How many other wives are there? Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment when he asked this question. Yes, how many more wives are there?
He counted on his fingers.
Li'er and Liuli are already married, Wen Xian and Li Luoyan are engaged but have not yet gone to court, Yun Shanglan and Gao Pujun have slept with each other but have not even mentioned marriage, Qiaoyi and Su San have to accept each other sooner or later.
Yes, there is also Zhao Chang who wanted to keep it but didn’t dare to think about it, and Xiao Nongyu who occasionally thought about keeping it for fun.
The other thing is Zhuo Ya now. Although the two of them are in love with each other, Xu Zizhen asked himself, if he were the King of Tubo, he would not be happy for his sister to marry such a playboy, and most likely he would not even bother to say anything.
So I beat him out with a big stick.
So how to convince the King of Tubo is a very serious and urgent topic.
Oppression by force? This is other people's land, how can we oppress them? Besides, I was chased like a dog in the Song Dynasty, and I couldn't protect myself, so what can I use to scare others?
Money temptation? No chance. Although Tubo is not rich, Zhuoya's brother is a king. Even a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. How much money can he have to tempt him with his newly established caravan?
Showing off and being cute? Xu Zizhen felt disgusted just thinking about it. With such a big man rolling around on the ground and playing around, the King of Tibet would probably have directly ordered him to be shot to death.
Neither this nor that would work. While he was having a headache, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly spotted a figure sneaking into the door, standing behind Hu Sanniang and looking around. Xu Zizhen looked up and was happy.
Gillian? Why is this girl here too?
After the Battle of Taiyuan, Gillian returned to Yingtian Mansion with Hu Sanniang and the others. However, it was quite a long journey from Yingtian Mansion to here, and it was mostly mountain roads. Just looking at Gillian's appearance, you can tell that she suffered a lot during this period.
My face has become thinner and darker, and my lips have become dry.
Xu Zizhen waved: "Why are you here too? Are you worried about me?"
Gillian made a face and came over: "Who are you worried about? I... I was bored alone in Yingtian Mansion, so I came here with my godmother to play. Don't think too much about it."
Xu Zizhen secretly laughed. Gillian looked like a crazy girl and had no integrity. In fact, she had a softer heart than anyone else. However, he didn't go out and pulled Zhuo Ya over. "I'll introduce you to my mother's goddaughter."
Jiao, she is the little fat girl I always told you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Gillian jumped up, rushed over and scratched her, shouting: "You are the little fat girl! Your whole family is a little fat girl! I came all the way to see you, but you still squeezed me
I, I... I will fight you!"
Xu Zizhen hugged his head and ran away with no way to escape. Zhuo Ya held back her laughter and came over to hold Gillian, saying softly: "Sister Gillian, it's not the first day you've met this guy. I'm afraid it's harder to hear something nice from him."
It’s hard to reach the sky. I think you are thinner than me. I really don’t know why he called you Xiao...that."
Gillian seemed to have found a supporter, and gave Xu Zizhen a fierce look: "Bad guy! This sister is better... By the way, why are you just talking about me and not telling me who this sister is?"
Xu Zizhen came over cautiously and said, "Don't I have time to say this? This is the eldest princess of Tubo, Zhuo Ya. You can call her sister Zhuo Ya, or you can just call her sister-in-law."
Zhuo Ya blushed again, spat and pulled Gillian to leave, but Gillian stood there as if she had seen a strange thing, looked Zhuo Ya up and down, and said in wonder: "Sister Zhuo Ya is actually a Tubo girl."
Eldest princess? You can’t tell at all. Every one of our princesses wants to hang on to all the gold in the family, but compared with my sister, they are like nouveau riche who just dug out a gold mine."
Xu Zizhen laughed heartily. Gillian had known him for a long time and her mouth was starting to look more and more like him. She even flattered her so implicitly and gave them back their princess... By the way, why did you forget this? Xu Zizhen...
I patted my head and remembered something, and quickly pulled Gillian to the side.
"Little fat girl, come with me, I just have something to ask you."
"You ask my little fat girl to fall out with you again."
"Little fat girl, you are falling out with me? Don't you admit it to yourself?" Xu Zizhen saw Gillian's claws flashing out again just in the middle of his sentence. He quickly said seriously, "Don't make trouble, I have something to ask you."
When the word "asking for advice" came up, Gillian calmed down temporarily and followed Xu Zizhen to a deserted place: "Tell me, what do you want to ask for? I definitely know that words can't be said and words can't be fulfilled."
Xu Zizhen resisted the urge to hit her and asked in a low voice: "Let me ask you, if someone comes to talk to your emperor brother about cooperation, what do you think can be used to lure him into agreeing?"
Gillian said without thinking: "You still need to ask? It can help him open up new territories and expand his territory."
"Uh..." Xu Zizhen was speechless for a moment. He didn't know whether the King of Tubo had the intention to expand his territory, but he knew that he didn't have the ability at the moment. Besides, he still knew a little about Song and Jin Dynasties. Reading about Tubo was completely blind.
, I can’t help much even if I want to.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Gillian said curiously: "The biggest temptation for an emperor is to expand his territory. This is the biggest temptation, isn't it? Oh, by the way, it depends on when it is. If it is two or three years
When my brother first ascended the throne, he would first think about consolidating the throne."
A bright light seemed to flash in Xu Zizhen's mind. He opened his eyes wide and murmured: "Expand the territory and consolidate the throne..."
Gillian looked curious and couldn't help but poke him with her finger: "Hey, what do you want to do? Don't you want to go back to the Song Dynasty and want to help some emperor to conquer the country?"
Xu Zizhen felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, and the most useful temptation for the Tubo King had appeared. He jumped up, hugged Gillian, kissed her, and laughed loudly: "Thank you, little fat girl, I understand!" After saying this,
She turned around and ran away, leaving Gillian with a dull look on her face, her hand covering the place where Xu Zizhen had kissed her, as if she had been frozen.
The arrival of Hu Sanniang and others made this small manor lively. Zhuo Ya continued to treat people's illnesses every day. Xu Zizhen always slept until he woke up naturally, and then he and Bao'er took Lin Zhi around for hunting. Hu Sanniang and Su San
Gillian stayed here to help Zhuo Ya.
Such leisurely days passed for five consecutive days, and Duoqi Dolma came back. This time she did not come back alone, but brought a group of Tibetan forbidden troops. The leader of the group was an imposing commander, who held a bright pole in front of the group.
With a big yellow flag, a group of people arrived outside Zhuoya's manor.
Xu Zizhen happened to be back from hunting, and he couldn't help being startled when he saw this formation: "What do you mean? Are you here to catch me?"
Duoqi Zhuoma walked out of the team and said to Xu Zizhen with a smile: "Uncle, my father please come to Luosucheng to talk about it."
"What's the logic?" Xu Zizhen didn't react and was stunned for a moment.
Dorchi Dolma explained: "Yes, it is our royal city in Tibet. In our words, it is called Resha, which means the place where goats gather in groups."
Xu Zizhen suddenly realized, isn't Ersha, Ersha, Lhasa? Damn it, if I could travel back in time, I would have to be blind to what is happening outside the window and only read history books!