The marriage between the two countries is by no means child's play. And the princess of the Tang Dynasty married Fanbang, which is a grand event that has not been held since Princess Wencheng during the Taizong period. It was not until the end of the third year of Jinglong that everything was complete, and the Tibetan delegation came to Shendu at this time, with a full car full of dowry, and came to marry their future queen with full sincerity.

"The snow has fallen early enough this year, it's not so cold at this time of year." While pacing and shaking off the snowflakes on her body, and taking off the cloak wrapped outside, Hongfu sighed again and again until she warmed up a little before lifting her feet and walking to the inner room.

"With such a big snow still going out, who will you freeze if you don't freeze." Dressed in a light purple elegant jacket skirt, Tao Yao was leaning on the edge of the incense cage, holding a silver chopstick and fiddling with the charcoal fire burning in the charcoal basin: "Shangguan Wan'er just wants a trick, you can just find someone to send it over, why don't you run by yourself." ”

Hongfu smiled and leaned over to keep warm, and didn't pay attention to the master's ridicule: "Shangguan Zhaorong's momentum in the palace is getting stronger and stronger now, and even Empress Wei has a tendency to be forced by her to pass over, I can't have a good relationship with her, what if there is still a place to use it in the future?" ”

"Unless she can still stretch out her hand to Tubo, otherwise, Sister Hongfu, you will be in vain." Putting down the silver chopsticks without paying much attention, Tao Yao clapped her hands, stood up and poured herself a cup of hot tea.

Since the date of harmony was set, she has become less and less concerned about the things in the palace. Princess Taiping, Shangguan Wan'er, as well as Wu Sansi and Wei's mother and daughter, what does the open and secret struggle of these people have to do with her? She's just a person about to leave here. It's like Li Jijiang, who was so powerful and blessed in the palace back then, and she didn't bounce around Wei and Li Bao'er, but once she got married and became Wei Jie's wife, she never stepped into the imperial city again. I heard that Wei Jie still hasn't changed his previous bastard temperament after marriage, and a high-flying and domineering person like Li Jijiang didn't bother with him much, and since he gave birth to a daughter, he has been guarding the child and his own dowry to live a stable life, even Wei Jie has raised more outer rooms and concubines, and he never asks. Anyway, she is a princess, her identity and status are all there, and she is never lacking in money and wealth, as long as she can think about it, she can still live a good life.

"If you are still in the palace for a day, you can't relax for a day, this is not what Your Royal Highness the Princess has taught." Hongfu tugged at the corners of her mouth, and directly blocked her with words: "Moreover, if it weren't for the slave maid who left this experience, I'm afraid you wouldn't know the inside story of the Tubo envoys." ”

"Oh? What can be the inside story? Over the years, Hongfu has been a neat and decisive and leaky big girl when she was outside, but in front of herself, she doesn't seem to have changed a bit, she is still the young lady who is a few years older than her, thoughtful but lively. There are almost no traces of the past left around her, so she is very attached to the few familiarities brought by Hongfu, so she goes: "Sister Hongfu doesn't learn well, just learn to sell Guanzi." ”

"The scale of the delegation sent by Tubo to welcome relatives this time is very large, headed by the minister Shang Zandu, and there are more than 1,000 people." Hongfu grinned and began to seriously relay the news she had found out to Tao Yao: "It is said that the subjects of Tubo are looking forward to your marriage as soon as possible. ”

"Whether you want me or the prosperity of Datang, the world knows this." Tao Yao took a sip of tea, still looking like she couldn't keep up. She is most afraid of the harsh winter, and she never reports any girl's fantasies about this marriage, so many times she would rather hit the nail on the head than let herself sink in the slightest: "When Princess Wencheng married Songtsen Gampo, how many precious dowries did she bring to Tubo, if it wasn't for the development opportunities she brought to Tubo, how could they have the strength to fight with the Tang Dynasty after many years?" It's just a mutual benefit, and I'm not even confused about it. ”

Hongfu sighed heavily, and even looked at her master with a hint of resentment: "Your Highness, can't you think a little better?" Even if it's just a little! "The reality is calm to this point, how is she going to marry Tubo? It is very unlucky to be a bride with a cold face, and she has to break this person back if she says anything.

"Okay, okay, I'll try to think about it, it's all done, right?" Rolling his eyes helplessly, Tao Yao really didn't have a way to take Hongfu. She understood what she meant, and she listened to Hongfu emphasize it many times, but where is it so easy to change her long-term heart, she just passed it perfunctorily: "Don't detour me, hurry up, what is wrong with the Tibetan mission?" "If it's just a little bigger and a little richer, it's not enough to describe it as an insider. Moreover, this news still came from Shangguan Wan'er, which shows that things are not as simple as they seem on the surface.

After clearing her throat, Hongfu straightened her face and continued: "In the list originally reported by the envoys, the minister who was most valued by the Empress Dowager of Tubo was the core figure, that is, Shang Zanlu. Listening to Shangguan Zhaorong's meaning, there should be no one in that group of people who has a higher status and a more respected status than him. ”

"Hmm." Tao Yao nodded in understanding. It's just a welcoming mission, and it's not a task or occasion that requires too much decision, and it makes sense to send a trustworthy minister. If Tubo directly put a noble prince or something into it, it would be a bit too grand. From this point of view, Shangguan Wan'er's thinking is undoubtedly correct.

"Here's the problem." Hongfu continued: "Shangguan Zhaorong was ordered by His Majesty to go with King Liang to entertain the mission, and during the banquet, she found that there was a young man in the mission who was very strange. He has always been by Shang Zanlu's side, and he looks like that person's cronies, but Shang Zanlu's attention and care for him are far beyond ordinary people. This kind of treatment is by no means something that ordinary friends or favorites can have. ”

"You mean, Shangguan Wan'er suspects that the man's identity is different?" Tao Yao didn't get a little interested until this time, and half-held her chin and fell into thought: "Isn't he in the list submitted by the mission?" ”

"Shangguan Zhaorong deliberately checked them one by one after he went back, and that man was just a small civil official on the surface."

"So, his identity is fake." Tao Yao blinked her eyes: "Who will be a person who is more valuable than the Queen Mother's cronies?" ”