Li Yue explained: "This is not the child of my husband and I. This is the daughter of Ying Guogong's warrior Xun, who is with me as his disciple."
Princess Changguang looked at Xiao Wu and said, "This little girl is very smart at first glance. It will be very suitable for the daughter of the warrior Tong to be your maid in the future."
Zhang Yang quickly said: "I misunderstood, Xiao Wu is a disciple, she will not be a maid."
After the words fell, Li Yue also said: "Xiao Wu is a very smart girl, her talent should not be wasted, and the queen mother intends to adopt Xiao Wu as her goddaughter."
Looking at the timid Xiao Wu, Princess Changguang realized that she had said the wrong thing, and the smile on her face became a little more embarrassed. She did not dare to offend the queen when she mentioned it. This Princess Runan not only has a rich family fortune, but also
Get very close to the queen.
She put away her expression and said, "I also know that if you don't go out with the clan on weekdays, it's your aunt's fault."
Li Yue said again: "Auntie, please don't say that. This younger generation can't bear it."
Her Royal Highness Princess Changguang's expression changed from embarrassment to appreciation, "She is a good girl and a good husband. Zhao Jie and Master Zhang work together in the East Palace. I hope Master Zhang will take good care of her in the future."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "That's natural."
Li Xiaogong listened to what he said and saw it in his eyes. Before, he was a little worried about Yue'er and Zhang Yang. Now it seems that Zhang Yang is more calm and restrained than before, and Yue'er can also deal with it calmly. This way, he can also deal with this.
The couple can feel more at ease.
Princess Changguang also saluted Li Xiaogong, then turned and left with Zhao Jie.
Li Xiaogong looked around and saw that the arrangements were almost complete. He said, "Enter the palace."
When he walked into the palace, he realized that he and his wife were seated separately. Li Yue wanted to sit next to the queen, while he sat on the side of the clan general.
"Sister Huang! Xiao Wu!" Hearing the cool voice, he knew it was Li Lizhi. She pulled Li Yue and Xiao Wu and said, "That's where we are, next to the mother."
While talking, Li Lizhi pulled Li Yue and Xiaowu to sit down at the top. There were a group of princesses and princes there, and Li Zhi was also there.
After taking a look, I saw Li Ke wearing a suit of armor, standing guard in front of the palace like a guard.
It is rare for such a young child to have the heroic spirit that only a general in the army can have.
He and his wife looked at each other again, giving each other a reassuring look.
Li Shimin, Li Yuan and the Queen hadn't arrived yet, and the banquet hadn't started yet. Zhang Yang followed the palace maid and found his seat. This seat was not bad. Behind many seats, from his angle, he could just see his wife and a group of princesses.
The prince is playing cards.
"Shilang Zhang?"
Just as he sat down, Zhang Yang heard a pitiful call from behind and turned around to see Xu Jingzong walking out of the darkness.
"Why are you here?" Zhang Yang asked in surprise.
"What Zhang Shilang didn't know is that Zhang Xiangxiang and Zhang Dashu both went to Lishan to accompany Duke Zou to celebrate New Year's Eve. The Ministry of Rites did not have a minister. The lower official was busy and had to bring envoys from various countries to the banquet. As an official of the Ministry of Rites, he also
It’s really hard to be busy arranging this place.”
While talking, Xu Jingzong also sat down, "His Majesty should be here in half an hour, and I will leave as soon as the banquet begins."
Zhang Yang lowered his voice, "Speak quickly."
"Understood." Xu Jingzong lowered his head and whispered: "Next year at the latest, Songtsen Gampo will be able to officially unify all the tribes of Tibet. At that time, he can command the entire Tibet. This will be a bigger trouble than what Tuyuhun faced at the beginning.
This time Dongzan will come to Princess Shang of the Tang Dynasty, and the envoys from Kucha are also here. They know a lot about Gaochang. Gaochang and Kucha are also neighbors in the Western Region. There are a lot of frictions between the two countries, and some
Others don’t know the matter, but I don’t know how much the entire Kucha envoy knows.”
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Is there anything else?"
Xu Jingzong: "The other thing is that I don't want to work in the Ministry of Rites. I have too many things to take care of and it's too tiring."
"Okay, if you don't want to do it anymore, I will expose the matter. Anyway, you wrote the original strategy for dealing with Gaochang. You caused King Gaochang to end up like this."
Xu Jingzong was silent for a long time, "Shilang Zhang has to be merciful and merciful."
Zhang Yang suddenly smiled and said, "We are on the same boat, how could I betray you? I'm just kidding."
Xu Jingzong sighed: "Although there are more people in the Ministry of Rites now, the only two brothers who are helping us are Xiang Dasu and Da Su. I want to hand over more things to them. What does Zhang Shilang think?"
"It's possible, but you still have to be cautious."
Xu Jingzong stood up again and said, "Shilang Zhang must be careful about the envoy from Qiuci, so I will leave first."
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said, "Hard work."
With a long sigh, Xu Jingzong walked through the crowd and walked out of the Tai Chi Hall.
Sitting in the hall, Zhang Yang thought quietly. There were many disputes between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. This dispute was the most frequent since the Zhenguan Dynasty.
Li Shimin was in his prime, and he had this young court in his hands, with capable ministers and generals. It was the time when he should most realize his grand plans.
Songtsan Gampo is also a rare and talented Zampu in Tubo.
As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, both Tubo and Tang Dynasty wanted to test who was stronger.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a person sitting down next to him. Zhang Yang looked at the person and asked curiously: "Isn't this Brother Daoyan?"
Li Daoyan said in a deep voice: "Long time no see."
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "How are you doing lately?"
"In the second year of Zhenguan, Tuyuhun troops entered Minzhou. I led three thousand troops to repel them and garrisoned them." Li Daoyan added: "I wanted to inherit my father's general banner, but bad news came from home, and I no longer have the military power.
I have no choice but to take advantage of my father's military exploits to take care of my younger brothers."
Zhang Yang folded his hands and said, "It seems Brother Daoyan also has quite a story."
Li Daoyan said helplessly: "I heard that the Ministry of Rites often communicates with other envoys?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "Indeed."
"You also have a particularly good relationship with Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Rites?"
"It's not that we're particularly good, we just know each other." Zhang Yang nodded, "Yes, we just know each other."
Li Daoyan asked: "If there is going to be a war with a country, will you see the clues in advance or know it in advance?"
Zhang Yang smiled, "It turns out that Brother Daoyan is very eager for military success."
"Since I was a child, I have followed my father to lead the army. I will definitely return victorious."
Zhang Yang thought, "Perhaps we can prepare for a war between Tubo and Tang Dynasty. I am just guessing that there may be a war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo in the future."
Li Daoyan nodded and sat upright, and said no more.
More and more people were taking their seats, and gradually the surroundings were filled with people. Zhang Yang looked up and saw that the person sitting on his right was Li Xiaogong. He was drinking and enjoying himself.
"Prince Hejian, my position should belong to the clan's descendants, and I should sit with those consorts."
Li Xiaogong snorted coldly: "What are those consorts? Your position was specially arranged by me, and you can be regarded as my half-nephew."
This established the relationship. Prince Hejian was so enthusiastic. Zhang Yang smiled bitterly.
Then he looked at Li Chongyi, who was sitting behind him, and saw helplessness on his face, so the two of them bowed slightly.
Li Xiaogong said again: "Stop talking, Your Majesty is here."
Following the eunuch's loud shout, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun arrived, followed by Li Yuan.
The discussion in the hall also stopped, Li Yuan sat on the upper seat, Li Shimin and Queen Changsun sat aside.
The Supreme Emperor smiled and said: "It is New Year's Eve and you are all here. I am very relieved. You will raise a cup with me and drink together."
Li Yuan picked up the wine glass, and Li Shimin also picked up the wine glass. Then everyone stood up with the wine glass, and Zhang Yang stood up and raised his glass to drink.
When he stood up, Zhang Yang took a look. Among them were Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Gong and others.
Sitting further below were a group of clan members.
After drinking the wine, everyone sat down after Li Yuan and Li Shimin put their hands on the bottles.
Li Shimin glanced at the crowd with a smile, and immediately spotted Zhang Yang sitting among a group of clan members. This boy was lowering his head now, for fear that others would notice him.
With the sound of bells and drums, a group of palace ladies entered the Tai Chi Hall and started dancing in the hall.
Zhang Yang looked at the food on his table, half a bear's paw, two cakes, and a few sticks of celery. The dishes were luxurious but a little simple. He was indeed thrifty.
Frowning and picking up the celery, Zhang Yang became more and more confused as he thought about it, how to eat this celery?
Turning around, he saw a very rough scene. Li Xiaogong was chewing celery raw. Zhang Yang whispered: "Prince Hejian has a good appetite."
Li Xiaogong turned around and looked over, "What? It's not to your liking?"
Looking at half a huge bear paw, he didn't know how to eat it. Zhang Yang picked up the kuaizi and hesitated for a while, then put the tachyon down again. He really didn't know how to eat it.
Then he looked at Li Daoyan aside, and saw that this guy was chewing a bear paw.
Zhang Yang turned to look at Li Xiaogong again, "Prince Hejian, I have something you don't know whether to say or not?"
Li Xiaogong chewed celery and said, "Speak."
Zhang Yang cleared his throat and whispered: "What, if I can't finish eating, can I take it away?"
"Pack?"
"It means taking it away."
Li Xiaogong stroked his beard and said, "I don't know if this is possible, but there are indeed people who have done this, secretly hiding food in their sleeves and taking it home to eat."
Looking down at his sleeves again, Zhang Yang gave up and said melancholy with his hands folded in his hands: "My daughter-in-law made new clothes with great effort, and I don't want to get them dirty."
As he finished speaking, he saw a big hand reaching towards his desk. Li Xiaogong's big hand grabbed the bear's paw and put it into his sleeve. There was some meat juice on his hand, and the man even sucked it.
My own fingers, with a look of enjoyment.
Li Xiaogong said calmly: "It doesn't matter, I will hide it for you first and give it to you after the banquet is over. Others often do this kind of thing."
Zhang Yang held his forehead, still digesting the scene of the big hands taking away the bear's paw in his mind. He didn't know if this guy didn't wash his hands when eating, and then filtered out his finger-sucking action.
After immediately clearing his memory, Zhang Yang took a deep breath and turned to look at him with a smile on his face, "Prince of Hejian County?"
"Um?"
"I gave you that bear paw. Actually, I don't like eating it either."
Li Xiaogong nodded slowly, continued to watch the dance of the palace maids, and continued to eat celery with relish.
I didn't have dinner when I came here, which was a mistake.
But you can’t eat nothing.
Zhang Yang tore off a corner of the cake and took a bite. It was very hard and tasted very bad. It seemed a little raw and had no taste at all.
Looking at it, everyone here seems to be enjoying the meal.
He looked at his wife who was sitting next to the Queen. She seemed to have no appetite and was tearing the cake into small pieces and giving it to Xiao Wu to eat.
When the drumming ended, envoys from various countries came to see and congratulate him.
Following the eunuch's loud shout, "The envoys from all over the world are here to see you!"
After the words fell, a eunuch led a group of people into the Taiji Hall. The first person who came in was the envoy from Gaochang. He put Gaochang first, which shows that Li Shimin attaches great importance to Gaochang.
The person who walked in was none other than No. 1, who was helping him organize the transportation of cotton.
Wearing the unique envoy clothes of the Western Regions, he saluted Li Shimin and preached in fluent Guanzhong dialect: "The Gaochang garrison general wishes that the country of Tang Dynasty will last for thousands of years, the Khan of Heaven will complete his great career, and the world will prosper!"
After saying this, a box was carried up. When he opened the box, it was filled with agates and jade.
While everyone was waiting for the next batch of envoys to come up, there were sounds of arguing outside the palace.
"What's going on?" Li Shimin asked with an unhappy expression.
"Your Majesty." A guard stood in front of the palace and replied: "It's the envoys from Qiuci and Nanzhao who want to enter the palace first. Minister Xu is mediating."
Li Shimin looked at the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor was sitting in the upper seat today, and he was also the oldest among them.
The hall became quiet, but the arguments outside the hall continued. Zhang Yang sat cross-legged and yawned lazily. One spoke Nanzhao dialect, and the other spoke Western Region dialect. I don’t know what the envoys of the two countries did.
We even chatted in the same channel and could still yell at each other.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Yuan said impatiently: "Then let them come in together."
"Here!"
Finally, under the arrangement of the guards in front of the palace, the envoys from Nanzhao and Qiuci entered the palace together.
When people came into the palace, it seemed crowded. Originally, members of the clan and ministers of the court all brought their families with them. If there were many people in the palace, there would be a path in the middle for three people to walk side by side. The envoys would crowd in on this path.
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The envoy from Qiuci glanced at the people of Gaochang, then looked at a box of agate and bowed to Li Shimin, saying: "If foreign ministers are disrespectful, please ask the Khan to punish him."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "No problem."
Li Yuan also smiled and said: "It would be nice to be more lively."
The envoy from Qiuci spoke fluently in Guanzhong dialect. In fact, among the countries in the Western Regions, Qiuci was occupied by the Central Plains several times and was occupied by the Western Turks several times. This small country had an ill-fated fate, but it was culturally very close to the Central Plains.
The envoy from Qiuci spoke again, "May I ask the envoy from Gaochang, did you also plunder these agates and jade stones? Can the looted treasures be donated to the Khan of Heaven?"
Number 1 lowered his head, bowed with both hands, and did not answer.
The atmosphere in the hall froze for a moment, and everyone looked at the envoy from Gaochang.
At this time, Xu Jingzong came in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, I have improperly arranged the arrangements. Please forgive me."
While talking, Xu Jingzong did not forget to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Facing these envoys from Qiuci who suddenly became angry, he assumed a condescending attitude and said, "It's hard work for you all to come from afar. Today is our day in the Central Plains."
On New Year's Eve, I hope you will be careful in your words and deeds. If there are other matters, we will discuss them after the court begins. This night is so solemn and not suitable for discussing political affairs."