A farce that happened suddenly, but ended with such thrilling and unexpected.

The remaining soldiers were stunned for a moment, looking at Qin Mubai's faintly bleeding wrist in a daze, and asked timidly in a low voice, "General, are you okay?" ”

"Sentry! Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't look at what you shouldn't. Qin Mubai said in a deep voice.

"No." Several soldiers hurriedly returned to their positions and stood without squinting.

Soon, a few soldiers who had just gone to send the palace maids returned. The report said that the four palace maids had been imprisoned in the military prison of the hundred horsemen, waiting for the emperor to make a personal judgment.

Qin Mubai pondered in his heart, this princess of Gaoyang was as fierce as a little she-wolf at a young age. Judging from her historical behavior, any moral rules are floating clouds for her. If you want to reason with her, I'm afraid to play the piano to the cow. I'd rather offend a gentleman than a villain, let alone a "little woman" like Princess Gaoyang. I have to find a way to resolve this crisis, otherwise that little girl always thinks about revenge, although she is not afraid of anything, but it will always be a headache.

Let's report to the emperor truthfully!

Just as he was pondering, a eunuch walked up to Qin Mubai with broken steps and said in a low voice: "General Qin, Your Majesty has announced you!" ”

"Your Majesty is awake?"

"Woke up early...... the eunuch smiled, and seemed to smile weirdly.

Qin Mubai's heart was blocked: Could it be that the emperor had woken up a long time ago and witnessed the farce just now? …… What a heartbreak!

There was no way, Qin Mubai had no choice but to go to the imperial study to see the driver.

Li Shimin sat on the couch as before, holding a book and reading quietly. After Qin Mubai entered the salute, he put down the book and smiled, but he didn't speak, and beckoned to him, meaning to let him come forward.

Qin Mubai took a few steps forward, Li Shimin was still smiling, pointed to Qin Mubai's injured wrist, and motioned for him to lift up and step forward. Qin Mubai smiled bitterly, so he had no choice but to stretch his wrist forward.

Li Shimin picked up Qin Mubai's hand, took a closer look at the two rows of clear and bloody tooth marks on the back of Da Mu's finger, and couldn't help but smile: "This Gao Yang, who has only been seen for two months, is so perverse, it seems that I have indeed neglected to discipline her!" - Does it hurt? ”

Qin Mubai couldn't cry or laugh: "It turns out that Your Majesty knows about it...... Weichen is guilty, please ask Your Majesty to surrender. ”

"What sin are thou?" Li Shimin smiled a little embarrassed, and gently scratched his forehead with his fingers, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I, this precious daughter, has been spoiled by me since she was a child. In the past, at most, it was a little naughty and lively, and at most it engaged in some pranks to amuse the palace maids and eunuchs. I didn't expect it to evolve to such an extent now, and even my imperial general dared to bite ...... Oh, if this comes out, where will my face go? ”

Qin Mubai was such a smart person, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is too worried. The soldiers of the hundred cavalry all abide by the military orders and are well-trained, and they will never dare to confide in anything. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's fortunate that it's you...... That's it, I'll teach that girl a hard lesson when I go back. The weather is hot, don't be careless about your injury, human teeth are also poisonous, especially in this hot season, it is especially easy to make small injuries and big injuries. In this way, you can rest in the barracks for the next few days, and I will send the imperial doctor to treat you with medicine. Don't leave any ugly tooth marks and scars, if you let Shubao and his wife see it, I don't know how to explain it to them...... Hey, Gao Yang, this wild girl, do something to make me embarrassed! ”

Isn't my vacation in vain?

Qin Mubai's heart was blocked, and he was very unhappy. On second thought, the emperor must have ulterior motives in arranging this. This kind of small injury is not even trivial to a military person. He deliberately made such a fuss, there must be another arrangement!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen." Qin Mubai obediently thanked him.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Mu Bai, do you know what I like you the most?" ”

"Uh, this...... Weichen is blunt, I don't know. ”

Li Shimin smiled and said: "I just like your straightforwardness and not pretentiousness." In other words, if you are an ordinary courtier, you must have said no to it just now, but you answered in one bite. In fact, I am also a person from the military, to put it mildly, I am also a straightforward two-pole fiery temperament, but I have to restrain myself after becoming the emperor. I like a kid like you from the bottom of my heart, just like I did when I was young. ”

"Your Majesty is too ridiculous, where can Weichen be worthy of Your Majesty?" Qin Mubai hurriedly replied.

"Haha, I just praised you, and I was hypocritical again." Li Shimin stroked his hair and smiled, blinked his eyes a few times as if he was thinking about something, was silent for a moment, turned the conversation and said, "During this time, in addition to recuperating from your injuries, you can go to the Penglai Hall of Daming Palace more often." ”

"Penglai Palace?" Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment: Isn't that where Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang, live? After the death of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin set a precedent and kept the pair of young children left by Empress Changsun to raise them personally. Every day, in addition to handling government affairs in Taiji Palace, the emperor accompanied the little brother and sister here. Perhaps out of love and regret for the eldest grandson, Li Shimin's doting affection for this brother and sister who lost their mother since childhood is incomprehensible.

"Yes, it's Penglai Palace." Li Shimin said, "The pheasant slave (Li Zhi's nickname) and the son (Li Mingda's nickname) are very young, so they have no mother. I took them to the harem and took them with me to raise them personally, also out of helplessness. These two children have become more and more timid and sensitive recently because their mother died early, and I have to be busy with military and state affairs often and do not have much time to spend with them. I heard from the palace people that when I was away, their little brother and sister often hugged and cried. Every time I think about it, my heart is like a knife. So I'd like to ask you to spend some time with them. ”

"This, this ......" Qin Mubai's head was big for a while-isn't this making me a daddy? Hell, I don't have any expertise in this!

"Hehe, don't get me wrong." Li Shimin smiled, "I didn't treat you as that kind of eunuch and let you serve them. What I mean by this is that you are so versatile, you can read and write with the pheasant slaves, and you can teach them to play the pipa or something, in short, try to distract them as much as possible, and don't let them think about the pain of losing their mother. Moreover, you are a general, Kong Wu is powerful and upright, and the children also have a sense of security by your side. This is not comparable to those senile Confucian scholars and submissive eunuchs and palace maids. I also hope that under your influence, the cowardly and timid character of my precious children will change. Childhood is undoubtedly the most influential in life. That's why I thought of you. ”

Qin Mubai really couldn't cry or laugh now: What are you doing, do you really want me to be a daddy? Hey, the Hundred Horsemen are really not so easy to be, to put it bluntly, they are the emperor's personal bodyguards, and now they have to protect his two young sons...... But then again, it seems that Li Zhi became the emperor in the end, right? If the current history follows the old trajectory, and Li Zhilong ascends to the throne in the future, then wouldn't I still be able to get some light now? Moreover, the emperor has already decreed, can I still refuse? All right!

"Weichen should obey orders!" Qin Mubai was no longer vague, and bowed with his fists in earnest.

"Good, good." Li Shimin nodded and smiled, "I have been looking at the government and the opposition, and you are the only one who is the most suitable to accompany the pheasant slave and the son." But don't get me wrong, I'm not going to step down from your position as a Hundred Horsemen. In the ten and a half days and a half that you have been recuperating from your injuries, you only need to find time to accompany them during the day. When I return to the harem in the evening, you can go back to rest. We'll see when that's over. If they respond well to you, I will officially appoint you as the 'King of Jin'. ”

"This ...... This micro-minister will not dare to be! Qin Mubai hurriedly said, "Weichen just wants to do his best to be a hundred horsemen. Protecting the prince and princess is also the duty of Wei Chen, and he does not dare to hope to be the prince. ”

Wang Fu is the prince's nominal teacher. In the Zhenguan Dynasty, it is generally a concurrent member of the court. Even if it is a prince who has opened a palace (such as Li Ke), the prince does not need to go to the palace to take office, so it is mostly an honorary title. However, the prince must treat the prince with "teacher courtesy", and the prince also has the power and qualification to persuade and admonish the prince. And the grade of the title of Wang Fu is still a bit high - from the third grade, it is only half a level lower than the six Shangshu and the twelve Wei generals!

"Hehe, this matter will be discussed again, no hurry. Tonight, after Xinshi, you come to Penglai Hall to see me, and I will introduce you to them first. You don't have to take Gaoyang's affairs to heart, I will take care of it. Li Shimin picked up Qin Mubai's wrist again and glanced at it, and said with concern, "Go and take medicine to treat your injuries, you can leave the matter here to the deputy envoy." I was really touched to see that you are busy with everything every day. Now, there are not many pragmatic and conscientious young people like you! ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen retires." After giving a salute, Qin Mubai withdrew from the imperial study. Looking at the tooth marks on his hands, he was really a little crying and laughing, and he scolded a few more times in his heart, "little girl's skin".

After thinking about it, Li Shimin suddenly asked himself to go to the harem today to take care of Li Zhi and Li Mingda and be their fathers, I am afraid it is not a temporary thought, it should have been brewing for a long time. Long before the formation of the Hundred Cavalry, Qin Mubai listened to Li Ke. The reason why the emperor wanted to build a new pro-xun army was because once, a royal forest army military palace drunk and rode a crazy horse into the harem, almost hitting Li Zhi and Li Mingda.

In other words, the emperor formed the army of the hundred cavalry to a large extent for Li Zhi and Li Mingda. It's just that he didn't expect that Qin Mubai would build this army so elite, which greatly exceeded his expectations. Perhaps, all he wanted was a group of loyal and reliable soldiers, nothing more.

Through careful observation in the past two months, Li Shimin probably decided that I, Qin Mubai, was trustworthy and could let me try to take care of and protect Li Zhi's brothers and sisters, so today he took advantage of Princess Gaoyang's little farce to give me a holiday and let me go to Li Zhi's new work unit for a few days to "try".

"Just go, go there, the harem is boundless in spring, I don't know how eye-catching. Moreover, there is nothing wrong with being a daddy to the future emperor. "The matter has come to this, Qin Mubai can only comfort himself like this.