In November, the first snow in Chang'an seemed to make up for the late regret, flying day and night in this majestic capital, lingering for a long time.

Just after noon, the corridors of the palace were blocked by thick snow, and the steward eunuchs had to be seconded to clean up the forbidden army.

"Your envoy, please ...... here."

Under the guidance of the little eunuch, a middle-aged man dressed in a brocade robe, with a bearded beard and a burly physique, Shi Shiran walked towards the core of the harem.

The gorgeous palaces with different styles from the architecture of the grassland and the Western Regions certainly dazzled his eyes, but when his eyes swept over the pile of snow, there was a touch of gloom.

"Damn, Ben Khan set out from the Tooth Tent (Turkic Tooth Tent, similar to the capital), it was still clear and clear, why did the weather get so cold in a few days.

It has snowed so much in Chang'an, and the wind and snow on the grassland are not smaller than this one, and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock will surely freeze to death.

It seems that this winter will either loot the Northern Zhou border or loot the Tiele tribes......

It's a pity that Qu Ao escaped last time, otherwise the first master of the young generation of Tieler, known as the "Flying Eagle", would definitely be greatly affected by the morale of the Tiele people, and make them obedient a lot......"

As soon as he thought that if Qu Ao, a young eagle, was allowed to really have full wings and soar for nine days, it would inevitably lead the Tiele tribes to challenge the Turkic dominance in the steppe, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but have a fierce look in his eyes.

The little eunuch who led the way in front suddenly felt a chill on his back, and he was busy speeding up his pace, and he arrived at the Zhengyang Palace where the queen lived in a short time.

Zhong Muna, who had already gotten the news, greeted her in front of the door, "The princess (Ashina Rouran) has been waiting for the Khan for a long time, please!"

It turned out that the middle-aged man was the younger brother of the current Turkic Tuobo Great Khan, and he left the Khan, this time he was the Turkic envoy to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, intending to ask for marriage to the Northern Zhou Dynasty on behalf of the Tubo Great Khan and marry the royal daughter of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

After stepping away from the light hum, he walked straight into Zhengyang Palace, and looked at Zhong Muna's eyebrows and eyes with the corner of his eye, and couldn't help frowning slightly, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes: What's the matter with Rouran's niece, why is Zhong Muna still a **son** after being in the Northern Zhou court for so long?

On the surface, Zhong Muna is only Ashina's gentle maid of marriage, but in fact, Zhong Muna was also born in a Turkic noble family, and she is not inferior to any wealthy lady in terms of appearance, temperament and knowledge. And the reason why she married to the Northern Zhou court was to help Ashina compete for favor.

Although the rest of the many dowry maids are not as good as Zhong Muna, they are not bad, and they also help Ashina to compete for favor, but also assist her in controlling the harem of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

But now it seems that Zhong Muna and other women have not played a corresponding role at all?

Bu Li was secretly suspicious, until he saw Ashina Rouran, he relaxed a little, but he saw that Ashina Rouran, who looked like a young woman, had a soft temperament, not only was he no longer a virgin, but he also seemed to be often moisturized, bright, glamorous, and bright, and he was probably very favored by Yuwen Yong.

Don't you know that the facts are completely different from his guesses......

Ashina Rouran didn't have the joy of seeing her mother's relatives when she got married, but just called out unsalinately: "Step away from uncle." ”

Although Bu Li felt her undisguised alienation, and guessed the reason why she had a bad attitude towards herself, he didn't take it to heart, he thought that it was the law of survival in the steppe, everything was for the future of the Great Turks, nothing about personal feelings, Ashina Rouran should also take the initiative to forget about those unpleasantness, and seek benefits for the Great Turks as always.

Therefore, Bu Li paid attention to the fact that there was obviously no charcoal basin in the hall, but the heat emitted from the four huge copper pillars made the hall warm as spring, and the wind and snow outside were completely like two worlds.

On the one hand, he said bluntly with a hint of rebuke: "Rouran's niece enjoys wealth in this gorgeous and warm palace, but the people of the prairie are still surviving in the snowstorm, how can the niece bear it?"

A trace of coldness flashed in the depths of Ashina's soft pupils, but he smiled on his face, and said lightly: "Uncle doesn't know, it's not that the palace doesn't want the Great Zhou Emperor to pay more tribute to the Turks, and will raise the people of the grassland, but the emperor is really resolute and never moved by the words of the woman......

What can I do?"

Buli frowned unhappily when she heard her pick up the word "Bengong" on the queen's shelf, but it was not good to entangle in this subsection.

Seeing Zhong Muna's expressionless face waiting beside him, he couldn't tell for a while whether Ashina's soft answer was the truth or a perfunctory lie?

Only said coldly: "Anyway, Rouran's niece should not forget that she is a child of the Ashina family!"

After a pause, he seemed to feel that he couldn't get too stiff with her from the beginning, and his tone gradually softened, "What the Great Khan means this time is that niece, you try your best to persuade the Northern Zhou Emperor to agree to marry the princess." ”

There was a hint of sarcasm in Ashina's soft and beautiful eyes, and she seemed to be unimpressed by this matter of harmony, but she pretended to agree casually, "This palace has its own plans!"

Bu Li frowned again, only to feel that Ashina's soft mind was unpredictable, and it was almost the opposite of the responsive attitude he expected when he came.

Only Zhong Muna, who has been staying by Ashina Rouran's side, knows that Ashina Rouran's "own care" is just a perfunctory word, and she is actually too lazy to pay attention to any request from Bu Li.

Thinking that Ashina Rouran was likely to break down with the Turkic royal family Ashina family because of this, Zhong Muna's eyes flashed with worry.

However, Bu Li also understands that the daughter who married out spilled the water!

This applies not only to the daughters of the Han people, but also to the daughters of the prairie, and even the daughters of the prairie are more extreme-in the history of the prairie and the daughters of rival tribes help their husbands to put their mother's clan to death......

Therefore, even if Ashina Rouran was subdued by the wise and martial arts of her "husband" Yu Wenyong, and began to turn her heart to Yu Wenyong, it was not surprising that she would leave, let alone reprimand anything.

After a slight hesitation, Bu Li's eyes burst into essence, and he had to go wild, clearly running his rough and domineering innate skills to the limit.

Seeing this, Ashina Rouran vaguely guessed something, the first time Yurong moved, but did not make any move, just quietly watched Bu Li scan around with a sharp gaze like an eagle falcon, and released the innate true qi with spiritual power to sense whether there were people inside and outside the palace to peep.

After a while, Bu Li gave up, but his expression was gloomy, and he said coldly in a Turkic voice: "Niece Rouran, if you don't want to be widowed at a young age, it's best to obediently follow the will of the Great Khan and complete a thing that has the best of both worlds for the Great Zhou and the Great Prairie!"

Hearing the threat of this red **fruit**fruit, Ashina's soft and beautiful eyes flashed a trace of coldness, meaning that he chuckled inexplicably and was silent.

Bu Li snorted coldly, his eyes narrowed, his sharp light flickered, and he continued to whisper in Turkic language: "The overall strategy of Yuwen Yong's eastern expedition to Qi this time, the Great Khan of Tubo already knows everything, and thinks that if Yuwen Yong's strategy is successfully achieved, it is indeed very likely that Qi will be completely annexed and the northern part of the Central Plains will be unified.

The Great Khan and the Venerable Bi Xuan did not want a powerful power in the northern part of the Central Plains to dare to challenge the authority of the Turks, let alone the signs of great unification of the Middle Earth......

It's amazing here, and I think it's not difficult to understand the wisdom of my niece like a pearl. ”

Ashina sneered, and still said in Chinese: "So what, the military *** national affairs are not something that I, the women and children of the deep palace, can interfere with!"

She was not surprised that the prairie learned about the strategy of the Great Zhou, after all, the civil and military components of the Northern Dynasty were complex, including the pure Han people who lurked in the Hu regime, the Hu Han people, and the pure Hu people and the Sinicized Hu people, with different thoughts, and it was not difficult to buy.

Ironically, the Sinicized Hu people, like the pure Han people, had a deep contempt, hatred, and wariness of the steppes, and on the contrary, the Huhua Han people, like the pure Hu people, did not reject the steppes, and only regarded the Turkic Khanate as a neighboring foreign power like Nanchen, and had no concept of ethnic differences.

Bu Li did not refute, and said in Turkic language: "If the Great Zhou really attacked and destroyed the Qi State, the Great Khan of the Great Bowl and the Venerable Bi Xuan would not sit idly by and watch the Great Zhou successfully swallow this piece of fat and remain indifferent.

When the time comes, my Great Turk will not only support the restoration of the royal family of Qi, but also meet with the soldiers of the Great Zhou.

Hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen of our Great Turks are invincible, and it is just idle to destroy the city and destroy the country, how can the Great Zhou be stopped? Even, Venerable Bi Xuan will personally lead a group of great grassland masters to destroy the Great Zhou Xiongjie by any means, and Emperor Yuwen Yong will bear the brunt!

Niece Rouran, you don't want things to get to that point, do you?"

Ashina sneered softly, seemingly indifferent.

Bu Li's tone softened, "Of course, unless it is absolutely necessary, the Great Khan of the Bowl does not want to use his sword and destroy the harmonious relationship between the prairie and the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Therefore, it is best for the Great Zhou to end the Eastern Expedition to Qi without a problem, and the northern part of the Central Plains continues to maintain the pattern of the two tigers contending, so that the relationship between the Great Turks, the Great Zhou, and the Great Qi is as peaceful as ever. ”

Ashina's face was really like this, and he said sarcastically: "It should be that the Turkic iron cavalry is fighting in the Western Regions, entangled with Persia, and has no time to take care of the battles of Zhou and Qi in the Central Plains, right?"

Once the Turks end the war in the Western Regions and turn to the Central Plains, will they still be at peace with Zhou and Qi?"

Bu Li's face changed, and then he pretended to be nothing, and said to him: "In fact, Venerable Bi Xuan means that he will personally kill Yuwen Yong, who is on the expedition, then the crown prince Yuwen Yun, who succeeded to the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is greedy for wine and mediocre, and he is half a catty and eight taels with the Great Qi Emperor Gao Wei, and Zhou and Qi are naturally at peace.

However, the Great Khan of Tuo Bo thought of you, the niece of Rouran, and did not want to kill Yuwen Yong, as long as he suddenly developed a 'disease', he could no longer carry out the established strategy in person.

When the time comes, he will definitely not rest assured that Qi Wang Yu Wenxian will take charge of the 200,000 army to continue to attack Qi for him, and the battle of Qi will inevitably be abandoned halfway.

It's the only option that everyone can accept!"

Ashina Rouran still sneered, and Zhong Muna, who didn't say a word from beginning to end, her eyes lit up, obviously thinking that this was a good idea to have the best of both worlds.

Bu Li said meaningfully: "It is reported that in the next two days, Yuwen Yong will temporarily return to Chang'an, and that is the best time to start...... Rouran's niece won't disappoint the people of the prairie, right?" )