"Your Highness, a carriage's wheel is stuck."
The car had just left Chang'an City for less than twenty miles when an accident occurred, and the car was stuck in a traffic jam.
Li Xiang looked up at the sun. It was not even noon yet, but no one had set a time for us to arrive.
"Set up camp."
Yuchi Jingde next to him thought he had heard it wrong, but when he saw Li Xiang's serious expression, he realized that he had heard it right. Li Xiang really wanted to set up camp.
According to the rules of that era, even if a large army was marching, it would have to travel forty miles a day. But now we have only walked a dozen miles since we set out from Shili Pavilion. Do we have to prepare to set up camp?
The personal guards under Li Xiang were all exchanged from the system. No matter what orders Li Xiang gave, these people would execute them unconditionally. After hearing Li Xiang's words, these people immediately rode their horses forward and backward, ordering the people in front and behind to set up camp.
"Who gave the order to set up camp?"
Lu Dongzan was walking in front, but he did not follow his team. He wanted to say a few words to Changsun Pingting. According to the rules, they could only talk across the carriage, but this guy was also keen on doing so. However, he did not expect that the team would stop while walking.
"Our Crown Prince gave the order."
Li Xiang was clearly sitting on the horse, but he didn't say a word when Lu Dongzan asked the question. Yuchi Jingde was also very perceptive and immediately stood up and said, "No matter how noble you are, you are only a prime minister, at most on the same level as me. If you want to have a direct conversation with our Crown Prince, you are not qualified."
Li Xiang's face also had a provocative expression. "Aren't you provoking me, you fellow? I'm going to find trouble for you right now. I'll walk twenty miles a day. If you want to follow me, then follow me. If you don't want to follow me, then go ahead. Anyway, the imperial edict only ordered me to deliver it to Tubo, not when I should arrive."
If a marriage was granted in the past, the time would be set, and it would have to be an auspicious day. However, Chang'an and Tubo were too far apart, and it would take several months even if one rode at full speed. No one knew what accidents might happen in the meantime, so the date was not set.
"How can you order camping after only walking ten miles?"
Lu Dongzan said in a questioning tone.
"Be brave and dismount."
Chang Sun Chong realized it later and didn't have any good feelings towards this cheap brother-in-law. When he saw him speaking to Li Xiang in this tone, he immediately felt unhappy.
When Li Xiang heard what Changsun Chong said, his eyes immediately lit up. If you don’t get off the horse later, we will have fun today.
Li San and the others were all ready, just waiting for Li Xiang's order. We are all good at finding faults, but the problem is that they were not given the opportunity to show it. Although Lu Dongzan was unwilling, he still dismounted out of courtesy.
"Your Highness, if we continue this daily schedule, we don't know when we'll reach Tubo. The distance between Chang'an and Tubo is simply too great. Your Highness, please rescind your order."
After meeting Changsun Pingting, Lu Dongzan always wanted to marry her. Now he finally achieved his wish, but he still had to go to Tubo to complete the marriage. According to his idea, it could be done in Chang'an City. If it was another envoy who granted marriage, he would not care about it on the way, but the problem was that this person was Li Xiang, an extremely difficult person.
So he could only endure it, even if it made him explode, he had to endure it. What's more, this place was only twenty miles away from Chang'an, and it was also the core sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Xiang said nothing. He raised his head, let out a long breath, and then touched his forehead.
"His Royal Highness is unwell. Please send for the imperial physician."
Yuchi Jingde was a man of good eyesight. He shouted out loudly immediately. The eunuchs around him panicked immediately. To them, the Tubo Prime Minister was useless. When we came out of the palace, the emperor asked us to ensure the health of His Highness. Now that His Highness is unwell, you still want to move forward. Are you mentally ill?
"you……"
Lu Dongzan knew that Li Xiang was pretending to be sick, but he couldn't offend Li Xiang to death. There was still a long way to go. If he offended Li Xiang too much, who knew what tricks this guy would do. The day of winning the beauty would have to be postponed. Lu Dongzan silently told himself to be patient and wait until they reached the territory of Tubo, then he would teach him a lesson.
The large group walked twelve miles on the first day, and then found a quiet place to set up camp. There were several cities nearby, so there was no need to cook. In the afternoon, Li Xiang spent a lot of money and had people order a large amount of wine and food from the city to be shipped over so that everyone could have a good meal.
"What are you doing?"
A few Tibetans also wanted to come and eat the food, but unfortunately they were stopped by Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers.
"These things were purchased privately by Your Highness. Although the court is responsible for your food and drink within the Tang Dynasty, we have prepared them for you according to regulations. These dishes and wine have nothing to do with you. If you want to eat them, please ask your Prime Minister."
The accompanying personnel had already thought of what to say. There were two kinds of meals for one team, but the other one was paid for by others privately. According to the rules of the court, everything that should be prepared for you has been prepared, but you can't come and take advantage of us since we paid for it privately, right?
If there were no comparison, the Tibetans would have thought the food provided by the court was delicious. After all, it was much better than the food on the plateau. But the problem was that Li Xiang's food and wine were more delicious, so everyone felt that the food in their bowls was tasteless.
"Prime Minister, wait a minute..."
Lu Dongzan couldn't swallow this and was about to ask someone to buy the same food, but one of his staff quickly stopped him and said, "With so many people coming and going, we really can't afford it. These dishes and wine come from Li Xiang's restaurant. If you go to order them from him, he will charge whatever price you want. Won't he rip us off?"
"I've always heard that you Han people know etiquette, so why are you acting like this today? The guests are still hungry, but you are feasting and drinking lavishly. Is this your Han etiquette?"
Lu Dongzan was reluctant to spend that money, not to mention that he had almost spent all the money he needed to spend on this trip to Chang'an City. If he continued to spend money, he would probably have to make up for it privately.
Li Xiang had remained silent the entire time, simply because he didn't want to get involved with this guy. He hadn't expected this guy to actually come forward and challenge him. If that was the case, then don't blame us brothers for not taking care of you. You asked for it by humiliating me in front of your people...
