Chapter 590: Duke of Yiguo

A red sun slowly rose from the seashore of Leting County.

In the glow of the sunset, Zhao Xu and Zhao Heng headed for Yancheng.

After more than two days, they arrived in Yancheng.

Zhao Xu arranged Zhao Heng and Mi Fei in the Yancheng courtyard.

It was impossible to build a palace for Zhao Heng. It was too laborious and costly, and he could not afford it.

In history, many emperors of dynasties built palaces and lost their treasuries.

So, he just picked a mansion that was about the same size as the prince's mansion and was very exquisite and timeless for Zhao Heng to live in Yanzhou.

Zhao Heng was satisfied with this.

Compared with the shabby mansions in Leting County, this mansion was not inferior to the mansions of some officials in Jinling.

In addition, he also allocated some maids to the courtyard.

Among these maids, there were spies from the four courtyards who would monitor Zhao Heng's words and deeds.

In addition to Zhao Heng, he also arranged a courtyard for Prince Chun and Princess Chun.

He asked Xu Ke to send more people to closely monitor the two.

After everything was arranged, Zhao Xu remembered something and asked Zhao Heng for an imperial edict.

"Father, I know that you were forced by the powerful family and had no choice but to exile General Yang to Yanzhou just to save his life. Now it's time to restore General Yang's reputation."

In the main hall of the courtyard, Zhao Heng was changing clothes under the service of Liang Cheng.

Hearing this, he said, "Yes, yes, Liang Cheng, take the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and issue an edict to the King of Yan."

After saying yes, Liang Cheng went out for a while and came back with the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Zhao Heng wrote on the silk cloth for a while, stamped it with the seal he brought out of the palace, and handed it to Liang Cheng.

Holding the imperial edict, Liang Cheng came to Zhao Xu and showed Zhao Xu a flattering smile. Liang Cheng said, "Your Highness, please accept the imperial edict."

"Thank you, General Manager Liang." Zhao Xu said.

Although in his eyes, Zhao Heng is now just a mascot.

But he still has to do the superficial etiquette.

Like every ancient dynasty, Dasong also attaches great importance to filial piety.

Since he is the King of Yan, he is the role model of Yanzhou.

If the news of his bad attitude towards Zhao Heng spreads to the people, it will cause a very bad impact.

It will also make people question his character.

After all, the people don’t know how badly the King of Dasong treated them.

"Your Highness is polite. In the future in Yanzhou, I will still look up to Your Highness for more care." Liang Cheng bowed slightly.

Zhao Xu nodded, "Okay, okay."

After that, he took the imperial edict and went out, and went straight to find Yang Feng.

After Zhao Xu left, Zhao Heng and Liang Cheng both breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Heng said, "I really made the right bet this time. In the whole Dasong, only Yanzhou is safe for me. Compared with other princes, the Prince of Yan is really upright."

"Yes, but the emperor must remember what he said when he came here. Just eat, drink and have fun in Yanzhou. Don't think about anything else." Liang Cheng said, "Although the Prince of Yan is upright, he is also a person who can't tolerate any sand in his eyes from his traditional style of doing things."

Zhao Heng sighed, "I still know my own weight. The Prince of Yan has managed Yanzhou like this and has taken over the Ningjin Dusi. Don't say that I am alone now. Even in Jinling, the powerful families are respectful to me. I am afraid that they can't provoke the Prince of Yan."

Liang Cheng nodded gently and smiled, "That's right."

Here, Zhao Xu left the villa and went to the courtyard where Yang Feng lived.

He was caught up by Xu Ke on the way.

Panting, Xu Ke said: "Your Highness, the Dou family established a country in Xiangcheng. Dou Wei supported the third prince to ascend the throne and established the country, called Nanliang."

"Nanliang?" Zhao Xu frowned.

The Liang Dynasty was a dynasty before Dasong. The founding emperor of the Liang Dynasty started his army from Xiangcheng and seized the world.

Dou Wei named the country Nanliang, it seems that he wanted to learn from the Liang Dynasty emperor to compete for the world.

"The current Zhao Mu is not called Zhao Mu, but Dou Mu. He is not the third prince of Dasong, but Dou Wei's biological son." Zhao Xu corrected Xu Ke's name and continued, "Are there any movements from other families?"

"After Xiao Cheng led his troops to withdraw from Jinling, Xie Duan led the Xie family troops to occupy Jinling City and is currently pacifying the people of Jinling." Xu Ke continued, "After Han Zheng returned to Lucheng, he went to the Dongying Guild Hall in Qingcheng. Wang Zian returned to Yecheng, but there was no movement."

Finally, he said, "Fan Xinglun and Liang Kai went to Lincheng together. I wonder what their intentions are?"

"Fan Xinglun went to Lincheng?" Zhao Xu frowned.

This Fan family has always been very low-key in the court.

At this moment, Dasong was in trouble, but he went to Lincheng. He must have some plans.

However, Jiangnan is too far away from Yanzhou, and he is a little out of reach at the moment.

In this regard, he can only let Xu Ke continue to watch.

After listening to Xu Ke's report, he went to Yang Feng's yard again.

At present, the Xie family, Liang Cheng and others have not made any moves. This is not because he and Mi Zhuang have made a mistake in their predictions, but because everything needs a period of time to ferment.

The Xie family's troops have now entered Jinling.

He does not believe that Xie Duan can bear to face the dragon throne in the palace.

At present, as he discussed with Liu Fu and Chang Wei, he has to observe the situation temporarily.

Thinking all the way, he arrived at Yang Feng's house.

At this time, Yang Feng was drawing water from the well in the yard.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but call out, "Duke Yiguo."

This scared Yang Feng, and the bucket in Yang Feng's hand fell into the bottom of the well with a snap.

"Your Highness, why are you here?" Yang Feng wiped his hands, a little at a loss.

After the Battle of Ningjin, he had already admired the King of Yan.

In his heart, he was in awe of Zhao Xu.

For the Yang family, Ningjin Dusi had a different meaning from others.

Because Ningjin Dusi was lost in the hands of the Yang family.

Now, the King of Yan took Ningjin Dusi back personally, and he was grateful in his heart.

"Haha, I came here to congratulate Duke Yi." Zhao Xu smiled and took out the imperial edict, "Yang Feng, listen to the edict."

Yang Feng was startled, but when he saw the seal on the imperial edict, he immediately knelt down.

Zhao Xu smiled slightly and read the imperial edict.

In the imperial edict, Zhao Heng admitted that he was forced by the powerful family, and now that he was in Yanzhou, he should repent and restore Yang Feng's title of Duke Yi.

"Yang Feng leads, long live the emperor." Yang Feng took the imperial edict, his eyes slightly red.

Realizing something, he said, "The emperor came to Yanzhou?"

Zhao Xu nodded, and then told about the turmoil in Jinling.

After listening to this, Yang Feng was speechless for a long time, and sighed: "This day has finally come."

Looking at Zhao Xu, he said: "But this time, thank you, Your Highness, for always thinking about me."

Zhao Xu shrugged, "In fact, this king was also entrusted by someone, and I don't want him to be distracted, so I concentrate on dealing with Beidi."

"Who?" Yang Feng was puzzled. He couldn't think of anyone else who could make the King of Yan give this face.

"Yang Zhen." Zhao Xu didn't keep it a secret.

Yang Feng was more and more confused, "I do know that there is a man named Yang Zhen in your army, but he has no relatives or friends with me, just the same surname, so why do you do this?"

Zhao Xu raised the corner of his mouth, "Couldn't this Yang Zhen be the son of the old general who has been missing for more than ten years?"

"Pah!" Suddenly a crisp sound came.

Zhao Xu turned his head and looked outside the courtyard gate, only to see Yang Susu standing there.

The pottery jar on the ground broke into several pieces.