Chapter 37: Fox Erfeng’s Hongmen Banquet turned out to be like this?
It was just a banquet, the Uighur Prince Yehu would not disrespect the Prince of Yan.
However, knowing the secret plan of Prince Yan, Cheng Qianli and Gao Shi immediately ran to find Li Shimin after hearing about it.
Cheng Qianli could no longer bear it, and he immediately asked to attend the banquet with Li Shimin and kill all these Hu people.
"If His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan wants to kill these Huihe people, I must be counted as one of them!"
Gao Shi and Cheng Qianli were ready to take action, but Li Shimin shook his head and refused them:
"The situation is different now than it was in Chang'an. I won't burden the two generals. I can go alone."
Cheng Qianli was stunned at first, but soon thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan now had the military power of the Shuofang Army and did not need their manpower. If this matter was investigated in the future, he did not want to drag them down.
Suddenly, they were both moved.
The two grown men felt a pang of sadness in their noses, and looked at Li Shimin with a loving expression:
"Although Your Highness has made his decision, the Uighurs are difficult to deal with. I am willing to ambush them nearby to prevent any accidents and ensure complete safety!"
Li Shimin nodded and quickly left the tent. The two people behind him looked at his back, still reluctant to leave, with a look of worry and emotion.
[Oh my goodness, the Tang Dynasty Succubus is online again! ]
[I can’t imagine how chaotic the court will be in the future with Erfeng?
Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Wang Changling, Wang Wei, and a group of military generals competed for Er Feng's favor every day. How could they win?
Shouldn't these famous poets be beaten to death?】
[Roar, roar, roar, so Er Feng is finally going to start killing, killing, killing, can’t wait!]
Li Shimin asked his confidants to prepare the banquet he had planned long ago, and also invited Eunuch Yu to attend the banquet as well.
It was just dawn and Yu Chaoen was feeling a little sleepy, especially since he didn't want to go to the Uighurs' celebration banquet.
However, at this time he and the Prince of Yan were in the same boat, so he wanted to give face to the Prince of Yan, and attended the event with Li Shimin.
[Why not call him Cheng Qianli, but Yu Chaoen?
Oh, I see. You want him to take the blame together with Er Feng, right?]
[Hehehe, Erfeng is so naughty! But do we need our boy band to sing and dance at the celebration party later?
Erfeng, look at us modern men. We modern men are really good at hip-shaking! 】
Li Shimin choked up, and when he thought of the last time these modern men danced outside the city, his face suddenly turned black.
"Let's forget it. The atmosphere will be quite serious later on, and with you guys around... it's really hard to be serious."
[Hahaha, that’s true when you think about it!]
This feels like the Hongmen Banquet, where Xiang Zhuang dances with a sword, aiming for Pei Gong, but ends up dancing with nunchakus instead of swords, accompanied by a humming sound?]
[Fuck, suddenly a picture popped up in my mind, and I kind of want to see it hahaha, hurry up]
Amidst everyone's anticipation, Li Shimin walked towards the celebration banquet outside the city with a cheerful and cheerful attitude.
Eunuch Yu and Prince Yehu also arrived. Since the celebration was specifically to celebrate the victory of the Uighur cavalry, Prince Yehu brought many Uighur generals of all ranks with him.
Including his guards and others, there were more than several hundred elite Uighurs attending the banquet.
Li Shimin soon started drinking and chatting with a few people, speaking some official documents in a cheerful and cheerful manner.
Then the music started and the famous prostitutes invited from Luoyang City began to dance on the stage in the middle.
Looking at these beautiful Tang Dynasty beauties dancing in their beautiful clothes, Prince Yehu and other Uighurs became more and more envious.
These Tang Dynasty women are all beautiful with slender waists, and their clothes and jewelry look very pretty too. Remember to take back their Huihe people later!
"Prince Yehu, what do you think of our Tang Dynasty?"
After three rounds of drinks, Li Shimin's face showed no murderous look, and he still asked with a friendly smile.
Prince Yehu was completely unaware of the rigged banquet. He stared at the dancing woman's slender waist as usual, laughing loudly as he replied:
"Your Great Tang has beautiful people, beautiful scenery, and gold everywhere. It's truly wonderful."
"Then what do you think of the military strength of the Tang Dynasty?"
Prince Yehu was stunned when he was suddenly asked this question.
When he heard that the Tang Dynasty wanted to borrow troops from the Uighurs, he was very disdainful of the Tang army.
Their own people can't even resolve an internal dispute, which shows that the Tang Dynasty is empty and they naturally look down on it.
However, among them, there was only one person, the King of Yan, who was a master of military strategy. He made him see the cunning of the Central Plains people in fighting.
"The Prince of Yan is a brave warrior, and even the Huihe people admire him greatly!"
"Since that is the case, I have a humble request. The Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs have enjoyed friendly relations for generations. The Uighurs sent troops to help us quell the rebellion when the Tang Dynasty was in danger, and they certainly made great contributions.
I will submit a petition later, asking the Emperor to confer upon you all official titles and noble ranks, and to bestow generous rewards upon you. What do you think of sparing Luoyang from looting for three days, Prince?"
Li Shimin was giving the Uighurs one last chance, but Prince Yehu refused without a second thought:
"Thank you, Prince Yan, for your kindness, but this is a promise I made with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty long before we dispatched our troops!
We, the Huihe people, have kept our promise and sent troops to help the Tang Dynasty quell the rebellion. How could the Tang Dynasty break our promise and go back on our word?
Furthermore, if the Tang Dynasty does not fulfill its promise, how will the Huihe and other tribes view it in the future?"
[Tsk tsk tsk, this guy is really shameless! I'm giving you one last chance, but you're useless!]
"But before he dies, why not tell him who we are, Er Feng? That way, he can rest in peace and die peacefully! Consider it a good deed."
When Li Shimin heard Prince Yehu's answer, he just sighed, said no more, and continued to drink with everyone while smiling.
However, as he drank the wine, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked extremely painful. Then he spat out a large mouthful of blood with a "pu" sound.
[Oh my god, what's going on? Erfeng, are you okay?!]
[What's going on? Did someone poison me?]
Er Feng, please ask our modern doctors to detoxify you!
Yu Chaoen, who was standing nearby, was immediately alarmed when he saw this and stood up and shouted:
"Your Highness Prince Yan, why are you vomiting blood?
Come, come quickly, this wine is poisoned!"
However, before he could shout a few words, he suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and he screamed and fell to the ground.
The Uighurs were suddenly horrified and all stood up.
"What's going on? Your Highness Prince Yan, Eunuch Yu? What's wrong with you?"
At this time, the guard next to Yu Chaoen stepped forward and felt his pulse, then shook his head and said that he was dead.
Seeing this, Li Shimin suddenly drew his sword and chopped off the table in front of him. Before Prince Yehu could react, the sword was on his neck.
“Well, you actually dared to poison me and Mr. Yu!
You Huihe people pretended to help the Tang Dynasty suppress the rebellion, but in reality you wanted to poison important officials in the court. What evil ambitions do you harbor?"
"No, we didn't! We didn't poison them!"
The Huihe people were all a little tipsy and were now all confused, trying to prove their innocence with a foolish look on their faces.
However, Li Shimin had a look of pain and sadness as if he had been betrayed. He refused to listen and immediately ordered people to surround these Uighurs:
"If it wasn't you, who else could it be?
Now that Eunuch Yu has been poisoned by you, his lips are black and blue, the evidence is irrefutable! You cunning thieves dare to argue! Arrest all of these thieves and bring them to justice!
Upon hearing Li Shimin's order, the soldiers of the Shuofang Army immediately drew their swords and stepped forward to surround all the Uighurs.
The Huihe people were not made of clay, and they hastily drew their swords to resist. When the two sides confronted each other, Prince Yehu, whose sword was at his neck, suddenly realized that something was wrong. He came to his senses and shouted angrily at Li Shimin:
"Okay, it's you! You cunning Tangren!
I thought you, the King of Yan, were my brother, but it was you who poisoned and framed us!
It was you who killed your eunuch and put the blame on us! Otherwise, why didn't you die like him? Instead, you are still standing here. It must be you who poisoned him!"
[Oh shit, it turns out that Erfeng poisoned her herself?
If Prince Yehu hadn't said that, I would still be cursing the Uighurs as vicious.
Am I even more stupid than the Uighurs?]
[When I first read the history that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji invited Li Shimin to drink, but Li Shimin ended up being poisoned and vomiting blood, I found it very strange.
What kind of poison is so strong that it makes people vomit blood on the spot, but it doesn't kill them?
[Confirmed, Erfeng is truly a thousand-year-old vixen! ]
[It seems like it's about to be exposed, Erfeng, please put some heart into your acting! ]
At this time, as soon as Prince Yehu finished speaking, Li Shimin immediately covered his chest with his hands, made the gesture of Xishi holding her heart, frowned in pain and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then he took a few steps back weakly and slumped in his seat:
"You Huihe people actually dare to turn the tables. If you investigate carefully, you will find out. This prince and Eunuch Yu have always been good friends. What reason do I have to poison him?
But you, who killed the ministers in the court and tried to murder me, can take the opportunity to control the power of my Shuofang Army for yourselves?
Then are you going to seize Luoyang from the Tang Dynasty?"
As Li Shimin spoke, he did not forget to act as if he was barely breathing and in a state of battle damage. While gasping for breath, he immediately ordered his men to capture all these people at any cost.
The Uighurs realized that if they did not resist today they would be dead, so the Uighur prince took the lead in issuing an order, asking all Uighurs to fight to the death.
However, Li Shimin had already ambushed the Shuofang Army near the cavalry regiment, and before they were ready for battle, he launched a surprise attack.
Until these Uighurs were killed by nearly two thousand people, the Uighur princes realized that they could not escape the hunt, and finally laid down their arms and surrendered.
"The one who poisoned me is definitely not a Huihe. I surrender today. You, the Tang Dynasty, must give us a clear name and justice!
Otherwise, my father will lead the Uighur army into Chang'an to seek justice!"
[What the hell, they actually dared to threaten His Majesty the Heavenly Khan that the Uighurs were going to march south and destroy Chang'an?
You should go down and dance with Jie Li Khan! 】
[Ahhhhhhhh, now I really want to tell him Erfeng's true identity! ]
"Er Feng, please let me go. Let me secretly tell him your identity so that he can die with a clear conscience. Let him know who he has been shouting at!"
Cheng Qianli and Gao Shi seemed to realize something was wrong at this time, so they hurried over.
Seeing that Li Siye, Pugu Huai'en and others had also arrived, Li Shimin vomited blood again without saying a word, glared at Prince Yehu, and then fainted.
All the generals were shocked and wanted to rush forward. Cheng Qianli, who knew the situation, was the first to rush forward to block the sight of Li Siye and others and started acting.
He shook Li Shimin desperately, making it difficult for the doctor next to him to diagnose his pulse, and shouted:
"Your Highness, Your Highness, how are you?
His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan was poisoned and fell into a coma. The poison was so strong that he didn't wake up for a long time! The Uighurs are so vicious!
Quickly help His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan into the tent, and go and invite Madam Shen Yuechen over!"
Cheng Qianli's acting skills were not good, so he relied on actions to make up for it. He only managed to make Li Shimin's head hit the table several times, and he almost fainted.
After waiting for a long time, Shen Yue came over. She could see the sky and knew what had just happened. After she cleared everyone out, she sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Okay, Boss Erfeng, stop pretending. We are the only two here."
Only then did Li Shimin sit up, rubbing his head and grimacing in pain.
Why is Cheng Qianli exerting so much strength? He's almost knocked unconscious!
Shen Yue pressed Li Shimin's head a few times and found that there was nothing wrong and no bruises, so she casually prescribed some maintenance medicine as a pretext, and then asked curiously:
"So when Li Yuanji poisoned you, were you faking blood? Or were you really poisoned?"
[Ah, yes, yes, I want to know too. I’m curious!
When I read this history when I was young, I felt that Erfeng was so miserable and pitiful!
But now that I think about it, haha, was Erfeng, this scheming white lotus, setting up this scheme to test Li Yuan's reaction? And also to make herself look miserable in history?
Li Shimin looked at her and smiled slightly:
"you guess?"
【! ... Ahhhh Er Feng is so ungrateful, Shen Yue, help me beat him up, beat him up hard! 】
Shen Yue also wanted to beat her boss, but she couldn't, so she had to grit her teeth and confiscated the sweets and White Rabbit candy that she had originally prepared for him:
"Your spitting of blood is so realistic. You must have bitten your tongue to pieces, right?"
Li Shimin rinsed his mouth with cold water, then hissed and complained bitterly:
"That's right, I bit it three times! I'm afraid I won't be able to eat properly for the next few days because of this tongue!
Madam Shen, please prescribe me some painkillers or some quick-healing medicine!"
After Shen Yue took a look, she sprayed him with some Yunnan Baiyao spray to help with the pain and sterilize.
"What are you thinking about? Where in the world is there any medicine that can heal instantly?
Who told you not to tell us? We have fake blood for modern acting, but you insisted on biting your tongue and spitting out real blood. You deserve the pain and not eating for three days!"
"What?"
Modern people actually have such a thing as fake blood?
Wrong decision!
Li Shimin soon learned from the sky that modern people have something called TV dramas. They have professional actors and have invented prop blood bags that are so lifelike that they make the difference between the real thing and the fake one. He immediately felt unwell.
[Who told you not to tell us about your previous plan?
Come on, let’s hurt each other, who’s afraid of who! 】
[However, Erfeng's move really kills three birds with one stone!
First, when writing the Records of the Grand Historian, it will be written that the Tang Dynasty did not break its promise, but that it was the Uighurs who were ambitious. Therefore, even if the Uighurs were killed later, it would not be considered that the Tang Dynasty had abandoned the donkey after it had served its purpose.
Secondly, he solved the big problem of the Uighur cavalry; thirdly, he killed Yu Chaoen and put the blame on the Uighurs, having nothing to do with him.
[Erfeng is truly a peerless white lotus!]
Others always take the blame for bad things, and I am the innocent victim! 】
[Oh my god, Er Feng is so evil, I can’t handle this anymore!]
[This is why all the time-travel novels, including the harem stud Long Aotian, who traveled back to the early Tang Dynasty to cling to Li Shimin, and no one rebelled against him!
I really can't beat His Majesty Erfeng, who has hexagonal abilities and a white lotus-like appearance but a dark heart! 】
"So what happens next? After these Uighurs are locked up, the imperial court can't possibly kill them all, right?"
Chen Yue had learned at this time that these Uighurs were separated. Some were imprisoned in the small dark room where Tang Dynasty prisoners of war were previously held, while others were imprisoned and guarded in An Qingxu's mansion.
"Of course it's impossible. Given Li Heng's personality, he would definitely order someone to investigate first. He's also afraid that the Huihe people might really clash with him, so he'd try to make a big deal out of a small matter.
Kill a few of the so-called Uighur murderers and send the others back."
"That won't do! How can this group of people go back home safe and sound after committing murder, arson, and robbery?"
The law of not holding everyone responsible does not apply here! 】
[That's right, if there are too many evildoers, then we won't hold them accountable? We should send them all down together!]
Learn from Lao Zhu and kill them all! 】
Li Shimin certainly thought so too, but at that time his status did not allow him to privately execute 4,000 Uighurs without the knowledge of Li Heng.
But after thinking about it, he quickly said:
"Aren't you able to build models? Show the people what you said about the people of Luoyang in history.
The ultimate fate of these Uighurs will be determined by the people themselves."
[This is a good idea! @Boss is here to stay!]
Overtime, overtime! Happy! 】
Li Shimin quickly hired this group of modern modelers who worked overtime actively.
Everyone was busy for half the night, and they put several historical experiences of the people of Luoyang City into the dreams of everyone in Luoyang City.
Not to mention that the people of Luoyang City felt like they were in a nightmare that night and could not tell whether it was a dream or reality.
At this time, Li Shimin was still awake when someone suddenly came to report:
"Your Highness, the Prince of Yan, General Geshu is dead!"
Li Shimin was shocked:
"How could this be? Wasn't he fine when I saw him the day before yesterday?"
"General Geshu committed suicide."
After hearing this, Li Shimin was speechless for a long time, and then asked what General Geshu said before he died.
"When General Geshu heard that Your Highness had captured Luoyang and captured An Qingxu and other bandit leaders alive, and then heard that Your Highness had arrested all the Uighur troops and was going to punish them, he laughed for a long time.
He sat down for a long time, sighed deeply, said the word "good" three times, and then... drew his sword and committed suicide.
[How heartbreaking! A great general has fallen like this!]
[Originally in history, when Luoyang City was recaptured, An Qingxu ordered him to be killed along with more than 30 prisoners of war in Luoyang City.
Unexpectedly, Luoyang City fought back this time, but he chose to commit suicide.
"This is probably because I am too embarrassed to return to Beijing and face my old friends and myself again."
Li Shimin sighed and asked if General Geshu had left any last words.
After hearing this, he remained silent for a while, and then had the body carefully collected and brought back to the capital for a proper burial.
This was probably fate. Li Shimin couldn't say anything more. After sighing, he fell asleep quickly.
But before dawn the next day, he was suddenly awakened by the noise outside the window.
He immediately stood up and opened the window. Before he could ask, he saw the flames rising into the sky outside the window.
The fire burned fiercely, cutting through the Luoyang sky which had not yet been brightened.
Li Shimin hurriedly dressed and left the house, and he learned that the people of Luoyang City had surrounded several places where the Uighurs were imprisoned.
The angry people poured lard and rice wine on it and threw torches to burn it.
"Please calm down, King Yan. It is because of my incompetence that these people came with such a fierce momentum that we were unable to stop them no matter what we did.
After we drew our swords and scared off some of them, another group rushed over and threw all the torches in without waiting for me to lead my men to stop them!"
In the flames that shot up into the sky, the hearts of the people were also burning like fire.
Last night's dream was so real that it seemed like it happened in their previous life. It was so terrifying that they couldn't help but tremble with fear just thinking about it.
Such a nightmare would be no exaggeration even to call it the eighteen levels of hell!
"Burn it all! Don't let any of these barbarians go!"
The person who shouted this was a woman from a wealthy family. It was obvious that she was a very well-educated and refined woman.
But at this time, she was holding a torch in her hand, and she pushed the soldiers away angrily and rushed forward, throwing the torch in her hand into the wall with all her strength!
Last night she dreamed that the Uighurs came and robbed their house twice. The first time, they had to hand over all their wealth to barely protect themselves.
However, the second time, her father and brother were killed by the Uighurs in front of her eyes, and the blood splattered all over her.
The other members of the family secretly fled to the White Horse Temple for refuge, but in the end she did not receive any news of their safety and was taken as a trophy by the Uighurs.
They forced her to wear beautiful and gorgeous clothes and threw her into a car. Amid the flames and cries of the White Horse Temple, she was taken to Huihe and never returned to her hometown until her death.
Her father, mother, and sister were all killed by them! She was also treated like livestock and abused in every way by the Uighurs!
She couldn't scold the current emperor for allowing these Uighurs to rob the people of Luoyang at will, so she could only vent all her anger on these Uighurs!
"Your Highness, perhaps the people are so angry because they learned that these Uighurs want to rob them..."
The eyes of thousands of people were filled with anger, which made Cheng Qianli, Gao Shi and others who came nearby feel frightened and their scalps tingled.
Li Shimin just stood aside and watched silently, without stopping or stepping forward:
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. You and I should keep this in mind."
Back then, he had witnessed the immense anger of the people in various places when Emperor Yang of Sui imposed heavy taxes and levies, causing the people to suffer from poverty and nine out of ten houses to be deserted.
However, these things happened more than thirty years ago. Since he became emperor, as he grew older, the circumstances of those years were slowly forgotten deep in his mind.
And today, seeing this overwhelming public outrage again, he couldn't help but deeply imprint this scene in his eyes.
As an emperor, one should always remember that the most humble people in his eyes, these grasses without even names, have the most powerful and terrifying power.
After hearing what Li Shimin said, Cheng Qianli and Gao Shi, who were standing next to him, looked at Li Shimin, whose figure was as straight as a pine tree, in the firelight and were suddenly shocked.
The Prince of Yan who said this at this time seemed like the Emperor Taizong Wen that they had always imagined in their minds.
"Your Highness Prince Yan, I suddenly feel..."
Cheng Qianli suddenly shut up here. Li Shimin looked over and he just shook his head and said it was nothing, swallowing his words.
The angry people surrounded the wall and prevented the soldiers from going in to rescue people, so they waited for three days and two nights.
It was not until the fire had reduced the Uighurs to ashes that Li Shimin sent people in to collect the remains.
Luoyang City was recovered, Yu Chaoen was eliminated, and those ambitious Uighurs were avenged. Li Shimin accomplished everything he wanted to do.
Soon everything was settled. Li Shimin was eager to return home and immediately urged everyone to ride back to Chang'an as fast as possible.
Along the way, Li Shimin did not let the soldiers rest too much and hurried back. Li Siye, the deputy general of the Shuofang Army, advised him not to rush and take his time to return to the capital, but Li Shimin shook his head and said:
“Don’t worry, that’s because your wife is not pregnant.
But my wife is pregnant!"
Li Siye was slapped in the face with dog food and was speechless.
So they could only watch as Li Shimin led the Shuofang Army to leave the armies of other Jiedushis far behind and galloped back to the garrison outside Chang'an to wait.
Li Siye didn't even take a breath. He was about to go into the city with Li Shimin to pay homage to the Emperor, but he couldn't find His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan.
Later he learned that the King of Yan had already ridden back to the city and secretly visited his wife.
Li Siye: ...You are not the Prince of Yan. Is it really okay for you to do this?
Li Shimin didn't care what others said. After he came back, he didn't even care about Li Heng. He ran back to the mansion like a rabbit and went straight to Guanyinbi.
He thought a lot along the way, even thinking of the child's name and title.
He was so happy that he immediately rushed into the room and hugged Guanyin Bi:
"Guanyinbi, I've made up my mind. If this baby is a boy, we'll name him Li Hua!"
Oh no, Erfeng, are you serious? You really can't just call me Li Hua casually!
However, before the people in Tianmu could make fun of him, Guanyinbi took his hand and said:
"Erlang, I have something to tell you. Actually, I am not pregnant."
Li Shimin: ………?
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