Chapter 93 The Emperor's Move
Qin Mubai has always been a very confident person. Whether in his previous life or this life, among the people he comes into contact with, no one has given him such a strong sense of oppression. Although Li Shimin's expression is very calm now and his words are not sharp, Qin Mubai clearly felt that a murderous intent began to spread around him. Just like a game of chess, it looks calm on the surface, but in fact, it is a hidden trick. It's like two masters fighting against each other. No one has moved, but no one dares to show any flaws at this time. Otherwise, the other party will kill with one blow and lose.
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, it's true!
"Your Majesty wants to ask how this matter will end... Weichen is virtuous and incompetent, and I can't think of any wonderful plan to share your majesty's worries." Qin Mubai thought about it again and again and said, "But Weichen has the stupidest and most direct way to solve this problem."
"Tell me."
"Kill Weichen." Qin Mubai held his fist and said calmly.
Li Shimin's eyebrows finally shrugged, and his expression changed slightly.
"What's wrong with you? Do you want me to kill you?"
"I'm innocent, but I'm wrong." Qin Mubai said, "The existence of me has affected the marriage arranged by His Majesty for the princess. If I don't die, Her Royal Highness will have an excuse not to marry her will. Your Majesty's decree has been issued. If the princess and Fang's love can't get married, they will extremely damage the king's prestige and lose the royal face. If you are a minister, you should share your worries. In particular, as a hundred horsemen, Weichen is a matter of maintaining the dignity of the royal family and defending His Majesty's Longwei. Therefore, your majesty executed Weichen, which is the right place.
After listening to this, Li Shimin didn't say anything for a long time. The dragon's eyes were like a torch, his eyes were like a knife, and he stared straight at Qin Mubai.
"You're wrong, Mu Bai." After a long time, Li Shimin said, "I remember that Wei Zheng once said that kings and ministers should help each other and have the same meaning. If you don't talk about doing things impartially and just avoiding suspicion, then the rise and fall of the country may not be known. He asked me to make him a good minister rather than a loyal minister. I asked him, what is the difference between a loyal minister and a good minister? Wei Zheng replied at that time that the minister made himself a good name, made the monarch a Ming king, and the descendants one after another, and the blessings were boundless. He was a good minister; he was killed, and the monarch was reduced to a tyrant, and his family and country were lost. It was empty, and it was a loyal minister.
After saying that, Li Shimin paused and said, "Do you want me to kill you and fulfill your life to take the name of loyalty and patriot, but do you want me to become a tyrant and a faint king?"
"This... this is really not what I wanted." Qin Mubai bowed his head and arched his hand to plead guilty, "Weichen Lu is blunt. I really can't think of any other way."
Li Shimin came out of the imperial desk with his hands behind his back. He walked a few steps to Qin Mubai and patted him on the shoulder: "Mubai, you are very capable, young, handsome and unrestrained, and inadvertently please women. This is human. Knowing his daughter, Mo Ruo's father, Gao Yang deliberately claimed that you didn't marry, but in fact, he had ulterior motives. To put it bluntly, you are just used by her, and everything is just out of helplessness.
"My emperor is holy!" Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and held his fist heavily.
"She can use you, or she can use other people, any other man." Li Shimin sighed, withdrew his hand and continued to pace, saying, "No wonder, I have spoiled her for so many years. In fact, this world belongs to me and belongs to the Li family; but on the other hand, I and the people of the Li family are also from the world. Including me, all royal families must have the awareness of making sacrifices at all times. I just betrothed Princess Gaoyang to the son of a loyal minister, but are there still fewer princesses who have married the envoy and relatives of Fanbang from ancient times to the present? They are also making sacrifices for the imperial power community. Gao Yang, she didn't think of this. She just thought that I didn't want her and wanted to reward her as an object. In fact, I have always regarded her as my heart. But the daughter will eventually get married and can't stay with her parents all her life. I'm marrying her to Fang Xuanling now. It's better than marrying her far away from Panbang, right?
Qin Mubai's heart moved and said tentatively, "Is there a state coming to ask your majesty for marriage?" ...Your Majesty forgives me. This is a national event, and I shouldn't have asked."
"It's okay to tell you. It's true." Li Shimin smiled helplessly, "If Gao Yang had half of your awareness and intelligence, I wouldn't be so worried. Last year, the Tang Dynasty just calmed down Tuyuhun. Although he won, he himself was seriously depleted. The lack of food and fodder is needed for armaments, and the number of troops is even more scarce. Tuyuhun is a must-have place between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and its geographical location is very important. In order to win some time to operate vigorously in Tuyu, I verbally promised Tubo Zanpu's invitation. But among my daughters, either they are already married, or they are still young, and only Gao Yang is about to reach the age to be married. Therefore, I betrothed her to the Fang family as soon as possible, so that the Tubo people would take the opportunity to blackmail me and ask me for Gao Yang. But Gao Yang didn't understand my intention and thought I didn't love her and didn't want her anymore.
"Oh, I try my best to be a son, pity the hearts of parents all over the world. But Your Majesty, why don't you explain this layer directly to the princess? Qin Mubai said.
"I tried my best to be my son. I feel sorry for my parents all over the world. That's a good thing! ... Gao Yang is still young and doesn't understand the military events of these countries. I don't want her to know too much about this situation, so as not to make her think that she is forced to marry into a house, which will have a negative impact on her future life. Li Shimin said, "I only hope that she will marry naturally and leave her parents and marry into her husband's family like all the daughters in the world. I don't want her marriage to be colored. But I didn't expect that Gao Yang would be so disgusted with Fang Yu's love. Mu Bai, maybe I'm really wrong."
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with it?" Qin Mubai said.
"No, I ignored one thing, and I ignored human nature." Li Shimin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I selected hundreds of riders to guard the palace to protect the safety of the royal family. But I ignored one thing - when Gao Yang came into contact with such an excellent young talent like you, would he still look at Fang's love? She was at the age of the beginning of love. Which girl at this time is not pregnant? She knew you first, and then she gradually fell in love with you. I heard that I'm going to marry her to Fang Yuai... Compared with the two, everyone knows how to choose. Gao Yang is unwilling to marry Fang Yuai like this. In fact, it is also human's normal! Therefore, my mistake is that I should not let Gao Yang touch you, or even choose Baiqi as the royal guard.
"Your Majesty, you are right. You are also completely for the sake of the safety of the princes." Qin Mubai said, "It's just... fate is a trick!" Weichen is also very helpless. Now, Weichen is willing to ask His Majesty to remove the position of Weichen Baiqishi and transfer to Yuanren Prefecture to leave the sight of Princess Gaoyang.
Li Shimin's expression was slightly stagnant and he said lightly, "Let's discuss this matter again. At present, things have come to this point, and it can't be solved by transfering you away. The key is that Gao Yang's heart knot must be untied. You still need to tie the bell to untie the bell, Mu Bai, please try to do me this favor! I'm begging you in the name of a father now.
"Weichen dare not! Your Majesty has an order, and I should obey it. Qin Mubai arched his hand and said, "I just don't know what your majesty wants to do?"
"Go and persuade Gao Yang to marry into the house willingly." Li Shimin said, "I told you so much just now to let you understand the reason for this. You are a smart person and should know how to convince Gao Yang. There are some words that I can't say to Gao Yang, but it's convenient for you.
"Weichen knows. But Weichen is not sure. At most... he can only have a try. Qin Mubai said.
"Well, I won't force you. This kind of thing is really reluctant to come." Li Shimin frowned and said, "I don't want this matter to continue to be big, which will damage the prestige of the royal family. If Gao Yang really refuses to marry into the house... Then really, he can only wait to marry into such a wild place as Tubo!"
"Weichen knows what to do..." Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and held his fist to lead the promise.
"Go ahead!" Li Shimin came over, patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "What I just told you is something from the bottom of my heart. I didn't say these words to the concubines and prime ministers. Since I appointed you as a knight, I have regarded you as the most trustworthy minister. Especially these days, you have taken care of Phennu and Yanzi so well that I regard you as a member of the family in my heart. I have to leave this kind of housework to you.
"I would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness and trust. He will do his best to share his worries for His Majesty." Qin Mubai held his fist and said in a low voice.
"Well, okay." Li Shimin smiled a little tiredly and nodded, "If you are free these two days, go to the Xianju Hall to visit Gaoyang. I'm waiting for your good news."
"Yes. Weichen quit!"
Walking out of the imperial study, Qin Mubai found that the robe under his armor was already soaked. I don't know whether it's because of the hot weather or the cold sweat that I just faced under the heavy murder.
Fortunately, I took the initiative to die and broke this layer of window paper. If it were a person who was afraid of death, he would definitely kowtow to beg for mercy in that case. In this way, it will only convince Li Shimin that he really has an affair with Princess Gaoyang. Using his position to blashem and mess up the harem is really enough to kill the head.
It's just that Qin Mubai didn't expect that Li Shimin would send himself to persuade Princess Gaoyang... He still needs to tie the bell to untie the bell. This move is really awesome!
No matter whether I can persuade Gao Yang or not, the emperor asked me to be a lobbyist, which undoubtedly made his position clear, just like saying to Gao Yang - don't fantasize! Even if you don't marry your love, it's impossible to marry Qin Mubai!
At the same time, it also showed that the emperor saw through Gao Yang's scheming. She was not determined to marry Qin Mubai, but found an excuse to kill people and used Qin Mubai.
In addition, Li Shimin threw out the excuse of "procraving marriage" again, which is another killer. If he talks about this matter to Gao Yang, it is a threat and inducement; if it is conveyed by the mouth of Qin Mubai, it is to talk about a father's hardships, and the meanings of the two are completely different.
Thinking of these, Qin Mubai couldn't help sighing secretly: If it were a faint king or a tyrant, maybe I would really fall to the ground at this time. Li Shimin's skills in dealing with things are really amazing! The observation is comprehensive, careful and safe, and it is simply seamless!