When Li Hong returned to the East Palace, he was in a very good mood!

In fact, he was in a very bad mood when he saw the Empress Wu in the Zichen Hall in the morning, but when he saw the Tubo delegation outside Chang'an City in the afternoon, he was in a very happy mood. Because he knew a funnyman, Sang Ying, the deputy envoy of the Tibetan Mission. He believed that if he let the Tibetan mission be deflated, this time it would depend on Sang Ying's performance.

Li Hong, who was in a good mood, asked Yan Zhuang to warm a pot of wine and poured himself a drink on the couch. At the same time, let Zhao Hong's skirt play the piano in front of the window.

Since Zhao Hongxiao arrived in the East Palace, because she has more time to practice the piano and more piano scores for her to read, her piano skills have become even more superb.

After Li Hong drank a glass of wine, he asked Zhao Hongskirt with a smile, "Zhao Hongskirt, have you ever known the news of the Tubo delegation to Chang'an City?" ”

"The maidservant doesn't know." Zhao Hongskirt stopped playing and replied in a low voice.

"There is also a princess who went to the Tang Dynasty with the Tibetan delegation this time, her name is Gesang, and she summoned her to the East Palace to be your companion, what do you think?" Li Hong continued to ask.

"Your Highness, the slave doesn't dare!" Zhao Hongskirt didn't dare to speak out loud. The other party is a princess, how can she be a palace maid with herself? Isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanting to kill himself?

"Don't belittle yourself, she is not as good-looking as you, her name is not as good as yours, and she can't play the piano, can she dance, let her be a companion with you, learn the piano and dance with you, you are her master, why don't you dare?" Li Hong saw that Zhao Hongskirt bowed her head and didn't dare to face herself, so she said even more presumptuously, "Don't say you don't dare, even if you beat her and scold her, she won't dare to do anything to you!" ”

Actually, Li Hong is wrong here.

Princess Gesang doesn't know how to play the piano, but Tibetan women can sing and dance since they were young. And their voices are clear, and the songs they sing are also very good. There is also the fact that Princess Gesang's purple color is no worse than Zhao Hong's dress, if she is allowed to wear the service of the Tang Dynasty, she will definitely be much more delicate than Zhao Hong's dress. Otherwise, Mangsong Mangzan would not be so sure that his sister would be able to please Gaozong when she arrived in the Tang Dynasty.

"Plop"

Zhao Hongskirt was so frightened that she knelt on the ground when Li Hong said this, and she didn't dare to make a sound. Let yourself beat and scold a princess, this is something that Zhao Hongwei never dared to think of in her life!

"Hey!" Seeing that Zhao Hong's skirt was as timid as a mouse, not as if she was cheating, Li Hong was very puzzled, so he couldn't help but whisper, "You said that you are such a timid person, how could the queen mother choose you to be a lonely personal maid?" ”

This is also an unpredictable point in Li Hong's heart.

Empress Wu will never be untargeted, so she sent a few handmaidens to Li Hong, and also named Zhao Hongchuan to be Li Hong's personal handmaiden, there must be an article in it, not just as simple as it seems.

But since Zhao Hongskirt followed him, Li Hong has asked her to participate in secret conversations with his confidants many times, and has tested her character many times, but he has not seen that Zhao Hongskirt has the qualifications to do eyeliner.

This made Li Hong very puzzled!

At this moment, Yan Zhuang hurriedly walked in and said to Li Hong, "Your Highness, Le Xiang, Liu Shangshu and Zhao Shaoqing ask to see you!" ”

"Hehe-" Li Hong smiled, "Gu already knew that they would come to find Gu, you take them to the study, and Gu will arrive later." ”

"No!" Yan Zhuang received the order and bowed and left.

Li Hong glanced at Zhao Hong's skirt, who was still kneeling by the window, and said with a smile, "Don't kneel, don't get up and change clothes for Lone." ”

"Yes." Zhao Hong's skirt was like an amnesty, and she hurriedly got up.

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In the study, Le Yanwei, Liu Xiangdao and Zhao Renji looked very anxious. As soon as they left Honglu Temple, they immediately rushed to the East Palace to see Li Hong. The purpose is very simple, that is, I want to discuss with the prince the arrangements for the Tibetan mission in the past few days.

Today, since they saw the scene where the prince's personal guards in Chang'an City almost fought with the Tubo Jingqi, the image of the prince in their hearts has changed, and they no longer dare to despise Li Hong as before.

"Why did the three of them come so quickly, and the Tibetan mission has settled down, right?" Li Hong walked into the study and asked. Le Yanwei, Liu Xiangdao, and Zhao Renji saw His Royal Highness the Prince, and hurriedly got up to salute, but were stopped by Li Hong. The three of them sat down again, and Le Yanwei said, "It's settled, we came here to ask His Highness how we should arrange the Tubo schedule next." ”

"Tomorrow morning, let them go on the Hajj to see their father." Li Hong pondered for a moment and said, "In the evening, you can arrange a feast in the Taiji Palace to entertain you!" ”

"Isn't that too easy?" Zhao Renji asked.

He has been in Honglu Temple for many years, but whenever foreign missions come to Chang'an to meet them, the schedule given to them by Datang is very luxurious!

"Simple?" Li Hong sneered, "This is not simple at all. ”

Seeing that Zhao Renji was puzzled, Le Yanwei seemed to have an understanding, and Liu Daoxiang seemed to understand, Li Hong explained, "This time the Tubo delegation went to Chang'an City, their purpose was not to meet their father, but to ask for the Chishui land of the original Tuyuhun as their grazing land, and they may also want to continue to mention the matter of peace with the Tang Dynasty." If these two things were to be held at tomorrow's court meeting, do you think they would be solved so easily? ”

"When the time comes, there will be a lot of verbal arguments-" Li Hong said with a smile.

"Also, what we did today has annoyed An Lai and Sang Ying, do you think they will accept defeat so easily? No. Wait, tomorrow night's banquet is the perfect time for them to reproach us. Li Hong said disdainfully.

"This-" Le Yanwei was dumbfounded when he heard this, if this was the case, he didn't know what to do. Liu Daoxiang looked suddenly enlightened. Only Le Yanwei nodded slightly to agree with Li Hong's opinion.

Through the behavior of the three of them just now, Li Hong can see the intelligence and ability of the three from the side. It can be seen that Le Yanwei can sit in the position of prime minister at a young age, which is indeed more than Gaozong's wishful thinking.

"Your Highness, if you really let the Tibetan mission continue to make trouble like this, it may not be a good thing!" Liu Daoxiang sighed.

"The morning meeting is none of our business, and we can't control it." Li Hong said. This is a headache for Gaozong, Empress Wu and the prime ministers, who called them in high positions? "As for the banquet in the evening, we just guessed that the Tibetan mission wanted to take the opportunity to bully us, but we didn't know what they would do! When the time comes, we will have to respond to all changes with the same. ”

"Your Highness, how good is this!" Zhao Renji was already in a hurry, if tomorrow night's banquet was humiliated by the Tubo Mission, then he, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, would be able to do it.

Le Yanwei saw Zhao Renji's crying face, so he scolded angrily, "What are you anxious about, since Your Highness has analyzed these situations, he must have a little eyebrow in his heart, can't you finish listening to the words?" ”

Li Hong smiled faintly and said, "I don't have any eyebrows, but Mr. Gu thinks that this time the Tibetan delegation came to Chang'an City with a dog, and they want to humiliate us, does it have anything to do with this dog?" ”

Thousands of miles to bring a mastiff to Chang'an City, Li Hong is sure that the Tubo people will not be so kind is dedicated to the high school and the martial arts, he knows the preciousness of the mastiff, and he knows what the position of the mastiff is in the hearts of the Tubo herdsmen, how can they give it away casually?

"Do they want to fight dogs?" Le Yanwei blurted out.

"Fighting dogs—" Li Hong asked softly.

His face was a little embarrassed, and the children of the powerful people in Chang'an City liked a game called cockfighting. His younger brothers, Li Xian and Li Zhe, also never tire of cockfighting. Therefore, An Lai brought a mastiff to Chang'an this time, and wanted to fight dogs with Datang, but he really couldn't say.

But the key is that he knows how strong the mastiff's combat power is, this is the dog king who dares to fight with the wolves, even if he searches the entire Tang Dynasty, he may not be able to find a dog that can fight the mastiff! If An Lai really wants to fight dogs at tomorrow night's banquet, Datang will really have to be bullied by Tubo!

"An Lai wants to fight dogs with us, it is estimated that he is ** not far from ten!" Li Hong sighed.

Zhao Renji still didn't know the combat effectiveness of the mastiff, so when he heard that the Tubo people were going to fight dogs with him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked Li Hong for his life, "Your Highness, rest assured, there are good dogs in Chang'an City, and tomorrow Weichen will send someone to find a good dog, and we will have a good fight with the Tubo people at night." ”

"You think this dog is really that aggressive?" Li Hong sneered, "The Tubo people came all the way to Chang'an City with a dog, just to eat defeat?" ”

"Is this dog powerful?" Liu Daoxiang asked in surprise.

The thoughts in his heart are the same as Zhao Renji's, he can't do it, and he can't find a dog in Chang'an City that can fight but not a Tibetan mastiff.

"Erya. "Release the Animal" said: "The dog is a mastiff with four feet." Why is it called a mastiff and not a dog? This is not just because it is tall and aggressive, but because it has the typical characteristics of standing tall and never bowing its head. Li Hong simply introduced to the three of them, "The Tubo people graze and use mastiffs to prevent wolves at night, do you think there can be a more powerful dog than a wolf?" ”

As soon as Li Hong said this, Zhao Renji and Liu Daoxiang stopped talking.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the study was a little dull.

If you say that it is not difficult to want a wolf with Li Hong's strength, but the Tubo people will not give you time to find a wolf! As long as the banquet starts tomorrow night, they will definitely ask for a dog fight with Datang.

Where does Li Hong still have time to find wolves!

"Why don't you poison it?" Zhao Renji said in a low voice.

If people are forced to be in a hurry, they can think of any way, and Zhao Renji belongs to this situation now. Li Hong, Le Yanwei, and Liu Daoxiang looked at him with contempt, Tubo people are stupid, stupid people will wait for you to poison other people's mastiffs?

Seeing the sarcasm in the eyes of the prince, Le Xiang and Liu Shangshu, Zhao Renji realized that he had said something stupid, and couldn't help but smile, and said with a slightly red face, "The minister is just talking, and the minister will talk about it." ”

"If you can poison this mastiff, Lone won't stop it." Li Hong comforted Zhao Renji.

How can you say that Zhao Renji is also his person now, how can he bully Zhao Renji, it is very unkind to say this.

"What about the dog?" Zhao Renji asked eagerly.

"Let Lone think about it!" Li Hong said lightly. In fact, there is no good way in his heart now, so he can only say this first. Le Yanwei, Liu Xiangdao, and Zhao Renji couldn't think of any good way, and when they saw the prince say this, they stopped talking, but said goodbye and left.

"Your Highness, are the Tubo people really going to fight dogs with us tomorrow night?" Yan Zhuang asked suddenly.

"What, what did you come up with?" Li Hong asked.

"Nope." Yan Zhuang replied with a guilty face, "But the minister thinks that cockfighting is a few chickens fighting with chickens, and fighting dogs is fighting with dogs, they are not the same animal, but the way of fighting each other is the same. ”

Li Hong listened carefully and felt that what Yan Zhuang said was not unreasonable, so he nodded slightly, "Okay!" Then this matter will be handed over to you, and you must find a good dog for Gu before the dog fight tomorrow night. ”

"No!" Yan Zhuang knew that although this was a bit difficult, he bowed down to receive the order.