Yang Guangsu knew that He Ruobi, the Duke of the Song Kingdom, was self-assured, and it was inevitable that he would be inferior to Zhou Luoyu, the general of Nanchen, and ridiculed, but he didn't expect Zhou Luoyu to take it seriously, and he argued with He Ruobi face to face, which made Chang'an known, so he asked Li Hun about why the two had a dispute.

Li Hun also heard about it by word of mouth, only knowing one of them, I don't know why, when the two were drinking and chatting in the palace, Yang Guang inadvertently looked up, and saw Princess Xiao E's personal maid Chi Shao looking into the palace at the entrance of the palace, so he opened his mouth and asked her: "Chi Shao, is there something wrong?" ”

Chi Shao hesitated a little when she saw that Yang Guang was meeting guests, then walked into the hall and said to Yang Guangyu: "The princess ordered me to come and take a look, if the prince is free, I want to invite the prince to the dormitory to meet." ”

Li Hun heard Chi Shao say that Xiao Er had something to find Yang Guang, so he got up and said to Yang Advertising with interest, and said: "Although the last general is in the East Palace, he is always concerned about the prince. ”

Yang Guang thanked Li Hun for his loyalty to him, and also got up, personally sent Li Hun out of the main hall, told him a lot of words to be at ease in the East Palace, said goodbye to him, and turned around to follow Chi Shao to the dormitory to see the princess Xiao E.

Walking into the dormitory, Yang Guang saw Xiao Er sitting alone in the hall with a worry, his heart sank, and he hurriedly walked up to her and asked, "The princess has already seen Ji Wei?" What did he say? ”

Xiao E's face sank like water, and he first ordered Chi Shao to guard outside the palace gate, and no one was allowed to approach the dormitory, and then solemnly asked Yang Guang: "Prince, concubine wants to know, if one day my father acts as a prince, what does the prince plan to do?" Do you really want to be this prince? ”

Yang Guang was shocked in his heart, lowered his voice and asked Xiao E, "What, the death of the Yuan family is really related to the eldest brother?" ”

Xiao E nodded slowly, and asked again: "The eldest sister wants me to ask the prince, what will you do if your father wants to change you to the crown prince in the future?" ”

Yang Guang knew in his heart that if it was really the eldest brother Yang Yong who killed the crown princess Yuan, the truth of this matter would sooner or later be discovered by his father and mother, and then his father would definitely change the crown prince, and he would definitely be the first candidate for the next crown prince.

He shook his head firmly, and replied without hesitation: "I will never be this prince." Princess, tell me in detail, how did you lead your eldest sister out of the palace to see Ji Wei, and what did Ji Wei say to you? ”

Xiao E sighed softly, and said with self-reproach: "If I knew this, I wouldn't have suggested to the prince to return to Beijing." After the prince went out this morning, the concubine entered the palace to meet the eldest sister, invited her to our house to meet, and at the same time ordered someone to pass on the news to Xian Yuluo, asking him to lead Ji Wei to the mansion secretly to meet me. When Ji Wei told me the truth about Yuan's death, I deliberately arranged for my eldest sister to listen behind the screen, so I told my eldest sister the truth about Yuan's death at the same time. According to Ji Weiyu's report, the Yuan family died violently on the same day because he overheard the prince talking to the Yun family about the future when he ascended to the pole and named the Yun family as the queen and the son of the Li Yun family as the crown prince. Although it was not directly harmed by the prince, it was inseparable from him and the Yun family. Ji Wei unintentionally bumped into the Yuan family who was eavesdropping on the conversation between the prince and the Yun family outside the Yichun Palace that day, and felt that the prince would be obsessed with favoring the Yun family, and sooner or later he would annoy the queen mother, resulting in the loss of the position of the East Palace. ”

After listening to Xiao E's words, Yang Guang was even more convinced: the eldest brother Yang Yong's position as the crown prince is about to be lost.

He knows very well that the queen mother Dugu Jia Luo cares most about is that the crown princess Yuan has no children, once Yang Yong ascends to the pole and becomes the emperor, he will make the son of the Yun family the crown prince, if the eldest sister will report the truth about the death of the Yuan family to the queen mother that she heard in her own house, it will be tantamount to completely ruining Yang Yong's future.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked Xiao E: "The eldest sister didn't tell you, she didn't believe what Ji Wei said, would she report what she heard in our house to the queen mother?" ”

"The eldest sister didn't say anything, but asked me to ask the prince a word: Would you like to be the prince? According to my thoughts, she probably wouldn't have directly passed on Ji Wei's words to the queen mother, right? ”

Seeing that Yang Guang shook his head again, Xiao E couldn't help but persuade: "If the prince really doesn't want to be this prince, he must make plans from now on." With the authority and prestige of the prince in the court, anyone will regard the prince as the best choice for the next crown prince. The more this is the case, the more the prince should try to think of a way out for himself as soon as possible, so as to ensure that he can retreat in the future and not be affected by the matter of easy storage. ”

"When I entered the palace yesterday, I had already expressed to my father that I would never compete with my eldest brother for the throne according to the princess's advice, and my father did not say anything at that time. Besides, in addition to me, there are three brothers who are the same mother, and everyone can be this prince, is the princess a little worried? Yang Guang asked Xiao Er with a puzzled face.

"Although the prince has no intention of being an enemy of others, he can't help but prevent others from seeing the prince as a big trouble, and he will want to get rid of him as soon as possible." Xiao E saw that Yang Guang was not fully aware of the danger he was in at this time, so he couldn't help but warn him urgently, "If the prince becomes the prince in the future, it will be fine." But if the prince really doesn't want to be this prince, if any other brother enters the East Palace, will he still treat the prince as well as he does now? With the outstanding merits that the prince has established for the imperial court for so many years, is he not afraid that the prince will replace him? Why can't the prince understand this reason? ”

"Then, in the opinion of the princess, how can I protect myself?" Yang Guang was reminded by Xiao E, and he realized something, so he asked her for advice.

"In the current situation, after the eldest sister learned that the prince did not want to be the prince, it is very likely that she would not tell the truth about the death of the Yuan family directly to the queen mother, that is to say, it is unknown when the position of the East Palace will change hands. Therefore, the concubine thinks that the best choice for the prince now is to return to Guangling as soon as possible, concentrate on the strategy, take care of Jiangnan, and regard Jiangnan as the prince's retreat......"

Although Xiao Er's words were very vague, Yang Guang could also vaguely detect that she wanted to use Jiangnan as a base for self-protection in the future, in other words, once her own safety could not be guaranteed in the future, she could follow the example of the Southern Dynasty, divide Jiangnan, and re-take the old road of dividing the north and south, and couldn't help but gasp in her heart.