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

Now His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu seems to be an easy target to bully in Chang'an.

But in the northwest, the foreigners who were conquered by him did not think so.

Two days later.

"Your Highness, it is said that the Honglu Temple has received news from the two Turkic Khans. In their letter, they said that they listened to the slander of villains and misunderstood you, which led to their outrageous remarks. So now they want to take back their previous words and shave their heads to apologize to you." - In the bedroom of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, Cheng Xin received the message from the chief eunuch Zhang Nan, and was whispering to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu who was dining alone.

"Got it," His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded. He was now almost certain that the person in Chang'an who was supporting the two Turkic Khans must have a high official position - because it was not difficult to receive the news, but it was not easy to send the news to the Western Regions so quickly.

In his heart, he had actually already guessed who this person was.

"Your Highness, actually... I think you don't need to get involved in this mess again..." Chengxin is an honest man. In his opinion, since the other party has already surrendered, there is no need to attack him again.

"Heh..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled upon hearing this, and then turned his gaze to Yao Ji who was serving him soup on the other side: "Yao Ji, what do you think of this?"

"Your Highness, this battle must be fought." Yao Ji placed a porcelain bowl filled with soup in front of His Highness the King of Chu and whispered, "Your Majesty... will not miss this opportunity, and the ministers in the court also hope that you can leave Chang'an as soon as possible... Of course, in my opinion... the reasons they give are generally very fair: for example, foreign races have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and for example, the wolfish ambitions of the Western Turks have been exposed before, so even if they are now submissive, they must be severely beaten..."

"You kid actually have such an insight?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu first put down his bowl and chopsticks, then looked at Yao Ji in surprise: "Then tell me, what should I do next?"

"The original plan remains unchanged." Yao Ji was silent for a while, then slowly said, "But as long as His Majesty allows you to leave Chang'an, my suggestion is that after passing Yumen Pass, you should send someone to control Hou Junji, the guard of Yumen Pass. If he receives an order from Chang'an and secretly causes trouble for you, it will probably cause you huge losses... And Hou Junji... is extremely utilitarian and ambitious..."

“You kid…” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was a little frightened. “How do you know all this? Hou Junji’s character… How could you, a mere eunuch,…”

"Your Highness, I have loved reading since I was young, but my family fell into poverty and my parents died when I was young. As a result, I was sold to the palace by my uncle...

But, even if I become a eunuch, I will study hard whenever I have the chance, because only in this way can I find the meaning of life, even if it is only temporary..."

——Perhaps realizing that he had strayed from the topic, Yao Ji put away his memories and then bowed to Li Kuan: "Your Highness, I am not speaking without purpose. When I was serving Princess Danyang, I met General Hou Junji several times. Although he appears to be humble and polite, he is actually very arrogant and has an almost fanatical desire for power. Although he has hidden this very well, I am sure I am not wrong."

When Yao Ji said this, he saw that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had fallen into deep thought, so he simply made up his mind, bowed down and said: "Your Highness, I am willing to guarantee with my life that Hou Junji must not be trusted!"

"No..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu realized that things were not simple: "Tell me the truth, do you have a personal grudge against Hou Junji?"

"Your Highness, I have no personal grudge against General Hou, but I am confident that I will never misjudge someone." Upon hearing this, Yao Ji first stood up straight, then bowed again: "Your Highness, I have never misjudge anyone!"

"You are exaggerating..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu didn't think he could get another Gangzi: "And you have to give me a reasonable reason."

"Your Highness, let me put it this way." Yao Ji thought for a moment and then said, "When other ministers in the court toasted Your Majesty at the banquet, their eyes were full of respect.

But General Hou was different. When he put down his wine glass and lowered his head to pick up the food, his eyes seemed to say - the position he was sitting in was too low! "

"You have served him at the banquet?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This is really a coincidence!

"I am of humble status, and I just happened to be standing behind General Hou. It was from that time that I began to carefully observe this person, and then I came to this conclusion." Yao Ji's face turned pale as he said this: "Your Highness, as I said, I am naturally good at observation, so I know that even though you and His Majesty have quarreled to this point today, even though you still have endless self-confidence, you still chose to continue to give in...

This makes me admire you even more. So I will give you a piece of advice at the risk of my life: since you are a fierce tiger, even if you have no intention of hurting people, people who are afraid of you will still think about how to eliminate this threat.

Your Highness, Chang'an today is already filled with murderous intent!

So you can’t just go by your gut feeling anymore!”

After Yao Ji finished speaking, he bowed down again.

Cheng Xin, who was beside him, also came to her senses from the shock and knelt down to pay respect to His Highness the King of Chu: "Your Highness, I also think that Yao Ji is right. You can't put yourself in danger again without making any preparations!"

"Damn it..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu felt very complicated at this moment - it seemed that the two eunuchs beside him were better than some people in the palace... Never mind...

After a long silence.

"All of you get up." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu picked up the bowls and chopsticks on the table again and began to pick and choose from the delicacies: "In fact, my sense is always very accurate."

"Your Highness..." Yao Ji still thought that King Chu was still unwilling to accept advice.

"Okay, no need to say more. I now think what you said makes a lot of sense, and I will listen to your opinions in the future. By the way, after this matter is over, I have to go to Qiongzhou to be a vassal, and you two have to follow me. Do you have any objections?"

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!" Cheng Xin and Yao Ji were overjoyed to see that His Highness the King of Chu had no intention of abandoning them.

"From now on, you should just be my vassal. No need to talk about slaves or servants... From now on, besides you two and Hong San, there will be no other eunuchs around me..."