Concubine Li smiled bitterly: "What's the use of comparing the most delicate flowers, it's not to let the fox spirit in Penglai Hall compare." ”

Gonggong Hu stood aside and didn't dare to answer.

Facing the mirror for a while, Concubine Li suddenly coughed, and the more she coughed, the palace maid on the side hurriedly stroked her back gently, and Gonggong Hu was also busy taking a golden basin to serve, coughing for a while, Concubine Li, who was a little pale, shook her head and said: "This palace is really pitiful, not only is it gorgeous, but the body and bones are not as good as day by day, those quacks in the Taiyi Pavilion really deserve to be killed." ”

"Niangniang must take care of her body, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be in charge of the government in the future, and there are still many things to ask Niangniang for advice." Gonggong Hu persuaded on the side.

As soon as she mentioned her son, Zhao Lifei's pale face became a little more ruddy, and her face became serious: "Which side of Penglai Palace, what are the new actions recently?" ”

Son Li Ying was made the crown prince, but Concubine Zhao Li did not correct it for a long time, this is a very bad signal, Concubine Wu Hui relied on the favor, and always wanted Li Longji to change his son Li Mao as the prince, not only often blowing the pillow wind to Li Longji, but also united many foreign ministers to seize power, like Zhang Shuo, Li Linfu and others, who have recently been favored, are all on Concubine Wu Hui's side.

Aren't these self-proclaimed and noble people disgusted that they are from an advocate?

Concubine Zhao Lifei secretly swore in her heart that when her son ascended to the throne of Dabao, she must ruthlessly clean up these people who regard themselves as noble.

Gonggong Hu respectfully reported: "Back to Niangniang's words, Zhang said that Zheng Wan and Zheng Li were arranged to serve as attendants in Jixian Academy. ”

"Zheng Wan, Zheng Li? Who are they? Zhao Lifei said with some doubts.

The little people who have never heard of it at all are also worthy of their own attention?

Gonggong Hu said: "Zheng Wan and Zheng Li are both mediocre people" Before he finished speaking, Concubine Zhao Li grabbed the conversation: "With this, you want to suppress Zhang Shuo and say that he has power?" ”

"Zhang said that he has always been nepotistic, and the two unpopular bachelors in Jixian Academy are nothing at all, and they can't bring down Zhang Shuo," Hu Gonggong explained: "Zheng Wan and Zheng Li are the cousins of Zheng Peng, the general of Zhengxi. ”

Concubine Zhao Li came back to her senses suddenly, and said a little anxiously: "Gonggong Hu, do you mean that Concubine Wu Hui's sassy fox wants to win over Zheng Peng through his two cousins?" ”

"Exactly."

Concubine Zhao Li stood up calmly, and said with a sad face: "It's not good, Zheng Peng is a big celebrity around His Majesty, His Majesty attaches great importance to him, and even the Luo Some Cities in Tubo were broken by him, and Tubo Zampu was forced to die by him, just these two His status is irreplaceable, and behind Zheng Peng is Cui Yuan, behind Cui Yuan is Boling Cui's family, the prince is already at a disadvantage, if Zheng Peng also takes refuge over there, the position of the prince is in danger." ”

There is one thing that Concubine Zhao Li did not say, there is still a gap between the family members of the crown princess and Zheng Peng, which increases the possibility that Zheng Peng will fall to Concubine Wu Hui.

Without waiting for Father-in-law Hu to answer, Concubine Zhao Lifei gritted her teeth and said: "This person just can't be used by the prince, nor can he be used by others. ”

The crown prince is Zhao Life's greatest hope and sustenance, and now everything Zhao Lifei does is to ensure that the prince can succeed to the throne smoothly, for some reason, her health has been getting worse and worse recently, and Zhao Lifei feels that she has to give advice to her son as much as possible before she falls.

As long as he retains the position of the crown prince, the day when he will raise his eyebrows and pride is not far away.

"The old slave obeys."

After the court meeting the next day, the crown prince Li Ying went to the Hanxiang Hall to discuss with Concubine Li for more than an hour before leaving, and at noon that day, the crown princess Xue visited the Zheng house with a large cart of gifts, and left in less than two quarters of an hour, and those gifts were returned intact.

The competition for the crown prince in Chang'an has been turbulent, and Zheng Peng's work in Tubo has been carried out extremely smoothly.

The battle of Wugula Mountain, not only played the prestige of the Tang army, but also completely dispelled the last trace of the courage of the Tubo to resist, Sinuo Luo Gonglu not only has a greater official position than Pu Ba Jia, fame, ability also threw off Pu Ba Jia nine streets, with the help of Xi Nuo Luo Gonglu, the Tang army won one after another, the Tubo army and tribes heard the wind and threw themselves in, many tribes in order to show their sincerity, but also in order to get the reuse of the Tang Dynasty, take the initiative to attack those diehards and old nobles, plus the efforts of the Western Army and the Ge Lulu clan, less than three months, The whole territory of Tubo is flying the banner of the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, Tubo was completely incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After conquering the entire territory of Tibet, Zheng Peng immediately handed over power to the relevant officials who came to receive it.

Zheng Peng didn't want to pay attention to trivial matters such as personnel arrangements and the division of administrative regions, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them, as long as he did his part, so as not to provoke criticism.

In fact, when Xinuo Luo Gonglu returned to the Tang Dynasty, while persuading the relevant forces, he formed an army to conquer for the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Peng asked Guo Ziyi, Cui Xiyi and others to fully cooperate with Xi Nuo Luo Gonglu, and his attention began to focus on the future affairs of the soldiers of the Western Army.

and those who are alive, register their merits and send them to them;

Arrange for medical treatment for injuries;

If the statistics of the disabled are good, contact Yang Ji and Huang Yang, and ask them to resettle these disabled soldiers of the Western Army as agreed;

All the dead arranged for their souls to return to their hometowns, and they also had to do their best to find those subordinates who were missing on the battlefield, and they were busy every day.

In late August, the aftermath of the Western Army was almost arranged, the anti-Tang forces in Tibet were also wiped out, and Li Longji's holy decree to summon Zheng Peng to Beijing to receive the reward finally came.

From setting off to the Western Regions to assist in the extermination of the so-called bandits to conquering Tibet, Zheng Peng left Chang'an for six years.

The moment he received the holy decree, Zheng Peng almost wanted to cry.

Tubo has just been conquered, and many things need to be done, most of the Western Army still needs to stay in Tubo, stay in Luozhi City, and help the newly appointed officials to manage Tubo slowly digest this newly conquered land, so most of the Western Army can not go, like Guo Ziyi, Cui Xiyi, Lu Jin, Fang Shanming and others have to stay in Tubo and wait for the court's meritorious deeds, Song Chong took a group of outstanding and meritorious soldiers back to Chang'an as representatives to receive reviews and rewards.

By the way, escort Zheng Peng, Princess Jincheng, and Lan Duo back to Chang'an.

Of course, from Tubo to Chang'an, there will be escorts all the way.

On September 1st, the weather was good, sunny and rainless, the blue sky was like a wash, and there were no clouds, Zheng Peng led the team back to Chang'an and said goodbye to Guo Ziyi at the east gate of Luocheng City.

"Big brother, I want to go back to Chang'an, I'll leave it to you here, it's hard work." Zheng Peng said to Guo Ziyi with some apologies.

He can go back to Chang'an to receive rewards and reunite with his family, and Guo Ziyi needs to guard some cities, and it is obvious that Guo Ziyi cannot leave until the next batch of elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who adapt to the plateau climate of Tubo are trained.

It will take three years to train a soldier who can fight on the plateau, and the training of the new Ximen Fourth Army is almost a year, that is to say, Guo Ziyi will have to stay in Tibet for at least two years.

"It's not hard, really, it's not hard at all" Guo Ziyi whispered in Zheng Peng's ear: "The mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and I am happy to be at ease, and I can increase my resume by staying here, and I can also earn military merits in disguise, this is a great thing, third brother, thank you for making it happen." ”

Zheng Peng puts his family first and freedom as his goal, for Guo Ziyi, nothing is more important than making contributions, and guarding Tibet seems to be a chore, but it is actually a great opportunity.

Tubo has just been incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the war has just stopped, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, I don't know how many opportunities are hidden here, as long as Guo Ziyi does not make any mistakes, this is running in the direction of a big man.

The Tao is the same, the ambition is different, Zheng Peng laughed: "It's good that the eldest brother is happy, although Tubo has won it, there must be many old stubborns, everything must be done carefully." ”

"Don't worry, your eldest brother will also open one eye when he sleeps, and he won't give them a chance to plot, don't worry." After Guo Ziyi finished speaking, he quickly advised: "As the third brother said, there are many old stubborns in Tubo that have not been cleaned up, and they all hate the third brother to the core, and the third brother must be more careful when he goes back, and he must not be careless." ”

According to intelligence, the remnants of the Sishang clan who escaped secretly spread a bounty order, and those who killed Zheng Peng could get a bounty of 10,000 taels of gold.

"Yes, third brother" Cui Xiyi echoed: "Tubo is a bird place, the land is vast and sparsely populated, even if it hides thousands of people, it is not easy to find, and I don't know how many remnants have not been subdued, remember to be careful on the way back, and be careful." ”