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When she woke up early in the morning, Dongyang Yun's temples were scattered, and she still lay down next to Li Su and slept deeply, the pain of breaking melons last night, and the discontented expedition made her tired and painful, and she tossed until almost dawn before falling asleep.

Li Su looked at the smooth and white fragrant shoulders exposed outside the thin blanket, and couldn't help but lean over and kiss her lovingly, and then got up and dressed himself.

The days of arrogance and lasciviousness have been too long, and the clothes at home are all maids or pearls, and now he is really not used to letting him wear them by himself, and he is in a hurry for a long time before he can barely dress neatly.

Stretching his waist and walking out of the side hall, he was greeted by Lu Liu and several palace maids standing quietly under the porch with toiletries, probably waiting for Dongyang to wake up.

Seeing Li Su coming out of it, Lu Liu's eyes widened in astonishment, and he stammered, "Ah, you...... Grandpa Li, how do you ......?"

Li Su yawned lazily, and now she looks like a goddess of deception. The best scumbag after the bed succeeded.

"What's wrong with me? Didn't you say last night, I talked to Her Royal Highness the princess about life. ”

Green Willow said dumbfoundedly: "Talk...... Life? However, this is the dormitory of Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

"You can't talk about life in the dormitory? Your little girl is too conservative, quickly, bring the water, wait for me to wash, Her Royal Highness the princess estimates that she will not wake up for the time being. ”

"Ah, uh...... Yes, Grandpa. Green Willow said with a red face.

No matter how innocent she was, Lu Liu still vaguely understood how Her Royal Highness the princess and Grandpa Li were chatting about life last night, and the eighteen-year-old girl was suddenly ashamed, and lowered her head to lead the palace maids to serve Li Su to wash.

While serving, Green Willow's eyes secretly looked into the hall, and it seemed that he wanted to know what Her Royal Highness the princess looked like now after being talked about her life all night.

Li Su smiled: "If you want to see it, go in and see, Your Royal Highness the princess hasn't woken up yet, you have a lighter step." ”

Green willow blushed and shook his head, pursed his lips and smiled secretly.

didn't wait for Dongyang to wake up, but Li Su unexpectedly waited for the forbidden army at the gate of the Taoist temple.

The forbidden army came in to report, there was a eunuch outside the door, and His Majesty summoned the Duke of Jingyang County.

Li Su was taken aback, and then smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, it is the king of the whole world, he had a room with Dongyang Cave last night, and this morning Li Shimin directly sent someone to the Taoist Temple to summon him, and the things in the world could not be hidden from him at all.

Now that there is already a husband and wife, Li Su is already mentally prepared, whether it is asking guilt or scolding, in short, Dongyang is already his wife, even if the emperor cannot change this fact.

After tidying up their clothes, they sent someone to call Fang Lao Wu and other subordinates from home, and the group hurried on horseback and went straight to Chang'an.

On the way, Fang Lao Wu looked at the indifferent eunuch in front of him, turned his horse's head and approached Li Su's side, and said worriedly: "Grandpa, the eunuch called you from the Taoist temple this morning, did Your Majesty know it so quickly......

In the past, Fang Lao Wu was a simple military man, but after following Li Su for so long, he somewhat understood a little bit of the danger of the court, such as the current situation, and he felt that something was wrong.

Li Su said with a smile: "Your Majesty has known for a long time, the difference is just that layer of window paper, everyone knows it, and they haven't pierced it." ”

Fang Lao Wu sneered: "Then, what if Your Majesty stabs it today?" ”

Li Su said indifferently: "Then stab it, what can I do?" ”

Fang Lao Wu was silent for a moment, then remembered something again, and said, "Grandpa, General Hou ordered troops in the Beida camp this morning, and now that the army has probably been opened, do you want to send it off?" ”

Li Su sighed: "Don't send it, this time General Hou is not difficult to level the Western Regions, you can see the good news in a year and a half, and if you don't send it, it doesn't make any sense." ”

Fang Lao Wu nodded and didn't speak again.

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Tai Chi Palace.

I haven't seen Li Shimin for a while, mainly because Li Su has a weak heart, and he has been trying to avoid him recently.

The reason for the weakness of the heart is naturally the force under Wang Zhi, well, this matter is actually a layer of window paper, and Li Su understands that it is a layer of window paper that will be pierced sooner or later.

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin knelt in the center of the hall, staring at Li Su with an unkind face.

Li Su swallowed his saliva, slowly crossed the hall, and saluted Li Shimin.

"Minister Li Su, meet Your Majesty."

Li Shimin snorted: "Excuse me, sit down." ”

Li Su found a position a little farther away and sat down, from a safe distance, even if Li Shimin threw a bottle and smashed a jar or something, the kinetic potential energy minus the air resistance and gravity would probably not hurt himself.

"Sit closer! Are you afraid that I will eat you? ”

Li Su sighed, and had to get closer to Li Shimin, the formula just now was in vain, and now he was completely shrouded in the opponent's attack range.

The air was a little frozen, Li Su drooped his eyebrows, and sat in front of Li Shimin awkwardly, Li Shimin was expressionless and looked at him coldly.

After a long time, Li Su felt that it was time to break the silence, the atmosphere at the moment was too uncomfortable.

"Uh, Your Majesty,...... Have you eaten it? ”

Li Shimin snorted angrily: "Li Zizheng, did you sleep well last night?" ”

Li Su blinked, and his mind was quickly analyzing, does the word "sleep" refer to a verb or a ...... What about verbs?

"Uh, it's okay, thank you for your concern."

Li Shimin's face became more and more unkind: "You are the same as my pheasant slave, you became a groom last night, should I congratulate you?" ”

Li Su grinned.

I really want to say "Tongxi", but I am afraid that Li Shimin will really copy the knife and chop him personally.

Well, this layer of window paper was pierced after all.

After saying it thoroughly, Li Su let go instead, and simply raised his head and looked directly at Li Shimin: "Yes, the minister and Princess Dongyang have already become husband and wife." ”

Li Su's sudden change of attitude surprised Li Shimin, the two glared at each other, and after a long time, Li Shimin finally sighed, and his momentum fell in vain.

"That's it, you and Dongyang...... That's it, I couldn't stand you back then, ruined your good jade marriage, and made you suffer too much, since you have a husband and wife, this is the best result. ”

Li Su was overjoyed, this was the first time that Li Shimin had admitted his relationship with Dongyang so bluntly.

"Minister, thank you Your Majesty for your success."

Li Shimin snorted: "Treat Dongyang well in the future, don't let her suffer the slightest grievance, if one day I know that you are not good to her, I don't care what kind of talent you are, and I slashed Dongyang to relieve his anger." Do you understand? ”

"Yes. Remember. ”

"Also, you and her affairs are not allowed to be publicized everywhere, and you know the consequences, it is not a decent thing to spread it after all. If it really makes trouble in the city, for the sake of Dongyang's reputation, I will deal with it as I want, and you won't blame me at that time. ”

"Yes."

I have to say that Dongyang's original insistence was still very far-sighted.

I have been reluctant to have a round house for all these years, and she didn't agree until Xu Mingzhu was pregnant, she also calculated Li Shimin's character, if Xu Mingzhu still has nothing, and he and Dongyang have a husband and wife, today's scene is not so pleasant, most of them will make trouble until the family is ruined.

Now that Xu Mingzhu is pregnant, she is Li Shimin's wife, if Li Su is forced to divorce his wife and marry Dongyang, he can't say anything, and it will attract a lot of scolding when it reaches the court and the people.

Accept and accept, Li Shimin probably doesn't want to mention this matter very much, as he said, for the Heavenly Family, this matter is not decent after all.

So Li Shimin quickly changed the topic.

"Hou Junji returned to Chang'an the day before yesterday, you should know, right?"

Li Su said honestly: "Yes, General Hou has come to the minister's house. ”

Li Shimin said lightly: "At the beginning, Hou Junji participated in the rebellion, it was you who made him restrain himself from the precipice, and later Hou Junji treated the guilty body, and he was also forgiven because of you, and the handsome seal in charge of the conquest of the Western Regions was also recommended because of you, and even when the Hou family was in trouble, it was you who came forward to say to me that you are really benevolent and righteous to the Hou family." ”

Li Su said with a smile: "The minister is just benevolent and righteous to the pillars and pillars of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin praised: "Well said, Zizheng is the heart of the country, and it is good." At the beginning, you were also an official in Xizhou, and you also participated in the battle of defending Xizhou, so you should be familiar with the countries of the Western Regions. ”

Li Su thought for a while and said, "The minister thinks that if the enemy of our Tang Dynasty is only the Yanqi King Longtu Cavalry Branch, General Hou can be calmed down within a year, and there is no suspense." ”

Li Shimin smiled: "There are words in the words, what if our enemies are more than King Yanqi?" ”

Li Su sighed: "The marriage between the Yanqi King Longtur and the Western Turkic Khan, gradually turned against the Tang Dynasty, and now he has completely fallen to the Western Turks, so the Yanqi King's anti-Tang Dynasty is actually under the instigation of the Western Turks. ”

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, if the enemy is only the king of Yanqi, I am relieved, the army has run over, and I am invincible, but there is the support of the Western Turks behind Yanqi, so I have to worry." ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, even with the support of the Western Turks, this battle will be a stalemate at most, with General Hou's ability, my royal division will not be defeated."

"I know that Hou Junji will not be defeated, but if the Western Turks also send troops, in just a few years, Hou Junji will not be able to win, what I am afraid of is that the two armies will stalemate and last."

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "Originally, I planned to send troops this winter to conquer Goguryeo, but if the Western Regions could not be pacified quickly, but would be in a stalemate, the imperial court's reinforcements, grain, grass and ordnance would be sent to the Western Regions in a steady stream, wasting the country's capital in vain." ”

Li Su was speechless for a moment.

Regardless of ancient or modern, wars are fought for money, grain and grass, and fight for the country-based economy, whoever has a thick foundation will have a great chance of winning, and the essence of wars between countries is that big fish eat small fish. But Li Su knows that the current Tang Dynasty can't afford it, and if the Western Regions are uneven, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to spare the Eastern Expedition at all, not only the number of soldiers and horses, but the supply of grain and grass is not enough, and the original preparations for the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo are not sufficient.

Li Su finally understood the purpose of Li Shimin's call today, Xingshi asked for guilt is a reason, the important thing is to ask himself about the strategy of leveling the Western Regions, hoping that he can come up with a good way.

However, where is Li Su's good solution? The Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo was originally a hasty battle, and Li Suda did not agree with it from the bottom of his heart, and now Li Shimin is determined to go eastward, without considering how many years the economy and population of the Tang Dynasty will regress after this battle.

This is an unsolvable problem at all, and Li Su can't do it.

"Minister...... There's really no good way. Li Su smiled bitterly.

Li Shimin was not surprised, and said with a smile: "Li Zizheng, who has always had the best way, has nothing to do?" ”

Li Su hesitated for a moment and said, "There is only one way to do it today." ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "I would like to hear the details." ”

Li Su said slowly: "The only way is to ask Your Majesty to take a break from the heart of the Eastern Crusade. ”

Li Shimin's face changed: "Temporarily rest the heart of the Eastern Crusade? ”

Li Su sighed: "The national strength of the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty should know better than the ministers, it is impossible to support two wars at the same time, the King of Yanqi has rebelled, the Silk Road has been cut off, Hou Junji's army has been opened, this war cannot be delayed, but Goguryeo is not changing at present, in contrast, the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo is actually not so urgent, Your Majesty why not temporarily put aside the heart of the Eastern Expedition and make every effort to level the Western Regions, if this battle is won, the west of the Tang Dynasty can maintain peace for 20 years, and if the Silk Road is unimpeded, it is also a great help to accumulate the national strength of the Tang Dynasty." After three or five years, the Datang treasury will be solid and the armaments will be complete, and then the chances of winning will be much greater. ”

Li Shimin's face was cloudy, he was silent for a long time, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Zizheng's words are really the theory of the old man seeking the country, but it is the heart of the Eastern Crusade...... Not restless. ”

Li Sudao: "Your Majesty, it is unwise to do it knowing that you can't do it." If the Eastern Expedition is defeated, the invincible prestige of the Tang Dynasty over the years will be lost, causing the countries to be ready to move, and the good situation that the Tang Dynasty has created will not be guaranteed. ”

Li Shimin sighed: "I know what you said, but I have a reason why I have to go east, and the east crusade cannot be delayed. ”

Li Su was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "The minister is stupid, I really can't think of any reason to have to go east this year, and I can still level Goguryeo after three or five years, and the chances of victory are greater at that time, why should Your Majesty be in a hurry at this time?" ”

Li Shimin's expression suddenly fell, he lowered his head and looked at the table in front of him in a daze, for a long time, looked up at him, and said slowly: "My body is not as good as day by day, I'm afraid I can't wait for three or five years." ”

Li Su was startled and stared at him in amazement.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "Don't you believe it? ”

"Minister...... Seeing that His Majesty is fierce and energetic, it is the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, how can he not wait for three or five years? ”

Li Shimin sighed: "That's the appearance you see, after the beginning of spring this year, I feel that my body is getting weaker and weaker day by day, often chest tightness and headaches, the amount of food is not as good as before, sometimes I can't even ride a horse, the imperial doctor diagnosed me, saying that it is the wind disease yin evil possession, when the mind recuperates, so I hope to launch the Eastern Expedition this year, this battle is very important to the Tang Dynasty, I must drive the personal expedition, if I wait for three or five years, I can't even ride a horse, what is the 'personal expedition'?" Lying on the bed and being carried to the battlefield? ”