Reborn to marry a deceitful prince, cultivating immortals and slashing gods

Chapter 31
"My lord Li, I don't know if your lord will come to the camp in person, but what new will does His Majesty have?"

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man who was tall and thick, and the skin on his face was covered with the wind and frost of staying in the northern land all year round.

"You don't need to panic, Marquis Yongding," Li Chenjin looked at the crowd kneeling on the ground, and walked into the camp with a flick of his sleeve, "Your Majesty once ordered Marquis Yongding to stand still. I don't know that Marquis Yongding has repeatedly violated the holy will and sent elite soldiers to sneak into Pingzhou Robbing people's daughters and plundering money, but do you have the heart of treason?"

Hearing this, Marquis Zhao General of Yongding gasped in fright. He thought that the sky was far away from the emperor, and these things of digging into the city walls and stealing chickens and dogs would only be rotten by their own people, but they unexpectedly spread to the imperial court!
Marquis Yongding followed behind Li Chenjin, turned his head and glanced at the crowd, there must be spies among them!
Unexpectedly, this frail scholar-like general seemed to have eyes on his back, and said faintly:
"I do have people in General Zhao's personal guards. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the northern border is very important. That's why I sent someone to assist General Zhao secretly."

Marquis Yongding half-kneeled on the ground and performed the military salute, only feeling that his body weighed a thousand catties.

"General, please rise up," a man with the appearance of an actress came up and helped Yongding Hou up, "The battle between Pingzhou and Liaodan is imminent. General Li is both civil and military, and has foresight, so His Majesty sent General Li to help General Zhao." .”

"Your Majesty's kindness, Mr. Zhao dare not refuse to thank you." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed towards the south direction to thank him.

"My lord," in Youshi, the Marquis of Yongning invited Li Chenjin to a banquet alone to wash away the dust, "Zhao has fought in the northern border for many years, and there have always been wars in this area. Liao Dan is very good at riding and shooting and has a strong army. Sooner or later, Pingzhou will break the city." matter——why does Your Majesty call Naliao Dan Faping to take advantage of those barbarians?"

Li Chenjin raised his eyes and glanced at the person opposite, "Your Majesty cares about all the people in the world. Since Pingzhou is going to perish sooner or later, wouldn't it be a good thing to accumulate merits and virtues when I send troops to help and take in the people of Pingzhou?"

"Not to mention—" He drank a glass of sake, with unpredictable emotions in his eyes:

"How can the territory of a country be handed over to others?"

Suddenly, Li Chenjin frowned, slapped his right hand on the table, and immediately flew out a silver chopstick, nailing it directly on the gate.

"Who's outside?"

"The Great General."

The actor opened the door with a smile on his face and walked in from the outside, with an expression of escape from death.

"Jing Jin?" Li Chenjin's scrutinizing eyes locked on him, "What's the matter?"

"General, Your Majesty sent someone to bring some fine wines from the south, and put them outside. I don't know how to arrange them?"

He is obviously a man, but there is a bit of femininity in his gestures.

"Oh," the general in white replied casually, with a somewhat unclear smile hidden in his eyes, "The two pots on the top are the best, take them to the Empress Dowager Shulu, and say that the general wishes her all the best. become."

"Yes, General."

The actor named Jing Jin lowered his eyes, and the white powder and oil paint on his face covered all his expressions.

He saluted and retreated respectfully.

In the Liao Dan Hall, all officials arrived.

Yelude would like to lead a few pairs of elite soldiers directly into the hall regardless of the obstruction, looking at the woman who lost her right hand with a complicated expression.

The ministers were talking about it.

The Empress Dowager Shu Luping stood in the hall, expressionless:

"Isn't Khan leading his troops to fight? Why is he back?"

The young new king of Liao Dan looked at her like this, was silent for a long time, and then said:

"Mother, I don't know what mistake my son made? The mother actually sent assassins to murder my son!"

Before the words fell, the officials were in an uproar.

"Mother, I am your own!" He clenched his fists and his voice was hoarse, "How can a mother in this world want to harm her own son? Mother, what is wrong with me?"

The Empress Dowager Shulu in the hall furrowed her brows tightly, but hundreds of people below looked at her probingly, but she couldn't get into a fit.

"My son Dejin, do you know what you are talking about?"

She put her severed hand in front of her threateningly.

"Last night, you sent dozens of assassins to attack Wang's account. Fortunately, the soldiers around me responded very quickly, so I managed to save my life."

"Mother, the leader is your trusted bodyguard! Those people said that you thought I was thinking too much about Pingzhou and missed the opportunity, so they want to get rid of me!"

Two days ago, Li Qianyin told him:

King Yi, Li Heyan, was firm in his peace talks. Since he came to the peace talks once and failed to achieve his goal, he would come again for a second time.

And Li Tan, the Emperor of the Central Plains, secretly colluded with Shu Luping, the Empress Dowager of Liao Dan. Leaving aside the fact that Li Tan had long wanted to kill Li Hezhen, and if the peace talks were really successful, how could he threaten all the princes by killing chickens and monkeys?
What's more, Li Dan's claim to be emperor is not justified.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it. The people's will is far more dangerous to him than those few old officials who are hopping around in the court.

So he wholeheartedly waited for Pingzhou to break down the city and open the gates of the Ye Dynasty to relieve refugees and gain a reputation of loving the people and being virtuous, so that he can sit firmly on this dragon chair in the eyes of all people in the world.

From this point of view, Li Heyan is a real dragon descendant, and because he hindered his plan, he would naturally secretly persuade the Empress Dowager Shulu to take the opportunity to kill the first prince.

"Li Tan traded Pingzhou and helping the new king ascend the throne, but these are not what the Queen Mother really wants."

"I know that the queen mother wants her younger brother to be on the throne, but if this is not what she really wants, then what does the queen mother want?"

Yelude would like to be dubious.

"Khan doesn't know what the Queen Mother wants?" She asked back, "What the Queen Mother wants is the same as what Khan wants—"

"They're all in the sixteen prefectures of Youyun."

"That's right, if you get the sixteen states, the forces in the DPRK and China will definitely fall to one side, so why bother to grab it yourself."

Liao Dan Khan murmured.

Li Qianyin did not answer, but paused, and continued:
"Even if the Son of Heaven is willing to give it, it is impossible for all the officials in the court to agree - the Queen Mother will not get the sixteen states, so naturally she will not really help him kill Li Heyan, in order to force Li Tan and raise the bargaining chip."

"In collusion with the Central Plains, the Empress Dowager will definitely not reveal this matter. In this case, Khan might as well use this matter to bring this mess back to the Empress Dowager."

At this moment, the Empress Dowager Shulu did not expect that her second son, who had been obedient since childhood and could only lead soldiers in battle, planned so carefully this time that she would join the army regardless of the relationship between mother and child.

In order to ensure that this matter was not exposed, the people she sent to assassinate Li Heyan were all extremely trustworthy people around her.

Looking at the dozen or so soldiers that Yelude had asked someone to bring up, she couldn't refute.

The Empress Dowager Shulu staggered back a few steps, pretending to be unwell and slumped on the throne:

"De Jin, the Empress Dowager has no intention of hurting you, she is just afraid that the Han people will hurt you, so she asked them to escort you."

She sighed deeply, "The queen mother is old, and since the Khan came to the throne, she is not as filial as she was when she was a child, and the gap between you and me has become more and more."

"The queen mother knows that Khan just hates me, hates me for still controlling the government and not letting go."

"Forget it," the Empress Dowager Shulu beckoned, took a jug of good wine and two wine bowls, and filled them up respectively:

"Today's Empress Dowager apologizes to you in front of all the ministers. If Khan is willing to let go, he can drink my bowl of wine for apology."

(End of this chapter)