In Chang'an City, when they heard that the emperor had personally gone to Xiaojiazhuang, not only the envoys from Honglu Temple were muttering, but even Li Daozong from the palace was panicked.
"Since the imperial court selected Yan'er for marriage, there has been no movement in the past few days. There are rumors that the matter has slowed down, and the marriage may be canceled. Why did Your Majesty go to Xiaojiazhuang in person? And he brought the queen with him? Yes. Do you want to do Yan'er's work?"
"This won't work! If Yan'er stays with Xiao Rui, no one, not the envoys or the weaklings in the court, dares to ask for someone. Maybe he can escape the disaster. But it won't work if His Majesty takes action, Xiao Rui I dare not go against His Majesty’s will.”
"What should I do? How can I help him?"
Li Daozong paced back and forth, calculating in his mind.
"Master, it is not appropriate for you to take action now. Everyone knows that you are at odds with the champion. The young lady lives in Xiaojiazhuang, which has aroused suspicion. If you try to help again...unless you go to Xiaojiazhuang in person and face-to-face Apologize for what happened before and submit. Otherwise, the champion will not believe in your help." The old butler gave pertinent advice.
Li Daozong beat his chest and said: "Oh! Tell me, why were you so impulsive in the first place? What did you do to offend Xiao Rui? He had already promised the second boy at that time... Oh, let's not mention it. Now the good thing has not come true, and the second boy has lost it. . Xiao Rui has also been offended, and something happened to Yan'er again. How can I ask for help?"
The old housekeeper nodded and sighed: "The master loves the young lady, even if he lowers his face and lowers his head, it doesn't matter. But in this matter, even if the champion has great hands and eyes, he may not be able to defeat your majesty, and he may not be able to defeat the entire court... "
"Well, to be honest, this incident is actually a coincidence. If the young lady has already promised to marry someone else, they will have no excuse to take the young lady out for a marriage. This kind of thing will not happen to our family."
"It's a pity that the young lady insisted on finding a suitable husband, so she postponed the wedding for two years, otherwise..."
Li Daozong sat back down with a frustrated look on his face, "Yes! This girl is stubborn. She blamed me for doting on her too much, so she delayed the engagement for two years. But who would have thought that my husband didn't wait, but met this person? What kind of thing?"
"Forget it, I hope Xiao Rui can help Xiangcheng for the sake of it. Even, even..."
Gritting his teeth, Li Daozong did not dare to express the terrible thoughts in his heart.
The old housekeeper guessed it, but didn't reveal it. It has been said that the champion Hou Xiaorui is a womanizer. What the prince means is that even if he and the champion Hou Xiaorui make a lifelong private contract, it will be better than marrying in another country.
In Honglu Temple, envoys from several countries gathered together again, and the convener was Yeon Gaesumun of Goguryeo. Why is he so passionate about the league? Is it really to discuss marriage?
No, if it is a marriage, now there is a competitive relationship between the countries. They all want to bring the princess to their home. Such collective discussion is obviously wrong.
Then there is only one possibility. Goguryeo Yuan Gaisu Wenlai did not really marry, but came to the Tang Dynasty to do other things in the name of marriage.
"Everyone, there is bad news now. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty went to the Xiao Family Village of Champion Marquis, and the situation is very unfavorable to us."
Prince Gaochang puzzled: "The Champion is the emperor's son-in-law. Is it normal for the emperor to visit his son-in-law's home? What's the disadvantage? According to my investigation, the emperor loves this son-in-law very much and often goes to the mysterious Xiaojiazhuang .”
Yuan Gaisuwen shook his head and said: "I'm afraid you don't know that the champion Hou Xiaorui is the most die-hard war faction in the Tang Dynasty, and the most averse to marriage. If you don't believe me, ask Tibetan Prime Minister Lu Dongzan, Xiao Rui in order to stop During the Tubo marriage, I personally beat everyone in Tubo, right here in Honglu Temple."
Lu Dongzan was carried here and had been leaning weakly on the chair. At this time, when he heard others talking about his embarrassing things, his face became even more ugly.
"It's true. The champion's arrogance and domineering behavior in the Tang Dynasty is far beyond that of ordinary people. We must guard against it."
The prince of Baekje, Buyeo Yiji, laughed and said: "I'm afraid someone is frightened out of his courage? I heard that the champion prince said that if the Tubo did not leave Chang'an tomorrow, the champion prince would slaughter all the Tibetan envoys. So. Tubo said goodbye to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty soon. It’s just strange, why did he say goodbye but didn’t leave? And he’s still living there now?”
"Could it be that you heard that we came to beg for a princess and were afraid that we would succeed and would stay to cause trouble? Or maybe while there are many of us, you stayed and wanted to beg a princess to go back as well?"
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Lu Dongzan said with a dark face: "I don't know what it means!"
Fuyu Yici laughed and said: "If this prince were you, you would have known better and returned home. You have made it clear before that you will not marry anyone other than Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty. If you change your words now and snatch other princesses from us, are you still shameless?" In short, we at Baekje can’t afford to be like this.”
Yuan Gaisuwen tapped the table lightly, "Okay, everyone is here to ask for cooperation. Say less if it is not conducive to cooperation. Whether Tubo asks for the princess will not affect our cooperation. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty went to find the champion Hou, it means that he may want to break the contract and not want to marry his daughter and make a marriage. We have so many countries coming to ask for a marriage. If you really go back empty-handed, your family will not be able to marry. Don't come back in the future. Go back and prepare tributes each year. Let’s pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.”
As soon as Goguryeo spoke, the prince of Baekje immediately retreated and echoed. He was clearly his bastard.
And Lu Dongzan nodded and said: "What you said to Lu is right. Now the Tang Dynasty is only willing to give out one princess. It is obvious that he wants to divide us and cause internal fighting between us. This stratagem is not clever. Everyone is A smart person will definitely not fall into the trap, right?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
Prince Gaochang asked: "But after all, there is only one princess. Who should I give it to and who should I not give it to? Who can I give it to, and others can be convinced?"
While talking, I glanced at the deputy envoy of the Western Turks. The Khan of the Western Turks has been a little busy recently and can't see anyone. It is the deputy envoy who has always participated in the alliance. But the deputy envoy couldn't make up his mind, so he basically didn't speak.
But at this time, after being glanced at by the Gaochang people, the Western Turkic deputy envoy was a little dissatisfied, "What are you looking at? What? You Gaochang still want to prevent us from getting married with the Tang Dynasty? The country is not big, but the ambition is not small! However, it is best to think carefully If you lose your weight and don’t have the strength of Jieli back then, you better not seek death!”
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Prince Gaochang's face was livid. In fact, he had no interest in marrying the princess. Although the princesses of the Tang Dynasty had a good reputation, they had to be respected when they were married, and they did not dare to offend. I am the prince of Gaochang. I used to be so free and unrestrained. If I marry a grandma, tsk tsk...will I still have a good life?
It's a pity that we can't stand the urging of our father Ju Wentai. This is a strategic purpose. If we don't marry a princess and wait for the Western Turks to marry the Tang Dynasty, we will be very passive in the future. If the Western Turks bully us, the Tang Dynasty will follow. When others stand together, we don’t even have a place to ask for help.
Instead of waiting for the Western Turks to make peace, we should also fight for it. So Prince Gaochang led the team.
While everyone was discussing how to deal with the situation, an interesting thing happened in Honglu Temple. The Tibetan guards who had moved back actually started fighting with the Baekje guards because they were dissatisfied with the living environment.
"Mr. Liu, Chief Liu, there's a fight. Do you want to go and see? They're fighting!" Lao Jiu came to Liu Jinyuan gloating.
