Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 170: Troublesome character

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After drinking tea for a while, the butler in the palace arranged Princess Gao Yang's room and asked her to check it out. Princess Gao Yang took her three maidservants to clean up the room, leaving Qin Mubai and Li Ke in the hall to continue drinking tea.

"How do I see you look like you have a bitter and deep hatred?" Li Ke looked at Qin Mubai and smiled slightly.

"Hey, it's hard to say a word!" Qin Mubai let out a long sigh. Throughout the whole day, my nerves have not really relaxed, and I am really tired.

"The matter of Gaoyang has already been filled with surprises and hardships." Li Ke said, "I saw her prosperously appearing in my house, and I knew that my father would not be difficult for him. After returning to Beijing, I I once heard that Fang Xuanling drove Fang's widow out of the house and rushed to the northwestern frontier to take up the army. This imperial marriage was completely abandoned. But because of this, you can be regarded as indirectly offending the Fang family."

"I know." Qin Mubai nodded, "Although it is not my intention, the matter is somewhat related to me. The Fang family dare not complain about the emperor and Princess Gaoyang, so they have to get angry with me. Before that, I There was a contradiction with Changsun Huan, which caused him to be blasted out of Baiqi; now I have a gap with the Fang family... I was offended by the two great ministers. Haha, my little Baiqi envoy , The ability to endure the trouble is not small."

"Your ability is considered great enough." Li Ke hurriedly smiled, "When I was in Jiangzhou, even I admired you very tightly. The complicated, tense and dangerous situation at that time was in your mediation. Everything went smoothly. To be honest, if it weren't for you, I would have had a hard time dealing with so many things. A small Jiangzhou, actually involved the prince eldest brother, and also involved the king of Jiang Xia... I would be a little afraid to come. If we do a little mishandling, it is very likely to cause a drastic change in the court. At that time, I will be abandoned by my father, or completely offend the prince’s camp, or drag King Jiang Xia into the water, or I will be inside and outside. It’s not that people are hated by everyone."

"Fortunately, it's all over." Qin Mubai's heart lit up and asked, "By the way, how did your majesty the Emperor call you back to court?"

"Haha, I am going to tell you without asking. This is really interesting." Li Ke laughed with his palms, and then said, "Why do I admire you so much? Remember when you and I still Quan Wanji, are the three conspiring to make a plan together? —— I concealed the victory of Nanhou without reporting it, you secretly played the emperor, Quan Wanji broke out with me and reported me. This plan is really wonderful! After returning to the court, my father scolded me in public, saying that I had shielded the royal family for public abolishment and personal abolition, and ordered me to return to the mansion for reflection, and then banned me. But within two days, Zongzheng Temple and the prime minister The cabinet will follow together, thinking about my Jiangzhou disaster relief work, restored my food town, gave me hereditary Jingzhou governor, and can take office in a year. At the same time, the prince was also scolded, and his majesty reprimanded him for not making good friends. Inadvertently, he was also punished with a ban on his feet and was sentenced to half a year’s salary."

"Haha, it's interesting." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, "On the surface, the emperor was furious and beat your brothers 50 times. In fact, secretly, they didn't hurt you. Especially you, the rewards were promoted as soon as the punishment was finished. His Majesty the emperor really distinguishes rewards and punishments, haha!"

"Haha, it's not!" Li Ke also laughed, "You are still right. Nowadays, the emperor's most important thing for us princes is not virtue and merit, but whether brothers live in harmony. This Once I was punished for not betraying the prince, my father was angry on his face and happy in his heart. He already knew the case and didn’t need me to report it to him. So he hoped that I could protect the prince once, don’t Like the fourth child, in order to compete for the crown prince, he kept attacking the prince eldest brother in a fierce heart."

Qin Mubai's brows twitched slightly: "I heard you say that, why does it seem that King Wei has annoyed your majesty?" "Yes." Li Ke nodded, "I also heard about it after returning to the court. Just as the Jiangzhou case was the most urgent and we found out that Sheng Nanhou was the most anxious, we didn’t wait for your secret melodies to be delivered to the emperor. On the other side, the king of Wei had already sent someone to the secret memorial to tell the Jiangzhou case as it was. The emperor. The fourth child did a very beautiful job. He invited a local Jiangzhou official to report the testimony directly to the Yushitai in an anonymous way. Because the matter is more important than that of Nanhou and other officials from Yushitai. People did not dare to hand over directly to Zongzheng Temple and informed the Prime Minister of the Pavilion. After several rounds of reincarnation, he hid the appearance of his fourth child without a trace. But after all, His Majesty is a person with hands and eyes. How did these little tricks keep the eyes of his old man from being concealed? It didn't take long for the little official who was secretly secretly invited to Chang'an by the people of Dali Temple. His Majesty the emperor personally trained him. In three or two rounds, he did so. I honestly confessed, it was Wang Wei who sent him to play."

"In this way, although the emperor will not attack the king of Wei, he will inevitably feel angry." Qin Mubai said, "this matter has nothing to do with the king of Wei, just because it involves the prince and you, he will He stretched his hand to the far away Jiangzhou. King Wei made a wrong calculation this time. In the Jiangzhou case, His Majesty's real intention was nothing more than to suppress the local bureaucrats who formed gangs in Jiangzhou, and to the prince at the same time. Wake up, and shook the mountain to King Jiang Xia. King Wei was good, thinking that a great opportunity had come. Since the emperor really wanted to abolish the prince, he hurriedly acted secretly. Once this matter let the emperor find out... his prospects are deceptive. Bleak."

"Extremely true." Li Ke raised his mouth slightly, smiling mysteriously and profoundly, and said, "After returning to Beijing, I heard that when the Jiangzhou case was found deep, His Royal Highness suddenly found the emperor to plead guilty. Said that the younger brother of his nanny is Sheng Nanhou, who has done a lot of evil in Jiangzhou area, and under his banner, he was deceived and abducted as tigers. He confessed to his majesty with a heartache, and made a clear line with Sheng Nanhou as quickly as possible. And he fell into trouble with Sheng Nanhou. In this way, the investigation into the depths of this case will not make much sense, because His Majesty the Emperor has achieved his goal. I think about it now, you immediately decided to take He Gan Chengji and so on. Killing people is really a coup!"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai smiled, "I was a wise student at the time. After killing He Gan Chengji, I sent someone to send a letter to the prince. He was not stupid, he understood what I meant. Immediately entered the palace and confessed his mistake to the emperor and left the relationship with Sheng Nanhou. This is good for him and for us. In this way, we will not be caught between the prince’s camp and the emperor."

"Yes, it's a genius!" Li Ke sighed and laughed, "It's also fortunate that a resourceful and decisive person like you is around me to make suggestions, otherwise I will capsize this time. Don't say anything else. , I can’t do it just by killing He Gan Chengji. Mu Bai, I really admire you this time. From now on, I will follow you."

"Including asking you to invite me to dinner? After a day of tossing, I am really hungry now." Qin Mubai smiled.

"Why is this so difficult? Haha!" Li Ke laughed, then clapped his hands, "Come here, prepare the banquet! I will help Princess Gaoyang and General Qin wash the dust!"

The servant accepted the promise and immediately went to prepare.

"Yes, there is one more thing." Li Ke said, "I heard that King Jiang Xia has resigned from the post of Jinzhou governor and requested to return to Chang'an for leisure and retirement."

"What, why haven't I heard of it?" Qin Mubai asked in surprise.

"You might be on the road at the time, just the last few days." Li Ke said, "I have resumed the court and heard politics every day. Although this matter has not been discussed by the court, but The core ministers already know, and I also heard a little bit of wind. It is said that the emperor refused three times in a row, and King Jiang Xia insisted four times and asked to resign on the grounds that he was sick. His Majesty was helpless, so he had to agree temporarily. Maybe. It will not be long before King Jiang Xia will return to Chang'an."

Qin Mubai nodded and thought, after the Jiangzhou case, he didn't know how the Jiangxia King and the emperor negotiated and competed. At that time, the biggest backstage of that major case was King Jiang Xia. Although he is not the direct mastermind and black hand, if it were not for him to support the banner, Sheng Nanhou and others would not be so arrogant. Although he was only used by others, it was a gross negligence as the leader of one party to be so unruly and indirectly assisting him. In addition, King Jiang Xia also understood the emperor's intentions, and was afraid that he had a high level of skill. Now Torrent resigns and resigns, and it’s okay to spend a few days in a leisurely and comfortable life.

"Mu Bai, this time you can be regarded as fame and fortune, both people and goods!" Li Ke smiled maliciously.

"I don't understand these words." Qin Mubai smiled, "I have never been clean except for my troubles, so what have I got?"

"Why, don't you tell me the truth?" Li Ke laughed, "First of all, the emperor must be quite satisfied with the result of your handling of this case, because the stability of the court is what he values ​​most. , And he has achieved the goal of impeaching the prince and the king of Jiang Xia. So the best of both worlds, is it not beautiful? Therefore, the emperor must be greatly appreciated and satisfied with you in his heart; second, the prince must be helped by you. In addition to a catastrophe, although you killed his confidant Gan Chengji, he must clap his hands and cheer secretly. I wish you would kill a few more times to help him. Now, you are his great benefactor, he Maybe I’ll be celebrating every day in the mansion, waiting for you to thank you in person for a banquet at the mansion; thirdly, I don’t need to talk about King Jiang Xia? If it weren’t for your cunning plan, I thought it was related to him. , And confided in advance, it’s hard to say what situation he is in now. This is also a great favor for him, it depends on how he pays it back; fourth...not to mention. You all abducted Gao Yang. The palace eloped to my house. Isn’t this a good balance between people and goods?"

"Elopement?" Qin Mubai's eyes widened, pretending to be horrified, "Don't talk nonsense, I was ordered by the concubine Yin to **** the princess to your house by car. I work exclusively for the royal family. Hundred riders, you don’t know!"

"Pretend! You can really pretend! Keep on pretending!" Li Ke shook his head and sighed jealously for a while, and said, "Sometimes I really envy you. If I can exchange the skin, I would rather not be the prince. You change your status. Look at you, how wonderful! Now three characters like the emperor, the prince, and the king of Jiang Xia all regard you as sweet and glutinous rice cakes. What a glory this is and how bright the future is; Having said that...Look at the little beauties around you, they are more beautiful than one, and more affectionate than the other. There are both my persistent and hot live treasure emperor sister, and the heroic and heroic female hero Chen Yan, There is also a clever and capable Wu Meiniang——Huh, right! Wu Meiniang seems to have returned to Chang'an? When I was practicing archery in the backyard, I heard something in Wufu, so she should have come back."

Qin Mubai smiled: "You know a lot of things. Yes, Wu Meiniang came back from Jiangzhou with me."

"Oh, are you still in Jiangzhou private meeting?" Li Ke curled his lips jealously, "Well, you are so happy and happy while I'm gone! Humph, but don't be too proud After a while, Wu Meiniang and Gao Yang will meet sooner or later. Neither of these two women are fuel-efficient lamps. If these two are jealous, it must be a big movement from the sky and the fire. I see how you can endure it!"

In other words, Qin Mubai suddenly felt a sudden in his heart, and said secretly: It seems that there will never be a shortage of trouble by my side...Yes, the emperor and the concubine have already mentioned to me about marrying Princess Gaoyang; On Wu Meiniang, what should I tell her?