"......Squeak" The door suddenly opened, and Li Leng slowly walked out of the room.

"See Your Highness!" everyone knelt down and said respectfully.

"Get up!" Li Leng turned around and went to the gazebo in the courtyard, sitting quietly on the stone chair alone.

Everyone was stunned, and they couldn't see what Li Leng was thinking, so they all cautiously followed, standing on the ladder of the pavilion, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

Bao Wei quietly instructed the maid to hurry up and bring the tea making tools.

After a while, the maids brought the tools for boiling tea, and several people hurriedly made charcoal to boil water and put tea leaves.

Zhou Wen came over and said with a smile: "Go down, let me come!"

The maids glanced at Zhou Wen gratefully, and they all stayed outside the pavilion one by one, without different orders, they didn't dare to leave the pavilion too far.

In half an hour, the water boiled, and Zhou Wen made a few cups of tea very professionally.

This is just before the rain Longjing, as soon as the tea is brewed, the faint fragrance of tea will diffuse.

"Sit down!" Li Leng played with the tea lid and looked at Shen Hao and Cai Xiang quietly.

Both of them felt an invisible pressure, uncomfortable, and Cai Xiang even broke out in a bean-sized cold sweat on his forehead, like sitting on pins and needles, thorns in his back, and his mouth opened several times, but he didn't know what to say.

"We are a whole, and during the period of the Han Dynasty, we are both prosperous and lossy. Li Leng drank his tea and said lightly, "Therefore, I must emphasize one point here, everyone must give a unified order, no matter what happens, you must not disobey my order." His eyes fell on Cai Xiang's body.

Cai Xiang was panicked, hurriedly got up and knelt beside Li Leng, and said very scared: "The minister knows that he is wrong, please punish His Highness." ”

"Get up! Li said coldly.

"Your Highness. Cai Xiang came together and found that his back was covered with cold sweat, and his heart was even more uneasy.

Li Leng said: "Let's talk about the situation in the past few days!"

"Yes, Your Highness. Cai Xiang said cautiously, "In the past few days, the Emperor of Han has summoned the envoys of Great Qin and Ming respectively, and gave the envoys of these two vassal states the highest courtesy. Many powerful people in Luoyang City took the initiative to befriend them. ”

"Oh!" Li Leng replied, lost in thought.

Cai Xiang continued: "But the strange thing is that Daqin, Daming and Dahan did not discuss the formation of an alliance, nor did they discuss other major matters, they all met as usual. ”

Li Leng said: "Since the meeting has been received, the two vassal states should take this opportunity to explain the purpose of the envoy. ”

But they didn't say anything. Cai Xiang answered quickly.

Li Leng let out an "um", and analyzed the intentions of Daqin and Daming in his mind.

Shen Hao said: "Your Highness, are we going to submit another official letter of foreign affairs and publicly express our strong condemnation of the humiliation of the Emperor of Han." ”

Cai Xiang said: "The minister seconded the proposal. Your Royal Highness, Han Tianzi's move is obviously humiliating my Datang, is it tolerable or unbearable, if we don't fight back, they still think that our Datang is easy to talk and bully. ”

Li Leng stood up, walked to the railing of the pavilion, admired the goldfish in the pond, and said slowly: "I guess that if the Emperor of Han does not receive us immediately, it is likely to have something to do with the envoys of Great Qin and Daming. ”

"Could it be that the three of them want to form an alliance against our Tang Dynasty?" Cai Xiang's face changed greatly.

Li Leng shook his head, calmly analyzed the current situation, and said, "If it is an alliance, there is no reason not to propose it at the court meeting." But they didn't say anything, and it should have little to do with the alliance. Not proposing the purpose of their trip at the court meeting shows that their affairs cannot be known to too many people. ”

Li Leng's face changed slightly, he suddenly thought of a possibility, his eyes exuded a strange light, and he suddenly turned to Bao Wei and said: "Master Bao, you immediately inquire about the personnel of the envoy group of these two vassal states, I want to know the cultivation of each member, the characteristics of their abilities, and what positions they hold in their respective vassal states." ”

"Yes, the subordinate will do it immediately. "Bao didn't bend and left.

Shen Hao and Cai Xiang were stunned, and they didn't understand what Li Leng wanted to do when he asked Bao to investigate these things.

At this time, Bao Wei came back with an invitation in his hand.

"Something?" Li Leng asked.

Bao Wei said: "Just now the prince's mansion sent an invitation, tomorrow morning, the prince will have a banquet in the mansion to invite the envoys of the three kingdoms, the foreign affairs elders of the major sects in Luoyang City, and the big men above the level of vice presidents of the martial arts institutes founded by various schools. After speaking, he respectfully handed the invitation to Li Leng.

Li Leng glanced at the invitation a few times, frowned, and said lightly: "It's a little interesting." You go first and find out what I have just commanded. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. Bao Wei replied and slowly exited the courtyard.

"What do you think about this? Should we go to the appointment to participate?" Li Leng asked as he gave the post to Cai Xiang and Shen Hao.

Cai Xiang said: "There is an unwritten agreement in the Han Dynasty that at this time of year, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty will convene the bigwigs of the famous party in Luoyang City, on the one hand, it is to win over the relationship with the foreign affairs elders of various schools and major sects, and on the other hand, it is also to show the strength of the royal family to the feudal kings in various parts of the empire, so that these feudal kings can be honest in their respective fiefs. ”

Shen Hao nodded and said, "Yes, a gathering like this is one of several grand events in Luoyang City, and it has attracted the attention of the bigwigs from all sides. Most of the people who were invited to the party were prominent bigwigs in Luoyang City, as well as representatives of the royal families of various vassal states. ”

"Hmm!" Li Leng knew all this information, and ordered the maid to make three cups of tea, and let Cai Xiang and Shen Hao sit down.

Cai Xiang said: "In previous years, it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who presided over this kind of gathering, but this year it has become the crown prince Liu Ai, could it be that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty announced to the world that the crown prince Liu Ai will ascend the throne as the emperor soon?"

Li Leng still didn't say his opinion and opinion, but looked at Shen Hao and asked, "Lord Shen, what do you think?"

Shen Hao said: "Your Highness, I got the news that after the Son of Han Tianzi met with the Ming envoy three days ago, his body suddenly deteriorated, and he almost returned to the Western Heavens. Therefore, the battle between the crown prince and King Wu for the heir has reached a fever pitch. In the end, who will inherit the unification is not sure in anyone's heart, and he can't see through the mind of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked the crown prince Liu Yi to preside over such a gathering, and it should be said that he was inclined to the crown prince to succeed to the throne. I think the key to the alliance between the Han and Tang dynasties lies in the crown prince Liu Ai and the prime minister Cao Shen, and we must attend this gathering to express the sincerity of our Tang Dynasty. ”

Cai Xiang said: "Your Highness, my opinion is the same as that of Lord Shen. The crown prince and the prime minister have to give face, they have already sent us invitations, so we have to give them this face to attend the meeting. Otherwise, if even the crown prince and the prime minister don't support us, then the alliance between the Han and Tang dynasties will really be impossible. ”