Chapter 45: One More Prince
Thinking of this, Empress Xiao couldn't help but say coquettishly: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven of the Great Sui, and everything you should do is right, that is, ...... The concubine is a woman, and I don't know what I can do for Your Majesty. ”
Yang Guang laughed evilly: "What are these words, concubine, there are more things you can do for me." ”
"What?" Empress Xiao's face was suspicious.
"Give me another prince."
I thought it was just an ordinary flirtation, but I didn't expect that as soon as Yang Guang's words fell, Queen Xiao's smile suddenly stiffened, and the corners of her mouth also flashed with bitterness.
"Ai Concubine, I'm sorry, I forgot about the eldest prince......" Seeing this, Yang Guang realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he was suddenly embarrassed, you know, Empress Xiao is not without heirs, the eldest prince Yang Zhao, that is, Prince Yuande, died of illness at the age of twenty-three, and this matter has always been an eternal pain in Empress Xiao's heart.
Over the years, no one in the harem dared to mention this matter, and they never thought that they would break the vows first.
Empress Xiao bit her red lip and barely squeezed out a smile: "It's okay, Your Majesty, it's been so long, and it's really time for the concubines to let go." ”
"Concubine, come, come to my arms." Seeing this, Yang Guang hurriedly changed the topic, let Empress Xiao sit on his lap, stroked her hair lovingly, and fed her some pastries at the same time, so that Empress Xiao could forget those sorrows for a while and feel comfortable again.
But at this time, Empress Xiao thought of another thing: "By the way, Your Majesty, many concubines have recently asked their concubines about Concubine Qin's departure from the palace, and she has been away from the Jiangdu Palace for a long time. ”
"What, Qin Ruyan hasn't come back yet?" Yang Guang frowned.
"Your Majesty, don't you know about this?" Empress Xiao sighed lightly.
Yang Guang looked at Yang Gonggong, and Yang Gonggong, who was not far away, went down to investigate.
When he returned to Yang Guang's side again, his face was no longer as calm as before: "Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Qin has indeed not come back yet." The minion has already sent a flying pigeon to the guards arranged by her side, and I believe that news should come early tomorrow morning. ”
"By the way, tell them that after receiving the flying pigeon message, immediately take Qin Guifei back to the palace, there must be no mistake." Hearing this, Yang Guang nodded.
Speaking of which, he was also at fault, he just promised Qin Ruyan that he would let her go out, but he did not stipulate a specific return date, and now that he knew the news, he was also a little uneasy, and secretly said that he wanted to summon Qin Ruyan back to the palace as soon as possible.
After all, there is a lesson from the past of Cui's daughter.
Qin Ruyan's hatred for him is no less than that of the Cui family's daughter, it is a woman who wants to assassinate herself with a dagger at any time, in case she also follows the Cui family's daughter and escapes privately, she will be too embarrassed.
Since ancient times, which emperor has had concubine defections one after another?
One time is enough, and if you want to do it again, you will inevitably become the biggest joke in the world.
But how did he know that Qin Ruyan had just left the palace, and she took the opportunity to get rid of the few guards who followed her, and now those guards were like headless flies all over the river looking for her, if it weren't for the fear that Yang Guang would directly order them to be executed in anger, they would have rushed back in embarrassment a few days ago.
As for Qin Ruyan, who has always wanted to stay in the palace and wait for an opportunity to take revenge on Yang Guang, why she made such a choice, only she knows.
In the next few days, Yang Guang has been waiting for news from Qin Ruyan.
It's just that Qin Ruyan's news didn't wait, but in the court, another strange thing appeared.
This matter is naturally about the Yuwen clan.
Yang Guang has always felt that the court should not be too calm these days, but to his surprise, Yu Wenhua and that side have not moved for a long time, including those lackeys of the Yuwen clan, who are also docile like sheep at the court meeting, whatever he says is what he says, and no one has ever stood up to contradict him.
This is obviously very strange for the court, where the atmosphere has been tense for a long time.
Could it be that the Yuwen clan finally decided to give in to him after suffering a series of blows?
But, how could such a thing happen?
With Yang Guang's understanding of Yu Wenhua and this old fox, his ambition should not be so simple and will be extinguished, and the current situation, in Yang Guang's view, is more like a precursor to the coming storm.
Really......
Soon after, the fox's tail was still exposed.
This time, they adopted extremely vicious methods, first of all, those officials within the Yuwen Group chose to pick and choose, and turned a blind eye to the government affairs that should have been handled by them personally, which greatly affected the normal operation of the Great Sui in the shortest possible time.
The military aircraft major event, the people's livelihood, and countless messes followed, smashing at Yang Guang one after another.
Therefore, from the third day, the government affairs that Yang Guang had to deal with began to improve exponentially, and the most exaggerated time, he had just come to the study, and Yang Gonggong handed him hundreds of books, and at a glance, it was like a hill in front of Yang Guang.
It's okay not to look at it, but when you look at it, you feel anxious.
Yang Guang is right that he wants to be a good emperor, but he doesn't want to die of overwork so soon!
Besides, his role as an emperor is to preside over the overall situation, instead of dealing with these trivial matters every day and wasting time on these things, so what do you want those courtiers to do?
"Is this the Yu culture and the conspiracy used against me? No, this is no longer a conspiracy, but a conspiracy! He wanted to live and die ......", this despicable method undoubtedly completely angered Yang Guang.
I saw him slam his fist on the table and roared in a low voice: "This dog is really calculating, do you want to use this despicable means to put pressure on me and force myself to seek his help?" ”
"Paralyzed, this world, is it my world, or is it the world of his culture? How dare a courtier, think of torturing me with government affairs? Is it really that I am a soft persimmon to be kneaded by him? ”
"Your Majesty...... You must stay calm, the more angry you are, the happier the Yuwen clan's side will be, this is exactly what they want to see......" Yang Gonggong hurriedly dissuaded.
"Well, you have a point." Hearing this, Yang Guang gradually calmed down, the reason why this Yu culture and this method is to make himself impatient with these government affairs, and drag it out and not deal with it, in the long run, not only the court will be chaotic, but the world will also be chaotic.
Even if the court is chaotic, the world is chaotic, it is equivalent to chaos among the people, and if the people are in chaos, life will not be easy, and the hearts of the people that they have won so hard will also be lost......