In the early morning, when the sun shone on the window lattice, Li Hongcai got up. Regarding last night's hangover, he didn't say a word, and Zhao Hongskirt naturally wouldn't mention it to him again. The three of them had dinner silently, and Li Hong dressed neatly under the service of Zhao Hongskirt, and led Princess Gesang out of the East Palace.

Today, he is going to negotiate with An Lai's delegation at the Xuanzheng Palace, and Princess Gesang, as the princess of Tubo, has the right to attend such negotiations.

Today's Princess Gesang is more delicate and lovely than in the past, and now she no longer wears Tubo to serve, but a Hanfu, she is already tall and hot, and she wears the low-cut service of the Tang Dynasty, which makes her even more temperamental.

When Li Hong and Princess Gesang arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, everyone had been waiting for them for a long time. Li Hong didn't confirm the specific time with An Lai before, but just said morning. But An Lai came early in the morning, so that Le Yanwei, Li Anqi, and Zhao Renji, who accompanied An Lai, couldn't help but arrive early, the three of them arrived early in the morning, and the rest of the officials naturally didn't dare to slack off, not to mention Li Anqi and Zhao Renji, just say Le Yanwei, he is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, except for a few of the seven prime ministers, who would dare to stand in front of him?

It's just that Li Hong was surprised that in addition to the seven prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty and the hundred civil and military officials sitting in the Xuanzheng Hall today, there were also Gaozong and Empress Wu.

Let Gaozong and Empress Wu wait for him, Li Hong didn't dare to do it even if he had the courage to do it, but in fact he did it, so when he saw Gaozong and Empress Wu, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and said, "The son is late, let the father and the queen mother wait, and ask the father to punish him." ”

"I and your queen mother have just arrived, we haven't waited long, you should get up quickly!" Gaozong said.

"Thank you, Father!" Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief, he got up and walked to his seat and sat down, then he looked at An and said, "Ambassador An, can you start?" ”

Didn't An Lai come to the Xuanzheng Hall early in the morning to wait for this moment? This time to the Tang Dynasty, he was bullied by Li Hong many times in Chang'an City, and he had long wanted to avenge this number of arrows, but it was difficult to find the right opportunity, and today's negotiation was the time for him to regain face and gain self-confidence, could he not be prepared?

Therefore, when Li Hong said this, he replied loudly, "Since His Highness has arrived, let's start!" ”

Seeing Li Hong nodding slightly, the Tang monarchs and ministers all moved their eyes to their bodies, An Lai took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Your Royal Highness must have seen the Tubo National Book, the three contents we mentioned in the National Book, I don't know what the Tang Dynasty means?" ”

An came to ask Li Hong when he opened the door, and he was aggressive as soon as he came up!

There are three contents in the book of Tubo, namely: asking for the Chishui land of the original Tuyuhun as their grazing land, wanting to make peace with the Tang Dynasty, and asking the Tuguhun Khan and Princess Honghua, who ran to Liangzhou, to compensate Tubo for military expenses and materials.

Li Hong had already seen it, so as soon as An Lai said this, he frowned. After a moment, he wanted An to ask, "Can Ambassador An give a reason?" ”

"Tuyuhun does not respect our Tubo, and has maliciously provoked us many times, and this time we defeated and destroyed the country, and their land should have been owned by our turtles, which is an indisputable fact. And since Tuyuhun Khan and Princess Honghua have returned to the Tang Dynasty, we Tubo can not be blamed in the past, but for their Tubo lost a lot of money and property, which must be compensated by the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, Tubo intends to woo Datang in order to marry Qin and Jin, and the minister thinks that Datang will not have any opinions, right? An Lai said his three reasons in one breath, and after speaking, he couldn't help but glance at Li Hong very meaningfully.

These three reasons are very untenable everywhere, but An Lai can say it so justifiably, there is only one reason, that is, the strength of Tubo is strong, the Tang Dynasty is all in the northeast battlefield, and the northwest defense is very empty, they have no fear, so they dare to be so shameless. Therefore, even if the Tang monarchs and ministers knew that this was Tubo blackmailing the Tang Dynasty, they had no choice but to prepare to exchange the greatest peace for the smallest price.

However, Li Hong laughed when he heard An Lai's three reasons. The laughter is very arrogant, the laughter is unscrupulous, and the laughter is so disapproving.

When An Lai saw Li Hong's smile, he felt very uncomfortable, so he asked unceremoniously, "What is Your Highness laughing at?" Is that what the minister said so ridiculous? ”

"Of course it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous!" Li Hong said contemptuously. Seeing that An Lai's face turned red, as if there were signs of anger, he continued, "Ambassador An, these three reasons are ridiculous here in Gu, do you have any other reasons?" If not, I feel that with these three points, Datang will not agree to the requirements on your Tubo national letter. ”

"Are you sure, Your Highness?" An Lai didn't seem to understand Li Hong's words, and asked in disbelief.

Could it be that this prince is an idiot? Tubo's 100,000 male soldiers are ready to send troops to the Western Regions, and now Tubo has made such a request, and you still don't agree, do you think the current Datang is the Datang ten years ago?

"Lonely sure!" Li Hong said in a firm tone.

An Lai was almost so angry by Li Hong's words that he almost vomited blood - there are still such two hundred and five stunned blues?

And the Tang monarchs and ministers in the Xuanzheng Palace, except for the Empress Wu, are all collectively petrified, they let Li Hong negotiate with An, and want to achieve the greatest peace with the smallest interests, instead of letting Li Hong refuse Tubo's request and intensify the contradictions between the two countries, if this is the case, do you still need your prince to come out?

An Lai suddenly got up, looked at Li Hong coldly, and said in a stern tone, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the minister wants to tell you, you have to think clearly about what you are talking about, and you have to think clearly about what kind of price Datang will pay after you say this?" ”

Seeing this, Li Hong also got up, walked in front of An Lai step by step, and asked, "Ambassador An, is the price in your mouth the 100,000 elite horsemen in Tubo?" ”

It is an open secret that Tubo has 300,000 elite soldiers, and Tubo is preparing to send troops to the Western Regions, the number of which is about 100,000 elite cavalry, which is also their intention to reveal to Datang, that is, to put pressure on Datang, which is a means for them to negotiate this time. Now Li Hong said this sentence lightly, and it seemed that he didn't take them into account at all, which made An Lai very puzzled. Could it be that Datang really has a way to deal with his own 100,000 elite horsemen? But the problem is that Datang's elite soldiers are all on the battlefield in the northeast, and they are fighting with Goryeo, Baekje and Silla, can Datang still estimate the defense of the Western Regions? Is it because of the embroidered spring knife?

At this moment, An Lai's thoughts were chaotic, and he didn't know how to bargain with Li Hong!