Chapter 40: The Fight
The envoy sent by Yang Su, the lord of Liang, was led by his uncle Yang Xiong and Han Yihu, the first general of Liang.
Looking at the battle, we should attach great importance to this harmony.
Although it is difficult to delve into whether his real purpose is for beauty or politics, in any case, they accepted this peace with a serious attitude.
Emperor Yongping is still sick and can't get up to meet the envoys, so all the handling of reception matters falls on Li Yong's shoulders.
And Li Yong happened to be extremely good at taking care of this kind of errand thing, and he also lived up to his trust, and arranged a series of miscellaneous matters such as the garrison team in Chang'an City and the process of meeting the day early, and even did not let go of the details, striving to be the most perfect, so as to leave a perfect impression on the envoys of Liang State.
Everything went smoothly at first.
Yang Xiong and Han Yihu are both military generals, and they happen to have a lot to talk about with Li Yong, who loves martial arts, and they talk and laugh all the way through the streets of Chang'an City, and the atmosphere is harmonious.
The change happened at the time of the dinner.
Because of Emperor Yongping's health, he was not able to attend the banquet this time, only Empress Changle sat in front of the palace alone, Han Ruhu and Yang Xiong sat on her left hand, Li Yong, Li Jin and other members of the royal family and several ministers in the court sat on the right hand side of Empress Changle.
After Han Ruhu paid homage and saluted, he looked up and saw the queen sitting alone in the hall, and he was immediately a little dazed. After sitting back in his seat, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he always felt that he was being looked down upon by Qi Guo, and his face was pulled down.
He is a rough man, he doesn't know how to meet the rules, and he doesn't want to pretend that nothing happened. But he has already bowed, and the dinner has already begun, and he is not good to jump up and question it at this time. Depressed, Han Ruhu simply sat on the seat and began to drink one cup after another.
After a few glasses of wine, the person quickly became a little dazed.
At this time, Li Yong happened to notice that he was drinking, and he smiled and picked up the wine cup in his hand and wanted to have a drink with him.
Han Ruhu took advantage of the strength of the wine to diverge, and snorted coldly at him directly, neither raising a glass nor speaking, completely losing face.
Being hung aside, Li Yong was a little embarrassed, neither advancing nor retreating, so he had to scratch his head and ask him, "The general is not satisfied with the food?" ”
Han Ruhu glanced at him, the wine was strong, and the bitterness in his heart could no longer be suppressed at this time, so he immediately got up, pointed at Li Yong and said angrily, "Eat? What is the dissatisfaction with the food? I'm not satisfied with your entire Qi country! ”
Han is like a tiger man, as his name suggests, his body is round and strong, and his mouth is full of beards, just looking at his appearance makes people feel tough. And his voice was even more so, this opening was as deafening as the roar of a tiger.
At this moment, even the musicians who were playing hard in front of the hall stopped playing, wondering whether to continue playing or retreat first on this occasion.
Empress Changle, who was sitting in the hall, cast her gaze over and frowned, "What happened?" ”
Li Yong was also confused, so he repeated their conversation again and returned to the queen.
Han Ruhu snorted coldly and asked in front of everyone, "Let me ask you, saying that you are good friends with my big beam, did you take the initiative to put forward this opinion?" ”
Li Yongying, "Yes." ”
"Then why did my courtiers come to Chang'an, but I never see the emperor come to greet them?!" Han Ruhu slapped the table angrily, and even the ground trembled, his face was angry, and his eyes stared at Li Yong like a copper bell, "You look down on my beam?" ”
Is it just for this kind of thing?
Li Yong suddenly became angry and funny, "I have already explained this matter, I am sick to Your Majesty today, and it is not convenient to meet guests." ”
Han Ruhu sneered, "Then if the Turks call now, dare to ask your majesty if he is sick in bed, do you want to run?" ”
"Do you also want to say to the Turks: If you are ill today, you will fight again another day?"
What he said was really unkind, and he also insulted the emperor, even if Li Yong silently recited hundreds of times in his heart, "The one who comes is a guest", he can't suppress the rising anger.
So without waiting for the queen to speak, he jumped up like a lit explosive barrel first, and rushed to Han Yihu in a hurry, "You say it again?" ”
Han Ruhu is also not afraid, "Just say it, I, Han Ruhu, will come out with a word......"
"Phew."
Li Yong didn't plan to give him another chance to continue to humiliate the emperor, so as soon as Han Ruhu spoke, he reached out and grabbed him by the collar and grabbed him, "I don't care if you are like a tiger or a leopard or a pig or a dog, you are like a beast in the world, and you have to make amends for me today." ”
Han Ruhu is a martial artist, and he is the first general of Liang State, when has he ever been humiliated like being grabbed by the collar? So he immediately grabbed Li Yong's collar without showing weakness, and the war between two men in their thirties was about to break out.
Empress Changle blushed with a blue face, watching the prince of her country and the general of Liang State scuffle in public so disregarding their image, her voice trembled with anger, "Come on, don't you hurry up and separate them!" ”
The queen was angry, and the stupefied ministers hurriedly stepped forward, and on the other side, Yang Xiong was also frightened into a cold sweat, tugging on Han Yihu's sleeve robe, and apologized again and again.
But the two middle-aged men were writhing with each other at the moment, stiff as two stones, and they couldn't be pulled apart by the minister and Yang Xiong.
Everyone was anxious, fearing that one careless mistake would lead to a complete collapse of relations between the two countries.
Li Ronghe also stood up anxiously and walked quickly to Li Yong's side.
She didn't try to use brute force to separate the two like Yang Xiong and the others, but calmed down and persuaded, "Father doesn't need to be angry at all. The reason why General Han was angry was not because he did not respect the emperor of our dynasty, on the contrary, his daughter thought that he was actually too fond of the emperor of our dynasty, so he would judge whether his majesty was really sincere in friendship with him by whether his majesty attended. ”
Li Yong's evil eyes looked at Han like a tiger.
Han Ruhu glared back with dignity, not forgetting to mock, "Your daughters are more sensible than you!" ”
Li Ronghe said to Han Ruhu again, "But General Han did misunderstand us." ”
Her voice echoed in the silent hall, gentle and clear, "You are from the Liang country, and you may not know much about the state of my dynasty. In my Great Qi, Her Majesty the Empress is also the Son of Heaven and has the same rights as His Majesty the Emperor. So today, don't say that I am sick to Your Majesty's dragon body, even if Your Majesty is healthy, only Her Majesty the Queen is here alone does not mean that we do not pay attention to it, on the contrary, she represents the highest respect of our entire country. ”
She said it extremely cleverly, not only quietly complimenting the queen, but also appeasing Han Yihu in anger.
Seeing that Han Yihu hesitated, Li Ronghe hurriedly added, "If you don't believe it, you can ask these Qi ministers around you now to see how they call Her Majesty the Empress." ”
After Yang Xiong heard this, he also whispered in Han Yihu's ear, "That's true." I heard that this queen is very powerful, not only has the right to participate in politics, but even forced the lord of Qi to marry only one person in his life, which is completely different from my dynasty. ”
Even Yang Xiong came to testify, and there is really no doubt about it. Han Yihu was also awake for most of the time at this time, knowing that he had caused trouble, he was somewhat embarrassed, looked at Li Yong, and said, "You let go." ”
Li Yong glared at him angrily, "You let it go first." ”
Han Ruhu was annoyed again all of a sudden, "Can you let it go?" ”
"Don't let it go!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Li Ronghe had a headache and hurriedly whispered, "Father, the person who came is a guest." ”
The daughter spoke, Li Yong really didn't continue to argue, snorted angrily, and let go first.
Han Ruhu also let go.
However, the Empress Changle in the palace was still angry, looking at Li Yong, she looked like she hated iron but not steel. seems to feel that the prince has embarrassed her, and now in front of foreign envoys, it is not easy to attack.
Li Ronghe understands the truth that resentment cannot be pent up, and she doesn't want the queen to bring her anger all the way to the future, so she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, although this matter is a misunderstanding, Rong He thinks that the misunderstanding is the most visible to the people." General Han and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not be punished today, but they should both be rewarded. ”
The queen has always loved Li Ronghe, and she has just performed outstandingly, which is deeply appreciated by the queen, so when she heard her say this at this time, she was not in a hurry to refute, but asked, "Then tell me, why should you be rewarded?" ”
Li Ronghe said, "General Han accidentally misunderstood because he took a fancy to this peace and did not know the situation of our dynasty, but his purpose was to protect his own country, and he did not hesitate to put life and death out of the way. ”
Empress Changle nodded, she also agreed with Li Ronghe's statement.
Even if Han Ruhu is an envoy of the Liang State, his behavior of defending the Liang State is definitely loyal. Killing a loyal man has a bad reputation, but forgiving him for his recklessness can make a name for himself.
Li Ronghe continued, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the same. Through this incident, we can see that he really loves His Majesty and the country from the bottom of his heart, and he will never allow others to defile half of it. Rong He feels that this move is also frank and admirable. It is a blessing for our country to be able to get this prince who loves the country and the people. ”
Empress Changle frowned, although she knew that what she said was true, but in fact, she was still a little unhappy with the prince's recklessness in her heart, but it was not good to reward and punish one by one, so she had to go down the steps first, "Rong and what he said are reasonable." ”
Li Ronghe did not stop, but said, "And Ronghe feels that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's handling of this matter is enough to see his wisdom and intentions." ”
What is this statement?
Empress Changle and Li Jin, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, were a little puzzled.
Li Rong said seriously, "Since ancient times, the relationship between military generals and civil servants has been like water and fire - neither compatible nor communicative. If today's crown prince did not use force to confront General Han, but persuaded him with reason, I am afraid that General Han would not only not listen, but would also think that he was using strong words. ”
"If it weren't for the crown prince, maybe both sides would have to accumulate grievances today, which would not be a good thing for us and Liang Guo."
When she said this, Han Yihu laughed first, and after laughing, she bowed her hand to the queen, "The county lord is right, the foreign minister really admires the prince very much. ”
After hearing this, Queen Changle inexplicably felt that this was very reasonable. Although she didn't believe that this was her son's "great wisdom", she finally really let go of the mustard in her heart and said with a smile, "Well, the prince handled things decently today, and he really deserves a reward." ”
The queen's reward was soon issued, and the sound of pushing cups and changing lamps and silk and bamboo sounded again on the banquet. Li Yong, who won the reward, sat back in his place, and was still a little dazed until the end of the banquet.
How...... Can a fight be praised now?