Since the emperor proposed to send someone to contact the remnants of the Shenhe Army lurking in the grassland of Longyoujian, waiting for an opportunity to destroy the war horses and forage supply base of the Tubo people, so as to greatly reduce the threat to Chang'an, Yu Chengen immediately proposed to the emperor that Lai Xing'er, who was to be the commander of the Shenhe army, lead a small team of capable men and horses to take on this important task. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In this regard, Yu Chengen gave a very good reason: Lai Xing'er made great contributions in the battle to recover Chang'an, not only killed the brave rebel Zhang Liang with his own hands, but also disturbed the military spirit of Tubo by virtue of the method of beating drums and retreating from the enemy that ordinary people could hardly imagine, and made great contributions to the smooth recovery of Chang'an. In addition, since the emperor has the intention to appoint him as the commander of the Shenhe Army, since Xing'er is young, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, and he must be asked to make some meritorious deeds that are enough to convince the public before he can be worthy of this position.

In view of the above two points, Yu Chengen believes that whether it is public or private, Lai Xing'er is the best candidate sent by the imperial court to Liangzhou.

After Yu Cheng'en said this, the emperor's mind also began to become lively: although he was deep down in his heart he would like to come to Xing'er to stay by his side, and be able to become a trusted and important minister of his trust, but he was unwilling to let him go to the western Xinjiang to take risks, but once he checked the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, he really couldn't find a suitable person like Lai Xing'er who was both wise and brave and worthy of the heavy responsibility, and secondly, he thought that once Lai Xing'er's trip to Liangzhou was successful, Chang'an Shu would have little worry, and the emperor was inclined to agree with Yu Cheng'en's proposal.

"Qi'er, this Xing'er has been ordered to pretend to be your envoy to Tubo, and it can be regarded as having some fate with you, according to you, if I send him deep into the Liangzhou grassland, what are the chances of winning?" The emperor did not want to directly approve Yu Chengen's suggestion, and intended to consult the opinion of Li Qi, the king of harmony.

Li Qi has felt quite angry recently: when the rebels attacked Chang'an, his grandfather was ordered to follow his father halfway to the west, and held high the banner of King Qin's rebellion, not only recovering Chang'an, but also becoming the emperor; Now, although Chang'an was captured by Tubo, his father was forced to abandon the city and run eastward, if the situation is not much different from a few years ago, but his dignified eldest son, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses who has just been appointed to take charge of the army, not only did not under this crisis, was established as the prince by the emperor, and in the whole process from the fall of Chang'an to the recovery, he did not make an inch, like a walking corpse, sleepwalking to Puzhou before the enemy turned around, and Fu Yi failed to compete for military power, and returned to Chang'an with the emperor.

In stark contrast to his own sloppy performance, Lai Xing'er, the former impostor King Mu, has repeatedly performed miraculous feats and is deeply appreciated by his father. How can this make Li Qi jealous?

"Father, the son and the son have only had a few encounters with Lai Xing'er, and they don't know much about it. But Erchen thought that when Chang'an was captured by Tubo, if he was any general in the court, I am afraid that he might not be able to recognize Zhang Liang and win by surprise like Laixing'er, right? As a result, although the sons and daughters were not able to accurately answer their father's inquiries, on the other hand, apart from Lai Xing'er, the sons really couldn't think of anyone in the court who could take on this important responsibility. ”

Li Qi replied without revealing a drop of water, even Yu Chengen beside him listened to it, and couldn't help but secretly praise it.

"But Lai Xing'er is only sixteen years old after all, and Lian Chengding's age has not yet arrived, if you send him to Liangzhou, will Tubo treat me as no one in the court." The emperor said lightly, and classified all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Li Qi and Yu Chengen, as useless.

Yu Chengen was scheming, and naturally turned a deaf ear to the emperor's ridicule, and dealt with it calmly, but Li Qi, the king of Mu, who was two years older than Lai Xing'er, heard this, but his face turned red to the root of his ears, and he was about to recommend himself, so he angrily asked for his life, but was stopped by the emperor waving his hand.

"Let's leave this matter here for now. Regarding the candidates sent by the imperial court to Liangzhou, I still have to listen to the opinions of Jing Gong before making a final decision. The emperor looked at Yu Chengen, who was calm and calm, and said leisurely.

Withdrawing from the Yanying Palace with Yu Chengen and returning to his own mansion, Li Qi, the king of Mu, valued his father so much, the more he thought about Xing'er, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but get angry with the people in the mansion, punching and kicking, which made the huge Muwang Mansion cry and wail endlessly.

After Li Qi vented his anger, and finally sat down in the main hall of the Mu Wangfu, Liang Wenqian, who had been watching coldly, came over, and while holding a bowl of tea for Li Qi to relieve his troubles, he reminded him: "The emperor's return to Luan is a great joy for the whole world, and it is necessary to ask the idle people to wait for the emperor to report to the emperor when they hear that the prince is in the palace and report to the emperor. The prince still wants to dissipate his anger. ”

Li Qi took the tea bowl from Liang Wenqian, drank it all on his back, threw an empty tea bowl far away from the hall, and said to Liang Wenqian hatefully: "I knew that Lai Xing'er was now stealing the limelight of this king, and he should have been locked up in the mansion in the first place," see if he can still stir up in this king's mansion!" ”

Liang Wenqian didn't expect that Li Qi was so angry with Lai Xing'er, so he hurriedly asked him about it, and Li Qi told him a rough idea of the situation of meeting the king in Yanying Hall today.

"Please forgive the little one, the little one didn't understand, does the prince want the emperor to send Xing'er to Liangzhou, or ......" Liang Wenqian listened to Li Qi's Chen and asked cautiously.

"Whether he goes to Liangzhou or not, what does it have to do with this king?" Li Qi glanced at Liang Wenqian, and responded directly, "This king is just angry, and when my father mentions him, his eyes are ...... Gee. ”

Liang Wenqian felt funny in his heart, and he didn't dare to bring it out on his face, so he took the opportunity to persuade Li Qidao: "If this is the case, the little one will have to talk about it more, and the prince is still looking forward to the emperor's farewell to send that Lai Xing'er to Liangzhou. ”

Although Li Qi is a little narrow-minded, he is not bad-hearted, and secondly, because his mother died early, and his father has no time to discipline him strictly, he has been used to fighting with a group of small eunuchs and small palace people since he was a child.

When Li Qi heard Liang Wenqian persuade him like this, he first felt reasonable, nodded his head again and again, and then said angrily: "No!" I really don't believe that he can do everything when he comes to Xing'er. You advised me not to ask my father to send him to Liangzhou, this time, I still don't listen to you. Not only that, but I have to give this kid a big problem to see if he can handle it. (To be continued.) )