"Mei Niang!"
At the same time, Wu Meiniang was also attracting the attention of another person, Li Zhi, Prince Jin.
Li Zhi thought of Wu Meiniang's indifferent attitude towards him and couldn't help but feel vexed. He was the son of the Great Tang's Imperial Wife and had a high status. According to common sense, any woman he fancied should be easily captured, but Wu Meiniang just didn't spare him a glance.
"Guards." Li Zhi shouted impatiently.
"Your Highness, please give me your orders!" A guard of the mansion came in a hurry.
"What about the things I asked you to do?" Li Zhi asked.
The guard looked proud and said, "Your Highness, I have spread the love story of Your Highness and Miss Wu on the swing all over Chang 'an. Everyone who heard it was amazed. Your Highness's love story is comparable to Merton and Princess Changle's love story on the Lantern Festival."
"But why does Mei Niang still ignore I?" Li Zhi walked back and forth in annoyance. If it was an ordinary woman who was involved in such a scandal, she would have already taken advantage of the situation and agreed to it half-heartedly. Because this would ruin her reputation and she would not be able to marry into a good family. This was also the usual method used by many playboys.
"The women of the Mo family have always been open-minded. I'm afraid they don't care about reputation like ordinary women." The guard lowered his head and said helplessly. The women of the Mo family had always acted fiercely in Chang 'an with the support of the Mo family's village. In just a few years, there had been many cases of divorce and remarriage. They were not as weak as ordinary women in love, not to mention that Wu Meiniang was the Eldest Senior Sister of the Mo family and the leader of the women of the Mo family. Naturally, she would not give in because of such means.
"Mei Niang! Now Merton is happy to see it happen, and Sister Changle is not against it. I am also sincere. But what are you thinking? "Li Zhi said bitterly.
"Your Highness, Emperor Wei, someone with Prince Jin's token wants to see you and claims to be from the grassland." Suddenly, a servant hurried to report.
"From the grassland." Li Zhi's eyes flashed. He had interacted with many Turks in the past. Now that they had won a great victory in the prairie, the Turks' status was becoming more and more important.
"Please come in!" Li Zhi nodded.
"Yes!" The servant left in a hurry. Soon, a weak figure appeared in front of Li Zhi.
"Hexan Chengji! What's wrong with you? " Li Zhi was shocked when he saw the person who came. He saw that Hexan Chengji was covered in bandages, and there were almost no good parts of his body.
Hexan Chengji smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Injuries are inevitable when marching and fighting. I was lucky to be able to keep my life. I rushed to Chang 'an City with a seriously injured body. Nominally, it was to treat my illness, but in fact, it was to contribute to His Royal Highness Prince Jin."
"Merit!" Li Zhi's eyes lit up. As a prince, he hadn't made any merit. If he could make a merit in front of his Imperial Father, wouldn't he be more favored by his Imperial Father?
Hexan Chengji laughed in his heart. He knew that Li Zhi, who was inexperienced in the world, couldn't refuse the trump card in his hand. In fact, Yin-yang Zi wasn't the only one who saw Li Zhi's delicate situation. After thinking hard, Hexan Chengji finally set his target on Li Zhi.
"I want to sue the Firearms Army General Zhangsun Chong for greed and recklessness. He abandoned the army and fled. He is guilty of buying and selling military merits." Hexan Chengji's words were shocking.
"What? Zhangsun Chong! Don't make irresponsible remarks. " Li Zhi couldn't help but be shocked. Zhangsun Chong's identity was noble. Now that such a serious crime had been committed, it would certainly shake the whole court.
"I am willing to guarantee with my life." Hexan Chengji immediately told him everything that happened in the grassland.
"This Zhangsun Chong is really …" Li Zhi was a little speechless. Say that Zhangsun Chong was extremely daring! He actually abandoned the army and fled. Say that he was as timid as a mouse. He actually dared to buy and sell military merits. It was simply too strange.
"I am willing to use this secret to pledge loyalty to His Royal Highness Prince Jin. In the future, I will follow His Royal Highness Prince Jin's lead." Hexan Chengji knelt on one knee and said solemnly.
Li Zhi was delighted. He thought that he had exposed his domineering aura. Unexpectedly, there was a fierce general who came to pledge loyalty to Prince Jin. One must know that Hexan Chengji, who controlled three thousand elite heavy cavalry, was a sharp weapon.
"Are you serious?" Li Zhi said with a straight face and pretended to be an old man.
"If I go against it, I will definitely be torn apart by five horses and pierced by ten thousand arrows." Hexan Chengji swore with the highest etiquette of the Turks.
Li Zhi quietly stared at Hexan Chengji. Hexan Chengji's face was full of loyalty and his eyes were firm.
"What if I let you take this merit and rely on Brother Crown Prince?" Li Zhi suddenly said calmly.
Hexan Chengji said with a shocked face, "I am only loyal to His Royal Highness Prince Jin. I have no other intentions."
"I know that you are loyal to I, so I let you rely on the East Palace. With this merit, you will be able to gain a firm foothold in the East Palace." Li Zhi said faintly.
"Ah!" Hexan Chengji was suddenly shocked and looked at Li Zhi in disbelief. Li Zhi actually let him go to the East Palace to be a spy. In his heart, Li Zhi was just a young prince who was inexperienced in the world. Now, he revealed a deep plan. Although a tiger cub was small, it could already devour people.
"Why did His Royal Highness Prince Jin call I? I will do whatever you say! "Hexan Chengji lowered his head.
Li Zhi showed a satisfied smile and murmured, "Brother Crown Prince, whether you listen to the opinions of the courtiers or Merton, you can easily defeat Xue Yantuo. However, you were afraid of the slightest thing and took a compromise. In the end, you caused the Firearm Army to suffer heavy losses. Now that Zhangsun Chong's crime has been exposed, are you going to expose your family's dirty linen or continue to make mistakes to cover up for Zhangsun Chong?"
The Firearm Army was the most powerful army in the Tang dynasty. It was the most important army, but now it suffered heavy losses and was almost wiped out. In any case, Li Chengqian couldn't escape responsibility. If Li Chengqian wanted to cover up his mistakes and protect Zhangsun Chong, then he didn't mind adding fuel to the fire.
At this moment, Li Zhi's heart no longer had any romantic feelings. Instead, his mind was full of schemes.
"What, Zhangsun Chong is so stupid!" In the East Palace, Li Chengqian looked at Hexan Chengji, who was kneeling in front of him, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He didn't expect that Zhangsun Chong, who usually boasted of being an elite of the younger generation in Chang 'an, would make such low-level mistakes one after another.
It was a felony to buy and sell military merits, not to mention to advance prematurely and abandon the army. Any of these crimes would be a capital offense in the army, but Zhangsun Chong committed them one after another.
"Does anyone else know about this?" Li Chengqian asked with a frown.
Hexan Chengji lowered his head and said, "In the grassland, only I and Khan know. In the Tang dynasty, only His Royal Highness Crown Prince knows. I know that this matter is very important to His Royal Highness Crown Prince. I can't bear to keep His Royal Highness Crown Prince in the dark, so I came to report the details."
Li Chengqian looked at Hexan Chengji with satisfaction and praised him, "You did a good job. I won't forget your contributions. In the future, I will definitely transfer you from the grassland to serve me."
Li Chengqian naturally knew that Hexan Chengji's purpose of telling the secret was to claim credit, but as a superior, he didn't dislike such behavior. Moreover, he also took a fancy to the power of Hexan Chengji's 3,000 heavy cavalry.
"Thank you, His Royal Highness Crown Prince!" Hexan Chengji said with a look of ecstasy. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Not only did he break into Chang 'an City, but he also successfully entangled with the two princes. As long as he patiently lurked, there would be opportunities to stir up internal strife in the Tang dynasty.
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