Divine Capital Chang 'an, Hanyuan Hall.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the Imperial Censorate.”Wang De said to Li Shimin, who was reading the memorial, after listening to a servant's report.
"Xuan, come in." Li Shi Min said without raising his head.
"Here."
Wang De replied. Then, he looked at the chamberlain waiting at the side and gave him a look.
The inner servant left and gestured for Guest Master Yuan to come in."Lord Yuan, His Majesty has summoned you."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Guest Master Yuan said politely. Then, he tidied his crimson official robe and entered the hall.
"Honored Guest Teacher Yuan greets Your Majesty. Your Majesty, live a long life and prosper!”
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Honored Guest Yuan stood up and bowed.
Li Shimin put the memorial aside and looked down at Honorable Guest Master Yuan."Tell me."
"Your Majesty, White Cloud City has sent news that His Highness King Jing intends to sell the warhorses captured in the last war, totaling more than 100,000, and another 1,000 flood dragon horses to the Imperial Court.”
After saying that, Guest Master Yuan shut his mouth.
"Oh?" "What exactly is his plan?" Li Shi Min asked after a moment of silence.”
"Not long after receiving the imperial edict, the commander of the Vietnamese Cavalry Camp, Ningyuan General Dian Wei, led his men to a stronghold of the Black Cavalry. He gave the price of warhorses and flood dragon horses to the hundred households of the stronghold and left. This is the price we copied down."
As he spoke, Honoured Guest Yuan took out a memorial from his sleeve and raised it above his head with both hands. Wang De walked down the steps, took the memorial, and placed it in front of Li Shimin.
He picked it up and opened the memorial. Li Shiming nodded and said,"The price isn't high, it's even lower than the market price.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Honored Guest Yuan nodded.
"You just said that the commander of the Yue Cavalry Camp, Ning Yuan General Dian Wei, personally came to give this offer to the Black Cavalry Centurion?”Li Shimin closed the memorial and asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Guest Master Yuan lowered his body even further.
After all, the Black Knights were a secret force. Their stronghold in White Cloud City had been discovered. This was an oversight in their work.
"Hehe, it seems that King Jing knows White Cloud City like the back of his hand.”
Li Shimin's words made Guest Master Yuan and Wang De not dare to speak.
Even a trusted eunuch like Wang De knew that he would make a mistake if he spoke too much at this time.
"Alright, let's do this now. Send someone to receive the horses and send the money over.”
"Here! This subject obeys the decree!"
Guest Master Yuan bowed respectfully and took a few steps back before turning around to leave.
"Wang De."
"This servant is here."
"Let's take a walk in the Imperial Garden."
"Here." Wang De cupped his hands in response. He turned around and shouted,"Your Majesty, please come to the Imperial Garden."
……
In the imperial garden, Li Shimin was walking in front, Wang De was beside him, and the other eunuchs and female officials were twenty steps behind. Surrounding them were experts from the Hundred Cavalry Division.
"Wang De, why do you think King Jing sold these warhorses to the Imperial Court?”Li Shiming asked as he stood by the lake and looked at the water.
" This..." Wang De was speechless for a moment."Your Majesty, this must be His Highness King Jing wanting to share your worries.”
"Sharing the burden?" Li Shimin smiled,"This is a good way to share the burden." However, he didn't share my worries earlier or later, but only thought of sharing my worries after my imperial edict arrived. Isn't his goal too obvious?”
"Your Majesty, His Highness King Jing is still a child after all. He hasn't even turned seventeen yet.”
What Wang De meant was that King Jing was a child and it was normal for him to have some small tempers, but didn't he still miss His Majesty and the Great Tang?
Li Shi Min understood what he meant.
"Tell me, wasn't Zhen too unfair to King Jing back then?”
The more outstanding Li Lin was, the more Li Shiming regretted it.
At the same time, he was also upset about his decision back then.
However, Wang De knew that this Supreme Martial Artist before him was not wrong, and he could not be wrong. Even if there was a mistake, it was not something a eunuch like him could say.
"Your Majesty, you're right. It was also because of His Highness King Jing's performance in the manor that we made the decision.”Wang De consoled softly.
"Phew…" After letting out a long breath, Li Shiming looked at Wang De and asked,"I heard that King Jing had the best relationship with Si Zi?”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang De bowed and replied.
"En, has Si Zi been in the Royal Academy recently?”
"The princess is very hardworking and talented. She has already entered the peak of the Bone-Forging realm. According to the instructor of the Royal Academy, she will definitely break through and enter the Tendon Transformation realm within a month.”
Hearing Wang De's report, Li Shi Min's face revealed a loving smile.
"Si Zi has always been the most sensible and intelligent one. It seemed that her talent was not low. She asked the Hundred Cavalry Division to send four Xiantian experts to be removed from the Hundred Cavalry Division and given Si Zi to be her guards.”
"Yes, this old servant will do as you say." Wang De was shocked and quickly bowed to receive the decree.
He knew that this was because the Emperor was unwilling to admit his mistake and could not give King Jing more preferential treatment. Instead, he gave this honor and favor to Princess Jin Yang.
One had to know that there were only about a hundred Xiantian experts in the Hundred Cavalry Bureau.
Four of them were given out at once, and they were even removed from the Hundred Cavalry Division.
In other words, from now on, these four people would only listen to Princess Jin Yang, Li Mingda, and become the princess's retainer.
Even the Crown Prince did not receive such a generous gift.
Among the princes and princesses, she was definitely the only one.
……
After selecting the people, Wang De personally led them to the Royal Academy.
"This servant greets Your Highness." When Wang De arrived at Li Mingda's courtyard in the Royal Academy, he found that Princess Changle, Li Lizhi, was also there. When he bowed, he bowed to the two of them.
"Eunuch Wang, please don't be polite. Why have you come over?”The steward of the prince's mansion who had watched them grow up was now a eunuch.
Both Li Lizhi and Li Mingda were very respectful.
"Replying to Your Highness, His Majesty has given Princess Jin Yang four personal guards.”
After saying that, Wang De waved his hand. Two men and two women, four experts from the Hundred Cavalry Division, wearing leather armor and carrying Tang swords at their waists, stood out.
Looking at the four guards kneeling in front of him and swearing loyalty, Li Mingda's expression changed and he looked at Wang De in confusion.
"Your Highness, these four people were originally Xiantian experts in the Hundred Cavalry Bureau. His Majesty has already ordered their names to be removed. From today onwards, they are Your Highness's retainers.”
Wang De explained with a smile.
Nodding, Li Mingda said," Eunuch Wang, please bring Si Zi to thank Imperial Father. After some time, when the academy is closed, Si Zi will go and thank him."”
"Here, this servant will definitely bring it over." said Wang De.
"You may leave. Eunuch Wang, please stay for a while.”
"Here!"
The four personal guards dispersed. Two male guards went to stand guard near the gate while the other two female guards retreated dozens of steps away.
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