Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Seeing that Xiuxiu was still in a daze, Guo Ye continued to explain: "Wei Wang Li Tai begged his queen mother to instruct his younger sisters to help him. The reason is very simple. It's been a long time. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. The story of Prince Chengqian being imprisoned has probably reached his ears again, so now he urgently needs to make a contribution as an opportunity to get into the eyes of the current Holy Majesty as soon as possible. In this way, maybe he Can make the current emperor happy, and recall him from Qianzhou to Chang'an with an edict. As we all know, Li Tai used to be the most favorite prince of the current emperor. He has been with the emperor for a long time, and he can't bear it Li Chengqian will take his place. Hehe, at least our Prince Wei thinks so."

"So, he made up his mind on the husband leading the army to the south to suppress the rebellion this time?"

After listening to Guo Ye's analysis, Xiuxiu understood a little bit, and sighed in a daze: "It turns out that it's still so complicated."

Guo Ye patted her head lovingly, and said with a smile: "It is considered a kindness for His Royal Highness Wei Wang to take credit for my contribution to suppressing the rebellion in the south. Based on what I know about him, hmph, when he arrives There must be a lot of small tricks in the dark. Maybe he can take all the credit for the suppression of the bandits and the rebellion in the south before the end of my suppression of the rebellion in the south. Madam, you don’t know something. Your Highness understands it all too well, and is used to eating alone. At that time, with his ability of being unable to support the wall with mud, it will be considered good if he does not add chaos to my Guangnan Road army. I am afraid that by then, he will take the credit and your husband will be the blame!"

"what?"

Xiuxiu was so startled that she covered her small mouth immediately, and said dumbfoundedly: "So, the Empress and the two princesses don't feel at ease. And that Princess Wencheng, she is still in front of me repeatedly. Praising you, husband, turns out to be doing one thing in person and another in back."

"Haha, Xiuxiu is serious!"

Guo Ye looked at Xiuxiu's bulging cheeks, with a charming look full of righteous indignation, and hurriedly explained: "The empress is eager to love her son, besides, the crown prince Chengqian is not up to date, and she also hopes that Li Tai can take this opportunity to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. This is understandable. As for the two princesses, Yuzhang and Changle, who are innocent and innocent daughters, how could they think so much? It's Xiuxiu that you have misunderstood them. As for Princess Wencheng, I'm afraid she is too kind. But? After all, the queen and the two princesses have asked her to come forward as a lobbyist, how can she refuse?"

Speaking of this, Guo Ye added a resolute tone: "But don't care who they turn to to lobby, my position is very clear, people like Wei Wang Li Tai can hide as soon as they can, and want me to work with him? Save it! I If you can’t hide until you can’t hide, why would you look for trouble?”

Listening to Guo Ye helping Empress Changsun, Princess Changle and others to excuse, Xiuxiu looked depressed and her face became a little ugly, she hesitated to speak, and then slightly lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Guo Ye.

Seeing this, Guo Ye was extremely suspicious, and immediately asked, "Xiuxiu, what's going on?"

"I... I... Husband, I..."

After hesitating for a long time, he couldn't utter a complete sentence, as if a child had done something wrong, with a guilty conscience.

Guo Ye seemed to sense some ominous signs, subconsciously moved his butt from the edge of the bed, jumped up, and asked in disbelief, "Xiuxiu, my good wife, don't tell me that I was killed by Princess Wencheng!" After a few words, you made up your own mind and agreed to this matter for me, right?"

"Sorry, I really didn't think that much at the time."

Xiuxiu apologized in a low voice, then suddenly raised her face, looked at Guo Ye with shame and shame, and asked in a daze: "Husband, is there still time to save this matter?"

Chapter 1040

Hearing Xiuxiu's words, Guo Ye was completely speechless.It seems that Xiuxiu, a little lamb as pure as a piece of paper, still couldn't stand Princess Wencheng's flickering, so she made the decision for herself and agreed to this matter in a daze.

You are cruel, Wen Cheng!

Immediately, Guo Ye flicked Xiuxiu's forehead with his fingers, and said with a smile, "Of course there's time, I won't let this grandson, Li Tai, get his way."

Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief, now that Guo Ye said that, she finally felt less guilty.

So he asked: "Husband, I have promised Princess Wencheng, so how can you save this matter?"

"Next..."

Guo Ye took off his coat, blew out the candles on the candlestick, and said softly, "Next, sleep first."

No words all night, sleep until dawn.

In the early morning of the second day, Xiuxiu continued to snooze because she was pregnant, while Guo Ye got up early, dressed and washed, and left the county mansion.

Regarding Li Tai's matter, he was naturally very resistant and unwilling in every possible way, it was impossible for Li Tai to get involved with him going south to suppress the rebellion.

So, he will settle this matter today.

However, he didn't intend to go to Princess Wencheng, because although she fooled Xiuxiu while she was away, she was just a lobbyist who helped spread the word.

If you want to reject this matter from the root, you have to go to the source—Empress Changsun.

Therefore, after he left Taipingfang, he went straight to the imperial palace.

Guo Ye had his own considerations for choosing to enter the palace to meet Empress Changsun at this time.

Because this time happened to be the time of the morning court, I would not meet His Majesty Li Er in the Ganlu Hall.

Moreover, His Majesty Li Er had also explained that Guo Ye and Li Jing did not need to go to court in the past few days before leading the army to the south.

He knew very well that if he wanted to get rid of this boy Li Tai's thoughts of fishing in troubled waters and adding to the chaos, he had to start with Empress Changsun.At that time, if we meet His Majesty Li Er in Ganlu Palace, it will be bad.It is inevitable that there will be side effects and unnecessary incidents.

Avoiding His Majesty Li Er's meeting with Empress Changsun is not only for Empress Changsun's consideration, but also to clear the relationship for himself.

After entering the palace, the little yellow gate leading the way is naturally very familiar with Guo Ye, but not too familiar.Guo Ye put up a pretense, saying that the eldest grandson empress called, Xiao Huangmen didn't dare to neglect when he heard it, and the Duke of Pingyang is now famous and prosperous, and Guo Ye is generous, so he stuffed another small ingot of silver To the little yellow door that leads the way.

After only a short while, Guo Ye appeared outside the Palace of Ganlu as if he had entered a land without people in the palace.

When the eunuch guarding the Ganlu Palace saw that it was Guo Ye, Duke of Pingyang, who had come here, he didn't insult him, and immediately went in to report to Empress Changsun.

Soon the servant eunuch went and came back, saying that Empress Changsun had invited her into the palace.

But after entering the Ganlu Hall, the eunuch directly led him to the Buddhist hall where Empress Changsun set up in the deep part of the hall, where she usually worships Buddha.

I saw Empress Changsun sitting cross-legged on a futon with a scroll of scriptures beside the futon, while Empress Changsun was holding a string of exquisite and flawless, plump and round top-grade Buddhist beads in her hands.It looks like she has just finished paying homage to the Buddha and finishing her morning classes.

"Long time no see, Mr. Guo, please sit down!"

Empress Changsun didn't get up, and she didn't need to get up, she just stretched out her hand to signal Guo Ye to sit down.

Guo Ye was not too polite, he took off the leather boots he had just put on this morning, and sat cross-legged on a yellow futon, only five or six steps away from Empress Changsun.

After sitting down, Empress Changsun seemed to be a normal person, she opened her teeth lightly, and said with a smile: "Guo Qing, I heard that Mrs. Ling is pregnant, and the Guo family will have a new baby soon. It's really gratifying. !"

Guo Ye smiled back and said thank you to the queen for her concern.

After that, he didn't go around in circles with the eldest grandson empress, and said directly: "Queen, please forgive me for being bold. It is really difficult for me to do what Princess Wencheng asked me to do when she came to my residence yesterday. I hope the empress will forgive me!"

After the Empress Changsun finished listening, the expression on her face was still the same as before, but Guo Ye still carefully noticed that the Buddha string in her hand froze slightly.A subtle movement betrayed the mood of Empress Changsun at this time—unexpected disappointment.

However, there was a momentary stagnation, and soon, Empress Changsun began to twist up the beads methodically again, and asked lightly: "Guo Qing, can you tell me why?"

Guo Ye admired Empress Changsun's unruffled state of mind in the face of danger, but in order to make her give up completely, he did not want to lie to her. Called from Qianzhou to participate in the Guangnan Road army's southward counter-insurgency, the humble minister will never want to calm down and be quiet."

Empress Changsun continued to twist the beads, and asked, "Guo Qing, don't you think that Tai'er led his troops from Qiannan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to assist you, can you help me a little bit? The more soldiers the better, does Guo Qing still think that the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong?"

"Ha ha……"

Guo Ye smiled indifferently, and replied softly: "Empress, forgive me, His Royal Highness King Wei is your son. Don't you yourself know his nature and behavior?"

ba da~

The Buddha string that Empress Changsun was twisting in her hand fell to the ground unexpectedly, and her expression became a little embarrassed.

Guo Ye continued: "Queen, to be honest, even if I am short of soldiers and horses, I will not conscript with His Royal Highness the King of Wei. The reason is very simple, I just want to kill thieves and bandits as quickly as possible, in the shortest possible time. Put down the rebellion of the white lotus cult in the south, and then return to the court. I really don't want to cause more troubles, so I will cause trouble for myself. His Royal Highness King Wei... Hey, let's forget it!"

Now Empress Changsun finally understood the real reason for Guo Ye's refusal.

As a queen, her son is the prince of the Great Tang Empire. Now, hearing a courtier look down on him so much and even feel disgusted and disgusted, Empress Changsun was more or less disappointed, but also felt a little resentful.

This resentment is due to the fact that his son Li Tai is not up to date and does not make progress.The second is because Guo Ye, as a courtier, dared to belittle a prince in front of him.