How smart Li Ji is, just look at his performance on the battlefield.
Almost as soon as Li Chengqian said this, Li Ji immediately realized the key point of the problem.
He looked up at Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, do you mean that he has no intention of marrying the princess at all?"
Li Chengqian tilted his head slightly and said, "Of course."
"Then why does he go to all the trouble and do these things?"
Li Ji looked puzzled and said, "Could it be that he simply wants to disgust you?"
"Yes and no."
Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "He is such a smart person. When planning something, he will never take only one step or only look at the immediate situation."
"I think most of his plans are longer-term, such as..."
Speaking of this, Li Chengqian suddenly stopped talking.
Seeing this, Li Ji, who had been listening carefully to what he said, felt like he was being choked.
He looked up at Li Chengqian and asked, "For example, what?"
"For example, the teacher has already lost this game of chess!"
Li Chengqian picked up a black stone and dropped it on the chessboard.
Li Ji looked down and couldn't help being surprised.
Good guy, with Li Chengqian's last black stone falling, there is no hope of his own resurrection in this game.
However, he no longer cares about winning or losing in this black and white thing.
All he wanted to know now was what.
And saw the longing expression on his face.
Li Chengqian didn't want to continue to sell things off.
He smiled and said: "Teacher, think about it carefully, if my father agrees to let my sister marry to the Western Turks."
"But I don't agree to it, and I even try to block it. What will be the final outcome?"
Hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but be stunned.
He pondered for a while and said: "Based on your majesty's love for your highness, even if your highness stops this matter, your majesty will not do anything to your highness."
"But this will inevitably give His Highness a bad reputation for not caring about the overall situation, or for obstructing peace talks between the two countries."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian shook his head slightly and said, "I have never valued reputation."
"And Zhao Youlin also knows about this, so his plan goes even deeper."
The corner of Li Chengqian's lips curled up: "If my guess is correct, what he really wants is for me to bear a bad reputation and be accused of obstructing the alliance between the two countries."
"After all, if I prevent my sister from marrying to the Western Turks, the final peace talks between the two countries will inevitably collapse."
"And in this way, Zhao Youlin will naturally have an excuse to continue to be the enemy of Datang."
"Even if he has been quiet for the past two years, after he has rested and recuperated for a few years, he will definitely start a war with the Tang Dynasty."
"Regardless of whether the war is won or lost, the crime of provoking the war will definitely fall on me."
At this point, Li Chengqian made a joke about himself.
"Seriously teacher."
He looked straight at Li Ji and said, "Do you feel that Zhao Youlin is really a good opponent?"
"It doesn't count..."
Li Ji shook his head and said, "In my eyes, this person is at best a sinister and cunning person."
After finishing speaking, he also raised his head to look at Li Chengqian, his eyes sparkling: "Such a person is, at most, worthy of being His Highness's whetstone..."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but be stunned.
Then, he couldn't help but smile, but this time there was no such arrogance, only gratitude.
Li Ji really believed him.
And he is also willing to bet his wealth and life on him.
This was a treatment that even Li Shimin had never had before.
In this case, how could he let his teacher down?
Li Chengqian stood up directly and asked people to remove the chessboard.
Then, he waved and said: "Brother Chong, bring me a pen, ink, paper and inkstone."
After hearing the order, Changsun Chong quickly responded.
After all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones were brought, Changsun Chong personally helped Li Chengqian grind the ink.
Li Chengqian took up his pen and wrote down line after line of poetry on the paper.
To be honest, when I saw that poem, even though Li Ji had been able to maintain a state of mind that was not shocked by honor or disgrace for many years, I couldn't help but feel disturbed.
When he looked at Li Chengqian, there was a hint of separation in his eyes.
And wait until the last word of the poem, the last stroke is finished.
Li Chengqian personally dried the wet ink, then folded it neatly and handed it to Changsun Chong.
"Brother Chong, you don't have to stay with me these days."
"You only need to take this thing back to Chang'an City, and be sure to hand it over to my father before Chen Shuda and others' envoys arrive in Chang'an."
"yes!"
Changsun nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, he walked directly out of the Chinese military tent.
At this time, Li Ji walked to Li Chengqian and asked in confusion: "Your Highness, do you think Chen Shuda will do something behind his back?"
"It's not that I think it is, it's that he will definitely do it."
"If you don't believe it, just watch."
"When Chen Shuda comes back soon, he will definitely keep silent about today's peace talks."
Li Chengqian raised the corner of his mouth and said: "He will only send people secretly to tell the emperor personally all these things in order to make the rice cooked, and the result cannot be changed..."
Hearing these words, Li Ji also believed it.
Afterwards, he didn't say anything more.
When Chen Shuda came back, it was just as Li Chengqian expected.
He only chatted here and there with Li Chengqian and others, and kept silent about today's peace talks.
And secretly, he also hurriedly dispatched his capable generals to go to Chang'an City in person to deliver a message to Li Shimin.
…
Chang'an City.
This morning.
Not waiting for the speaker to start the meeting.
There were guards outside to report, and the report from the Northwest Peace Mission was sent back.
Li Shimin was also very concerned about this matter.
He also wanted to know what the attitude of the Western Turks was.
Therefore, he did not hesitate and waved directly: "Let him come in!"
This time, the person who came back with Chen Shuda's report was a member of the peace negotiation delegation named Shangguan Yi.
He was a Jinshi in the last imperial examination and was awarded the direct bachelor's degree from Hongwen Hall by Li Shimin. He is quite famous in poetry.
And if you ask whether this guy is famous in history, of course he is.
First of all, what he did was to complete the "Book of Jin" with Prime Ministers Fang Xuanling, Chu Suiliang and others.
Secondly, during Wu Zetian's political career, he once advised Gaozong Li Zhi to remove Wu Zetian from the position of empress and demote her to a commoner.
Of course, he did not succeed, and was killed by Xu Jingzong, sent by Wu Zetian.
Finally, there is a digression.
Shangguan Wan'er, the famous 'female prime minister' of the Tang Dynasty, was his granddaughter.
It was also because of his death that Shangguan Wan'er was imprisoned. When she was a baby, she followed her mother Zheng into the inner court as a slave.
After Shangguan Yi entered the hall, he knelt down towards Li Shimin and said, "I am a humble minister, Shangguan Yi, and I would like to pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"Flat body!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "I heard that you came back with Mr. Chen's report?"
"Exactly."
"Tell it to me."
Shangguan Yi did not hesitate and directly unfolded Chen Shuda's letter and read it out loud in front of Li Shimin.
And when Li Shimin heard that Zhao Youlin's condition was to marry Li Tingxue.
He couldn't help but be a little surprised.
What else is Zhao Youlin up to?
She couldn't marry anyone, but she had to marry Li Tingxue.
Doesn't he know that Li Tingxue can't be manipulated at will even by him?
Li Shimin looked around at the crowd and said, "My lords, what do you think about this matter..."
