Qin Mubai has always been a very confident person. No matter in his previous life or in this life, among the people he has come into contact with, no one has given him such a strong sense of oppression. Although Li Shimin looked very calm now and did not show any sharpness in his words, Qin Mubai clearly felt a murderous intention beginning to spread around him. Just like a game of chess, it looks calm on the surface, but it actually hides a killer move. It's like two martial arts masters dueling, no one moves, but no one dares to reveal any flaws at this time, otherwise the other party will kill them with one blow, and they will lose.
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, it is true!
"Your Majesty wants to ask how this matter will end... Wei Chen is immoral and incompetent, and can't think of any clever plan to relieve Your Majesty." Qin Mubai thought about it again and again, and said, "But Wei Chen has the stupidest and most direct way to solve this problem. question."
"speak."
"Kill Wei Chen." Qin Mubai cupped his fists and said calmly.
Li Shimin's eyebrows finally twitched and his expression changed slightly.
"What crime do you have that makes you want me to kill you?"
"I am not guilty, but I am wrong." Qin Mubai said, "My existence has affected the marriage arranged by His Majesty the Emperor for the princess. If I do not die, Your Highness the Princess will have an excuse not to marry Fang Yiai. Your Majesty's imperial edict has been If the princess and Fang Yi are unable to consummate their marriage, it will greatly damage the monarch's authority and disgrace the royal family. As a minister, you should share your worries, especially as a minister of the Hundred Horses, to safeguard the royal dignity and defend His Majesty. Prestige is a matter of duty. Therefore, it is appropriate for Your Majesty to execute the humble minister."
After listening to these words, Li Shimin remained silent for a long time. Long eyes were like torches and eyes were like daggers, staring straight at Qin Mubai.
"You are wrong, Mu Bai." Li Shimin said after a while, "I once remembered that Wei Zheng once said that monarchs and ministers assist each other and have the same righteousness. If we do not talk about doing things impartially, but only talk about avoiding suspicion, then the country The rise and fall may be unknown. He asked me to make him a good minister instead of a loyal minister. I asked him, what is the difference between a loyal minister and a good minister? Successively, if you have unlimited fortune and fortune, you are a good minister; if you allow yourself to be killed, and your ruler becomes a tyrant, and your family and country are in ruins, you are a loyal minister."
After saying that, Li Shimin paused: "You let me kill you to fulfill your reputation of sacrificing your life for justice, loyalty and patriotism, but you want me to become a tyrant and a coward?"
"This... this is really not what Wei Chen wants." Qin Mubai lowered his head and handed over his hands to accuse him, "Wei Chen is stupid and can't think of any other way."
Li Shimin walked out from the imperial desk with his hands cut behind his back, walked a few steps to Qin Mubai, and patted him on the shoulder: "Mubai, you are very capable. You are a young and talented man who is charming and unrestrained, and you can inadvertently endear yourself to women. This It's human nature. A good daughter is like a father. Gao Yang deliberately claimed that he wouldn't marry unless she was you, but in fact he had ulterior motives. To put it bluntly, you were just being used by her out of helplessness. "
"My Holy Emperor!" Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and clasped his fists heavily.
"She can use you, or she can use other people, any other man." Li Shimin sighed, took back his hand and continued pacing, and said, "It's only my fault that I have spoiled her rotten over the years. In fact, I have spoiled her rotten. , this world belongs to me, it belongs to the Li family; but on the other hand, I and the people of the Li family also belong to the world, and all the royal family, including me, must always be aware of making sacrifices. Princess Gaoyang was only betrothed to the son of a loyal minister, but how many princesses had been married to foreign countries throughout the ages? I don't want her anymore, I want to reward her as an object. In fact, I have always regarded her as my heart, but my daughter will get married eventually, and I can't marry her to my parents for the rest of my life. Fang Xuanling, it’s better than marrying her to a foreign country, right?”
Qin Mubai's heart was moved, and he asked tentatively: "Is it possible that some foreign country has come to propose to your Majesty?... Your Majesty, please forgive me. This is a national matter, and a humble minister should not ask."
"It's okay to tell you, it is true." Li Shimin smiled helplessly, "If Gao Yang had half of your awareness and intelligence, I wouldn't be so troubled. Last year, the Tang Dynasty just defeated Tuyuhun. Although they won, they still couldn't. I myself was also severely depleted. I was short of food and supplies, and even more lacking in troops. Tuyuhun was a battleground between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. The geographical location was very important for me to operate in Tuyuhun. At that time, I verbally agreed to Tubo Zanpu's marriage proposal. However, among my daughters, either were already married or were still young. Only Gao Yang was approaching the age of marriage, so I betrothed her as soon as possible. Give it to the Fang family, lest the Tubo people take the opportunity to demand Gao Yang from me, but Gao Yang doesn’t understand my feelings and thinks I don’t want her anymore.”
"Hey, after all the hard work, I finally gave birth to a son. I pity the hearts of parents all over the world. But Your Majesty, why don't you explain this directly to the princess?" Qin Mubai said.
"I have worked so hard to give birth to a son. I pity the hearts of parents all over the world. It's so well said!... Gao Yang is still young and doesn't understand these major military affairs of the country. I don't want her to know too much about this reason, so as not to make her think that she is Being forced to marry into the Fang family will have a negative impact on her future life," Li Shimin said, "I just hope that she will marry naturally and leave her parents and marry into her husband's family like all the daughters in the world. Her marriage was cast in a different light, but I didn't expect that Gao Yang would be so disgusted with Fang Yi'ai, maybe I was wrong."
"Your majesty is wise, what's wrong?" Qin Mubai said.
"No, I have overlooked one thing. I have ignored human nature." Li Shimin smiled a little bitterly and shook his head, "I originally selected a hundred cavalry to enter the palace as guards to protect the safety of the royal family. But I overlooked one thing - when When Gao Yang comes into contact with such an outstanding young talent like you, will he still take a serious look at Fang Yiai? She is at the age when love is just beginning. What girl is not pregnant at this time? She got to know you first, and then gradually fell in love with you. I have a good impression. Then I heard that I was going to betroth her to Fang Yiai... Comparing the two, everyone knows how to choose. It is actually human nature that Gao Yang is not willing to marry Fang Yiai like this! Gao Yang should not be allowed to come into contact with you, and Baiqi should not even be selected as the royal guard."
"Your Majesty, you are right. You are doing it for the safety of the princes." Qin Mubai said, "It's just... a trick of fate! Wei Chen is also very helpless. Now, Wei Chen is willing to ask Your Majesty to be dismissed. The post of Wei Chen Baiqi Envoy was transferred to a distant prefecture and county, out of the sight of Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang."
Li Shimin's expression froze slightly, and he said calmly: "We will discuss this matter again. The matter has reached this point now, and it cannot be solved by transferring you away. The key is that Gao Yang's heart knot must be untied. Untie the bell There is still a need to tie the bell, Mu Bai, please try to help me! I am asking you now in the name of a father. "
"I don't dare! Your Majesty has given orders, and I should obey them." Qin Mubai cupped his hands and said, "I just don't know, what does Your Majesty want me to do?"
"Go and persuade Gao Yang to marry into the Fang family willingly." Li Shimin said, "I just told you so much to make you understand the reason. You are a smart person, you should know how to persuade Gao Yang. There are some things that I can’t say to Gao Yang, but it’s convenient for you.”
"Weichen knows. But Weichen is not sure. At most... he can only give it a try." Qin Mubai said.
"Well, I won't force you. This kind of thing cannot be forced." Li Shimin frowned and said, "I don't want this matter to continue to escalate and damage the royal prestige. If Gao Yang really refuses to marry, The Fang family...then really can only wait to marry into a barbaric land like Tubo! "
"Wei Chen knows what to do..." Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and accepted the promise with clasped fists.
"Go!" Li Shimin came over, patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "What I just told you are all from my heart. I have never said these words to my concubines and prime ministers. Since I appointed you as the Baiqi Envoy, I have regarded you as the most trustworthy minister. Especially these days, you have taken care of Pheasant Nu and Sizi so well, and I seem to regard you as one in my heart. As a member of the family, I have no choice but to leave this kind of housework to you."
"I would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor for his grace and trust. I will do my best to relieve His Majesty's worries." Qin Mubai clasped his fists and accepted the promise in a deep voice.
"Well, okay." Li Shimin smiled a little tiredly and nodded, "You can go to Xianju Palace to visit Gao Yang when you are free in the past two days. I am waiting for your good news."
"Yes. Wei Chen resigns!"
Walking out of the imperial study, Qin Mubai found that the robe under his armor was almost soaked. I don't know if it's because of the hot weather, or because of the cold sweat from the heavy murderous threats I faced just now.
Fortunately, he took the initiative to ask for death and pierced this layer of window paper. If he were a person who was afraid of death, he would definitely kowtow to beg for mercy in that situation. This will only make Li Shimin convinced that he really has an affair with Princess Gaoyang. Taking advantage of one's position to desecrate the harem is worthy of beheading.
But Qin Mubai never expected that Li Shimin would send him to persuade Princess Gaoyang... To untie the bell, you still need the person who tied the bell. This move is really powerful!
Regardless of whether I can persuade Gao Yang or not, the emperor's decision to ask me to be a lobbyist undoubtedly made his position clear, just like saying to Gao Yang - stop fantasizing! Even if you don't marry Fang Yiai, you can't marry Qin Mubai!
At the same time, it also showed that the emperor had seen through Gao Yang's little plan. She was not determined to marry Qin Mubai, but she found an excuse to kill people and took advantage of Qin Mubai.
Furthermore, Li Shimin used the excuse of "promising a marriage to Tubo", which was another trump card. If he told Gao Yang about this himself, it would be a threat or inducement; if he conveyed it through Qin Mubai's mouth, it would be a confession of a father's difficulties. The two have completely different meanings.
After thinking about this, Qin Mubai couldn't help but sighed secretly: If it were a foolish king or a tyrant, maybe my head would really fall to the ground at this time. Li Shimin's skills in handling things are really superb! Observing every detail, being careful and careful, every detail is leak-proof, it is absolutely perfect!