Wang Xuance, the Chaosan doctor who went to Tianzhu and finally wiped out an entire country by one person, was told by Li Hong at the Anxi Conference. The deceased Wang Xuance became a figure of mixed reputation.
But Zhang Jianzhi understood what His Highness the Crown Prince meant when he told him about Wang Xuance. It was obvious that His Highness was worried that Belus alone would not have strong prestige to make the people of Tocharo believe that the Tang Dynasty was willing to cooperate with them, and as the Ministry of Rites, he Minister, if you go to lobby in person, you will definitely be able to convince the Tocharians of the sincerity of the Tang Dynasty.
"But Your Highness... how to make Tocharo hate Dashi, and then our Tang Dynasty sat on the mountain in Anxi to watch the tiger fight. I'm afraid I can't come up with any good strategies now. I need to go to Tocharo and make a judgment based on the situation. ." Zhang Jianzhi said cautiously.
"No problem, I just want the results. You can control the process yourself. Regarding your personal safety, you can ask Xue Rengui and Hei Chi Changzhi to raise the issue. They will send people to protect you." Li Hong knocked on the table and looked at Wang Lou outside the window.
Now there are only two of them in the entire study. He doesn't want his plan to be known to unnecessary people. If possible, he hopes that Zhang Jianzhi can handle this matter without any hint of the Tang Dynasty's hidden troubles. .
"Yes, I understand that if something happens to me, I will ask them for assistance. I don't know, Your Highness, when do you think it will be a good time for me to set off?" Zhang Jianzhi had some expectations in his heart, and at the same time, he was also a little uneasy. The matter explained by His Highness involves three countries. Well, this requires enough strategy to be able to do it.
"The sooner the better, you make up your own mind. After your family has made arrangements with the Ministry of Etiquette in the past few days, you can set off. I wish you good luck." Li Hong suddenly stood up and stretched out a hand to Zhang Jianzhi .
Then, after being stunned for a moment, he pulled his hand out of the air and said, "It's okay. I was a little distracted just now thinking about something."
Zhang Jianzhi looked at Li Hong's hand stretched out to him strangely, then quickly stepped back. Listening to His Highness's explanation, Zhang Jianzhi nodded silently, accepting his explanation.
"As for the other people who will accompany me to Anxi, I will make up my own mind." Zhang Jianzhi was a little excited and had long wanted to take a look at the Great Anxi that His Highness founded.
"Okay, I won't see you off when you leave. Be more careful on the way." Li Hong patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the study side by side with him.
Looking at Zhang Jianzhi's leaving figure, and then at Wang Lou and Hua Meng beside him, Li Hong asked: "What does the queen want from me? Can you reveal it?"
"Back to Your Highness, no." Wang Lou said with an uncomfortable smile.
"Looking at your virtue, I know you're lying, but I haven't committed any crime recently. I'm as busy as a dog every day. Why did you suddenly summon me to the palace? Where is the Crown Princess? Did you go to visit your mother today?" Li Hongbian asked as he walked.
"Back to Your Highness, the Crown Princess has been accompanying the Queen in the harem today. It seems that the Queen and the Crown Princess are in a good mood. They are always talking and laughing. The Crown Princess is also much more relaxed than before. The servant thinks that the Crown Princess has adapted now. The life in the palace is gone." Wang Lou followed Li Hong's steps and revealed what he saw and could say in the harem.
"Take it for fun, don't let others know. There are not many such things." Li Hong took a golden copper coin from Hua Meng's hand and threw it to Wang Lou.
"Thank you, Your Highness, I don't have many coins yet. The queen rewarded me with one last time." Wang Lou looked at the shining golden copper coins. Such noble royal objects were always only given to important ministers and royal family members. It is difficult for ordinary people, even themselves, to get a few.
It was May, and the peonies were in full bloom in the back garden of Daming Palace. At this moment, Wu Mei and Pei Wanying were standing side by side in front of the peonies. Surrounded by a group of people, they were pointing at the blooming peonies and talking from time to time. Wu Mei's comments about peonies came.
"My sons, please see your mother." Li Hong's voice sounded from behind the two of them. The maids turned around and looked at His Highness the Crown Prince and saluted hurriedly.
Wu Mei's face, which was originally full of smiles, seemed to change after hearing Li Hong's voice. With a swipe, the smile on her face disappeared.
"Show him." Wu Mei turned around, glanced at Pei Wanying, who had a worried face, motioned to the maid next to her, and handed the thick stack of memorials to Li Hong.
Someone took the memorial and asked strangely: "What happened to Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi? Did they learn how to write memorials? I have already agreed to their affairs, but they still think they are officials... Huh? The censor impeached me again? What?" , isn’t this a memorial from Honglu Temple? Why are you here?”
"Don't you know what good things you did? Tell me, what did you do yesterday?" Wu Mei's face was ashen. She always felt that one day, sooner or later, she would be pissed to death by this little bastard!
Li Hong handed all the memorials back to the maid at the side, and then glanced at his wife, hoping to get some tips from Pei Wanying.
"Don't look at her, I'm asking you." Wu Mei said in a deep voice.
In the harem, the queen has seldom lost her temper in recent years, and her temper seems to have become milder and gentler with age. But today's cold shout immediately frightened the maids and eunuchs next to her into panic. He lowered his head, not even daring to express his anger.
Pei Wanying's heart was beating violently next to her. This was the first time she had seen her mother angry. Her nervous little face turned pale and her mind went blank.
"I didn't... I didn't do anything. Don't be angry first. If you get so angry, my father will not be happy. Yesterday, apart from being in Shangshu Province, I was in the East Palace. I didn't do anything." Li Hong said with a shy smile. , he grabbed a beautiful peony flower in full bloom and wanted to hand it to Wu Mei.
Wu Mei angrily slapped the peony flowers away from Li Hong's hand, and said coldly: "Why did you pick these beautiful flowers? Let me ask you, where were you last night, and what did you do?"
"Oh..." Before Li Hong could speak, he saw Pei Wanying moving.
"My son knows that he is guilty, so I ask my mother to punish me." Pei Wanying knelt down beside Wu Mei and said urgently in a low voice.
Wu Mei glanced helplessly at Pei Wanying, who was kneeling down, and sighed helplessly. This Pei Wanying was well-educated and wise, but she was too obedient to the prince.
"Get up, I didn't accuse you of any crime, so why are you guilty?" Wu Mei could only glare at Li Hong and said to Pei Wanying gently.
"After returning to my mother, if I had stopped Your Highness last night, this kind of thing would not have happened. Therefore, I am also guilty of what happened last night." Pei Wanying did not dare to get up. She always hoped in her heart that her admission of mistake would make her guilty. The queen is exempted from the blame on her husband.
"Why are you still standing there? What? You can't wait for me to help your princess up personally!" Wu Mei said anxiously as she looked at Li Hong, who was standing aside and staring blankly at Pei Wanying kneeling next to her.
"Oh oh oh, yes, yes, my son is here, how can I bother my mother? Get up quickly, my mother is not angry, stop kneeling, the ground is very cold." Li Hong took a quick step, walked to Pei Wanying, and helped Pei Wanying up. Finally, in front of Wu Mei, he put his arm around Pei Wanying's waist and said.
These words and the intimate movements between the two made Pei Wanying shy and did not dare to raise her head when facing Wu Mei's gaze. She just whispered: "Thank you, Queen Mother."
"There is no integrity. Honglu Temple and Yushitai sent these memorials to your father early this morning. Among them, they impeached you, and the envoys of the Dashi Kingdom asked your father to give them justice. You are the only one. Your Highness the Crown Prince...can't you let me and your father take some peace of mind?" Wu Mei stretched out her arms and was about to point her finger at Li Hong's head when her peripheral vision glanced at Pei Wanying, who was still lowering her head, and then gave up. .
She scolded the husband in front of her daughter-in-law. Although she was the crown prince's mother, she didn't feel it was appropriate, so she had to put down her hands in frustration.
"It's not Erchen's fault, he was the one who made the move first. If you don't believe me, ask Wanying, she was there." Li Hong said innocently in the face of Long Ma's angry face.
Pei Wanying felt the strength of Li Hong's hand on her waist, and she hurriedly whispered: "Returning to my mother, it was indeed the Prince of Dashi who made the first move to beat His Highness last night."
Wu Mei was furious. Facing the current Li Hong, she felt helpless. There was really nothing she could do with this inexperienced person.
"Then you can't change your approach? In front of the public, in full view of the courtiers who were having dinner at the same time, and in front of the people of the Tang Dynasty, you, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, are just like a village man in the mountains, quarreling with others. A fight started? Or, you and Bai Chun lived in that small mountain village for two months last year, and you got the unruly habits of the villagers!" His father's call came from behind Li Hong! sound.
It was obvious that Pei Wanying was trembling in her arms. Facing the questions from His Majesty and the Queen, the Crown Princess, who had just entered the palace less than two months ago, felt as if she was standing on the edge of a cliff and could be kicked out at any time. The wind blew him down into the abyss.
But what shocked her even more next was her husband's reply to her father, which made her think that her position as the crown princess was over.
"As you said, then Saleh's fist hit the son's face. The son can't help but fight back and give him a smile, right? Then wouldn't it mean that the one who gets beaten is the son? If the son is beaten What do you think of the beating? What do the people think? Isn’t it embarrassing for you and your mother? We founded the Tang Dynasty with force. If the emperor’s grandfather knew that his son was beaten, he would be embarrassed. I'm so angry... uh... As a prince, I can't show weakness to outsiders, right? Besides, I really have no choice but to use force." Li Hong turned around with Pei Wanying and looked at the sullen Long behind him. Dad, said innocently.
"Every time I say something to you, you have eight words waiting for me. Does it mean that you are not wrong at all?" Li Zhi said speechlessly, and picked a peony flower and held it in his hand. Li seemed to be squeezing Li Hong.
"That flower is provoking you, why did you pick it?" Wu Mei was speechless. How come both father and son are like this, they like to destroy flowers with ruthless hands.
"Didn't you pick what was thrown on the ground?" Li Zhi pointed to the peonies on the ground that Li Hong had just picked, and said innocently.
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(End of chapter)