Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 318
After sending away Meiren Dong, Li Tongan looked at Tiantian very puzzledly: "This guy really doesn't know how to read people's faces, or is he just here to cause trouble?"

Yuan Tiantian judged: "She probably didn't mean to cause trouble. She is stupid, but the King of Shu is not stupid. The relationship between His Highness the King of Shu and our Highness is delicate now. It is impossible to send her to provoke and find trouble. Although it is not clear what her purpose is now." What, but so far, she has done something beneficial to His Highness Prince Jin."

After hearing this, Li Tong'an lost most of his anger and said in surprise: "Why do you say this when it is beneficial to His Highness?"

Yuan Tiantian said with a smile: "We don't care what her purpose is. She said something out of nowhere today. Let's treat it as if she is here to provoke. I just told her to enter the palace to report to the Queen. You said she Will you go?"

Li Tongan frowned and thought deeply: "Probably... he won't go."

"Of course she won't go, because she doesn't have the status to see the Queen. The Queen has always hated pretentious women. Although Dong Meiren is not pretentious, as Miss An said, Dong Meiren is now very popular in the capital. , the Queen will definitely not like a woman who likes to show off."

"She can't see the Queen, and once His Highness the King of Shu knows about this, His Highness the King of Shu will definitely stop her."

Li Tongan asked: "Why don't you think that Dong's visit today was arranged by the King of Shu to test?"

"Although we don't have much contact with the King of Shu, the King of Shu should not be able to do such a thing, and why did he want to test him by sending her to test him?"

This seems to be true. Now the princess in the Jin Palace is in confinement, and the rest are only female relatives. The retainers and counselors have asked Yang Guang to take him to the front line to fight. It seems that he doesn't know what to test when he sends people to test.

Yuan Tiantian said: "When Dong Meiren comes home, if His Highness the King of Shu knows about this, he will definitely stop it and even come to apologize. However, this will also miss the opportunity to complain in front of the Queen. As long as this complaint is filed, They can't argue. Although it's not a big deal, the Empress is extremely fond of our princess, and you are also very fond of Miss Tong'an. The Empress may be waiting for an opportunity to punish such a woman."

"It's not a big deal, it can make the Queen angry with the King of Shu, which is good for His Highness the King of Jin."

Li Tongan looked at Yuan Tiantian with slight surprise: "Why do you think about so many things Tiantian?"

"Miss Tong'an, everything is for the sake of His Highness the King of Jin. We are waiting for the daughter of the back house. His Highness will be honored when he is honored, and when he is harmed, he will be harmed."

"Then what should we do now?"

Yuan Tiantian pulled up Li Tongan and said, "Miss Tongan, you have dressed up. Why don't you go to the palace? Miss Dong can't enter the palace, but you can. Chat with the Queen. It's best if there are other nobles." The woman was present, and when she said this, she "accidentally" mentioned that Dong Meiren had visited her at home and asked to see the princess, so that the queen would know about it."

Li Tongan clapped his hands: "You still have many ideas every day. I'll go to the palace quickly and tell the Queen about the matter in a more aggravating manner. Let's see what she does."

Seeing Li Tong'an's proud little expression, Yuan Tiantian immediately told him: "That's not okay. You must not add any fuel or jealousy. You should tell the truth exactly as it is. You have to say it very carelessly. As long as it is clear whether Dong Meiren is here." She came to our princess without a greeting card and made a request to see the princess. For other things, the queen can use her own imagination."

Li Tongan laughed as he thought about it carefully.

"No wonder His Highness always takes you with him. It's really useful to have you as a counselor. Come on, I'm going to the palace right now."

Without further ado, Li Tongan got on the carriage and headed to the palace.

In addition to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, she had to call Queen Dugu "aunt". Queen Dugu was very fond of her.

Yuan Tiantian returned to the room and told Xiao Menglan about the matter. Xiao Menglan asked doubtfully: "Why does this Miss Dong come to see me? We are only casual friends with me."

"Princess, what happened when I saw her before?"

Xiao Menglan thought about it carefully: "Two months ago, when the King of Shu returned from victory, I went to attend the wedding with Mr. Dong. At the banquet, because I was pregnant with Liujia, I wanted to leave early, but I don't know why Mr. Dong You must keep me, my sister-in-law kept calling me affectionate, and I didn’t want to refute others’ face, so I stayed a little longer.”

"Mr. Dong ordered a painter to draw the portrait. Normally, it would only be enough for the young couple to draw it, but she asked me and my fifth sister-in-law to accompany her to draw a picture. This picture appeared in the newspaper the next day. headlines."

This is a new project launched by the newspaper, because the newspaper has gradually discovered that people seem to prefer pictures, and the pictures are more impactful. Therefore, in order to make the newspaper more popular, the current newspapers have pictures and text mixed, only the pictures Printing costs are higher, so it's more expensive.

The wedding of the King of Shu is naturally a big event, but because he is not marrying his real wife, the King of Shu himself does not intend to publish these matters in the newspapers. It is not a good thing to put his private affairs on the table for people to entertain after dinner.

In the end, the newspaper did not publish the portraits of King Shu and Dong. Instead, it published the portraits of Xiao Menglan, Dong and the woman, which caused a minor disturbance.

The article that praised Dong was published in this newspaper. It was full of praise that Dong's beauty surpassed all the beauties of the Sui Dynasty.

Regarding this article, Xiao Menglan just laughed it off and didn't take it seriously, but the fifth daughter-in-law came to the door and vomited her bitterness, complaining that Mr. Dong was not an honest man, stepping on each other, and stepping on them just to praise herself. so many people.

This person is not the only one who is dissatisfied with him.

Xiao Menglan didn't bother to pay attention to her, thinking that they wouldn't have many interactions with her, but she didn't expect her to come again.

Yuan Tiantian gently rubbed his chin. Seeing this action, Xiao Menglan couldn't help but smile: "Tiantian, why can't you imitate His Highness Prince Jin's actions?"

Yuan Tiantian subconsciously realized that he had been staying with His Highness King Jin for a long time, and he seemed to have unknowingly imitated His Highness Jin's thinking movements.

Not caring about these small details, Yuan Tiantian thought for a while and said: "It seems that this Dong is very concerned about other people's evaluation of her appearance. She is the kind of woman who likes to be in the public eye."

Xiao Menglan said very firmly: "Yes, the kind of woman my mother dislikes the most."

In the deep palace courtyard, Queen Dugu was happily chatting with Yang Lihua today. Her daughter had not been in the palace for a long time, so she specially invited her to chat.

However, Yang Lihua dislikes chatting with her mother-in-law very much. For her, this kind of boring and resentful mother-daughter communication is simply embarrassing to death when no third person is present.

It's not that she doesn't know how much effort her mother has made to improve the relationship with her over the years, but she has already given up. Anyway, she doesn't care about things and doesn't make trouble. She can live a peaceful life with wealth and honor.

While the two were chatting, a servant came to inform them that Li Tongan was waiting at the door to see the Queen. "Why is this girl Tong'an here?"

"Is there something going on in Prince Jin's palace?"

Empress Dugu summoned Li Tong'an, but when she saw Li Tong'an coming in, he pulled a piece of silk and satin and said, "Mother, look at this latest silk and satin. The pattern and color are very beautiful."

Queen Dugu never thought that Li Tongan was here to talk about silk.

After sitting down and chatting for a while, Queen Dugu asked: "Tong'an, how are you doing at home recently?"

"Mother, everything is fine. Little Yang Zhao is cuter now. I was really frightened when he was first born. His little wrinkles were really ugly."

"You child, you are just talking nonsense. Children are not always like this when they are born. If Amo hears this, he will teach you a lesson."

Li Tongan smiled cutely, of course she knew that the queen would not really blame her.

"How is Meng Lan's recent physical condition?"

"It's much better. Mr. Sun checks my sister's pulse every day, and her health is gradually getting better. Today, the concubine of the King of Shu came to my door. My sister almost went out to welcome guests by herself, but I stopped her. I thought... Don’t let the makeup go to waste, bring the latest silks and satins to meet your mother.”

Queen Dugu, who was still smiling just now, suddenly stopped smiling. How could someone as powerful as her not hear the problem in Li Tongan's words?

"You said that the concubine of the King of Shu came to visit you today? Is it Dong?"

Li Tongan still smiled lively: "Yes, it's Sister Dong. Although she didn't have a greeting card, the princess seems to have a good relationship with Sister Dong. She even asked me to meet Sister Dong on her behalf. We chatted for a long time. Sister Dong is very talented in literature. , and he’s very good-looking.”

After hearing these words, Queen Dugu's face darkened, while Yang Lihua became angry beside her: "Oh, is she the Dong beauty who is known as the most beautiful woman in the Sui Dynasty? It is said that all the men in Daxing City have seen her now. Everyone regards this beauty as the lover of their dreams.”

"Dream lover..."

Queen Dugu repeated Yang Lihua's words, her expression did not change, but her tone was cold.

Then he said: "I heard that when the King of Shu and Dong got married, it was published in the newspaper and a large page was used for publicity. Is it true?"

Yang Lihua answered quickly: "Yes, I saw it too. There is still me in the portrait."

Empress Dugu said sincerely: "The royal family of the Sui Dynasty was very dignified and Kangming. How could they publish it in newspapers with such great fanfare? They lost their solemnity and acted nonsense."

"My mother, Dong, is beautiful. She is the most beautiful woman in the Sui Dynasty. Maybe she didn't want to be published in the newspaper. It's just because she is too famous. If the newspaper wants to sell, it has to find some celebrities to promote it."

Queen Dugu said to the eunuch beside her: "Let the King of Shu bring Dong to the palace tomorrow."

Li Tongan sighed in his heart, it was Yuan Tiantian who achieved his goal quietly.

……

Yang Guang, who is far away in Youzhou, does not know the current situation in Daxing City. He is surrounded by a bunch of advisers and is currently formulating various matters for the next peace talks with Goguryeo.

Now the armies of the Sui Dynasty on both the northern and southern fronts have launched the final general attack on Goguryeo. The battle on the front lines is approaching step by step. The Goguryeo people were full of confidence from the beginning, but by now they have lost all morale. Most of the people in the court advocated surrender. But their king of Pingyuan was unconvinced.

At this time, Yang Guang began to discuss the specific items for negotiation, not out of arrogance, but out of confidence. The steady and steady Li Jing and Yin Shishi firmly took the situation into their own hands, and Yang Guang had time to pay attention to these things.

Diplomats and advisors were discussing specific matters.

Suddenly someone asked: "Your Majesty the King of Jin, the land bordering Goguryeo and Silla Baekje now all belongs to our army. Why did you intentionally cede part of the land to Goguryeo in the agreement? I'm really sorry. Don’t you understand this?”

"I have read the news from Li Jing. In terms of geographical distribution, the part of Goguryeo towards the sea to the west, that is, the area Li Jing captured across the sea, has better terrain and a more prosperous economy, but it is not good to go to the northeast. Yes, my plan is that we only want the good areas and leave the bad ones to them for them to manage by themselves. For this reason, at least one of Goguryeo and Silla Baekje borders on each other, and for this reason there will be boundary conflicts. Otherwise, in the future It becomes us and them, and the frictions and conflicts are all ours."

Someone else asked: "Why didn't Your Highness make Goguryeo the same as New Korea and deprive it of its military rights so that they could not establish their own army?"

"If Goguryeo cannot build its own army, then Goguryeo must fight to the death. If the fight continues like this, it will just kill more people. There is no need for it. And if Goguryeo is also our army, how can we highlight the differences between New Korea and South Korea? ?”

Yang Guang took a sip of tea and continued: "Water flows to lower places, and people go to higher places. In this small place, there are four political regimes of Goguryeo, Shinhan, Silla, and Baekje. When the time comes, the people inside will come It’s easy to come and go, and among these four places, Xinhan has the best life with our support, and the people around it will definitely try their best to squeeze in and formulate good rules, which can make the surrounding countries slowly decline."

After everyone heard Yang Guang's words and discussed for a while, they nodded and continued their work.

Yu Wenhua came to Yang Guang's side, and Yang Guang said: "Brother Yuwen, please make preparations in the near future and go to Goguryeo for negotiations at any time."

Next, Yang Guanghui appointed Yu Wenhuaji to go to Goguryeo for peace talks.

Yu Wenhuaji asked: "Your Highness, although I don't understand the reason why you don't completely capture Goguryeo, I think it is right to follow you anyway."

"You have another important task when you arrive in Goguryeo. I will send someone to find out about Goguryeo's firearms factory. In our contract, we must destroy their firearms arsenal. You must personally carry out this task. All firearms manufacturing equipment and drawings must be destroyed. Destroy it. Before destroying it, you have to let them show you the process of making firearms. You must make sure that there are craftsmen who can make firearms, and then put them all into Xinhan."

(End of this chapter)