On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, cut the meat of the New Year and wash the blessings.

In the backyard of the palace, the extremely fragrant smell of mutton stewed permeated the entire palace.

Xia Niang was lying in Li Xuan's arms, although she was not yet weaned, but the sheep soup could be stained a little.

Especially when the fragrance is unusually attractive, "babbling" in Li Xuan's arms is non-stop.

Li Bi wore a green coat and appeared silently at the door of the backyard, with a solemn face.

Li Xuan beckoned, Li Bi stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord, the prince of Pingyang County has arrived at the Chunming Gate in the east of the city." ”

Xue Rengui returned to Beijing.

Li Xuan had been staring at this matter, he hugged Xiao Xia Niang, and asked softly, "Who is there to greet you?" ”

"The crown prince, the prince of the plains, and the real person of Shiyin." Li Bi's face was unusually solemn.

The crown prince represents himself, the prince of Pingyuan County Gao Kan represents the emperor and the imperial court, and Ming Chongyan represents the Empress Wu.

It shows that Xue Rengui came back this time, and the government and the opposition took it seriously.

"Pingyang County Duke returned to Beijing this time, I am afraid that it is the result of the joint efforts of all parties." Li Xuan raised his head, thought about it and said, "As for what will happen this time, it depends on Pingyang County Prince's own thoughts. ”

"Pingyang County Duke should want to go back to Tibet and prove himself again, right?" Li Bi didn't understand why Li Xuan had an unexpected idea.

"It depends." Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said, "The crown prince and the queen of heaven both want to win over the Pingyang County Prince, but there is only one person who can really decide the future behavior of the Pingyang County Prince. ”

"Your Majesty." Li Bi nodded slightly, his face agreeing.

"Yes, in Your Majesty's heart, everything is given priority to winning the big battle, if the Pingyang County Duke has a strategy to defeat the Qin Ling, then he will naturally give priority, if not, then I am afraid that the only way to use the Pengcheng County Duke is to do so." Li Xuan took a deep breath.

Xue Rengui and Liu Xianli.

Although Xue Rengui was born as a general, he even almost succeeded Li Jing, Li Quan's mantle, once known as the god of the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately, Dafeichuan suffered a fiasco and lost all his glory.

Although the military power is still there, it is difficult to say how much it will be able to play on the battlefield.

Although Liu Xianli is a secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he was also a military general, and he also studied with Pei Xingjian and Pei Xingyan's father, and his combat power is not bad.

It may not be easy for the emperor to choose one of the two as the commander of the army.

The most important thing is that Xue Rengui is likely to have not entered the list of candidates for the emperor until now.

It is even possible that the emperor did not expect that Xue Rengui would compete for the position of commander of the army.

Xue Rengui is true, but the emperor's first choice is Liu Xianli.

Liu Xianli has the clearest understanding of the current battle situation on the front line, and the generals on the front line are also familiar with him and are willing to cooperate.

Once Xue Rengui is transferred over, the battle situation on the front line is unfamiliar, and it may even be necessary to make large-scale adjustments to the generals and the layout of the army on the front line.

It takes a lot of time.

This time is extremely easy to be used by the Qin Tomb.

Xue Rengui's biggest advantage is that he has been to Wuhai and has the most intuitive understanding of the terrain and environment around Wuhai, especially the plateau miasma.

This is also the reason why the emperor is willing to summon him back.

Therefore, unless he is sure enough to solve the adverse effects of the terrain environment, it is not very likely that the DPRK and China will be replaced.

……

Li Xuan sat up with Xiao Xia Niang in her arms, and sighed softly: "Pingyang County has its own cronies and generals, and the battle is naturally familiar first, although this king has some ability, but if there is no accident, he will not be taken seriously, and in the end, it is just a partial division all the way, and there will be 3,000 people, that's all." ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Actually, whether it is the county prince of Pingyang or the county prince of Pengcheng, it is impossible to trust this king too much, it is nothing more than that the county prince of Pengcheng may let go more, so if there is no other choice, this king will still support the county prince of Pengcheng." ”

Whether it is Xue Rengui or Liu Xianli, they are all important ministers in the court, and they are all vigilant enough for a clan to have a lot of military strength and establish a lot of military achievements.

Liu Xianli is relatively better, and Li Xuan has a good relationship with him.

In addition, the battle of Wuhai was full of difficulties, and it was still more convenient for Li Xuan to do anything.

Xue Rengui is different, not to mention being stubborn and self-serving, it is very likely that he was pushed up by the Empress Wu and the North Gate Bachelor.

If he really became the commander of the army, it would not be useless for Li Xuan, but a precaution.

"The relationship between the prince of Pengcheng County and the prince is probably also a big hidden danger." Li Bi's face was serious and he bowed slightly.

Li Xuan leaned back on the recliner and said softly: "This is what Your Majesty needs to consider, let's focus on our affairs." ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "The list of Cao Joiners and the county orders passed by the Ministry of Officials, send someone to sift through it, if there is an obvious problem, directly let the Yushitai impeach, if you can't even do a good job of covering up such a thing, there is no need to transfer to Changzhou." ”

What Li Xuan needs is a smart person, he doesn't mind that smart people have weaknesses, but if such a smart person can't even control the weaknesses on the surface, then he will have more weaknesses in the corners that others can't see.

In this way, people can easily become the target of others.

"Whoa!" Li Bi immediately nodded his head, and then turned around to leave.

At this time, Li Xuan spoke again: "Also, keep an eye on it a little more to see if Li Jingye's people secretly went to visit the prince of Pingyang County and his sons." ”

"Yes!" Li Bi gave up his hand, and then carefully retreated.

Li Xuan hugged her daughter and played up and down, but she kept thinking in her heart.

Liu Xianli is a close confidant of the crown prince, and if Xue Rengui wants to take the position of commander of the army from him, he must get support from all sides, the prince, the prime ministers, and the emperor.

And he can return to the court, and he himself has the impetus of the martial queen.

The key is that there is likely to be Li Jingye's actions in this.

Li Xuan's interests are also involved.

Fishing in troubled waters depends on who is more capable.

……

"Third sister, Wu Niang has come to see you." Liu Qiongyu jumped into the East Cross Courtyard from the outside.

In her teens, less than the height of Li Xuan's chest, Liu Qiongyu wore a pair of double buns and a pink collarless skirt, which looked very cute.

Li Xuan put down the account book in his hand and raised his eyes calmly, Liu Qiongyu, who was originally a little playful, immediately couldn't help but stick out her tongue and quieted down.

Liu Jinyu walked out of the back room with Xiaoxia Niang in her arms, looked at Liu Qiongyu in some surprise and asked, "Why did you come here alone?" ”

"There's no way, the fourth sister can't spare time, so she can only come alone." Liu Qiongyu stepped forward and looked at Xiaoxia Niang with a smile.

"Can't spare time?" Liu Jinyu was slightly stunned, and then asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Someone came to the door to propose, and as soon as they came to the door, there were two families." Liu Qiongyu said that something happened very indifferently, and then said with some dissatisfaction: "I was annoyed and came to find the third sister." ”

Li Xuan immediately sat up straight, and then looked at Liu Jinyu with a surprised expression, and the husband and wife looked surprised at the same time.

They originally thought that Liu Qiongyu's marriage would have to be delayed, why did someone come to the door so soon to propose marriage, and there were two families as soon as they came to the door.

Something isn't quite right.

"It's the people of the Liu family and the Zheng family, although they are not in the long house, but they are all sons-in-law, one is now serving as a county lieutenant in the local area, and the other is now studying in the country." Liu Qiongyu said in detail.

Where is she annoyed, obviously she is gossiping.

Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan and said in a low voice: "Lang Jun, it seems that the wife of the Pingyang County Duke is the daughter of the Liu family, and the mother of the Pengcheng County Duke is from the Xingyang Zheng family. ”

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said in a low voice, "I hope it's just a coincidence, right?" ”

"How likely does Lang Jun think this matter is a coincidence?" Liu Jinyu asked directly.

Li Xuan sighed lightly, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Who would have thought that these two would use such a method. ”

Xue Rengui and Liu Xianli competed for the position of commander of the Western Front, and they only needed to go to the emperor to explain their strategy, but they used this method.

"Actually, it's not necessarily what the two of them mean, it's what the rest of their family thinks." Liu Jinyu shook her head slightly.

Now it seems that the fight is for the post of commander-in-chief of the Western Front, but in fact, once Tibet is successful, then it is very likely that the next step is to enter the prime minister and go straight to the center.

What is relevant here is far more than just the two of them, and the people involved have interests and demands.

"Don't worry about those things first, let's look at Siniang's marriage first." Li Xuan turned sideways and asked, "Lady thinks, which one is more suitable, the Liu family or the Zheng family?" ”

"None of them fit." Liu Jinyu shook her head directly and said: "Siniang has a strong temperament, but she has no ability, and her heart is sensitive, in this kind of big family, I am afraid that she will inevitably be bullied, if there is something in the family, I am afraid that in a few years, Sanniang will not have this sister." ”

Li Xuan nodded lightly.

Liu Jinyu is right, Liu Shubi's heart is higher than the sky, but his life is thinner than paper.

Although she is the daughter of the Liu family, she is a concubine.

The best ending in her life is to find a jinshi from an ordinary background, and then assist the other party to go up step by step and seal his wife and son.

But if she joins the big clan, I'm afraid she will have to suffer some hardships, and the bigger the clan, the more difficult her future will be.

"Don't worry, there will be no end to this matter." Li Xuan patted Liu Jinyu's jade hand lightly and said softly: "Your Majesty will not let this matter drag on for too long, and Yue Weng also understands that only Your Majesty is the one who is really in charge of this matter." ”

Liu Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief, she was also concerned about chaos.

In fact, if you think about it, how can Aya easily stand in line before His Majesty makes a decision, the Liu family and the Zheng family are afraid that they have done useless work.

And once they found out that Liu Renliang had no intention of helping, they would naturally not sincerely propose again.

A concubine, a better one will withdraw from the marriage directly, and a little worse, find a concubine to replace her and get married.

Although Liu Renliang is the prime minister, it is not easy to deal with the Liu family and the Zheng family.

It's a pity for Liu Shubi.

Li Xuan raised her head slightly, looked at Liu Jinyu, and said softly: "Lady, why did you say that no one came to the door to find a husband, and the husband has a very important say in this matter." ”

Liu Jinyu smiled and didn't speak, just came over and hugged Li Xuan.

Liu Renliang will not make decisions easily, so how can Li Xuan.

At this time, Li Bi quickly came in from outside, and said in a hurried tone: "Lord, there is a letter in the palace, so that the prince will participate in the Chang Dynasty in the future." ”

Li Xuan smiled lightly, looked at Liu Jinyu, and said in a low voice: "The last thing of the year before the year is here." ”

(End of chapter)