Chapter 69: Prepare in Advance

"Great!"

"This archery is really amazing!"

"This boy has a bright future!"

Xue Rengui's wonderful performance immediately won the praise of everyone, including Li Er.

Even Li Chengqian, who had seen Xue Rengui shoot through five layers of heavy armor, was still excited when he saw it again.

"Your Majesty! In this eastern expedition to Goguryeo, I am willing to be the vanguard general. Please assign Xue Rengui to me as my deputy general." Before everyone could recover from the shock just now, Cheng Yaojin took the lead and said to Li Er. "Hey!

Good Cheng Yaojin, I haven't even opened my mouth yet, but you have taken the lead! No, Your Majesty! This vanguard general should be done by me, Wei Chi Jingde." Wei Chi Jingde, who came to his senses, said unwillingly.

Cheng Yaojin and Wei Chi Jingde are really a pair of happy enemies. No matter when and where, they have to quarrel. They feel uncomfortable if they don't quarrel for a day.

Everyone has been accustomed to this and is no longer surprised.

"Hey! You old black man, you have to pick on your brother, how come..."

"Okay! Don't you see where you are? How can you quarrel like this!"

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin and Wei Chi Jingde were about to start the verbal battle mode, Li Er hurriedly spoke to stop them.

If they were allowed to quarrel like this, it would never end. How could they handle important matters?

"I want to lead the army in person this time! But now is the spring

ploughing season, so it is not convenient to raise troops to attack Goguryeo. It will not be too late to raise troops in July this year." "The most important thing now is to plant grain in the spring ploughing season. After the grain is harvested, it will still be in time to attack Goguryeo. Quan Gai Su Wen has already killed the king, and the people of Goguryeo have long been in dire straits. There is no time to waste."

"As for who will follow me to the expedition, we will discuss it later. It will not be too late! Let's end the court meeting here today! I am tired!" Li Er said.

After solving the strange dream he had and getting a great general, Li Er was in a better mood than ever before.

"Your Majesty, we respectfully send you off!" The prince and the ministers saluted hurriedly.

Li Er got up and left the Taiji Hall, and everyone dispersed.

...

A few days later, Li Chengqian in the East Palace welcomed Li Er's personal eunuch, the Eunuch Supervisor Wang Yuan.

"How come the Eunuch Supervisor is free today to come to my East Palace? Is there something that my father wants to see me about?" Li Chengqian asked.

As Li Er's personal eunuch and the leader of the Eunuch Supervisor, Wang Yuan would not easily stay too far away from Li Er.

At this time, Wang Yuan appeared in the East Palace, and it was clear that Li Er sent him.

However, Li Chengqian didn't know why Li Er sent Wang Yuan?

"Your Majesty's oral order! Order His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to supervise the country and handle state affairs on behalf of Your Majesty." Wang Yuan said.

"Isn't the emperor in Chang'an? Why do you want me to handle the government affairs? This confuses me. Can the eunuch explain it in detail?" Li Chengqian said.

"Your Highness! Your Majesty's headache has recurred, and it is more severe than before. The imperial physician suggests that your Majesty rest and recuperate."

"Yes, your Majesty plans to go to Jiucheng Palace to recuperate, and he has specially issued an edict to let the left guard general Xue Wanche temporarily replace the right guard general." Wang Yuan said.

Li Chengqian also heard that Li Er's headache had recurred in the past few days. He went to visit Li Er the day before yesterday. The condition was not that serious and was far from the point of needing rest.

Headache has always been the most troublesome disease for the Li family. Not only Li Er has it, but most of Li Er's descendants have this genetic disease.

It was because of this disease that Li Zhi made Wu Zetian have the capital to become an emperor. If Li Zhi had not inherited this disease, there would be no empress later.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons that made Wu Zetian become an empress. The most important thing is that Wu Zetian has this ability, plus the soil for growth, which finally made her an empress.

If there is no such soil, no matter how capable Wu Zetian is, she will never be able to do this last step in the deep palace.

It seems that Li Er's condition should have started to worsen in the past few days. After all, Comrade Li is already a senior citizen in her forties.

Comrade Li arranged Xue Wanche like this, what is his intention?

Why is he an acting general, not a formal one?

He couldn't guess it!

"This time my father went to Jiucheng Palace to recuperate, can Prince Jin accompany him?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Prince Jin is kind and filial, your majesty has always loved Prince Jin, and it is understandable to let him accompany him." Wang Yuan said.

"The eunuch supervisor is right! I am relieved to have a young slave to show filial piety in front of my father!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Among the three brothers who were born from the same mother, Li Zhi was famous for his filial piety, if it weren't for the unclear relationship with Wu Cairen in the harem. Li Zhi

is still a filial son. If there was no Wu Zetian, Li Zhi might not be inferior to Emperor Wen of Han in terms of filial piety.

When Li Er returned from the Eastern Expedition, he had a large poisonous abscess on his back. Li Zhi personally sucked out the poisonous pus for Li Er with his mouth.

Most people can't do such a heroic feat. Most people would have vomited at the sight of the poisonous pus, let alone suck it out with their mouths.

"If there is nothing else, I will take my leave!" Wang Yuan said.

"Goodbye, Eunuch Supervisor!" Li Chengqian said to Wang Quan, "Wang Quan, please see the Eunuch Supervisor off for me."

"Yes!" Wang Quan accepted the order, smiled and extended his hand to Wang Yuan, making a gesture of invitation, saying, "Eunuch Supervisor, please come in!"

The next day, Li Er took his filial and beloved son Li Zhi to Jiucheng Palace to recuperate. Wu Cairen, Changsun Wuji and others also went with them, and even Xue Rengui was among them.

He left the crown prince Li Chengqian in Chang'an to supervise the country, and asked Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao and others to assist Li Chengqian in handling state affairs.

Jiucheng Palace was the first detached palace in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called detached palace was the emperor's temporary palace, where the emperor used to escape the summer heat.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty built the detached palace for himself in February of the 13th year of Kaihuang, and it was completed in March of the 15th year of Kaihuang. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty named it "Renshou Palace".

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty repaired and expanded it again in the 5th year of Zhenguan, and renamed it "Jiucheng Palace". "Jiucheng" means "nine layers" or "nine layers", which means tall.

Although Li Er was recuperating in Jiucheng Palace, news from the capital Chang'an was reported to him every day, and any edicts he had would be issued directly from Jiucheng Palace.

During his convalescence, Li Er ordered the Minister of Works, the Chief Supervisor of Works Yan Lide and others to go to Hongzhou, Raozhou and Jiangzhou to build 400 large ships to transport grain and grass by water. He

also ordered Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, to lead the troops of Youzhou and Yingzhou, as well as the Khitan, Xi, Mohe and other soldiers to attack Liaodong first, to test and observe the situation in Liaodong.

After he recovered from his illness, he would prepare for his expedition to the east.

Li Er also ordered Cen Wenben to be in charge of logistics and provide logistical support for the army's expedition to the east.