Chapter 353 War and Conspiracy (III)

Since Li Yu learned about the content of the court meeting, he felt as if he had lost his soul and locked himself in the study all day long. He was depressed and silent and did not want to eat. In just twenty days, he lost a lot of weight all of a sudden.

Half a month later, he gradually recovered a little. He had already started eating in the past two days, but he still didn't speak and just read in a depressed manner all day long.

From the time he returned to Chang'an, he guessed that there would be such an ending. The 300,000 soldiers were almost wiped out. The 33 royal princes jointly opposed it and the 320 important officials jointly opposed it. The emperor finally compromised helplessly, which made Li Yu almost desperate.

He fell into loneliness that he had never felt before. It seemed that everyone was fighting against him, no one supported him, and no one helped him. He felt that he was about to finish, and the position of crown prince was gradually drifting away from him. The emperor postponed his establishment as a crown prince indefinitely, his ambitions he had, and countless wonderful ideas to revitalize the Tang Dynasty. Now they are like beautiful bubbles, suddenly bursting.

He buried his head in his palm, and what Li Qing said before leaving appeared in his mind again.

"You are the extraordinary crown prince, so you can only use extraordinary means to ascend the throne. One day, when you are in despair, you come to me!"

Li Yu sighed long. He had once suspected his father's words. Now he finally understood that his failure was not because he was the emperor's grandson, but because he did not have strong strength.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, which ancestor has not ascended the throne with strong support, but has nothing to do with him? Li Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, "In this way, can he still hope to ascend to the throne?"

"Prince! You drink tea."

A cup of hot fragrant tea was placed in front of him, a soft body was pressed against his back, and gently massaged his thin shoulders. Li Yu grabbed her hand with his back, smooth and warm, this was his beloved woman.

"Pearl, I once said that I would be the queen of you in the future, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."

"I don't want to be a queen. I just hope my husband can be happy every day. I feel very uncomfortable when you have been so depressed for the past twenty days."

Li Yu pulled her in front of her, her skin was a little darker, which was why she had been with Anxi for her. She had been with her side for the past twenty days, and she just silently comforted herself with her care and tenderness every day. Without her, she might not have been able to survive this level.

He was moved and forced a smile, "Maybe the position of emperor is a luxury, because I am too overestimating my ability. I really shouldn't have such an unrealistic idea."

Shen Zhenzhu shook her head, "Mr. Lang, I know you need time to think, so I haven't advised you, but I have endured some things for more than twenty days. I have to say, do you still remember the immigrants in Anxi? They moved from the Central Plains to their families from thousands of miles away, just because they have a dream in their hearts, which makes them grit their teeth and persevere, cross thousands of mountains and rivers, cross the vast Gobi Desert, with elderly people and children, they will not give up..."

She stared at her husband gently and said to him in a firm tone: "I am not trying to give up, I hope you cheer up, just like those Anxi immigrants, stick to your dreams."

Li Yu listened silently. If it were more than twenty days ago, he would not be able to listen to these words, but now he has walked out of the desperate situation and his mentality has calmed down. His wife's words hit his heart one by one, and his eyes gradually showed a hint of shame. He was still a dignified seven-foot man, but his knowledge was not as good as a woman. He held his wife's hand and said sincerely: "You are right! I am cowardly. I have already reached this point. Is there still a way out?"

Li Yu stood up, strode to the door and shouted to the guards: "Go and invite Mr. Li Mi!"

"Haha! Is Your Highness looking for me?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Mi coming over with a smile.

He was stunned and couldn't help but look back at Chen Zhenzhu. Chen Zhenzhu said calmly: "Sir, I sent someone to find him. I know you should wake up."

Li Yu smiled gratefully and said to her again: "Pearl, pour a cup of tea for the sir."

After a moment, Chen Zhenzhu put a cup of tea in front of Li Mi. Li Mi hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Princess!"

"You guys talk, I'm going!" Chen Zhenzhu slowly retreated and closed the door casually.

"Sir, I must have heard of the court meeting!"

Li Mi nodded and smiled and said, "I have wanted to come for a long time, but the princess refused to let him go. He said you need to be alone for a while. At first I didn't understand, but now I gradually understood the princess' pain. Your Highness has been reborn in pain. Alas! With such a wife, what does your husband want!"

Li Yu was silent, and he said for a long time: "If I had that day, I would definitely make her the queen."

"Yes, what day will there be!" Li Mi comforted him confidently, "The situation is better than expected. At least the emperor did not announce his abandonment in public. Although it is not optimistic, there is still a glimmer of hope after all, and you still have a killer move in your hand!"

"Yes!" Li Yu replied heavily: "Even for this glimmer of hope, I have to persevere to the end. Now I want to trouble you sir."

"Your Highness wants me to find Li Qing?"

Li Yu walked to the table, wrote a letter quickly, sealed the mouth, and handed it to Li Mi and said, "It's just that the journey of Anxi is long, thank you sir."

A sly smile appeared in Li Mi's eyes, "Who said Li Qing is in Anxi? If I guess correctly, he should be in Longyou now."

The sky was high and the clouds were light. A carriage was walking leisurely under the blue sky under the escort of more than a dozen knights. On both sides of the official road, large scattered wheat was ripe. A gust of wind blew, like a golden wave.

Li Mi lay on the car window, admiring the golden waves of wheat intoxication. After a while, he stood up and said to the guards, "Go and ask for a wheat ear for me!"

A guard stepped forward and bowed to a farmer, said a few words. The farmer turned around and pointed to the north, then pulled out a wheat ear to him. The guard stepped forward and handed it to Li Mi, and smiled and said, "Sir, the farmer just now told me that there is a large military camp about ten miles north, with tens of thousands of people inside."

Li Mi was surprised. This place was only a hundred miles away from Fengxiang. Did Li Qing actually garrison here? It should be Li Qing. There was no other Tang army except him in the Western Regions. The information he received accidentally made him full of doubts. What was his intention to get Li Qing so close to Fengxiang?

"Change and go north!" With Li Mi's order, the carriage immediately turned to another path heading north.

After traveling for about two quarters of an hour, there was indeed a huge military camp ahead, with tall wooden fences, and white camp tents inside each one next to each other.

There is a high watchtower on the left and right sides of the camp gate. In the middle of the camp gate, a large flag flutters in the wind, with a large character "Li" printed on it.

About a thousand steps away from the camp gate, there is a thick white line. There are two words written in front of the white line, "Stop!"

Li Mi's carriage hesitated for a moment, but crossed the white line. After walking a few more steps, a whistle soared into the sky, drew an arc, nailed it to the front road of the carriage. Then the camp gate opened wide, and a team of cavalry rushed out, blocking the way of the carriage.

"You have passed the eight hundred steps, and then take another hundred steps, and kill them no matter how hard you are!"

Li Mi ordered, and immediately a guard stepped forward and bowed, "Is this the tent of General Li Qing?"

"What's wrong with you?" The captain looked at them vigilantly, without answering directly.

Li Mi took out a famous post and ordered the guard to hand it over and said, "I am the old friend of General Li Qing, and I have something urgent to come to him!"

"Please wait!"

The captain ran into the camp quickly with the famous letter. After a moment, the captain came back and bowed and said solemnly: "The general is invited, but the military camp cannot run. Please get off the car and walk."

"It's okay!" Li Mi dismounted happily and followed the captain to walk towards the camp quickly. The barracks were neat and quiet, and there seemed to be no one. The captain explained with a smile: "Brothers are all going to help collect the wheat, so they can only come back in the evening."

"Oh!" Li Mi smiled slightly. It seemed that Li Qingting would bribe the people's hearts. He looked at both sides and asked again: "Is that an empty camp now?"

However, the captain made a gloomy face because of his fault and refused to say a word again.

Soon, the group walked to the central army tent and saw a curtain lifting. Li Qing walked out with a smile, and bowed to Li Mi from a distance, saying, "Sir, since he refused to be the judge of Anxi, why didn't he tell Li Qing and ran away?"

Li Mi stepped forward and bowed, apologized: "I am not at ease with the King of Chu, so I have to leave Anxi. I am in a hurry and I have no time to resign in person to the general."

"I saw the letter from Mr. I'm a pity. It's a pity for Mr. to leave Anxi!" Li Qing said, and invited Li Mi to the big tent. The two of them were separated by the host and the guest. A personal soldier presented tea. Li Mi took a brief sip and went straight to the point, "The General must have known about the matter of the King of Chu!"

"I know everything!" Li Qing said, and took a stack of express letters from the table. This was the record sent to him by Chang'an's eyeliner every day. All the messages were provided by Li Lin, and the content was accurate and detailed.

He smiled slightly and said, "Our crown prince seems to be in trouble. I always thought he would give up on himself. Now it seems that he has survived."

"Are you not worried?"

"Worried? There's a little bit!" Li Qing smiled with a little self-deprecating smile: "After all, he is the crown prince who has paid for me. If he is finished, I have to start from scratch."

"The General is a frank person, I appreciate it!" Li Mi took out Li Yu's letter from his arms and pushed it to Li Qing and said, "Since I am here to look for the General, I naturally come to ask for help. I don't know that the General may have a clever plan to reverse the decline."

However, Li Qing did not answer his words, but used a knife to open the letter and read it carefully. The main line of the letter was also asking for help, but Li Qing was more concerned about his tone and words in the letter. From these details, he could infer his position in Li Yu's heart.

Of course, the answer was to satisfy Li Qing. Although Li Yu tried his best to discuss with him in a plain tone, he could see from his pen that his hands were trembling. Under the trembling pen, the plain tone just showed his inner fear.

He turned his faith and looked up and said decisively to Li Mi: "Of course I have to help the King of Chu, otherwise what should I do if I get close to Fengxiang and garrison?"

"Does the general think...?"

Li Mi suddenly couldn't say that almost all the 300,000 troops in Guanzhong were in Tongguan, and there were only one or two thousand Yulin troops stationed in Chang'an City. They were pampered and were not the opponent of the battle-hardened Anxi Army. If they attacked Chang'an at night, Li Qing would probably control the overall situation, but in this way, what's the difference between him and An Lushan?

"No! It shouldn't be like this. Li Qing wouldn't do such a traitor." Li Mi kept comforting himself, but if it wasn't like this, how could he explain his current intention?

Li Mi suddenly remembered something, and he looked around uneasy.

"Sir, are you looking for King Shou?" Li Qing said the subconscious for him.

Yes, what Li Mi wanted was Shou King Li Mao. Li Mao was named the Longyou Dao Observer, responsible for comprehensive defense against Tubo. In fact, he was the King of the Western Regions. Where were others? How could he tolerate ambiguous garrison like Li Qing?

He has not been seen since he entered the military camp. Maybe he is in Shanzhou! Li Mi relaxed. If he knew that Li Mao was less than a hundred steps away from him, he would have any horror expression. Unfortunately, he would not know, because Li Qing did not intend to tell him that although they are allies now, their political allies are just as worthless as prostitutes.

After all, Li Qing helped Li Yu ascend the throne to each other just to use each other. If he was as simple as a girl holding flowers, then he would be the first person Li Yu killed after he ascended the throne.

The emperor is born cold and it will be the same no matter who ascends the throne.

"King Shou collected grain in Shanzhou." Li Qing explained lightly, and his thoughts returned to the main topic. He sucked a sip of tea gently, and his face gradually became solemn. "The real threat of the King of Chu is King Yong Li Lin. Geshu Han has mastered a 300,000 army. Once he attacks, Li Lin will definitely ascend to the throne. If I guess correctly, he and Yang Guozhong have already agreed."

Li Qing walked slowly to the door of the tent with his hands behind his back, and his tone was a little desolate and helpless: "If you want to break this situation, the key is the relationship between Yang Guozhong and Ge Shuhan. This is why I led the Anxi Army to be stationed on the shore of Fengxiang."
Chapter completed!