Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

"Cheng Zhijie, take the Hundred Cavalry and return to Chang'an to report. I have decided to follow His Highness the Crown Prince in the campaign against Liaodong."

Wei Zheng patted the dust off his backside, stood up, and casually said.

Cheng Yaojin looked at Wei Zheng in shock and asked:

"What did you say? Say it again."

"I say I will stay to supervise the army; you go back to Chang'an yourself."

Cheng Yaojin immediately became anxious and grabbed Wei Zheng by the collar.

"You old scoundrel, you stole my lines. I made up my mind when I left that I was never going back."

You want to stay? What can a civil official like you do in Liaodong?

Are you going to deliver vegetables to the Goryeo savages?

Wei Zheng slapped Cheng Yaojin's hand away and snorted coldly.

Everyone said he was Wei Zheng's upright minister.

But Naotoshi wasn't stupid.

Although Li Chengqian's killing in Pingzhou was very satisfying, it did not follow the rules of the Tang Dynasty law.

Not only did this imperial envoy fail to stop the crown prince, but he also managed to watch the spectacle unscathed.

If he were to return to Chang'an, would Li Shimin, with his petty nature, let him off the hook?

Would the entire court of officials let him go?

You have to understand that the number of people he has offended over the years is countless.

But if he didn't go back, he would go to Liaodong with the Crown Prince.

Once this battle is won, they will directly become heroes who have expanded the territory.

When we return to the capital in triumph, who will dare to make a fuss about this trivial matter in Pingzhou?

Li Shimin had to accept it, even if he had to hold his nose.

"I am the Duke of Zheng, and the Crown Prince is going on a military campaign. What is wrong with me accompanying him to offer advice?"

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he ignored Cheng Yaojin's unreasonable nagging and headed towards the camp.

Cheng Yaojin, enraged, cursed loudly from behind:

"You cunning Wei, you're more cunning than a lotus root."

You're trying to gain military merit by talking like you're so high and mighty.

"Whoever wants to go back can go back, I'm not going."

The two returned to the central command tent one after the other.

When they came in, Li Chengqian was sitting behind his desk looking at a map, while Li Jing was beside him saying something.

Seeing the two men enter, Li Chengqian looked up and asked:

"Duke Zheng, have you finished watching the show? How did I handle the case in Pingzhou to your satisfaction?"

Wei Zheng cupped his hands in greeting, and unusually, did not refute him. Instead, he said solemnly:

"Your Highness's decisive actions are admirable."

However, I believe this expedition to Liaodong is of great importance, and as a high-ranking official of the court, it is my duty to accompany the army and offer advice to Your Highness.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jing was stunned.

Li Chengqian was a bit slow on the uptake.

Before they could react, Cheng Yaojin roared anxiously:

"Your Highness! I'm not going back either."

"Liaodong is bitterly cold, I must stay and protect Your Highness. I don't trust you with Wei the Penzi, that weak and powerless scholar."

Li Jing was utterly distraught upon hearing this.

"Nonsense!"

Li Jing slammed his hand on the table.

"You two are imperial envoys sent to Pingzhou to investigate a case."

"Once the case is solved, you should immediately return to Chang'an to report. What's the point of staying with the army? Are you all trying to disobey the imperial decree?"

Wei Zheng, however, stroked his beard with an air of nonchalance and said:

"Duke Wei, you are mistaken. A general in the field may disobey the emperor's orders. I am doing this for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Cheng Yaojin quickly chimed in:

"Yes, yes, yes, I won't accept the position of general in the field."

Cheng Yaojin had made up his mind before he even entered.

This time, I followed Wei Zheng's lead.

He simply didn't believe that Li Jing, with his clumsy tongue, could win an argument against Wei the troll.

Li Jing was so angry that his beard almost stood on end.

Wei Zheng was a civil official, and also a notoriously stubborn mule. You couldn't argue with him, and you couldn't resort to violence.

But what is Cheng Yaojin compared to Li Jing? Do you really think he can't lift a sword?

"Someone come here!"

Li Jing roared angrily.

Several guards immediately rushed in.

"Tie up Duke Lu for me, throw him in a carriage, and have him escorted back to Chang'an."

The guards looked at each other in bewilderment.

That's Cheng Yaojin, who would dare to lay a hand on him?

This person is known for being extremely vengeful.

But military orders are absolute, and the guards still gritted their teeth and walked toward Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin was dumbfounded.

No, Wei Zheng was the one who led the charge, so why should only he be tied up?

So you think you're easy to bully?

"Ouch!"

Cheng Yaojin suddenly let out a scream and collapsed to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the Duke of Lu of the Tang Dynasty clutched his stomach with both hands and rolled around on the ground frantically.

"It hurts so much! I've been poisoned. The Duke of Wei has actually poisoned me!"

The people inside the tent were all dumbfounded.

Li Jing pointed at Cheng Yaojin on the ground and roared:

"Cheng Zhijie! Have you no shame at all? Do you think this is Pingkangfang? You're putting on this show for an old man like me?"

Cheng Yaojin completely ignored Li Jing and continued rolling around on the ground.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm going to die. The poison has penetrated my lungs and I can't walk at all."

If anyone dares to touch me, I'll immediately die from the poison right now and show you.

If anyone kidnaps me and takes me back, I'll make my husband, Chu Liang, marry Li Yueru into our family.

When you come back, you'll be a grandfather.

A few curious heads then peeked into the tent.

It was Cheng Chumo, Changsun Chong, Fang Yi'ai and other second-generation rich kids.

They rushed over to see what was going on when they heard the commotion.

Changsun Chong nudged Cheng Chumo with his elbow:

"Chu Mo, your father's acting skills have really improved. Only your father would dare to threaten the Duke of Wei with Sister Yue Ru.

"Your second son wouldn't actually have a crush on Sister Yue Ru, would he?"

Fang Yi'ai then said with a simple and honest expression:

"What unclean thing did Uncle Cheng eat? Should I get him some manure to make him vomit?"

Cheng Chumo covered his face, wishing he could disappear into a crack in the ground.

So embarrassing.

The dignified Duke was rolling around on the ground like this.

Doesn't Cheng Chumo have any pride?

"I don't know him, you've mistaken me for someone else."

Cheng Chumo turned and looked up at the sky.

Li Jing stared at Cheng Yaojin on the ground, his head buzzing.

Li Jing was not afraid at all if someone threatened him with his daughter.

But this bastard is different; what is there that he wouldn't dare to do?

If I send him back to Chang'an, by the time I return, my daughter might actually have been married off to the Cheng family.

Li Chengqian sat there, watching this scene, and almost burst out laughing.

Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaojin, those two old foxes, are both incredibly cunning.

However, bringing these two people along isn't necessarily a bad thing.

At crucial moments, wouldn't that just mean two more people taking the blame?

"Alright, Uncle Cheng, the ground is cold, get up quickly."

Cheng Yaojin immediately got up from the ground as if nothing had happened.

"Your Highness, it seems my poison has been cured."

Li Jing glared at Cheng Yaojin, about to curse him.

Li Chengqian waved his hand, stopping Li Jing.

"Uncle Li, since Duke Zheng and Duke Lu are so eager to serve their country and insist on going to Liaodong to fight the enemy, then I will grant their request."

Li Jing said anxiously:

"Your Highness, how are we to explain this to His Majesty?"

"Explain what?"

Li Chengqian said disdainfully,

"Let the deputy commander of the Hundred Cavalry Division take Zhao Deyan's head and the account books of Pingzhou back to Chang'an to report."

As for the two of them, it was said that they had contracted a serious illness in Pingzhou and were unable to undertake a long journey, so they could only travel slowly with the army.