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

The next morning, Emperor Li II woke up from his sleep and was deeply moved to see the two old generals still loyally guarding the palace gate.

"Thank you for your hard work, my dear ministers!"

"It is our duty as ministers to help His Majesty solve problems and worries. Besides, it is just a night watch, which is not a big deal." Qin Qiong bowed to His Majesty Li Er upon hearing this. After thinking for a while, he said, "I wonder if Your Majesty was still disturbed by nightmares last night?"

"What a coincidence, I only know that I felt relaxed after waking up. As for the rest, I can't remember anything." - Emperor Li II was telling the truth, but not entirely - for example, he didn't have the courage to tell the two old generals that he found his temples and pillow were wet after waking up.

But in his opinion, it was just sweating while sleeping.

"Your Majesty, since you can rest well, then we are relieved." Yuchi Jingde obviously saw Qin Qiong's hesitation at this time, so he spoke first: "If there is nothing else... I will go back and rest with Duke Yi first."

"Then my dear tonight..."

"I will come again tonight!"

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After bidding farewell to His Majesty Li Er, Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong took off their armor and put on outer robes and walked side by side on the imperial road. Seeing that there was no one around, Yuchi Gong stopped first and said, "Brother Qin, please don't tell His Majesty what happened last night..."

"Brother Yuchi, are you also..." Qin Qiong could never have imagined that Yuchi Gong would actually say such words to him.

"Everyone has seen clearly what kind of person His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is now." Yuchi Gong saw that Qin Qiong seemed to doubt his position, so he hurriedly said: "The reason why I didn't let you say more is actually based on the idea of ​​​​putting the overall situation first - didn't Mr. Fang say that the past two years are the key period for the Tang Dynasty to recuperate and there can't be any more chaos. Besides, Brother Qin, do you still think that His Majesty doesn't know that there are people from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu in the palace? What happened in the imperial study before... It's not like you haven't heard about it. Besides, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu now sends Qiongzhou's specialties to the princes and princesses every now and then, and sometimes everyone in our group of old guys also has a share - do you think His Majesty, who has seen all this, will not notice it?"

"You mean..." Qin Qiong understood immediately: "Your Majesty, are you pretending to be stupid?"

"Not entirely." Yuchi Gong smiled upon hearing this, and then said, "There are some things that your majesty knows, and we know too, but if no one speaks out, then no one knows."

"..." Qin Qiong didn't expect that Yuchi Gong actually had such great wisdom: "Brother Yuchi, I really underestimated you before."

"No, no, no, I didn't say that." Yuchi Gong waved his hand and said, "My wife said that."

"Which one?" Qin Qiong smiled slightly when he heard this, and then started walking again: "Yuchi Gong is so lucky..."

"Hey! You old man..." Yuchi Gong was so angry when he saw Qin Qiong teasing him that he shouted, "You really don't know how to appreciate kindness!"

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The first day of May, the eleventh year of Zhenguan.

Qiongzhou.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu brought Zhang Zhenxuan to the Zhenzhou government office to meet the eldest brother of the "Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust", the Bearded Man, Zhang Zhongjian.

"My name is Zhang Zhongjian, and I'm here to meet His Majesty the King of Chu!" - Zhang Zhongjian looked at the handsome young man in front of him. It was hard for him to imagine that he was the young hero who pacified the northwest as mentioned in his third sister's letter.

"Oh! Lord Zhang, when I saw you, I felt a heroic aura rushing towards me! It really surprised me - in the past in Chang'an, all the nobles combined seemed to be less powerful than the aura of Lord Zhang alone!" After praising Zhang Zhongjian, His Royal Highness the King of Chu slightly tilted his head and whispered to Zhang Zhenxuan beside him, "Zhenxuan..."

"Three to seven." Zhang Zhenxuan's answer was also very simple: after three moves, you can prepare for the seventh day.

"Hahahaha... His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is such a wonderful person." As a martial artist, Zhang Zhongjian naturally had excellent hearing. However, at this moment, he was surprised at His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's reckless character, and at the same time, he was impressed by Zhang Zhenxuan's confidence: "Little Heavenly Master, young people should not speak too arrogantly..."

"Very conservative." Zhang Zhenxuan blinked when he heard that.

"..." Zhang Zhongjian was stunned when he heard that, but... thinking of how great a hero the old Taoist priest was in his past, Old Zhang, who was also a hero himself, decided not to bother with the junior for the time being.

So he immediately explained his purpose to His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "Your Highness, I wonder if you can give me a share of the refined salt business - of course, I also understand the principle of returning a favor - I will exchange spices with you, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, okay." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu smiled slightly when he heard this. He could see that Zhang Zhongjian had now placed himself in the position of an ally of the Dou family. His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu actually knew this, so he did not get angry: "But Lord Zhang, refined salt alone is not enough... Lord Zhang, do you want colored glaze or not?"

"Your Highness, this colored glass is too expensive..." Zhang Zhongjian was about to refuse, but the King of Chu said, "What's so expensive about it? Mr. Zhang, this colored glass... I will give you two boxes first. If you think the quality of the colored glass is acceptable, then we can continue to do business. How about that?"

"This..." Zhang Zhongjian didn't expect King Chu to be so generous: "Isn't this taking advantage of you, Your Highness..."

"We are family, so we don't talk about this." His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hand, and Zhang Zhongjian hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then I will be disrespectful to refuse."

"Harmony brings wealth, and everyone is happy." His Royal Highness the King of Chu narrowed his eyes and smiled when he heard this: "There is nothing disrespectful to refuse, as long as the host and the guests are happy."