Chapter 15 Difficult to continue the frontier
Liuning bowed slightly, walked to his brother's side, helped Liubin up, and in Liubin's puzzled gaze, Liuning patted his brother's arm and told him with his eyes that he could rest assured, Wanyan didn't know why, looked at the hall, and looked at Li Shimin, but unexpectedly found that Li Shimin was smiling and looking at everything, and did not stop it.
Liu Ning and Liu Bin fought side by side, and finally spoke back, and his tone was calm, as if he was telling something that had nothing to do with him: "The emperor praised it falsely, the people's daughter is just a little clever and can understand the emperor's thoughts, far less than the emperor's wisdom in strategizing." ”
Li Shimin seemed to be interested, his sly smile disappeared in a flash, his body leaned forward slightly, he was very interested, and said with a good look: "General Liu doesn't have to be so polite, I want to know, what do you think about me?" ”
Liu Ning smiled more and more confidently, and said eloquently: "The emperor is jealous of Chang Yu's high achievements, but he is more worried that the Turkic forces will make a comeback and disturb the peace of the Tang Dynasty, which is the reason why the emperor only named my brother the Turkic king but did not give him any official position with real power, of course, everyone knows this, because the emperor originally thought that the Turkic forces that threatened the Tang Dynasty were only my brother." ”
"In fact, the emperor has been looking for an opportunity, coinciding with the incident of Li Mingyi and the incident of You Ping, the emperor has taken a two-pronged approach, seizing this opportunity, not only to empty all the rights of Changyu, but also to take this opportunity to force my brother and Zhao Nan to do some disobedient things, and justifiably cut off Changyu's right-hand man, so that the emperor can sit back and relax."
"But coincidentally, you learned from Princess Huajin that I came back, and the emperor might have worried that I was also from the Turkic forces, which would disrupt your foolproof plan, but the emperor knew that I could make any exchange with you for Changyu's sake, and so did my brother, so you can rest easy."
"I don't know if I bought off the Yan brothers and sisters, but I know that the emperor has been watching with the mentality of watching a good show, until I find out that we are walking into this trap step by step, so I don't know what the emperor needs us to exchange?"
Li Shimin actually looked up to the sky happily and smiled, laughed and stood up to applaud Liuning: "What a general!" Sure enough, Bing Xue is smart, and I appreciate your intelligence. ”
For the first time, Liubin felt that the conspiracy of the emperor's family was so unfathomable, and he went around in a circle, in order to exterminate the Turks, no, maybe this word was used too violently, it should be to keep the entire Turkic nation firmly in his own hands, although he was only the adopted son of the former Turkic king, but he also had to guard the Turkic territory for his father and brother.
Liubin is powerless to change the status quo, just like his sister said, they will accept everything, Liubin asked: "Your Majesty, what do you want Weichen to do?" ”
Li Shimin smiled proudly, the heart of the emperor is really unfathomable, even Wanyan, who was sitting next to him, felt for the first time that this so-called emperor who loved him deeply was so unguessable.
Li Shimin's voice came, one by one, although it was calm, but it was very cold: "You brothers and sisters, don't be so nervous, don't worry, I won't want your life, and I won't let you do anything to betray your brother or kill people, stay in Bin, I will keep your name as the Turkic king, you go back to the Turks, disband the Turkic army, put the swords and guns into the warehouse, and put the horses in Nanshan, all the people who manage government affairs will be sent by me, you will be a good prince there, just don't worry about anything." ”
Liubin knelt down to thank him, compromise is so simple, Liuning saw that the emperor didn't talk about his own problem and asked: "Your Majesty, what about me?" I am willing to go back to Turkia with my brother and never return to Chang'an again, as long as the emperor can let Changyu go. ”
Li Shimin glanced at Liuning with interest, the corners of his mouth provoked a playful smile, and said: "You also know that Huajin is living a good life with Changyu now, and your appearance will only disrupt their lives, I will give you two choices, you can go back to Turkia with your brother as you just said, but if you are willing to stay in Chang'an......"
Can you stay in Chang'an? Even if you are not by his side, if you stay where he is, can you be closer? The hope that had just been gasped in Liuning's heart was extinguished by Li Shimin's words, and Li Shimin continued: "You can enter my harem." ”
As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, not only Liuning was startled, but even Liubin and Wanyan were shocked, Wanyan suddenly felt that the position of her favorite harem was threatened, if Liuning had the intention to retaliate, there was nothing she couldn't do when she entered the harem, Wanyan didn't understand why Li Shimin made such a decision, but it was not good to say anything to refute at this time.
Fortunately, Liubin knew his sister's bottom line and principles, and understood that she would not make such a foolish choice, Liuning resolutely rejected Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, thank you for your love, the people are willing to return to their hometown with their brother and never enter Beijing, and when the emperor fulfills his promise, our brother and sister will naturally leave." ”
Li Shimin didn't say anything more, seeing Liuning and Liubin leave, Wanyan saw that only she and the emperor were left, pretending to be unhappy, making a little temperament, and wanting to find out, so she asked angrily and coquettishly: "Your Majesty!" Why do you say in front of your concubines that you want to admit other women into the palace, the concubines are jealous, the emperor doesn't love the concubines anymore, don't want the concubines, and don't want the virgins! ”
Li Shimin hurriedly smiled to appease Wanyan's little temperament, and this smile became even more profound: "Silly Yan'er, of course I won't take other women back to the harem, and I know that Liuning is unwilling to enter the palace, I am forcing her to leave, Huajin didn't accept her in the first place, and it was also a disaster for her to go out, and I couldn't leave the Turkic forces to fuel his forces by Tang Changyu's side, and I still had to rely on him to enter and exit the battlefield." ”
Wanyan couldn't help but sigh in her heart, sure enough, she was like a companion, if she made a mistake, I don't know if she would be calculated so easily, Wanyan snuggled into Li Shimin's arms, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that you are good, and she loves the concubine the most." ”
Li Shimin stroked Wanyan's hair very sweetly, the gentleness of the emperor is really hard to find, but as an emperor, he can't always indulge in gentleness, Li Shimin still has some government affairs to deal with, so Wanyan retired first.
When Wanyan left, she met Princess Huajin sitting on a sedan chair and came slowly, followed by a bunch of servants, some with umbrellas, some with fans, and the battle was very big, I heard that she wanted to see her father when she entered the palace.