Back at the camp of the Hundred Cavalry Barracks, Qin Mubai happened to pass by the military prison and saw two soldiers walking towards the military prison with two large food boxes.

"Come here, what's the point?" Qin Mubai called the two of them.

The two sergeants came forward to salute and said, "Back to the general, this is the dinner prepared for the four palace maids by General Changsun and General Wei Chi. ”

Qin Mubai asked them to put down the food box, lifted the lid and took a look, and sighed, "Is this food for prisoners?" Lotus leaf chicken, stewed lamb tripe, and such a big black sesame oil cake and good wine. This is clearly to entertain VIPs - send these things to my subordinates, and I want to spend the night. ”

"Ah, this ...... General ......"

"Do you dare to squeak?" Qin Mubai frowned slightly, and the two sergeants hurriedly agreed. Qin Mubai asked a sergeant to send him to spend the night, and another sergeant went to send a message to the eldest grandson in the military prison, saying that each of the four palace maids had a steamed bun and a pot of water a day, and that they would not starve to death or die of thirst, and they would be locked up for three days first. During this period, no one is allowed to say a word to them, otherwise they will be punished for disobeying military orders.

By the way, I asked the eldest grandson to come to the government office to spend the night together.

When I returned to the government office, I set up the eating utensils, and the eldest grandson came. There was no one around, and the eldest grandson hurriedly said, "Brother Qin, you may not have gone too far, right?" ”

"What's the hurry, eldest grandson. Sit down for a long time, and we will talk while eating. Qin Mubai smiled and motioned for Changsun Jian to sit down.

The eldest grandson gritted his teeth and sat down patiently.

Qin Mubai knew that the eldest grandson didn't want to offend Princess Gaoyang. Although he was ordered to supervise these four palace maids, he tried his best to please them.

"Eldest brother Sun, those palace maids are used to flying and domineering on weekdays, and they can't put anything else in their eyes except Princess Gaoyang. The more polite you are to them, the more arrogant they become. Qin Mubai said with a smile as he poured wine for the eldest grandson and said, "We will have to work in the palace for a long time in the future." If a few palace maids can't be governed, who will give us face, and what will we use to gain a foothold in the palace? ”

"Brother Qin's words are certainly tenable and reasonable. But...... Since we know that they are Princess Gaoyang's people, and they deliberately make things difficult and torture, isn't this a great feud with Princess Gaoyang? The eldest grandson said, "I also know the importance of maintaining the prestige of the Hundred Cavalry, but there is no need to make a feud with the royal family because of this!" In the final analysis, the royal family is the head of the family, and we are the servants. Evil servants don't oppress the master, this is also right? ”

"Wrong." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "Generally speaking, we are indeed serving the entire imperial family. But within the imperial family, we represent the dignity of the emperor. The imperial family is above everyone, but the emperor is even more supreme among the royal family. Today, Princess Gaoyang dares to challenge the emperor, if we don't cure her, it is difficult to guarantee that one day there will be some princes and princesses or princely relatives to challenge. In the long run, how can the emperor survive? What else is the value of a hundred rides? Therefore, this time Princess Gaoyang is not challenging us Baiqi, but the emperor. Do you understand? ”

"Well, this ......" Eldest Sun Lian blinked his eyes and nodded thoughtfully, "I see...... It seems that Brother Qin can still see clearly and farther than below. ”

"It's not that I can see clearly and far. If you talk about the way of being an official, I will definitely not be as good as you, the eldest grandson. Qin Mubai said with a smile, "I just always grasped a core - Baiqi, and I always have to stand on the position of unifying with the emperor in order to be invincible." If you offend a certain royal family for the sake of the emperor, you don't care about it, and you don't have to be afraid of anything. On the contrary, if we neglect our duties for fear of offending a princess of Gaoyang, that would be really wrong, and the emperor will be disappointed in us and no longer trust us. ”

"I see." Eldest Sun Lian nodded, "In different environments, our responsibilities are different. Looking at the world, what we want to maintain is the imperial court; At the court, what we want to defend is the royal family; And within the imperial family, we have to defend the emperor. Is that so? ”

"That's right." Qin Mubai smiled, "Cheers!" ”

"Brother Xie Qin!" The eldest grandson also breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly exclaimed in his heart: In just two months, Qin Mubai has become smarter than before, and he has used his cleverness on the blade. He can always grasp the core of the matter, and his vision and insight are far beyond most of us, such a talent is truly terrifying! …… It's strange that he's only about twenty years old, how can he be as old as my father's kind of people? What a monstrous character like a demon!

On a summer night, the four palace maids scolded and behaved in their cells, waiting for those stinky men to bring them delicious food and drink. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, everyone was hungry and thirsty again, and there was no movement, and the mosquito repellent incense was also burned, which was really miserable. They yelled and cursed for a while, but no one paid any attention to them. Later, they were all tired and fell asleep.

At dawn the next day, Qin Mubai got up early as usual to arrange to go to Daming Palace to change shifts and take a look.

The four palace maids were sweaty in the steamer-like cell, and two of them were crying.

"Stinky military academy, stinky man - let us out!"

"Sisters, it's him, do you recognize it? That's him! He caught us! ”

"You're going to regret it! If you abuse us like this, Your Royal Highness will make your whole family die a bad death! ”

……

Qin Mubai walked to the front of the cell with his hands behind his back, his face was solemn, his eyes were solemn, and he snorted lightly, and the neat bodies of the four palace maids trembled.

Qin Mubai didn't talk nonsense with them, waved his hand, and a military academy behind him threw four steamed buns and four water bags into the dungeon.

The palace ladies looked at it and were dumbfounded. The steamed bun is already dirty when it falls to the ground, how can it be eaten? Even if you can eat it...... These palace maids grew up with Princess Gaoyang since they were children, and they are used to wearing fine clothes and jade food with their masters, where can they eat such coarse tea and light rice?

The ladies of the palace quarreled again.

"Hate, how can you eat such a thing? Why don't you keep it for yourself? ”

"Don't eat! Don't eat! We want chilled sour plum soup and mung bean soup to relieve the heat! ”

"Let us out! We are starved to death with thirst, see how you explain to Her Royal Highness the Princess! ”

……

"Shut up!" Qin Mubai snorted vigorously, causing them to scream in fright. Glancing at them, Qin Mubai lowered his voice and snorted coldly, "Let me tell you the truth, if it weren't for Her Royal Highness the princess taking the initiative to intercede with me, you wouldn't have thought of these steamed buns and water bags - you don't know how to lift, you don't like to eat or not!" ”

With that, Qin Mubai turned around and left.

Several palace maids were completely deflated. They knew that this time they had really met the role of King Yama. For a moment, a whining cry rang out in the cell.

Out of the cell, the eldest grandson asked, "Brother Qin, how long will this be held?" ”

"I'll be locked up for three days. Then, when they take the initiative to admit their mistakes and kowtow and beg for mercy, they will consider releasing them. After Qin Mubai finished speaking, he strode away.

After hearing this, Eldest Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and without waiting for Qin Mubai to go far, he went headlong into the cell. He is not stupid, Qin Mubai can tell him this, it is nothing more than to ask him to report to these palace maids, and persuade them to be soft and cooperate as soon as possible, so that he can open his mouth to intercede and let Qin Mubai agree to release him as soon as possible. Otherwise, after being shut down for a long time in such a hot weather, it is really difficult for these three naïve women to say whether anyone will be tortured to death, and then the matter may be made big, and it will not be beneficial to anyone.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Mubai actually didn't really want to embarrass these four women.

"Institutions are dead, people are alive. Knowing how to be flexible is a really smart person...... Qin Mubai, this guy is really exquisite! The eldest grandson could only secretly marvel in his heart.

Qin Mubai, together with Cheng Huaibi and Wei Chi Baoyun, came to the harem to pick up the emperor with the hundred cavalry sergeants who changed shifts. Li Shimin deliberately said to Qin Mubai before he ascended: "Mubai, you don't have to go to the court with you." From now on, you can rest more, and I will give you an easier job - take some people to the Penglai Hall of the harem and protect the King of Jin! ”

"Wechen obeys." Qin Mubai agreed.

Although the two of them talked nonsense, they couldn't do without it. This at least let the soldiers of the hundred cavalry know that Qin Mubai, who may not appear in the court much in the future, was specially ordered by the emperor to do other errands, rather than being transferred and set aside or for some other reason. lest everyone speculate endlessly and cause unnecessary trouble.

The stability of generals is particularly important for the morale of an army. Li Shimin and Qin Mubai both deeply understand this truth.

The emperor's car drove away. Qin Mubai led the remaining team of 100 horsemen and headed towards Penglai Palace.

The little princes, Li Zhi and Li Mingda, were still asleep and did not wake up. The two little ones were housed next to each other, and the couches were only a few feet away. Several wet nurses and palace maids take turns to serve them to ensure that there is no shortage of people around them at all times.

Qin Mubai has never been a father, and he has no experience in this kind of dad's work, so he feels a little dazed and big. Fortunately, it seems that you don't have to feed yourself, wash diapers, and sing lullaby, otherwise it's really devastating.

After waiting outside the dormitory for a long time, Li Zhi and Li Mingda got up, and were waiting for the maids of the nurse to rinse first, and they were eating breakfast.

The two little ones sit at the same table and eat without being fed. It's that you eat by yourself with one chopstick and one spoonful, and sometimes you don't feed each other.

After Qin Mubai entered, he couldn't help but be amused when he saw such a scene.

"Brother Jiu, what my father said yesterday, that heroic general is here!"

"I don't know if he's eating!" Li Zhi blinked his eyes and beckoned to Qin Mubai, "The general is here, do you want to eat together?" ”

"Hehe, I've already eaten it. The two highnesses used it slowly. Qin Mubai smiled lightly, "After eating, I'll take you to the back garden for a cool walk, okay?" The morning air is the freshest, and the flowers are the most fragrant! ”

"Yay! Brother Jiu, let's eat quickly! ”

"Good, good!"

The palace maids and nurses who were waiting in the morning frowned: this arrogant and rude man did not say "serving" the two little highnesses, but said that he brought ......

Qin Mubai thought very clearly in his heart. If you want to be a good dad, you must first get closer to your children, so that they feel that they are their good friends and partners, so that they can better guide them. And he has a deeper thought in his heart: In case, Li Zhi will really become the emperor in the future...... I have to leave a special impression on him since I was a child, not just an ordinary courtier's bodyguard!