King Mu Li Qi has been very unhappy recently. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Info Emperor issued an edict to list the Divine Crane Army created by Yu Chengen as a forbidden army, and directly obeyed the orders of the Emperor himself, and soon after, he successively passed the edict to expand the Divine Crane Army from the five armies to the eight capitals, and specially allowed it to establish camps in various prefectures. In this way, he, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses ordered by the emperor, lost his command of the most elite officer army, and in addition, the leading generals from all walks of life led by Fu Yi and Lu Huaiguang have always disobeyed themselves and do not really obey their orders, and there are few troops left that can really be commanded and mobilized by him, the generalissimo.

Since Chang'an was unexpectedly lost and recovered, Prince Li Qi did not do it, but even lost the military power in his hands, and he saw that he was about to become an idle prince who was idle at home, how could Li Qi, who was so ambitious, stand it?

In order to regain favor with the emperor and recover the declining situation, Li Qi secretly ordered his confidant eunuch Liang Wenqian to try his best to buy the people around the emperor with a lot of money, intending to spy on the emperor's mind, so as to meet and act, win the emperor's favor, and prevent himself from being abandoned by the emperor.

Originally, as soon as the news that Lin Shu was released by Tubo and returned to Chang'an, Li Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and was full of satisfaction that he could take advantage of this to make a big show in front of the emperor, so as to win the emperor's appreciation for himself. However, to his surprise, according to the news that Zhu'er inquired from Pang Ming, who succeeded Wang Bao'er as the internal privy envoy, the emperor was worried about Lin Shu's commitment to serving the barbarian dynasty, and had ordered the officials of Shu to take Lin Shusuo into Beijing for questioning. When Li Qi heard the news in the main hall of King Mu's Mansion, he was stunned, slumped on the chair, and was speechless for a long time.

Zhu'er understood his master's mind the most, and saw that Li Qi was just sitting there like a frosted eggplant, bowing his head and saying nothing, so he approached and comforted Li Qi and said, "Lord Wang, you don't have to be so discouraged. Even if the emperor intentionally killed the forest tree, it is not necessarily a bad thing for you, the prince. Imagine, if it wasn't for the prince's order to come to Xing'er and try to rescue Lin Shu from Tubo back to the court, how could the Tubo people let him go for no reason, and how could the emperor kill a hundred people, and use Lin Shu's head to warn the world's hundred officials, don't be a traitor, and serve the Tubo people? According to the small one, at present, the prince only needs to enter the palace immediately, meet the emperor, and suggest to the emperor that the emperor will Lin Shuming be punished in person, so as to pay respect, so as to live up to the painstaking effort spent by the prince in this matter. ”

Li Qi looked up at Zhu'er, thought seriously for a moment, and also realized the mystery implied: In fact, no matter whether the emperor rewarded or punished Lin Shu, whether he used it or killed, as the initiator of the rescue of Lin Shu from Tubo and the return of the dynasty, he had already made a great contribution to the imperial court, and what he had to do now was to make a solid contribution to the emperor and accumulate a capital for himself to make a comeback.

"Zhu'er, do you have any news from that kid from Laixing'er lately?" Li Qi stared at Zhu'er gently and asked.

"If you go back to your father, there is no news from Lai Xing'er himself, but I heard that his wife Jinping recently gave birth to a son for him, and I also heard that as soon as Lai Xing'er's son was born, Bao Zhaoyi in the palace ordered someone to bring a message to Jinping, wanting to accept this baby as a godson, but I don't know why, Jinping actually rejected her......"

Zhu'er nagged endlessly, but Li Qi was already impatient that he was chewing on these boring tongues in himself, stood up, strode out of the hall, interrupted Zhu'er's words, and instructed him: "Prepare a generous gift, and send it to the Dongyang County Mansion today to reward Jinping mother and son." ”

Li Qihuai had the intention of persuading the emperor to cut down the forest trees, and hurried to the Yanying Hall of Daming Palace to ask to see the emperor, but was seen by Pang Ming, who was guarding the door of the palace, and stopped him head-on, and quietly told him: "Lord, come to the palace at this time to report to the emperor about the military situation in the western frontier, according to our family, I am afraid that I can't finish talking about it in an hour or two, Lord Wang?" ”

Li Qi stretched out his hand and touched his arms, because he was in a hurry, he didn't have anything good to reward Pang Ming, so he said with a smile: "Someone came from Yangzhou yesterday and brought some rare things to this king. Since Lai Xing'er is in the palace to report to the emperor about the military situation in the western Xinjiang, he asks his father-in-law to enter the palace to give a message to the king and see what his father says? ”

When Pang Ming heard the words of rare things, his eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit with joy, and he clapped his hands and smiled: "Lord Wang, don't blame our family for being confused, Lord Wang, you are the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and you should have a meeting with the emperor on military affairs." Please stay outside the palace for a while, and our family will go to the emperor. With that, he turned around and trotted into the Yanying Palace.

Today happens to be the day when Dugu Wanrong, the harem concubine, recently gave birth to a baby and celebrated the full moon. The emperor stayed in the Yaohua Palace last night, and when he waited for today's hour, Wanrong and the newly born prince came to greet him, and he gave grace and rewards to her mother and son, and then went to the court to listen to the government. Unexpectedly, without waiting for Wanrong's mother and son, she heard a report that Lai Xing'er, who was sent to Liangzhou on an errand nearly a year ago, returned to Chang'an and was asking to see her outside the palace gate at this time.

The emperor was both surprised and happy at Lai Xing'er's unannounced arrival, and he couldn't wait for Wanrong's mother and son to come to see each other, so he immediately ordered Pang Ming to move back to Yanying Palace, and Xing'er came to see him.

After the emperor listened to the report of Lai Xing'er in the Yanying Hall about Tubo uniting with other four people, and was about to advance in five ways and launch a war of annihilation against the imperial court, his face was solemn, and when he was bowing his head and groaning, he heard Pang Ming come in and report that Li Qi, the king of Mu, was waiting for a meeting outside the palace, and said casually: "Spread." Instead, Xiang Xing'er asked: "According to what you say, Tubo has united no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses this time, together with its own men and horses, a total of about 350,000 horses, divided into five routes, and is about to launch a large-scale invasion of our Celestial Empire?" ”

Seeing that the emperor's face was gloomy and his heart seemed to be afraid, Lai Xing'er deliberately comforted the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, when Weichen returned from the western frontier this time, he complied with His Majesty's will and drove a total of 8,000 war horses from the eighteen sub-divisions under the jurisdiction of Longyou Prison into the territory of the Uighurs, and met with the envoys sent by the Uighur Khan at the border between the two states......

Just as he was saying this, Lai Xing'er caught a glimpse of Li Qi, the king of harmony, walking into the hall, so he stopped abruptly and stopped talking. (To be continued.) )