Chapter 394: New Year's Eve, the Emperor Is Furious (Part 1)

The first year of the Tang Dynasty Zhaowu, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, is the Laba Festival.

Today is the day when Chen Longxiang, the first prince of the Tang Dynasty stationed on the Goguryeo Peninsula, as well as Chen Qingzhi, Duke of Korea, Pang Xianchu, Duke of Qin, and Qi Jiguang, Duke of Ding, are ordered to return to Beijing to report to the emperor.

Early in the morning, the "one king and three dukes" of the Tang Dynasty, accompanied the young Tang vassal king, Chen Lingwu, the Goryeo king, to the military camp outside the royal city of Pyongyang to reward the three armies, and ordered the kitchen to cook enough Laba porridge for the soldiers of the three armies to enjoy.

After rewarding the three armies, the princes and dukes who returned to Beijing to report, under the reluctant farewell of Chen Lingwu, the vassal king who stayed on the Goguryeo Peninsula, and the deputy general of the garrison, rode their horses to Nampo Port, the base of the Tang Navy Fleet outside the royal city.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the escorting soldiers, there were also several carriages accompanying the entourage of Jin Wang Chen Longxiang.

More importantly, these carriages were not "open-top" carriages for escorting gold, silver and jewelry, but carriages that were fully equipped with carriages.

Qi Jiguang, Duke of Dingguo, also joked with Chen Longxiang on the road, asking whether the young prince had a "golden house hidden beauty" in the carriage. Although the latter denied it repeatedly, it also caused everyone to laugh.

However, this joke by Qi Jiguang, Duke of Dingguo, made Chen Qingzhi, Duke of Korea, suspicious.

On the way to Nanpu Port, Duke of Korea personally rode to the entourage of Jin Wang Chen Longxiang, called Chen Longxiang, who was riding on horseback, to one side, and lowered his voice and asked directly: "Your Highness, tell me the truth, have you really dealt with the matter of the former Queen Mother Su Wan'er that I asked you to deal with?"

Yes!

Chen Longxiang nodded without hesitation and replied without thinking: "Deputy Marshal, I dare not delay the matter you told me;"

"Then, Su Wan'er is now recuperating in the deep palace."

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi nodded, thinking back to the recent period of time, it seems that Su Wan'er really did not appear in public, and his spies in the palace also sent back intelligence, saying that the former Empress Dowager Su Wan'er did summon the imperial physician some time ago and prescribed Chinese medicine for abortion.

Chen Qingzhi patted Chen Longxiang on the shoulder and said, "That's great!" After thinking for a while, he added, "Your Highness, I have entrusted Duke Wei in Beijing to find a marriage for you;" "The other party is the princess of the former Jiujiang King Du Bo's mansion. She is about the same age as your Highness, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, singing and dancing. She is a match made in heaven for your Highness, and they are a perfect match;" "As for her appearance, Duke Wei has assured me that she is no worse than the former Queen Mother Su Wan'er, so your Highness can rest assured, haha!" As he said, Chen Qingzhi smiled meaningfully and said, "I have already reported this matter to the emperor. I will arrange for your highness to meet the princess of Jiujiang King as soon as your highness returns to Beijing. "

"As for the wedding date, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the Lantern Festival are good according to your highness's wishes. I also think it's good. A real man should get married first and then start a career. "

"We are waiting for the wedding wine with your highness, hahaha!"

After saying that, Chen Qingzhi didn't care about Chen Longxiang who was standing there in a daze, with a tearful expression, and rode his horse forward.

Huh——

Although Chen Longxiang was upset by Chen Qingzhi's words;

But after dealing with the suspicious Chen Qingzhi, Chen Longxiang finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief;

From the corner of his eye, he subconsciously looked in the direction of the third carriage in his accompanying team.

Go, go, go!

Sigh——

The next moment, Chen Qingzhi, who had already ridden away, suddenly turned back and rushed to the side of Chen Longxiang, passed him and rushed directly to the carriage of the accompanying team.

After brushing past Chen Longxiang, he smiled and said: "Your Highness, the Duke of Dingguo Qi Jiguang insisted on betting with me, saying that there was a beautiful woman hidden in your carriage;"

"I can't do that, I'll just come and see for myself, hahaha!"

Before Chen Longxiang could react from his shock, Chen Qingzhi had already galloped to the side of the carriage, stopped the coachman, and directly drew his sword and lifted the curtain on the carriage.

What came into view were the faces of two young and beautiful girls.

Ah——

The next moment, the two young women in the carriage screamed in fear.

"Deputy Marshal——"

It was not until then that Chen Longxiang reacted from his shock and hurriedly rode to the side of Chen Qingzhi.

He looked at the two panicked young women in the carriage, and then at Chen Qingzhi's slightly surprised but playful smile on the horseback. He subconsciously raised his hand to scratch his nose, and explained with a smile: "Deputy Marshal, these two are the beauties selected by this king in the Goguryeo royal city;"

"Yes, they are the gifts given to my brother by this king when I return to Beijing!"

Cough cough cough!

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi immediately coughed twice, and hurriedly put down the curtain that he had lifted, and said awkwardly: "Haha, Duke Dingguo really got it right;"

"Since these two are beauties sent to the palace by your highness, they can't be considered as hidden beauties in a golden house. I didn't lose the bet with Duke Dingguo, haha!"

"It's just--"

As he said this, Chen Qingzhi changed the subject and said with a meaningful smile: "Your highness should be more secretive about this move, if the queen and the imperial concubine knew about it;"

"I'm afraid that your Highness will also be nagging for a while. If it reaches the ears of the Queen Mother, haha, your Highness will have to pray for the best!"

"Your Highness, goodbye!"

After saying that, Chen Qingzhi rode away again.

This time, Chen Longxiang kept guarding in front of the accompanying carriage until the figure of Duke of Korea Chen Qingzhi completely disappeared from his sight. Only then did he relax his tense nerves and stood there gasping for breath.

If Chen Qingzhi insisted on lifting the curtains of every carriage, Chen Longxiang really didn't know how to communicate with Duke of Korea today.

Because, sitting on the third carriage was Su Wan'er, the former Queen Mother and the new favorite of the King of Jin.

It was 3:00 pm.

The camp of the Tang Dynasty Navy Fleet, in Nanpu Port.

Several warships waiting to return home have already set sail, waiting for an order to go out to sea and head straight to Jinling City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Duke Chen Qingzhi of Korea, Duke Wang Jian of Qin, Duke Qi Jiguang of Dingguo, and the young Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin all have their own treasure ships.

The treasure ship that Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin inherited was the treasure ship of his brother Chen Huaian in the past - the Mie Wa.

At this time, the three dukes had already boarded the warships, while Prince Chen Longxiang of Jin was deliberately dragging the pace and ordering his personal soldiers to slowly move things to the Mie Wa warship.

Woo-woo-woo!

Until the horns on the warships of the three dukes sounded, which was the signal for the warships of several people to set sail.

These tall warships had just left the port. After Chen Longxiang made sure that even if the other party stood on the deck of the bow, they could not see the movement on the dock clearly, he personally helped the former queen mother Su Wan'er, who was pregnant with a big belly, down from the carriage.

Then, along with the two beauties he had selected for his brother Chen Huaian in the Goguryeo royal city, he walked step by step towards the hanging ladder of the Miewo ship.

Finally, when she was about to board the hanging ladder, Su Wan'er suddenly stopped her steps and said with a worried and lingering fear: "Your Majesty, I, do I really have to return to the capital with you, and meet the emperor and the queen mother?"

"Just now, the action of the Korean Duke coming to lift the curtain of the carriage almost scared me to death!"

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that this trip to the capital will not be so smooth!"

As she said, Su Wan'er looked at Chen Longxiang pitifully, and continued timidly: "Your Majesty, otherwise, otherwise I Are you going home or waiting in the Goguryeo capital, waiting for the good news that the prince has returned to the capital?"

"Wan'er, didn't we agree?"

Seeing that Su Wan'er wanted to regret and showed a look of retreat, Chen Longxiang hurriedly grabbed her hands, and said with sincere eyes and firm tone: "Wan'er, don't worry, the king has arranged everything, there will be no accidents;"

"I promise you that no matter what happens, the king will definitely protect you and the baby in your belly!"

"Wan'er, believe me!"