Dengzhou Governor's Palace.

Li Daozong came to Li You with the accounts, and he said with a sad face: "Your Highness, you can't go on like this." ”

Since Li You launched this war, the mobilized Tang Army, Navy, and Goguryeo New Army, especially the Navy, have spent a huge amount of money every day, and 4.6 million Guan has been spent so far.

Li You took a total of 12 million from the household department, and if it was consumed like this, this war would be lost before it was fought.

Due to Takahashi Kazuki's ambiguous attitude, the Tang Army's war against the Japanese slave country dragged on again and again, and there began to be criticism in the imperial court. Although Li Chengqian didn't say anything, he didn't feel very good.

The army also began to be a little anxious, and Liu Renliang called and said that at present, a large number of troops are concentrated on Jeju Island, where hundreds of ships cannot be berthed in the harbor, and a large number of warships are drifting on the sea, and not only the officers and men are suffering, but also the danger of encountering a storm at sea, so he asked on behalf of the navy to start the attack.

Sima Jiong also called to inquire, saying that the 50,000 Goguryeo new troops had been stationed in Baekje for a long time, and there was nothing to do, and there had been a disturbance to the people, and there had been conflicts of different scales with the locals, which had caused dozens of casualties. The longer it takes, the more serious such a problem becomes. Sima Jiong also implored Li You to send troops as soon as possible.

Li You called Takahashi Kumiko, introduced the situation to her, and said, "You see, how much responsibility I have taken for your father?" ”

Kumiko Takahashi said gratefully, "Your Highness, you have been so kind to me, and I thank you on behalf of my father and brother. ”

Li You said: "You also know the situation here, you tell your father that this time you go to Fujiwara Kyo, you must negotiate a result, and I will give him another 20 days at most." ”

Kumiko Takahashi said: "My father asked me to talk to you, can some of the terms be modified?" ”

Li You asked, "What are the terms?" ”

Kumiko Takahashi said, "Regarding the matter of wanting the Ota area of Shimane Prefecture in Wano Province, don't you want it?" ”

Li You said: "This is not good. All the terms are basically your father's, the Tang Dynasty actually only has this real harvest, 200,000 troops, half of the Tang Dynasty's navy, spent millions of guan, there is no real gain, how do I go back to deal with the imperial court, how to explain to the people of the Tang Dynasty? ”

Takahashi Kumiko thought about Li You's difficulties, and said considerately: "I know you are embarrassed, so I won't talk about this." Don't you mention Article 7 too? ”

Li You smiled: "You have to ask Lao Pei about this, because he likes the princess of the Japanese slave country." ”

Kumiko Takahashi said, "Then I'll go talk to him, okay?" ”

Li You said: "You'd better not go, I can see that Lao Pei really likes her, and I believe that Princess Qianyu also has a good impression of Lao Pei, we can't do anything like beating mandarin ducks." ”

Takahashi Kumiko saw that Li You couldn't make sense, and she no longer insisted, so she conveyed Li You's opinion to her father Takahashi Kazuki.

Takahashi Kazuki and Wang Xuance soon embarked on the journey to Fujiwara-kyo, and at the same time, Liu Renliang received an order from Li You to send Wang Jue's navy to the sea near Fujiwara-kyo to cooperate with Wang Xuance's negotiations.

Fujiwara Palace.

The empress was very good at handling things, and when Takahashi Kazuki and Wang Xuance, the negotiator of the Tang Dynasty, came to Fujiwara-kyo, she organized a grand welcome ceremony, and specially welcomed Takahashi Kazuki with people who were related to the Monobe clan that she could find.

Kazuki Takahashi was very moved, he fully felt the sincerity that the empress passed on to him, and he had a good impression of the empress.

Chiba followed Takahashi Kazuki and the others back to Fujiwara-kyo, and when she saw her parents, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shed tears of excitement with them.

Qianyu's father is Prince Guoxiang, the younger brother of the empress's husband Emperor Shuming, and Qianyu followed his parents back to his home, and Qianyu's brothers and sisters saw Qianyu, and it was a lively time.

After the excitement, the mother asked: "Qianyu, why did you go so far to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty to assassinate the prince of the murderous family, why would you be a girl to do such a dangerous thing?" ”

Everyone also looked at Chiba curiously, wondering about her story.

Qianyu used to go with the great feeling of saving the country and the people, full of enthusiasm and no hesitation, so she would not tell others about her mission, including her parents.

But after going through prison, her enthusiasm has cooled.

Especially after she saw Li You, Hamid, Pei Dilan and others, she didn't feel that these people looked like the demons in her original heart, but they were all personable and extraordinary, to the point that they were a bit like the image of Prince Charming when she was pregnant with a young girl.

She assassinated the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, such a big crime, Li You did not embarrass her, but took great care of her, and Pei Dilan came to visit her many times, which made her feel a trace of warmth in despair.

Qianyu already knew that Su I was dead, so he truthfully told his parents and relatives about the cause and effect of his assassination of Li You.

After everyone was amazed, his father, Prince Guoxiang, said angrily: "Su I into the deer, this demon, he is using you, seeing that you are young, he deceived you and let you go to death." ”

Qianyu is also very sad, she used to believe in Su I into the deer, but now it seems that he is using Qianyu at all, and he doesn't care about Qianyu's life or death.

At this time, the empress sent someone to inform Prince Kunisaki to attend the reception banquet held for Takahashi Kazuki and Wang Xuance, and specially invited Chiba to attend.

Qian Yu really had no interest in attending such a banquet, she said, "Father, I'm tired, so I won't go. ”

The father understood his daughter's mood and said, "Okay, I will thank Your Majesty for you, you can rest well." ”

As soon as Prince Guoxiang left, Jushi Dedo's wife brought her son Jushi Kurumoro to visit Qianyu. When he heard that Chiba was back, he trembled with excitement, and his father went to the reception banquet, so he asked his mother to bring him to see Chiba.

For Jushi Heimaru, two years ago, his father mentioned to Qianyu that Jushi Deduo proposed marriage for him, and she didn't agree at that time, but met him a few times, Qianyu didn't like him, and she didn't hate him, and she didn't have the intention of talking about marriage at that time, and she was going to the Tang Dynasty to be a spy, and she didn't know if she could come back safely, so she just said that this matter would be talked about in the future. Unexpectedly, it caused this young man to be fascinated.

Chiha's mother received the mother and son of Kuromaro, and sent someone to invite Chiba, but the maid came back and said that the princess had fallen asleep. The mother and son sat for a while, said goodbye and left.

Fujiwara Palace.

The empress held a grand reception banquet for Takahashi Kazuki and Wang Xuance.

At the reception banquet, Takahashi Kazuki thanked the empress and the eldest brother prince and others for getting rid of the Soga Irishi clan and restoring the reputation of the Takahashi family's ancestor, the Kamimonobe clan. Prince Guoxiang also expressed his gratitude to Li You, Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and Kazuki Takahashi on behalf of Qianyu.

Wang Xuance didn't say anything excessive, and the atmosphere of the banquet was very harmonious.

The two sides agreed to hold formal talks tomorrow afternoon.

At this time, dozens of warships of the Tang Army appeared on the sea southwest of Fujiwara-kyo, and the observation post of the U-slave country on the coast sounded the alarm, and then the messenger of the defenders, Pegasus, went straight to Fujiwara-kyo.