Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Your Highness, what do you think?" After listening to the analysis of His Highness the Prince of Chu, Wang Qunyue understood: this gentleman was finally willing to use his amazing wisdom to seriously think of a way out for the Wang family of Taiyuan.

Therefore, Wang Qunyue could not shirk his duties: "Whatever your Highness says, I will do it."

"This time when I go to Goguryeo, I need the help of your royal family. Is that a problem?" Seeing that Wang Qunyue finally started to get the point, His Royal Highness the King of Chu directly put forward his request.

“Your Highness, this…” Wang Qunyue felt that His Highness the Prince of Chu was somewhat humiliating: “Don’t you know that among the various noble families in the Central Plains, the most powerful one in Goguryeo… is still the Dou family left by your grandmother…”

"Ah?" This was the first time His Royal Highness the King of Chu had heard of this. It seemed that Uncle Dou was being too conservative. However, he naturally had a solution to Wang Qunyue's doubts: "So that's why I need your help. You should know that my reputation in Goguryeo is not... very good. So I think my Dou family's troops in Goguryeo must have been targeted by someone a long time ago..."

“Your Highness, you think too much.” Wang Qunyue, the old fox, saw that His Highness the King of Chu had revealed such an obvious flaw. He couldn’t help but feel a little amused: “No one knows who is the person in charge of the Dou family in Goguryeo, and no one knows what specific industries the Dou family has in Goguryeo, but everyone knows that the name of the Fufeng Dou family is even more famous in Goguryeo than in the Central Plains!”

"Then my uncle Dou didn't give me the right to control these properties." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was very distressed, and he was too lazy to pretend: "Just tell me whether you are willing to give it up or not?!"

"Of course I am willing to do so." Wang Qunyue had already vaguely guessed what His Royal Highness the King of Chu was planning.

"Well, then, pick out two outstanding ones from your clan's direct lineage, and have them follow me to Goguryeo. I will give them some military merits, just like I did to Yingke...ah, you don't know who he is? That's not important. What's important is that if these two have real abilities, they may be able to be appointed generals and be granted titles of nobility on this trip." His Royal Highness the King of Chu spoke lightly, but how could Wang Qunyue not understand the significance of the words.

“Your Highness, I…” Wang Qunyue didn’t know what to say at this moment—you said His Highness the Prince of Chu was narrow-minded, and he was willing to put aside past grudges and help you when you were in the most dangerous time, but if you said he was broad-minded… then the sheepdog on the Mobei grassland that was slapped by His Highness the Prince of Chu who passed by would definitely not agree…

"Don't cry and whine about this, I feel uncomfortable!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was in a difficult situation now: "Anyway, I have given you the opportunity, whether you can grasp it depends on you. Also, remember this, after you leave this door, I will not make any promises to your Wang family, and your Wang family will continue to be at odds with me as before - when you go to Chang'an, you will be humble in front of the tyrant, and when the heads of other families ask about your well-being, you must be really moved. Other than that, you don't have to do anything, just wait patiently, do you understand?"

"I understand!" Wang Qunyue understood this time, even though he didn't understand. "After I go back this time, I will have someone send my eldest grandson, Wang Hanzhang, to you. Please take care of him in Goguryeo."

"Just him?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu scratched his head when he heard this: "Not greedy?"

"He is the only one, and he is not greedy." Wang Qunyue nodded when he heard this: "Your Highness the King of Chu, my Taiyuan Wang family does not need the glory of being granted titles or appointed as a general, but the successor of the Taiyuan Wang family needs to receive real experience." Wang Qunyue's words made the Wang family's position clear: the grandson of the current head of the Wang family is definitely one of the candidates for the future head of the Wang family, but he was willing to send him to His Highness the King of Chu to accompany His Highness the King of Chu to Goguryeo to fight for his life.

At the same time, his move was also to dispel some doubts among Dou's retainers, such as top strategists like Wang Xuance: he, Wang Qunyue, had left his own grandson to be with His Royal Highness the King of Chu. It was reasonable for the Wang family of Taiyuan to not betray His Royal Highness the King of Chu again - and with Dou Shilun in charge of Chang'an, and although Taiyuan was the Wang family's territory, in fact, another behemoth was not far from them - Yu Zan and Lai Huer, two old former Sui warriors, were probably not just guarding a deserted old house in Longyou.

However, Wang Qunyue still underestimated Wang Xuance. He would never relax his vigilance against the Wang family of Taiyuan because of Wang Qunyue's little tricks.

"Master Wang, you are thoughtful." Wang Xuance, who had never spoken, suddenly smiled at Wang Qunyue and said, "It's just that... we have too many people to enter Goguryeo this time. I wonder how you plan to arrange it?"

"Half of them are caravans, and half are escorts." When it comes to business, Wang Qunyue is not vague: "The scale of the Wang family's business in Goguryeo is not too large, but it is not so large that it would be a problem for a thousand people to pass through the customs."

"What's the matter? Your royal family has people in the Goguryeo military?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this - he was really fooled by this old guy.

"Your Highness, in fact, the internal struggles in Goguryeo..." Wang Qunyue paused for a moment before continuing, "It has never ceased, especially in their military. The various factions are intertwined, which naturally gives us an opportunity to take advantage of..."

"Fortunately, the military of the Great Tang Dynasty is united." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu always finds the right opportunity to brag about himself: "This is all thanks to me..."

“That’s not true…” Wang Xuance held his forehead with his hand upon hearing this. “But regarding this matter… General Li Jing should have more say…”

"Haha...Xuan Ce, you've been a little too much lately..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu laughed when he heard this and didn't care about the other party's sarcasm.

"..." At this moment, Wang Qunyue raised Wang Xuance's status in his heart a few points again - after all, he was able to joke with His Royal Highness the King of Chu in person, and the latter could actually laugh it off... Such people are rare in the entire Tang Dynasty.

"However, Master Wang is so frank today, Your Highness. I think this is rare. This is enough to show your sincerity." Wang Xuance said as he stood up and walked to Wang Qunyue and helped him up from the ground: "My Lord, you have troubled me."

"I'm not in the way... I'm not in the way..." When Wang Qunyue stood up, his eyes were always on the King of Chu, but the latter obviously did not have any aversion to Wang Xuance's seemingly presumptuous behavior - and this undoubtedly deepened Wang Qunyue's speculation: it seems that the weight of this young man Wang Xuance in the heart of His Royal Highness the King of Chu is probably far beyond what the world guesses.