Chapter 745: A Difficult Peace Negotiation (2)

"Your Royal Highness, the big food thief is rampant and rude, and he dares to despise me so much, this matter Weichen must be presented this morning and tomorrow after the mother, please allow Weichen to retire first!"

The Great Food Envoy had just left, and Yuan Wanqing, who thought that he had succeeded in disrupting the peace talks, didn't want to stay in the East Palace any longer, and was anxious to go to the Empress Wu to report the good news, so he hurriedly put forward his resignation.

"Well, there is Lao Yuan Aiqing today, let's go."

Li Xian was too lazy to see Yuan Wanqing's villainous old face, since he took the initiative to leave, Li Xian would not keep it more, and his voice soothed him flatly, so he waved his hand and sent him away.

"Your Highness, there is Yuan Wanqing, this rat is here, I'm afraid that this peace talk can't be continued, so we have to start quickly."

Lin Mingdu didn't know Li Xian's deployment for peace talks, but he knew Yuan Wanqing's ill intentions, and he couldn't help it when he was worried, and as soon as Yuan Wanqing walked out of the hall, Lin Mingdu was already angry.

"Your Highness, Weichen thinks what Lin Shangshu said is very true, if this person is not removed, how can the peace talks have a situation, we must try to exclude him from the list of peace talks, otherwise, no matter how to talk, it will be difficult to succeed!"

Wang Fangming is a new courtier, but he is not very restrained because of this, and he is known for his courage to speak.

"It's okay, this palace knows in my heart, let's talk about this place today, let's go back first, and think about how to talk about it next."

Lin and Wang's suggestion was indeed reasonable, but Li Xian didn't care, and he didn't plan to make his overall deployment, he just smiled and waved his hand, and gave the order to evict the guest lightly.

"No, the ministers will retire."

Since Li Xian had already said this, all the ministers were extremely worried in their hearts, but they were not good at speaking, so they could only bow down and retreat, and Li Xian did not stay in the hall any longer, got up and walked to the study of the apse, and the first formal negotiation was temporarily over......

"Qi Yu Niangniang, Yuan Honglu is here."

In the imperial study of the Xuanzheng Hall of Daming Palace, the Empress Wu, who was dressed in a bright yellow long skirt, was sitting dignified behind a few sons, gossiping with Li Zhen, the king of Yue who came to excuse the matter, but actually took the opportunity to contact the feelings, but saw Cheng Denggao hurriedly emerging from behind the screen, rushed to the front, and made a report respectfully.

"Well, Xuan!"

Empress Wu was also anxious to know the real situation of the peace talks at this time, so she would not hesitate to announce it directly.

"No."

The Empress Wu had a purpose, Cheng Denggao didn't dare to delay a little, so he hurriedly responded, hurriedly withdrew from the study, and went to call Yuan Wanqing without mentioning it.

"Niangniang has official business, and the old minister does not dare to delay more, and allows the old minister to retire temporarily."

The peace talks are very important, and Li Zhen naturally wants to know about the progress, but he is afraid that the military queen will be surprised, so he resigned in a retreat.

"What is Uncle Eight talking about, there is nothing left and right, let's listen to the peace discussion of Na Lao, and help the palace to take a closer look."

How shrewd the Empress Wu is, how could he not see the true intentions of King Yue, but he didn't take it to heart, smiled and pressed his hand, and said a word.

"The mother has an order, and the old minister will obey the order."

Li Zhen originally wanted to stay, so she was naturally happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, thanked her humbly, and sat back on the Jindun again.

"Wechen knocks on the queen of heaven."

After a while, Yuan Wanqing was accompanied by Cheng Denggao into the study, and when he saw that King Yue was also here, he couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't dare to delay a little, so he hurriedly grabbed the copywriter and made a big salute respectfully.

"Excuse me, Aiqing has worked hard today, what do you get?"

Empress Wu knew very well that Yuan Wanqing's arrogant temperament would not give him a chance to attack, so he waved his hand solemnly and asked quietly.

"Niang Niang Mingjian, today's discussion is like this......"

Yuan Wanqing was crazy in front of others, even in front of Li Xian, the famous prince, he didn't have much restraint, but in the face of Empress Wu, he didn't dare to have the slightest carelessness, and cautiously peeked at Empress Wu's face, and then babbled to repeat in detail the events of today's peace meeting, among which he boasted a lot.

"Well, does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have anything to say?"

Empress Wu quietly listened to Yuan Wanqing's words, but did not give instructions, nor did she comment on the content of the peace talks, but asked about Li Xian's attitude.

"Back to Niangniang's words, that's not all, it's just that we'll talk about it tomorrow, and there's nothing else."

Yuan Wanqing thought that he had a lot of credit, but he didn't expect that the Empress Wu would praise him without a word, and his heart was inevitably disappointed, but he didn't dare to bring it to his face, so he could only force the unwillingness in his heart and replied respectfully.

"Well, this palace knows, Aiqing will go, work hard, don't lose the hope of this palace."

Empress Wu didn't ask any more questions, nor did she comment on what Yuan Wanqing had done, but just said lightly and sent Yuan Wanqing away.

"What does Eighth Uncle think about this?"

After Yuan Wanqing retreated, Empress Wu did not rush to speak, but frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then turned to Li Zhen, who was smiling and silent, and asked in a flat tone.

"Niangniang Mingjian, the old minister thinks that Yuan Honglu is indeed a talent."

Li Zhen already had doubts in his heart, but he didn't intend to say it immediately, but Wang Gu praised Yuan Wanqing left and right.

"Yuanqing belongs to a donkey, if he doesn't leave, he will go backwards in a hurry, let him go and talk to the prince, let's just be regarded as his strength."

Empress Wu had her own opinion of Yuan Wanqing, and she didn't intend to use it for a long time, so she didn't think much of Li Zhen's nonsense, and commented casually.

"Niangniang knows how to make good use of people, no one in the world can match, and the old minister is impressed."

Li Zhen is a famous smiling tiger in the court, and when he patted the horse's ass after the martial arts, he really didn't blush on his old face, and he came when he opened his mouth, and he slipped tightly.

"Uncle Eight has an overreputation, this is a matter of great importance, and it must not be ignored, according to Uncle Eight, what trick is Xian'er planning to play?"

Empress Wu is not so easy to deceive, she will never be dizzy because of Li Zhen's worthless compliments, and she didn't give Li Zhen the slightest chance to pretend to be confused, and straightforwardly picked out the problem.

"This ......"

Li Zhen was only suspicious in her heart, but she was not sure about Li Xian's means of breaking the game.

"If Uncle Eighth has anything to say, just say it directly, after all, this is a major matter of the court, and not anyone can go at will."

Empress Wu didn't intend to let Li Zhen stay out of the matter, and at this time, she refused to let Li Zhen pretend to be confused, although her words were polite, but the meaning of persecution was clear.

"Niangniang has learned a lesson, and the old minister only thinks about it, but he doesn't dare to say anything about whether he is right or wrong, and he asks Niangniang to listen to it, and he must not take it seriously." Being forced by the Empress Wu like this, Li Zhen knew that he could not stand by and watch on this matter, so he could only give up his hand and confess his guilt, and then frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Niang Niang Mingjian, according to the old minister, the three articles mentioned by Yuan Honglu are far from the three mentioned by the other country, it can be said that there is a south and a north, it is difficult to have the possibility of collusion, if there is no accident on the side, this peace agreement is definitely a lot of progress at all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to break the situation, I am afraid that there are only two ways to go, one is to drag, drag this peace agreement indefinitely, Drag it out until the storm subsides; As for the second, I am afraid that it will fall on the word 'accident'. ”

"Hmm, do you want to wait for a change? There is such a possibility, it is not difficult to solve, the palace will make a decree tomorrow, and the time limit will be, as for this 'accident', where should it be, I don't know what the eighth uncle can teach the palace? ”

Empress Wu is already shrewd, Li Zhen can think of things, she can naturally be aware of it, the only thing that is not certain is that I don't know where Li Xian's change will come from, it is rare for Li Zhen to send it to the door at this time, and she plans to pull Li Zhen to prepare for the situation, so she reluctantly asked.

"This ......"

Although Li Zhen guessed that Li Xian would have a change of tricks to break the game, it was just an intuition, if he really wanted him to tell a reason, it was indeed too difficult for him, and in the face of the successive questions of the martial arts, Li Zhen was completely blind.

"There are more than 30,000 troops on the Persian side, and if you count the Persian miscellaneous army, maybe there are 80,000 or 90,000, can this kind of strength break the big food?"

Li Zhen was completely blind, but Empress Wu vaguely felt that it might be related to the changes in the military situation on the front line, so she asked in a deep voice.

"It's hard to say, it shouldn't be, otherwise, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already ordered the Hexi army to kill the Great Food, and it will never stop in Persia, according to the old minister's opinion, it should be more than enough to defend, and the attack is insufficient, and the Great Food Country must have foreseen this result, so he sent an envoy to my Tang Dynasty to negotiate peace, so the old minister thought that it was unlikely that the front-line military situation would change drastically."

Li Zhen is a man of both civil and military affairs, although he has never personally led troops to fight, but he is quite proficient in the art of war, and he really has some skills in analyzing the battle situation.

"Well, it should be the case that the situation should be like this, although the big food country has sent people to negotiate peace, it will never relax its vigilance because of it, and the front line should still be in a stalemate, but why does this palace think that the prince is too calm, there should be something else in it!"

Although the Empress Wu does not understand military affairs, she still has basic military knowledge, and when she heard Li Zhen analyze the battle situation so thoroughly, she was quite convinced, but she was a little more confused about Li Xian's possible means.

“……”

Li Zhen's wisdom is not stronger than that of Empress Wu, Empress Wu can't see what's wrong, and he is the same, in the face of Empress Wu's questions, he can only spread his hands helplessly, and there is a silence, and when both sides no longer speak, the atmosphere in the study is also depressed......