It must not be good news that the people sent out brought back, otherwise the helmet would not want to say it in front of Zheng Guanyin, although Princess Pingyang had been mentally prepared for this, she still sighed, stood up and said goodbye to Zheng Guanyin, and when the two of them came out of the room, they happened to see Li Xiu also walking over with Li Chengdao. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"The person sent out has returned, do you want to go with you?" Princess Pingyang asked Li Xiu at the moment, because she didn't know if Li Xiu had finished talking to Li Chengdao, so she asked.

"Okay, let's go together." Li Xiu nodded immediately, then patted Li Chengdao's shoulder and said, "Chengdao, you can seriously consider what I told you, and you don't have to rush to answer me." ”

"Well, I understand what Mr. means, I will seriously consider it in the next two days!" Li Chengdao also nodded heavily at this time, Princess Pingyang next to him looked at Li Chengdao who seemed to have grown up all of a sudden, and couldn't help but have a sour nose at the moment, and tears almost poured out, if it weren't for the changes in the family, I'm afraid it wouldn't have made Chengdao, a child, mature so much all of a sudden.

Seeing Li Chengdao's sensible appearance, Li Xiu also smiled with relief, and then said goodbye to him and left, and when he got out of the courtyard, Princess Pingyang couldn't help but ask curiously: "Li Xiu, what did you talk about with Chengdao just now?" ”

"This ......" Li Xiu was a little hesitant when he heard this, he was worried that if Princess Pingyang knew what he had just talked about with Li Chengdao, she might resolutely oppose it, so in the end he decided to hide it from her for the time being, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just enlightening Chengdao, and he also encouraged him to be strong and take care of the crown princess and his younger brothers and sisters." ”

Hearing Li Xiu's last words, Princess Pingyang's tears could no longer stop flowing, she felt that her nephew's life was simply too bitter, although she was born in the royal family, but now not only made him face the danger of his life, but also had to take on the responsibility of a man early.

Seeing Princess Pingyang's tearful face, Li Xiu couldn't help sighing, stepped forward and comforted her in a low voice for a while, and finally let Princess Pingyang stop her tears, and then the two came to the front hall together to meet the person sent to contact the army outside.

Princess Pingyang sent out was not an important person, just a middle-level general in the army, at this time was reporting the situation to Ma Ye, when she saw Princess Pingyang and Li Xiu come out, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and at this time Princess Pingyang waved her hand to stop him, and then asked eagerly: "What do people outside say, when will Li Shimin come to see me?" ”

"Princess Qiyu, I didn't see King Qin outside, nor did I see the eldest grandson Wuji, but I just saw Cheng Yanjin and Yu Chigong and others, they said that King Qin was in Chang'an City, and it was inconvenient to see the princess, but King Qin had already instructed them that as long as the princess could hand over the family of King Qi and the crown prince, they would never embarrass the princess!" I saw the general replied respectfully.

"Sure enough!" Princess Pingyang snorted coldly when she heard this, wanting her to take the initiative to hand over her younger brother and relatives is simply a dream!

"Alright, you go down first!" At this time, Ma Ye also stood up and waved his hand, and then the other party left with his hand, and then Ma Ye said to Princess Pingyang again, "Princess, I have asked him just now, according to his observation in the other party's military camp this time, he found that the elites who besieged us were all in the army, and the number exceeded 50,000. ”

"Well, it's definitely not okay to fight hard, Uncle Ma, you let people be on guard day and night, even if the outside takes the initiative to attack, we only need to defend it, and we will talk about it when I see Li Shimin!" Princess Pingyang said with a serious expression, in the face of this situation, she could only guard against it.

"Whoa!" Ma Ye promised to turn around and leave immediately, and the affairs in the entire camp were also very complicated, and it was impossible for Princess Pingyang to do everything herself, so she could only be done by their subordinates.

In the next few days, the besieging army outside really did not move, but from time to time took the initiative to send people to persuade Princess Pingyang to hand over people.

And Li Xiu is also patiently waiting for Li Shimin's arrival, according to his estimate, Li Shimin may have to be busy for ten days and a half months, and by the way, he will also dry them, so that Princess Pingyang can wake up from her anger and be able to turn back to deal with their affairs.

However, Li Xiu obviously overestimated Li Shimin's patience, and on the seventh day of their siege, when the barracks had already begun to ration food, the army outside sent an envoy again, and this person was still an old acquaintance of Li Xiu.

"Virtuous son-in-law! I haven't seen you for a long time, but the lady is okay, the child in her belly is not affected, right? As soon as this messenger came in, he immediately said to Li Xiu with concern, no need to ask, this person is Li Xiu's cheap father-in-law, Pei Ju.

"Pei Gong is so deeply hidden, even the prince has been deceived by you, who would have thought that you would be the person of King Qin?" Li Xiu couldn't help sneering when he saw Pei Ju and said, who would have thought that Pei Ju turned out to be Li Shimin's person, and he also relied on Li Jiancheng at an important juncture, which gave Li Shimin the opportunity to ambush Li Jiancheng, it can be said that this old guy not only deceived Li Jiancheng, but even the whole world.

"Hehe, you can't blame me for this, speaking of which, the reason why I took refuge in King Qin is because of you, the virtuous son-in-law!" Pei Ju smiled a little smugly at this time,

"Because of me? How did I not know? Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this.

"Hehe, the virtuous son-in-law is really a noble person who forgets things, I forcibly sent Yi Niang to your door, but I didn't expect that you and Princess Pingyang already had a personal relationship, which made me offend the prince and King Qin at the same time, and I was almost desperate in the court, fortunately, in the end, King Qin took me in, created an opportunity for me to go through that time, and also successfully won the trust of the prince, for King Qin's orders, I also have to listen!" Pei Ju said with a smile again.

"I see, I didn't expect Pei Gong to have such an experience!" After listening to this, Li Xiu couldn't help but say with some emotion, who would have thought that Pei Ju would also become a key figure in the Xuanwu Sect Change.

"Virtuous son-in-law, you have always been the most valued person by King Qin, and you have a deep relationship with the princess, if you can persuade the princess to hand over the family of King Qi and the prince now, it will definitely be a great achievement, and when King Qin ascends the throne in the future, you will definitely be indispensable from the dragon's work, you must not miss such a good thing!" Pei Ju persuaded with some bitterness at this time, although he was proud of the spring breeze now, he didn't dare to underestimate Li Xiu, because he knew that as long as Li Xiu was willing, it would be easy to rise to prominence in the future.

"Thank you Pei Gong for your kindness, but I really don't have the intention to make a name for myself, otherwise I wouldn't have waited until now, Pei Gong still directly explained your intentions!" Li Xiu smiled indifferently when he heard this, he found that he really didn't have any common language with people like Pei Ju, and even now, he still couldn't understand his ambition.

Seeing that Li Xiu did not listen to his persuasion, although Pei Ju was disappointed, he was also in his expectation, so he had to shake his head helplessly, and then he spoke: "Actually, Lao Yu came this time to ask the princess again on behalf of King Qin, if she is willing to hand over the family of King Qi and the crown prince?" ”

"Gong Pei, there is no need to ask this kind of question again, King Qin should know the princess's temper, and it is impossible for her to take the initiative to hand over the family members of King Qi and the crown prince, so you should talk about the actual content!" Li Xiu waved his hand directly when he heard this, Pei Ju personally came here definitely not just to say that those envoys before were about to say bad things.

Sure enough, I saw Pei Ju muttering for a moment at this time, and finally spoke: "Okay, since the virtuous son-in-law said so, then I will say it directly, the King of Qin has now controlled the situation in Chang'an City, and His Majesty has also personally promised to change the King of Qin as the crown prince, and by the latest this summer, the King of Qin will ascend the throne as the emperor, but before that, the remnants of these princes of the King of Qi must be completely eliminated, if Princess Pingyang really wants to go her own way, then I am afraid that the King of Qin can only order the surrounding army to attack!" ”

"King Qin, where is he, has he already arrived in the surrounding army?" Li Xiu chuckled when he heard this, and then asked again, After stabilizing the situation in Chang'an City, eliminating Li Yuanji and Li Chengdao has become the most important thing in Li Shimin's eyes, so he will definitely personally command this matter.

"Yes, I came to the army with King Qin, you have been surrounded for the past few days and don't know the situation outside, now not only His Majesty agrees to change the crown prince, but also the surrounding troops are all held by King Qin, and even the ministers in the court have changed the direction of the wind, except for a very few people, almost no one dares to oppose King Qin, it can be said that this throne is already ironclad to King Qin, and it is impossible for King Qi and King Anlu to stay!" Pei Ju said bitterly again at this time.

"Since King Qin is in the army, it's good to trouble Duke Pei to go back and say that the princess wants to see him!" Li Xiu didn't pay attention to Pei Ju's words at all, and directly put forward his request.

"This ......" Pei Ju showed a hesitant expression when he heard this, as if he was very embarrassed.

"Why, King Qin refuses to even see the princess?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be very annoyed when he saw this, if Li Shimin really refused to even see them, then his plan would be completely unworkable.

"Son-in-law, you misunderstood, King Qin didn't say that he didn't mean to see the princess, but with my observation of King Qin in the past few days, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to see the princess, or in other words, he doesn't dare to see Princess Pingyang at all!" Pei Ju actually whispered a little embarrassed at this time.

"What do you mean, there are still people he doesn't dare to see?" Li Xiu asked puzzled.

"Hehe, although the virtuous son-in-law is talented, but he is still worse than the accident of human feelings, although the king of Qin killed the prince ruthlessly, but don't forget, after all, it is his own eldest brother, don't think that the king of Qin is a cold-blooded and ruthless person, in fact, since the death of the prince, I can see that he has been very uncalm in his heart, and even only went to see His Majesty once, and has never been there since, and Princess Pingyang is also the sister of his mother, do you say that King Qin dares to see her?" Pei Ju is worthy of being a good person, and he guessed Li Shimin's mind in just a few days.

"Humph! If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place! Li Xiu couldn't help sneering when he heard this, he could also understand Li Shimin's psychology, it was nothing more than that he didn't have the face to see Princess Pingyang.

"I can't say that, King Qin was also forced to be helpless at that time, if the crown prince ascends the throne, I'm afraid his fate will not be much better!" Pei Ju spoke for Li Shimin.

"The prince will not do anything to his own brother, this is also what he personally assured the princess, I and the king of Qin were also present at that time, I thought that the king of Qin had given up the competition for the throne at that time, but I didn't expect that he would simply retreat as an advance, paralyzing the prince and others, and then no one expected to launch a coup d'état!" The more Li Xiu spoke, the more angry he became, Li Shimin had deceived them all at the beginning, and even Princess Pingyang warned the prince not to embarrass Li Shimin, but he didn't expect such a result in the end.

"The crown prince may not attack the king of Qin, but the king of Qi is not necessarily, not to mention that there are so many henchmen who follow the prince, in order to consolidate the prince's position, who dares to guarantee that these people will not attack the king of Qin, who has lost his military power?" Pei Ju once again defended Li Shimin, as a participant in this matter, he does have more say than Li Xiu.

"Those are just conjectures, but King Qin really attacked the crown prince, and even killed his brother with his own hands!" Li Xiu once again insisted on not admitting defeat.

"Virtuous son-in-law, you have never been in love with power, you don't know what power means to people like King Qin, the crown prince deprived King Qin of the military power in his hands, it is even more uncomfortable than killing him, and I can also tell you that King Qin was already planning to launch a coup d'état at that time, but the plan was not like now, but the previous heavy snow was the help of God to King Qin, and it also made King Qin believe that he was helped by God, so he did not hesitate to launch a coup d'état in advance!" Pei Ju explained again, I'm afraid no one knows Li Shimin's situation better than him.

"Oh? Then I would like to ask, what was King Qin's previous plan? Li Xiu was also a little curious when he heard this.

"Didn't the King of Qi lead the generals of the Tiance Mansion to the north before, he wanted to control these generals of the Tiance Mansion, and naturally he also needed to install more generals of the prince's line in the army, so that when he left Chang'an, there were no powerful people around the prince, and the king of Qin secretly raised a private army, as long as the king of Qin found the right opportunity, there was a great chance to kill the prince, and then Cheng Yanjin and others in the army of the king of Qi would join forces to control the king of Qi, and naturally the overall situation would be decided!" Pei Ju said, these were originally confidential, but now they are nothing.

"Speaking of which, it's not about killing the crown prince!" Li Xiu said with disdain, but when he said this, he suddenly groaned and spoke again, "If King Qin refuses to see the princess, I hope I can meet him alone!" (To be continued.) )