Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 438
Before the people arrived, the sound came first. Seeing Tang Taizong's arrival, Fang Yi'ai and his group quickly corrected their expressions, and Fang Xuanling also walked out of the main seat immediately.

Tang Taizong went on a tour in casual clothes, walked into the second hall, saw Qin Qiong was also in the house, and laughed loudly: "Shubao, it seems that you are one step ahead of the widow."

Qin Qiong clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "Long live you are joking, please take a seat."

"Long live, please be seated." Fang Xuanling bowed his hands and invited Tang Taizong to the main seat, while he sat beside Mrs. Lu, and accompanied Li Shimin with Qin Qiong on the left and right.

After taking their seats, Mrs. Lu took Gao Yang and Qin Jingniang to squat down to salute, and then, out of taboo, led the two out of the second hall.

There were only four Fang Yi'ai left during the banquet, Bai Jian stood aside to serve, while Li Shimin's gaze was always on Fang Yi'ai, looking him up and down, but he didn't say a word for a long time.

Fang Yi'ai felt apprehensive at being looked at, so she simply got up and cupped her hands and said, "Long live my humble minister."

"Forget it, sit down." Li Shimin raised the wine cup, leaving Fang Yiai and Qin Qiong aside, put the first glass of water and wine on Fang Yiai's head.

Taking a sip of his drink, Li Shimin said with a smile: "This trip to Henan Road was very hard, right? It looks like you've lost weight."

"It's the duty of a humble official to share worries for the Holy One." Fang Yiai was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hastily handed over her hands to sell a good girl.

"This time, you have made a clear investigation for the widow. The two major cases in Meiwu County and Caozhou Prefecture are indispensable." Li Shimin paused, and continued: "Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Seeing Li Shimin speak, Fang Yiai wanted to bring up Xie Yaohuan's marriage, but she was afraid that Tang Tu would offend Tang Taizong, so she continued to be obedient and said, "I don't dare to ask for rewards indiscriminately."

Li Shimin sneered, and said leisurely: "Don't think that the widow doesn't know what you're thinking. Thinking about Xie Yaohuan? I'm really not afraid of supporting you to death."

As soon as these words came out, Fang Xuanling and Qin Qiong blushed, and looked at Fang Yiai, only to see that his face was even more embarrassing, and his ears were red from embarrassment.

"I know this matter well." Changing the topic, Tang Taizong continued: "I called you back this time to discuss something with you."

"Long live, I ask for your instructions." Fang Yiai listened attentively, wanting to hear what important matters Tang Taizong had.

Li Shimin glanced at Qin Qiong, sighed softly, and said a little lonely: "The army sent to Yanmen Pass was ambushed a few days ago, and the Turkic thieves have become even more powerful."

Seeing Li Shimin mentioning the war against the Turks, Qin Qiong frowned slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Long live, don't be angry. The former only blamed the generals who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. That's why they were ambushed by the Turkic army in Calabash Valley."

"Unknown to Shubao, although our Tang Dynasty did not suffer much in this battle, Xiliang and Goguryeo all fell to the Turks. In this way, if these two countries start a war with our Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that we will be overwhelmed. "

Knowing the fall of Xiliang Kingdom and Goguryeo, Fang Xuanling and Qin Qiongju frowned and remained silent.

Seeing this, Fang Yi said lovingly and comprehendingly: "If Long Live is useful to Fang Jun, I will die."

"Okay, so I will explain it clearly." Li Shimin nodded with a smile, and continued: "I want to go to the Yanmen Pass to fight the Turks in person."

As soon as this statement came out, the three of them were shocked. Although Li Shimin used to fight here and there in his early years, but now he is in the ninth five ranks, and the imperial conquest is naturally no better than the Tiance general who was King Qin during Wu De's reign.

"Long live, this matter is of great importance, and I hope the Holy One will think twice."

"Yes, this matter can be left to the general and others. Long live why go to the front line of the border."

Li Shimin turned a deaf ear to Fang and Qin's advice, raised his glass and drank the wine, his eyes bursting with coldness, "I was deeply ashamed of the white horse alliance back then, this time Jieli's army came here, the lonely family We must fight to the death with him, let him see who is the real master of the world!"

Fang Yiai was well aware of Li Shimin's hatred for the White Horse Alliance. Seeing the cold light in Tang Taizong's eyes at this moment, knowing that persuasion was useless, he simply opened his mouth to cater to Li Shimin's wishes.

"Since the long live dragon's heart has been decided, Fang Jun is willing to take the lead in the front and lead the cavalry to investigate the reality of the Turks."

Li Shimin nodded with a smile, motioned Fang Yi'ai to sit down, and said, "Although you are highly skilled in martial arts, you already have a candidate for this pioneer seal."

"But I don't know which country it is?" Fang Xuanling and Qin Qiong asked in unison.

"Fang Jun can guess." Li Shimin raised his glass to drink with the two, and threw the puzzle to Fang Yiai.

Fang Yiai bowed her head in thought, thinking, "In the past when the Southern Expedition was going to the Northern Expedition, Marshal Qin mostly took the vanguard position. But now Marshal Qin, Duke E, and Duke Lu are all past their prime of life. It’s going to fall on the younger generation.”

After some thought, Fang Yiai cupped his hands and said softly: "Forgive me for your boldness, this pioneer seal is either Qin Huaiyu or Luo Tong."

"Sure enough, he is Xuanling's son and Ruhui's disciple. This guess is correct."

Li Shimin clapped his hands in applause, and said with a smile: "This time, the imperial conquest, I just want to order Qin Huaiyu and Luo Tong to be the chief and deputy vanguards."

Seeing that Li Shimin had already finalized the candidate, Qin Qiong no longer tried to dissuade him, and asked, "I want to come to Long Live to personally lead the army? But I don't know who will escort him?"

"Guaranteed." Li Shimin turned his head to look at Qin Qiong, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, with a look of trust in his eyes, "Of course it's you and Jingde, who bite the gold."

"Hou Junji, Li Jing, and Li Ji are divided into the three armies, and the widow leads the main force of the righteous path. The three of you will accompany you to the army. What does Shu Bao think?"

"The minister takes orders."

After hearing about Li Shimin's expedition plan, Fang Yiai frowned slightly, thinking in bewilderment, "I have nothing to do here."

Li Shimin seemed to see through his thoughts, and continued: "Fang Jun, I still need a rear army commander to supervise the food and grass, are you interested?"

"Interest? My God, does this matter have something to do with interest?" Fang Yiai muttered behind his back, cupped his hands and said, "I have never learned about supervising grain and grass, so I'm afraid I'm a little powerless."

Fang Xuanling chimed in and said, "That's right. I think the military equipment and supplies are the most important thing. Ai'er is still young, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to take on this important task."

"Xuanling don't worry, Yiai only needs to supervise the food and grass to go to the front line. The matter of regulating the military equipment and food and grass must fall on you and Ruhui."

"The minister obeys the order."

After talking about the details of the expedition, Li Shimin and the three of them chatted over wine, and seemed to intend to let Fang Yiai stay in Chang'an. As for Caozhou, Fang Yiai asked several times politely, but no results were obtained.

After the banquet was over, Fang Xuanling and Fang Yiai sent Qin Qiong and Li Shimin to the intersection of Changjie all the way, and then they came back with verbal instructions.

Back at Fangfu, Fang Xuanling paused, looked at Fang Yiai, and murmured: "Ai'er, do you understand what Wansui wants?"

"My son doesn't know, so I ask my father to show me." Fang Yiai had only a half-knowledge of Li Shimin's intentions, and when Fang Xuanling wanted to raise something, she was naturally happy to listen.

Fang Xuanling looked up at the bright starry sky, and sighed softly: "The war with the Turks is imminent, and the Guanlong clan can only be beaten, but not its foundation."

"Father means that Long Live intends to let go of Henan Dao?"

"That's right. Henan Road is the place where the Guanlong faction gathers. This place is neither their foundation nor their homeland. It is inevitable that they will act arbitrarily during their tenure. At present, the prefect of Caozhou has collapsed. If you find out that Changsun Anye is the head, then It really moves the whole body.”

"Since this is the case, why did Long live ask Yao Huan to be the magistrate of Caozhou?"

"Although Long Live intends to let go of the Guanlong Clan, the alarm bell is not ringing loud enough. If you want the Guanlong faction to restrain itself, you will naturally have to find someone to ring the bell."

"So Long Live chose Yaohuan? Why not someone else?"

"Son, is there anyone more suitable than my Fang family to offend the Guan Long faction?"

"My family?"

"Stupid child, haven't you noticed yet? Long live has already acquiesced in your marriage with Xie Yaohuan."

The words stopped for a while, and after a while, Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and continued: "Xie Yaohuan was born as an official in the palace. Even though she was devoted to you after getting married, the restraint force has only increased. Side, are you afraid that your kid will run away?"

"This." Fang Yiai was stunned for a while, then suddenly realized: "So that's why."

After finishing speaking, the father and son smiled knowingly, then walked into the main hall one after another, went to talk to Mrs. Lu, Gao Yang, and Qin Jingniang.

In Chang'an Fangfu, a family sat and talked with each other, and the main hall was full of laughter.At the same time, Caozhou, thousands of miles away, fell into an unprecedented panic because of a fire.

In the middle of the night, the Caozhou government office and the inner office caught fire at the same time, and the fire was only three days after Xie Yaohuan and others moved into the inner office.

(End of this chapter)