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At noon, the palace sent someone to call.Zhao Xu looked at the time and thought that there must be a heated debate over Fuli.

When he arrived at Daming Palace, he saw Fuli, the prince and others were all there.After saluting, a servant stepped forward to explain the situation to him.Naturally, it was the matter of the prince of Western Turks coming to Dayong to meet the emperor, Zhao Xu just pretended not to know.

"What do you think, my son?" The emperor looked at Zhao Xu with a majestic and friendly voice.

"Father, you have a friend coming from afar, why don't you tell me? Your minister naturally welcomes the prince who is attached to you." Zhao Xu just talked about other things, without expressing his attitude.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness Jin. To be honest, Fuli came here this time to form an alliance with your country. I hope that the emperor of the Tian Dynasty can lend me [-] soldiers to help me suppress the rebellion and regain my homeland." Fuli took a step forward, like It was the same as Zhao Xu's first meeting, he said politely.

"...So, what's your father's opinion?"

"I know that the son of Fuli is eager to restore the country, and he really sympathizes with the situation of the son. However... Dayong is now facing external and internal troubles, and it may be difficult to allocate troops to lend to the son." The emperor was silent for a moment, hesitating.

Now that the Eastern and Western Turkic Allied Forces are gaining momentum, the frontier wars have won fewer victories and more defeats, and our own country has been crumbling, how can we help others?Moreover, the person standing in the palace is the former prince of the enemy country.

"If the matter of Fuli is accomplished, the Holy Majesty does not have to worry about the Western Turks. I will lead the people of the country to retreat and help the Celestial Dynasty suppress the chaos of the Eastern Turks." Fuli did not retreat when he heard the emperor's words, but still respectfully said.

Zhao Xu didn't expect that he would really call the emperor the Holy One. After all, their envoys on the grassland would address the emperor directly when they met.And he can also understand that in this situation, showing weakness is inevitable.

"This..." The aged emperor hesitated, and could only look at His Highness and several people.

"Holy Majesty, it's understandable to have the heart of a departed son." At this time, an old minister with gray temples and a purple robe and gold belt stepped forward and replied.

That person was Zhou Ming, a veteran of the three dynasties. Zhou Ming looked at Fuli and said, "But, I don't understand whether things are really as simple as the son said. If the people of your country have convinced you, so what if you can't win this battle?" Then I will lose the opportunity for me, Dayong, to settle peacefully with your country."

But Fuli chuckled, and said calmly, "Taiwei's words are wrong. Could it be that the Taiwei thinks that my younger brother can really stop the war with Yongguo? If——Lingguo dedicates half of Yongguo to the country, there may not be a chance .”

These words were spoken in a very blunt manner, but they pointed out the problem that everyone was thinking about.When the new Khan of the Western Turks ascended the throne, he formed an alliance with the Eastern Turks, which had been divided for many years, and invaded the Yong Kingdom. It must be that the Eastern Turks had promised great benefits.If Yongguo wanted to seek peace, the price would be too high.

The prince watched Zhou Taifu from the side and didn't speak again, and remained silent in a gloomy manner.

Zhao Xu thinks that his second elder brother is a typical example of being merciless towards his own people, but he is accommodating to outsiders in every possible way.Do you still think about giving Fuli to his newly usurping younger brother to seek peace?Zhou Taiwei is also old and afraid now?

After a moment of silence, Qin Zhennan, the general of Tiance Mansion, stood up and reported, "Your Majesty, I think it is unrealistic to hope that the new Khan of the Western Turks will withdraw their troops at this time. If we really act like this, I am afraid that the world will come back." The people are chilling!"

Everyone didn't have any intention of provoking it, but they were a little surprised when Qin Zhennan opened up and said it at this time.However, Qin Zhennan is a military general with a straightforward temperament and unwavering loyalty, which the emperor admired a little.

"What you said is right. You don't have to worry about Fuli, you can settle down in Beijing first." Although he gave up his intention of using Fuli to seek peace, the emperor didn't think about whether to make this bet.

"Father, my son thinks that the tense battle on the front line is simply because the eastern and western Turkic coalition forces are getting more and more tacit." Seeing that the time is ripe, Zhao Xu stepped forward and said, "The new Western Turkic Khan has usurped the throne and stood on his own. The people of the country are already full of complaints about instigating a war. If the Fuli son is sent to the front line to fight with our army, the Western Turkic soldiers will be calm, and the army will be unstable."

Seeing that Zhao Xu had already expressed his attitude, Shangshu ordered Xu Lin to come forward and said, "The reputation of being brave and good at fighting is well known all over the world. Why doesn't your majesty know that people are good at responsibility, let the son have a try?"

What they said was true, and the emperor had to think about it.

Ashina Fuli was born as the crown prince, and people in the West Turkic country attached himself to him.But the younger brother Qiongda took advantage of his conquest of the small border country, killed his father to stand on his own feet, and even sent killers to chase and kill the attached ones.In the minds of the Western Turks, they are not orthodox, and their talents and virtues are difficult to convince.The people of the country can only look at the road, and their indignation cannot be appeased.

"Also, let me think about it for a day... you all go back first."

Seeing this, Zhao Xu didn't say much anymore, and retreated wisely.He knew that his father had always been indecisive, but he could often tell the difference between right and wrong.Don't rush this matter, if you have more time, I believe that the emperor will be able to figure it out.

The matter of attachment is over, the most important thing now is that after this incident, I and the prince's party are really going to be at war.

How do we get along with each other when we have different views on everything?It's just that the ways are different and they don't conspire with each other.

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After returning to the palace, Zhao Xu thanked the guests behind closed doors, focusing on pampering him.Recently, he has been too aggressive and has many disputes with the prince, if he is not "down-to-earth", he will really burn himself.

Although Zhao Xu is not afraid of how the prince's party treats him, he still understands the truth that the moon is full and the moon is bad.Since he hasn't reached the point where he can kill someone with one blow, he has to act like a good brother and friend.

Zhao Xu didn't see any guests, but the gifts from Fuli entered the Prince Jin's mansion in an endless stream.With so many things, if Fuli hadn't given them away enough to covertly, I'm afraid Zhao Xu would be heavily involved by the censors.

Needless to say, most of them were given to Mu Qianshan through his hands.Zhao Xu tried Mu Qianshan's tone for him, thinking that his partner would not want to help, but Mu Qianshan's attitude was very cold, and he bluntly said that he did not want to get too involved with the attached son.

Zhao Xu thinks the same way, he is soft on people, and if he doesn't like it, he won't give him a little thought.But after telling Fuli, his attitude was very good, but it was still the same as before.In the end, Zhao Xu had no choice but to pick out a sharp dagger inlaid with obsidian and gave it to Mu Qianshan.Not to mention that it was sent by Fuli, Mu Qianshan took it.

As for the remaining gems and pearls, Zhao Xu naturally would not refuse anyone who came, and put them all into the treasury.Anyway, he has a thick skin and is not short on staff.

In this way, Zhao Xu lived leisurely in the mansion while waiting for news from the palace.Xiaoqi had been taken over by him a long time ago, and was raised by someone specially. Recently, he often followed Zhao Xu, and his fur was shiny, and he was more obsessive.Zhao Xu counted the days, and there was no letter for another six days, so busy?Every time it is good news but not bad news, I can only secretly watch more with the eyeliner in the army.

A few days later, Zhao Xu was bored in the mansion, so he wrote a letter to Jiang Yunya in his study.

He spread out a piece of paper first, picked up a pen and wrote the sentence "Xi Wei, Shi Wei, Hu Bugui?" He stopped to look at it, and felt a little pretentious, so he threw it in a ball.

Spread another piece of paper, and hesitated to call it for a long time.What do you want to call it?brother?Too ordinary, not enough to express the meaning of missing.Then, Jiang, Jiang Lang?Hey, this is too nasty.

In the end, Zhao Xu thought hard, and finally wrote "Brother Ya", nagging in the letter, saying whatever came to mind.From how many catties Xiaoqi gained recently to Fuli's embarrassment of being deflated recently, everything was written on it.After writing a whole sheet eloquently, Zhao Xu realized that he had talked too much, how could the senior brother have so much time to read it.Then they rolled into balls again and threw them away.

In this way, after writing and throwing away, throwing away writing, Zhao Xu realized for the first time that he could be so entangled, what a little girl.Then he smiled, and finally wrote a few lines in the letter, "Brother Ya, it's been cold recently, so add more clothes. It will be Double Ninth Festival in a few days, and I want to eat the Double Ninth Cake you made."

When the pen falls, it can be regarded as a sustenance.But for some reason, Zhao Xu felt empty in his heart and couldn't be happy.

When he was rolling up the letter box and was about to tie it to the pigeon's feet, there was a knock on the door—Mu Qianshan's voice came from outside the door.

"Come in."

"Your Highness." Mu Qianshan walked into the door and saluted, with his eyes downcast and a solemn expression.

"What? Is it something about the front line?"

Zhao Xu was a little nervous for some reason.I was just thinking about Senior Brother, did he have any news...

"Yes." Mu Qianshan's voice was calm, but he said the words that worried him the most: "The day before yesterday, General Jiang led a group of elite troops to intercept the Turkic grain and grass. Unfortunately... they were caught in an ambush by the Turks. There were hundreds of people with him, and none of them survived. General Jiang is now, Life and death are unknown."

Zhao Xu was in a daze after hearing his words, his mind went blank, and he asked paranoidly, "What is life and death unknown? Where is Sun Dao? What does he eat?"

"No matter what life or death is unknown, this king, if you find someone, you have to bring the body back to me after death!"

Mu Qianshan just stared at the ground silently, and rarely answered.He was also shocked when he first heard the news, but after following Zhao Xu for so many years, Mu Qianshan naturally knew that what the prince needs at this time is not an answer, but some time to calm down.

Zhao Xu felt that all his strength had been drained, and he fell down on the chair, feeling empty and panicked.Holding the letter tightly, he forced himself to calm down and took a deep breath, "Tell me about the situation that day."

"The news from the military is that General Jiang led a hundred men to intercept the enemy's food and grass in order to strive for extraordinary achievements. Unfortunately, he was caught in an ambush by the Turks."

"Who said that?" Zhao Xu's voice was cold, like a knife edged with ice.

"The vanguard general in the army, Tang Ming. General Jiang is under Tang Ming's command."

Zhao Xu calmed down a lot and began to organize his thoughts.

He knew Jiang Yunya well, senior brother was by no means a person who aggressively strives for profit, it is absolutely impossible for him to lead troops to intercept the grain and grass without the general's permission.

Tang Ming, whose name is somewhat familiar, is a neutral faction, and I have never heard of any relationship with that person.

"Tang Ming... used to be a widower?" Zhao Xu frowned for a long time, then suddenly thought of something.

"Yes. But a few months ago, I made a marriage contract with Shangshu Wang Xie's daughter, and we are going to welcome her as the main wife."

Wang Xie, Wang Xie's daughter... Zhao Xu vaguely understood the connection, it was aimed at him.The matter of the senior brother is a blow to the wind.

Just, why him?Why exactly this time?Zhao Xu thought that Jiang Yunya had been cautious enough since he had been in Beijing for a few months, but who else would know except the people from Prince Jin's Mansion?

I said I would come back properly, Jiang Yunya, if you break your promise, I...

what should I do?