Is it possible that because you are born beautiful, you can get everything you want?

But the women who are more beautiful than her in history, those women who look at the city and then the country, those who can turn all beings upside down with a smile and the princes of the beacon fire, are not invincible.

Even, the more beautiful women are, the more they have no ability to protect themselves, the more they are displaced, they are transferred from one man's hands to another, they become men's trophies, and their fate and ending are bleak and miserable.

occupies the name of this princess, and it really gives birth to the pride of the princess.

Li Yuntong thought self-deprecatingly.

Thinking of the uncertain future, her brow twisted into a twist.

Looking at Li Yuntong's wrinkled brows, Li Danyao was a little unbearable, but she still admonished: "You also know that a few days ago, King Xuan, the prime minister of Tuyuhun, caused a civil disturbance, and almost took the lives of me and Nuo Haobo, if I hadn't come here to buy some people's hearts, there was a person next to him who reported the news in time, I am afraid that today you will only be able to see the bones of your sister." Many people in Tuyuhun reject me, and I'm afraid you will be the same in the future, so you have to prepare early. ”

"Sister, you have to remember your responsibility to come here, you are not here to visit me, you are here, you have no way back, you can only become stronger. In this world, there is no good thing that you reach out to let people provide you with food and clothing, and people are polite to you and let you be the master of the house, and the country gives up the good things, that kind of story is not women deceiving themselves, or poor scholars write to coax girls. ”

Li Danyao's words were like an initiation, deafening, and Li Yuntong couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

After thinking about Li Danyao's words repeatedly, she said sincerely: "Thank you, sister, I understand, even if I can't do it, I have to keep the thoughts that I shouldn't have in my heart." The person I want to marry is Songtsen Gampo, I will live a good life in good Tibet, I will be a good queen, like my sister, do my best for the friendship and harmony between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, and the premise of all this is to protect myself first, make myself stronger, and not rely on anyone. ”

Li Danyao was about to say something, when she saw one of her personal servants running over on a horse.

"Queen, the yak banquet in the day after tomorrow will shoot the yak tomorrow, and the thousands of households in Geldan want to compete with the guests of Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, the Khan has agreed, and asked you and Duke Wencheng if you want to participate? said that the noble ladies of Mei Sifei and Tuyuhun also want to compare with you. ”

Li Danyao didn't answer the maidservant, and said to Li Yuntong with a smile: "See, as long as you don't keep an eye on a man for a while, he may be picked up by other women to deal with you, and he still doesn't know it, thinking that he is for your own good, and he has enough respect for you." ”

Li Yuntong was surprised, "Sister, but I obviously see that you have a good relationship with Khan." ”

Li Danyao shrugged, "That's right, it's good, he is one year younger than me, he will rely on me for many things, discuss with me, I also like his sincerity, but this does not prevent him from stopping for other women." ”

She said disapprehantly: "For men, women are only a small part of their world, don't pretentiously think that he will die or live if he leaves you, he will only love you alone in his life...... If you want to be strong, you have to learn from men and see how they deal with their feelings and how they deal with the future. ”

Li Yuntong thought thoughtfully, "My brother also told me about this, he said that only if a woman is valued by a man, he will not, and he can't discard you like a plaything." ”

Li Danyao nodded and said: "Yes, only if you don't attach to a person, you won't be afraid of his departure, the more humble your feelings, the lower it is to the dust, the easier it is to be abandoned, although the weak can get a man's temporary pity, but it will never be respect, just like we will not respect the puppies and kittens we raise." ”

The corners of her mouth hooked up a somewhat sad smile, there was a kind of transparency far beyond her age, "Power, wealth and beauty are not equal, the former will not go by with the passage of time, and even grow, while beauty is gradually decaying, so Israel serves people, erotic decay Aichi, and the marriage is to ensure the continuation of heirs, power and wealth, and it has little to do with the pleasure of the two ......"

She looked at Li Yuntong and solemnly admonished: "My good sister, you can like that man and keep him in your heart, but don't delusionally go further, otherwise, you will face a catastrophe." ”

Li Danyao warned her: "Whether it is the Tang Dynasty or Tubo, men are the ones who stand at the pinnacle of power, and the fate of women is controlled by them...... Good sister, clean up your girlish feelings, do what you have to do, live your own life, since you have come out, don't treat yourself badly, make some achievements, and leave a name in history like a man. ”

Li Yuntong nodded, and said with a straight face: "Don't worry, Sister Danyao, I won't do stupid things." ”

Li Danyao heard what she said, squeezed her eyes at her and said: "Then now, our sisters will join hands to show those women who only know how to compete for some petty profits in the back house, and also to those men who only fight for trivial things, what is the demeanor of the Tang princess." ”

On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, the edge of the grassland closest to the royal city was full of people, and it was very lively.

I heard that the warriors of Datang, Tubo and Tuyuhun were going to compete with the yaks, and the people around them came to see, and the flow of people was endless, as if it was a festival.

Small traders and peddlers took the opportunity to start a business, selling felt, silk cloth, salt, tea, needles, threads, and small jewelry, and even brought a large pot of mutton soup.

Business is certainly good, and a bowl of hot mutton soup is delicious when it's icy and snowy, even if it's served with blackened soba buns.

The children were excitedly skewering around as if they were celebrating the New Year, the girls wore colorful Qiang costumes, some chatted and wandered with their sisters, and some blushed because of the young man they loved, hiding behind people to send off Qiubo.

Most of the men who cared about the game were men, the children and girls just took the opportunity to play, and the women were busy chatting about the family and the west.

However, the men's attention to the event is also different, some are to bet to earn a few wine money, and some things take this opportunity to talk with dignitaries and nobles to have a better future, as for those royal relatives and nobles, they talk about the world's major events, and they can all point out the country.

Of course, there are also individual people who are talking about whose family married a beautiful concubine, and whose family was promoted and made a fortune.

Of course, what you can't say on the stage is whispered in private, more often than not, it's a knowing look, a vague and vague hint.

There are also girls who care about the event, but they look at those warriors, who are more handsome, who is tall and mighty, and who is heartbeating.

No matter what they were doing, when they saw the yaks that appeared, everyone's voices were quiet.

The yaks looked terrifying, all nine feet long, with strong bodies, long hair, pointed horns, and moving like huge beasts, which was terrifying to look at.

Yaks are very good at taking dangerous roads and swamps, can avoid traps, choose their own paths, and have the ability to know the way of old cows.

Not only that, because it grows in the steep, cold and damp alpine region, the skin of the yak is extremely thick, hard and thick enough to be used as a cutting board, a good yak skin, even if it is used to chop bones and meat, can be used for thirty or fifty years, their skin is the best armor, it is difficult to find.

With such a sturdy cowhide, ordinary bows and arrows cannot shoot through it, and even a special iron crossbow can only kill a yak if it pierces the eye or the weakest part of the throat.

The yak's tongue has a layer of meat thorns, which can easily lick and eat very hard plants, and the tongue can be used as a comb to dry the woman's green silk until it is full of white hair, and the meat comb will not be deformed and will not break teeth.

Compared to them, human beings are undoubtedly fragile, small, and vulnerable.

Every year, people who shoot yaks die under the iron hooves of yaks, or are licked all over the body by the yak's tongue, or are picked by the yak's sharp horns and disembowel.

Even the most valiant warriors did not dare to say that they would be able to retreat in the yak formation.

It can be said that the fight against the yak is a contest between strength and fitness, life and death.

The battle with the yak is a comprehensive manifestation of wisdom, courage, skill and will, and the winner will become a hero and be worshiped by the public, while the loser is likely to lose his life.

Therefore, when the three teams of Datang, Tubo and Tuyuhun, nine warriors and the yak team came on the field in turn, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

Although they knew that they were just going around the field at this time to let everyone see clearly, the coming bloodshed and tragedy still made everyone feel related, looking at those warriors, as if they saw the cruel battle they were about to face.

Because he didn't want to suffer heavy casualties, on this day, driving the yak and shooting the yak was a warrior against three yaks, and whichever team used arrows to kill and wound more yaks won the victory.

The order of the three teams will be determined by drawing lots.

Datang drew the first, Tuyuhun second, and Tubo was the third.

Of course, the three teams selected are all warriors who are skilled in archery and have great courage.

They are as brave as lions and swift as cheetahs.

Speaking of which, Datang is the weakest of the three teams because they have never had the experience of playing against yaks.

Their knowledge of yaks is limited to the sporadic knowledge they have gained before they go into battle, and all they know is that they must be shot in the eye or throat as soon as possible, and before they are provoked, they can fight quickly.

In this competition, the probability of them winning is very small, and the possibility of dying is very large.

Therefore, when the three warriors of Datang came on the court, Li Yuntong couldn't help but nervously grab the corner of his clothes.