"Your Majesty, news has come from the northwest that the Western Turkic Khan Mohedu, personally leading the mission, is on his way to Chang'an. According to the calculation of the distance, it is estimated that the Lingwu has passed now, and it will be there in ten or so days. Fang Xuanling came to report.

Li Er was puzzled: "Mo Helu of the Western Turks? What did he do in Chang'an? ”

"And kiss!"

What?

Li Er now has a headache when he hears the word "harmony", he just drove away a group of people from Tubo, and now he has a Western Turk? And Mo Hedu came in person? How many daughters do I have enough to marry? So in a hurry to be my son-in-law?

Fang Xuanling introduced: "As early as the first year of Zhenguan, the Western Turks sent people to make peace, but they were stopped by Jieli faction. Now that Jieli has been destroyed, and the Western Turks have also been unified by Mohedu, it is not surprising that they have come to make peace. ”

Li Er sighed and said, "Fang Qing, I am reluctant to marry my daughter. Is there any way to push this thing off? ”

After thinking for a while, Fang Xuanling spoke: "Why don't you ...... Please ask Master Hou to come out again? ”

Li Er said weakly: "Let that kid beat people up again?" If it spreads out, won't my Datang's reputation be completely ruined? ”

Fang Xuanling smiled, "No, Your Majesty probably forgot that the Hou Ye attacked the royal court thousands of miles back then, and returned from Yumen Pass through the Western Turks. ”

At that time, the Western Turks were still scattered and overwhelmed by Jieli. It was Hou Ye who supported Mo Hedu with 3,000 iron horsemen, making him the new Khan of the Western Turks from the leader of a small tribe. Now that I, the Tang Dynasty, have destroyed Jieli and suppressed the Quartet. Although Mo Helu unified the Western Turks and grew a lot stronger, he didn't dare to touch my Tang Dynasty's tiger whiskers. ”

"When I met Hou Ye, don't say that he is a Western Turkic Khan, even if he was the Jieli of the year, he should also weigh it."

Hearing this, Li Er relaxed a little and nodded, "Then let him try it." ”

Fang Xuanling: But Master Hou is still grounded.

Li Er scolded with a smile: "Tell him that the Tubo people have left, so he kid won't act anymore, who will he pretend to show him?" ”

Fang Xuanling also laughed.

At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji walked in quickly, "Your Majesty, the situation is not good, Yumen Pass came to report, saying that Ju Zhisheng, the crown prince of Gaochang Kingdom, is on his way with gifts and an envoy group." According to the calculation of the foot, it will be half a month to Chang'an. ”

Gao Chang? What are they doing when they are not young or festive?

"And kiss!"

What?

Li Er said angrily: "Did they discuss this? One after another to come and kiss? I have so many daughters to marry? Let them go back! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Fang Xuanling, and at the same time persuaded: "Your Majesty think twice!" ”

"What? Are you agreeing and pro? Li Er said dissatisfied.

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly explained: "Of course not, of course we are against harmony." Your Majesty, there is something strange about this matter, even if there is a harmony in the past, it is not seen once in many years, but in recent times, the surrounding small countries have rushed to make peace at the same time? Even if they really had this intention, they shouldn't have come at the same time by such coincidence. ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Saying that they didn't make an appointment, I'm afraid no one will believe it." But they are far apart, and they may not be harmonious, how can this kind of thing be agreed? ”

Eldest Sun Wuji: "Then there is only one possibility - someone is calculating behind it!" ”

Fang Xuanling: "Yes, and it may be my Datang person!" ”

After listening to the analysis of the two think tanks, Li Ermian sank like water, and he also thought that there must be a demon when something goes wrong, and someone is going to stab him in the back.

The eldest grandson Wuji persuaded: "Your Majesty, only by letting these cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods come and bring them together can we have a chance to find out who is behind the scenes." ”

Nodding, Li Er advised: "Go tell Xiao Rui to introspect!" ”

The two laughed, where did this make him grounded? It is clear that Xiao Rui is taking advantage of the pretense of grounding to investigate secretly.

Since someone is secretly plotting, it is impossible to just the Western Turks and Gaochang. Less than two days later, news came from the northeast that the envoy of the king of Goguryeo, Yuangai Suwen, and the prince of Baekje, Buyeo Yoshiki, were on their way. Even the Tibetan Lai Lai Baba never really left.

Li Er was completely furious, and he must find out who was doing things in secret.

Xiao Rui also felt very strange, don't the people behind the scenes have brains? The emperor doesn't have a princess of the right age at all, okay? Even Princess Changle is still a year old.

At the court meeting, the envoys of various countries gathered and expressed their desire to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty in order to stabilize the friendship with the Tang Dynasty.

Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, people are rushing to be your son-in-law in order to stabilize the relationship between the two countries, what can you say? And people's posture is very low, for example, Baekje, directly said that in the future, the two countries can be commensurate with father and son, and the face is gone, can you pick it out?

"If you want to say that you have come all the way to ask for marriage, the princess marries the prince or the lord of the country, and it is also the right person. However, I have no princess of the right age to marry you. So ......"

At this time, Yuangai Suwen stood up, "Your Majesty the Emperor, as long as the two countries can get married, they don't necessarily have to be the emperor's princess. ”

Oh? What does this mean? Give you the daughter of an ordinary person and go to your Goguryeo to be a princess, are you willing?

Yuangai Suwen is a learned person with all-round talents in civil and military affairs, "The ministers heard that the Central Plains Zhaojun was out of the plug. It is said that Wang Zhaojun in history was not the daughter of the emperor. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji stood up, "Your honor, the history books record that Wang Zhaojun is a maid in the palace of the Han Dynasty and a princess given by the emperor. At that time, the king of the Xiongnu did not know the details. But now it's different, my Tang Dynasty is also different from the Han Dynasty, if we marry a palace maid to your Goguryeo king, are you willing? Will the princes be willing? ”

Everyone shook their heads, of course they didn't want to.

Yuangai Suwen continued: "Of course, ordinary maids can't do it, but as long as they can promote diplomatic relations between the two countries, it is not difficult to select a woman of the right age with the same status in Datang. Like royalty? ”

Well???

Li Er frowned, what bad is this guy holding back? Royalty?

The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth and asked, "What do you mean by Lu?" ”

"The subordinate means that you can choose a woman from the royal family to marry to Goguryeo, such as the daughter of a certain prince, the same status, the same family, we will definitely treat it kindly." Yuangai Suwen studied the Central Plains culture very well, and at this time he was not like a foreign envoy, but more like an official of the Ministry of Rites.

Hearing this, Li Er just frowned, and the hearts of the princes present tightened, and secretly said that it was not good, how did this burn the fire on us?

Li Er's face was very bad, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that your country has done a lot of understanding, since this is the case, it is better to say it directly, which family's daughter do you want?" ”

That's right, you've done your homework, so don't hide it, just talk about it.

Yuangai Suwen shook his head and said: "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, how can the ministers know about the affairs of the Tang royal family?" We are just expressing our desire to strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries, and as for whether to choose a princess to marry or not, and which princess to choose to come out, of course, we have to listen to Your Majesty. ”

After saying that, he bowed and retreated, and he couldn't find a flaw.

Li Er glanced around the Taiji Hall and said calmly: "There is no precedent for this matter in my Tang Dynasty, so you should go back to the pavilion and stay, and wait for me to discuss with the hundred officials before giving an answer." ”