Chapter 188 The Emperor and the Princess

The carriages and horses went all the way to the Jiangxia Palace, walking slowly and leisurely. Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang sat in the car, whispering, and the driver and maidservant sitting in front of them couldn't help laughing.

"Hone with me, don't **!"

"Hey hey, Mu Bai, your body is so strong! Is it polished by practicing martial arts every day?

"Don't have nothing to say, excuse yourself!"

"Wow! What is this hard thing? Play with me for a while!"

The driver and the maidservant couldn't help laughing, and then heard Qin Mubai roaring in the carriage--

"...My hundred riders use the token! Give it back to me!"

The two of them were having a good time. Suddenly, they heard someone in front of them shouting, "Stop!"

Qin Mubai took a look at the car window. It was still some distance from the gate of the king of Jiangxia. Why did he stop? Moreover, Li Ke also got out of the car and was walking this way. He went straight to the car of the two of them and stepped on the car and walked into the car.

"Your Highness, why don't you leave?" Qin Mubai asked.

Li Ke frowned, looked at Princess Gaoyang strangely, and said, "It's weird. The father's driver was actually placed in front of the uncle's house, and there were also the imperial guards of the brigade.

"That's not going!" Princess Gaoyang's face darkened and she said without hesitation, "I don't want to see him!"

Qin Mubai and Li Ke looked at each other and looked embarrassed. Li Ke went under the car and said, "I'll leave it to you."

Princess Gaoyang turned her head reflexively and stared at Qin Mubai angrily: "Don't talk about me. If you don't go, you won't go!"

"I haven't spoken yet. Do you know what I want to say?" Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Huh! ...You and the third brother always get together to bully me!" Princess Gaoyang pouted and muttered, "The King of Jiangxia is also bad! Knowing that I was on bad terms with him, I invited us to dinner and called him here. It's really disappointing! No, no, no. Didn't you promise to take me hunting yesterday? Let's turn to Zhongnan Mountain now!"

"Linger, don't you want to marry me?" Qin Mubai suddenly said.

"Of course not!" Princess Gaoyang hurriedly shouted, "Why did you suddenly say such words?"

"Then you and the emperor have been so stiff. How can you marry me?" Qin Mubai said, "The daughter of the common people is still the decision of her parents in marriage. As the princess of the Tang Dynasty, can you play with your marriage? Obviously, King Jiangxia did not invite us to have a family dinner at will yesterday. Maybe it was arranged by the emperor on purpose. Since your majesty has arranged this, he means to take the initiative to make up with you. He is an elder, an emperor, and he has taken the initiative to reconcile with you. How can you be so ignorant and not appreciate him?

Princess Gaoyang still bulged her mouth and lowered her head aggrievedly, but didn't say anything.

Qin Mubai took her in his arms and gently stroked her back. He said softly, "Well, don't worry about the past. At that time, His Majesty was also unable to get off the tiger. In desperation, he actually had difficulties. After all, your father still loves you. Otherwise, according to his nature... Aren't you and I already broken to pieces?"

"If you say so, I also want to thank him for showing mercy and not killing us?" Princess Gaoyang said sourly.

"You just like to drill into the tip of the bull's horns." Qin Mubai smiled, kissed her on the face and said softly, "Good boy, go and reconcile with the emperor, okay? I bet that His Majesty still loves you in his heart. Even if you don't believe him, you should believe me, right? Well, even if you really don't want to talk to him, just think of it as for me and wrong yourself once, okay?

"What do you say for you?" Princess Gaoyang blushed, smiled, held Qin Mubai's face and kissed back, and bit his ear mischievously and asked.

"Aren't I asking the emperor for permission to transfer me now?" Qin Mubai said, "I can't tell you about this for a while. In a word, if I continue to stay in the capital, I'm afraid there will be some big trouble; if the transfer can be smoothly, there will be all kinds of benefits. But if you don't reconcile with the emperor, he won't treat me as a son-in-law, and maybe he won't allow it. Do you understand?"

"Well, I'm willing to do anything for you!" Princess Gaoyang grinned and showed a pair of naughty little tiger teeth. "Although I really hate him a little... but this time, let's be wronged!"

After saying that, Princess Gaoyang walked to the door of the carriage and said to the maidservant, "Go and send a message to the king of Wu that I agreed."

Soon after, the carriages and horses continued to move forward and finally stopped in front of the palace of the King of Jiangxia.

The three got out of the car and entered the house together. Some government officials have welcomed them here and led them in together.

The king of Jiangxia's mansion in Chang'an is much more magnificent and beautiful than the family in Jinzhou. I heard that this was personally supervised by Li Daozong in order to show the founding of Li Daozong, the meritorious official of the royal family. Its scale and momentum are not inferior to that of the palace.

The emperor is really here. Along the way, there were imperial guards. Of course, most of them were hundreds of cavalry soldiers that Qin Mubai was familiar with. The three of them entered together. When they arrived at the main hall, they saw Li Shimin sitting on the main seat and Li Daozong sitting in the second seat. Both of them raised their eyes and looked at this side.

"Your Majesty, they are coming." Li Daozong whispered.

"I saw it." Li Shimin raised his head and narrowed his eyes, with a look of expectation and hope on his face. He muttered, "My Linger looks good!"

"That's it." Li Daozong smiled softly, "It's still the same naughty as before."

"That's good, that's good!" Li Shimin nodded with a smile, and his love was revealed.

Qin Mubai and Li Ke entered the main hall, did not squint, and bowed to the emperor first.

Only Princess Gaoyang, a pair of phoenix eyes, just didn't look at Li Shimin. After looking at Qin and Li, she reluctantly bowed down slowly and hummed strangely, "Song, my father! May my father's hegemony be forever young!"

King Jiangxia smiled and said, "Gao Yang, who taught you this strange tone?"

"It's not that I haven't read a book. Do I still need to be taught these things?" Princess Gaoyang didn't wait for the imperial order to give her to her lower body, so she stood up first, walked to the king of Jiangxia, sat down next to him, scratched his armpit, and said with a smile, "Uncle and uncle, what delicious food have you prepared for us today?"

Li Shimin may have seen that Princess Gaoyang was a little distracted and didn't say a word, so Li Ke and Qin Mubai were still worshipping on the ground. When the two saw Princess Gaoyang's frivolous and grotesque behavior, they grinned bitterly, and the black line was about to be drawn on their foreheads.

"Cough!" Li Shimin coughed softly. Princess Gaoyang pretended to be frightened. She hurried back and knelt down and said, "The emperor's death, I forgot that my father is here!" Father, don't be angry. If you cut off the emperor's head, you will never grow a head again.

Everyone's hearts were twisted, and Li Shimin's face trembled slightly, but he quickly restrained this unhappiness and smiled and said, "Don't be rude! There is no need to be polite for today's family banquet.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Ke and Qin Mubai stood up, and Princess Gaoyang was still kneeling in a tze. Li Ke was a little annoyed. He came forward and lifted her up and scolded in a low voice, "I can't afford to ask you to get up. It's obviously playing treasure!" Don't be so rude to your father!"

"Kier, what are you doing!" Li Shimin suddenly became anxious and scolded, "Let her go!"

Li Shimin's rebuke made the scene suddenly silent. Princess Gaoyang was also a little stunned for a moment. She looked at Li Shimin in a daze without blinking.

Li Ke hurriedly flashed to the side and said, "I'm rude, please forgive me!"

Li Shimin sighed, got up and walked to Princess Gaoyang, who was still kneeling. He bent down, stroked her shoulder with both hands and patted her gently, and said, "Linger, get up!"

Qin Mubai and others have never heard such a voice as Li Shimin. Just now, Junwei was scolding Li Ke infinitely. In a flash, his voice revealed a lot of love and concern, as well as a trace of fatigue, sadness and loss.

A short sentence and six words reveal Li Shimin's complicated mood at this moment.

Princess Gaoyang's body trembled slightly. She looked up and looked at Li Shimin a little crazy. She opened her mouth and seemed to want to speak, but she couldn't say a word.

Li Shimin simply squatted down and faced Princess Gaoyang. He looked at her kindly and concernedly and asked softly, "Ling'er, what do you want to say to your father? Except for calling me a demon... You haven't talked to me for months."

"I, I..." Princess Gaoyang's face was a little pale, and her lips trembled a little. Her bright eyes looked at Li Shimin, and there seemed to be smoke and rain flowing slightly.

"That's all. Don't say it if you don't want to say it. Just get up." After saying that, Li Shimin stretched out his arms to hold her up.

"Father!--" Princess Gaoyang suddenly called loudly, threw herself into Li Shimin's arms and cried bitterly!

"Good boy, Linger good boy! Don't cry, don't cry!" Li Shimin also held Princess Gaoyang tightly in his arms.

Li Daozong waved his hand, and the guards outside the hall all withdrew a hundred steps away.

"Woo-woo-hoo - father, father!" Princess Gaoyang, with a pair of small hands, tightly pulled his dragon robe behind Li Shimin and cried hysterically.

Li Shimin's eyes seemed to be a little tingling, and they were faintly red. Due to the large number of people present, he took a deep breath to suppress the impulse to shed tears, but smiled, "Ling'er, don't be naughty. Stop crying, okay? Look, your Uncle Jiangxia is laughing at you and crying!"

"He is a bad little old man, ignore him! ...Woo-woo!" Princess Gaoyang still cried loudly.

"Haha!" Li Daozong, Qin Mubai and others laughed loudly.

Li Shimin teased, and the smile of Qin Mubai and others just eased the sad and embarrassing atmosphere at the scene, and suddenly became much more relaxed and casual.

Princess Gao Yang also laughed with tears in her eyes. She embarrassedly got out of Li Shimin's arms and covered her face and hurriedly wiped her tears.

"Okay, go down and dress up. Look at you, the powder is all over your face, hehe!" Li Shimin smiled and picked up Princess Gaoyang from the ground and took a long breath.

Princess Gaoyang smiled with an embarrassed "hey hey" and covered her face. However, he deliberately broke through Qin Mubai's side. At the moment when the emperor turned around and didn't pay attention, he deliberately put his elbow on Qin Mubai. His little hand showed a crack and blinked at her.

Qin Mubai grinned, and his heart admired Princess Gaoyang's superb acting skills.

Li Shimin then returned to his position and said with a self-deprecating smile, "Let you laugh."

"Today's family banquet, your majesty licks the heart, and Linger's true feelings are revealed, which actually makes me admire!" Li Daozong said with a smile.

"That's all, I won't mention it." Li Shimin waved his hand and smiled, quite helpless, and said, "This Linger has been naughty since she was a child. It's also my fault that I spoiled her - well, Ke'er, Mu Bai, you don't have to be polite, sit down!"

"Thank you for giving me a seat!" Then the two of them sat down in turn.

"It is rare for the King of Jiangxia to return to the capital. Today, I have a special visit, and I also intend to get together with you." Li Shimin smiled and said, "Kier, Mu Bai, don't blame the King of Jiangxia. I specially told him not to tell you in advance that I want to come."

"Ha ha!" Li Daozong smiled and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious. It's just an ordinary family banquet!"

"Yes, that's right." Li Shimin also smiled and said, "I haven't been together with my emperor's friends for some days. By the way, Mu Bai, go out and send an order to the soldiers and ask them to send someone to the harem and pick up the child slave and the son. I set out from Wude Hall, and he forgot them for a moment.

"Weichen will go there in person." Qin Mubai got up and said. I think, Li Shimin is deliberately trying to get me away. They are easy to talk about!

"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you for a trip." Li Shimin smiled and said, "The two of them miss you so much!"

"Weichen is leaving now." Qin Mubai then bid farewell to the emperor and others, took several hundred-rider guards and went to the palace.

Shortly after Qin Mubai left, Li Shimin said to Li Ke, "Kier, I have seen the memorial you handed over. I want to ask you, have you complied with Qin Mubai's advice?

"To my father's words, Qin Mubai himself has agreed." Li Ke replied.

"Well... Qin Mubai is the commander-in-chief of Qinxun and Guard, which is not convenient for me to give up. But since you opened your mouth and he agreed, I had to give up my love. Li Shimin nodded and said, "However, a four-pin Zhechong captain is too wronged by me. I plan to appoint him as the governor of Jingzhou. What do you two think?

Li Daozong didn't know about this matter in advance. At this time, he frowned doubtfully and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to release Qin Mubai as an official?"

"You just heard that you are looking for someone to dig the corner of the wall!" Li Shimin said with a wry smile.

"This... Your Majesty's golden mouth has been opened, and I have nothing more to say." Li Daozong arched his hand and said, "It's just that I think that although the position of governor is distinguished and noble, it's not as good as a lieutenant."

"Oh, how do you say this?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Daozong replied, "Your Majesty has just said that Qin Mubai is a young general cultivated by your majesty's own hands and must be entrusted with great responsibility in the future. Since you are an official, you have to practice hard. To put it bluntly, the governor of Jingzhou is just a powerful and unarmed commander, that is, to deal with a group of generals and officials in those places and tell them to do things. As for the real talent and practical knowledge related to the training and use of soldiers and the mobility of soldiers and generals, they can't be learned at all. Qin Mubai is still young and has little experience in the battle array. Instead of appointing him as a leisure governor with few official affairs, it is better to let him go to Zhechong Mansion and lead troops for training on the spot, so that he can know everything in the army well and be more conducive to his growth.

"Okay, hit the nail on the head!" Li Shimin raised his finger and nodded and praised, "It's still you, a veteran in the army, who knows how to cultivate and educate people. Qin Mubai was born as a general, and I have long been trained to be the successor of the young generation of the Tang Dynasty. Listening to your words, I will suddenly open my eyes. He was appointed as a lieutenant, persuaded the farmer in spring, guarded in the summer, laid grain and grass in the autumn, trained soldiers in winter, and let him go to Xiangzhou to practice hard for three or five years.

"If you don't make jade, your majesty is holy!" Li Daozong said, "Qin Mubai's generation was born in a peaceful and prosperous era, and grew up in the eunuchs of the official clan. From the bitterness of snacks, they have experienced less things, let alone the battle of blood and fire. If there is no need for the training in the field, it will be difficult to become a great weapon. I also think that Qin Mubai's wisdom and courage are more than full qualifications. The only thing missing now is practice and training!"

"That's it!" Li Shimin stroked his palm, "After I returned to the palace, I wrote a decree from Zhongshu Province to appoint Qin Mubai Xiangzhou Prefecture to the position of captain, and take office with Li Ke after the Spring Festival!"

"No!!!" Suddenly, there was a delicate rebuke. Princess Gaoyang hurried out, stood in the hall facing Li Shimin, and said with a serious look, "Father, what should I do if you take Mu Bai away?"

Everyone present's face changed. Li Ke hurriedly stood up and whispered, "Linger, don't be rude!"

"Why am I rude?" Princess Gaoyang argued without thinking, and hurriedly bowed down and said in a pleading tone, "Father, I beg you! I can't control your big things, but... If you transfer Mu Bai away, would you please let him take me with you? If I leave him... I will die!"

Li Shimin's face twitched fiercely, took a deep breath, and said calmly, "Ling'er, get up first. This matter has to be discussed in the long term."

"What's the long-term plan? Can't you agree now?" Princess Gaoyang raised her head and looked directly at Li Shimin's sharp eyes without hesitation, and said stubbornly.

Li Daozong got up and walked to Princess Gaoyang and whispered, "Linger, you are so confused. You are the princess of the Tang Dynasty and the brother's favorite daughter. You want your father to promise Qin Mubai to take you away now. Have you ever thought about it? Does your dignified princess want to elope with Qin Mubai namelessly? In this way, it's not only that the Tang royal family has become the laughingstock of others. Your father's face has been lost, and your princess will also be laughed at, right? Even if you are stubborn and don't care about these, you should always consider Qin Mubai's reputation and future, right? Your father said that this matter must be discussed in the long-term, but it is not perfunctory. My uncle and little old man have never lied to you. You should know this, right?

Princess Gaoyang pondered for a moment, and then nodded: "Oh... Then I'll rely on first."

"Get up and apologize to your father." Li Daozong picked up Princess Gaoyang from the ground with a smile.

Princess Gaoyang stood up, and then she looked awed awed and laughed in an instant. She ran briskly to Li Shimin and sat down to him. She also stretched out a hand to stroke his fat and bulging belly. She giggled and said, "Your Majesty, calm down, don't you get angry with Linger? It's Linger who doesn't know whether it's good or not, so you can forgive Linger's ignorance when she is young!"

Li Shimin was immediately amused. He stretched out his big hand and patted her little face gently. He laughed and said, "Look at this ghost girl, this face has become faster than the big June!"

Li Daozong and Li Ke also cooperated and laughed and said secretly in their hearts: If there is no way to take the emperor in the world, it is Princess Gaoyang! She can make the emperor angry in an instant, and she can make him laugh in the next moment! ...It's really a natural thing, one thing is one thing!