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Chapter 555 Xuanling, what do you think?
It was obvious that this was a secret report from an important official from the frontier to the emperor. If he opened it without authorization, he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor.

After all this time, I found out that I am just a messenger!
But he didn't dare to open the envelope himself, so he could ask the person who delivered the letter, so Changsun Wuji asked tentatively: "Does your general have anything else to say?"

The man clasped his fists and said in a buzzing voice: "My general only said one thing, saying that if there is a reply, I should stay in the mansion and bring the reply back safely. If not, let me return directly."

Well.
Looking at the man in front of him who closed his lips after saying this, Changsun Wuji sighed. This matter was confidential, and the person who delivered the letter probably wouldn't know too much. Then he said gently, "In that case, you can rest in my house for a while. I will go to the palace and report the letter to the emperor."

"Butler, take this man away and treat him with good wine and delicious food. Don't let this little brother suffer."

"Yes, sir!" The butler took the man downstairs.

With a hint of excitement on his face, Chang Sun Wuji put the letter in his arms, asked the servants to prepare a sedan chair, and rushed to the palace.
At this moment in the Chengqing Hall of the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin was discussing how to resist Jie Li with You Pushe Feng Deyi, Shizhong Chen Shuda, Zhongshu Ling Fang Xuanling, Shangshu of the Ministry of War Du Ruhui, the newly appointed Langzhong of the Ministry of War Fan Xing, Wang Gui and Wei Ting.

When talking about the interesting things, Li Shimin pointed out that Tuli, Qibiheli and others were not on the same page with Jie Li, and wanted to use Tuli to restrain Jie Li. Feng Deyi immediately stepped forward and wanted to negotiate with Tuli.

However, Fan Xing, who was familiar with the details of the Turks, came out to dissuade them, saying that although Tuli and others were dissatisfied with Jie Li, this was a war between the two tribes, and he would not dare to openly oppose Jie Li at the risk of violating the world's will. Instead, he should go to find Tuli.

It would be better to send an envoy with all the treasures in the Tang Dynasty’s treasury to meet Jie Li.

"Hmph, you are such a good guy, Fan Xing. Did anyone call you a dog slave? You are indeed a born to be trampled on. I have been a hero all my life. I would rather die standing than live on my knees!" Li Shimin was furious and kicked over the chair in front of him.

Unexpectedly, this betrayal idea caused a thousand ripples. Not only was he reprimanded by Li Shimin, but all the ministers present also came out to reprimand Fan Xing. High-ranking officials from aristocratic families such as Feng Deyi Wang Gui were already dissatisfied with the fact that Fan Xing, who came from a humble background, could appear in Chengqing Hall with ease and discuss state affairs with everyone.

He found an excuse and took advantage of the situation to escalate his criticism and suggestions to personal attack, spitting everywhere and belittling Fan Xing to the utmost. He even poked his finger in Fan Xing's face, making Fan Xing look humiliated and almost cursed Fan Xing's ancestors.

Fan Xing was not angry. He waited until everyone had finished speaking, then expressed his thoughts one by one, and advised everyone to endure the humiliation for the time being, put the overall situation and the country first.

After Li Shimin got angry, he looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui who had been silent the whole time. It was obvious that after setting up the archway and showing their attitude, they wanted to be the emperor again.

His attitude softened visibly, and his words were not as harsh. He glanced at the two of them imperceptibly, hoping that these two ministers would come forward and persuade him again with lofty reasons of considering the overall situation. Finally, under the pleas of everyone, he, the emperor, pretended to be extremely reluctant to agree in order to preserve the overall situation.

Li Shimin knew very well that this was the only solution at the moment. Although it was humiliating, it was better than letting Jie Li break through Chang'an.

Fang Xuanling was Li Shimin's old partner. Seeing this, he coughed twice, cleared his throat, and was about to speak.

At this moment, Changsun Wuji rushed in hurriedly.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin was furious: "Changsun Wuji, what's wrong with you? You came so late when I summoned you to attend the meeting. It's already so late and you are still so lazy."

"Your Majesty, I was delayed by urgent business. Please forgive me."

Zhangsun Wuji first confessed a crime, and before Li Shimin could finish, he quickly winked and said, "I have something confidential to report, Your Majesty, please meet with me alone."

"Ok?"

Only then did Li Shimin notice that Changsun Wuji had an anxious look on his face, with sweat on his forehead, and he secretly winked at him.

Thinking of Fan Xing's strategy to repel the enemy, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he said decisively: "In this case, let's stop here for now, everyone go back and think about it, and then see if there is a better way, you all retreat."

Feng Deyi looked at Changsun Wuji with a curious look on his face, but the emperor had spoken, and it was obvious that Changsun Wuji did not want to know the "confidential matters" he was talking about. As a veteran minister of three dynasties and the right servant, he was treated like a thief by Changsun Wuji.

When Lao Feng passed by Changsun Wuji, he snorted unhappily, shook his sleeves, and walked out.

Du Ruhui was in poor health, and he stood up tremblingly while coughing. Fang Xuanling beside him quickly reached out to support him. At this time, Li Shimin said, "Xuanling and Keming, don't rush to leave. Wuji is here. Let's discuss what Fan Xing just said."

It was obvious that Li Shimin was tempted.
Seeing that everyone else had left, Changsun Wuji took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Li Shimin without waiting for Li Shimin to ask: "Your Majesty, this is a letter I received just when I was about to leave the palace. I think it is very important, so I delayed for a moment. Please take a look first."

Li Shimin took it with doubt, and when he saw the line of words on the cover, his eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Changsun Wuji in disbelief, with a questioning look on his face.

Changsun Wuji said quickly, "The messenger only gave me this letter and asked me to pass it on to the emperor. Because this is a letter from a frontier general, it is sealed with wax, and I dare not open it without permission."

Changsun Wuji took the opportunity to blur the charge of Yang Ji's treason. Although he did not read the content, Changsun Wuji could probably guess that there might be another change in the Yan Liao army based on the words on the envelope, and also paved the way for the subsequent rectification of the chaos. "The identity of the person who came has not been confirmed. The matter is of great importance. I dare not delay for a moment and went to the palace. I don't know what the content of the letter is. But just in case, the emperor should have someone test it. After confirming that it is not poisonous, you can check it again."

Li Shimin looked at the wax seal and nodded, then handed the letter to the eunuch chief who was serving beside him: "Wang De."

Wang De hurried forward, took the letter, opened it under Li Shimin's eyes, pulled out a piece of letter paper, flipped it left and right, touched the entire letter paper with his hand, then sniffed it, and finally found a blank space and licked it.

Then he smacked his lips, closed his eyes and felt it a little. There was no other way. This was the fastest and most primitive way to test for poison in this era.

The emperor and so many important ministers were all staring at Wang De. They were obviously anxious to see the result and would not let themselves go down to ask the eunuch to test for poison. Wang De had to do it himself and could only pray secretly in his heart that there was no poison.

After a while, Wang De was still energetic, and then handed the letter to Li Shimin respectfully: "Your Majesty, there is no problem!"

"Well, go down." Wang De was thrown out like a used toilet paper.

Li Shimin then checked the contents of the letter. There were two sheets of letter paper. The more Li Shimin read, the wider his eyes opened, and his breathing became faster. By the end, an inexplicable look of surprise appeared on his face, which made the three important ministers around him scratch their heads and ears.

"Hahaha"

Li Shimin was overjoyed after reading it, and laughed out loud, saying, "Great! God is here to save me."

After laughing, seeing that the three people around him were looking at him anxiously, Li Shimin handed the letter to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling quickly took it, read ten lines at a glance, and after quickly browsing through it, handed it to Du Ruhui beside him. After even Changsun Wuji had finished reading it, everyone's expressions were obviously much more relaxed than before.

Li Shimin hurriedly asked: "Xuanling, what do you think?"

Fang Mou Duduan had to listen to the opinion of his chief strategist Fang Xuanling on this matter.

Fang Xuanling had thought about the whole thing when the other two were reading the letter. When he heard Li Shimin's question, he said calmly, "If what is said in the letter is true, it is a blessing for our Tang Dynasty. We have an extra three points chance of winning against Jie Li."

"Xuan Ling means that this matter might be a fraud?"

Li Shimin slowly calmed down, frowned and asked: "Could it be that this letter was sent by Luo Yi to test us?"

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has Yang Ji's performance report. Why don't we send someone to get it and compare the handwriting?" Changsun Wuji suggested.

Li Shimin immediately called in toilet paper again: "Wang De."

"Your Majesty, I am here!"

"Go to the Ministry of War and get a report from Yang Ji, the former deputy general of the Jingzhou Army."

Li Shimin solemnly warned: "Remember, don't alarm anyone, don't register, just take it secretly."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Degong left
Du Ruhui covered his mouth with his right hand, coughed twice, and said with a heavy breath: "Xuanling is worrying too much. I think this is probably true, because if Luo Yi really suspected Yang Ji, he could just get rid of him, just like Zhao Cihao did."

"Because no matter whether the letter is true or false, the emperor's reply is the same, that is, to comfort him with kind words, to appoint him to an official position and to make him promise, and then to let Yang Ji wait for an opportunity to get rid of Luo Yi. What's the point of testing him like this?"

"If Yang Jiruo has no intention of surrendering to the court, why would he write this letter? He has nothing to do. You know, if this letter falls into Luo Yi's hands, he will be dead."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction after hearing this. He thought so too.

With the enemy approaching and internal troubles occurring frequently, the city of Chang'an was in danger. At this time, all the truly ambitious people who should jump out jumped out.

As the deputy commander of the Yan Liao Army, Yang Ji holds a high position of power and is taking huge risks. There is no point in doing this at this time, because the entire Yan Liao Army has already made it clear that it is standing on the opposite side of the court.

(End of this chapter)