"I am here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
Not to mention that Li Shouting could be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he was also Yang Wenyuan's right-hand man.
Compared with Yang Zhu, not only did he not put on airs, but he also kept his posture very low.
As soon as Liu Qi said "no courtesy", people started to issue orders.
As the saying goes, the hurt caused by a soft knife is the most painful. Even if Liu Qi doesn't kneel down, it's like people don't see it, so they don't deal with the prince more on this kind of thing.
"Prince Liu Qi delayed the military schedule and disturbed the peace of the place."
"Now, I will give you three days to hand over the military power to Li Shouting. After three days, you will immediately lead the army back to Kyoto and report your duties to me."
"In addition, the forced conquest of South Korean foundries will hinder the relations between the two countries. I order you to return them to South Korea as soon as possible. They are not allowed to be used for private purposes!"
"General Wood has made great contributions and has stationed in the northern border of Daqing for many years. How can he be removed from his official position at will? Now, in accordance with my decree, Wood's official position should be restored immediately, and the power of the three major battalions should be returned to management."
"Appreciate this!"
Liu Qi was shocked.
The previous imperial edict in Jincheng only called him back to the city, but this time, he directly took back his military power!!!
After speaking, Li Shouting folded the imperial edict in his hand and handed it to Liu Qi. Regardless of his expression, he is still standing until now.
"Your Highness, please accept the order."
In one fell swoop, all his plans were disrupted.
It’s not that I was surprised by the content of the imperial edict. Yang Wenyuan's people must be watching secretly here. Sooner or later, the court will know about these things, but they just feel that it is a little too early.
Even if it waits until the rebellion in the Kingdom of Seal begins.
If it had been anyone else, Liu Qi would have just found a reason and excused it casually.
But the person in front of him was Li Shouting, an old fox who had been in court for many years.
The trick used against Yang Zhu was not easy to use on him. Besides, from the moment they met until now, they had not given him such a chance at all.
Moreover, when Liu Qi received the imperial edict, Li Shouting smiled and spoke as if to comfort him.
"Oh, Your Highness! Don't blame me, I'm just following orders."
"I don't know how the things you did came to the ears of the emperor. The emperor was furious. There is nothing we can do to persuade him. Don't be anxious. If you have anything to say, please go back and explain it to the emperor in person. I I will definitely speak for you later.”
It's good to retreat in order to advance, so Li Shouting immediately picked himself clean.
Now, Liu Qi had no reason to target him. Anyone who refuses or has any emotions is a clear sign of resistance.
"This king accepts the order."
"However, Mr. Li, your arrival is sudden and I am not prepared. I am afraid that there will be some difficulties in the three days?"
Li Shouting narrowed his eyes, wondering what trick Liu Qi was playing.
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Liu Qi told him directly.
"That's it. In order to understand the situation around the northern border, I sent General Bai Qi to inspect the border two days ago. I don't know where it is at this time. I sent someone to look for it. After all, he is leading Went with some soldiers."
When Li Shouting heard this, he knew that this was Liu Qi's plan to delay the attack. A smile on his face.
"Your Highness, aren't you making things difficult for me? You said, if it takes ten days and a half, how can I explain to the emperor?"
"How about ten days?"
In Liu Qi's judgment, ten days are enough to solve the current troubles.
But Li Shouting shook his head.
"Your Highness, you just heard that your Majesty said three days. If we wait until the tenth and the court does not receive news of the return date, the minister will also be punished."
Liu Qi took a deep breath. He followed the emperor and kept putting pressure on himself.
"Let's do this, Mr. Li, I won't put you in trouble, five days! Five days is fine, as the imperial edict says, you must give me some time to deal with it."
Li Shouting thought about it and felt that three days and five days were about the same.
Furthermore, we can also take advantage of this time to collect more evidence about Liu Qi's crimes here, and quickly return to the court without delay.
So I thought. He nodded awkwardly.
"Okay, Your Highness, I will risk being punished by the emperor to help you this time. You can't ask for more in five days."
Liu Qi smiled and cupped his hands.
"Don't worry, Mr. Li, you are so interesting. How can I embarrass you?"
"Wu Tianxu!"
"Xiaguan is here!"
"Hurry up and find a good restaurant to welcome Mr. Li. I have other important matters, so I won't accompany you."
After saying that, he smiled slightly, turned around and left the prefect's mansion with Qin and Zhao.
Looking at Liu Qi's back, Li Shouting raised the corner of his mouth slightly. Thinking in my heart.
"Boy, when I'm here, just wait and come back with me!"
...
Return to Guanyi.
Liu Qi drank a large gulp of tea.
Zhao Wenhui on the side looked sad.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Qin Wei said with relief.
"It's okay. Your Highness, isn't this delaying the time? We still have ten days."
Liu Qi sighed softly.
"Time has been delayed, but the problem has not been solved."
"Right now, there is no news from Lu Liang, and we don't know when the civil war in the Kingdom of India will break out. Whether we can intervene or not."
"In addition, now that my military power has been taken back, not to mention the soldiers, even the generals cannot make arrangements at will. In this case, how can we exchange General Han with Bai Qi?"
Thinking of this, Liu Qi suddenly raised his head.
"Qin Lieutenant, hurry up. Go to the military camp immediately and tell General Han Zhong that no matter what, the command of the troops cannot be handed over to Li Shouting."
"And no matter what Li Shouting sends people to say, we must not use the army. Do you understand?"
Qin Wei arched his hands.
"General, I will go over right away."
As soon as Wei Qin left, Liu Qi propped up his hands, rubbed his head, and took a deep breath. Thinking to himself.
"In this current situation, the only thing I can do is to ask for help."
While Liu Qi was staying in the room, thinking about the next countermeasures.
Less than two hours had passed before Han Dalin arrived at Guanyi.
"Your Highness, General Han Zhong asked me to tell you. Wood has returned to his post."
Liu Qi laughed.
I can't complain that I didn't see him when I was at the mansion. He must have received the news of Li Shouting's reinstatement a long time ago.
"Okay, I understand."
However, as soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, a guard hurried up.
"Your Highness, here is a letter from Qingdu."
Liu Qi opened it and took a look. His brows immediately knitted together.
Grandma, another bad news! !
