Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 162
Gu Wu appeared to be extremely cautious. Before setting off, he dug out a lot of weapons from his luggage, equipped them all, and dug out two pieces of soft armor, equipped them himself, and forced Li Ke to wear them as well.

On the bullock cart, Li Ke looked at Gu Wu with a dignified expression, and couldn't help laughing: "We are meeting our allies this time, don't we need to be so careful?"

Gu Wu shook his head: "Your Highness, when the second prince was in despair and expected us to help him turn around, he naturally showed great respect to us."

"Now..." He frowned and sighed, "Now he is in an important position and in control of the great government of Nibala. As long as he goes smoothly, he will be able to take over the position. He may not be willing to cooperate with us... ..."

Li Ke smiled, Gu Wu's worries naturally had his reasons, but when he cooperated with the second prince, what he valued was not only that he could let himself handle it, but more importantly, the two had the same conflict of interests.

The second prince knew very well that Tibet was their common enemy, so the second prince would not betray this alliance unless Tubo was eliminated.

Moreover, he needs silk cloth to provide him with continuous wealth. In this regard, he dare not do anything to himself!
"Don't worry! We are beneficial to him, he doesn't need to touch us, it will only damage his own interests!" Li Ke said.

"Can……"

Gu Wu put his hand on his waist, where he had the soft sword wrapped around his waist: "But he was so respectful to us in the Tang Dynasty before! Now, when we come to Niboluo, he actually doesn't come forward in person, only sends I have hired a servant to inform us... and His Highness has to come to the door in person..."

Li Ke shook his head with a smile: "He also has difficulties in this matter, don't worry! Since I dare to go to the door, I am sure of it. No matter how bad it is, with our abilities, can't we kill a prince's mansion?"

The ox cart was traveling in the dark, and soon it arrived at the second prince's residence.

According to the previous agreement, they did not enter directly through the main entrance, but entered through a small door on the side.

After passing through the garden, we arrived at the main hall of the second prince's residence. Before he could enter the door, the second prince had already welcomed him out.

"His Royal Highness, you are here!"

The second prince was dressed in red silk, and looked much more energetic than when he was in Chengdu.

Li Ke smiled: "Let's go in first and talk about it later!"

A group of people entered the house, and a banquet had already been set up in the hall. There was only one guest, the old official Toli, and then some plainly dressed servants.

The two parties were seated, and the second prince stood up first. He raised his glass and said, "Your Highness, don't blame me. It was supposed to be Xiao Wang who came to the door in person at this time, but..."

Li Ke also stood up: "This king knows that the second prince has recently gained power, and there are many old forces in the court who are dissatisfied with you and are watching you closely!"

"oops!"

The second prince was startled, he drank the wine first, and shouted: "Your Highness really knows things like a god!"

Holding the wine glass again, he walked out of the seat and came to Li Ke's side. Someone was pouring wine for him with a wine jug.

"Your Highness, you don't know that Xiao Wang is indeed very prosperous these days, but there is also a lot of trouble secretly..."

He sighed, and said: "Then Mosang has been in control of the government for a long time. Although he has lost power, he still has a lot of power. Xiao Wang is rectifying discipline recently, and offended many old officials..."

Li Ke knew earlier that the eldest prince Mosang's biggest supporter was Prime Minister Keti. He asked, "What about the prime minister? If you don't get rid of this person, I'm afraid you won't feel safe in your heart?"

The second prince shook his head: "This man has a deep foundation, and now Xiao Wang is trying his best to kill his henchmen and cultivate his strength to fight him!"

Li Ke was a little disappointed. He thought that when he got here, he only needed to deal with the king, but he didn't expect that Hassan still had spare power and could play a role in the government.

Then his previous plan will be changed.

Originally, he planned to let the second prince enter the palace to comfort him and make the king change his position.If it doesn't work, go out on your own.

But now it seems that even if he enters the palace and controls the old king, I am afraid that the second prince will still need time to clean up the court.

Fortunately, it will take some time for Tubo to make waves, and he still has time to adjust his plan.

Li Ke wanted to solve the problem of Nibala as soon as possible, so he no longer concealed it, and asked directly: "This king asks you, are you sure to persuade the king to change your position?"

The second prince had already sat next to Li Ke. He was going to toast Li Ke. When he heard this, he sighed again and put down the wine glass.

He did not answer Li Ke directly, but asked: "Xiao Wang heard that in Tubo, there is a fight between Na Shang Nang and Lun Keri recently. This matter..."

Li Ke smiled without saying a word.

The second prince nodded: "Okay... this solves Xiao Wang's serious problem..."

He continued: "Xiao Wang has been worrying these days that Tubo will suddenly attack and directly attack the surrounding area, then we small countries will be in trouble."

Sighing again, the second prince continued: "A few days ago, Xiao Wang went to the palace several times to comfort his father, but...the father did not agree to Xiao Wang's request, but instead reprimanded Xiao Wang..."

Li Ke couldn't help laughing wryly, the Nivalo king's position was really firm.

The second prince continued: "It is precisely because of this that the eldest prince's power has seen hope again, so it gradually raises its head and criticizes Xiao Wang. Back to lost ground!"

At this moment, Li Ke understood why the second prince was so cautious when he clearly had the upper hand.

He couldn't help asking curiously: "Your father, why are you so obsessed with forming an alliance with Tubo? Is it really only for a Meiji?"

Previously when the second prince was in Chengdu, he had revealed to him that King Nibala had a favored concubine named Mei Ji, who was a gift from Songtsen Gampo.This charming girl had a great influence on King Nibala's two-state policy.

The second prince sighed and said: "That woman is charming by nature, and she has some tricks to confuse men... She usually does not interfere in the affairs of the government, but she makes a lot of comments about the relationship between Nibala and Tubo. She is so confusing that my father only wants to stay close to him. Rely on Tubo and don’t want to resist..."

Li Ke thought to himself, it seems that this Mei Ji is an internal response deliberately arranged by Songtsan Gampo, in order to win over the Nivala King and keep him from causing trouble.

The king is also cooperative, and he is seductive, but he is controlled by this woman, forgetting that his biggest enemy is Tubo.

"Cough cough..."

At this time, Naduzhi ordered Toli to cough twice, and said: "Your Highness... this matter... the old minister has a different opinion!"

The second prince frowned slightly, raised his hand and said, "Toli, you don't have to say that again..."

At this time, Li Ke pressed down the second prince's hand, and said, "Master Duzhiling, if you have any opinions, you may as well speak up!"

He had already seen that Toli had some slight remarks on the matter of fighting against Tubo, and judging from the reaction of the second prince, they had already argued about this matter several times.

The second prince didn't want Toli to express his opinions because he didn't want Toli to disrupt the overall situation in front of him.

But Li Ke was confident that the existence of Tubo would be the biggest threat to Nivara and the surrounding small countries. No matter how Toli argued, he could persuade him.

(End of this chapter)