The white tiger asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Li Ke's guard captain said: "My Royal Highness heard that your Highness does not have a person to serve by his side now, so he specially sent one over to take care of His Highness's daily life. This woman is the second princess of King Zhenla, and His Royal Highness has taken the eldest princess of King Zhenla as a concubine, and His Royal Highness wants to kiss your Royal Highness, haha! ”

The white tiger felt very embarrassed, his own prince never accepted women sent by others, Hamid, Pei Dilan and some other emperors and kings of other countries had sent many women to the prince, but the prince did not stay by his side.

The princesses around the prince are not easy to mess with, so after the prince's generals attacked the city and plundered the land, they got beautiful women, and no one sent them to the prince, and everyone didn't want to cause trouble.

Baihu is not stupid, and he will not do such a thing, but this is sent by His Royal Highness the King of Lingnan, and they are brothers, so it is not good to refuse on behalf of the prince. He pondered for a moment and thought that this matter should be left to the prince to solve. Bai Hu smiled: "My prince has already rested, I will thank your Royal Highness for my lord, then leave her behind." ”

After the white tiger sent off Li Ke's guard captain, he took the woman to the outside of Li You's bedroom, he pricked up his ears and listened to the door, and heard the sound of a chair moving inside, he knew that the prince was reading a book now, so he knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in." Li You's voice came from inside.

White Tiger pushed open the door and walked in with the woman. Li You asked, "What is this?"

Baihu said: "Lord, His Royal Highness the King of Lingnan sent it to you, this woman is the second princess of King Zhenla, His Royal Highness the King of Lingnan has taken her sister as a concubine, and he hopes to be able to kiss you." ”

Li You turned his gaze to the girl, and saw that this girl was fourteen or fifteen years old, of medium stature, and very beautiful. I was just a little nervous and scared, and my body trembled slightly.

After all, Li You has the consciousness of modern people, and he must pay attention to the process of falling in love when he marries a wife, and he will not accept a strange woman casually. Therefore, among all those nobles in the entire Tang Dynasty, the number of his wives was the smallest.

Li You's current princesses have a great relationship with him, and they have all experienced various trials including life and death together, and he really has no interest in this girl.

Li You said: "The third brother is kind, but I don't want it!" Well, you can send her back to her parents. ”

When this woman was taken away from her parents, she didn't know what fate she would face? She really didn't expect this to be the result, and she suddenly had a good impression of the handsome man in front of her. She bravely raised her head and looked at Li You carefully, Li You waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." The white tiger led the woman to the door.

When the woman followed the white tiger to the door, she suddenly stopped, turned around and knelt on the ground, and said in a stumbling Chinese dialect: "Your Royal Highness, please leave me behind." ”

Why is this woman like this? It turns out that the Kingdom of Zhenla no longer exists, and the king's family has become prisoners, and their fate can only be at the mercy of others. This woman is very smart, she knows that when she is sent home, she will be sent somewhere else, and she does not know what kind of fate it will be? Instead of that, it is better to follow the handsome and kind man in front of you, which is also a kind of protection for yourself. If you can win the favor of such a powerful man. It is also a kind of protection for one's own family.

Li You asked curiously, "Don't you want to go home?" ”

The woman pleaded, "Your Highness, please leave me behind, as a slave or a servant." Let me serve you! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Li You understood the woman's intentions. Looking at her pitiful appearance, Li You suddenly remembered Ashina Qing back then, and a trace of pity swelled in his heart. He was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, just stay." ”

The woman learned the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty, saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." Li You said kindly: "Get up! What is your name? ”

The woman said, "The slave's name is Bonty." ”

Li You said to the white tiger: "Okay! Take her down, give her to the magpie, and let the magpie teach her how to do things. ”

The next morning, Li You met with Li Ke, and after the two brothers talked for a while, they began to discuss the matter of conquering the Tianzhu Kingdom.

The two discussed and decided to mobilize the troops of the Lingnan Royal Mansion and the Northwest Royal Mansion to form the Southern Expeditionary Army, with Li Ke as the commander and Cheng Yanjin as the deputy marshal, to attack the Tianzhu Kingdom from the east and west.

Li You said: "Third brother, I suggest that we start the offensive at the beginning of next year, make full use of the period before the rainy season arrives, and then come to an end. You don't have to worry about the number of troops, I will continue to send you a large number of troops from the U slave kingdom, Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. For these people, as well as the armies of the Linyi Kingdom and the Zhenla Kingdom here, you should use them as much as possible, send them to fight vanguards, fight more vicious battles, regardless of casualties, and consume them as much as possible, so as to lay the foundation for future immigrants.

In addition to ordnance and other materials, all the other expenses of this war are raised by you to support the war. If you let it go, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the court. ”

Li Ke said happily: "Fifth brother, don't worry, leave the matter here to me." However, can the navy support me a little more? ”

Li You said: "Third brother, I have thought about this matter a long time ago, I will send Wang Guoxiang to lead the Southern Fleet under your command." ”

Li Ke said: "Great! Now I'm more sure. ”

Li You stayed in Cam Ranh Bay for ten days, and then led Liu Renliang's fleet to continue sailing.

The expeditionary force led by Li You consisted of more than 190 ships, including ironclad ships, and carried more than 25,000 army soldiers, including the Flying Tiger Army and the Marine Corps, with a total strength of more than 37,000 people.

With such a huge army, what is Li You going to take them for?

It turned out that after so many years of conquest, the places around the Tang Dynasty that could be expanded had already been included in the bag, and in order to digest and absorb such a huge territory, except for the South Asian continent, Li You had decided not to continue to expand. Moreover, he felt that the territory of the Tang Dynasty had now exceeded 15 million square kilometers, which was large enough, and as long as it could be digested and absorbed, it was already worthy of future generations.

Li You is already 31 years old, and he doesn't want to work so hard anymore, he wants to travel all over the world, taste the delicacies of various places, shear sheep, rob valuables from all over the world, increase the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, and establish several overseas bases depending on the situation.