Not far from Li Yao's table, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Feng Changqing stood up angrily.
The person who had slammed the table and shouted this was none other than Feng Changqing, who had quite the prestige in the army.
When she heard Feng Changqing slam the table and stand up, Li Yao's smile became even brighter.
"Ever since His Highness King E arrived in An Bei, he has fought more than 20 battles! Which battle did they not charge at the front of the army?!”"In the bloody battle of Yanran, His Highness King E almost died from exhaustion! How can it damage the dignity of the Great Tang?!”
"If it weren't for Your Highness 'insistence on negotiating with the Uighurs in the decisive battle with Yenisei, how many more soldiers would our Great Tang have lost?! How many wives and children would he have to suffer in vain?!
Today, someone actually slandered His Highness for being timid and afraid of battle! Who was it? Stand up if you have the guts! I want to kill him with my own hands!" Lee Guang Bi said excitedly.
When the cavalry who had followed Li Yao to the expedition and also attended the celebration banquet heard Li Guangbi's words, they all stood up and glared at the civil officials.
"Grandma! If it weren't for His Highness King E's wisdom, we brothers wouldn't have been able to return so many! How dare these officials slander His Highness!”
"Motherf * cker! What kind of dog fart is this if you haven't been on the battlefield? Who said that! I want to kill him too!" Some of the more hot-tempered Wanqi brothers also started to curse.
Looking at the civil officials who were attending the meeting, they were all silent.
Just when the situation was very awkward, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty returned from the toilet and happened to catch up with this happy scene.
He looked at the angry cavalry and Feng Changqing and the other two generals, then asked the Crown Prince, Li Ying,""Ying Er, w-what's going on?”
"Your son heard that the officials at two tables did not believe that the Uighurs had surrendered because of Fifth Brother's peace talks. They began to spread rumors that Fifth Brother was afraid of war and that it was a disgrace to the Great Tang.”Li Ying looked at the officials below and replied.
Li Ying had also heard the rumors, but now that he saw Li Yao return with a great victory, he felt a deep threat.
Therefore, he had the mentality of watching the show and did not say anything for Li Yao.
"Who said that?" Emperor Xuanzong was furious." As officials of the Tang Empire, you dare to slander the Tang Imperial Family?! How many people can I bring back after sending you to the battlefield in An Bei? Could he restore the entire territory of An Bei in a month?! Who said that?" Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty stood on the high platform and glared at the civil officials below.
"You don't want to say it, right? Golden Guards, listen up! Imprison the two tables of civil officials who slandered the King of E! Let them know the consequences of spreading rumors!”
Li Linfu panicked upon hearing this. Although Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty would not do anything to his Prime Minister, most of the civil officials at the two tables were on his side. If they were all locked up in prison, he would be a lone commander.
"Reporting to the emperor, this matter was caused by this minister's cup of wine. I originally wanted to toast the King of E. Perhaps I didn't make it clear enough, causing the ministers to spread rumors among themselves, resulting in this result.
Your Majesty, if you want to punish me, please put me in prison. I'm willing to be punished together with you!”With that, Li Linfu bowed to Emperor Xuanzong.
"This is not the prime minister's fault.”Tang Xuanzong said.
"This matter started because of me. If Your Majesty doesn't imprison me, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public!”Li Linfu walked up to Tang Xuanzong and whispered,"This subject is also thinking of Your Majesty's dignity.”
"Your Majesty, please send me and all the ministers to prison!”Li Linfu once more bowed.
Tang Xuanzong was actually a little moved by Li Linfu's words.
Li Yao saw the change in Tang Xuanzong's eyes. He stood up and said,""Since all of you doubt my strength, I'm afraid I'll be too late. If this king doesn't show off his skills, I'm afraid it'll really be hard to convince everyone.”
"Imperial Father, your son requests to test his skills against the Imperial Army's Great General Chen Xuanli.”Li Yao said.
In the early years, he and Tang Xuanzong had helped to get rid of the rebellion of Empress Wei and the rebellious Princess An Le. They had become the most trusted guards of Tang Xuanzong.
Chen Xuanli was the most powerful general of the Golden Guards and was known as the " Enemy of Ten Thousand Men."
Chen Xuanli had been a general in the Bohai Sea in his early years. Even now, the legend of Chen Xuanli fighting against the seven Khitan generals was still circulating in the Bohai Protectorate.
Chen Xuanli's strength was evident.
Moreover, Chen Xuanli had a unique characteristic that he did not care about feelings. He was only loyal to Tang Xuanzong. Ever since Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, many of his relatives had fallen at Chen Xuanli's hands.
Tang Xuanzong saw that Li Yao had chosen Chen Xuanli as her opponent and quickly said,""Yao 'er, don't act on impulse. General Chen is not someone you can defeat.”
"It's okay, Imperial Father. General Chen and I will use the tree branch as a sword.”Li Yao said," If I don't do this, not only will I find it difficult to convince the masses, but where will the dignity of the Tang royal family be? If in the future, any prince were to make another contribution, there would probably be another wave of rumors in the court!”
Li Yao said sternly, causing the civil officials below to tremble.
"In that case, General Chen!" Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered,"You can have a few moves with King E. Remember to stop when you hit it."”
"This general will obey!" Chen Xuanli replied.
As she spoke, Li Yao broke off two long branches. She kept one for herself and handed the other to Chen Xuanli.
The crowd made way for the two of them, and the two of them began their martial arts competition in the spring breeze.
As soon as he stood still, Chen Xuanli said,""Your Highness, please attack."
Li Yao didn't stand on ceremony. She raised the branch and rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, she stabbed nine times.
Chen Xuanli was shocked. He did not expect Li Yao to be so powerful that he could only parry her.
The two of them exchanged thirty rounds of blows with the tree branch in place of the sword. Chen Xuanli gradually lost the ability to resist.
In the end, Li Yao placed her tree branch across Chen Xuanli's neck. The tree branch in Chen Xuanli's hand was still in the same position as before, blocking Li Yao's sword.
King E's sword technique was only one word, and Li Yao only said it once.
"This general has been defeated. Your Highness, you have good martial arts.”Chen Xuanli said with heartfelt admiration.
"Good! This is my good son! Good! Hahahahaha!" Tang Xuanzong's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he clapped for Li Yao.
The generals and cavalry below also applauded and cheered.
The civil officials were nervous and silent. They understood that slandering King E was a capital offense.
The officials at the two tables all looked at Li Linfu, who was covered in cold sweat. He had never thought that Li Yao would have such a trick up her sleeve.
However, Li Linfu wasn't someone to be trifled with, and he knew that he would have to pay a little bit today, so he winked at his trusted aides.
Seeing Li Linfu's reaction, the group of people stood up with depressed expressions."This subject deserves to die, slandering King E! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
"Yao 'er, did you see that? It was these people who slandered you. I'll hand them over to you now and let you deal with them.”Emperor Xuanzong said angrily," Father will remind you not to let down the grievances you have suffered for no reason.”
"Your son obeys!" Li Yao thanked Tang Xuanzong and turned her head.""The Great Tang's King E, Li Yao, has spoken on behalf of the Emperor. Today, these people had slandered the Imperial Family and humiliated the soldiers who had sacrificed themselves for the Great Tang!
Immediately drag him out of the Imperial City and behead him! Expropriate all their assets and enrich the national treasury! The head was hung on the flag outside the Imperial City for three days to show the majesty of the emperor!”
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