Don't be a prince

"Tell them, the time is set at noon tomorrow, how can a group of passionate guys have any reason to invite the prince to dinner at night?"

Zhang Yun agreed, and went out to drive out the merchants.

Seeing that Su Yuan was still sleeping, Li Chengqian twisted his neck and went out to see how his eldest grandson was doing.

The eldest grandson's room is a small building next to the back garden, which she chose by herself. This room on the second floor also has a balcony. Sitting on the balcony is very comfortable whether you are basking in the sun or watching the scenery.

When Li Chengqian came to pay his respects, the eldest grandson was watching the sunset, accompanied by Xiuxiu and Ashina Xue.

Seeing Li Chengqian looking at this side in surprise, the eldest grandson said with a smile: "Why are you surprised? I actually like the two of them very much. In your East Palace, they can only be concubines and concubines, but when you become emperor , they can be noble concubines and concubines. I heard that there is no shortage of beauties in Zhengzhou, and you don’t want to pick one or two? There are still fewer women in your East Palace. Even if you directly draft locally, the courtiers will not say much .”

What the eldest grandson said is correct, the emperor and the prince are too lewd, they will persuade them, but if they all guard their bodies like jade, they will be as anxious as old mothers.Like the ministers of the Song Dynasty, it can be said that they are worried about the descendants of the emperors. When a prince dies early, they can feel as sad as if their own children died.

The three of them, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, sat on the benches by the railing of the balcony, and there was no room left, so Li Chengqian could only sit on the chair brought by Zhang Yun, and said, "Mother, you just said that you want my son and I to break Yuanyang. Come on. If you want to hold a grandson, you have to wait a little longer. Anyway, the concubine is Yuanyuan. The best result is that she will have a son and daughter, so that nothing will happen in the future. If you really want a grandson, why don’t you rush Cui Qingque, this guy and Yan Shi are also inseparable, maybe all good things will be done."

Speaking of Li Tai, the eldest grandson also had a sad expression on his face.These two sons are the only ones who are married now, but no matter whether it is the prince or Li Tai, they are unwilling to have children early, how can this make her happy?

"You guys, I'm really pissed off!"

Pointing to Li Chengqian, the eldest grandson leaned on the bench behind him angrily.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Li Chengqian seemed to hear the sound of wood cracking.

Turning to look at Zhang Yun, I saw that this guy's eyes were about to pop out.

The next moment, Zhang Yun rushed out like a leopard.

"do not come!"

It wasn't just Zhang Yun who was terrified, Xiuxiu and Ashina Xue were also taken aback, and the eldest grandson didn't even dare to move. When she leaned hard on the bench, cracks appeared on the wooden boards under their feet, and the balcony The railings don't seem very secure either.

"Xiuxiu, let's push the queen over first, it doesn't matter if we both fall, the queen will fail."

Hearing Ashina Xue's suggestion, Xiuxiu nodded repeatedly.

Obviously very scared, the two still supported the eldest grandson, one from the left and the other from the right, shouting to each other to slowly lift the eldest grandson up, and then pushed the eldest grandson out.

At the same time as they pushed the eldest grandson out of the cracked area, the timbers of the balcony clicked together.Zhang Yun quickly supported the queen, while Li Chengqian on the other side pulled down the curtain and threw it at Ashina Xue and Xiuxiu.

One hand grabbed the curtain, but the other hand failed to grab it...

Chapter 333 Suppressing Bandits

Everything happened so fast, only Zhang Yun and Li Chengqian were able to react, and only Zhang Yun was able to rush over in time.As for Ziyan on the other side, she was so frightened that she fell to the ground and almost died.

If the queen fell, not to mention the serious injuries she would suffer, it would be a serious crime for them if she scratched her oily skin.Not to mention that the queen is still pregnant at this time, if so...they have no other choice but to lose their heads.After all, the one from Chang'an, although usually good, is really like a fool when he gets angry.

"Ma'am, are you okay!"

The soul of Zhang Yun flew to the sky and returned to his seat, and helped his eldest grandson to sit slowly on the carpet.

The eldest grandson breathed a sigh of relief, before he had time to catch his breath, he looked in the direction of the balcony.

At this time, Li Chengqian was holding onto one side of the curtain, and was tentatively walking towards the end of the balcony step by step.The wood that has been broken once is really untrustworthy.

Fortunately, the wood near the balcony door is still very strong, and there is no sign of breaking.Thanks to this, Li Chengqian finally had the opportunity to take a look at the scene below.

It was Xiuxiu who grabbed the curtain, and Ashina Xue was laughing foolishly standing on the rockery below.

"Xiu...Xiuxiu, you look like a monkey from the Central Plains, hahaha."

At this time, Xiuxiu, who was hugging the curtain with her hands and feet, was already crying: "You still laugh, do you know how scary it is, and I was worried that you would break it, but you still came to laugh at me!"

"Okay, stop talking, you won't last long physically, I'll put it down again, and you stand on the ground."

Pulling out the curtain that was punctured by the stubble, Li Chengqian began to let Xiuxiu down.The quality of the curtains is very good, otherwise it would be really dangerous.After all, it is six or seven meters above the ground. The worst thing is that there is a rockery placed under the balcony. It is hard to say what will happen if it hits a rock at this height.

When Xiuxiu was about to fall to the ground, Ashina Xue came over and prepared to help her, but she didn't know that this action startled Li Chengqian.

"Axue, avoid it, stand aside, don't think that you're fine if you're still alive and kicking!"

Ashina Xue was startled by Li Chengqian's voice, so she obediently walked aside.What she didn't know was that Li Chengqian was more afraid of this kind of accident than she was.Tragic accidents are not necessarily fatal, and minor accidents are not necessarily safe.At the beginning, he saw with his own eyes that after the collision accident, a colleague was alive and well, but when he got a handful of money for compensation and wanted to send the order, he fell to the ground after riding not far.

After putting Xiuxiu to the end, Li Chengqian looked back at Zhang Yun and said, "Please come here with the doctor."

Zhang Yun nodded and hurried out.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand, only to find that his forehead was covered with sweat, and his body was also sticky and uncomfortable.The hanging heart was not let go until it was confirmed that everyone had no major problems.

Xiuxiu and Ashina Xue also went upstairs again, seeing that the two of them had no obvious trauma, the eldest grandson also breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Deyun is Sun Simiao's proud disciple, and now he has completed his basic studies. He followed Sun Simiao to delve into various new treatment methods, and he was also the one who developed a new suture method that is convenient for removing stitches.When he came out this time, Sun Simiao was not interested. He wanted to thoroughly study all the spices and herbs brought back by Tuyuhun, so he sent this disciple here.

The proud student naturally has a proud medical skill. After taking his pulse for a while, Guo Deyun nodded and said, "Your Majesty is in good health. Although she was frightened, her fetal gas is stable. If Your Highness is not at ease, the student will prescribe a set of tranquilizers." Here comes the medicine to stabilize the pregnancy."

Li Chengqian was convinced of Sun Simiao's recommendation, and he cupped his hands and said, "Since you are sure that nothing is wrong, there is no need to prescribe medicine, but you have to show them two. I am most afraid of them two."

Not only Li Chengqian was worried, but the eldest grandson was also the same. In any case, she was saved by Xiuxiu and Ashina Xue at the critical moment. Although there were reasons for her status, she still had to express her gratitude.

Xiuxiu didn't have a big problem, but she was frightened, as long as she was quiet for a while, she would be fine.On the contrary, it was Ashina Xue who screamed when Guo Deyun instructed her to retract her arms, and squatted down covering her arms.

He stretched out his hand and pressed Ashina Xue's arm for a while, and after inquiring about the feeling, Guo Deyun got up, and said to the worried Li Chengqian and his eldest grandson, "The concubine's bone should be fractured, and the situation is not too serious. Just hang it with a bandage for a while." The arm of time is good, and it is best not to move this arm during the period. If the pain is not severe, it is better not to prescribe medicine."

As long as you are a student of Sun Simiao, the second principle you have learned is that "the medicine is three-point poisonous", and if you can not prescribe the medicine, you will not prescribe it.

"Since that's the case, then you can prepare the medicinal materials for backup, so as not to waste time when you need to use them."

Hearing what the eldest grandson said, Guo Deyun nodded, saluted and left.It's just hanging his arms, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will. Although there is no gender in front of doctors, Guo Deyun still doesn't want to have too much contact with the royal family.

Seeing Ashina Xue begging for comfort from Xiuxiu with a bitter face, Li Chengqian smiled slightly, walked over and pinched Ashina Xue's nose and said, "Look at you, you were so stupid, you still had to carry Xiuxiu down, you don't mind at all. Know the severity."

The eldest grandson came over suddenly, reached out his hand to touch Ashina Xue's arm, and said with pity: "It's really hard for you. In order to keep this palace safe, you were injured instead."

At this time, the smart one should say something like "This is what a concubine should do", but Ashina Xue said carelessly: "Empress, you can't help falling, we should be stronger, if you break, I don't know how His Highness will be angry with us."

The eldest grandson was taken aback for a moment, but then laughed. Ashina Xue was so straightforward, but it was the most truthful.

After suppressing his smile, the eldest grandson said seriously: "Ashi Naxue, I am the master, I promise you the position of virtuous concubine in advance, and when Chengqian ascends the throne as the emperor, this title will be yours. Xiuxiu, I am the master." , give you the title of concubine of the Eastern Palace, allow you the position of Concubine Shu, and when Cheng Qian ascends the throne as the empress, Concubine Shu will be your title."

"Concubine Xian?"

Ashina Xue still couldn't react in a daze, Xiuxiu on the side jumped up in surprise, pulled Ashina Xue and bowed down.

Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu, in the harem, are considered to be under the empress alone, above all concubines, and belong to one of the four wives. Such a status, as long as one does not expect the position of empress, can be said to have directly reached the end.

Ashina Xue didn't understand what happened. Seeing Xiuxiu's firm attitude, she probably understood that she was rewarded for nothing, so she had no choice but to kneel down.

Nodding, the eldest grandson looked at Li Chengqian again, and said with a smile: "The queen mother will decide for you in the future, you have no objection."

Li Chengqian naturally cupped his hands and said, "I have no objection."

The dignified empress, the future empress dowager speaks, even if he becomes the emperor, he only has to agree.

By the time Xiuxiu explained to Ashina Xue what Concubine Shu was, Governor Wei Yanyan and Governor Duan Xiao were already waiting at the bottom of the small building.If something like this happened in the other courtyard, even if the queen was not hurt, both of them would be guilty.After all, this other courtyard was the place that the two of them had discussed together for a long time before choosing.

After seeing the prince, Duan Xiao knelt on one knee and bowed his head, while Wei Yanyan bowed his hands together, reaching almost ninety degrees, neither of them said a word.

Here, Li Chengqian was also drinking tea from a cup, without saying a word.

After a whole stick of incense passed, Wei Yanyan felt that his waist was on the verge of breaking. He glanced at Duan Xiao quietly, and immediately began to complain why the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs had such a big gap in the way of pleading guilty.

Just when Wei Yanyan felt that he was about to throw himself to the ground, the Monkey King appeared in the lobby and knelt down on one knee to report: "Your Highness, the collapse of the balcony is due to years of disrepair and decay of the wood. I have not seen any other reason." Mark of."

Li Chengqian nodded, Wei Yanyan and Duan Xiao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.If someone wanted to plan to deal with the queen, even if the two of them were not the main culprit, it would be over.

"Get up." Putting down the teacup, Li Chengqian spoke.

Both Wei Yanyan and Duan Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, one stood up and the other straightened up, both smelling the breath of new life.Now, even if they are guilty, at least they are no longer at the level of beheading.

"However, even if the death penalty is exempt, you two are still guilty. The other court did not check thoroughly, and dared to use it for us. If the emperor finds out about this news, both of you will drop a level."

Hearing this, Wei Yanyan and Duan Xiao felt as if they had eaten coptis.Local officials are different from Beijing officials. No matter how the Beijing officials are transferred, they are all in the system. It doesn’t matter if they lose one or two levels. A lifetime to boil.

Even for them, dropping one level is enough to make them depressed for three to five years.However, something happened, and no matter what, there would be punishment. Even if they were relegated, they could only accept it.

Seeing the constipated expressions of the two, Li Chengqian laughed immediately.

Since nothing serious happened, he wouldn't take his anger on these two people, he was just teasing them before.

"Okay, there's no need to be sour. Although the two of you are at fault, but based on your own investigation, you have had a good official reputation during the time you were in Zhengzhou, especially Wei Yanyan, you are very competent as the governor. Ask ten people and say that you are the master of Qingtian. With this, you are enough to be exonerated. The punishment for you two is to punish you, and distribute your one-year salary to the poor in Zhengzhou."

Hearing this disposition, Duan Xiao and Wei Yanyan both beamed with joy. The prince's disposition clearly meant that he would not report this matter.As for the penalty of one year's salary, it's a trivial matter, after all, after being an official to this level, he doesn't count on his salary to eat.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After waving his hands to stop Wei Yanyan and Duan Xiao from saluting, Li Chengqian put down his teacup and left the lobby.

Early the next morning, the powerful biological clock made Li Chengqian wake up at dawn.

You can't let go of things like exercising just because you're not in Chang'an.Besides, this thing is not a performance for outsiders to see. It is better to stick to something that can benefit oneself from it.

Running is essential, and sword practice must continue. Although I noticed the shortcomings of the sword on the battlefield, but the dignified prince, when he can wear a weapon, it is a bit nondescript to hang a horizontal knife. Since it is necessary to use it, the sword The law still needs to be taken seriously.

The garden of the other courtyard is very spacious, and the surrounding area has been requisitioned as a garrison for the leaders, so it doesn't matter to practice archery.

Now Li Chengqian's archery skills can be regarded as entering the room, no matter whether he is shooting a fixed target or a moving target, he is no longer constrained by calculation, but can shoot arrows as he likes.

It happened that a long-tailed mountain bird flew across the garden. Li Chengqian just took a look, and then shot the arrow. The arrow hit the mountain bird's head accurately, and the mountain bird fell to the ground with a snap.

clap clap clap....

The sound of applause sounded, Li Chengqian followed the sound and saw that it was Duan Xiao.

After approaching, Duan Xiaocai cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness's archery skills are really amazing. With a random arrow, he hit the bird's head. It's called a magic shot!"

After taking the towel handed over by Zhang Yun, and giving him the bow, and wiping his face, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Come on, Gu's archery, if you really want to talk about it, it's still not ranked in the Tang Dynasty. If you want to flatter Don't talk about it. Tell me, what's your business?"

Duan Xiao immediately clasped his hands and said, "I came today because I want to borrow troops from His Highness, or to borrow gunpowder weapons."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian was startled, put down the towel and stared at Duan Xiao's face and said, "Although you are the governor of Zhengzhou, you are not qualified to hoard gunpowder weapons. All gunpowder weapons sent by the imperial court must be included in the statistics of the transport officials." Just drop it. You know the power of gunpowder weapons, what are you going to use them for?"

Duan Xiao smiled wryly and said, "That's right, Your Highness, when the court used gunpowder weapons for familiarization and training, I wanted to use them to deal with the bandit village in Niuzishan, but the escort officials disagreed, saying that they were gunpowder weapons for training. I have no right to use weapons for anything else. Now that His Highness is here, I have no choice but to beg brazenly. The bandit camp in Niuzi Mountain is very strong, if they attack by force, the soldiers will probably suffer a lot of damage."

Li Chengqian asked strangely: "Didn't the local bandits issue documents before? Why didn't you fight them?"

For this, Li Chengqian still has an impression. After the collapse of the Eastern Turks, the imperial court's usual military training strategy is to deal with those bastards in the country who do business without capital.In the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were not one or two places that occupied the mountain as king. Even if the payment was made, it could not be completed in a day or two.The bandit suppression documents near Zhengzhou should have been issued by the Ministry of War before sending troops to Tuyuhun last year.

Duan Xiao said with a bitter face: "The document has indeed been delivered to Zhengzhou, but Weichen and Lu Guogong are old acquaintances. In a private letter, he mentioned the training of gunpowder weapons, so Weichen wanted to use gunpowder weapons to deal with these gangsters." , so as to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, who knows which bastard escort official is unreasonable at all! If it weren't for overthrowing his humble minister, disaster would be imminent, and the humble minister would have stabbed his bitch with a knife.. ..."

Before he knew it, Duan Xiao spoke more and more violently, seeing the prince looking at him in surprise, he realized that he said hi.

Hurriedly shutting his mouth, Duan Xiao said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, I'm really angry, I'm so rude."

Li Chengqian shook his head: "It's nothing. When Lu Guogong and the others scolded their mothers in court, they didn't scold their mothers once or twice. Military generals have this temper. But since you didn't suppress the bandits because you pitied the lives of the soldiers, why didn't you recruit them? Besides, even if you don't attack, as long as you surround them, won't you still have the effect of defeating others without fighting?"

Duan Xiao hastily waved his hands and said: "I can't recruit them, I can't recruit them, they are different from ordinary refugees, if they are forced by their livelihood, they are bandits, they have clean hands, the government will turn a blind eye, and it will pass. Even if there are one or two lives in their hands, they are usually just punished by tattooing, at least their lives are saved. But this group of gangsters, the people of Zhengzhou jointly wrote a letter of ten thousand people and demanded that they must be strangled. Where do you start when you talk about recruiting security? .

As for the siege with troops, it didn't work. Although they were in the mountains and forests, there were living springs in the village, rich reserves, and they could farm by themselves. There would be no problems in three to five years.If you want to take them down, the only way is to attack by force. If you only attack by force, their fortifications are too easy to defend and difficult to attack. "

Having said that, Li Chengqian almost understood the situation.Although Duan Xiao is hesitant and a bit useless as a military commander, he should be encouraged to take pity on the lives of soldiers.

There are not many gunpowder weapons, but it is no problem to use them to break through a camp.I have been on a boat along the way, and gunpowder weapons are inevitably at risk of getting wet, so it is a good choice to use it here.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian beckoned to the Sky-Changing Monkey, and the Sky-Changing Monkey who heard the conversation from a distance rushed over excitedly and inexplicably.

"Your Highness, do you agree?"

As soon as the Tiantian Monkey arrived, Li Chengqian kicked him.Obviously, this bastard is not satisfied with taking care of the house, he always wants to find something to do, and Duan Xiaozheng is worried about how to deal with the bandits, when the two meet, tsk, there is a solution.

However, it is better to dispose of gunpowder weapons. With the two thousand relatives and the protection of local government soldiers, gunpowder weapons feel a bit redundant.It's not cost-effective to carry this thing with you all day long.

"I agree, but try to control it as much as possible, and don't get seriously injured, otherwise the trip will be delayed. The new recruits who joined the lead are not allowed to go this time, and stay behind as guards."

Seeing that the prince let go, Duan Xiao was immediately overjoyed.With the help of gunpowder weapons, especially the pro-leader with superb combat power, I don't know how much trouble will be saved this time to suppress the bandits.

Chasing Tianhou and Duan Xiao away, Li Chengqian walked towards Ashina Xue's bedroom while relaxing his muscles and bones.Fractured bones are not a serious problem, but they still need to be taken care of.To be honest, Ashina Xue's way of holding on to his eldest grandson at that time made his heart very warm.And at that time, he saw very clearly that after pushing the eldest grandson to a safe place, Ashina Xue also pushed Xiuxiu, otherwise, Xiuxiu would not have been able to catch the curtain.

Chapter 334 Wei Zheng's Worries

So ah, how one's background doesn't determine a person's impression.Although Ashina Xue is the princess of Turkic, Li Chengqian will not feel bored with her.What happened yesterday also allowed her to get the approval of her eldest grandson, which immediately eliminated the influence of her identity.

After all, under the premise that the Tang Dynasty was in full swing, and marriage was originally a matter for the Western Turks, Ashina Xue's position in the Tang Dynasty was itself very embarrassing.Being forgotten by everyone is her true destination.

The first floor of the small garden building is the current residence of Ashina, Ashue and Xiuxiu, which was chartered by the queen.

At this time, not only the two of them were present, Su Yuan was also there, and Ashina Xue, with one arm hanging, was dealing with a pot of ginseng and chicken soup with a bitter face.

Since Sun Simiao discovered that ginseng has a great medicinal effect, not just a "health product" used to make tea, the price of ginseng has risen suddenly. Thanks to the income of ginseng, residents in Changbai Mountain and other places have become rich Windfall, many medicinal material merchants bulged their pockets even more.

"Be obedient, let's drink it. Do you dare to throw away the medicinal food bestowed by the queen? No one else can envy you!"