Li Yuanji did an incredible job. He hid in the Taihang Mountains without leaking any trace of his whereabouts. If they wanted to force Li Yuanji to show up, they had no choice but to do as Li Xiuning said for the time being.
"Your Highness, if you have any news about His Royal Highness King Qi, please inform me in time." Xiao Yu handed over to Li Xiuning.
Li Xiuning nodded without hesitation: "Once there is news about Yuanji, I will immediately send someone to tell you two."
Xiao Yu nodded, and with Chen Shuda, he bowed to Li Xiuning and said, "I will leave first..."
Li Xiuning nodded slightly. Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda stood up and left Li Xiuning's residence.
As soon as he went out, Chen Shuda immediately said, "Shi Wen really wants to do what Her Royal Highness the Princess says?"
Xiao Yu tugged at his long beard and smiled bitterly, "If we don't do what Her Highness the Princess said, what else can we do? Isn't it possible to send people to Taihang to search? Taihang is so big, no matter how many people we send into the mountain, it will be in vain."
The Taihang Mountains are huge and long. Without revealing Li Yuanji's whereabouts, sending people to search for Li Yuanji in the Taihang Mountains is no different from finding a needle in a haystack.
Chen Shuda looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Do you really believe in the words of Her Highness the Princess? Do you believe that she doesn't know the whereabouts of His Highness Prince Qi at all?"
Xiao Yu asked back: "So what if you don't believe it? She refuses to say it. Can we still force it?"
No matter how you say it, Li Xiuning is Li Yuan's daughter. As Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are ministers, how can they offend her.
Chen Shuda was so shocked that he was speechless.
After a moment of silence, he frowned and said, "When we left the capital, the saint specifically told us that we must deliver the imperial edict to His Highness King Qi and watch him lead the troops to Luoyang City."
Li Yuan also knew that after he conferred the title of General Zhenyao on Li Yuanji, Li Shimin would definitely see that he had regrets.
So he asked Li Yuanji to receive the order and immediately rushed to Luoyang City.
With Li Yuanji leading the army watching from the side, Li Shimin was reluctant to go to war even if he felt unhappy.
Li Yuan's wishful thinking was sound, but he ignored Li Yuanji's attitude.
If he wants to use Li Yuanji as a chess piece, he must agree to it. If Li Yuanji doesn't agree, his work will be in vain.
"His Royal Highness King Qi obviously does not want to be influenced by the saint, what can we do?"
Xiao Yu couldn't compare Li Yuanji to a chess piece openly, so he could only use the word "left and right" to describe him.
Chen Shuda hesitated and said: "The sage told me..."
Xiao Yu glanced at Chen Shuda and sighed longly: "What the saint gave us can only be regarded as a confession. After all, if His Highness King Qi doesn't show up, we can't do anything."
Chen Shuda said: "Can't we start with Her Highness the Princess?" Chen Shuda always felt that Li Xiuning must know Li Yuanji's whereabouts.
Xiao Yu glanced at Chen Shuda and said meaningfully: "How to start, use a hard one that cannot be used, or a soft one? So what if we have tried our best to force His Highness King Qi out? What good will it do to you and me?"
Chen Shuda was stunned. Apart from completing Li Yuan's order, there seemed to be no benefit.
The most Li Yuan could do was follow the usual practice and give them some money, grain and land to repay them for their hard work.
Xiao Yu said again in a serious tone: "Since forcing His Highness King Qi out will not do you or me any good, why should we offend others?"
Chen Shuda looked at Xiao Yu in shock. Was Xiao Yu trying to persuade him to pretend to be deaf and dumb?
Xiao Yu seemed to have not seen Chen Shuda's expression and continued: "The Saint loves the Crown Prince, Princess Pingyang, King Qin and King Qi very much. When they make mistakes, the Saint just gets angry and will not really punish them. So Qi Even if His Royal Highness resists the decree, he is still the King of Qi. If we force King Qi out forcefully, we will offend King Qi to death. Princess Pingyang seems to have a good relationship with King Qi now, so we are very likely to Princess Pingyang was also offended. The saint's purpose of conferring King Qi as General Zhenyao this time was for King Qin. So King Qi received the imperial edict and showed up in Luoyang City, it is very likely that we will also offend King Qin. We will be offended all at once The three of them, if the three of them make things difficult for us, the saint will only turn to them."
Chen Shuda frowned.
Li Yuan loves Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji's brothers and sisters. This is known to both the government and the public.
When Li Yuanji was in Chang'an City, Li Yuan was so angry that he jumped off his feet, but Li Yuan didn't do anything to him. If it had been anyone else, the grass would probably have grown on the grave.
Therefore, what Xiao Yu said is indeed reasonable.
Xiao Yu suddenly smiled, looked at Chen Shuda and said, "Of course, if Brother Zicong becomes a disciple of the prince, then just pretend that I didn't say anything."
Chen Shuda's expression changed greatly, "Shi Wen, please don't harm me." Although the prince is the crown prince, he is only the crown prince.
They are Li Yuan's confidants, and they can only have one name on their heads, and that is Li Yuan. They must not favor the prince. "Hahaha..." Xiao Yu was amused by Chen Shuda's frightened expression and laughed loudly.
Chen Shuda glared at Xiao Yu angrily. He probably understood what Xiao Yu meant.
Xiao Yu just asked him to follow the rules without putting in too much effort.
Anyway, if Li Yuanji doesn't show up, no matter how hard they try, it will be useless.
Xiao Yu's attitude towards this matter was slightly different from when he left Beijing. It should be that when he went to see Li Xiuning just now, Xiao Yu was touched by Li Xiuning's words.
There are good and bad aspects to this matter. The good thing is that Xiao Yu can change his attitude because of Li Xiuning's words.
It shows that in Xiao Yu's heart, he still misses the old relationship, and he can feel more at ease if he associates with Xiao Yu.
The bad thing is that he and Xiao Yu failed to complete the tasks assigned by Li Yuan, and Li Yuan will definitely punish them.
However, compared to being targeted by Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, and Li Xiuning's three sisters, Li Yuan's punishment seemed a bit insignificant.
They completed the tasks assigned by Li Yuan, but it was not their fault that they failed to complete them.
Li Yuan wouldn't go so far as to kill them for this matter. At most, he would just scold them and fine them a salary.
"Then according to Shiwen's wishes, what should we do now?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Chen Shuda understood Xiao Yu's thoughts clearly, he glanced at Xiao Yu and asked.
Seeing that Chen Shuda had understood what he was thinking, Xiao Yu said with a smile: "I will go and deliver a letter to the saint, and you will read out other decrees?"
Chen Shuda nodded thoughtfully.
No matter how you say it, Xiao Yu is a relative of Li Yuan, and he and Li Yuan are also friends.
If he were to report the matter to Li Yuan, even if Li Yuan was angry and wanted to get angry, his anger would not be too great.
"Then just follow what Shiwen said."
Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda discussed it and returned to where they were staying together.
Xiao Yu began to write a letter to Li Yuan, explaining the details of Weize Pass. Chen Shuda ordered the accompanying Heavenly Officials of the Ministry of Rites to make preparations and began to announce the decree to others.
The Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites ordered people to set up the guard of honor and informed Li Xiuning.
Li Xiuning immediately took Li Zhongwen and others to set up an incense case outside Weizeguan Guanyamen.
Chen Shuda led the Heavenly Officials of the Ministry of Rites, held the imperial edict, and rushed to the gate of the Guan Yamen amidst the sound of drums. After Li Xiuning and others knelt down on one knee, Chen Shuda began to read out the imperial edict.
Li Yuanji is not here, so let’s start with Luo Shixin.
Chen Shuda read out the letters one by one, and Luo Shixin, Li Zhongwen and others came forward one by one to receive the order and express their gratitude.
In addition to changing their official titles, Li Yuan also gave some of them some houses, property, mules, horses, and maidservants.
For someone like Su Dingfang, who was newly conquered and had no place to live in Chang'an City, Li Yuan generously gave him a large-scale Duke's Mansion, a lot of land, mules and horses, and thousands of servants.
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The property of the house and property could not be delivered on the spot and could only be given to Su Dingfang and others in the form of documents.
After Su Dingfang and others returned to Chang'an City, they only needed to take the documents to the relevant yamen to receive everything Li Yuan rewarded.
Li Yuan took the reward of meritorious soldiers very seriously and sent many people to keep an eye on it, but no one dared to covet the rewards of the soldiers.
Especially for someone like Su Dingfang, who was named a Duke and could attend court meetings and meet Li Yuan, no one dared to covet his rewards.
After the decree of awarding the award was read out, Chen Shuda removed the angel's guard of honor, and Wei Ze's family immediately burst into joy.
In the previous battle at Weize Pass, everyone in Weize Pass contributed, so everyone had a share of Li Yuan's reward.
Li Yuan's reward was very generous this time, so the soldiers were very happy.
When the soldiers were rejoicing, Li Xiuning ordered a three-day celebration, and the soldiers cheered even louder.
Immediately, without anyone giving any orders, the Huotou Army men and a group of strong men unloaded the wine and meat loaded on the cart and began to cook the meat and share the wine.
The soldiers gathered together in small groups, drank wine and ate meat, and happily shared the rewards they had received with their comrades.
Someone did some statistics and found that this time Li Yuan added one duke to the household, promoted two dukes, one duke, two princes, four county princes, and eleven county uncles.
, sixty-six county sons.
There are countless other rewards, which can be said to be quite generous. When Wei Ze was celebrating at the gate.
Luo Shixin, Su Dingfang and others found an excuse to get together and rushed to the courtyard where Li Xiuning lived.
In this battle at Weize Pass, the biggest hero was their lord Li Yuanji (Li Yuanji was the leader of Weize Pass, and it can be said that Li Yuanji shared all the credit for the Weize Pass).
However, Li Yuanji was not there when the decree of award was read out, and the angel who announced the decree did not read out the decree about Li Yuanji's reward. Luo Shixin and others felt something was wrong.
So instead of celebrating heartlessly like other soldiers, he went to Li Xiuning and wanted to find out more.
Three princes, a county prince, and several princes came to visit together.
Naturally, Li Xiuning would not neglect him. He asked Luo Shixin and others to sit down, and after ordering them to serve wine and meat, he spoke slowly.
"You came to me because you want to know why the angel didn't read out the decree about awarding Yuan Ji, right?