Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

A group of people came to Chu Palace, but were told that Li You was not at home.

After questioning, I learned that Li You went out of the city to meet the caravan.

"Let's go, let's go outside the city to see!"

Last time at the opening ceremony of the new school, Li Shimin had heard about the name of Wang Xuance, this time he just took this opportunity to see what is so special about this young man entrusted by Li You.

At this moment, Li You has joined Wang Xuance and others.

"Brother Xuan Ce, you did a great job! Everyone has worked hard!"

Seeing the large number of slaves, cattle and horses brought back by the caravan, Li You was also a little excited.

Wang Xuance was also in a good mood, but he still opened his mouth and said: "This time, it is thanks to Brother Dingfang, it is because of his proper scheduling that we can achieve a big victory."

"Of course it all depends on the lord to let Coach Zhou lead the magic guard to reinforce."

"Otherwise, even if we can block their attack, we won't have the extra strength to expand the results of the battle."

Wang Xuance was not greedy for merit, and he praised everyone, even Pei Xingjian, saying that Pei Xingjian had provided many feasible suggestions.

In the end, Wang Xuance quietly took Li You aside and said, "My lord, this time, the reason why our team came back a few days late is actually something else."

"After we defeated the tribes that attacked, we sent letters to the two Turkic Khans as ordered by the prince."

"Xieli Khan's reaction is quite normal, but Tongyehu Khan's reaction is somewhat beyond our expectations."

Li You asked curiously: "What's the matter, he became angry from embarrassment?"

Wang Xuance shook his head and said, "That's not true."

"Does your lord know that a few years ago, Tong Yehu Khan sent envoys to propose marriage to the Tang royal family?"

"At that time, the Supreme Emperor followed the advice of Mr. Pei Ju to 'make friends from afar and attack close', and sent his nephew Gaoping Wang Li Daoli to West Turkic to express his consent to the marriage."

"And this time, Tong Yehu Khan suddenly remembered this matter, so he sent Zhenzhu Tongqijin to Chang'an to marry the princess with a gold belt of ten thousand nails and five thousand horses."

Hearing this, Li You also frowned.

This matter is not simple.

Li You asked, "Where is the envoy who commands Yehu Khan now?"

Wang Xuance said: "They are thirty miles away, waiting for us to return to Honglu Temple after we enter the city."

"Why don't they report to Honglu Temple by themselves?"

Li You was a little puzzled.

Wang Xuance went on to say: "Actually, in the past two years, the power of the Eastern Turks Jieli Khan has become stronger and stronger, and he has always been eyeing the Western Turks."

"Many tribes that were originally attached to Tongyehu Khan have tended to switch to other Khans in the past two years."

"That's why Tong Yehu Khan intends to unite with the Tang Dynasty to curb the expansion of the Eastern Turks."

"However, in recent years, the Eastern Turks invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty successively, and the road between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks was blocked."

"Their team also set off secretly after learning that the small tribes on the road had been cleared."

"In order to prevent the Western Turkic spies from finding out, they entered the customs together with our team and set up camp near Chang'an, preparing to report to Honglu Temple."

"My lord, this is our great opportunity!"

"Isn't our caravan going to the grassland waiting for such an opportunity for Turkic civil strife?"

The more Wang Xuance talked, the more excited he became.

However, when he looked at Li You, Li You's expression was somewhat dignified.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

"Is there a problem?"

Wang Xuance was a little puzzled. When he discussed this matter with Su Dingfang earlier, Su Dingfang also showed a similar expression.

At that time, he asked again and again, but Su Dingfang refused to say anything, but said that everything was up to the prince's decision.

Now, Li You's expression made Wang Xuance feel at a loss again.

At this time, I heard Li You ask in a deep voice: "Brother Xuan Ce, if you need to sacrifice sister Nishang for the sake of the peace of the Tang Dynasty, would you be willing?"

After hearing this, Wang Xuance fell silent.

He finally understood why both Su Dingfang and Li You showed such expressions.

In his opinion before, it was a good thing to split East and West Turks through marriage.

But now, he finally saw the sacrifice of a woman.

Having been in the Turkic Grassland for a long time, Wang Xuance naturally knew that Tong Yehu was a very conceited person, domineering and bullying the people on weekdays.

The big reason why the Western Turks are not as powerful as the Eastern Turks is that Tong Yehu Khan is really not very popular.

In private, Wang Xuance also knew that several large tribes in the Western Turks were now harboring evil intentions.

Especially after the rise of Xue Yantuo, many tribes who are also Tiele tribes are also preparing to break away from the rule of Western Turks.

Just such a person, no matter which woman marries in the past, it will be an unfortunate engagement.

Even if it is because of Datang's background, this woman's future must be a misfortune.

After hearing Li You's question, Wang Xuance asked himself the same question, but no matter how many times he asked, the result was that he was unwilling.

Thinking of this, Wang Xuance asked, "I'm sure you don't want to, so what should we do, my lord?"

"This time, did I do something wrong?"

After finishing speaking, Wang Xuance lowered his head in shame.

Li You stood on tiptoe, patted Wang Xuance and said, "Brother Xuance, it's not your fault."

"Even if you didn't bring them, they would come."

"This matter is indeed a bit tricky."

You must know that this marriage was agreed by the Supreme Emperor, and now the opposite party is just coming to propose marriage according to the promise of the day.

If Datang backtracked, he would naturally become a laughing stock on the grassland.

According to Li Shimin's personality, this marriage is basically a certainty.

However, Li You didn't intend to give up just yet.

This marriage proposal also happened this time in history, but the final result was that the marriage could not be concluded because of the threat of East Turkic Jieli Khan.

So this time, Li You still planned to use this method.

After the general train of thought was settled, Li You immediately made the next deployment.

"Brother Xuan Ce, send someone to inform the envoy team immediately, and say that you have informed Honglu Temple, so that they can camp there and wait with peace of mind."

"Let the people of Jinyiwei stare at them for me, don't leak the news!"

"You can't let them move around easily. Don't go back to those god strategy guards, they are all stationed near the mission."

"Let's just say that the vicinity of Chang'an is not peaceful, so save them and protect them!"

Hearing this, Wang Xuance's face showed a solemn expression.

"My lord, what do you want?"

Li You shook his head and said, "Let's try to delay the time first, that is the last resort."

Don't look at Li You who likes to be a salted fish on weekdays, but at critical moments, he is also decisive and unambiguous.

Although he has not reached the final step yet, he has already thought about how to deal with it if it really gets out of hand.

Li You was still explaining the details when someone came to them from outside.

The man said that his name was Li Junxian, and he wanted to see the prince and Wang Xuance by name.

Hearing Li Junxian's name, Li You's heart skipped a beat!
[Li Er is here, does he already know? 】