the way." Dali only said that the Holy Emperor was brilliant and talented back then, and Princess Fei was clever back then, but she didn't know that they all did the same thing after they came out of Chongyang Palace, that is, to prevent the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

It was also the first time Luo Yan had heard such a secret news, and her eyes couldn't help but widen with interest. Murong Qian glanced at her and continued, "What the Holy Emperor said, everyone naturally already knows. However, ordinary people don't know that when the Southern Tang Dynasty came to make him willing to be a minister, the court talked about the wealth of Jiangnan, and the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty was deaf, and it was because of its destruction in one fell swoop that my dynasty could build the canal as soon as possible and consolidate the northern frontier. But the flying princess said that the war together costs a huge amount, and it is not necessary to pay taxes for five years or ten years; But if she is given three years and does not need to send a single soldier from the imperial court, her business income will not be less than Jiangnan taxes. At that time, everyone thought she was whimsical, but because of the face of the Heavenly Master, it was not good to refute her too much. He issued an edict to allow the Southern Tang Dynasty to be a minister, and he was not allowed to stop the Yan people from doing business. Unexpectedly, three years later, Princess Fei really handed over a huge amount of gold and silver, and the annual income since then has indeed exceeded the Jiangnan tax during the Tang Dynasty. ”

Luo Yan lowered her head and thought silently: Those who crossed are really good comrades. It turns out that Princess Fei is a businessman, but she still has a noble motive to maintain peace - speaking of which, although Murong Hui's wife was a little shameless when he copied poems, he unified the north in just a few years, which was a hundred times stronger than the five dynasties in history when he longed to change the emperor in two years and fight a chaotic war in five years. Isn't it a supreme merit to stop the army with Ge?

Alas, the magic stick of the Heavenly Master must have made a mistake this time, one of them is an all-purpose inventor plus a military and political genius, and the other is a business genius who is absolutely rare in the 21st century, as for me, I am just a little reporter, even if I can run a "People's Daily" by myself in this era, what can I change?

was in a state of sorrow, but heard Murong Qian suddenly say: "By the way, there is one more thing, you should also be prepared." ”