Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Moreover, Guo Ye also thought of a deeper problem, that is, if he became the governor of Shuzhou, it would be equivalent to having an intersection with Li Ke, the king of Shu.Even if he has served as the governor's mansion for one year, he can be regarded as a subordinate of Li Ke, the king of Shu.

We must know that Shu Wang Li Ke and Crown Prince Chengqian and Wei Wang Li Tai are not in the same carriage. How will the eldest grandson Wuji, who is the uncle of Li Chengqian and Li Tai, think of him?

At that time, will there be a gap between him and Changsun Wuji?What eventually led to a rift between him and the Tiance Mansion?

Grandma, when he thought of this, Guo Ye's head suddenly became dizzy.He couldn't help but want to ask, does His Majesty Li Er favor him, or does he hate him to the bone?

"Master Guo, oh no, I should call you Guo Changshi." Seeing that Guo Ye was in a daze after listening to the oral order, Eunuch Shun couldn't help calling out, "What's wrong with you? You didn't say a word, could it be that you were so happy?" gone?"

Guo Ye was awakened with a bang, looked at Eunuch Shun with a dull expression, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Hey, hello." Eunuch Shun yelled again, and said angrily, "Look, you were dismissed from all positions half an hour ago, and in just the blink of an eye, His Majesty promoted you and made you a dignified man. Shi, the Chief of the Governor's Mansion of the fourth rank, made decisions for the King of Shu in the fief. This is really a blessing from the heavens, a blessing from the heavens. Your Majesty has so much favor and trust in you, don't you thank the Lord for your kindness?"

Guo Ye secretly complained, I thank you for your grandma's legs, I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse.

However, he still cupped his hands in the direction of the Ganlu Hall, thanked the Lord for his kindness, and then walked out of the palace in a daze full of puzzlement and doubts.

Guo Ye walked out of the palace, then out of the Suzaku gate of the imperial city, got into his own carriage, and drove towards his home in Taipingfang.

Sitting in the car, Guo Ye was thinking all the way what His Majesty Li Er wanted to do, why he suddenly arranged for him to have a relationship with Li Ke, King of Shu, and let him serve as the governor of Shu Prefecture for a year.

After the one-year period expires, how will he arrange for himself?

Perplexity, doubt, and a little uneasiness filled Guo Ye's mind. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand it. He was really puzzled.

When the carriage entered Taipingfang and was about to arrive at the Guo Mansion, he simply stopped thinking about it.Afterwards, I said cruelly in my heart, grandma, if you don't understand it, don't think about it. Anyway, at least for now, the advantages of being the governor of Shuzhou Metropolitan Government outweigh the disadvantages.At least I can return to my hometown in fine clothes, and I can have a good time in front of my parents and folks in Longxi, and I can also earn enough face for my mother, Xiuxiu, and Zhiru in Longxi, so that they can be proud of themselves.

Thinking of Longxi, thinking of his family, those doubts and puzzles, as well as that little uneasiness, became less important.

The carriage quickly stopped in front of the mansion, and Guo Ye got off the carriage and entered the mansion.

It was already very late at this time, Zhenniang and the others in the mansion had already slept soundly and fell asleep, Guo Ye didn't bother to wake them up, and returned to his bedroom alone with a lantern.

As soon as he came outside the door of his bedroom, he found a figure flickering by the candlelight in the room. Looking at the room through the paper window, there was another figure shaking.

The person in the shadow room should be a light woman, could it be that Zhenniang has been waiting for her return in this bedroom?

Thinking of this, Guo Ye couldn't help sighing, it's Zhenniang who knows how to love others, so he might as well have a good relationship with her tonight, anyway, sooner or later, he will do this and give her a name.

Suddenly, his heart was agitated with lust, and he hastily pushed open the bedroom door. He didn't even see the face of the woman inside, so he shouted: "Mother Zhen, I'm back!"

"Cough cough..."

The woman in the room coughed twice, and replied in a rather cold tone: "Master Guo, don't make a mistake, next time, please see clearly before calling someone, this concubine is not your Zhenniang!"

Chapter 622 Visit by Princess Qi Yuwenqian

"You, you are Princess Qi Yu Wenqian??"

With the help of the gracefully flickering candlelight in the room, Guo Ye finally identified the uninvited guest.

The person who came was actually the speaker An Ye had found for Dongchang, and Princess Qi Yu Wenqian who had met him once in Xichuan.

Although Yu Wenqian didn't wear the half-cold iron mask today, she was still as cold as ever, she nodded slightly and said in a calm voice: "Master Guo has a very good memory, I didn't expect to recognize my concubine."

Guo Ye calmed down a little, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Princess Qi's praise, I have always had a good memory of beauties who are eye-catching, especially Princess Qi, a great beauty like you, haha."

Yu Wenqian seemed to dislike Guo Ye's slick tone, and corrected her coldly: "Master Guo, please call me Mrs. Qian. After the Xuanwumen Incident, the Qi Palace suffered drastic changes, and the concubine is no longer Princess Qi."

"All right, all right, listen to Madam!"

"Lord Guo, don't try to be arrogant, Mrs. Qian is Mrs. Qian, why save a word and gain some advantage of tongue?"

Yu Wenqian once again pierced Guo Ye's idea of ​​taking advantage, and corrected in a cold voice.

Guo Ye saw that Yu Wenqian's expression was different tonight, she became more serious, and thought, could something happen to Tuyuhun?

So he stopped talking about taking advantage of Yu Wenqian, nodded and smiled: "Okay, just listen to Mrs. Qian. By the way, when did you come to Chang'an, and how did you get into the Guo Mansion?"

Yu Wenqian said: "I came to Chang'an before the city gate was closed today. As for how to enter Guo's mansion, hehe, Mr. Guo thinks that the walls of your mansion are so high that it is rare for people from Dongchang to live there?"

Guo Ye was stunned when he heard this, and immediately came to his senses, yes, people from Dongchang want to come into his mansion at night, is there any way?

Otherwise, Dongchang would not be Dongchang, but a waste material factory.

Suddenly, he realized that Yu Wenqian's identity was a little sensitive, and he exclaimed: "I said, Mrs. Qian, you are too bold, right? Just entered Chang'an City so blatantly, aren't you afraid of being recognized and told? You You don't naively think that after only four years, the emperor has already forgotten King Qi?"

"Master Guo is worrying too much." Yu Wenqian stood motionless like ice, and said with a blank face, "Although I was the princess of Qi back then, I kept going in and out of the palace of Qi, and almost communicated with the outside world. Isolation. How can ordinary people recognize my wife? Let alone ordinary people, even hundreds of officials in the court may not be able to recognize this lady. Because the officials who can recognize my wife are all my husband's loyal descendants, Almost all of them died under the butcher's knife of Li Shimin, the stupid king, during the great change of Xuanwumen."

Guo Ye could hear that Yu Wenqian's words were full of hostility and hatred towards His Majesty Li Er, which had not been reduced by half after four years. He couldn't help but slightly frowned and sighed secretly, this is also a time bomb!

He thought about it, well, hurry up and finish speaking, let her leave early, lest she become restless in Chang'an City and cause trouble.

When the time comes to implicate yourself, you will be in a panic.

Immediately, he asked: "Madam Qian came to Chang'an to look for me this time, but what is the important matter? Why did An Ye himself refuse to show up and meet me?"

When Yu Wenqian heard Guo Ye mention the dark night, a little unnaturalness flashed across her face, but it was fleeting and Guo Ye didn't notice it.

After regaining her composure, Yu Wenqian shook her head and said, "The people in the dark night were dealing with the affairs of the East Factory in Tuyuhun, and they couldn't come to Chang'an separately, so they sent me to Chang'an to report to you what happened there."

After Yu Wenqian said this, Guo Ye remembered the key point, and asked quickly: "By the way, last time I was in Tubo, you sent me a letter saying that the Tuyuhun incident was almost complete. What is the result now? Why did the Chang'an court Haven't you heard the news that Tuyuhun has established a new king, the second prince Murong Yan ascended the throne?"

Yu Wenqian nodded and said: "That's right, the matter of Tuyuhun is almost done. Murong Yan has already replaced the eldest prince Murong Shun after some operation of our East Factory, and with the support of Tuyuhun's court ministers. , acting as Tuyuhun state affairs temporarily. It is only a matter of time before he ascends the throne, but we have been keeping it secret and the time has not yet come."

"You really succeeded?"

Suddenly, Guo Ye exclaimed with excitement, and asked, "It's unbelievable that a Dongchang subverts the internal affairs of a country. It's amazing and unbelievable. Tell me, how did you do it?"

Hearing Guo Ye's admiration, Yu Wenqian didn't think so, and said calmly, "If it wasn't for the early deployment, with only one East Factory and Wang Bodang's [-] wild wolf army, how could it be so easy to support Murong Yan?" Master, replace Murong Shun with Murong Fuyun? We have placed many confidantes of Dongchang next to the old Khan Murong Fuyun of Tuyuhun early in the morning. During Murong Fuyun's illness, our Dongchang people have been serving and serving. We found a day, took advantage of the slack opportunity of the eldest prince Murong Shun, murdered Murong Fuyun who was dying of illness with a cup of poisoned wine, and planted the blame, claiming that the eldest prince Murong Shun killed his father and seized the throne, and Murong Shun was caught off guard."

Guo Ye felt as if he heard a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and shouted: "What? You murdered Murong Fuyun? Then he now..."

"died!"

After Yu Wenqian quickly gave the answer Guo Ye wanted, she continued: "Once Murong Fuyun died, the eldest prince Murong Shun, who is the heir in line, is naturally the most suspicious, because we have spread the news in Tuyuhun earlier. It was rumored that the eldest prince could not wait to take over the position of Khan, and led the entire Tuyuhun to betray the Tang Dynasty and surrender to Tubo. Murong Fuyun's death immediately stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire Tuyuhun kingdom condemned the eldest prince Murongshun verbally and in writing. It was like a tidal wave, and it was out of control. Especially the ministers of the Tuyuhun court who had always opposed surrender to Tubo, the crusade against Murong Shun was particularly fierce."

After hearing this, Guo Ye nodded and sighed: "It turns out that there are so many coincidences, the eldest prince Murong Shun deserves to be unlucky. But didn't he control [-] troops of Tuyuhun? How could it be so easy for you?"

Yu Wenqian obviously guessed that Guo Ye would ask this question, she was not surprised at all, and continued to reply: "Wang Bodang's [-] wild wolf army is near Bailan City, the capital of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, and Murong Shun's [-] troops are far away in the frontier fortress, far away from the water. How can we save Jinhuo? In less than two days, we took control of the entire Bailan City, wiped out the forces loyal to Murong Shun in the city, and gained the unanimous support of the ministers in the court, and supported the second prince Murong Yan's ascension to the throne. Succeeding Murong Fuyun as Khan."

Guo Ye snorted, and asked again: "What about the current situation in Tuyuhun?"

Yu Wenqian said: "After Murong Yan succeeded Khan, Wang Bodang's [-] troops were stationed in the capital, and Bailan City was managed as firmly as an iron barrel. Now Tuyuhun is still stable for the time being. Great turmoil. As for the future, maybe we can’t say for sure.”

"Huh? Why? Didn't Murong Yan take Murong Shun's place instead, and also got the support of the ministers in the court? Why can't you tell now?"

"Because he only replaced Murong Shun, but did not kill the eldest prince Murong Shun who indirectly controlled the [-] troops in the frontier. To be honest, we were escaped by Murong Shun on the day of the coup in Bailan City gone."