Li Er was too stingy. Gu Qing was unhappy, just giving a few words of praise or giving a title. The Tai Chi Palace ceremony ended. Gu Qing walked at the end of the crowd, and was very unhappy.

"You said your father is too terrible." Gu Qing walked beside Li Tai, "Tell me, we were exhausted and fought in Goguryeo. Your father would give some empty titles and silver cakes, so it would be great if he didn't have some gold croquettes."

Cheng Yaojin glanced at Gu Qing and whispered, "You kid is not satisfied yet? You are the Shangshu Ling, what's wrong? You want to be a Duke at this age?"

"Not..." Gu Qingru nodded thoughtfully, "Not not!"

"Stupid boy!" Niu Jinda shouted, "I went to Goguryeo, my tail was raised to the sky, so be careful of being beaten to death."

Li Tai sighed, "Gu Qing, actually, my father's meaning is very clear. I'm afraid that your tail will rise to the sky and you will be very polite if you don't suppress you."

"What do you mean?" Looking at Li Tai, Gu Qing looked puzzled.

He was about to walk out of the palace gate, and Wang Qin hurried over, "Waiting Gu County, Your Majesty summoned him."

Stopped, Gu Qing blocked Wang Qin's shoulder with a smile, "Does Your Majesty want to reward me with extra value? Although I have not made great contributions, Is it hard work?"

"Just wait for Gu County." Wang Qin said with a smile.

Following Wang Qin all the way to Yanqing Hall, Li Erzheng drank wine with several envoys from the Western Regions here, and was beating in his heart. Why did the envoys from the Western Regions come? Seeing Li Er say a few words to the envoys from the Western Regions and then come out, Li Er had no smile on his face, "Gu Qing, you are here with me."

"yes."

Follow Li Er all the way to a quiet place in the palace, which is a garden with many flowers.

"Gu Qing, I want to build a Lingyan Pavilion." Li Er said, "I have discussed with your teacher many times whether to add yours."

Lingyan Pavilion... Li Er wanted to hang himself up, but Gu Qing thought about it, "Your Majesty, I feel that my contribution is too small, why don't you forget it."

"Hahaha..." Li Er smiled dryly, "Gu Qing, don't belittle yourself. You have always done a lot of things to my country, but every time you finish it, you will get into trouble. You make new paper, make firearms, build academies, go north to attack the Turks, go out of the Hexi Corridor to fight Western countries to establish national prestige, and fight in the east to pacify Goguryeo. If you want to say that your military achievements are no less than those in the court, the most important thing is your firearms. Cheng Chumo and Su Dingfang will not say much. Your firearms shock the border countries. This is your greatest contribution."

"Where is there, there is no." Gu Qing laughed.

Li Er smiled bitterly when he saw this boy getting a bargain and was acting obedient. "But there are too many voices in the court about you. I agree that you can go to Lingyan Pavilion, but you also need the ministers in the court to approve it. Do you understand what I mean?"

Gu Qing stumbled, what did this mean? He looked like he wanted to push but welcome him. If he wanted to go up, he would go up. If he couldn't go up to Lingyan Pavilion, he would forget it.

Li Er looked at the flowers in the yard, and the king and his minister stood together one after another and said nothing.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Western Regions have left." Wang Qin said.

Li Er nodded again and said, "Gu Qing, what kind of person do you want to be in history."

"There are future generations who commented that I don't care so much." Gu Qing said.

"The censors in the court have been punished by everyone." Li Er looked at Gu Qing, "Do you know how much anger you have committed in recent years? Do you know what the censors in Chang'an are talking about you now? I just can't figure out that you should be feeling like you are on pins and needles, why are you?"

"Why are you not panicking at all?" Gu Qing smiled.

Li Er shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This time I can only give you some false titles. There was no living place in the battle of Liaodong City. Paper covers the fire. Naturally, some people in the court know that, fortunately you did not slaughter the people of Goguryeo."

"It seems you don't know some things." Li Er looked at the flowers in the yard and everything was peaceful. "When Li Ji broke through Ping'ao City, he saw many young and old people! At that time, Li Ji had no choice but to kill them, but Yuan Gai Suwen's subordinates asked the young and old people to rush towards Li Ji's army with weapons. The deaths of the old and young women and children in that battle were several times more than the soldiers. These things were written on the report sent by Cen Wenben."

Gu Qing looked up at Li Er. He had no idea about this. After arresting Yuan Gaisuwen, he did not care about the war in the city. "When I arrived in Goguryeo, I almost didn't find any civilians in Goguryeo. Yuan Gaisuwen captured all the civilians as a soldier."

Liaodong City is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many civilians in the crowded environment of Pyongyang City with hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Gu Qing, do you want to go to Lingyan Pavilion?" Li Er asked again.

"I want to!" Gu Qing said.

"I understand, you go back first."

Li Er's tone was very light and seemed very tired.

Gu Qing walked away step by step and looked back at Li Er standing in front of the garden. Wang Qin was standing in front of the emperor. The emperor's back was full of loneliness and painstaking efforts. He walked out of the palace, Li Tai, Cheng Chumo, and Su Dingfang were waiting here.

"Let's have a good drink." Li Tai said with a smile, "Go to my mansion."

"Okay!" Gu Qing nodded.

The four of them walked side by side across Zhuque Street, drunk in Li Tai's mansion.

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When consciousness awakened, Gu Qing had not opened his eyes and breathed the familiar smells around him and the sounds that were so familiar that they could not be more familiar. It seemed as if Di Renjie's voice and Li Zhi, the little head, opened his eyes with difficulty. From hazy to clear, he saw two guys playing chess.

Di Renjie was about to look at Gu Qing on the bed, "Teacher is awake."

"Yeah." Gu Qing sat up hard, "Why am I going home?"

"You are drunk in my royal brother's mansion." Li Zhi looked at the chess game, "It was the royal brother who sent someone to send it back to you. Gu Qing, how much have you drunk? Do you know what you said?"

Gu Qing stared at Li Zhi, "Did I say anything?"

"You said you have made a decision to go to Lingyan Pavilion. If anyone dares to say no, you will castrate him." Li Zhi said, "At that time, my brother and I couldn't stop you. You knocked on the doors of many censors in the court and shouted that Lingyan Pavilion had made a decision. I think the memorials to impeach you in front of your father are about to pile up like a mountain."

Li Zhi said lightly, and Gu Qing's face became darker.
Chapter completed!