Chapter 58 Daddy General

A farce happened suddenly, but it was so thrilling at the end that it was unexpected.

The remaining soldiers were stunned for a moment. They looked at Qin Mubai's bloody wrist and asked in a low voice, "General, are you all right?"

"Sentinel! Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't look at what you shouldn't. Qin Mubai said in a low voice.

"No." Several soldiers hurried back to their seats and stood up without squint.

Soon, a few soldiers who had just gone to see off the maid of honor came back. In return, the four maids of honor had been taken into the military prison of Baiqi, waiting for the emperor's personal judgment.

Qin Mubai thought in his heart that this Princess Gaoyang was as young as a little wolf. From the analysis of her historical behavior, what moral rules are floating clouds for her. If you want to reason with her, I'm afraid it's the cow playing the piano. It's better to offend a gentleman than a villain, let alone a "little woman" like Princess Gaoyang. We have to find a way to resolve this crisis, otherwise the little girl is always thinking about revenge. Although she is not afraid of anything, it will always be a headache.

That's all. Let's report to the emperor truthfully!

As he was thinking about it, a eunuch walked lightly to Qin Mubai and whispered, "General Qin, your majesty announced you!"

"Your Majesty is awake?"

"I woke up early..." The eunuch smiled and seemed to laugh strangely.

Qin Mubai's heart was blocked: Is it possible that the emperor had already woken up and witnessed the farce just now? ...What a heart!

There was nothing he could do. Qin Mubai had to go to the imperial study.

Li Shimin sat on the couch as usual, holding a book in his hand and reading quietly. After Qin Mubai entered the salute, he put down his book and smiled. He didn't say anything. He waved to him, which meant that he would come forward.

Qin Mubai took a few steps forward, but Li Shimin still smiled strongly, pointing to Qin Mubai's injured wrist and signaling him to lift up and stretch forward. Qin Mubai smiled bitterly and had to stretch out his wrist.

Li Shimin picked up Qin Mubai's hand and took a closer look at the two rows of blood-stained tooth marks on the back of Da Mu's finger. He couldn't help laughing: "This Gao Yang has been so obedient since I haven't seen her for two months. It seems that I really ignored her discipline! - Does it hurt?"

Qin Mubai couldn't laugh or cry: "It turns out that Your Majesty knows it... Weichen is guilty, please plead guilty."

"What's wrong with you?" Li Shimin smiled a little awkwardly. He gently scratched his forehead with his fingers, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "My precious daughter has been spoiled by me since I was a child. In the past, it was at most a little naughty and lively, and at most did some pranks to tease the palace eunuchs. I didn't expect that it has evolved to this extent now. Even my imperial general dares to bite... Oh, if this comes out, where will my face go?"

Qin Mubai was such a smart man. He quickly arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty is too worried. Hundreds of cavalry generals and soldiers are well-trained to guard the military order and never dare to reveal anything.

Li Shimin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, it's you... Well, let's stop this matter, and I'll teach the girl a hard lesson later. The weather is hot. Don't be careless about your injuries. Human teeth are also poisonous, especially in such a hot season. Well, you have been resting in the barracks recently, and I will send a royal doctor to treat you with medicine. Don't leave any ugly tooth marks. If Shubao and his wife see it, I don't know how to explain it to them... Hey, Gao Yang, a wild girl, do everything that makes me ashamed!"

So isn't my vacation was ruined?

Qin Mubai's heart was blocked, and he was very unhappy. On second thought, the emperor must have ulterior motives in this arrangement. This kind of small injury is not even trivial to the people of the military. He deliberately made such a fuss. There must be another plan!

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Qin Mubai obediently bowed his hand to thank him.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Mu Bai, do you know what I like best about you?"

"Well, this... Weichen Lu Lu, I don't know."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "I just like your frankness and unpretentious. If you were an ordinary minister, you must have said no just now, but you answered in one bite. In fact, I am also from the military. To put it bluntly, I am also a straightforward and fierce temperament, but I have to restrain after becoming the emperor. I like a boy like you from the bottom of my heart, just like when I was young.

"Your Majesty is too false. How can Weichen be as good as your majesty?" Qin Mubai quickly arched his hand and replied.

"Haha, I just praised you, and I'm pretentious again." Li Shimin smiled and blinked his eyes a few times as if he was thinking about something. He was silent for a moment and said, "In addition to recuperating your wounds during this period, you can go to the Penglai Hall of Daming Palace more often when you are free."

"Penglai Hall?" Qin Mubai was slightly stunned: Isn't that where Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang, live? After the death of the Empress Changsun, Li Shimin set a precedent and kept the pair of young children left by the Empress Changsun to raise them in person. Every day, in addition to handling government affairs in Taiji Palace, the emperor is here to accompany the little brother and sister. Perhaps out of his love and regret for the Empress Changsun, Li Shimin's doting on the brother and sister who lost their mother since childhood can't be added.

"That's right, it's Penglai Hall." Li Shimin said, "Phennu (Li Zhi's nickname) and Yanzi (Li Mingda's nickname) are very young, so they have no mother. I took them to the harem and brought them to raise them in person out of helplessness. Because of their mother's early death, I have to be often busy with military and state affairs, and I don't have much time to accompany them, so they have become more and more timid and ** recently. I heard from the palace people that when I was away, the little brother and sister often cried. Every time I think of this, my heart is like a knife. Therefore, I would like to ask you to spend some time with them.

"This, this..." Qin Mubai had a big head for a while - didn't this make me a dad? Damn, I don't have any expertise in this area!

"Ha ha, don't get me wrong." Li Shimin smiled and said, "I don't regard you as that kind of eunuch servant and let you serve them. What I mean is that you are so versatile. On the one hand, you can accompany Phennu to read and write, and on the other hand, you can teach bullets and pipas and so on. In short, try to distract them as much as possible, and don't let them always think of the pain of losing their mother. In addition, you are a general. Kong Wu is powerful and upright, and the children also feel safe around you. This is not comparable to those old-fashioned teachers and Confucian students and submissive eunuchs. I also hope that my cowardly and timid character can be changed under the influence of my precious children. The impact of childhood on life is undoubtedly the greatest. That's why I thought of you."

Qin Mubai really can't laugh or cry now: What the hell, do you really want me to be a dad? Well, Baiqishi is really not so good. To put it bluntly, he is the emperor's personal bodyguard. Now he is going to protect his two young sons... But then again, it seems that Li Zhi finally became the emperor in history, right? If the current history goes on as usual, and Li Zhilong will become a treasure in the future, won't I still be able to get some light now? Moreover, the emperor has ordered it. Can I refuse it? All right!

"Weichen should obey!" Qin Mubai was no longer vague and bowed with his fists.

"Okay, that's good." Li Shimin nodded and smiled, "I look at the government and the field, and you are the only one who is the most suitable to accompany Phennu and Yanzi. But you don't have to misunderstand. I'm not going to step down from your post. For the ten days and a half months of your recuperation, you just need to take time to accompany them during the day. When I go back to the harem in the evening, you can go back to rest. We will see what happens after this period of time. If they respond well to you, I will officially appoint you as the 'King of Jin Fu'.

"This... I dare not be this Weichen!" Qin Mubai hurriedly said, "Weichen just wants to do his best to be a good knight. Protecting the prince and princess is also a matter of Weichen, and I dare not expect to live in the position of Wang Fu.

Wang Fu is the nominal teacher of the prince. In the Zhenguan Dynasty, the members of the court usually serve concurrently. Even if the prince who opened the palace (such as Li Ke), Wang Fu does not need to take office in the palace, so it is mostly an honorary title. However, the prince must treat Wang Fu with "teacher etiquette", and Wang Fu also has the power and qualification to persuade and admonish the prince. Moreover, the grade of the title of Wang Fu is still a little high - from the third grade, it is only half a level lower than the six Shangshu and the twelve guard generals!

"Ha ha, let's discuss this matter again. Don't worry. You come to Penglai Hall to see me after Xinshi tonight, and I will introduce you to them first. You don't have to pay attention to Gaoyang's matter. I will deal with it myself. Li Shimin picked up Qin Mubai's wrist and took a look at it again. He said with concern, "Go and take medicine to treat the injury. You can leave the matter here to the deputy. I'm really moved to see that you are so busy every day. Now, there are not many practical and conscientious young people like you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will leave." After saluteing, Qin Mubai withdrew from the imperial study. Looking at the tooth marks on my hand, I really couldn't laugh or cry, and I cursed a few times in my heart.

Thinking about it, Li Shimin suddenly let himself go to the harem to take care of Li Zhi and Li Mingda today. I'm afraid it's not a momentary idea. It should have been brewing for a long time. Long before the establishment of Baiqi, Qin Mubai listened to Li Ke. The reason why the emperor wanted to build a new pro-xun force was that once, a man in the imperial palace of the imperial army broke into the harem on a mad horse and almost bumped into Li Zhi and Li Mingda.

That is to say, the emperor formed the army of Baiqi, which was largely for Li Zhi and Li Mingda. It's just that he didn't expect that Qin Mubai had built this army so elite, which was far beyond his expectation. Perhaps all he wanted was a group of loyal and reliable soldiers, that's all.

Through careful observation over the past two months, Li Shimin probably decided that I, Qin Mubai, was trustworthy and asked me to try to take care of and protect the Li Zhi brothers and sisters. So today, I took advantage of Princess Gaoyang's little farce to give me a holiday and asked me to go to Li Zhi's new work unit for a few days.

"Go and go. The harem is boundless in spring. I don't know how eye-catching it is. Besides, there is nothing wrong with being a father to the future emperor. At this point, Qin Mubai could only comfort himself like this.