Chang'an City in early autumn.

As the saying goes, eventful. Recently, there have been a lot of major events in Chang'an City, and each of them has had an impact on Liu Yan, who is the crown prince.

The first is that the right servant shot Li Zaixing and died.

As the most solid main battle faction in the imperial court, Li Zaixing can be regarded as a powerful ally advocated by Liu Yan. His death was a great loss to Liu Yan's claims, but his death was purely accidental.

In the middle of summer, Liu Yutong held a polo match in the palace, and all the members of the five grades and above participated in this grand event. Li Zaixing, despite being fifty-seven years old, showed everyone his outstanding skills and won the championship in one fell swoop, for which Liu Yutong was also very happy and rewarded a lot of treasures. Li Zaixing was also very excited, he got drunk that day, and when he returned home, he insisted on riding his beloved horse back to the house despite the resistance of the servants, but he fell off the horse on the road, which caused a stroke, and died after only three days.

Ri Zaixing's death had a profound impact on the political balance between the DPRK and China. As the leader of the main battle faction, as soon as Li Zaixing died, no one on the main battle faction side could compete with the main peace faction led by Zuo Servant Han Kemin. This point is obviously unfavorable to Liu Yan, who is also in the main battle, and more importantly, Han Kemin is the grandfather of Li Guifei, the favorite concubine of the emperor. Li Guifei has a son, who is twelve years old, and the emperor loves this child very much, so that Li Guifei's power is bound to be greatly strengthened, and it is still unknown whether it will threaten Liu Yan's position as the crown prince, but some people have indeed begun to waver, and Han Kemin's carriages and horses in front of the door are much more than usual

The death of one man caused a drastic change in the imperial court. But that's not the worst of it.

After Chang Miao's Liaodong Army engaged the Goryeo Army in Liaoshui, the two countries were already in a state of official warfare. Chang Miao decided to temporarily remain on the defensive and accumulate strength, so he decided to abandon the territory south of Liaoshui and deploy troops along Liaoshui. For this reason, in the past few months, almost all the territory south of Liaoshui has fallen under the control of Goryeo, although Chang Miao organized forces to rescue the inhabitants of many places and recalled all the local troops, but the city fell into the hands of the Goryeo. Regarding the loss of the country, the Lord and the faction will naturally criticize him, and Liu Yan, who introduced Chang Miao, is also to blame. Fortunately, with the help of Wu Sicheng, Liu Yan successfully withstood the criticism of the Lord and the faction, so that Emperor Liu Yutong made up his mind to send the elite troops of the Shenji Battalion to Chang Miao, and at the same time ordered Chang Miao not to have pressure, and he could keep preparing until the time he was satisfied.

Then there was the big event that happened three days ago. Due to his advanced age, Emperor Liu Yutong began to be obsessed with the medicine of immortality, so he gathered many alchemists to drum up the matter of alchemy, and regularly took the pills paid tribute by the monks. Finally three days ago to eat something wrong, after taking the pill Liu Yutong felt unwell, soon lost sensation in his legs, and then fainted, urgently summoned the doctor after diagnosis and treatment, finally did not cause a major disaster, but both legs and right hand have lost part of the function, and according to the doctor, Liu Yutong's body has suffered a lot of damage, even after treatment, it is difficult to return to the previous state.

The first time Liu Yutong fell ill, Liu Yan got the report, and then hurried over and controlled the situation, in the past three days, Liu Yan stayed by his father's side without sleep, of course, because he was worried about his father's physical condition, and more importantly, as Wu Sicheng said, the prince must stay by his side when the emperor has any possibility, in case something happens. In fact, as Wu Sicheng expected, Concubine Li Guifei came to visit the emperor with her son several times, and Han Kemin also intended to defend it. Fortunately, with the help of Ji Chonghai and Wu Sicheng, Liu Yan successfully blocked them. Before Liu Yutong woke up, no minister was able to meet with him.

Now that the emperor is in stable condition and conscious, the turbulent political situation has finally begun to stabilize. Liu Yan finally put down the stone in his heart and prepared to return to Tai**, but he didn't expect to fall asleep leaning on the doorpost as soon as he walked to the door of the emperor's bedroom.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince." A soft voice sounded in Liu Yan's ears, and Liu Yan barely opened his hazy sleepy eyes to find the source of the sound.

The scene in front of him still surprised Liu Yan, he actually slept on his father's dragon couch, while his father Liu Yutong sat on the side, and there were five eunuchs around him.

"Father!" Liu Yan struggled to his feet.

"You've worked hard these past few days, Yan'er." Liu Yutong said with a calm face.

When Liu Yan saw that his father's face was wrong, he hurriedly said: "The son is guilty and did not handle things well. ”

Liu Yutong sneered: "In the past few days, you have blocked the outside and not let anyone contact me, because you think I can't get better." ”

Liu Yan suddenly felt a cold sweat break out, the measures he took during the time when his father fainted were indeed arrogant, and his father was still very weak when he woke up, so he didn't say anything. Now that his spirit has recovered a lot, he is obviously aware of his actions. In the face of his father's questioning, it is absolutely useless to deny. At the moment, we can only take one step at a time. He took a few steps to the ground and knelt down.

"Father, that's exactly what the sons did. At that time, his father was unconscious, and in order to prevent someone from falsely preaching the holy decree and causing political turmoil, the son made this decision. The son's actions are indeed transgressive, and he asks his father to punish him. ”

Seeing Liu Yan kneeling on the ground, Liu Yutong's eyes slowly softened, and he slowly spoke: "That's it, I know that you have not done anything else in the past few days except for giving a few instructions to calm people's hearts, and what you have done is at most driven by selfishness to ensure the position of the prince." I forgive you for your innocence, and get up. ”

Liu Yan didn't get up when he heard this, but continued to lie on the ground and said, "Erchen is guilty." Please punish your father, and your son's behavior should be punished if you trespass, otherwise it will cause greater hidden dangers in the future. The retainer thought that the sin of wrong deeds could not be absolved because of the right motive, and the retainer was willing to accept the punishment of his father. ”

Liu Yutong's face showed a hint of a smile: "That's a good point, Yan'er." You dare to take responsibility, just qualified; Able to recognize the crux of the matter, excellent; If you dare to accept the punishment, I think you can be counted as a full score this time. Get up. ”

Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, hurriedly stood up, and said with tears: "Father, I have really scared my sons to death in the past three days. ”

Liu Yutong took his son's hand with his left hand and said: "Yan'er, although you have not handled it the best this time, it can be regarded as living up to expectations, I have experienced this illness, and I feel that my body is not as good as before, and I will need a lot of time to recuperate in the future." Asari's affairs will be handled by you, not major matters that you can arbitrarily take care of, I believe you will handle it well. ”

"The retainers are terrified." Liu Yan understood that this was his father's great support for himself, so that the power of the main peace faction and Li Guifei's faction in the DPRK and China could no longer expand their power.