Renshou Palace is located in the beautiful scenery of Qizhou She water. It has a high terrain, with undulating mountains, numerous gullies and a cool climate. Renshou Palace is also Yang Jian’s summer vacation palace. Almost every summer, he will come to Renshou Palace to work in the summer vacation, and stay here for nearly half a year.

But this time he fell ill in Renshou Palace. After Queen Dugu died, Yang Jian suddenly lost his restraint. He began to indulge in alcohol and sex, trying to make up for all the enjoyment of the emperor he had lost in the past. But after all, he was old and in just two years, his body was hollowed out by alcohol and sex, and the disease could never get up again.

Yang Jian also knew that his deadline had come, so he said goodbye to the ministers one by one, and repeatedly reminded the crown prince Yang Guang to be frugal and treat the people of the world well. Yang Guang also gave him tears.

In the room, Yang Guang paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was very nervous. It was already the most critical time. He was about to ascend the throne and rule the world. He had been waiting for more than ten years on this day, and finally had to wait. Yang Guang closed his eyes. He was full of expectations. He had too many ambitions to realize.

During this period, the father was seriously ill. Yang Guang personally served water and tasted medicine. He was not untied and served. In addition, there were many things he needed to do.

On the one hand, he had to act on behalf of his father to handle national affairs, and on the other hand, he had to prepare and plan for the treatment of his father and even the huge scale and complicated state funeral matters.

More importantly, he also needs to consider, analyze, and grasp the internal struggles and psychology of ministers of various factions, especially mastering the allocation of force in various places, so as to prevent any accidents and accidents in the event of a major national mourning.

Moreover, his youngest younger brother Yang Liang has been recruiting soldiers in recent years, just waiting for his father to die. These things made Yang Guang worry and worried. He has been sleeping for more than a month, his face has quickly lost weight, and his eyes are covered in blood.

Beside him, the Crown Princess Xiao Yinfeng was sitting. Xiao Yinfeng was the daughter of Xiao Ku, Emperor Xiaoming of Western Liang. She was born in the Chinese clan, with a gentle personality and both talented and beautiful appearance. Although she was thirty-seven years old at this time, she was still graceful and had a beautiful face.

Since she married Yang Guang as a wife in the third year of Kaihuang, the couple has lived together for twenty-one years and has two sons and one daughter. The couple has a deep relationship. Yang Guang also loves his wife deeply and is not close to other women. Xiao Yinfeng feels that her husband has too few children, unlike his brother Yang Yong who has given birth to ten sons. Especially her husband has become the crown prince and is about to inherit the throne. Too few children are not good for the country.

Under Xiao Yinfeng's persuasion, Yang Guang finally accepted a concubine, who is currently four months pregnant, which made Xiao Yinfeng quite happy.

Seeing that her husband was mentally exhausted and seemed very nervous, she poured a bowl of ginseng tea and placed it in front of him, and gently advised him: "Erlang, it is God's will to ascend the throne, but the father is in danger and is human ethics. Erlang should not think about what happened after the throne for the time being. It is urgent to pray for the father more."

Yang Guang was grateful for his wife's considerateness, patted the back of her hand gently, and sighed: "Although that's the case, it's the time when the father is dead, and it's also a time when the slut is peeping around. How can I not be careful?"

At this time, a eunuch hurried over and bowed to salute, "Your Highness the Supreme Lord Xuan will meet you!"

Yang Guang nodded, tidy up his clothes, walked out of the room quickly, and walked to the door. He remembered something again and asked the servants beside him, "Have you arrived?"

The closest servant quickly replied: "His Royal Highness of Jin is in Luoyang and has already been informed. I guess he will be here in the next two days."

"Send someone to urge him to hurry up, and let King Yuzhang come immediately."

King Yuzhang was Yang Ming, the second son of Yang Guang, and he didn't arrive, which made Yang Guang very unhappy. The eldest son came from Luoyang, and it was understandable that he was late, but Yang Ming was in the capital, so why didn't he come here for a long time?

He was worried that his father would be anxious, so he hurried to his father's bedroom. Yang Guang lived in the Beidou Hall, far from the Datong Hall where Yang Jian was. His Eastern Palace guards were all in the side hall at the foot of the mountain, and there were only four personal guards beside him to protect him.

The defense of Renshou Palace was extremely strict, and the prince's guards were not allowed to enter. It was just because Yang Guang lived in Renshou Palace for a long time, so Emperor Yang Jian made an exception to allow four Eastern Palace guards to protect his safety. Even so, these four guards were not allowed to leave Beidou Hall.

The defense in Renshou Palace is served by the left guard. Six thousand left guard soldiers are divided into six shifts and each shift is on duty for six hours. Of course, there are still tens of thousands of imperial guards guarding the outside of Renshou Palace, which defends the entire Renshou Palace area as hard as an iron barrel.

Along the long corridors, there were burly left soldiers of the left guard standing, and people kept shouting, "Your Highness the Prince!"

This was reminding the inner palace to avoid it. Yang Guang walked to the steps of his father's bedroom and he stopped. At this time, his father's concubines were all beside the bed. He had to wait for them to retreat and only then could he go in after they had agreed. After a moment, the eunuch Zhao Jinde came out and stepped forward to salute Yang Guang, "Your Highness, the Lord, you will be welcomed!"

"Eunuch Zhao, how is the situation of the emperor?"

Zhao Jinde looked sad, and he shook his head, "The Imperial Doctor said, it may be only two days."

Yang Guang was sighing in his heart and walked into the palace with heavy steps.

In front of the dragon bed, Yang Jian's concubines had all retreated, and only a few eunuchs served. Yang Jian was as thin as bones, his face was as gold paper, and when the oil was exhausted, he had no strength to speak. He closed his eyes and quietly waited for the coming of that moment.

When a person is about to die, what Yang Jian thought of in the past two days were his deceased relatives, his parents, his acharya, and his old wife who had been with Rumo for decades, but he was still worried. The Sui Dynasty he created had just been established, and there were too many major things that had not been dealt with. These major things were extremely dangerous. If he was not careful, the country he created would destroy. He was in power for more than 20 years and never started, and he could only hand over these things to his son.

"Your Majesty! The prince is here." A eunuch in his ear gently reminded him.

Yang Jian opened his eyes faintly and saw his son Yang Guang kneeling in front of him, with tears on his face. He raised his hand slightly, stroked his son's face, smiled lovingly, and said in a low voice: "Crazy, I'm going to see your mother, this is a good thing!"

Yang Guang held his father's hand, tears fell down, and finally he burst into tears, "Father!"

Yang Jian's mind was extremely clear at this time, and he said in a low voice: "I have a few more words to tell you and ask them to step down!"

Yang Guang nodded and said to the eunuchs and palace maids around him: "You all retreat!"

More than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids retreated, and only Yang Guang was left in the bedroom. Yang Guang choked and said in a choked voice: "Father, my son, please listen to the advice of my father."

Yang Jian sighed and said slowly: "Since the Yongjia Rebellion, the Southern and Northern Dynasties have changed, and no one has ever been good at it. I thought Wei could last for a long time, but it was replaced by Zhou Qi for only a hundred years. In the past, Emperor Xiaowen also thought about reform, but went astray, and the trend of aristocratic families resurfaced. Yuwen Tai established the Guanlong family and was able to establish a country in the end, but it was still destroyed by the family. The cancer in the world is the family, and the poison of the family is Guanlong. I have been in power for twenty years and I have never been able to do anything to them. The emperor, the Guanlong family is my confidant in the Sui Dynasty. Remember!"

Yang Guang nodded silently, he knew this very clearly, "My son has decided that after he takes office, he will move the capital as soon as possible and move the central government of the court out of Guanlong."

"I also want to move the capital, but I have to control too much. The emperor must be cautious and not be too impatient."

With a sigh, Yang Jian whispered again: "The second concern of the Great Sui Dynasty is the old land of Northern Qi, with Hu and Han mixed together, mostly descendants of the six towns. The strong wind is still there. These people do not accept education and will revolt when they encounter storms. You must be extremely careful, treat them well, be lenient to the people, and do not give them an excuse to raise an army."

Yang Guang did not agree with his father's idea. In his opinion, being kind and kind is just to delay the conflict. Even if he is not in chaos during his rule, what will happen to his descendants? What should he do if his descendants have done? The six towns have been around for a hundred years, and the strong trend is still there. It can be seen that it is not possible to solve the problem by education. The best way is to eliminate the roots and kill the descendants of these six towns without leaving any troubles, but he dare not say this.

Yang Jian also said: "The third concern of the Great Sui Dynasty is the Northern Gate of Grassland. The Turks have always been a major concern in the Central Plains. The Yongjia Rebellion was also caused by the Northern Hu. Once the grassland is cold, the Northern Hu will inevitably go south. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, our Great Sui Dynasty was almost destroyed by the Turks. Although the Qimin was supported by the Great Sui Dynasty, the Hu people were changeable and should not be trusted easily. They must both force and soft hands to strengthen defense. Changsun Sheng and Pei Ju both governed Hu Liangchen, so you can use it more."

Yang Guang nodded, "I remember it in my heart."

Yang Jian sighed long, "I think about the shortness of Qin and the four hundred years of Han, and I feel a lot. Qin governs the country with law, rapes but does not impose benevolence and righteousness, which led to chaos in the world. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Laozi and Zhuang were governed by inaction, and later Emperor Wu respected Confucianism and was able to revive it, and finally achieve long-term stability. Emperor Wang, you must remember that law governs people with law and Confucianism governs the heart. This is the way for Han rule the country with law, and the foundation of my long-term stability in the Sui Dynasty. I ruled like the first Han Dynasty, and made the country rich and strong. I hope you can become the Wu Emperor of Han, realize the revival of the Sui Dynasty, complete my unfinished career, drive away the barbarians, and restore the Han Dynasty."

Yang Guang kowtowed twice to his father, "My father's words are remembered in my heart."

Yang Jian held Yang Guang's hand and gasped for a while, "And your brother, you should treat them well. Although your elder brother is useless, he can give him wealth and prosperity to his old age. This is the only thing I want you to ask for."

Yang Guang shed tears and said, "How dare you forget the brotherhood of your son? Without the advice of your father, you will treat them well."

After pausing, Yang Guang asked again: "Does Father want to meet the elder brother? I'll order someone to pick him up."

Yang Jian smiled with relief, "It's enough that you have this intention. I have asked Liu Shu and Yuan Yan to pick him up. It should be coming soon!"

Speaking of this, Yang Jian suddenly coughed violently. Yang Guang hurriedly called the eunuch in to serve. Yang Jian waved his hand, "You go! I am tired and want to rest for a while."

"Yes! My son is leaving."

Yang Guang slowly retreated. At this time, he saw the skirt flying under the screen. This was the Concubine Chen walking in through the side door. He quickly retreated, but gave a wink to a little eunuch. He retreated. Soon, Concubine Chen walked in. Concubine Chen was also the sister of the Queen Chen. After the demise of the Chen Dynasty, she did not enter the palace. She looked so beautiful that Yang Jian liked it. However, Empress Dugu was strictly in charge and Yang Jian could not succeed. After Empress Dugu passed away, Concubine Chen was immediately favored. Although she was in her early thirties at this time, she still had charm. Yang Jian was seriously ill and she kept serving her.

Seeing that Yang Jian was coughing violently, she quickly tapped him on the back and smoothed his chest. Yang Jian slowly calmed down. She complained a little: "Your Majesty, why are you talking to the prince so much? You have to rest, don't he know?"

Yang Jian liked this young wife very much. He smiled and said, "I want to say a few more words to the prince. He is very filial and considerate of me. It is not what you think."

Concubine Chen disliked Yang Guang very much. She grew up in the deep palace of the Chen Dynasty. The education she received was orderly and the eldest son was the first. She was extremely dissatisfied with the deposed eldest son and the second son. More importantly, Yang Guang led his army to destroy the Chen Dynasty, which made her always feel a little hostile to Yang Guang.

"Your Majesty, I think the eldest son is more generous and kind, and your Majesty should not easily abolish the legitimate power."

Yang Jian sighed, "When is it, you still say these stupid words."

"But... I think as long as your Majesty is willing, it will be time at any time."

"Don't say it anymore!" Yang Jian shook his head tiredly, "The prince is the foundation of the country, how can he move lightly? I just want to talk to my eldest son in the end to make the family of father and son."

Yang Jian didn't want to speak anymore, so he closed his eyes. Guiren Chen had to sit aside and initiated a battle. She was worried. What should she do if the emperor passed away?

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Note 1: The child Yang Guang's concubine was born in history, the mother of King Li Ke of Wu.

Note 2: Concubine Chen is Mrs. Xuanhua. Yang Jian was a nobleman in his lifetime. After his death, he was granted the title of Mrs. Xuanhua.

Note 3: In the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Mi replaced Empress Xiao, but Empress Xiao was already fifty-two years old at that time.
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