This made Li Shimin anxious, and he wanted to trade one for one with me.

"..."

Zhu Zishe was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Oh right, their horses ate croton seeds..."

He immediately went out to take a look, and sure enough, Gao Huanquan was angrily reprimanding the guards around him.

"Can't leave? Why can't we leave?"

The Goguryeo guard said somewhat aggrievedly, "Your Highness, all our horses are paralyzed. The people here fed them croton oil!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Huanquan was furious. He turned around and glared fiercely at Cheng Jun, who was walking over. He shouted, "Cheng Jun, what do you mean?"

Cheng Jun said apologetically, "All the fodder from our Great Tang Dynasty has been sent to Silla, so we can only ask that your horses make do with croton seeds to stave off hunger..."

"Who feeds horses croton seeds to stave off hunger...?" Gao Huanquan knew he was angry with him, took a deep breath, and coldly snorted:

"We may not have horses, but we still have our legs. Let's walk back!"

"In short, we won't stay in Chang'an for another moment!"

After saying this, Gao Huanquan made a move to leave.

Buyeo Ui-ja followed closely behind.

Just then, Cheng Jun's voice entered their ears:

"Your Highnesses, you came all the way to Chang'an to accept mediation, only to return empty-handed. How will you explain this to your father?"

Gao Huanquan stopped in his tracks, turned around and said coldly, "It's all because of you. My father will not blame me after hearing about what happened to me in Chang'an."

Cheng Jun walked up to them and chuckled, "It seems that in your hearts, your feelings are more important than the survival of your country."

“I once heard a story about a couple who asked people to give them gifts over a hundred times for their child’s sake. With the help of these parents, their child became a clerk in the county government.”

"However, when the boy was talking to the person who had arranged his position, he got into a big argument with the person because the person said he shouldn't wear a jade pendant to a place like the county government office."

"As a result, the boy eventually lost his job as a scribe because he was too concerned about his own feelings, causing all the work his parents had done for him to go to waste."

"Your father summoned you to Chang'an, surely not so that you could just go through the motions and go back?"

Cheng Jun stood with his hands behind his back, looked at the two of them, and said calmly, "So, I'm sure you won't be able to explain yourselves when you go back like this."

Gao Huanquan sneered, "You've been so unfair and rude to us. Even if we can't complete our mission, we're going back!"

Cheng Jun raised an eyebrow and scolded, "Now that I've offered you a few sips of herbal tea, a simple stool, and a piece of raw fish, you're full of complaints!"

"What about those Silla people who fled, and those Silla people who have already died? They wanted to eat, but they could no longer!"

"The people of Silla have suffered such a fate because of you!"

"You relied on your military strength and thought you were superior to Silla, so you attacked him. But did you never consider that behind Silla was the Tang Dynasty, which was even more powerful than you?"

After Cheng Jun finished speaking, he turned his back to the two men, refusing to look at them, and waved his hand, saying, "You want to leave, huh? Go ahead! You still have somewhere to go now, but I want to see where you can go when the swords of my Great Tang are at your throats!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Huanquan remained motionless, as if frozen in place.

Buyeo Ui-ja also remained silent.

This is why their father asked them to come over as a delaying tactic.

They can't afford to mess with the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, the only option was to delay. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. Once Goguryeo and Baekje annexed Silla's territory, causing Silla's downfall, then even if the Tang Dynasty was unhappy, it would have to acknowledge the established fact that Silla's territory had been annexed.

Gao Huanquan turned to Cheng Jun and said, "Special Envoy Cheng, I think we can discuss the mediation."

"However, we must have the Silla envoy come to us in person to talk."

He concluded that the reason he had suffered a setback was because of Cheng Jun, but if it had been someone else, Gao Huanquan believed that he would never have been in such a disadvantageous position.

I heard that the Silla envoy is a woman, so she must be easy to handle... Thinking of this, Go Hwan-kwon gave Buyeo Ui-ja a wink.

Buyeo Uija immediately understood Go Hwan-kwon's intention and chimed in, "Yes, we should send Silla envoys to talk to us!"

Cheng Jun hesitated for two seconds and said, "Since you're so sincere, then alright."

He turned to Zhu Shaoqing and said, "I would like to trouble you to go there in person and invite the Silla envoy over."

"it is good!"

Zhu Zishe responded and turned to leave.

Soon, Kim Deok-man, dressed in the attire of a Silla princess, arrived quickly, accompanied by two guards, her fair face veiled with a hint of anger.

She spotted Go Hwan-gwon and Buyeo Ui-ja, dressed in Goguryeo and Baekje attire, pointed her index finger at them, and angrily rebuked them:

"You two countries are utterly despicable! My Silla has never invaded you, so what right do you have to launch a large-scale military campaign against my Silla?"

Gao Huanquan scoffed, "Does Silla have no soldiers?"

Kindeman shouted angrily, "This isn't about the number of troops, it's about morality!"

Gao Huanquan said calmly, "Since you Silla people disapprove of our actions, why don't you retaliate? Is it because you don't want to?"

"If you don't want to fight back, then you deserve to be hit. If you want to fight back but don't have the ability, then you just have to take it."

Gao Huanquan sneered, "Why bother with this verbal sparring? It won't change anything."

Jin Deman's pretty face turned pale with anger, "You—"

"You two countries are wicked, attacking my Silla, and you still have the audacity to do so?"

Gao Huanquan said calmly, "So what if you're right? A sheep that stays next to tigers and wolves should know what will happen to it."

Kindeman cursed, "You bastard!"

However, all he got in return was Gao Huanquan's disdainful sneer.

Just then, Cheng Jun suddenly spoke up: "Your Highness, don't think that just because this is Chang'an you can make your move!"

Jin Deman reacted and angrily punched Gao Huanquan in the face!

"Humph!"

When Gao Huanquan saw her make a move, he snorted coldly. He had practiced martial arts for many years and was physically strong. How could he be a match for a woman?

Faced with Jin Deman's swinging fist, Gao Huanquan had no fewer than ten ways to deal with it in mind. He calmly took a step back, preparing to dodge it.

However, when he actually tried to back away, he found that there seemed to be a wall behind him, preventing him from retreating.

Gao Huanquan turned around and saw a tall man standing behind him, who was giving him a kind smile.

The next second, Gao Huanquan was held tightly by the other party.

Gao Huanquan's expression changed, and when he looked ahead again, Jin Deman's fist was already at his eyelashes.

boom! !

Gao Huanquan gasped in pain, feeling his vision blurring in his right eye, but he couldn't care less. Struggling violently, he turned and roared at Cheng Jun, who was holding him:

"Let go of me!"

Cheng Jun's arms clamped tightly around Gao Huanquan, making his struggles futile. He chuckled and said, "I told you long ago that I would mediate."

As he spoke, he looked at Kim Deok-man, gestured with his chin toward the waist of the Silla guard, and said, "Your Highness, there are knives over there, please don't take them!"

Jin Deman understood his unspoken meaning, immediately walked over, drew the sword from the sheath at his guard's waist, and approached Gao Huanquan with a chilling expression.

Gao Huanquan panicked completely and roared:

"Cheng Jun, I don't need you to mediate!"

Cheng Jun shook his head and said, "That won't do. If I sit idly by and do nothing, I'll be held responsible if something goes wrong!"

After saying that, he spoke sincerely to Kindeman:

"Your Highness, please don't let them fight!"

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