ebookland Chapter 906: The Small-minded King of Chu and the Silent Majesty Li 2
Chapter 906: The Small-minded King of Chu and the Silent Majesty Li 2
"Uncle Qin, what are you mumbling about?" Seeing Qin Qiong smiling bitterly and shaking his head, His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn't help but ask curiously, "The war is over, why are you still not happy?"
"Your Highness, I just don't know how to reply to Chang'an." Qin Qiong thought for a moment and then said, "How about... you come?"
"That's great." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was not polite when he heard this. He looked at Guo Xiaoke who was standing beside him and said, "General Guo, I want you to write it. Is there any problem?"
"That's no problem." Guo Xiaoke smiled slightly upon hearing this, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning of his nightmare...
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"...Well...well, my dear ministers..." - Half a month later, in the Taiji Hall in Chang'an City, when His Majesty Li II was halfway through the grand court meeting, he unexpectedly received a battle report from the border.
So he asked Zhang Nan to read out the battle report in public without thinking - he believed that this bastard would not let him down.
but……
When Zhang Nan took the letter and unfolded it, he suddenly felt dizzy.
But when he realized that he should perform his duties conscientiously, he read out the contents of the letter, and then his eyes went dark, and the images were replaced by Emperor Li II and the ministers of Zhenguan.
“Your Majesty… Your Majesty, do you want to read more?” - Zhang Nan felt that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was really… someone who could find some fun for himself wherever he went, and in the process, turn others into fun.
"Keep reading!" As the emperor, His Majesty Li II must keep his promise.
"..." Zhang Nan swallowed his saliva after hearing this, and then, regardless of the dissuasion of the ministers below, he continued to read the King of Chu's "Letter to the Ministers of Zhenguan": "It has been a few months since we last met, and I miss you... Oh, except for my father, the Duke of Zhao, the Duke of Ying, and Chu Suiliang, I miss you very much - the yellow sand in the northwest is rolling, covering the sky and the earth, just like the endless words I have said to you -"
"——Wait a minute." His Majesty Li Er's eyebrows were already twisted into the shape of a "川" character: "Did that bastard ask someone to write this letter for him?!"
"Why do you say that, Your Majesty?" Lord Fang was listening with great interest at the moment, so he subconsciously asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu has always been eccentric, and the content of this letter is consistent with his usual style."
"Yu Shinan, you tell the story." Upon hearing this, Emperor Li II was too lazy to explain and directly let Yu Shinan come out to suffer the punishment.
“Ahem…” Lord Yu saw that he couldn’t escape, so he coughed awkwardly twice, then said, “Your Highness the King of Chu… His handwriting is always grand, um… In short, if this is his handwritten letter - then Zhang Nan should turn the page now…”
"..." After Yu Shinan's explanation, the hall fell into a strange silence.
It took the ministers a while to react - it turned out that King Chu couldn't write fine calligraphy at all, so he had someone else write these repetitive words for him...
"Hahahahahahaha..." Now, all the civil and military officials, who had been able to hold their breath, could no longer hold it back. For a moment, the entire Tai Chi Hall was filled with a happy atmosphere infected by the husband, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu.
Of course, there were a few people who couldn't laugh: for example, Zhangsun Wuji, the Duke of Zhao who had just resigned from the position of Shangshu You Pushe, and Chu Suiliang who was expelled from his school, and Yuwen Shiji who had become a "Chang'an Goubuli".
"..." Even Emperor Li II couldn't help but twitch his lips after seeing the reactions of his ministers.
After a long time, the laughter died down. Zhang Nan, who was no longer under pressure, read the letter from His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "In short, this king knows that you love me, but as a man of the Tang Dynasty, I have ambitions in all directions - I will definitely not come back to Chang'an City. But if you really miss me, you can do something to make me faint..." Zhang Nan muttered, and weakly glanced at His Majesty Li II with a stern face, and then said: "Let my...father send you to exile in Lingnan - I will definitely take good care of you at that time, and make sure you have meat to eat every day, and every meal is different... Of course, this king still hopes that your career will be smooth. By the way, Duke Zhao, Duke Ying and Chu Suiliang are exceptions - this king always holds grudges. If they dare to come to Lingnan, this king will train them to climb trees and pick coconuts, especially on rainy days, they must go to the beach -"
"——Zhang Nan, find out if there is anything serious in that brat's letter!" His Majesty Li Er is now in a state of panic: this little bastard, is he so vindictive? Wuji must be wishing he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into...
"Only..." Upon hearing this, Zhang Nan silently turned the page on the content of the idle talk by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu. Then, he finally found the "key point" that His Majesty Li II said at the end of the letter.
However, he was somewhat stunned: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."
"What's wrong?" His Majesty Li II raised his eyebrows upon hearing this: "What good thing did that brat do again?"
“Your Highness the Prince of Chu…” Zhang Nan took a deep breath as if he had just drowned, and then shouted in the loudest voice: “Your Highness the Prince of Chu led his retainers to Qianquan City a month ago. With the help of the assassins, it took only one night to turn Qianquan City upside down. The whole city was almost reduced to scorched earth. The two Khans of the Western Turks, Siyehu Khan and Yibishekui Khan, were also captured by Your Highness the Prince of Chu. Now Your Highness the Prince of Chu has returned to Gaochang City and will soon start negotiations with the Western Regions on the division of power in the Western Regions after the war. As for the two Khans of the Western Turks, Your Highness the Prince of Chu has sent people to escort them back to Chang'an. Perhaps they will be able to arrive in Chang'an in half a month at most. Your Majesty, a great victory! A great victory!”
"..."
At this moment, the Taiji Hall fell silent for the second time.
Only the echo of Zhang Nan's "Great victory, great victory" echoed in the hall.
No...what's the matter?
Your Highness the King of Chu has finished the war now?
Is this justified? !
Finished?! One person, with his retainers and loyal soldiers, defeated the Western Turks like this without using any of the 30,000 elite soldiers?
Chang'an Song and Dance Troupe adds new members?
Will the Tang Dynasty become the sole decision-maker in the Western Regions?
Your Highness the Prince of Chu... just by boasting and cursing, he managed to get this done? !
"Brilliant! Bravo! Bravo!" - Duke of Zheng Wei Zheng, the old stubborn man who had never gotten along well with the King of Chu, couldn't help but cheer three times: "Your Highness the King of Chu won this battle beautifully, beautifully!"
"Yes..." The first person to respond to Wei Zheng was Duke of Lu Cheng Yaojin: "Your Highness the Prince of Chu's tactics... are so imaginative, even more so than Duke Wei's! After this battle, the entire Western Region will be ruled by our Great Tang from now on!"
"Your Majesty, I... Your Majesty?" Fang Xuanling, who was about to speak to His Majesty Li II to ask for credit on behalf of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, looked up at this moment, only to find that His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, was staring straight ahead with empty eyes.
At this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was sitting below His Majesty Li Er, slightly turned sideways and glanced at his father from the corner of his eye. Li Chengqian understood that the other party must want to say something at this moment, but in the end he said nothing...