In the Penglai Palace, Li Zhizheng and Wu Zetian were discussing things in a whisper, and there was no palace maid and eunuch waiting on the side.

The Tibetan delegation came to ask for marriage and asked Princess Taiping to marry, which made it difficult for them to choose.

Whether it is Li Zhi or Wu Zetian, they are unwilling to let their only baby daughter marry so far away, but they also know that marriage and kissing is a good choice in many cases, if the princess marries Tubo Zampu, it is likely to be able to maintain peace with Tubo for a period of time, just like when the emperor was the first emperor, the princess Wencheng of the clan married Tubo Zampu and abandoned Zong Rongzan, and as a result, when he was alive, he always called me a minister to the Tang Dynasty, regarded himself as a son-in-law, and did not send troops to attack my border pass, and the two countries maintained peace for decades.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian both hoped that the northwest border of the Tang Dynasty could remain peaceful, and they were still a little moved by the marriage proposal of the Tubo mission, but they only had a baby daughter like Princess Taiping under their knees.

Li Zhi thought that if he had as many daughters as his father, what would it matter if he married one, not to mention that the Tibetan mission also brought a large dowry, that is, to return the Hehuang Valley that was forcibly occupied by the Tubo people when our army Qinghai was defeated the previous year, which was the richest place near Qinghai. It's a pity that Li Zhi only gave birth to three daughters, and the other two who were not born to Wu Zetian are already married, only Princess Taiping Li Lingyue is still unmarried, it seems that the Tubo people also know the situation in my court very well, knowing that the emperor still has such a princess, and there is only such a princess, and she has not yet married.

What's more, the one who asked for marriage this time was Princess Wencheng who went to kiss, and she couldn't be fooled.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian couldn't decide on this matter for a while, so they took it to the court and let the ministers discuss it, but the courtiers had different opinions and argued, and there were ministers who opposed and favored, and there were still people who supported and kissed the majority, but the opinions of those courtiers who opposed them also made Li Zhi and Wu Zetian attach great importance to them, because the most fierce opposition was the newly promoted and countless military exploits of the Ministry of Rites, Pei Xingjian, the general of the right guard of the inspection school, and several military generals such as the old minister Liu Renliang, although the number of these people is small, However, Liu Renliang, Pei Xingjian and others held important positions in the DPRK and won the trust of Li Zhi, so their opinions could not be ignored.

The Tibetan mission came here, in addition to the request for marriage, there were some very excessive demands, the mission is making a look of no one in the court, very arrogantly proposed to compete with the Tang Dynasty warriors, polo games, and threatened to see the Tang Dynasty warriors' martial arts and polo skills.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are not very worried about the competition, they all invariably thought of Liu Yi, who performed very well some time ago, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian are also worried about the polo game, they are not sure whether the Royal Polo Team can win, the polo game is still passed from Tubo, the Tubo people are more proficient in this fierce competition, if I lose the team in the game, then the face will be lost.

Last year, our army Qinghai was defeated, tens of thousands of generals were killed, and Liu Xianli, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was captured and died, which made the Tang Dynasty lose face, and the Tubo people came from afar, if the competition and polo were lost again, the Tubo people would be even more arrogant, and my Tang Dynasty was even more humiliated, which was Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, as well as many ministers in the DPRK and the central government were unwilling to see, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were also discussing the best solution.

Also, this time the tone of the envoy of the Tibetan mission was too arrogant, too arrogant, and the arrogance made people unbearable, although there were several ministers in the palace to reprimand, but the people were not afraid at all, so that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were very angry, in front of the full palace of civil and military and other foreign envoys, although Li Zhi severely reprimanded the Tibetan envoys, but it was inconvenient to treat their crimes, the best way is to teach them a hard lesson in the competition and polo field, so that they lose face.

While the two were discussing countermeasures, a eunuch walked in quickly and saluted respectfully, "His Majesty the Emperor Qi, the Queen of Heaven, the inspector Zuo Qianniu Wei Zhonglang will ask to see Liu Yi!"

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian glanced at each other, and they both showed joy in each other's eyes, they were just about to make someone recruit Liu Yi, but they didn't expect Liu Yi to come and ask to see him.

"Let him in!" Li Zhi waved his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Mother!" The eunuch bowed and hurried out.

After a while, Liu Yi, dressed in military uniform, followed the eunuch into the palace.

"Knock on His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven!" Liu Yi saluted.

"Liu Aiqing, flat!" Li Zhi gestured.

Liu Yi stood up straight, looked at His Royal Highness's imperial steps with his eyes, and said with pride: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister heard that the Tubo envoy came to the court to ask for marriage, his words were very disrespectful, and he threatened with martial affairs, and arrogantly wanted to compare with my Tang Dynasty warriors, the ministers asked for their own lives, and they were willing to compete with the Tubo warriors, and the ministers wanted to teach the Tubo warriors who didn't know the height of the sky and the earth, and let them know the power of my Tang Dynasty warriors!"

Hearing Liu Yi say this, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian looked at each other, and both of them nodded slightly in approval.

"Liu Aiqing, the Tubo warriors who came to the court this time are the most brave warriors in their country, are you sure to defeat them?" Wu Zetian opened his mouth and said, without any expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister will definitely defeat them and earn honor for my Tang Dynasty warriors, if you can't win, let Your Majesty and Niangniang deal with it!" Liu Yi clenched his fists hard and roared loudly.

"Good! Since you ask for your life, I will allow it," Li Zhi got up, clapped his fists and shouted, "Liu Aiqing, you have shown great courage in the previous martial arts competitions, and I and Niangniang hope that you can also defeat all the Tubo warriors this time and earn face for my Tang Dynasty!"

"Also, my Royal Polo Team has to play against the Tubo Polo Team, this palace sees that you performed the best in the last polo game, and I also hope that you can lead my Royal Polo Team to defeat the Tubo Polo Team, this palace has discussed with the emperor, from now on, you will be the captain of the Tang Royal Polo Team!" Wu Zetian continued Li Zhi's words.

"The minister must live up to his mission!" Liu Yi clenched his fists again. Li Zhi agreed that he would represent the Tang Dynasty in the Tubo warriors, and Wu Zetian appointed him as the captain of the royal polo team, which was his honor and a heavy responsibility. At such times, whether it is a competition or a polo match, you can only win, not lose.

"I and Niangniang hope that you can teach the Tubo people a hard lesson on the martial arts arena and the polo field," Li Zhi walked up to Liu Yi, looked at him with a gaze that Liu Yi had never seen before, and said almost word by word, "Liu Yi, if you can defeat the Tubo people in the martial arts and polo arena, I and Niangniang will give you a high-standard reward..."

Liu Yi couldn't help but shudder, the majesty that Li Zhi had just shown was rarely seen, and it was really scary to show it, so he straightened up and replied loudly: "The minister must live up to the trust of His Majesty and Niangniang..."

"Alright, you go down!" Li Zhi waved his hand at Liu Yi.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister still has something to say!" Liu Yi did not retreat according to the order, and pleaded.

"Oh!? What else do you have to do? Li Zhi was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that there is nothing that can not agree to the request of the Tubo people to ask for marriage and marriage!" Liu Yi said boldly.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian glanced at each other in surprise, their faces seemed to be a little displeased, "Liu Aiqing, tell me your reason..."

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, when the emperor was the first emperor, Tubo Zampu abandoned the sect to make a marriage proposal, wanted to make friends with my Tang Dynasty, and did not hesitate to force each other, the purpose is to climb my Tang Dynasty, improve the prestige of other tribes, and at the same time obtain the advanced cultivation level and manufacturing level of our dynasty, and improve their national strength. When the first emperor was married, in order to show friendship, he married to Tubo, and married Princess Wencheng to abandon the sect, and when Princess Wencheng was married, he married so many craftsmen and books, as well as seeds, so that Tubo from the original only a tribe that could only hunt, into an advanced country with very good cultivation and production technology, so that its national strength and military strength increased greatly, when the first emperor, hundreds of thousands of Tubo troops gathered under the city of Songzhou, but were defeated by my weak forces, and over the years, our army has been defeated by the hands of Tubo several times, this is not the decline in the combat power of our army, It's because of the great increase in Tibet's national strength and military strength..."

Liu Yi ignored Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's look of surprise, and continued: "After Princess Wencheng married Tubo Zampu, she personally taught the Tubo people to farm, weave, and pass on the advanced technology that my Tang Dynasty possessed, the first emperor originally expected that after Princess Wencheng married, she could consider the interests of my Datang, but now, it is this Princess Wencheng who sent the Tubo delegation to coerce my Datang..."

Hearing Liu Yi say this, Li Zhi seemed to agree a little, and nodded unconsciously, this is exactly what he feels angry about, what if the princess who remarries is like Princess Wencheng and does not consider the interests of the Tang Dynasty?

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, I have countless soldiers who are good at fighting in the Tang Dynasty, the strength of the country, the tranquility of the border passes is based on the soldiers fighting with flesh and blood, and the invasion of foreign enemies is also repelled by the brave battles of the soldiers, not by sending women to marry and kiss in exchange!" Liu Yi was not a little afraid, and said boldly, "Therefore, the minister feels that he must refuse the marriage request of the Tubo mission, and issue an edict to reprimand Princess Wencheng and sell the lord for glory..."

Hearing Liu Yi's words, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were even more surprised, they looked at each other twice, but they didn't show anything, Li Zhi said lightly: "There is some truth in what you say!"

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister still has something to say!" Liu Yi asked again.

"Speak!" Li Zhi agreed.

"My army is about to go to Anbei, and the minister thinks that the Tubo people may attack my border when my army is on the march, so the minister feels that he can't let the Tubo mission return to China now, and try to let the Tubo people know about my army's expedition later!" Liu Yi said in a very resolute tone, "And all the people of the Tubo Mission in Chang'an must monitor them and strictly prevent them from listening to our intelligence!"

The members of the mission listened to the intelligence, this was originally one of their missions, Liu Yi was doing this work, how could it not be clear that there was no Tubo mission to return to China, or return to Qinghai, Tubo did not know much about the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and he did not necessarily dare to act rashly.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian glanced at each other again, the look of surprise in their eyes became even stronger, and after a while, Wu Zetian spoke: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that the virtuous nephew is very reasonable..."

Wu Zetian said this with a tone of praise.

"Thank you, Your Majesty and Niangniang for not blaming the ministers for the crime of talking nonsense!" Hearing Wu Zetian say this, Liu Yi's hanging heart finally let go, and he said these words to Li Zhi and Wu Zetian with a direct advice that did not match his surname, for fear of annoying the two highest authorities in the Tang Dynasty, it was a very troublesome thing, and now it is recognized by Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, which is a great thing, and Liu Yi also knows that his goal has been achieved.

"Well, I also think what the virtuous nephew said is quite reasonable!" Li Zhihe also looked appreciative, "Virtuous nephew, you go first, and then I and the queen will consider what you just said..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister retires..."Liu Yi left the palace, and he still had to go to Pei Xingjian and tell Pei Xingjian about his explanation!

(To be continued)