In the golden September, it is the time when the fish in the lake are fat. In the back garden of the Royal Palace in Siqi City, there are several large pools of lake water. When you are fine during this period, Li Yan will ride a boat and fish on the lake. His fishing skills were extremely poor in the past, but after this period of practice and learning, it has increased a lot. In addition, there are many fish in the lake, so he can return with a full load every time.

"Your Highness, although there are many fish in this lake, there is still a little difference compared to the small lake in the Chang'an Palace. At least the fish in the palace are much fatter than here." Wang An took off a carp fishing on it and put it in the bucket next to him while smiling at Li Yan.

After Wang An stabilized the overall situation in Japan, he handed over the rest to other officials of the royal palace. After all, Li Yan's territory is expanding too quickly now, and there will be more places to manage in the future. He, Lu Hong, Zhao Fu and others can't control it. So as long as he has the opportunity, he will try his best to hand over some things to the officials below, hoping to cultivate a group of available talents.

Li Yan laughed when he heard Wang An's words, "You are too greedy, Wang Fu, you are too greedy. The princess is fed to the fish in the Chang'an Palace by the princess. However, the princess over there is no better than the palace here. There are five or six lakes in the back garden alone. Although the princess likes to raise fish, he doesn't have time to raise fish from several lakes. Therefore, although the fish in this lake are not as fat as Chang'an, they are also wild and have a better taste than the ones raised by the house!"

After Li Yan finished speaking, he was still very focused on fishing, but Wang An next to him looked at him with a lot of thought. When he found that Li Yan had no special reaction, a hint of helplessness appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, Li Yan suddenly felt that the fishing rod in his hand sinking, the fish had already been hooked, and the force on his hand felt that the fish was not small. He hurriedly stood up and slowly retracted the line along the fish's strength. In a short while, a big black fish that was jumping around was lifted onto the boat.

At this time, Wang An also came to help. The two of them took the fish off the hook and put it in the bucket. The black fish is a carnivorous fish with very delicious meat. Li Yan didn't like to eat fish very much. However, this kind of black fish can still be eaten.

When Wang An saw that Li Yan caught a black fish, he also smiled and said, "Your Highness is so lucky today. He actually caught such a big black fish. Speaking of which, if you can make black fish well, there is an old store beside the Qujiang Pool in Chang'an City. Although the store is not big and only the owner and his family of three are in charge of the store, the owner has a good skill in cooking fish. If the black fish can be fucked by him, it will definitely be a rare delicacy. Unfortunately, it is difficult to taste the fresh fat fish by the Qujiang Pool now thousands of miles apart!"

Hearing Wang An's feelings, Li Yan finally heard some other meanings from it. After thinking about it, he understood what was going on. He laughed and said, "Fu Wang, you have led your words to Chang'an several times today. It would be fine if Lu Hong and the others, but do you even want to persuade me to return to Chang'an to compete for the throne?"

Since the rebellion of Li Chengqian reached Siqian, the people under Li Yan suddenly became energetic. Although Li Yan took the initiative to withdraw from the throne, the situation is special now, and the prince was deposed for rebellion. The remaining King of Wei was unwilling to be seen. In addition, the court and the public have very high voices for Li Yan. If he could rush back to Chang'an at this time, he would be very likely to be the prince.

It is precisely for this plan that the civil servants were mainly Lu Hong and Zhao Fu, while the military generals were mainly Su Dingfang and Lu Qing. The distant letter formation and the nearby persuasion were all very tactful, but the meaning was the same, just hope that he could consider the possibility of returning to Chang'an. After all, if he really got the position of prince, he would be the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and these people would have a greater future in the future.

However, Li Yan had his own hardships and knew that he did not want to go back and stay in Chang'an City. Even if he really sat in the emperor, if he wanted to realize his ideal, he had to reform the Tang Dynasty in all aspects. With the vastness of the Tang Dynasty, if he wanted to succeed in his entire reform, he would not know if he had enough time in his life, let alone encounter various obstacles in the reform process. If he was not careful, he might not even be able to sit steadily on the position of the emperor. Therefore, if he had not been forced to the last step, he would never have sat in the throne of the Tang Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yan has always been vaguely evasive to the persuasion of the following people, and Lu Hong and others dare not say it too clearly, so there is no way. However, two days ago, Lu Hong, Hu Li and others went to see Wen Xin, hoping to let her persuade Li Yan, but Wen Xin was not concerned about this kind of thing, and just mentioned it to Li Yan. Seeing that Li Yan did not give a positive answer, he stopped mentioning it.

However, Empress Xiao didn't know where to get the news and showed great enthusiasm for it. She has been reminding him to go back to Chang'an openly and secretly these days. Li Yan was not able to say it clearly, so she had to hide from Empress Xiao. So whenever she had free time these days, he would raft on the lake fishing. Unexpectedly, Wang An took the initiative to accompany him today, and he actually intended to lead the topic of Chang'an. In theory, Wang An should be the person who knows his ideals and situation the best, and should not persuade him to return to Chang'an.

When Wang An heard Li Yan's words, he smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, now the officials of the royal palace, whether civil or military, are trying their best to persuade you to go back to Chang'an. As the King's Tutor, if I don't move any more, it will be difficult to get along with you in the future."

As soon as Wang An said something, Li Yan immediately showed a look of understanding. Everyone in the palace was advising him that Wang An, as one of them, was also Wang Fu, who had the responsibility of teaching, should naturally express his opinion at this time, otherwise if he performed too much, it would be difficult to get along with in the future.

However, when Wang An saw Li Yan's expression of relief on his face, he immediately said: "In addition, Chang'an has been undercurrents in order to establish a crown prince, so the old minister believes that Your Highness is not suitable for going back at this time. However, if Your Highness does not go back, it does not mean that you should stand by and watch this matter. After all, we will still have close ties with the Tang Dynasty in the future, so the candidate for the position of the crown prince is also of great importance. So should Your Highness prepare early?"

Wang An's words were deeply loved by Li Yan. In fact, let alone Chang'an, the entire Tang Dynasty was disturbed by the candidates for the position of crown prince. If he went back at this time, he still didn't know what would happen, and maybe he would even repeat the last assassination in the Yellow River. After all, a considerable number of people in the Tang Dynasty were unwilling to see him go back.

Of course, the candidate for the position of crown prince is also very important to Li Yan. What Li Yan most hopes is that the third brother Li Ke will take the position of crown prince. First, the two are brothers and have a very good relationship, and second, Li Yan is also familiar with the other party's temperament. So if he can ascend the throne, then Li Yan can still gain great support from the Tang Dynasty in the future.

However, some things were not something that Li Yan hoped to do. Although Li Ke was good, and his father Li Shimin also valued him more, Li Ke was not a legitimate family like him, and he did not have the influence of himself. Therefore, even if Li Shimin wanted to make Li Ke the crown prince in his heart, he would probably be opposed by many ministers, such as Changsun Wuji was definitely the first to oppose it. In addition, Li Ke had no connections in the court, and would not have a group of important civil and military officials like Li Yan to speak for him, so unless a miracle happened, Li Ke would definitely not be able to take up the position of crown prince.

Thinking of his third brother Li Ke, Li Yan sighed inwardly. He is a brother, but it doesn't matter that Li Ke cannot take the position of crown prince. When Li Yan said that he would not compete for the throne, he had a conversation with Changsun Wuji. Like him, the other party was not optimistic about Li Chengqian and Li Tai, so he turned his attention to the younger Li Zhi. Li Yan did not object to this, and even tacitly acquiesced to Changsun Wuji's behavior. However, he warned the other party in advance, so he told him not to have any inappropriate thoughts.

Thinking of the conversation with Changsun Wuji, Li Yan laughed at Wang An in a mysterious way: "Wang Fu, we don't need to do anything about the establishment of the prince. I had already talked with someone at the beginning, and he would help us with the following."

Wang An was shocked when he heard that Li Yan had made arrangements. He originally thought that he knew Li Yan very well, but he didn't expect that Li Yan had expected this day in the matter of being the crown prince. This made him feel a little more awe in his heart and his expression became more respectful.

However, Li Yan did not pay attention to Wang An's expression change, but thought of another thing and said, "Fu Wang, I remember that my elder brother was demoted to Shanghai, so was he going by water or land?"

Wang An immediately understood and bowed and replied, "Report to your Highness, according to the news from Chang'an, the deposed prince was walking on the Yellow River waterway and then arrived in Shanghai by sea, so he would definitely pass through Dengzhou in the middle. If your Highness wants to see the deposed prince, then he will set off to Dengzhou in the next few days. After all, he will be about to reach the mouth of the Yellow River."

After hearing this, Li Yan nodded. Although Li Chengqian had not had a good relationship with him at the beginning, the other party was his elder brother after all. Although he has been demoted now, if he passed by Dengzhou, he would have to meet him no matter what. This is not that he wants to show the world that he values ​​brotherhood and buys fame, but that he really wants to talk to Li Chengqian.
Chapter completed!