"Your Majesty, I personally experienced the invasion of Beipan, and I can't say anything false."
After the morning court, Li Tongguang reported Beipan's invasion to the imperial court.
"This Beipan has always been honest in recent years, but he actually jumped out when I was about to attack Chu State."
Emperor An waved his hand: "Ignore them for now. The tribes like Beipan are ready to make a move every autumn. They have been like this for decades, and they probably won't be able to make any waves."
"But……"
"No more words."
Just when Emperor An was about to scold Li Tongguang, he saw a little eunuch running in in a panic and fell to his knees with a plop.
"What's the matter, are you so panicked?"
"Your Majesty, the King of Ceremony from Wu Kingdom is here, but... no one picks him up."
The close eunuch inquired about the situation and walked to Emperor An: "I heard from the eunuch in the side hall that the King of Li suddenly appeared in the side hall. The servant sent someone to check, and the two people who were originally arranged to receive the King of Li were The inner prisoner has passed out."
"That's quite...interesting."
Emperor An gently twirled his beard, and what Deng Hui had said suddenly flashed through his mind. He raised his eyes and looked at Li Tongguang: "I remember that Deng Hui told me that this King of Li has a master named..."
"Taoist Jingting."
Li Tongguang heard Emperor An's question and hurriedly knelt down to answer.
"have you seen."
"As the introduction envoy, I have naturally seen you when handing over to the Wu Kingdom envoy."
"How about it?"
"My martial arts skills are extremely high. I was assassinated by Beipan on my way back to the capital. It was he who rescued me. Most of the hundreds of Beipan barbarians were killed by him."
Li Tongguang gritted his teeth. When he mentioned Jingting, he remembered the image of the smelly Taoist priest stuffing green dates into his mouth while grinning.
"Oh~ Then he can save your life."
The atmosphere in the palace became a little colder.
"Just minding your own business." Li Tongguang responded quickly: "Your Majesty means..."
"He is in the palace now. Maybe he heard our conversation clearly."
Emperor An stood up, walked slowly in the palace, and walked up to Emperor Jian inadvertently: "Tongguang, you know that among all the civil and military officials, you are the one I trust the most."
"I understand. Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty."
"Deng Hui reminded me before that Jingting had the ability to enter the palace and assassinate me, so I arranged the palace guard in the palace, and also deployed two of the forbidden troops to increase the defensive strength. It seems that... it is still defensive. Can’t stop him.”
"Your Majesty, there must be some omissions in all defense arrangements. Your Majesty has been on the battlefield for a long time and knows better than I do."
Li Tongguang lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.
"Okay, no need to compliment me. I heard that you were injured on this trip. Is it serious?"
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The injuries on my body are only minor injuries."
"Even minor injuries need to be healed. Over the years, you have fought in all directions and suffered countless injuries. Your body is thin, so you need to rest more."
As Emperor An said, he walked forward and patted Li Tongguang's shoulder, who was still kneeling on the ground: "Take a good rest during these days. It just so happens that your marriage to Chu Yue, the daughter of Duke Chu, should also be brought up. It’s on the agenda.”
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
"I know that the Yulin Guards under you are all brave. Don't let them idle while you rest. Let your commander lead them to guard the palace city tomorrow."
"I...understand...!"
After taking a deep breath, Li Tongguang squeezed out these words.
"Okay, okay, Tongguang, you have to understand that you are my nephew. Unlike those civil and military officials, you and I are a family."
Emperor An slowly squatted down and helped Li Tongguang up with his own hands. Marquis Changqing took a step back as if he was flattered.
"Your Majesty, won't you meet the King of Ceremonies?"
"I originally wanted to show off this gift king first, but now it seems that I can't see him anymore."
Emperor An looked at the eunuch beside him: "Explain it."
"No! Wait!"
The eunuch had just left and was called back by Emperor An.
"Start driving and I'll go there myself."
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Anhuang Palace, side hall.
After waiting for a long time, Yang Ying felt that her throat was burning and her lips were a little chapped. She twisted on the stool uneasily. The girl looked around.
The master didn't know where he went. Since she sat here, she has never been seen again.
There were voices at the door. Looking up, Yang Ying saw a middle-aged eunuch walking to the door of the side hall. The eunuch gave a few instructions to the young eunuch of the side hall, then entered the hall and walked straight to Yang Ying.
"Is His Majesty Emperor An going to summon Gu?"
Looking at the internal prison in front of her, Yang Yingyang spoke calmly.
"King Li of Wu Kingdom, get ready to pick him up!"
The prisoner's shrill voice reached Yang Ying's ears, shocking the girl.
"What are you still doing? His Royal Highness Prince Li, come and pick up the driver." The eunuch reminded again, and Yang Ying stood up from her seat.
Following the eunuch to the entrance of the side hall, the dragon chariot has arrived.
After landing, a middle-aged man with a rather rough face walked out of the dragon chariot.
All the internal prisoners around him knelt down.
"Yang Ying, King of Dawu Li, comes to see His Majesty Emperor An."
Shaking her sleeves, Yang Ying bowed and saluted. She had practiced this etiquette many times under the supervision of Du Changshi along the way, and there was absolutely no mistake.
"Flat body."
Emperor An raised his hand slightly and walked into the hall.
"This is my Dawu national document, please have your Majesty read it."
Opening the box she brought into the palace, Yang Ying took out the letter of nationality and presented it to the eunuch beside Emperor An, who then presented it to Emperor An.
"Yes, I understand."
Emperor An didn't look at it. He put the certificate of credence on the table and looked at Yang Ying below him.
"The little king and the one hundred thousand taels of gold exchanged for the emperor brother have arrived in Andu. I don't know how your majesty will arrange it and when the exchange will take place."
Seeing that Emperor An was silent, Yang Ying spoke again.
"No hurries."
An Di touched the teapot on the table. There was no trace of the teapot being moved.
"Your Majesty also knows that a country cannot live without a king for a day. Before leaving, the Queen specially ordered that the Holy Master must be welcomed back."
"I have to think about the prisoner exchange again. Your country has been without a leader for several months, and it won't last more than a few days."
An Di gently stroked his somewhat white beard.
"Then your Majesty, can you allow me to let Xiao Wang go visit the emperor brother first? Xiao Wang and the emperor brother have not seen each other for many days, and Xiao Wang misses him very much."
"I can arrange it."
"besides……"
"That's enough. I came to see you not to listen to your requests."
Emperor An interrupted Yang Ying's words with a cold voice: "Do you know why I came in person when I could summon you?"
"I...don't know."
"Because I don't want to see you at all!"
Emperor An stood up and scanned the entire side hall: "I want to see the person who brought you in."
"What is your Majesty saying? Why can't I understand?"
"Come out, you are afraid of me."
Ignoring Yang Ying's words, Emperor An roared.
Looking back, there was another person at the main seat where he was sitting just now, a Taoist priest in green clothes and a jade face, holding a piece of pastry in his hand.
"You're looking for me."
Jingting motioned for Emperor An to sit down.
"yes."
Emperor An nodded and sat down, not caring at all that he was sitting in the next seat. The man stared at the cake in Jingting's hand and slowly said: "It was almost noon, and I wanted to invite the Taoist priest to share the meal. It seems that the Taoist priest has already eaten. pass."
"Speak directly if you have something to say."
"Anguo has a territory of thousands of miles and tens of thousands of powerful soldiers. It is the largest country in the Central Plains. Li Xun is not talented and would like to worship the Taoist Master as the national advisor."
