Chapter 820: Empress Changsun's reprimand

In the East Palace, the crown prince Li Chengqian was furious again for some reason, smashing teacups, throwing quilts, and kicking the palace maids, frightening all the palace maids including the crown princess, and all the palace maids and attendants in the East Palace did not dare to take a step close to the bed, so they could only listen to the prince roaring like thunder on the couch outside.

No one knows what's going on, it's okay in the morning, some talk and laugh and have a gentle temper, why is it just after noon, people are like crazy, screaming and jumping on the couch? Thanks to the injuries on his body, he can't get out of bed, otherwise, they can still get better?

"Why? Why did my father do this? Why? ”

Hearing another burst of shouting inside, everyone guarding outside was a spirit, and they all took a step back, bowing their heads timidly, fearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come out from inside and punish them.

"Alright, you don't need to take care of it here, so let's get out of here." Glancing at the palace maids who were a little frightened, the crown princess Wu Mei waved her hand lightly and drank them back, at this time, these subordinates were obviously no longer able to count on it, rather than let them watch the prince's jokes here, it was better to let them leave for the time being.

"Li Qing, you stay" Seeing that Li Qing also wanted to leave with the flow of people, Wu Mei's face turned cold, and she stopped the person loudly.

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess" Li Qing's body shook, knowing that he couldn't hide anymore, so he had no choice but to turn around and talk to the crown princess.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will become like this," Wu Mei glanced at Li Qing coldly, and said lightly: "As a close minister and head of the chamberlain of His Royal Highness the Prince, don't you plan to say something to the palace?" ”

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess," Hearing Wu Mei ask, Li Qing's body bent lower, buried his head and whispered back: "The villain didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to have such a big reaction, just now, he has already sent someone to the Lizheng Palace to invite the queen mother over." ”

"You know, that's not what Hongu wants to ask." Seeing that Li Qing was still sloppy with herself at this time, Wu Mei stared at Li Qing with a colder expression, and said: "Don't think that you won't take this palace in your eyes with the support of the prince, believe it or not, this palace will go to the emperor and the queen mother, and report all the good things you have done in the East Palace over the years?" ”

"Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess laughed, you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are both masters of villains, even if you give the villain a hundred guts, the villain will not dare to look down on Your Highness." Hearing this threatening words again, Li Qing's heart was weak and convulsed, but he still had a smile on his face, and obediently replied to Wu Meiniang: "It was because of the matter of the Sanyuan Liu clan that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unhappy. ”

"Yanagichichi, again?" Pouted and sneered, Wu Mei was completely disappointed in her current prince's husband, as the prince of a country, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but now he is desperately competing with a businessman, and he is even more angry because of this businessman, so that the prince who has no heart and stinginess, will there be any future?

Liu Yiyi is a talent, Wu Mei does not deny it, but no matter how capable he is, he is just a civilian businessman, even if he has some ties with you, what if the emperor is here, the queen is there, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in my Tang Dynasty, what can he turn out? Is it worth it for you to go down to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and always think about it and get rid of it quickly?

There are so many general trends in the world, so many Li people's suffering, you don't care, you don't care, but always focus on this little hatred. With a narrow amount of energy, a small belly, and no sense of the overall situation, for such a prince, which emperor would rest assured that he would put his own country on his body?

"Forget it, it's enough to know who it is," interrupting Li Qing's description that he wanted to continue, Wu Mei waved his hand lightly: "The emperor's eldest grandson is still in the apse, and the palace wants to go back to take a look, so you can wait here and wait for the queen mother to come over." ”

has already made up his mind for Li Chengqian, for such a prince who is destined not to be the emperor, Wu Mei can't raise too much effort, rather than waiting for the day when the prince is deposed so vain and wrong, it is better to calm down and think about how he still has a son, how to spend his life after that day comes, and whether there is any way out.

"Yes, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess" was a little surprised by the princess's mind and attitude that changed too quickly, Li Qing nodded yes, and then bowed down and sent Wu Mei out of the courtyard.

Out of the courtyard door, I just heard a bustling sound in front of the hall, and then there was a series of hurried steps, knowing that it must be the eldest grandson queen coming, Wu Mei's figure paused slightly, but after a while, she still moved away quickly, avoided the meeting with the eldest grandson queen, and hid back in the apse early.

"Li Qing, what's wrong with the prince?" Wu Meifang went, and Empress Changsun took Xiao Dezi and some palace maids and maids to hurriedly walk into the courtyard where Li Chengqian was, and saw Li Qing waiting in front of the door.

"Back to the queen," seeing the great savior of the eldest grandson, Li Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief, bowed down and saluted the eldest grandson, and replied sharply: "Not long ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that the emperor had given the Liu family a holy decree in the morning, and after that, he ......."

"Why? Why is that? Father, what are you doing this for? ”

Li Chengqian snorted very cooperatively, interrupting Li Qing's words that were not easy to say, and at the same time letting Empress Changsun understand what the situation was.

"Okay, you all step back first, no one is allowed to enter without the instructions of the palace" Feeling the anger and grievances in her son's heart, Empress Changsun couldn't help but sigh softly, knowing that some things should not be known to outsiders, so before entering the bedroom, Empress Changsun withdrew Xiao Dezi and Li Qing and other palace maids in advance.

The emperor sent Li Ran to Sanyuan to pass the decree, and the eldest grandson queen knew that not only the holy decree, but also the content written on the holy decree, under the emperor's instruction and Li Ran's deliberate publicity, it had already made a lot of noise inside and outside Chang'an City, knowing that the prince would also receive news here, and also expected that the prince would be a little unhappy, but he didn't expect him to make such a big fuss.

Why is everything out of control when it comes to Liu Yiyi, Qian'er is so out of control? Is this grievance really so difficult to let go?

With the same mind as Fang Cai Wu Mei, seeing the prince's performance, the eldest grandson queen also felt a little disappointed and lost in her heart, this child, when will he be truly enlightened and understand what is the priority and what is the priority?

"Qian'er"

Walking into the bedroom, what caught my eye was the mess of the house, clothes, quilts, tea bowls, water stains, and not far from the bed, the tables, chairs and benches that were crooked, the prince's cry and roar were still in his ears, lying on the collapse and moving from time to time, the eldest grandson queen felt a pain in her heart, and couldn't help screaming loudly.

"The Queen Mother?" With a light call, the movement inside was completely quiet, and Li Chengqian lay on the edge of the couch, motionless.

In a short silence, Empress Changsun walked lightly to the front of the couch, looking at her son's disheveled, decadent and negative appearance, Empress Changsun couldn't help but shout: "What are you doing? What does this look like? Do you remember who you are? You are the crown prince, the master of the East Palace, and the future emperor of my Tang Dynasty, do you think that others don't laugh at you enough, and you want to attract more laughing stocks, isn't it, isn't it? ”

The "queen mother" saw that the queen mother was really angry, and Li Chengqian's courage was weak, and he couldn't help but cry out timidly.

"Don't call my queen mother's palace without an uncompetitive son like you" Empress Changsun took a step forward, looked at Li Chengqian with a disappointed face, and said sharply: "Now that my Tang Dynasty is about to send troops to Gaochang, I am raising money and food everywhere to prepare for the war, you don't want to devote yourself to serving the country, just share the worries of your father, but now you are here because of a dispensable holy decree and willful nonsense, you talk about it yourself, like you are short-sighted, not broad-minded, and have no sense of the overall situation, are you still worthy of being the son of your father, and you are still worthy of being the prince of my Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Why did your father promulgate that holy decree, and why did he make a lot of publicity in Chang'an City, can't you see it?" Looking directly at Li Chengqian, Empress Eldest Sun then asked: "I am dissatisfied with your father, and I have resentment in my heart, do you think your father is deliberately targeting you?" If you can donate 2 million yuan to the treasury at such a time and raise 300,000 quintals of rice, your father and emperor will also look at you differently, and then let alone a forgiveness, what reward do you want and can't get? But can you do it? ”

"You can't do it" Seeing her son's promise, Empress Changsun said calmly: "Not only you, but the current Manchu Dynasty civil and military can't do it." But if you can't do it, it doesn't mean that others can't do it, in my Datang territory, there is not only Liu Yiyi and a rich businessman. ”

"There is Liu Yiyi who takes the lead in donating, and he took out all the furniture at one time, with him taking the lead, are you afraid that others will not take a little action? Was it wrong for your father to give him some appropriate reward for this? ”

"This palace knows that you have some enmity with Liu Yiyi, but so what? He is now meritorious to the imperial court and beneficial to Sheji, then he is my meritorious hero of the Tang Dynasty, meritorious rewards and punishments, Liu Yiyi has made such great contributions, shouldn't he still get some due rewards? ”

"This palace doesn't understand, and at the same time is very disappointed, a little hatred can already make you blind to the point of ignoring the plans of the court and ignoring the safety of the people?" Empress Changsun said angrily: "You dare to complain about your father's injustice? Do you know that in order to expedition to Gaochang and to raise money and food, your father only slept for a few hours a day? The two of them only had two hours and slept not very well, and sometimes they were dreaming of shouting for more rice."

"As a son of man, you have become a minister, and you don't think about sharing worries for your father and the king, but you are still complaining and complaining in the back? What qualifications do you have? ”

"The queen mother, the queen mother, the queen mother, the sons and daughters know that they are wrong, please let the queen mother calm her anger" The words of the eldest grandson queen did not leave any emotion, her voice was in her ears, and the words were like knives, so that Li Chengqian was red at that time, lying on the couch and couldn't say a word, but kept nodding her head to admit her mistake.

"Do you know what is most important to you right now?" glanced down at her son, and saw that he seemed to sincerely admit his mistakes and repent, Queen Eldest Sun's heart couldn't help but soften, and her tone eased.

"Erchen knows." Li Chengqian, who was scolded by the queen mother, was basically calmed down, and when he heard the queen ask, he replied softly: "Take care of your body, follow the army to Gaochang, gather merits, and strive to obtain the approval of your father." ”

"That's a good point, but you have to do it." Sitting down on the edge of the couch gently, Empress Eldest Sun said softly: "Like you, you are in a turbulent mood, with a violent temper, and you will fall on the table and the cabinet at every turn, when will you be able to raise your body?" ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, my son knows that he is wrong." Understanding what Empress Changsun meant, Li Chengqian once again admitted his mistake.

"As for your grudge with Mr. Liu, which is right and wrong, the queen mother doesn't want to judge more," sighed lightly, and the eldest grandson queen continued: "But there is one thing that the queen mother wants to remind you in advance, since Mr. Liu has no intention of pursuing a career and has not taken refuge in the mansions of several other princes, then he is not too much of a threat to you, in this case, why can't the emperor put this grudge aside first." ”

"After this campaign is over and the emperor's position in the court is stable," after glancing at Li Chengqian, Empress Changsun said: "It's not too late to move him again, there is no need to fight for this moment now." ”

Knowing that although his son and Liu Yiyi have grievances, but they have not really formed a mortal enmity, the eldest grandson queen is still thinking, when this campaign is over, the position of the prince's East Palace will become more and more stable, and no one else will be able to move, and then Liu Yiyi will have no threat to Qian'er, and then his own queen will mediate from it, even if it can't be completely resolved, at least it can keep the Liu family safe, right?

After all, Liu Yiyi had a kindness with their mother and son, so in her heart, Empress Changsun still didn't want the prince to hurt the Liu family again. That's why he persuaded Li Chengqian in this way, hoping to drag out the matter until there was no threat to both sides before mediating.

"What the queen mother said is very true," Li Chengqian nodded in response, and said: "It was the son's short-sightedness before, who did not see the current situation clearly, and almost missed a major event because of this." ”

"The queen mother can rest assured, from now on, the son will take care of his injuries, and make plans for him to go to Gaochang as soon as possible, and will never do today's actions again, so that the queen mother is worried"

"Well, that's the best thing to do." Nodding lightly, Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Chengqian quietly and said, "I hope my son can really put his mind down, recuperate with peace of mind, and strive for an early recovery." ”

The mother and son chatted for a while, and saw that the son was completely stable, and showed a little tiredness on his face, the eldest grandson queen got up and left, and before leaving, she also specially instructed Li Qing to take care of it, and if there was any accident, she could report it directly to the Lizheng Palace.

"General Hou, 30,000 horses is not a decimal, have you really decided to buy them all back?" Out of the pasture, Ah Da Judah asked Hou Junji in a voice of disbelief.

"That's nature" Hou Junji replied without a trace of hesitation: "Thirty thousand Yili Jian horses, how can I Gaochang miss it?" The old man can already see the scene of the Tang cavalry fleeing in all directions under my high-flying iron cavalry, hahaha......"

"But," Ah Da still asked with some hesitation: "One hundred yuan, thirty thousand horses is three million yuan of silver, we Gaochang, do we have so much silver?" ”

Even if the Liu family bought a large number of white stacks, so that Gao Chang gathered a huge amount of nearly one million yuan in a short period of time, but compared with these 30,000 Eli horses, this money is also a drop in the bucket, which is not enough at all, in addition, where can Gao Chang come up with so much silver?

"These things are also something that a little guard of yours can do?" Hou Junji glanced at Ah Da and said, "The old man who fixed the money of 300,000 yuan has been given away, do you think the old man will take so much silver to play around?" ”

"The villain doesn't dare" Ah Da lowered his head and said no more.

"Master," he said, leaving Ah Da away, and the remnant sword drove the horse to catch up with Hou Junji, and asked in a low voice, "The master doesn't really want to buy all those horses, does he?" ”

"Buy?" In front of his henchmen, Hou Junji didn't have too many scruples, sneered, and said softly: "You don't know Gaochang's foundation, even if the old man wants to buy it, can they get so much silver?" ”

"In that case, why does the master still want to leave the 300,000 pieces of silver, isn't this a floating water?" Like Ah Da, the remnant sword also asked in a puzzled voice. 300,000 guan, that's not a small number, if it weren't for the recent sale of white stacks by Gaochang, I'm afraid I really wouldn't be able to raise so much money.

"If you don't leave enough money, how can you let that Ji field owner see the sincerity of the old man? If he is not allowed to see the sincerity of the old man, how can he obediently train the horse for the old man and ensure that all the horses will stay in the same place for a month? Hou Junji said: "If the horses are not there, or they are scattered in the pasture, how can the old man lead the troops to snatch one of them back?" ”

"Huh?" It turned out that their master had this idea, and the remnant sword said with some concern: "The master wants to lead the troops to break through, so how can Yang Kunshang let the master get his wish?" ”

"The border guards are not more than a few thousand, and it is not a problem." Hou Junji shook his head disappreciatively, obviously not taking Yang Kunshang in his eyes: "Between Tang and Gao, sooner or later there will be a battle, if you can go out in advance before the war and grab 30,000 iron horses, why not?" ”

"If it weren't for the fear that there would be reinforcements from the Tang soldiers in the nearby city, we shouldn't stay at the border for a long time, and the old man wouldn't leave the 300,000 yuan of money to the surnamed Ji." Hou Junji said: "However, if we can exchange 30,000 guan for 30,000 Yili Jian horses, even if we can't get the 300,000 guan money back at that time, we will make a steady profit and take advantage of a big advantage." ”

Since he has stood on the opposite side of the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji is now considered to have no scruples, seeing that the war is about to start, the old man's heart is even more lawless, if it were not for the tens of thousands of horses that have been coveting Yantian Ranch, the old man is afraid that he would have already sent troops to the border and looted the silver money brought by the Liu family. How can it be like now, little by little every day, to exchange the silver coins back?