East Palace,

Guan Wang Yang Xiong, Hejian Wang Yang Hong, Duan Wenzhen, the head of the military department, Wei Baoluan of the prince's right guard, Wei Kuangbo of Qianniu, and Wei Ting, all of them.

Wei Ting is still guarding filial piety, but today he was ordered to enter the palace, and Yang Guang gave him a knighthood, the Duke of Wannian County.

Wannian County is the hometown of Jingzhao Wei's family, Wei Chong is only a Marquis of Angu County when he is alive, and this death can be regarded as a descendant of Fuyin.

After meeting the emperor, Wei Ting went back to the East Palace, and he had to continue to take leave and keep filial piety to his father Wei Chong for three years.

In fact, in the Great Sui, after a year of filial piety, you will find a way to come back and continue to serve, otherwise it will take too long, and your position will be occupied, and you may not have a position when you come back.

The crown prince already knew about the dead man in the canal, he knew it from the crown princess, not Changsun Chi, about the secret report, Changsun Chi didn't dare to say it, because Yang Guang didn't let him say it.

Yang Zhao invited Yang Xiong and Yang Hong to come over today, and he also discussed the matter.

"Although the sixteen policies were proposed by the King of Qin, they were also approved by His Majesty, and they did not need any of them, which is indeed incredible," Yang Xiong sighed.

The current crown prince Yang Zhao has not yet recovered from his illness, but the state affairs are too serious, so he can only support his body and start to deal with some government affairs in the East Palace.

After Yang Guang found out, he was very happy, and strictly ordered the Imperial Medical Department to take care of it day and night, and not to neglect it.

In fact, Yang Zhao is already wary of the second child Yang Jun in his heart, and the pillow wind is sometimes really powerful, especially when Yang Zhao is seriously ill, knowing that he is dragged down by his body, he can't come to the court, and he can't suppress his two younger brothers.

The third child is quite decent, and the second child is too arrogant now.

Yang Zhao sneered and looked at Duan Wenzhen, the squire of the military department, and said, "Did he really give a gift to the eldest grandson?" ”

"Yes," Duan Wenzhen nodded and said, "The crown princess also knew about this matter, and she was afraid that Her Highness would be distracted, so she didn't tell it." ”

Yang Zhao sighed: "He doesn't care about Lone's opinion at all, my person, what do you mean by him stammering?" ”

"When the chief grandson will come back, His Highness can ask him well," Duan Wenzhen said.

Yang Zhao nodded: "After the third child comes out of Yong'an Palace, send someone to intercept him and bring him to me." ”

"Yes."

Today's East Palace meeting is about the canal, in fact, since Luoyang earlier, Yang Guang has intended to delegate power and let his eldest son have more experience in handling government affairs.

And it turns out that with the cooperation of the crown prince and the king of Qin, although the construction period was delayed, it still did a very good job in other aspects.

Yang Zhao was relieved to the third Yang Ming, because when Luoyang was built, what the third child was thinking about was not how to rush the construction period to gain the favor of his father, but how to die less.

But the second child did it completely the other way around.

Among the three brothers, Yang Zhao knows his father best, so he knows that no matter how dead Yang Zhao is, as long as he can finish it ahead of schedule, he will definitely be favored by his father, and he thinks he is a capable person.

This kid is too anxious to climb up......

Give a gift to Yang Xiong, and give a gift to the eldest grandson, what? Does he think I'm dying?

Under the influence of the people around him, Yang Zhao has begun to dislike Yang Jun.

At this time, the eldest grandson Chi came back from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and after sitting down, he said:

"Your Majesty is pressing this matter, and the Jingshi has been going crazy recently, but there is no movement at the court meeting, and I think Your Majesty should have greeted Yushitai."

Yang Zhao said in a deep voice: "What did the second child say when he gave you a gift?" ”

The eldest grandson was stunned and said, "I have already explained this matter to the crown princess in detail, doesn't Your Highness know?" ”

"I know, but I'm just asking you again, but are there any omissions that haven't been detailed?" Yang Zhaodao.

The eldest grandson nodded: "There is no omission, it was the minister of the king of Qi, Changshi Liu Jianzhi, who came to find it, saying that the king of Qi hoped to ensure the requisition of the people and the supply of grain and grass, and the minister's answer at that time was that this is a matter of duty, please tell the king of Qi to rest assured, there is nothing else." ”

"It's understandable," Yang Hong said on the side: "Wei Shangshu passed away, and the King of Qi was worried that there would be a mistake in the security of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so he greeted the eldest grandson in advance, also to ensure the progress of the project, and it seemed that there was no problem." ”

Yang Xiong shook his head on the side and said, "How can there be no problem?" The eldest grandson is the prince's person, should he say hello to the prince first? Even if you can't see the prince, can't you ask someone to tell you? King Qi isn't too troublesome, right? ”

It's just that there are too many people like Yang Xiong who blow the wind that will cause Yang Zhao to be wary of his two younger brothers now.

If he is in good health, he doesn't have to worry about his two younger brothers being able to threaten him, but for now, he has to guard against it.

"As expected, the second child rushed to meet the construction deadline, just to please his father," Yang Zhao sneered: "When building Tokyo, the third child had anything to discuss with me first, and it was estimated that the second child thought that the lonely would not work, and there was no need to discuss it with the orphan." ”

Yang Hong also heard the prince's dissatisfaction with King Qi, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness is serious, your body is gradually recovering, and you will be able to enter the court in a few days, King Qi definitely does not have the courage to do so." ”

Duan Wenzhen also said on the side: "No matter how King Qi caters to His Majesty, it is useless, Your Majesty's dissatisfaction with King Qi in his heart is not recent, on the other hand, King Qin, I have to guard against it, we must not let him leave Beijing in recent years." ”

Yang Xiong frowned and said: "As far as I know, King Qin has no intention of leaving Beijing, and the two generals have already let it out, doesn't it still show his loyalty to the crown prince?" ”

"The King of Qin is different from the King of Qi," Duan Wenzhen shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that his Taoguang is obscure, don't you think that Su Wei Niu Hongming is secretly biased towards the King of Qin?" The influence of these two people in the court is too great. ”

Yang Xiong said: "This matter is easy to do, according to what His Highness just meant, let's wait for King Qin to come, give him a try, if he agrees, we can rest assured on King Qin's side for the time being." ”

Duan Wenzhen nodded: "It's feasible, if he hesitates a little, His Highness will never believe him again in the future." ”

Yang Zhao pondered for a long time and nodded.

.......

After the court meeting, Yang Ming went to Yong'an Palace to greet his mother.

At the court meeting, Yang Guang really asked about Shi Wanbao, and Yang Ming just said at the time that he saw Shi Wanbao bravely, so he moved the idea of recruitment.

Empress Xiao ate wine with her son and said with a smile:

"So, you recruited Shi Wanbao because Shi Wansui greeted you?"

Yang Ming nodded and said: "Yes, this is also decided by Shi Wansui after discussing with Erchen, because Shi Wanbao has no official position in the military government and has become an idler, so Shi Wansui hopes that Erchen can find a way out for his younger brother." ”

Empress Xiao couldn't help but smile and said, "You kid is too careful, some little things are worth relaying to you?" What kind of character is Swanbo? ”

Yang Ming smiled bitterly and said: "The matter discussed between the sons and Shi Wansui must not be said at the court meeting, isn't this tantamount to bullying the king?" That's why I asked my mother to tell my father, so that my father wouldn't blame my sons for deceiving. ”

"No, don't worry, your father won't blame you for such a trivial matter," Empress Xiao said with a smile.

Yang Ming begged bitterly: "The queen mother should mention it to her father, right?" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely help you out," Empress Xiao shook her head and smiled.

After the mother and son chatted for a while, Yang Ming retired and left.

As soon as he left Yong'an Palace, he was stopped by a eunuch, saying that the prince was invited.

The boss has been in the East Palace for two consecutive days to deal with government affairs, but he did not participate in the court meeting.

Yang Ming also proposed to his father, the queen mother, that he hoped to go to the East Palace to meet the prince, but Yang Guang did not agree or refuse.

Now that the prince is invited, then he can naturally go.

"Lead the way!"

So he grabbed the hem and ran towards the direction of the East Palace.

"Brother!"

Qianqiu Palace, after half a year, Yang Ming was very excited when he saw Yang Zhao again.

Although there are some traces of performance, there is also pity for the other party, after all, Yang Zhao is dying, and Yang Zhao has always been very good to him.

When Yang Zhao saw his own brother, he was also very enthusiastic, and beckoned to his side:

"Give up my brother's seat."

When Yang Xiong heard this, he hurriedly moved his buttocks and gave up the nearest position next to Yang Zhao.

After Yang Ming sat down, he didn't say anything, just looked at Yang Zhao with a smile.

Yang Zhao couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you looking at?" Do you think your eldest brother is becoming more and more heroic? ”

Yang Ming secretly lowered his head: "The eldest brother was injured by the disease, and now he is very haggard, and the younger brother is sad when he hears it." ”

"Haha......." Yang Zhao smiled, and everyone laughed too, and in the Qianqiu Palace, the atmosphere was harmonious for a while.

】

Yang Zhao probed his arm and patted Yang Ming on the shoulder a few times:

"Don't worry, if you keep it for a while, you will recover."

Then, under Yang Zhao's advance arrangement, Yang Hong and others told the story of the dead people in the canal, but did not say where they heard it.

Yang Xiong looked at Yang Ming and asked, "Has His Royal Highness King Qin heard about this recently?" ”

"Yes," Yang Ming nodded, "The Jingshi legend is boiling, and I have also heard it." ”

Yang Xiong asked again: "Since Your Highness knows, why didn't you bring it up to Your Majesty at the court meeting?" ”

Yang Ming was stunned: "You also know, why didn't you mention it?" King Qi has long looked at me unpleasantly, and if I fall into the well again at this time, I am afraid that people will not recognize me as a younger brother when they come back. ”

The corners of Yang Zhao's mouth curled up and he didn't speak.

Duan Wenzhen on the side said to Yang Zhao with a fake look: "Someone still has to bring it up, otherwise in the long run, I don't know how many people will die, King Qi doesn't care about the people's hearts, but His Royal Highness can't afford to lose." ”

Yang Zhao nodded, looked at Yang Ming and said, "They don't dare to mention it, there is a taboo, Brother Ming's identity is special, and he can mention it." ”

"Brother Chen can't do this," Yang Ming said with a bitter face: "Although I have a disagreement with my second brother recently, but I can't fall into the well at this time, my brother might as well secretly believe to the second brother and let him restrain himself, if the court will poke it out, how can the second brother deal with himself?" ”

Yang Zhao nodded and smiled, the third child did not fall into the ground, after all, he was still thinking about brotherhood, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

Because if the third child dares to take this opportunity to deal with the second child, then he will dare to deal with him in the future, this is what he scruples about, and he doesn't want it to be like this.

After several people discussed this matter, Yang Hong suddenly said:

"After Liu Luan took office as the secretary and supervisor last year, to this day, His Majesty has not found a suitable candidate for the crown prince Xian Ma, but there is a candidate here, but I don't know if the prince will like it."

Yang Zhao smiled: "Say it and listen to it." ”

"Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Su Kui," Yang Hongdao.

Yang Zhao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Su Kui? Prince Xian Ma is a highly respected person, Su Kui is only more than 30 years old, how can he be competent? ”

At this time, Yang Ming suddenly said: "Brother Chen, on the contrary, thinks it is very suitable. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Yang Zhao's original intention was to test Yang Ming to see what his relationship with Su Wei was, if Yang Ming was involved with Su Wei, he would definitely not be willing to let Su Kui enter the East Palace.

Because as soon as Su Kui came, it meant that Su Wei would transform into a princeling and dismantle the relationship between Yang Ming and Su Wei.

Yang Zhao smiled: "Why did Brother Ming say this? ”

Yang Ming was also practical enough, and directly told the exchange between himself and Su Wei in front of everyone.

He originally hoped that Su Wei would arrange Chen Shuda into Shangshu Province, and Su Wei in turn hoped that Yang Ming would recommend his son to be Hongluqing.

Now that the prince is interested, isn't it better to be the prince than Hongluqing? Yang Ming is also pushing the boat down the river.

After everyone heard this, they also laughed, such a secret transaction behind the scenes, Yang Ming said it so happily that the people in the East Palace were no longer wary of him.

Of course, Yang Xiong didn't have it from the beginning.

Sincerity is nirvana, Yang Zhao also smiled from ear to ear, the third child really hasn't changed, he never hides from me.

So he nodded and smiled:

"According to Brother Ming's wishes, I will ask my father for someone directly, let Su Kui come to the East Palace, and say that it was recommended by Brother Ming, so that Brother Ming can make up for this favor."

As he spoke, Yang Zhao glanced at everyone and couldn't help but say:

"Don't spread the word about it."

"Yes, yes, of course," the crowd laughed and nodded.