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Chapter 745 Difficult Peace Agreement (2)

"Your Highness, the big food thief is rampant and rude. How dare you despise my Tang Dynasty so much. This matter must be reported to the empress tomorrow morning. Please allow me to leave first!"

The Dashi envoys had just left, and Yuan Wanqing, who thought he had successfully disrupted the peace talks, didn't want to stay in the East Palace any longer. He was anxious to go to Empress Wu to announce the good news, so he hurriedly expressed his intention to resign.

"Well, there is Lao Yuan Aiqing today, let's go."

Li Xian didn't bother to see Yuan Wanqing's old, humble face. Since he wanted to leave on his own initiative, Li Xian wouldn't try to keep him back. He comforted him with a flat voice, and then waved him away.

"Your Highness, with Yuan Wanqing's mouse droppings here, I'm afraid this peace talk will not go on, so we have to start quickly."

Lin Mingdu didn't know Li Xian's plan for the peace talks, but he knew Yuan Wanqing's malicious intentions, and he couldn't help it under the burning of worry. As soon as Yuan Wanqing walked out of the hall, Lin Mingdu spoke out in anger road.

"Your Highness, I think what Lin Shangshu said is true. If this person is not eliminated, how can the peace talks come to an end? We must try to exclude him from the list of peace talks. Otherwise, no matter how much we talk about it, it will be impossible to achieve anything!"

Wang Fangming is a new courtier, but he doesn't feel restrained because of this, he is known for his outspokenness, seeing Lin Mingdu speak first, he doesn't want to lag behind, so he echoed his words.

"It's okay, I know what's going on in my mind, let's talk about this place first, let's all go back first, so I can think about how to talk about it next."

Lin and Wang's suggestion was indeed reasonable, but Li Xian didn't care about it, and didn't intend to make his overall arrangements out, he just waved his hands with a smile, and proceeded to chasing guests in a calm manner. make.

"No, the minister will leave."

Now that Li Xian had said so, all the ministers were extremely worried in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything more, so they could only bow and leave, and Li Xian didn't stay in the hall any longer, got up and gave Shi Randi went to the study room in the apse. The first round of formal negotiations has come to a temporary conclusion... "I want to report to your empress, Yuan Honglu is here."

In the imperial study room of the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace, Empress Wu in a bright yellow long dress was sitting dignifiedly behind a few children, chatting with the Yue King Li Zhen who came to report the matter under the pretext but actually took the opportunity to get in touch with each other, but saw Cheng Denggao He hurriedly emerged from behind the screen, rushed to the front, and respectfully reported.

"Well, Xuan!"

Empress Wu is also anxious to know the real situation of the peace talks at this moment, so she will not hesitate to speak directly.

"promise."

Empress Wu had a decree, and Cheng Denggao dared not delay a little, so he hurriedly responded, and hurriedly left the study, and went to call Yuan Wanqing without mentioning it.

"Your Majesty has official duties, and the old minister dare not delay, and let the old minister retire temporarily."

The peace talks had a lot to do with it, so Li Zhen naturally wanted to know about the progress, but she was afraid that Empress Wu would be offended, so she asked for a retreat.

"What is Uncle Eight talking about, there is nothing left or right, let's just listen to the peace talks with Lao Mozi, so that I can help me to take a closer look."

Empress Wu is so shrewd, how could she fail to see the true intentions of King Yue, but she didn't take it to heart, she pressed her hand with a smile, and said something to persuade her to stay.

"Your Majesty has an order, and the old minister just obeys the order."

Li Zhen originally wanted to stay, so she was so happy to take the opportunity to get off the donkey, thanked him humbly, and sat back on the Jindunzi again.

"My minister kowtowed to see the Empress Dowager."

After a while, Yuan Wanqing had been accompanied by Cheng Denggao into the study room. Seeing the king of Yue was also present, he couldn't help being stunned, but he didn't dare to delay a little, and rushed to get to the copywriting, respectfully It was a great gift.

"Excuse me, Ai Qing has worked hard today, what can I get for you?"

Empress Wu was very aware of Yuan Wanqing's arrogant temper, and she would never give him a chance to attack, so she waved her hands solemnly, and asked calmly.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, today's discussion is like this..."

Yuan Wanqing was crazy in front of others, even in front of Li Xian, the prestigious prince, he never restrained himself much, but when facing Empress Wu, he dared not have the slightest carelessness. Taking a peek at Empress Wu's face, he recounted in detail what happened at today's peace conference, and there was a lot of self-boasting in it.

"Well, does His Royal Highness have anything to say?"

Empress Wu quietly listened to Yuan Wanqing's words, but did not give instructions or comment on the content of the peace talks, but asked about Li Xian's attitude.

"Returning to the empress, that never happened. It just means that we will talk about it tomorrow. There is nothing else other than that."

Yuan Wanqing thought that he had made a lot of credit, but he didn't expect that Empress Wu would not say a word of praise. It was inevitable that he felt disappointed, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He could only suppress the unwillingness in his heart and replied respectfully. road.

"Well, I know, Aiqing, let's go, I'll work hard, don't lose my hope."

Empress Wu didn't ask any more questions, and didn't say anything to comment on Yuan Wanqing's actions. She just let out an understatement and sent Yuan Wanqing away.

"How does Uncle Eight see this matter?"

After Yuan Wanqing resigned and left, Empress Wu did not rush to speak, but frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then turned to Li Zhen who smiled and said nothing, and asked in a flat tone.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Yuan Honglu is indeed a talented person."

Li Zhen already had suspicions in her heart, but she didn't intend to say it out immediately, but Wang Gu praised Yuan Wanqing from the left and right.

"Yuanqing is a donkey. He can't go away when he is driving, but he has to go backwards when he is driving. Let him go and chat with the prince. Let him be regarded as his best."

Empress Wu had her own opinion on Yuan Wanqing, and she didn't intend to use it much, so she didn't take Li Zhen's nonsense very seriously, and commented casually.

"Your Majesty knows how to use people well, and no one in the world can match her. The veteran admires her."

Li Zhennai was a well-known smiling tiger in court, and when he flattered Empress Wu, he really didn't even blush, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was smooth.

"Uncle Ba is too well-respected. This is a very important matter to discuss, and it must not be ignored. According to Uncle Ba, what kind of trick is Xianer planning to play?"

Empress Wu was not so easy to be fooled, she definitely wouldn't get dizzy because of Li Zhen's worthless compliments, and she didn't give Li Zhen any chance to pretend to be confused, and pointed out the problem directly.

"This……"

Li Zhen was just suspicious in her heart, but she was not sure about Li Xian's method of breaking the situation. Being pressed so hard by Empress Wu, she couldn't help but be a little speechless.

"If the eighth uncle has anything to say, just say it directly. After all, this is a major matter for the court, and it's not something that anyone can specialize in."

Empress Wu originally didn't intend to let Li Zhen stay out of the matter, and now she is even more unwilling to let Li Zhen pretend to be confused. Although her words are polite, the meaning of persecution is clear.

"Your Majesty has taught you well, and the old minister only has some thoughts, but he dare not speak nonsense about whether it is right or not. I just ask your Majesty to listen to it. It must not be true." Being forced by Empress Wu, Li Zhen naturally knew I definitely can't stand by and watch this matter, so I can only hand over my hands and plead guilty, and then frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "My lady, in my opinion, the three items mentioned by Yuan Honglu are not the same as those of the other country. The three mentioned are very far apart, one can be said to be one south and the other north, and it is difficult to get in touch with each other. If there are no other accidents, there is definitely some progress in this peace negotiation. If His Royal Highness wants to break the situation, there are only two ways. We can go, one is to procrastinate, to procrastinate this peace agreement indefinitely until the turmoil subsides; as for the other, I am afraid it will fall on the word 'accident'."

"Well, wait for a change? It's possible, and it's not difficult to solve. Tomorrow, the Japanese Palace will issue a decree, and the time limit will be over. As for this 'accident', where should it come from? I don't know. Who can Eighth Uncle teach me?"

Empress Wu was already very shrewd, so she would naturally be aware of what Li Zhen could think of. The only thing she was not sure about was where Li Xian's change would come from. Pulling Li Zhen together to prepare for the emergency, he asked a question without hesitation.

"This……"

Although Li Zhen guessed that Li Xian would change his tactics to break the situation, it was just an intuition. It would be too difficult for him to tell the truth. Facing Empress Wu's continuous questioning, Li Zhen was completely Caught blind.

"The Persian side currently has more than [-] troops, and counting the Persian miscellaneous army, there may be [-] to [-] troops. Can this kind of force break the big food?"

Li Zhen was completely blinded, but Empress Wu vaguely felt that it might have something to do with the changes in the military situation on the front line, so she murmured and asked.

"It's hard to say. It should be impossible. Otherwise, His Royal Highness may have ordered the Hexi armies to enter Dashi long ago, and he will definitely not stop Persia. According to the old minister, there should be more than enough to defend, but not enough to attack. This result must have been foreseen before the envoys were sent to the Tang Dynasty to discuss peace, so the old minister thought that a drastic change in the military situation at the front line was unlikely."

After all, Li Zhen is a generation with both civil and military skills. Although he has never personally led an army to fight, he is quite proficient in the art of war and strategy. When analyzing the battle situation, he really has some skills.

"Well, it should be the case. Although the Great Food Kingdom sent people to negotiate a peace, they will definitely not relax their vigilance because of it. The front line should still be in a stalemate. But why does this palace feel that the crown prince's end is too heavy? You have to hold back your anger, there must be something else wrong with it!"

Although Empress Wu was not well versed in military affairs, she still had basic military knowledge. Hearing that Li Zhen had analyzed the battle situation so thoroughly, she took it for granted, but she was a little more confused about Li Xian's possible means.

Li Zhen's intelligence calculation is not better than that of Empress Wu. Empress Wu can't see what is wrong, and he is the same. Facing Empress Wu's question, he can only helplessly spread his hands and came to silence. Without opening his mouth anymore, the atmosphere in the study became depressed.

(End of this chapter)