After leaving the East Palace, Li Shen saw several eunuchs under His Royal Highness the Prince, who were loading things into a carriage one after another, and there were two petite and delicate eunuchs next to them.

Moreover, the two of them were just standing next to the other carriage and did not follow the others to work, Li Xu couldn't help but be a little curious about the identities of these two people.

"Don't look at it, when those two came back from Goguryeo, Silla and Goguryeo sent them, and after meeting Uncle Ji Wang for a while, I went back to Chang'an directly, so I had to bring some things back. Let's go first, and let them wait at the gate of the house in a moment. Li Hong patted Li Xu on the shoulder, and the two continued to walk out side by side.

After Li Xu heard Li Hong's simple explanation, he didn't ask who it was for, looking at the two of them and the two palace maids beside them, helping the two of them to carry the sword salute and other things from time to time, obviously the status of the two in the East Palace is still relatively respectful.

Li Xu is of medium height, because he has been taking care of the granary with King Ji all the year round, his complexion is slightly dark, his eyebrows are thick, his eyes are big, his face is upright, and his medium figure looks strong and strong.

After inviting Li Hong to get into the carriage of King Ji's Mansion, Li Xu originally planned to sit on the carriage with the coachman on the left and right, but as soon as he sat down on the carriage, Li Hong stretched out his hand and pulled him into the carriage: "You are too polite like this, they are all a family, don't be so outward, come in and sit together." ”

"Then I'll be respectful and obey." Li Xu passively lifted the head on his head, bent down and got into the carriage to sit with Li Hong.

This carriage is not his own carriage, but the carriage of his father, King Ji Wang Li Shen, who came to invite the crown prince Li Hong today, and King Ji specially sent his carriage to greet him, in order to show his respect and courtesy to His Royal Highness the crown prince and even the entire Ji Wangfu.

The horse's hooves inlaid with horseshoes walk on the main road paved with bluestone slabs in Luoyang City, the sound of hooves clatters leisurely, because the palace honor guard is not enabled, so along the way, the carriage with the sign of Ji Wangfu, although the passage is unimpeded on the road, but its speed is still relatively slow.

As the lively sounds such as the shouting and noise outside the car window were left behind, and after a short walk, the carriage slowly stopped at the main entrance of King Ji's mansion, and at this time, there were already many people standing at the door, led by King Ji Li Shen, waiting for the prince to get off.

In all the royal families, King Ji Li Shen and Yue King Li Zhen enjoy a high reputation and good name among the people.

However, on the contrary, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is not as good as Li Shen, but likes martial arts and is good at riding and shooting, so the two princes of this literature and martial arts are called: "Ji and Yue", in order to show people's respect for the two of them.

Elegant and wise, and personable are not exaggerated to use on Li Shen, the king of Ji, who is also medium in height, but his figure is well maintained, unlike Li Zhi, who has a big belly as early as Li Zhi, and the vermilion round-necked robe fits neatly.

A pair of eyes are bright and indifferent, the whole person looks gentle and elegant, and there is no beard on the chin, but it is cleanly shaved, which makes people look close to each other.

"Minister Li Shen greets His Royal Highness the Prince." Li Shen walked down slowly from the set, and immediately led the rest of the people in the house to salute after Li Hong got off the station.

"Uncle Wang doesn't have to be polite, my nephew Li Hong has seen Uncle Wang." Li Hong slowly returned the salute and said with a smile.

"Today is really a last resort, it should have been the minister who went to the East Palace in person."

"It's not good that you are always so polite, Brother Wang personally went to the East Palace to invite Li Hong, which already made my nephew feel worried, you are still at the door to greet him, if my father knows, he will definitely reprimand my nephew for not knowing how to be polite." Li Hong couldn't stand King Ji's pedantic energy.

When he was with others, Li Shen, the king of Ji, was open-minded, cheerful and witty, but with himself, he always put the way of the courtiers first, which is why Li Hong admired Li Shen in his heart, but he was unwilling to interact more, because he was too restricted.

"Okay, then Your Highness, please." Li Shen smiled sideways, and it was not the same thing to stand at the door.

"Uncle Wang, please." Li Hong suddenly found that in fact, his etiquette was not very bad, it depended on who he was compared with, right?

King Ji's Mansion occupies a huge area in Luoyang, and after walking Xie Hui'er's efforts, King Ji welcomed Li Hong into the main hall and sat down.

Regardless of whether Li Hong's seniority is higher than that of King Ji Li Shen, at this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to sit on the main seat even if he is a relative on the first day, and Li Shen can only sit next to him.

Li Xu and a few others were able to sit in place at this time, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unrestrained, so those people sat down on both sides of the head.

After a simple greeting, Li Shen couldn't help but be startled when he learned that Li Hong planned to return to Chang'an today, the prince didn't see the court for a banquet yesterday, and he was going to Chang'an in a hurry today, is there anything important?

"It's nothing, my nephew went out for several months, and was urgently summoned to Liaodong by his father, and in a hurry, there were still a lot of things at hand that he didn't have time to deal with. By the way, I heard Brother Xu Wang say, you have something important to find your nephew? But what's struggling with you? Li Hong picked up the teacup and tossed the tea leaves, then put the teacup down again.

If he didn't touch the tea first, everyone sitting in the main hall, including King Ji, would not be able to touch the tea before him.

And Li Xu rushed all the way, and he didn't have time to drink saliva in the East Palace, and his mouth was already dry at this time.

After watching Li Hong pick it up, put it down, and then smile at him, Li Xu understood Li Hong's intentions, smiled at Li Hong gratefully, and paused before picking up the tea at hand.

Li Shen looked at everything in front of him, and he couldn't imagine that under the prestige of His Royal Highness the Prince, there were such details for the sake of others, and he was a little sure of what he wanted to say in his heart at the moment.

Li Shen thought for a while, then looked at Li Hong and said: "A few days ago, Tubo came to ask the Tang Dynasty again, but this time it was not the Tubo envoys who asked the court and His Majesty to ask for marriage, but ordered Princess Wencheng to come to me to ask for marriage directly, hoping to marry Li Chuyuan to Tubo Zampu." ”

"Is there such a thing? Does Uncle Wang know if this is the meaning of Tubo or the meaning of Princess Wencheng? Li Hong was taken aback, originally in history, Tubo asked for marriage again, it was a few years later, and the object of the courtship at that time was the scorpion Li Lingyue in the palace today.

After his father and mother, he was unwilling to marry his favorite princess Li Lingyue to Tubo, but it was not good to directly refuse Tubo's request for harmony, so he built a Taiping Temple, and refused Tubo's request for peace on the grounds that Li Lingyue had officially become a monk, so Taiping became Li Lingyue's Tao.

And its princess title has been sealed to the extreme by Li Zhi at this time: Princess Taiping of Zhenguo.

"This." King Ji Li Shen glanced at Li Hong with some embarrassment, and then looked at Li Xu and the others present.

"Listen to Uncle Wang's arrangement." Li Hong said understandingly.

"In that case, then Your Highness may wish to take a look at the garden of the minister's back mansion?" King Ji nodded and said gratefully.

"Uncle Wang, please." Li Hong got up, only to see that Li Xu and the others looked as usual, and they were not dissatisfied because of King Ji's taboo.

Li Shen nodded to Li Hong again, and the two of them came out of the main hall and walked towards the garden behind the mansion.

In the face of Li Xu and them here, it is not that Li Shen deliberately needs to hide anything from his son and henchmen, let alone distrust them, but this matter is not the same, the embedding is too wide, if you are not careful, I am afraid that the consequences will be worrying.

Moreover, this kind of thing is that the fewer people who know about it, the better, and Li Hong is the key to it, which makes him have to give up asking His Majesty, and instead hope that Li Hong can help him solve the current problem.

At this time, it has entered the early winter, and the entire Luoyang City, except for a few wedge gardens built with glass in Luoyang Palace, are still full of red flowers and green leaves, and other places, including the garden of the palace, are all bleak at this time, and it is difficult to find some bright colors, even green, which is rare in the garden.

The shadowy retainers walked back and forth in the remote place, and after a while, Li Hong and Li Shen were left in the back garden of the entire palace.

"Hong'er, this matter is a big matter, Uncle Wang is really embarrassed, Princess Wencheng has a tough attitude, and there is a tendency that she will not give up if she does not marry Li Chuyuan, and I, as Li Chuyuan's father, am naturally unwilling to marry her into Tibet. What's more, Pei Xingjian has always been good friends with me, and you also know the relationship between us, I once wrote to him, and he said that Tubo did not have such a plan, saying that it was impossible, even if Tubo had a heart, they would not agree. Li Shen and Li Hong walked side by side on the warm stone path in the garden and whispered.

"Naturally, it is impossible for me to agree, Tubo continues to use this stinky chess trick to reconcile with my Datang, hoping to take this opportunity to obtain some advanced technology from my Datang again, but they forget that now Tubo is my Datang region, how can I talk to my relatives? Even if Pei Xingjian and others did not enter Tubo, now that my Tang Dynasty is strong and Tubo is weak, I still think that my Datang will compromise and seek perfection, and exchange peace for the peace of the frontier, which is simply nonsense. Li Hong slowly lowered his head and said for Li Shen.

"I am relieved to have these words from His Highness, but I can't tell Your Majesty about the current situation, Your Majesty has always been insensitive to this kind of thing, and I am afraid that as soon as I speak, he will agree. So after thinking about it, I decided to come to you to discuss this matter. Since this matter is not determined by the national policy of Tubo, it is Princess Wencheng and others who formulated this act of harmony. Li Shen watched Li Hong stand and walk, and then stopped, thought for a while and continued: "So after Pei Xingjian gave me a clear reply, I secretly investigated, this act of harmony may be the idea of Peiwang Li Xian for Wen Cheng." ”

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