Seeing Wang Xuance's attitude, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Silla were a little worried about him. Vertex X 23 U S

The queen of Silla was a very powerful figure, and although she was a woman, she was able to govern Silla in an orderly manner, and she had a high prestige in the eyes of her subjects. Wang Xuance is just a 5-grade official in Datang, and he dares to throw his face at Her Royal Highness the Queen, isn't he afraid that Her Majesty will be angry with him because of this? As long as Her Royal Highness the Queen ignores him, Wang Xuance will not be able to complete the task given to him by their Tang Dynasty, how will he explain when he goes back? Foreign Ministry officials in Silla did not dare to do so.

The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Silla persuaded Wang Xuance a few more words, but they saw that it did not work, so they had to go back and report to Her Majesty the Queen.

After the Foreign Ministry officials in Silla left, Wang Xuance's entourage was also a little worried. He said, "Lord Wang, you have been here for so long, and the queen of Silla has not received you, and you have not been able to complete the task assigned by His Royal Highness King Qi. If you do this, if you anger the queen of Silla and people don't come to meet you, how can you fulfill His Royal Highness King Qi's request? Wouldn't that delay a big deal?

Wang Xuance smiled: "You guys, I'll tell you." Forget it, you don't understand it. You just have to remember one thing, what are we doing? We are the envoys of Datang, and our words and deeds must represent the prestige of Datang.

The territory of my Datang Kingdom is thousands of miles, and the number of troops is more than their people, and the little Silla dares to treat me slowly and make me lose face, that is, let our Datang lose face. I have to get this dignity back. ”

On that day, there was no movement from the Silla people. Wang Xuance simply took his officials to the streets to taste Silla's special food. He felt more and more that what His Royal Highness King Qi said was reasonable, and the people took food as the sky. Tasting food is a great pleasure, not only to enjoy the beauty of the smell and flavor, but also to relieve inner anxiety and help to think calmly. No wonder the prince is so smart, the main reason is the word "eat".

Early the next morning, the prime minister of Silla came.

Wang Xuance was still lying on the bed, with a towel on his head. The Prime Minister warmly asked for warmth, and Wang Xuance hummed and chirped to deal with it. When the prime minister of Silla saw that he could not talk about anything, he turned around and went back.

The officials under Wang Xuance persuaded Wang Xuance, saying that the prime minister of the family had come in person, and this face was almost gone. Wang Hyunce didn't do it, he said, "The queen of Silla must come to visit me in person to be able to express their sincerity." Only then will we be able to formally negotiate with them.

The royal palace of the kingdom of Silla.

The prime minister of Silla said angrily: "Your Majesty, this envoy of the Tang Dynasty was just a small 5-rank official in the Tang Dynasty, and the shelf was so big, it was really infuriating." The minister suggested ignoring him and simply letting him go back to their Tang Dynasty. ”

Many ministers also shouted and blasted the envoys of the Tang Dynasty away.

In the Silla Imperial Court, the civilian officials, led by the prime minister, had always been moderates, and the military led by the general was tough. Today, however, their attitudes have changed.

The general said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the fleet of the Tang Dynasty is too powerful, and the Baekje people's sailors, who were originally stronger than our Silla sailors, were eaten by half of them in the first battle. Now the warships of the Baekje people dare to retreat into inland rivers or islands and reefs, all their important ports have been occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and the entire sea area of Baekje has been blocked.

Our sailors reported that they had seen a warship of the Tang Dynasty, with nine masts on it, and a five-story shipbuilding, which was higher than the palace of our royal palace, and many large weapons were installed on it.

These days, the Tang Dynasty people attacked the Baekje people everywhere, and the Baekje people suffered heavy losses and abandoned all the settlements along the coast. The Tang Dynasty had already landed on the shores of Baekje and sent cavalry troops to attack the Baekje people in all directions, and Baekje suffered heavy losses.

I heard that the envoys of the Tang Dynasty had come to negotiate cooperation with our Silla, and the content of the discussion was bound to be beneficial to our Silla country. Although the envoys of the Tang Dynasty were somewhat unreasonable, there was a reason for it. The minister suggested that Her Majesty the Queen was broad-minded and did not need to worry about these details with the Tang Dynasty envoys. In order to show the sincerity of Her Majesty's friendly exchanges with the people of the Tang Dynasty, it is also a kind of good talk to express concern for the illness of the Tang Dynasty envoy and to visit him in person. ”

As a great general, he was really unwilling to fight a strong enemy like the Tang Dynasty.

At noon, Wang Xuance and the others had eaten and drunk enough, and when they returned to the guest house, they saw officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Silla waiting for them there.

He said, "Your Excellency Tang Envoy, Her Majesty the Queen of my family has heard that you are sick and will come to visit you in person in the afternoon. You see this? ”

What he means is that Her Majesty has come to visit you personally, and you must at least act ill and not embarrass Her Majesty.

Wang Xuance said: "Thank you for the care of Her Majesty the Queen, I was very sick in the afternoon, and Her Royal Highness the Queen came to visit, and I will be well soon." ”

Hearing this, the official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Silla was relieved, and he immediately went back to report to Her Majesty.

In the afternoon, Queen Jindeman of Silla personally visited the sick Wang Hyunce in the guest house of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Wang Hyunce was lying on the hospital bed, and when he saw the Queen of Silla, he struggled to get up. He said: "I didn't know that Her Majesty had arrived, and the foreign minister Wang Xuance saluted Her Majesty. ”

Queen Jindeman said considerately: "Don't be polite. ”

Then Her Majesty shushed and warmed up, and then left.

After Queen Kindman left, Wang Hyun Ce threw away the towel on his head and said, "It's okay, I officially ask to see Queen Silla tomorrow." ”

The next morning, Wang Hyunce went to the Silla palace and held talks with Queen Jindeman.

Jindeman promised to sell 50,000 quintals of grain and a large amount of forage to the Tang army first, and sent the general to follow Wang Xuance to Baekje Xinyou Port to talk with Li You, the king of Qi.

The Tang army was stationed in Sinyo Port, waiting for the arrival of war horses from Jeju Island while continuing to harass the Baekje people.

Kyushu Island Qiongura (Nagasaki).

Kawasaki returned to Jopo and first went to meet Taro Takahashi.

"Ayumi Kawasaki meets the young master." Ayumi Kawasaki said with mixed feelings and cried.

Takahashi asked, "Ayumi Kawasaki, you're back, where's Kumiko?" ”

"Miss went to assassinate the prince of the Tang Dynasty and was captured by mistake." Ayumi Kawasaki said.

Takahashi Taro was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How is she now?" Are you alright? ”

Ayumi Kawasaki said: "Don't worry, young master, Miss is fine." Then, he told them about Dengzhou. He took out Takahashi Kumiko's handwritten letter and said, "Young master, here is a letter from the young lady to you and the lord. ”

After reading the letter, Takahashi Taro said to Ayumi Kawasaki, "You come with me to see my father." ”

Kazuki Takahashi, 44, has shaved hair at the top of his head, which is tied into a short rod that stands slightly backwards, and he wears a spacious kimono with a thin face and a deep Sichuan character between his eyebrows.

After reading Takahashi Kumiko's letter, he asked Kawasaki in detail what he knew about the situation of the Tang Dynasty people, especially the situation of the Tang Dynasty navy, and he held his forehead and fell into deep thought.

Takahashi Kazuki has always been majestic, even Takahashi Taro didn't dare to interrupt his train of thought, and Kawasaki Ayumi didn't dare to come out, quietly waiting for Takahashi Kazuki to speak.

After a long time, Takahashi Kazuki asked, "Taro, what do you think of what Kumiko said in her letter?" ”