I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

When Shitou heard what Li Shimin said, he dared not refute it. The fact that he had just said that showed his loyalty to King Ji.

He nodded quickly and said:

"Your Majesty is right, Your Majesty is right."

“Humph, people say that Prince Ji is a tyrant in the village, and he is always accompanied by a vicious slave. Today I see that it is true.

When you walked beside King Ji, you should have reminded him of his virtues at all times.

But not only did you not do so, but you helped the tyrant to do evil. The reason why King Ji behaved like this today is also related to you and the people around him.

As punishment, you will be required to feed the horses and groom the horses for all the carriages along the way until you reach the important city in Qinghai.

If Prince Ji doesn't punish you, then let me educate you properly."

Li Shimin snorted coldly, then ignored the stone and looked at the situation around him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty." Shi Tou thanked him repeatedly.

For the next two days, Shitou had to feed the horses for Li Shimin's carriage, the concubines' carriages, and more than eighty supply carts every day.

Of course, Shitou couldn't feed the other two thousand carriages that transported the copper coins and the horses of the cavalry alone.

Otherwise, he would be exhausted to death and the horse would starve to death.

Even so, Shitou was exhausted during these two days.

Wang De knew that Shitou was the chief steward of Prince Ji's mansion and a close aide to Li Shen. Given his relationship with Li Shen, he could still help.

I worked for two days just for Li Shimin to see, and after two days, Li Shimin had calmed down.

"Manager Li." Wang De called out.

"Hey, Steward Wang, please don't call me that. Just call me Stone. I am a junior."

Shi Tou said very politely.

“Okay, Shitou, you won’t be needed for these things anymore, after you finish your work, you can go and serve the Imperial Concubine.

I will help you if there is anything wrong." Wang De said with a smile.

"Thank you very much, Steward Wang. I will be grateful to you forever."

Shitou bowed deeply, knowing that this person was taking care of him for the sake of his own prince.

I can't lose face for the prince.

"Oh, that's enough. We are all servants, and we should take care of each other. Prince Ji is really...

By letting you bear such a big blame, isn't he afraid that His Majesty will be angry and kill you?"

Wang De sighed and shook his head, thinking that Prince Ji was not doing a good job.

“The prince said that I must not be killed, but I may be beaten.

Your Majesty has shown mercy by only punishing the slaves to work." Shitou replied seriously.

Wang De was speechless for a while.

After more than 10,000 people joined Li Shimin's convoy, the formation changed. In front, 10,000 cavalrymen from the important city of Qinghai led the way, while the Yulin Guards protected Li Shimin's convoy in the center.

Xue Rengui led the guard battalion of Prince Ji's mansion to spread out to guard the periphery, and at the back were five thousand right guards escorting two thousand carriages loaded with money.

The most prominent ones here are the personal guards of Prince Ji’s Mansion led by Tie Niu.

He was always surrounding the carriage of Concubine Wei and Li Shimin, and was particularly conspicuous in his black armor.

Originally, Tie Niu wanted to protect Concubine Wei because this was what Li Shen had instructed him to do.

But Shitou felt that this would bring physical pain to his own prince, so he discussed with Tieniu, saying that His Majesty was the prince's father, and they should protect him together.

Only then did Tie Niu reluctantly guard the two carriages, treating Li Ang's Hundred Cavalry Division as air.

If Li Shimin had not spoken, Li Tieniu would have come into conflict with the Baiqi Division.

Li Tieniu is a stubborn person. He will do whatever Li Shen tells him to do, and will not do anything more or less.

Li Shimin trusted Li Shen's personal guards and protected him many times.

The main reason is that I feel safe when I see the big guy Li Tieniu, and I will really rush forward if something happens.

Shitou replied that the team went directly to Concubine Wei's carriage, where there was also a bonfire and some concubines were having their meals here.

"Your Majesty." Shitou came over and saluted to Concubine Wei.

"Alas~~ I have heard about your story. It was supposed to be a great achievement to save the emperor, but in the end you were punished. I am sorry for you.

It's all Shen'er's fault. He's becoming more and more lawless."

Concubine Wei saw Shi Tou, who looked tired, and spoke softly.

"Don't say that, my lady, this is what I should do. For the sake of my Lord, I am willing to go through fire and water and die.

What does this little punishment mean?" Shitou bowed and explained.

"Alas, you are such a worrying child. Does your prince have any other schemes or tricks?"

Concubine Wei asked with a long sigh.

"Ah? No, no." Shi Tou waved his hands quickly.

"That's good. Also, tell the people in Prince Ji's Mansion to stay away from us and don't break the rules.

It’s different here than in Prince Ji’s Mansion.”

Concubine Wei elegantly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, her eyes drifting around inadvertently.

Shitou understood immediately after reading it and nodded:

"Yes, I will tell them right away. They don't understand the rules of the palace and are used to protecting His Royal Highness Prince Ji for so long.

This is also to better protect the Imperial Concubine and His Majesty."

“Well, go ahead and have them retreat to the outskirts of the Hundred Cavalry Division. After all, they are all from Prince Ji’s Mansion, so they should avoid suspicion and not cause trouble for your master.

With so many guards here, there could be no danger.

Don't let anyone talk back at you. Do you know how many people are watching your master?"

Concubine Wei's voice was so soft that the other concubines sitting far away did not hear it.

"Yes, I have remembered this."

Shitou bowed again, then stood up and walked to Tieniu's side not far away.

"Tie Niu, have the guards retreat a little further away, especially away from these concubines, and retreat to the periphery of the Yulin Guards."

At this moment, Tie Niu was holding his own door panel, standing straight, his body motionless, only his head was turning back and forth like a camera.

After hearing what Shitou said, Tieniu shook his head:

"This is the prince's order. To protect the imperial concubine's safety, Tie Niu cannot leave."

Shitou knew this would happen, and immediately said:

"I am also talking about the prince's order."

"Impossible, when did the prince give the order?" Tie Niu is not a fool, he is just slow to react.

"The order just scared me." Shi Tou said as he took out Li Shen's token from his arms and waved it in front of Tie Niu.

This was the measure Li Shen took to prevent Tie Niu from being disobedient.

Tie Niu frowned, looked carefully at the token in Shi Tou's hand, thought about it, and finally nodded.

He turned around and told his men to act according to the prince's orders.

Many people don’t understand why Tie Niu is so stupid but the guards still listen to him. The reason is actually very simple.

If you don't obey, I will beat you until you obey. I will use force to conquer people.

"General Li, the guards of Prince Ji's mansion have all evacuated. The escort work still needs to be arranged by General Li."

After convincing Tieniu, Shitou found Li An again and handed over the work to him, expecting Li Tieniu to say that it was impossible.

Li An glanced at the stone and smiled meaningfully.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away and report it to His Majesty. Steward Li is the one who thinks long-term. I admire him!"

(Happy Double Ninth Festival, everyone.)