Li Su's plan was approved by Li Shimin. So he entered into formal negotiations with the Persian king.

Li agreed to give the Persian king a sum of money to support them with a batch of weapons and equipment. At the same time, a group of officers from the Ansi Protectorate were sent to Persia to help them train their troops.

The Persian king was very satisfied, and felt that he had the confidence to stand up to the Arabs. The matter was settled, and the Persian king was waiting for the specific implementation of the Tang Empire at the pavilion.

However, after that, there was no news. The Persian king was in a hurry, so he asked to see Li Su. But Li Su always said that he didn't have time, so he just didn't meet him.

The king of Persia was a little anxious, so he asked Tang Fei for advice. Tang Fei said: "Your Majesty, this matter has no complaints against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You also need to show some sincerity. ”

The king of Persia was very depressed and said, "I have nothing now. It is because of our difficulties that we have come to your country for help. I only have this sister now, do you think this will work? When Datang helps us recover the country, we will express our gratitude to Datang. ”

Tang Fei said: "Your Majesty, you know that our Tang Dynasty is now engaged in a large-scale war with Goguryeo. In this case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince strongly supports your Persian Empire. Isn't this sincerity enough?

However, don't embarrass His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You must show sincerity so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can convince the Tang Emperor and those ministers. ”

The Persian king was embarrassed and said, "Then what do you want?" ”

Tang Fei said: "Let me make a suggestion, you think about it and see what else you can come up with." ”。 After speaking, Tang Fei left.

After Tang Fei left, the king of Persia summoned his ministers who came with him to conflate. Everyone pondered and meditated, and for a while thought that if they didn't appear in the Persian Empire, what else could be given to the Tang Dynasty.

One of the ministers said, "Your Majesty, do you know if you should say something?" ”

The king of Persia said, "When is it?" If you have something to say, hurry up. ”

The minister said, "The Tang Dynasty must want us to cede land." That's the only thing we can give them at the moment. ”

The Persian prime minister said angrily: "The Tang Dynasty is taking advantage of people's danger, what is the difference between them and the Arabs in doing this?" ”

The previous minister said, "It's different. The Arabs want all our land, our possessions and our lives.

Datang is different, they only want a small piece of land. If we don't use the power of Datang, then everything will be lost.

We ceded a portion of the land to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for the support of the Tang Dynasty. Having defeated the Arabs, we were able to keep some of our territory.

When we are strong, we will take it back. Our current territories are only the ones that have been conquered in the past few decades. ”

The Persian king understood, and he also thought that the Tang Dynasty must have asked them for land. In the current situation, the Persian Empire can give the Tang Dynasty only that.

The king of Persia made up his mind and agreed to the request of the Tang Dynasty.

Soon, they invited Tang Fei to discuss the specific conditions.

In the end, the Persian Empire and the Tang Dynasty signed an agreement: the Tang Dynasty helped the Persian Empire repel the Arab attack. The Persian Empire ceded 450,000 square kilometers of land near the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Protectorate.

The Persian king left, and together with Tang Fei, they went to the capital of the Anxi Domain to find Su Dingfang. The specific details are implemented by Su Dingfang and Tang Fei.

The Persian king was gone, but Princess Narcissus remained, waiting for a specific decision from the Tang Dynasty.

Besides, the princesses wrote the letter to Li Shimin, but they didn't know how to deliver the letter to Li Shimin. Because, the matter of peace with the Persian Dynasty is a state affair, and it is not something that women like them can intervene casually.

After they discussed, they asked for Li Su's consent, and Li Ning'er came forward to find Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun was well-informed, and she quickly saw the problem - the Persian king came for the crown prince Li Su, and the first proposal was to marry the princess Narcissus to the crown prince Li Su.

It must be Li Su who wants to marry Princess Narcissus, otherwise, when he reports to Li Shimin, he will not say that people offer to marry him Li Su. Instead, he should tell Li Shimin that the Persian Kingdom wants to make peace with the Tang Dynasty, and the specific prince who will marry the princess of Narcissus should be designated by Li Shimin.

It seems that there must be a different opinion between Li Su and his princesses, but it is inconvenient for Li Su to say.

Empress Eldest Sun would not be involved in such a thing. Li Su wants to marry Princess Narcissus, but if the princesses push Princess Narcissus to Li Zhi, isn't it obvious that Li Zhi will offend Li Zhi?

Empress Changsun was also inconvenient to say it thoroughly, she said: "You can send the letter directly to His Majesty the Emperor, and see what he means." ”

At this moment, Li Ning'er was dumbfounded. She returned to the East Palace depressed and told her sisters about it. People don't know what to do.

Ashina Qing said: "Sister Ning'er, your father is an old man who is well-informed, you go back and ask your father what he means, and let him help him get an idea." ”

The palace of Hejian County.

After Li Ning'er said her question, Li Xiaogong said to Li Dan: "You know His Royal Highness the Prince, how should you deal with this matter?" ”

Li Dan knew Li Su too well, and he said, "Ning'er, you are a little fool. This matter is obvious, Li Su wants to marry Princess Narcissus.

If he really wants to push away this matter, he will directly ask the emperor to marry Princess Narcissus to Li Ke or Li Zhi, and he will make it clear to the emperor in the letter. The emperor would not have designated him to marry Princess Narcissus. ”

Li Xiaogong said: "Ning'er, your brother is right. Then don't be foolish. ”

Li Ning'er was angry and aggrieved. She said: "Brother Liang Wang is the most attentive. He lied, he himself said, he didn't want to marry Princess Narcissus. It turned out to be all lies. So saying, she began to cry.

After Li Ning'er returned to the East Palace, she told the princesses what Li Xiaogong and Li Dan said. Everyone was depressed.

Qibi Wuyun said: "Sisters, do you all love Your Highness? Everyone nodded.

Qibi Wuyun said: "Do you think Your Highness loves all of us? Everyone nodded again.

Qibi Wuyun continued: "Your Highness, he will be the emperor in the future, according to the system of the imperial court, he will have 72 concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards in the future."

Since we have all chosen Your Highness, we should not have other ideas.

In fact, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already very affectionate to our sisters. He is now the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, but there are only six of us sisters around him.

Not to mention other princes, even those court nobles and wealthy families, which one of them is not a dozen, or even dozens of wives and concubines?

When we meet such a husband, sisters, what else do we have to ask for? ”