The eldest princess and the king of Hu are about to marry, and the Li Dynasty and the Hu clan are also about to marry, which can end the century-long riots in the west in one fell swoop. As the Hu envoys entered the palace in Beijing, this news spread throughout the capital and the entire Li Dynasty, as well as to the surrounding countries. Although Yang Ying, the queen of Fujian, was so angry that she was very angry in her palace for a while, but after the king of Min whispered softly for a while of comfort, the king of Min still sent a box of Dongzhu as a gift, as well as a letter of state written by the king of Fujian, which was sent to Lingjing However, for Li Yao, these are not comparable to a thin letter in the Northern Wei Dynasty, when he read the letter, his face immediately changed, he got up and paced a few steps, and then said: "Summons Mo Dongling." ”

"Emperor Wei wants to go to Lingjing in person?" It was already evening, and after reading the letter, Mo Dongling, who had hurriedly entered the palace, couldn't help but widen his eyes with a look of disbelief, "Your Majesty, this matter is too strange. ”

"It's not just this thing," Li Yao habitually put his hand on the desk and slowly tapped on the table: "You and Nan Yan just came to tell the widow that you can marry the eldest princess far away, and the Hu people's letter has arrived, and the widow has not yet figured out how to deal with it, and the envoys of the people have come." Now it seems that if you marry and you have to marry, if you don't marry, then you have to go to war. ”

Mo Dongling's heart sank when he heard this, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "King Hu's request for marriage, the minister really doesn't know, and if he wants to come to Concubine Shugui to live in the inner garden of the deep palace, it is impossible to know about it in advance! The Hu clan is just a group of barbarians on the grassland, if Your Majesty does not want to agree to this family matter, you can refuse him, and the old minister and the Xiguan army will never be afraid that the rabble will invade the western border of my Li Dynasty!"

Li Yao didn't speak, and there was silence in the Zichen Hall for a while, only the small waterwheel on the main hall made a subtle gurgling sound, although the sound was small, it seemed to flow to the bottom of people's hearts. Unconsciously, a drop of sweat fell on the floor on Mo Dongling's forehead, and with a "snap", Li Yao opened his mouth:

"There are not a few coincidences in the world, Mo Qing doesn't have to be nervous. ”

"Yes, yes!" Mo Dongling paused, and said, "Then how does Your Majesty plan to deal with Emperor Wei's coming to Beijing?"

"He wants to come because he wants to congratulate the Li Dynasty on the marriage between the Hu clan, but if the widow does not allow this family business, what other reason does he have?"

"What does Your Majesty mean then...... Reject the Hu people?"

Li Yao smiled at Mo Dongling noncommittally, and asked meaningfully, "Mo Qing, what do you think?"

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Three days later, due to the inconvenience of the queen's pregnancy, Concubine Shu Guifei obeyed the emperor's will and went to the Daci'an Temple in the mausoleum city on behalf of the queen to worship the Buddha, praying for the prosperity of the country and the peace of all the people. It is not only the concubine traveling, but also the emperor's will, the pomp is naturally very grand, plus the Hu envoys are in Beijing, in order to highlight the prosperity of the Li Dynasty, the afternoon before the blessing, from the palace gate to the gate of the Daci'an Temple, passing through the two squares and four streets, all of them cleared the streets early, the forbidden army stood in two rows, and between the armor and the spear was the colorful flags fluttering high, which was ** and lively.

"I heard that this lady concubine is amazing, she was a virtuous concubine of the previous dynasty, and she was also a female Taoist, Taoism didn't hold on, she returned to the vulgar, and now she has converted to Buddhism, hehe!"

"Find you to death, dare to say bad things about the lady in the palace! Listen carefully, cut off your head!"

"I'm telling the truth, those ladies and ladies of the official family, don't you talk about it behind your back, my mother-in-law washes clothes for a big family, I heard that it is a person from the court, and she often comes back to chat with me!"

"Only those noble families can say that we little people don't know how to die if we talk too much!"

"As long as you are afraid of death, when you go to look for a woman in that Qingqiaofang, why are you not afraid that your wife who killed the pig will rush over and slaughter you?"

Let's not look at the concubine here, you can't see it really, you can't touch it, you don't go to work today, it's okay to do it in the afternoon, it's better to go and play two taels of old wine, and then ask your mother-in-law to cook some meat and go to my house to eat!"

"Okay, you can have a treat for wine!"

"Okay, let's go!"

Hearing the two men chatting at the door of a tea shop, although the words were a little vulgar, but what they said was also the truth, Xue Huan, who was originally happy, suddenly drooped down, and went to buy some rouge for a few sisters at home and lost interest, wandering back and forth at the door of the tea shop twice, looking up to see that it was noon, he was not on duty today, knowing that the family must be waiting for him to go back to eat at this time, he sighed silently in his heart, and was about to go in the direction of home, but someone stopped him behind.

"Mrs. Xue-Gongzi Xue?

As soon as Xue Huan turned around, he saw that it was a maid in Weinan Yan Palace, the last time he went to Luoyang Palace, the girl was kind enough to point him in the direction, so he smiled gently, stepped forward and said, "It's such a coincidence, why is the girl here?"

"The master mother asked the slave maid to come and buy some things," the little girl struggled to lift the basket in her hand, and said with a smile, "It's really lively here, I just bought a freshly baked glutinous rice cake on the side of the road, it's really fragrant, it's a little better than the Qilin Pavilion that the master mother rewarded last time." ”

"Freshly steamed, it naturally tastes better. Why didn't you let Miss Siqing come out to buy things, but let a little girl come out, you know the way?"

"Sister Siqing wants to serve by the side of the master's mother, and she can't be empty! I don't know the way, but I lied to the mastermother and said that I knew, so I came out, Xue Gongzi, don't talk about breaking the slave!" The little girl smiled innocently, and while saying, she looked back and forth, "It is said that there is a Jin's rouge shop on this street, and the rouge is very good, and the housemother asked me to buy it, but why can't I find it......"

Xue Huan hurriedly said: "I know, just around the corner of the alley in front, I also want to buy some for my sisters at home, I'll take you there." ”

"Then thank you Xue Gongzi, I'll take you to the temple after buying it in a while, okay? The temple was so boring, Xue Gongzi went, and happened to talk to the hostess. ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not in line with the courtesy. ”

"Childe is really polite! Sister Siqing said, Xue Gongzi is no different from Niangniang's own brother, we all know in Luoyang Palace, and we won't talk to the outside world! Childe happened to help the slave and maid choose rouge for a while, and the slave and maid were afraid that they would not choose well, and they would be blamed when they turned back to the master's mother, and when the time came, the son would be a good person to help him intercede?"

"This ......"

"Oh, hurry up, son, it's too late, the master and mother really have to blame the slave maid!"

"Well, well. ”

Xue Huan led the little maid to buy rouge, and helped her carry the basket in her hand, and the two went to Daci'an Temple together. The two entered through the back door, the guard didn't ask much when he saw the little maid's hand, the two walked all the way to a private room, Si Qing was at the door, and was very surprised to see that it was Xue Huan:

"Imperial Physician Xue?"

Before Xue Huan could explain, the door creaked open, and Wei Nanyan also looked at Xue Huan in surprise, five points of surprise and three points of relief and two points of happiness: "You came to see me?"