Lu Huaishen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

Lu Ruoliang couldn't help but be furious, this was obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob, this kind of behavior was no different from Lai Junchen.

"What? Reluctant? Lu Xiaoxian sneered, "Didn't you keep saying that you can pay everything for the Lu family, and now you need to pay, why don't you speak?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian stood up and said, "Let me tell you the truth, the so-called head of the Lu family may be supreme glory in your eyes, but it is nothing to me." I thought about it, if I want to save the Lu family, I have to pay. If you figure it out, you can come to me anytime! Farewell! ”

After that, Lu Xiaoxian turned around and left, leaving only Lu Huaishen and Lu Ruoliang looking at each other.

Back in his house, Lu Xiaoxian sorted out his thoughts.

Coming to Junchen to forcibly take the daughter of the Lu family was approved by Wu Zetian, which was also Wu Zetian's means of suppressing the five surnamed Qiwang clans, how could Lu Xiaoxian have any ability to make Wu Zetian change his mind. The reason why Lu Ruoliang was put forward with such harsh conditions was to let him retreat from the difficulties. He knew very well that the scholars valued their reputation more than their lives, and it was more difficult for Lu Ruoliang to give up the position of the head of the family than to ascend to the sky.

Fan Yang Lu, what does it have to do with him?

……

After listening to Wu Zetian's decision, Wu Yanxiu's whole person looked like a fool.

For a moment, time seemed to freeze. In an instant, time seemed to fly by again. The love that Wu Yanxiu longed for ended quietly before it had time to start. Yesterday's surprise and sweetness hadn't had time to savor it, but it disappeared so quickly in the blink of an eye.

After a short period of dazedness and confusion, Wu Yanxiu felt the pain of the sky falling, and they swept over the sky.

Watching Wu Yanxiu staggering away, Wu Zetian couldn't help but sigh.

Yesterday, Wu Zetian agreed to Wu Yanxiu's request and promised him to get engaged to Li Bao'er first. But after listening to Wu Sansi's statement about entering the palace, Wu Zetian changed his mind again.

Wu Sansi is right, not all good things can be taken by the Wei Palace. After Wu Chenghei's death, in the future, the Wu family, a big family, will have to be led by Wu Sansi. Based on this, letting Wu Sansi's eldest son marry Princess Anle is indeed much more important than Princess Anle marrying Wu Yanxiu.

What's more, even if Wu Yanxiu and the county lord of Anle are married, it will take three years to get married, and the effect of such a marriage is not obvious.

After thinking about it, Wu Zetian finally changed his mind and decided to marry Princess Anle to Wu Sansi's eldest son, Wu Chongxun. In order to strengthen the effect of this marriage, Wu Zetian also made a decision to marry Wu Ling, the county lord of Fangcheng County, to Li Chongrun as Princess Shao.

As for Wu Yanxiu, in the face of the overall interests of the Wu family, he could only make sacrifices.

……

Sometimes, all it takes to ruin a person is a broken love. I have to admit that emotional trauma is devastating for anyone who is fully committed to it.

Wu Yanxiu didn't eat or drink for five consecutive days, ran to get wet on a rainy day, and came back with a serious illness. After recovering from his illness, Wu Yanxiu no longer looked for death and life, but chose another way to torture himself, drinking heavily, and an energetic young man was forced into a walking corpse.

Unlike Wu Yanxiu, who chose to torture himself, Li Chongrun chose another way to express his dissatisfaction: protest.

Li Chongrun resolutely did not want to marry Wu Ling, even if it was approved by His Majesty. In Li Chongrun's heart, Pei Huan is his princess and his real partner in life, and he can't tolerate others taking Pei Huan's place, let alone being a member of the Wu clan.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to go on a hunger strike, and let Li Xian and Webster wear out their mouths to persuade him, which was useless at all.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

For Li Chongrun's disobedience, Wu Zetian could tolerate it, she was furious and didn't care about his life or death. As long as he is in the day, it is not Li Chongrun's turn to have the final say. Even if Li Chongrun really starved to death, Wu Zetian could not allow him to challenge his authority.

With a strong majesty on one side and a stubborn son on the other, Li Xian and Webster were anxious but helpless, so they could only wipe their faces with tears all day long.

Hearing the news, Princess Taiping was remorseful. She didn't expect that the seed she had planted in Li Chongrun's heart would sprout so quickly. She knew her mother too well, and it was harder to get her to give in than to ascend to the sky.

However, Li Chongrun is so obsessed that if he continues to come to his senses, there is only one way to die. It was not easy to win Li Chongrun over, she didn't want Li Chongrun to lose his role so quickly.

So, Princess Taiping entered the palace to see Wu Zetian. I don't know what method she used, but in the end, Wu Zetian changed his mind and married Wu Ling, the lord of Fangcheng County, to Xue Chongjian, the son of Princess Taiping, as the princess, and the matter came to an end.

The reason why Wu Zetian made the change so quickly was not because she compromised with Li Chongrun, but because a bigger trouble was in front of her, and she didn't have the time and energy to spend it with Li Chongrun like this.

Wu Zetian was indeed in big trouble: the Turkic mission arrived in Luoyang, and the head of the Turkic mission was none other than the old acquaintance Tunyugu.

The mission of the Turkic mission to Luoyang was simple: Mosi Khan asked to marry his daughter to the crown prince Li Xian, hoping that Li Xian would go to the Turks to meet his relatives.

Mo Si sent someone to make peace and took the initiative to make friends with Da Zhou, if he didn't agree, they would definitely use this as an excuse to cause trouble.

It's a big deal, what to do?

Wu Zetian immediately convened the ministers of the court to discuss.

It has always been one of the effective methods for the Central Plains Dynasty to appease ethnic minorities and maintain border unity, and there have been successful precedents in previous history, such as the "Zhaojun out of the fortress" in the Western Han Dynasty, which made the Han and Hungarians have a stable relationship for 60 years.

On the matter of harmony, the courtiers also formed two factions.

The opposition to the peace faction is represented by Guo Zhen, who believes that Mo Si will definitely break the contract, and he should not rely on the peace and pro, and should take precautions.

The proponent of peace was Yan Zhiwei, the general of the Leopard Taowei, who believed that as long as the Turkic demands were met, the problem could be solved.

In the case of the courtiers arguing, Di Renjie did not express his opinion. It stands to reason that Di Renjie is the first and auxiliary prime minister, and his opinion is very important, but he has never said a word.

Guo and Tian fought in the court, Wu Zetian stopped the quarrel between the two, and decided to adopt Yan Zhiwei's peace opinion after weighing the pros and cons.

Although there are different opinions, Wu Zetian has already set the tone, and it is inevitable to be close to each other. But then, there was a dispute over the choice of the pro.

Di Renjie resolutely opposed the crown prince Li Xian to go to the Turks to welcome the new year, and his reason was very simple: if Mo Si Khan had sinister intentions, detained the prince and then used his banner to destroy Zhou Xingtang's conspiracy, it would be worth the loss.

Di Renjie has not spoken, just to make his position clear now: no matter what, he must not let Li Xian go to the Turks.

Regarding Di Renjie's opinion, Wu Zetian deeply agreed. Back then, Li Jingye rebelled, under the banner of Li Xian, Li Zhen's rebellion was also under the banner of Li Xian, and the Khitan Li Qianzhong launched the Yingzhou Rebellion, which was still under the banner of Li Xian, which shows that Li Xian is still very appealing.

In case the Turks really detain Li Xian and attack the Great Zhou in the name of Li Xian, it would be too lethal, which is not what Wu Zetian wanted to see.

Since Li Xian can't go, who will he send?

Some ministers proposed that they could send Prime Minister Li Dan to the Turks.

The minister who was loyal to Li Tang stopped doing it as soon as he heard it, how could this work.

Princess Taiping is also in a hurry, what are you kidding, with Li Dan in her, she can still compete with Li Xian, if Li Dan goes to the Turks, then she will only have the share of being slaughtered.

Princess Taiping's reason is equally simple: since ancient times, no prince of Da Zhou has married the daughter of Yidi, and besides, if a prince is sent to marry his princess, the Turks may not agree. The most important thing is that Li Dan has also been the emperor, if he silently detains Li Dan and destroys Zhou Xingtang's deeds, this lethality may be greater than Li Xian's.

Regarding Princess Taiping's suggestion, Wu Zetian agreed. Neither of his sons could go to the Turks, and in no way could give the Turks any excuse to exploit.

Since Li Xian and Li Dan can't go to the Turks, then just send a county king, but the question is can the Turks agree? The Heqin delegation is still waiting for the reply of the imperial court.

It seems that the only way to do this is to find out the attitude of the Turks before making the next step.

As a result, Guo Zhen was given a special mission by Wu Zetian: he represented the imperial court and held talks with the Turkic and pro-missions.

Just when Wu Zetian had a headache for choosing with his relatives, Tunyu Valley, who lived in the Sifang Pavilion, ushered in an acquaintance.

"Mr. Wang, long time no see!" Lust Valley took the initiative to say hello.

When I was in Yingzhou, I had cooperated with Mr. Wang, and the cooperation was quite pleasant. If it weren't for the two of them pushing behind the scenes, with the abilities of Li Duzhong and Sun Wanrong, how could they fight Da Zhou without the power to fight back. Because of this, Mr. Wang's brilliant strategy left a deep impression on Tun Desire Valley.

"Whether you see it or not, it depends on whether the two sides cooperate!" Mr. Wang made a pun, "It is natural to see cooperation when there is cooperation, such as now." ”

Looking at the mysterious Mr. Wang in front of him, Tunyugu couldn't help but feel emotional. The two of them have cooperated, and they do not rule out continuing to cooperate in the next step, but which side Mr. Wang represents, Tunyugu has not figured out until now.

Tun Desire Valley sent countless people, and even did not hesitate to use the power of the Holy Water Palace to go deep into the hinterland of the Great Zhou to find out the details of Mr. Wang, but in the end they could only return in vain. The only thing he could conclude now was that Mr. Wang was Wu Zetian's enemy, and he didn't know anything else. It's really uncomfortable to be in the light and the other person is in a dark corner and you have no trace.

"Oh?" Tun Yugu asked quietly, "So, Mr. thinks we can cooperate again now?" ”

Mr. Wang nodded and said, "That's natural, otherwise I wouldn't have taken the initiative to see Lord Tutun!" ”

"Please advise!" Tunyugu made a deferential appearance.