From eunuch to emperor

"Xixia asked the Tianxiahui to mediate because Shi Le couldn't afford to lose face, which is understandable."

"Tianxia will be willing to be this middleman. Apart from making money, they also want to test whether we are giving face."

"That's why Wei Chen suggested agreeing to this matter."

Da Zhou fought several victories in a row, and he had a group of elite soldiers and powerful generals under his command, with a strong military force.

The Tianxiahui also saw the soaring national power of the Great Zhou, and must have been worried that it would not be able to control it.

This truce mediation is just a good time to try it out.

"Those who achieve great things can bend and stretch, please be patient for a while."

In fact, Long Chen was also keeping a low profile and being patient.

The empress nodded slightly, and said: "The world will be too powerful. If you don't agree, I'm afraid they will unite with Xixia and Nanliang to attack, and it will be difficult at that time."

Long Chen said: "Weichen is also worried about this, we are not fully prepared yet."

"In fact, there is another advantage to doing this. Xixia declared war in public, but did not declare a truce in public. The two countries are always in a state of war. When we are ready, even if we launch a surprise attack, it will not be considered an undeclared war."

The empress phoenix stared, and said with a smile: "This is your real purpose, right? Keep the state of war and attack suddenly at that time!"

Long Chen smiled, and said: "That's right, that's what I planned."

From the very beginning, Long Chen planned this way.

If the world would mediate, Long Chen agreed on the surface, but actually continued to prepare for the war, anyway, he did not announce a truce in public.

"Okay, I'm sure!"

The empress lay down happily, her jade legs lifted slightly, and the thin purple dress slipped off...

"Enough playing in the mountains?"

Seeing that Long Chen didn't move, the female emperor's tone was slightly angry.

Long Chen immediately got on the imperial couch, said with a smile: "It is the duty of a humble minister to serve the Holy One."

The empress closed her eyes, enjoying Long Chen's service.

...

Coming out of Fengming Palace and returning to Longshuai Mansion, He Juntao ran over in a panic and said, "My lord, be careful, General Gongsun is in the backyard!"

Long Chen asked strangely: "Gongsun Linglong? What happened to her?"

He Juntao said: "She said that the adults didn't take her out to play, and she is angry."

It could be seen that He Juntao was very afraid of Gongsun Linglong.

"It's easy."

Long Chen got off his horse and walked into the backyard. Gongsun Linglong rushed over angrily and asked, "Damn eunuch, why didn't you take me when you went out to play!"

Long Chen said: "Xixia declares war, we go to fight, how can we go to play."

Gongsun Linglong didn't believe it at all, put his hands on his hips and said: "My grandfather said, there is no war at all, you just went to play."

Long Chen said sternly: "No, we went to Jade Buddha Pass on the surface, but in fact we planned to go south to guard against Nanliang. Later, the situation changed, so we came back."

Gongsun Linglong was fainted by Long Chen.

"Although we didn't take you there, we all think of you, especially me! I shot that deer and reserved it for you."

"It's almost there."

Gongsun Linglong was happy again, and turned around to help Bai Tingting roast the venison.

After coaxing Gongsun Linglong, Long Chen changed his clothes and went out, entered the palace, and arrived at the Zangwu Pavilion.

"The Great Pillar Kingdom."

The guards at the door no longer obstructed him, because Long Chen's seat was higher than the princess's.

Going up to the fifth floor, the owner of the pavilion is wearing a colorful dress and looking out the window.

"The master is very interested."

"Why are you here again?"

"Come to give the pavilion master a gift."

Long Chen smiled and put down a box of sandalwood, which was sold by Chai Yuguan.

"This kind of bald donkey thing, I don't need it."

The pavilion master seems to dislike Buddhism very much.

"There is no distinction between Buddhism and Taoism. This is a specialty of Nanliang. It has an excellent effect of concentrating on one's mind."

Long Chen ordered a plate, the smoke curled up, the fragrance was refreshing, and his consciousness became peaceful.

"It's a good thing."

The pavilion master gladly accepted the box.

"Just talk about it, the new Dazhuguo."

"May I ask if there is any kind of kung fu method for cultivating the qi of extreme yin?"

"You want to use the most yin qi to suppress the fire poison in your body?"

"Yes, I've been feeling restless lately, maybe it's the fire poison starting to attack."

The pavilion master got up and took out a secret book from the cabinet.

"You try this."

Long Chen picked it up, and it said: Yinfeng Palm.

"Generally speaking, this palm technique cannot be cultivated, because it is too sinister and vicious. You have fire poison, maybe it is just right."

"Thank you, Pavilion Master."

Long Chen accepted it, and withdrew from the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Back at Longshuai Mansion, Gongsun Linglong was eating venison.

Long Chen didn't go there, but practiced Yinfeng Palm behind closed doors.

...

Hong Qi returned to Sifang Building and went up to the attic, while Ji Ba was still waiting for a reply.

"How about it?"

"Long Chen agreed, but he was very unhappy."

Ji Ba nodded slightly, and said, "It's normal to be unhappy, but it's not normal to be happy."

"Assuming he is sensible, he also knows to listen to what our Tianxiahui has to say."

"Okay, tell Situ Jing that Dong Zhou has agreed, and the two sides will cease fighting."

Hong Qi immediately sent a letter to Xixia Foyuanlou.

When the letter arrived at Foyuan Building, Situ Jing took the letter and entered Zhaoti Temple, and Monk Kongji immediately came out to greet him.

"The landlord is here."

Monk Kongji is very enthusiastic, and this truce depends entirely on the Tianxiahui, so Kongji cannot help being unenthusiastic.

Situ Jing smiled and sent the letter to Kong Ji, and said with a smile: "It's done, Dong Zhou agreed to cease the war."

Kong Ji read the letter saying that Long Chen agreed to a truce, but his heart was actually a little sour...

Long Chen has won the trust of the Empress, he can agree to the truce on behalf of the Empress, while Monk Kong Ji, as the national teacher, cannot make the decision.

"Thank you for your mediation, Wanjin's reward will be delivered right away."

Situ Jingle laughed and said, "It's easy to say, then I'll go back first."

Monk Kong Ji took the letter and immediately entered the palace and presented it to Shi Le.

"The Tianxiahui is so powerful, the Empress actually agreed."

Shi Le is very happy, it is best to let this matter go.

"Your Majesty, promise the reward of Tianxiahui..."

Monk Kongji knew that the Xixia treasury was tight, and Wanjin was not a small sum.

"Oh, this... let's pay two thousand gold coins in advance. This time I spent a lot of money to receive the high priest of Uz, and I will make up for it when I have it."

Monk Kong Ji was silent. He knew that the national treasury was tight, but raising [-] gold coins was not a problem. Shi Le might be reluctant to part with the money.

In other words, Shi Le felt that it was too easy for the world to mediate this time, and it was not worth the price.

"it is good."

Although Monk Kongji had objections, he had no choice but to agree.

He went to the treasury to collect a thousand gold coins, and Kong Ji asked Shi Ming to send it to Foyuanlou, but he didn't go.

...

Daming Palace.

The empress sat on the phoenix chair, Long Chen walked out of the train, and said: "Sir Qi Zuo, there is no abnormal movement in the Jade Buddha Pass area, I have already set up defenses, and ordered General Wu Jian to strengthen his guard."

The empress nodded slightly: "Okay, Xixia has declared war, we must not be careless."

Seeing Long Chen's return, the court ministers were very surprised and didn't know what was going on.

Now that I say that, I know that Xixia dare not come for the truth.

In the past two days, the empress also let out rumors, saying that the declaration of war was purely an oolong, but the special envoy Ma Yuan said that Shi Le didn't want to go to war.

Wang Wei, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also came out and said: "Qizou Shengshang, Yufoguan has enough troops to deal with Xixia, please suspend the conscription."

The Empress nodded and said, "Zunza! Dear lovers, what else do you need to discuss?"