Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 102
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty glanced at the Goguryeo envoy standing next to him with a sullen face, and said with a smile:

"Goguryeo envoy, how can you offer a gift to ask for peace? Are you asking me for sin?"

When the envoy heard this, he quickly bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, foreign ministers don't dare. I didn't know that this woman would say these words, but the people of Goguryeo were starving and their lives were miserable. They couldn't even stand a woman in a boudoir. They also asked the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to show kindness to his subordinates. Show mercy.”

The emperor sneered directly, not too angry, but said lightly:
"You don't dare? You really don't dare. You have to ask a little girl to ask questions. As an envoy, you are somewhat short-tempered and wretched."

At the banquet, there were hundreds of envoys and power leaders from various countries, large and small. The Goguryeo envoy was ridiculed in public, and his face suddenly darkened, and his face became hot, but he could not say anything to refute.

He didn't dare either.

The emperor said to the woman kneeling on the ground:
"Girl, get up."

After hearing this, the Goguryeo beauty secretly glanced at the envoy and saw that the envoy ignored her. The Emperor of Tang Dynasty had been waiting since he gave the order.

She couldn't stand it any longer, so she stood up tremblingly.

After standing up, it seemed that his legs were weak from fear and he could not stand up straight. His whole body was trembling, but he could barely maintain his dignity and calmness.

The emperor raised his voice, and his voice floated far away in the hall, with an incomparable aura, saying:

"Back then, Goguryeo attacked Baekje and prevented Baekje from paying tribute to us, the Tang Dynasty. I used kind words to persuade them, and I used Qing Xiao's reasoning to persuade them. I advised you, the king, not to attack Baekje. For the sake of the people of Li, you should fight far away and take care of people's livelihood."

As the emperor spoke, he spread his hands, raised his eagle eyebrows, and said rather unhappily:

"He doesn't listen and turns a deaf ear. Not only that, he often intrudes on our border with the Tang Dynasty."

He raised his voice and said sarcastically:
"The King of Goryeo is amazing. If he has the ambition to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty and the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, he should be tough and fight to the end.

Now let me ask you why I am not merciful enough?I am broad-minded, but I am far from broad-minded enough to be merciful to my enemies! "

The Goguryeo envoy was very excited, and as if to prove his backbone, he also replied with a high voice:

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, even if the two countries are at odds, the war should be conducted openly and honestly. When the farming season comes, the Tang Dynasty will send troops to attack, destroy the farmland, prevent farmers from planting land and harvest food, and then run away after burning... Such behavior is like a gangster. , It really loses the dignity of a big country."

With a sad face, he said angrily and anxiously:
"Our country in Goguryeo is small, and we only rely on that small amount of land to support our people. We cannot withstand such trouble..."

When the emperor heard him say that the Tang army was like a gangster, he turned his face disdainfully and looked at him with the tail of his eyes. He thought to himself that he couldn't win the battle. Why are you here pretending to be morally suppressing me?
He ignored this and replied directly:

"That's easy to do... Let your king come to the Tang Dynasty in person, apologize and bow his head. When the time comes, I will make him a county king. Goguryeo will no longer be an enemy, but a subject of the Tang Dynasty."

He put his hands on his knees, leaned forward slightly, with a majestic air, but a sincere tone, and persuaded:
"I have always loved my people. If you are short of food, I will exchange it for iron ore. I am generous and will definitely exchange you for more to help you tide over the difficulties. How about it?"

The Goguryeo envoy watched the emperor stop talking, his eyes flashing, and after a while he whispered:
"Foreign minister, I want to go back and report to the king and ask him to make a decision."

The emperor nodded after hearing this, waved his hand slightly and said:
"Take these two girls back. There is no shortage of women in my harem. Let's wait until your king makes a decision."

The Goguryeo envoy said "yes" and withdrew.

Wu Rou listened with interest and said to Xu Chongrong who was sitting in front: "My dear, who is the bad idea to destroy the farming season, burn it and run away? How can you do this in a war? How funny."

Xu Chongrong did not look back, with a slight smile on his indifferent face, and said:
"You don't even know where I'm going? I guess it was discussed in court."

The performance in the middle of the field started again and became lively.

Exit after the performance.The envoys from the Western Turks came up again.

He presented the gift with both hands and handed it to the chamberlain. The chamberlain took it and then touched it in front of the emperor's eyes. The emperor glanced at it casually, indicating that he had accepted it.

The envoy of the Western Turks was a fat man and said with a smile:
"Tian Khan, our King Khan wants to remarry his wife. I heard that Princess Wencheng of Tubo and Princess Honghua of Tuyuhun are both extremely outstanding and admired by others. We, the Western Turks, are really envious of us, so we sent foreign ministers to ask for the queen. Princess Tang, I hope the Khan will give me permission."

When Wu Rou heard her mention the two princesses, she suddenly thought of their faces and wondered how they had lived over the years.

When the emperor heard this, he immediately smiled happily, showed a very proud look, and said:
"Indeed, the two princesses have become quite famous in the past two years. One is helping Tuyuhun stabilize the regime, and the other is in Tubo, helping Tubo improve people's livelihood. They are very popular among the local people. In the past few years, there has been no dispute between Tuyuhun and Tubo. As expected, they have lived up to their expectations. My expectations for Wencheng and Honghua."

As he spoke, he changed the subject, looked at the envoy of the Western Turks and said:

"But it's useless for you to flatter me. The Western Turks have no faith in me, unless you exchange the five countries of Qiuci, Khotan, Shule, Zhujubo and Congling."

These countries are all small countries in the Western Regions that have been controlled by the Western Turks for many years. Along the Silk Road, they obeyed the orders of the Western Turks and experienced times of peace and chaos. Their relationship with the Tang Dynasty was very unstable.

If it can be merged into Datang, it will reduce many unstable factors.

The envoys of the Western Turks fell silent at that time.

The emperor waved his hand generously and said:
"Okay, I know you can't be the master, so just pass the message."

It probably wouldn't work anyway, unless the Western Turks changed their ways, then they would agree to such a demanding marriage requirement, which was considered a rejection.

Seeing that the emperor didn't even want to hear a counter-offer, the Western Turkic envoy twisted his body, sighed, and returned to his seat.

……

The emperor drank too much that day, and when he got up to leave, his steps were weak. Under the eyes of everyone who got up to say goodbye, he waved tiredly, leaned on the shoulder of the palace maid with one hand, and left.

Wu Rou's position happened to be relatively close to the aisle. As she watched the palace maid help the emperor out, suddenly a small thing fell to the ground.

It was colorful and had tassels on it. She thought it was the emperor's jade pendant that had fallen off, so she quickly got up to pick it up.

As soon as I lowered my head, I smelled a warm fragrance, like wine, with a hint of flowers.

As soon as the warm fragrance entered her nose, she felt that she was even more drunk, her hair was dizzy, her whole body was weak, and her face was red.

Wu Rou picked it up and saw that it was a spherical sachet with pink tassels hanging from the bottom, like a small lantern.

This is something used by ordinary palace people.

(End of this chapter)