Chapter Ninety-Seven: Warmth

Li Chengqian's heart was also tense when he heard Li Shimin ask like this, but he didn't think much about it, so Li Chengqian said directly: "Father and the emperor are too worried, and the sons have to go on the expedition this time, on the one hand, because the sons and the king of Wu were assassinated, I found that many ministers in the court are very disdainful of the sons, although the sons are not bad, but it is obvious that everyone would rather die than the sons of Wu." ”

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian also knew that what he said was not good, looking at Li Shimin's somewhat dim eyes, Li Chengqian hurriedly spoke again: "Another reason is that he left Chang'an yesterday, and his destination is Yizhou, and his son is worried about his safety, so he wants to personally lead troops to pick him up!" ”

Li Shimin's face was even more ugly, and he suddenly left Chang'an City without any news, although this matter is not important, but it can make the prince so worried, it may affect the stability of the court in the future, and the status of symmetry in Li Chengqian's heart Li Shimin has considered it a few more times.

At this time, the big thing has been decided, and Li Shimin is no longer entangled in this matter, he turned around and ordered: "Be careful on the road, you must come back safely, your identity is also very important to the entire Datang!" ”

Li Chengqian was a little happy when he heard Li Shimin's relationship, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him and was about to leave, but Li Chengqian didn't take a few steps before Li Shimin stopped him, as if he suddenly thought of it, and said: "Chengqian, you wait first!" ”

Li Chengqian also immediately turned around when he heard Li Shimin's words, and asked with a little question: "Does my father have any other orders?" ”

Li Shimin looked at Li Shimin, beckoned him to come over, and waited until Li Chengqian approached before Li Shimin took out a small token of ink jade from the dragon chair, which was engraved with strange symbols, but an ink character was clearly visible in the middle.

Li Shimin handed the token to Li Chengqian, and then said: "With this token, the prince can go to the Mozifang of the Ministry of Industry to carry a thousand sets of rattan armor and new-style knives, which should be able to protect you!" ”

Li Chengqian was a little surprised, although the Mo family has been in the court for a long time, but the two of them have never participated in the discussion, and there is no news coming out, except for the new knives that Li Chengqian has seen, he doesn't know what the Mo family has done.

It is said that a few months ago, he also found the Mo Yan of the Mo family and begged him for some help, and it is said that it took several fried chicken meals for him to help renovate the teahouse that Tang Songling often went to, so that he could go over and listen at all times.

At this moment, this ink jade was in his hand, and a sense of heaviness came, Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin and said, "Are all the officers and soldiers of this rattan armor distributed?" ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said helplessly: "This armor is the same as the legend, not afraid of swords, guns and halberds, but afraid of fire attacks, so I didn't let him produce too much at the beginning, I didn't expect the war to come so quickly, otherwise let him prepare more, and most of the materials are used to make new knives, that is our magic weapon to win!" ”

Li Chengqian only felt that his eyes lit up, raised his head and asked Li Shimin: "Father, you said that we should use this new knife to cut this rattan armor, who of them is powerful!" ”

Li Chengqian's question was not answered, and he was driven out by Li Shimin, who left only one sentence, "This rattan armor and soldiers must be brought back to me safe and sound!" ”

Li Chengqian had just gone out, and Cheng Chumo didn't know where he came from, and said while rubbing his hands: "Prince, I heard that there is a war this time, and we are going to go on an expedition?" ”

Li Chengqian looked at Cheng Chumo, who was very excited, nodded and said, "You go and count the people under your hands, tell them the seriousness of this matter, and then take someone to the Ministry of Industry with me to get new armor and weapons!" ”

Cheng Chumo hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the prince has already gone to summon Ren Baolin, and he will be there soon, I will take them to the Ministry of Industry to wait for you first?" ”

Li Chengqian nodded, didn't say anything more, waved his hand to Brother Liang in the distance and motioned for him to come over, and then turned around and said to Cheng Chumo: "I'll go back to the East Palace and explain to the crown princess, how long will it take for your father's side to be pulled?" ”

Cheng Chumo was still in a state of excitement, and when he heard Li Chengqian ask, he immediately said: "My father's side is fast, it will take some time for the government soldiers to be gathered, but they will come in batches, we don't have to wait for them, we should send out several groups of people today, some of them are mainly resident soldiers of the advance army, some of them are escorting grain and grass, and some of them are going to various states to transfer troops, in short, they are very slow, let's just go ours!" ”

Li Chengqian was also a little surprised when he heard this, although he was not ignorant of marching and fighting, but he had never understood anything about going out to fight armaments, and at this time he also sighed a little: "What should we do if our 1,000 men encounter the enemy army first?" Why don't you wait for General Cheng to come along! ”

When Cheng Chumo heard this, he hurriedly explained: "It's okay for us to go first, because there are cavalry to transfer troops to various states, and no matter how fast we go, they are not as close as they are, Your Highness can rest assured." ”

Li Chengqian suddenly remembered that he had only gone out yesterday, and whispered to Cheng Chumo: "Can you get a few carrier pigeons and send some news to Runzhou, so that Li Siwen will be satisfied!" ”

Cheng Chumo was a little surprised when he heard this: "Carrier pigeon? The war carrier pigeon is very important, if it is just to send the news to Brother Siwen to stay satisfied, I am afraid that it will not be easy to do, and the destination of the satisfied brother is Yizhou, and he will not go to Runzhou by the way! ”

Li Chengqian thought for a while before explaining: "I said that I would go to Yizhou to see Siwen first, and now there will be a war in Yizhou, so I want Siwen to keep him and let him go to Yizhou with us!" ”

Cheng Chumo shook his head a little helplessly, this matter is in a hurry, and carrier pigeons are already scarce and cannot be wasted at such a time, so he had to shake his head helplessly and said: "This matter will not work, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should go back and repair it as soon as possible, there are still many ways to keep the satisfied little brother, and it is the same for us to send a team of cavalry!" ”

Li Chengqian had no choice but to give up, waved his hand and motioned for Cheng Chumo to go down and do his own thing, and then looked at Brother Liang on the side and said, "Commander Liang will send me back to the East Palace!" ”

Saying that, Li Chengqian got into the carriage, unlike before, Li Chengqian did not go to the carriage but sat outside with Brother Liang, Brother Liang asked with some surprise: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what happened today?" ”

Li Chengqian nodded and shook his head, and finally sighed and said: "Manager Liang, we are going to go to Yizhou in the afternoon, the Turks raided the border pass, my father decided to face the battle, and I also decided to conquer the Turks myself!" ”

Brother Liang looked at Li Chengqian with some surprise, as if he wanted to see his thoughts, but after thinking about it, Brother Liang smiled, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finally can't pretend to be able to do so?" ”

Li Chengqian was a little surprised when he heard this: "Pretend? What's in it? ”

Brother Liang pointed to Li Chengqian's feet shaking outside, and said with some amusement: "You have a leg disease, it is obvious that you are different in the past half a year, those people in the court may not be able to see it, I get along with you day and night, how can I not know!" ”

Li Chengqian shook his head to show disbelief, and then said: "Is it satisfying that the big mouth drank too much and told you!" ”

Brother Liang looked at Li Chengqian's disbelieving appearance and didn't want to explain more, but just shook his head proudly.

The palace maids and eunuchs they met along the way were surprised that Li Chengqian and Chief Liang were sitting side by side, although they all knew that Li Chengqian did not sit in a sedan chair, but they had never seen Li Chengqian sitting outside the carriage, and today they naturally felt ridiculous to see Li Chengqian behaving like this, but they only dared to think about these words in their hearts, and no one dared to say them.

The crown princess in the East Palace was also very surprised when she heard that Li Chengqian was going to fight in person, and then there was endless uneasiness, the war is cruel, and the soldiers who killed the red-eyed will not pay attention to your identity, and there will be nothing when you go down with a knife, thinking that her unborn child may not have a father, the princess's eyes are red.

However, the crown princess is not an ignorant person, knowing that Li Chengqian is not something she can keep here, so she has to help him pack his bags while sobbing silently, Li Chengqian is also very uncomfortable when he sees his concubine so sad, but Li Chengqian quickly thought of satisfaction, and the lady who is not worry-free.

Li Chengqian cleaned up his sad mood and said to the crown princess: "The crown princess will go and take the Yulong girl into the palace today to accompany you!" ”

The crown princess is a smart person, and yesterday she heard that she was happy to leave, and today she heard that the border war was about to start, and the princess naturally understood Li Chengqian's intentions, so she nodded hurriedly and said: "Okay, the concubine will take good care of Yulong's sister, and she will not let her leave the East Palace for half a step!" ”

Li Chengqian knew that his meaning was known by the crown princess, and he nodded with satisfaction, seeing that no one around him hugged the princess from behind, and carefully stroked the princess's already bulging belly, "Concubine Ai, rest assured, I will come back safe and sound, don't worry about it, so as not to hurt your body!" ”

The crown princess felt Li Chengqian's warmth, stroked Li Chengqian's hand on her stomach, nodded and said, "Okay, the prince go and come back quickly, I and the imperial grandson are waiting for you at home!" ”

Li Chengqian left the East Palace, taking away not only the full package, but also the concern and longing of the hostess of the East Palace.

Yes, when Li Chengqian left the East Palace for a second, the crown princess began to miss it.

Brother Liang seemed to have no fetters, obediently waiting for Li Chengqian to come out at the gate of the East Palace, Li Chengqian looked at Brother Liang and said with some surprise: "Why is Manager Liang still here, didn't you tell you to go home and talk to your family and come back, let's meet at the gate of the city!" ”

As if he had heard a joke, Brother Liang smiled at Li Chengqian, "The prince is too worried, the wife and children at home will naturally know that the war is coming, if I don't go home for a long time, they will also know where I went, why go back to them, it will only increase the sadness!" ”

Li Chengqian was also a little surprised when he heard this, and suddenly felt that the warmth with the crown princess just now had become so unbearable, and compared with Brother Liang's pride, he was really like a child.