Chapter 20
Prince Qin's mansion.
After coming out of the Imperial Palace, Li Xuan brought Xu Ji back to his Imperial Palace.
In the hall.
"Official of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, from the fourth rank!”
Sitting on everyone's seats, Li Xuan had a smile on his face as he said,
"This time, you can be considered to have ascended to the heavens in a single step!”
His expression turned serious.
Xu Ji stood up from his seat and cupped his hands towards Li Xuan.
"Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness. If it weren't for Your Highness, I, Xu Ji, wouldn't be where I am today. Everything I have was given by Your Highness!”
He looked at Xu Ji.
Li Xuan could not help but shake his head and say,
"You're wrong. All of this was given to you by Imperial Father, not this Prince! You must remember this. Although you are working under this king, the heavens of the Great Tang are still my father!”
He walked to Xu Ji's side.
With a sigh in his eyes, Li Xuan said,
"If you want to enjoy long-term prosperity, wealth, and stability, then don't forget that the Great Tang is Father's, not This King's, and the future might not be This King's! The rain and thunder were all due to the grace of the monarch. This was the way of being an official!”
Xu Ji had an expression of being taught and repeatedly agreed.
He did not care too much about it. Li Xuan directly said,
"The Eldest Princess is one with this king. This king has already given her my waist token. If this king is not in Chang 'an in the future, you will listen to the Eldest Princess's arrangements, understand?”
Xu Ji had a serious expression.
"Here! The Eldest Princess's order was the Royal Highness 'order!”
He nodded.
After chatting with Xu Ji again, Li Xuan let him leave.
Sitting in the carriage on the way home.
Xu Ji could not hide his excitement.
"You must hold on tightly to wangye's thigh!”
Although Li Xuan said that everything he had was given to him by the Tang Emperor, Xu Ji knew very well that the person he had to rely on was still Li Xuan.
How should he put it?
The Tang Emperor's words were very obvious.
Your Wangye!
What did this mean?
He, Xu Ji, was the Qin King's retainer and also a dog by the Qin King's side!
However, Xu Ji was not dissatisfied with being a dog. On the contrary, he liked it very much.
There must be a loss.
He had obtained glory and wealth, and the Duke of Wei's Public House had obtained favor. To be able to prosper for a generation, he naturally had to pay something. Who knew how many people would be envious of this dog job!
After all, everyone in the Tang court knew that the King of Qin was the favorite of the Tang Emperor.
He had only followed Li Xuan to do a small errand for the Sword Pavilion Competition, and he had already obtained the position of a senior official of the Honglu Temple. It could be said that he was extremely honored and favored.
There was also the Eldest Princess. Because of Li Xuan, she was able to open a princess's residence as an unmarried person.
And it was a princess's manor that was opened with the standards of a prince's manor.
Most importantly, Li Xuan enjoyed a good reputation among the people!
Now, there was a saying circulating in the streets,"The Seventh Prince who does not do his proper job, enjoys the fun of the people." This was the best description of Li Xuan.
It was a joke to not do proper work.
Everyone had seen it before.
After all, it was not the first time Li Xuan had played the erhu on Chang 'an Street.
He returned to Duke Wei's Public House.
Xu Ji met his father, sister, and mother.
Although Duke Wei's estate was a duke, it did not have a thriving population. Duke Wei only had one son and one daughter. In addition, he did not have any concubines, so how could he have any children?
Luckily, Duke Wei had a lot of prestige in the court.
Therefore, there was no hardship. It was just that Duke Wei was old.
This was the reason why Xu Ji befriended the princes many times. The first Eleventh Prince fell, and then the Seventh Prince Qin Wang stood up.
Now that he had joined the Qin Emperor's side, he had soared to the sky.
One word-
Awesome!
The family sat together.
Xu Ji told Duke Wei, his wife, and Xu Qing everything he had learned in the Sword Pavilion and everything he had been rewarded.
"Good, good, good!"
After listening, the old Wei Guo said publicly,"
"Although the Chamberlain of Dependencies seems like a sinecure, there are many dynasties surrounding the Great Tang, so the Chamberlain of Dependencies 'work is of utmost importance. Right now, the Chamberlain of Dependencies has no official, only a sinecure.”
As an experienced official, Duke Wei naturally knew some things.
At this point, Wei Guo said,"
"However, in my opinion, His Majesty's actions probably have a deeper meaning. If you get the mission, you need to communicate more with the King of Qin. Now it seems that His Majesty's intention is on the King of Qin and not on others!”
Hearing this.
The wife of the Duke did not understand, so she did not speak. She was only happy that her son had suddenly become a fourth-grade official of the imperial court. He was only eighteen years old!
This was already a rising star.
Xu Qing was smart, her gaze turned and she said,"
"Elder brother, I'm afraid that His Majesty is using you to hand over the Chamberlain of Dependencies to the King of Qin. After all, our dynasty follows the principle that the prince does not govern personally!”
The prince did not personally govern, but he could rely on others.
This was a dead rule of the Tang Dynasty that even the Tang Emperor could not violate.
Upon hearing Xu Qing's words, Duke Wei and Xu Ji were stunned for a moment before nodding in agreement.
"If there are no accidents, it won't be long before a foreign envoy enters the court. The Chamberlain of Dependencies will be busy.”
Xu Qing said with a very firm tone,"
"Elder brother, you need to quickly understand how the Chamberlain of Dependencies works and train your own people. The other official of the Chamberlain of Dependencies is on King Qi's side! However, with his father's help, it should be easier!”
Hearing this.
Xu Ji nodded seriously.
"Sister, don't worry. I know how to do it. I definitely won't let His Majesty, the King of Qin, and all of you down!”
The whole family laughed sweetly.
The atmosphere was extremely harmonious.
……
King Qi's mansion.
Because of Li Xuan's sudden appearance.
As a result, the First Prince and the Third Prince, who had been fighting fiercely, began to get closer and closer, and there were even signs of forming an alliance.
In the hall.
Li Yu's expression was ugly."
"Imperial Father is too biased towards Seventh Brother. Our people have done so many things for so long, but they still haven't been able to get an official position. Seventh Brother's lackey got the position of the Chamberlain of Dependencies as soon as he arrived!”
He heard Li Yu's anger.
Li Gang's expression didn't change, but his eyes revealed his strong dissatisfaction.
He played with the teacup in his hand.
After a long time, Li Gang said,"
"There's no need to be so angry. The Chamberlain of Dependencies 'matter isn't that easy to deal with. I received a report that the Darkhan Dynasty sent people to the Great Tang a month ago, and Great Qin has many motives for coming here!”
Pa da.
He put down the teacup.
Li Gang had a strategic attitude.
"As long as Seventh Brother doesn't handle it well, he will spit out twice as much of what he got today…How can Imperial Father's reward be so easy to obtain? This is the heart of an emperor!"
He frowned.
Li Yu didn't continue Li Gang's words. Instead, he fell into deep thought.
"The Great Tang and Great Qin have always been on good terms, and the Great Han and Great Qin have been at war for many years. Not long ago, they were going to start a war again. Old Seventh, this matter is not easy to handle!"
Hearing this.
Li Gang smiled and said,"
"It's good that it's not easy! If we screw it up, wouldn't it be exactly what we want?”
Swoosh--
Hearing Li Gang's words, Li Yu frowned and turned to look at him.
"Do you really think so?"
Li Yu's tone was filled with dissatisfaction as he looked at Li Gang,"
"King Qi, do you know that if this matter isn't handled well, our Great Tang will very likely suffer a war? Who knew how many soldiers would die on the battlefield? How many more orphans and widows would the Great Tang have?”
He stood up.
Li Yu directly walked out of the Qi King's mansion."
"After interacting with King Qi for some time, I thought that he was a brother I could work with. I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! The position of Crown Prince is important, but the soldiers of the Great Tang are even more important! Hmph, farewell!"
As they spoke.
Ignoring Li Gang's gloomy expression, Li Yu left the Qi Mansion.
Looking at Li Yu's departing figure.
Li Gang's expression changed several times. Finally, he sighed and said,"
"Different paths can't work together, Li Yu is just so, he's just a tyrant!”
Those who achieved great things did not care about trifles!
He didn't even understand this logic. To think that he still wanted to form an alliance with Li Yu.
Now, it seemed-
Li Yu, who was known as the tyrant's beautiful jade, was only so-so!
……
They got into the carriage.
He headed towards his own mansion.
"Li Gang is only a scheming person. He doesn't know the big picture!”
Li Yu said,"
"For such a big matter, you don't think of helping, but you actually want to hinder it. It's simply too outrageous!”
Li Yu, who had the demeanor of an overlord, had been training in the army since he was very young.
Thus, his love and care for the Tang soldiers was something that no other member of the Imperial Family could imagine.
From Li Gang's words, it seemed like he wanted to make things difficult for them.
This made Li Yu rather unhappy, and even disgusted.
The Four Great Dynasties of the Central Plains.
The Great Tang.
Great Qin.
The burly man.
Great Sui.
Which one of them wasn't at its peak?
If anything happened to the Great Han envoy, the Great Tang and Great Han would definitely go to war. The Great Sui, which was eyeing the Great Tang covetously, would not just sit around and do nothing. Even as an ally, Great Qin might go to war.
At that time, the Great Tang would be in a war, and the people would be in dire straits.
At this time, they should work together to help Li Xuan complete the reception of the Great Han Dynasty's envoy, not play tricks.
Without their status as royalty, they were nothing.
Li Yu couldn't understand this at all. Suddenly, she felt-
Li Gang was useless!
A piece of trash, he used an egg to fight for the position of Crown Prince!
"Lü Zhi, go and inform the King of Qin that he must be careful of King Qi's tricks when dealing with the Chamberlain of Dependencies!”
After thinking for a moment, Li Yu directly ordered his eunuch outside the carriage.
Outside the carriage, the eunuch Lü Zhi replied,
"Here!"
His gaze was domineering.
Li Yu said,"
"You can fight for the position of Crown Prince, but at the very least, don't act rashly when it comes to matters of the country! Li Xuan, This King will defeat him head-on!”
As for Li Gang?
In Li Yu's eyes, Li Gang was someone who ignored the country's affairs.
He's just a good-for-nothing!
Li Xuan did not expect this.
He thought that the alliance between Li Gang and Li Yu had not succeeded. On the contrary, it had intensified the conflict between the two sides.
However, Li Xuan did not care.
Could two noobs together fight against an eagle in the sky?
It was completely impossible!
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