The carefree sixth prince, my father respectfully invites me to ascend the throne.

Hearing the deep concern in Vice Minister Lü's words, Yang Ling smiled inwardly.

"I understand what you mean, my lord, but the Crown Prince is my brother, how could he possibly lay a hand on me?"

Upon hearing this, Vice Minister Lü cursed inwardly. Nobody knows what's going on in the Yang family. They're all fighting amongst themselves, yet they're talking about brotherhood in front of him.

"Your Highness, you are mistaken. The Crown Prince now regards you as a thorn in his side. If he has the opportunity in the future, he will naturally find a way to get rid of you."

Upon hearing Vice Minister Lü's words, Yang Ling remained calm. He suspected that Vice Minister Lü's visit today was also intended to sow discord among them.

"My lord, you are overthinking this. I do not believe that my brother, the Crown Prince, would do such a thing. Besides, I am completely innocent. What reason would my brother, the Crown Prince, have to take action?"

Seeing Yang Ling say this, Vice Minister Lü felt extremely helpless.

That makes sense, but is His Highness really that naive?

"There's really nothing wrong with me coming here today. I just hope Your Highness understands. If you need anything in the future, Your Highness can always come to me!"

Minister Lü looked at Yang Ling with a serious expression, and seeing Minister Lü's serious look, Yang Ling also looked serious.

"Since you say so, my lord, then I thank you!"

As he spoke, Yang Ling bowed slightly to Vice Minister Lü.

This bow made Vice Minister Lü a little embarrassed.

"Your Highness is too kind. It's nothing serious. However, I have something I'd like to say to Your Highness."

Yang Ling smiled slightly upon hearing this. He wondered what kind of wicked scheme this guy was plotting. From the moment he sat down, he had been saying things that sowed discord. As a subject of the Great Liang Kingdom, speaking like this among the princes, this person had probably already defected to another power.

"Please speak, sir!"

When Vice Minister Lü heard Yang Ling's words, he nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, now that you have arrived in the capital, why has His Majesty not summoned you? Do you know why?"

Vice Minister Lü narrowed his eyes slightly, a faint smile playing on his lips.

Hearing this, Yang Ling felt helpless.

Although he knew that the old man didn't like him, he still controlled the entire Liangzhou and had been personally summoned by the old man. So why was he being left hanging here? It was a bit unreasonable.

However, although Yang Ling thought this in her heart, she sighed helplessly.

"My father may have his own ideas. I am just a subject, so naturally I dare not have any wild thoughts."

Upon hearing Yang Ling's words, Vice Minister Lü immediately moved closer.

"Your Majesty still has some concerns, because many people in the court have recently been impeaching you, so Your Majesty has chosen to wait and see!"

Yang Ling was puzzled by what Vice Minister Lü said.

"Sir, this has nothing to do with me, does it?"

Hearing Yang Ling's words, Vice Minister Lü felt somewhat helpless.

“Your Highness, you are now involved in the struggle for imperial power. The ministers in the court are all in important positions, and they will certainly not sit idly by and wait for their doom.”

Yang Ling understood what Vice Minister Lü meant, but he had no intention of vying for the throne at all. Moreover, Emperor Liang probably already knew what he was thinking.

"I never expected this matter to be so complicated?"

Seeing Yang Ling's expression, Vice Minister Lü smiled slightly.

"Therefore, Your Highness, you should now go and seek an audience with His Majesty to apologize before him!"

Upon hearing Vice Minister Lü's words, Yang Ling sneered inwardly.

That's quite a clever plan. If I actually did that, wouldn't that be playing right into their hands?

"Thank you for reminding me, sir. I know what to do now!"

Hearing that Yang Ling had agreed, Vice Minister Lü felt somewhat smug.

"It's good that Your Highness understands, but this matter cannot be rushed and needs to be handled at a suitable time!"

Seeing what Vice Minister Lü said, Yang Ling felt somewhat helpless.

"Then I'll go see my father another day!"

Upon hearing Yang Ling's words, Vice Minister Lü had nothing more to say.

"Then I wish Your Highness a speedy summons from His Majesty!"

As they spoke, Vice Minister Lü picked up the wine cup on the table and raised it slightly towards Yang Ling.

Seeing this, Yang Ling also picked up her wine glass and gently clinked it with his.

"Thank you for your kind words, sir!"

The two drank it all in one gulp, and then had a few more cups before Vice Minister Lü got up to take his leave.

After seeing that Vice Minister Lü had left, Yang Ling picked up the wine pot on the table, poured himself a cup of wine, and took a small sip.

"This guy really went to great lengths."

Just as Yang Ling finished speaking, the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open.

"Your Highness, you really were here!"

Upon hearing the voice, Yang Ling turned around in confusion and saw that the person who came was none other than the little eunuch. Behind the little eunuch stood a man dressed in a python robe.

"So it's Seventh Brother. I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly."

As Yang Ling spoke, he smiled slightly. Seeing that Yang Ling recognized him, the little eunuch quickly explained.

"In response to Your Highness, this is indeed His Highness the Seventh Prince!"

Upon hearing the young eunuch's words, Yang Ling suddenly realized what was going on.

"It's Seventh Brother!"

As Yang Ling spoke, he sat down and looked at the two people in front of him.

"Seventh Brother, since you're here, please have a seat. There's nothing fancy here, but it'll do for now."

Upon hearing Yang Ling's words, the Seventh Prince sighed helplessly.

"Ninth Brother, it's been so long since we last met. As your older brother, I've missed you terribly."

Hearing the Seventh Prince's words, Yang Ling looked up at him with a helpless expression.

The guy had a forced, insincere smile on his face when he said that.

Seeing this, Yang Ling felt nauseous.

"I miss Seventh Brother too!"

Yang Ling spoke with a sincere expression, which left the Seventh Prince feeling helpless.

"Ninth Brother, now that you've returned to the capital, why don't you go and pay your respects to Father? Don't you know Father is very worried?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ling naturally understood what the other party meant.

"Seventh Brother, what are you saying? It's just that I don't have anything to do here in the capital, so I haven't been in a hurry to pay my respects."

Upon hearing Yang Ling's words, the Seventh Prince also spoke up somewhat awkwardly.

"Ninth Brother is joking. Your matter has caused quite a stir in the city. If it is not handled properly, it may affect the power struggle within the imperial court!"

Upon hearing the Seventh Prince's words, Yang Ling cursed inwardly.

He didn't believe the other party was genuinely kind in helping him; he guessed that Vice Minister Lü probably had some credit for it too.

"Since Seventh Brother has said so, I will definitely go to see Father Emperor when I get back. I just don't know if Father Emperor is willing to see me now?"