Chapter 178: The Truth of the Deal
Xiao Zhuzi secretly glanced at Li Che, and saw that although he had a cold face, he was not angry, and immediately fled with his head bowed and hunched over.
Li Che watched him go out coldly, and then looked at Liu Xuan, who was smiling with a flattering face, and said, "I punished him for not obeying his will, and as a superior, he must be rewarded and punished clearly." ”
Liu Xuan pouted and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you, it won't be like this in the future." ”
Li Che sighed when he heard this: "I know that you treat them sincerely, but as a superior, you must have the posture you deserve, even if you sometimes know that they have been wronged, but they must be punished." ”
Liu Xuan knew that Li Che's words were a warning to her, since she chose to come to him, there would be a lot of such things in the future, so she smiled and nodded solemnly.
Seeing that she understood what he meant, Li Che didn't say more: "You bathe and change your clothes first, and I will deal with some things, your current identity is not suitable for revealing to everyone, Cui Laifu will take you out of Beijing first, and then meet me after leaving Beijing." ”
Liu Xuan nodded and said, "I woke up with these things, you go and get busy." ”
Li Che glanced at Liu Xuan, and then walked out.
After Li Che left, Liu Xuan went to the soup pool behind the side hall, bathed and changed clothes under the service of the palace maid, and then Cui Laifu led him into a carriage and went out of the city through the back door of the palace.
When they came to a small road outside the city, Qiu Ju and Dongmei were already waiting on the side of the road with their bags, and they saw Liu Xuan and Liu Xuan with smiles on their faces.
Liu Xuan called them into the carriage, looked at them and said with a slight apology: "Thank you for your hard work." ”
Qiu Ju and Dongmei shook their heads with a smile: "Following the girl is already a blessing for my two sisters, and it is not a bitter word." No matter what the girl decides, both of us sisters believe in her and accompany her. Even if the girl decides to leave these troubles in the end, we will be with us. ”
Liu Xuan's heart was moved, she looked at the two of them with a firm expression: "No, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, I will go on like this." ”
Qiu Ju and Dongmei saw her firm expression, knowing that she had made up her mind, they looked at each other and smiled at the moment.
Cui Laifu drove the carriage to the side of the road, and they waited for about half an hour. Only then did I see the army coming from afar. When the army passed by, Cui Laifu drove the carriage and integrated into the army.
Although most of the soldiers on this expedition were the Deng family's army, some of them were royal guards, after Cui Laifu integrated the carriage into the army. He has been marching with the army.
I walked for about two hours. Only then did the army stop marching and rest for a while.
The army stopped. The little pillar ran over to ask Liu Xuan to come over, Liu Xuan got out of the carriage amid the laughter of Qiu Ju and Dongmei, and was led by the little pillar to the chariot that symbolized the royal family.
Among the army, except for the carriage that Liu Xuan rode in when he came. There were also a few carriages with black velvet roofs in the army, Liu Xuan glanced at it lightly and didn't look at it again, and stepped into the carriage with the help of a small pillar and entered the car.
Li Che was drinking tea in the car, and when he saw her coming, he stretched out his hand and motioned for her to come to his side.
Liu Xuan sat down beside him in a kind manner, remembering what Deng Yu said to her last night, she looked at Li Che and asked, "What are you going out for this time?" ”
Li Che looked at her and didn't seem to want to talk about this topic, Liu Xuan glared at him: "You said, as long as I ask, you will answer!" ”
Li Che sighed and put down the teacup, with a little doting helplessness on his face: "Have you ever seen the black carriage when you came?" ”
Liu Xuan nodded, the black carriage was covered with black cloth, she couldn't see the inside and didn't know what the mystery was.
"Sitting in the black carriage are Wu Ying and her son." Li Che glanced at Liu Xuan and explained calmly: "With your wisdom, you must have guessed whose son that child is." ”
Liu Xuan nodded: "You met Wu Ying when you were chasing Jin Yi, and I heard that it was Jin Yi who kidnapped her at that time, and then she was rescued by you." When I first heard that you had married a side concubine, although I was shocked for a while and believed the rumors, I calmed down and thought about it, but I found that there are not so many coincidences in this world. ”
Li Che showed a hint of approval on his face, and he nodded: "You said yes, there are not so many coincidences in this world, do you remember that before you went to the border pass, I was tracking down the Liao State spies?" ”
Hearing him say this, Liu Xuan immediately understood: "Then the Liao State spy is Wu Zuoxiang?" ”
Li Che nodded: "Exactly, that day Jin Yi was desperate and had to pretend to kidnap Wu Ying, and I will plan to capture the two of them in one fell swoop, and Wu Ying was already pregnant at that time." ”
Liu Xuan was a little confused: "Jin Yi is the god of war of the Liao State, catching him can not only destroy the hearts of the Liao army, but also avoid many wars, why did you let him go again?" ”
"I made a deal with him." Li Che said lightly: "I promised him that he would take care of Wu Ying and his children, and let him go, not only that, but I would also help him ascend to the position of the Nine Venerables, and he also promised that if he ascended the throne, he would never raise troops against the Li Dynasty in his lifetime." ”
Liu Xuan didn't believe Jin Yi a little, she hesitated: "What if he repents?" ”
"No, it won't." Li Che smiled faintly, everything was already in his hands: "I raised troops to attack Liao this time, one is to help him win the military power and raise troops to ascend the throne, and the other is to weaken the strength of Liao, even if he ascends the throne, the strength of Liaoguo has been greatly reduced, if he doesn't want to be a violent and unscrupulous king, he will not and will not have time to raise troops, and it will take at least ten years for Liao to recover from this injury." ”
Hearing this, Liu Xuan had to admire Li Che's strategy, she remembered Wu Ying and asked, "That kid named Yi, what are you going to use him for?" ”
Hearing this, Li Che glanced at Liu Xuan deeply, his face was soft and his eyes were doting, and he gently spit out three words: "She Huanxue." ”
As soon as the word She Huanxue came out, Liu Xuan's heart suddenly tightened, She Huanxue, that name that tortured her for many days and nights!
She lowered her head slightly, no wonder Deng Yu said that Li Che was not just for state affairs, if it was really for state affairs, he didn't have to be so troublesome, and with such a roundabout strategy, he could completely exchange Jin Yi with the Liao State, and even directly kill Jin Yi and rub the Liao army.
He took such a roundabout approach. Just to calm the nightmare in her heart.
How did this thought make Liu Xuan not moved? No wonder Deng Yu would say to her: "In his heart, you are already more important than state affairs." ”
Liu Xuan took the initiative to gently snuggle into his arms, reached out to wrap his waist around his waist and whispered, "Thank you, thank you." ”
Li Che's deep eyes flashed, and he smiled at himself with a little bitterness: "I almost became a faint king, and I almost exchanged Jin Yi for She Huanxue, but fortunately, I still have some sense." ”
Liu Xuan buried her head in his arms and didn't speak, only hugged him tighter.
Neither of them said anything more, and there was a warmth called heart-to-heart communication flowing in the carriage.
I don't know how long it took, Liu Xuan got up from his arms. She raised her head to look at him and asked with some hesitation, "What if Jin Yi refuses to change?" ”
Li Che smiled lightly when he heard this. He reached out and rubbed her hair and said softly, "No, Wu Ying is to him what you are to me, so he won't." ”
Liu Xuan was moved again when she heard this. At this moment, she was extremely glad that she finally woke up. I am also extremely grateful to Deng Yu for waking himself up. If it weren't for Deng Yu, how could she see Li Che's deep affection for her.
She lowered her head and thought about it, and then said with a smile: "During the Lantern Festival." Jin Yi came to Beijing alone regardless of his safety for Wu Ying? ”
Li Che nodded: "Exactly." Speaking of this, he glanced at Liu Xuan, and said in a low voice: "To some extent, he is somewhat similar to me. ”
Liu Xuan understood what he was referring to, and she smiled sweetly at him to express the emotion in her heart, but there was one thing she was still puzzled about: "Since you made a deal with Jin Yi, why did he still go to intercept military rations?" What is the battle over there? ”
Li Che explained: "The interception of military rations is just a show, and the losses are just some ordinary good hands, but they can show his loyalty, as for the border war, I can only say that although Deng Yu is a talented general, but he is a dangerous move, if it is not for Jin Yi deliberately let him go at the last moment, otherwise even if the Liao army is defeated, it is still unknown whether Deng Yu can come back." ”
Hearing this, Liu Xuan was a little unconvinced: "With Deng Yu's ability, I'm afraid that Jin Yi may not have deliberately let him go." ”
Li Che's deep eyes darkened slightly when he heard this, but he still nodded: "So I said, this is unknown." ”
Liu Xuan saw that his eyes were slightly dark, and she knew that he was a little displeased, and the reason didn't need to be asked, it was because of her maintenance and admiration for Deng Yu, she smiled sweetly in her heart and changed the topic: "You said that Jin Yi is somewhat similar to you, if you and him are not in two countries, if it weren't for the fact that the two countries happen to have deep grievances, maybe the two of you will become friends." ”
Li Che asked Yan to pick, he raised his chin slightly proudly and said, "It's enough to have one me in this world." ”
At this moment, he has a kind of arrogance that dominates the world, and he has a kind of king's breath that stands out from the crowd, Liu Xuan was deeply attracted by him at this moment, and he couldn't take his eyes off it for a long time.
As soon as Li Che looked down, he saw her eyes full of admiration, he turned his head slightly unnaturally, and coughed lightly: "Don't look at me with that kind of gaze." ”
Liu Xuan came back to her senses when she heard this, looked at him slightly unnatural, and raised a smile on her face: "This world is yours, and you are mine, I can look at it as much as I like." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly found that the root of Li Che's ears was slightly red, which surprised Liu Xuan, it turned out that he was as self-holding as him, calm as him, proud as him, and had such innocence.
She squinted slightly, looking at the red at the base of his ear and smiling evilly, it turned out that his weakness was that he couldn't listen to love words.
Li Che covered his lips with his hand and coughed lightly: "Xiaozhu has prepared some dry food, you can use it quickly, it's almost time to set off." ”
After speaking, he summoned Xiaozhu, poured a cup of tea for her with his own hands, and then watched her eat with a soft look in his eyes.
Not long after Liu Xuan finished eating, the army began to march again, and the sound of iron armor rubbing and the sound of war horses and iron hooves began to march on the shoulder of the road again.
On a distant mountain, a woman dressed in red and holding a long whip silently watched the army move away, she frowned tightly and whispered to herself: "Didn't Prince Ning get married yesterday?" How did I see that the princess of King Ning was actually on His Majesty's carriage? ”
Lu Yan on the side sighed: "This is an entanglement between the three of them, it's better for outsiders not to ask more." ”
"Nope." The woman in red whipped her horse and galloped towards the direction of the capital, her voice came in the wind: "I'm going to ask the prince of Ning Wang, what's going on!" ”
Lu Yan was suddenly in a hurry, she kicked the horse's belly with both legs and chased after her: "Clear words!" Yu Qing words! Stop! Do you know that this matter is not to be spread outside! ”
However, Yu Qingci didn't pay attention to Lu Yan's words, she galloped all the way to the front of King Ning's mansion, jumped off the horse, took two steps forward and shouted loudly towards the palace: "Where is the prince of King Ning?" Let him out! I have something to ask him! ”
Lu Yan, who finally caught up, saw Yu Qingci shouting in front of King Ning's mansion, and hurriedly jumped off the horse to pull her back: "Are you crazy?" How can you and I ask about such a thing! Don't you see that people are already looking this way? Do you have to implicate the Hou Mansion?! ”
Yu Qingci frowned when she heard this, she shook off Lu Yan's arm and said, "I'm not such a stupid person, I naturally know what to say and what not to say, I just want to ask him face to face if he knows!" ”
Lu Yan stretched out her hand and knocked over, she looked around, lowered her voice and leaned into Yu Qingci's ear and said, "Why are you so stupid today!" Who is the Son? How could he not know such a big thing! ”
After speaking, she looked at Yu Qingci, who seemed very stubborn and stupid today, and suddenly flashed in her mind.
She was a little dumbfounded, pointed at Yu Qingci and said incredulously: "You...... You're actually right ......"
Yu Qingzi's face suddenly turned red, and she raised her head slightly, not admitting or denying it.
Lu Yan didn't understand when she looked at her, she stomped her feet anxiously and yelled at her: "Are you crazy? Not to mention anything else, on the day of the wedding, how deep the prince's love for Miss Liu was, you saw it with your own eyes, and I told you what I saw and heard in the border city before, I can use the head of Xiang Shangshang to vouch for you, the prince's love for Miss Liu can be learned, and your affection for him is undoubtedly self-inflicted! ”
"It's precisely because I saw his deep affection that I ......" Yu Qingci explained with a red face: "Don't you think that such an affectionate man is the one who is worth entrusting his life?" ”
Lu Yan looked at her like an idiot: "The premise is that this man's affection is for you, not for others!" ”
Yu Qingci lowered her head slightly, and she explained a little weakly: "Since I was a child, my ears have heard all about his deeds, how he used soldiers like a god, how he used martial arts to conquer the world, and then I heard him later, and listened to how deep his affection was." That day, I deliberately pestered you to come to Liu's Mansion to visit Miss Liu, but I thought that I might be able to see him, but when I really saw me, I said such disgusting words without words. (To be continued......)
PS: For the character of Yu Qingci, I won't just force her to be stuffed