Yang Guang originally thought that Ji Wei was exaggerating in order to switch to his command, falsely accusing the eldest brother Yang Yong of killing the crown princess Yuan, but now he listened to Xiao E tell him about the meeting with Ji Wei, and knew that the death of the Yuan family was indeed caused by the eldest brother, and after Xiao E analyzed to him that once the eldest brother's position in the East Palace was not guaranteed, he would resolutely resign as the prince, and he himself would be in great danger, and his mind would be chaotic all of a sudden.

Tossing and turning that night, unable to sleep, Yang Guang had to seriously think about Xiao E's words that advised him to leave a way out early. After nearly a night of repeated thinking, Yang Guang finally came to a rather ridiculous and helpless conclusion: for himself, the best choice is to maintain the status quo, the eldest brother continues to be his crown prince, and he will return to Jiangnan as soon as possible as Xiao Er suggested, and never return to Chang'an for long-term residence in the future, using this self-exile method to protect himself.

Even for the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Sui Dynasty, the emperor's health is healthy, and everything remains the same, which is the best situation. Yang Guang comforted himself like this in his heart and thought.

Then, he thought that including Xiao E, only a short day apart, his husband and wife wanted to kindly remind their father and queen mother to beware of dangers from around them, and they changed their minds and made plans for their future, and they couldn't help but feel a little depressed: It seems that this Chang'an really can't stay longer, and staying for one more day will add a little inner trouble, and they can't help but sink into the endless struggle within the DPRK and China, so it is better to return to Guangling as soon as possible.

Yang Guang planned to enter the palace early the next morning to meet the eldest sister, and affirmed to her that he had no intention of being a prince, and asked her not to report the truth about the death of the eldest brother Yang Yong Yuan to his mother Dugu Jialuo, and at the same time step up all the things that needed to be done in Chang'an, and return to Guangling as soon as possible.

However, before he could clean up and stop and instructed Guo Yan to prepare a horse for him to prepare for leaving the palace and entering the palace, more than a dozen ministers of the court and the central government came to visit outside the palace and blocked him in the palace.

Yang Guang took the stickers that Yuzan presented to him, and saw that the dozen or so courtiers who came to visit were all civil and military ministers who were kind to him, and he couldn't bear to brush off their feelings, so he had to ask the princess Xiao Er to enter the palace first to see his eldest sister Yang Lihua instead of him, while he himself stayed in the palace to receive these civil and military ministers.

After meeting with more than a dozen ministers and talking for a short time, Yang Guang noticed that most of these people came to find out whether he would replace Yang Yong and enter the East Palace, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart. After arguing with them for a while, he got up and sent off the guests with a smile.

Among these people, only two remained in the palace after the others failed to find out the news they wanted from Yang Guang's mouth.

One of them was Pei Ju, one of Yang Guang's two teachers when he was a child, and the other was Luocong Gong Yanrong.

Yang Guangyin saw that Pei Ju and Yan Rong refused to leave with everyone, so he first asked Pei Ju politely: "I don't know what else the teacher can teach?" ”

Pei Ju flashed a glance at Yan Rong, who was sitting still beside him, and replied with a smile: "The lower official came to the door today to ask to see the prince, and I want to ask the prince to allow the lower official to return to Guangling with the prince, so that the lower official can do his best for the imperial court to pacify the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"Is the teacher still in the ministry? If you don't do a good Beijing official, why do you want to follow me to Jiangnan to serve? ”

"Don't dare to deceive the prince, the lower officials have been envious of the place where Jiangnan humanities gather for a long time, and when he heard that the prince had recruited hundreds of Jiangnan sages to compile books in Guangling, he couldn't help but yearn for it. Therefore, I specially asked the prince to bring the subordinate officials to Guangling to serve, so that the subordinate officials could participate in the victory. ”

Yang Guang smiled and nodded, then got up and hugged his fists and said, "If the teacher is willing to give in, Xiao Wang can't ask for it." In the future, the matter of appeasing the Jiangnan Shi clan will be bothered by the teacher. ”

Pei Ju was very happy when he heard Yang Guang agree to his request, and hurriedly bowed and saluted back: "Then the lower official will return to the ministry to prepare to hand over his official duties with others, and obey the call of the prince at any time." ”

After Pei Ju said goodbye and left, Yan Rong immediately got up and reported to Yang Guangyu with his fists: "The last general has been ordained, and he will go to Youzhou to replace Zhou Yao as the chief manager in the near future. ”

"You're going to Youzhou to take over as the governor? There is something that needs to be done by this king, but it is. Yang Guang turned around and sat down and asked Yan Rongdao.

"The last general heard that the prince is selecting good generals from among the generals in Nanchen to take them to the south of the Yangtze River to unify the army, and I have come to show the prince, can you let Zhou Luoyu assist the last general to go to Youzhou to take up his post?"

"Luo Conggong, your news is quite well-informed." When Yang Guang heard that Yan Rong was going to take Zhou Luoyu to Youzhou to take office with him, his heart moved, so he asked him, "If you don't want so many Nanchen generals in the court, why did you just hit Zhou Luoyu?" I heard that some time ago, he had a dispute with Song Guogong in the palace, so that he was drunk and lying on the streets of Suzaku and made a lot of trouble. ”

Yan Rong winked at Yang Guang and asked him rhetorically, "Does the prince know why Zhou Luoyu had a dispute with He Ruobi that day?" ”

Yang Guang shook his head.

"At that time, the general was also in the Linde Palace, at that time, because He Ruobi deliberately teased Zhou Luoyu, and pointed to Chen Ji, the general of Nanchen who had been a partial general under Zhou Luoyu, and said to Zhou Luoyu: 'If the Gong had surrendered to my Great Sui earlier, he would not have ended up in the situation where he is now standing under Chen Ji, how can the Duke regret it?' Facing the majestic Song Guogong, Lord Wang, how do you answer Zhou Luoyu? He only sneered coldly: "Berton, you are really a good guy." Xiang Zhou had not been transferred out of Jiankang, and if he personally led the boat division to fight with the Bertong Division, the number of victories and defeats could still be unpredictable. ’”

Yang Guang couldn't help but speak when he heard Yan Rong say this: "This week, Luo's courage has also grown." Since he was a general of Nan Chen, in the face of Song Guogong, who had led the army to destroy Nan Chen, he dared to say such wild words? ”

"What the last general thought at that time was the same as the prince." Yan Rong said with a smile, "Who knew that He Ruobi heard Zhou Luoyu's words, not only was he not annoyed, but he laughed, and immediately made an agreement with Zhou Luoyu to lose with wine, and to compete for victory and defeat that day, which made Zhou Luoyu drunk." For this matter, the last general later asked someone to inquire about Zhou Luoyuqi, and learned that he had led the army to defeat He Ruobi's father He Ruodun in the first dynasty of Emperor Xuan of Southern Chen, so He Ruobi would humiliate him in public. The last general admired Zhou Luoyu's courage and heroism in his heart, so today he took the opportunity to bid farewell to the prince, and implored the prince to raise his noble hand, so let Zhou Luoyu go to Youzhou with the last general to guard it. ”