The banquet in Chang'an was held for three days, but Li Hao did not stay in the palace for too long, and left the palace the next day. For several months, Li Hao has been leading the Linghui Army to fight and fight on the front line, fighting the hardest battles, and he is already very tired.

Besides, the rewards for this mission are very rich, large-scale engineering equipment, large-scale warship manufacturing, these are all things that Li Hao urgently needs, and he needs to let Li Jiazhuang manufacture them quickly.

When I returned to Zhen'an Wangfu, I didn't see Wan'er come out to greet him for the first time. Before Li Hao could be surprised, he heard a burst of laughter from the direction of the lobby. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Li Mingda, who I hadn't seen yesterday, talking and laughing with Wan'er.

As soon as Li Mingda saw Li Hao, he immediately greeted him happily.

"Lord Li, congratulations on your triumphant return. Oh yes, I can't call you Lord now, I should call you Prince Li! Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty, meet Prince Li! ”

Li Mingda pretended to rub at Li Hao's armrest, and his tone was full of ridicule.

Li Hao was a little embarrassed: "Forget it, you still call me Brother Li, I can't get used to the identity of the prince for a while." ”

Li Mingda chuckled and didn't say anything, after all, Li Hao is still Li Hao, and he has not changed because he has obtained the status of the prince.

"Young master, it's been hard to fight for days, hurry up and sit down to rest and rest, and Wan'er will pour you tea."

As in the past, Wan'er is still Li Hao's intimate little maid, and everything she does makes Li Hao extremely comfortable.

Li Hao sat down, looked at Li Mingda and said with a smile: "I said that I didn't see you at the celebration banquet yesterday, so I came here to be so free." Now that the Turks have just descended, your father is very busy, and you, the daughter, don't say anything to help him. ”

Li Mingda made a grimace at Li Hao: "There is an important matter in the DPRK and China, where is it suitable for me to come forward as a girl?" On the third day of the Chang'an banquet, all the officials in the court and the central government were drunk, and it didn't mean anything at all, so I might as well come and play with Sister Wan'er! Why don't you, the prince of Zhen'an, allow me, the princess of Jinyang, to come? ”

"How dare you." Li Hao smiled.

The two laughed a few words, and Li Mingda's face gradually calmed down. As Li Shimin's most beloved daughter, Li Mingda is naturally not a royal family, she came to Zhen'an Wangfu to meet Li Hao alone, and naturally she had something to discuss with him.

"The Turks negotiated peace, the Turks, the Tibetans, and the three countries of the party and the three countries naturally turned hostilities into jade silks. Late yesterday night, the three countries also sent their own envoys, and they will arrive in Chang'an in a few days. These people have their own ghosts, and there will be conspiracies compared to this peace conference. ”

Li Hao sighed helplessly: "What can be done, we have been fighting with the Turks for several months, it can be said that we have fought a defeat and a loss, and the troops of these three countries have not moved, and they may enter the Tang Dynasty at any time." It's just that the Turks are defeated and thrown into the trap. In the Turks, they negotiated peace with the Tang Dynasty, and in the Three Kingdoms, it was the Tang Dynasty that negotiated peace with them. It is estimated that Lao Li is going to have some blood this time! ”

"You're right!" Li Mingda showed a somewhat angry look on his face: "These barbarian wolves are ambitious, and they always want to ask for a piece of meat on Datang. If it weren't for the defeat in the battle with the Turks, these jumping clowns would especially show off their might in front of my Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Hao was silent when he heard this, but silently re-examined Li Mingda in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingda was so young that she could already see the essence of the matter, with her character, she came to Zhen'an Wangfu specifically, how could she just complain a few words, it seems that she also saw that Qin Shubao and their defeat were by no means a command mistake of a small grain transport officer, and there must be a bigger conspiracy behind it.

"Brother Li, who do you think is hidden under the muddy waters?"

Li Hao shook his head: "I can only be sure of one thing, this time the envoys of the Three Kingdoms came to Chang'an to discuss peace, and whoever is the most active is the one who disturbs the situation." After all, most of the civil and military officials are unprofitable and cannot afford to be early. ”

When Li Mingda heard this, he fell into deep thought.

In recent months, Li Mingda has also secretly transferred military rations, but it is a pity that in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Li Shimin beheaded the grain transport officer early in the morning and showed it to the public, and nothing else can be found. But hearing Li Hao say this, she seems to have found a new way of thinking.

Li Hao has been away from Chang'an for a few months, and he doesn't know how the situation in Chang'an is developing, and he can only rely on Li Mingda at this moment.

After pondering for a long time, Li Mingda's eyes suddenly lit up, and she lowered her voice and said to Li Hao: "I thought that two people are very suspicious!" ”

"Tell me about it."

"First of all, the sixth prince Li Su, after the news of the Linghui army's defeat of 60,000 Turkic barbarians in Shazhou was reported back to Chang'an, my father was overjoyed and immediately dispatched 100,000 troops to reinforcements. Unexpectedly, half a month later, news of a major defeat came from the front. At that time, because the incident came too suddenly, my father and I didn't have time to react, but now, what Li Su did that day was very strange. ”

"What's this strange method?"

"When the news of the defeat came back to Chang'an, my father urgently summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures, but at that time, Li Su had already led his troops to surround Lijiazhuang and Zhen'an Wangfu! He publicly told the route of the Linghui army before the defeat of the army, and framed the defeat of the army that you had conspired with the Turks. ”

Li Hao frowned: "The speed at which Li Yu obtained the battle report was earlier than your father's emperor?" ”

Li Mingda nodded vigorously.

Blocking the retreat of the Turkic army was a secret operation, Li Hao didn't even report to Qin Shubao, and only the Turks could know the movements of the Linghui army.

As soon as Li Shimin learned of the battle report of the fiasco on the front line, Li Su had already led his troops to surround Lijiazhuang and Zhen'an Wangfu as soon as possible, indicating that the information in his hands was faster and more than Li Shimin.

"And as you just said, the day after the news of your victory in danger and the defeat of the Turks and the capture of the Jieli Khan returned to Chang'an, the other three kingdoms seemed to have learned the news and said that they would send envoys to Chang'an to negotiate peace. And the person who brought back this 'great news' was Chen Shutai! ”

"Li Su, Chen Shutai!" Li Hao read the names of the two in a deep voice, and couldn't help but think of the first two people in the court to jump out against the war with the Turks.

After pondering for a moment, Li Hao clapped his hands vigorously: "Mingda, now that Lijiazhuang's reputation is too loud, everything is easy to be noticed, I need you to help me investigate something." ”

"You say!"

"Send someone to inquire about whether anyone on both sides of Chen Shutai and Li Su secretly sent a message to the other three countries after the Turkic barbarians were defeated at Shazhou. I have long thought that the inexplicable alliance of the three kingdoms of Tibet and the border of the troops was a good show secretly directed by someone, and today I heard your analysis, I think this secretly ventilated the news, it must be these two people! ”

Li Mingda also realized the seriousness of the matter, and was able to persuade the three Tibetan countries to send troops to share the pressure for the Turks at one time, and this person's status must not be underestimated.

"I see, just leave everything to me!" Li Mingda clenched his little fists, revealing a mature look that did not match his age.

"The stakes are high, this matter must be very dangerous, you must remember to pay attention to your own safety!"

"Don't worry, I'm the princess of Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty, and they don't dare to do it directly to me. You must be very tired after fighting for many days, so I won't disturb your rest, and I will take my leave first! ”

Li Mingda got up and smiled as he spoke, said goodbye and left.