After Li Chengqian finished speaking, two men dressed as school captains stood up, bowed and saluted: "General, Zhang Qing/He Zhe has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing the two men's voices trembling, Li Chengqian knew that they were a little scared afterwards. After all, Li Jingtang was the son of the county prince and a true royal child. Now that he died in their hands, if he wasn't afraid, no one would believe him.

"Don't be nervous. I don't mean to punish you. You handled the emergency today very well. I want to enter the palace immediately and can't wait for E Guo Gong and others, so I want to give you two a few words.

The first is to seal off the streets near Honglu Temple. No one is allowed to enter or exit without His Majesty’s imperial edict. The second is to collect these corpses and then help Jingtang find a good coffin and send it to the Jiangxia Palace..."

After giving instructions to the two lieutenants, Li Chengqian waved to Xiao Rui and motioned for him to enter the palace with him to meet the emperor, and to inquire about his movements at court after leaving the capital.

It turned out that since knowing that the emperor granted Tuli a marriage, Yi Nan, the Zhenzhu Khan of Xue Yantuo's tribe, started to covet the palace after seeing so many rewards given by the court.

He knew that the imperial court was intentionally supporting Tuli's position in Mobei, which was intolerable to Yi Nan, who always wanted to dominate the grassland.

Only if he and Tuli are married to the Li family can the status of the Xue Yantuo tribe in Mobei be guaranteed.

Then envoys were sent to Chang'an, and they wrote to the emperor every three days to request a marriage. Many ministers in the court also used the recent Western Expedition and the floods in Shandong and Hebei as reasons to persuade the emperor to accept Xue Yantuo's request.

He also blatantly pointed out that among the clan women of the right age, only Li Xueyan, the daughter of the King of Jiangxia, was the only one.

At the same time, in order to tempt His Majesty Tian Khan, Xue Yantuo was constantly increasing his efforts. This is why Li Jingtang said that his daughter would not be sold.

During the ensuing court proceedings, several civil servants saw the so-called sincerity of Xue Yantuo's tribe and vigorously advocated the benefits of marriage in the court. Li Daozong was so angry that he beat them and Yi Nan severely in front of the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

The envoy was stunned and disrupted the order of the court.

The emperor had no choice but to remove Li Daozong from his official position as Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment on the grounds of disgrace in front of the palace and insulting the national dignity, and took him into custody at Zongzheng Temple and handed him over to the custody of Hejian King Li Xiaogong.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but ask: "Brother-in-law, what does the emperor mean?" It would be useless to ask this brother-in-law about other things, but if the emperor wanted to get married, he would definitely treat them badly.

Temple has hints.

"Your Majesty, you know that the last time you granted marriage to Qi'he Heli and Zhi Huansi Li, Your Majesty made the arrangements secretly. But this time, Your Majesty didn't let any wind pass through.

I venture to guess that Your Majesty is a little worried about Xue Yantuo's tribe, otherwise he would not have secretly replaced the guards of Honglu Temple with Xuanjia Army after they entered the capital. If it hadn't been for them, Jing Zhen wouldn't have died like this today.

awful."

This is Li Chengqian. If it were any other brother-in-law, Xiao Rui would not express his position easily.

This is not only the favor that the Xiao family owes Li Chengqian, but more importantly, he supports Li Chengqian from the bottom of his heart...

Outside the Chengqing Palace, he saw Li Chengqian and Prince Consort Xiao Rui, who were covered in blood, coming so late. Gan Yun was startled and ran to him quickly: "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

"This is not my blood. Go and report it to your father. Something big has happened!"

Seeing the serious faces of Li Chengqian and Xiao Rui, Gan Yun quickly nodded and ran towards the palace. He knew that if nothing serious happened, the prince would not disturb the emperor's rest.

Besides, he was covered in blood. Could it be that someone was plotting rebellion? After thinking of this, Gan Yun stepped up his steps.

Li Shimin didn't believe Gan Yun's suggestion that someone might rebel. If someone really rebelled, the palace would not be so quiet.

As for his claim that the prince was wearing a bloody suit, Li Shimin didn't think much about it. He knew this son well and he would not rebel, let alone who would bring a civil servant to rebel.

The only thing that worried him was whether Li Chengqian was ambushed again on his way back to Beijing. After all, such a thing had happened before.

"Cheng Qian, what happened? And why are you covered in blood?" Li Shimin, who was accompanying him in the dragon robe, frowned and looked at his son and son-in-law.

"Father, just an hour ago, Li Jingtong, the son of King Jiangxia, led the palace guards to attack Honglu Temple in an attempt to kill the marriage-seeking delegation from Xue Yantuo's tribe.

He was killed by the guards of Honglu Temple and the Jinwu Weige who came over. When Erchen arrived, Li Jingtang was already dying. After saying a few words, he died in Erchen's arms..."

What? After hearing the news, Li Shimin stood up in shock, not even noticing that his robe fell off.

Originally, he planned to keep Li Daozong's matter in the cold for a few days and then find an excuse to reject Xue Yantuo's tribe, but who would have thought that this child would be so restless.

"How are the envoys from various countries?", now that the matter has come out, we must find a way to face it. Let him make such a fuss. Datang is too embarrassed in front of the envoys from various countries. If one or two more die, then

It would be even more fun.

"Back to Your Majesty, no one from the diplomatic missions of various countries was injured or injured. At the same time, the Jinwu Guards who were sent to increase the number of troops were sent to guard Honglu Temple together with the guards to ensure the safety of the diplomatic missions from various countries..." Since asked

Regarding the matter of Honglu Temple, it is up to him, the young minister of Honglu Temple, to answer.

After listening to Xiao Rui's words, Li Shimin nodded, and then sat back and thought deeply. Such a big incident not only affected the relationship between Datang and Xue Yantuo, but also made it impossible for him to face his cousin Li Daozong.

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"I think Xiao Rui must have told you what happened in the court, so tell me what happened?"

Seeing the emperor's helpless look, Li Chengqian stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Father, Yi Nan is different from Tu Li. He is an ambitious man. Otherwise, he would not have sent troops to test Baidao just after the Northern Expedition."

My attitude towards you.

In my humble opinion, Xue Yantuo's tribe will rebel sooner or later regardless of whether they are married or not. If this is the case, it is better not to marry and let Li Ji and Zhang Baoxiang be more careful."

"In addition, since the army in Jinyang, Uncle Wang has followed you and has been brave and strong, and he has remained firm-hearted in adversity. Now that something like this has happened, it is inevitable that he will be implicated. If he is dealt with this time, it will not only hurt my uncle's

I am worried that my father's prestige in the clan will be greatly reduced.

Besides, when he was in the army, Uncle Wang always took good care of my son, so I wanted to protect him for once."

No one dared to protect someone so blatantly in front of him, so Li Shimin was very satisfied with his son's calmness. He just liked Li Chengqian's unpretentiousness.

Unlike other princes, who had studied with those rotten Confucians for several years, they could also talk in a roundabout way when talking to myself, a dear father.

Besides, he never planned to do anything to Li Daozong! He didn't even treat those heroes of the opposite sex badly, let alone his brothers who were always close to him.

After a while, Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "The only daughter of the right age in the royal family is the daughter of King Jiangxia. If you want to refuse, you can only marry her off, but who should I give the marriage to?"

After scratching his head, Li Shimin suddenly realized that among the noble disciples in the court who were in their twenties and had not yet gotten married, the only one who had not yet gotten married was the newly promoted third-rank general next to the prince.
Chapter completed!