If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 94: How could a Tang princess marry a foreigner?
In the 15th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Fu Shun, the son of Tuyuhun King Fu Yun, led tens of thousands of Tuyuhun troops to raid Shanzhou and other places!

Liangzhou had just experienced a surprise attack by the Turks. Chai Shao and Li An had already led their troops to Suzhou, while Huang Junhan led 20,000 cavalry to chase the Western Turks to Mobei, so the military force in Shanzhou was very scarce.

Fu Shun captured Shanzhou without much effort, and then turned his troops to Liangzhou, intending to take several important places in the Hexi Corridor in one fell swoop.

Moreover, Fu Shun also wrote a letter to Li Shimin, stating that the only way for Tuyuhun to withdraw its troops was for Li Shimin to marry him a Tang princess and then support him to become the king of Tuyuhun.

After thinking about it for a day, Li Shimin agreed to his request.

In Li Shimin's view, Suzhou was currently dealing with the Western Turks, and the Tang Dynasty had no time to send troops to supervise Tuyuhun.

He could totally accept the price of using a Tang princess to exchange for the withdrawal of Tuyuhun.

Soon, a messenger from the Tang Dynasty rushed to Liangzhou carrying a handwritten letter from Li Shimin.

The messenger changed horses and galloped along the way, and now he was only a hundred miles away from Liangzhou.

Suddenly, he saw a group of people standing in the distance.

These people were all dressed in iron armor, riding war horses, holding Mo Dao in their hands, and there was something very strange behind their backs.

"Who are you?"

The messenger rode up to them and shouted:

"I am a messenger from the Tang Dynasty. I have a letter from the Emperor. Get out of the way!"

A horseman slowly walked out from the middle of the group of people.

From a distance, the man was riding a white horse with a silver saddle and wearing a suit of silver-white armor, but his face was full of heroic spirit.

The young man rode to the front of the team and said with a smile:

"What a coincidence! I happen to be the son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I am no stranger to your Emperor!"

The messenger was stunned, and then he recognized that the person blocking his way was the sixth prince of the Tang Emperor, Prince Zhennan Li An!

The messenger quickly dismounted and bowed:
"Your Highness, I am sending a letter to Liangzhou. Please make way!"

Li An stood still and stretched out his hand to the messenger:

"What about the letter?"

The messenger had no choice but to hold up the handwritten letter from Li Shimin in front of him:

"This is a letter written by your majesty himself, and it is given to Tuyuhun Prince Fushun!"

Li An nodded, and after taking the letter, he did not open it. Instead, he tore it into pieces with his hand.

The messenger was stunned and his face turned pale in an instant.

"Your Highness, you..."

Li An smiled faintly:
"How can a Tang princess marry a foreigner?"

"There is more than just Tuyuhun around the Tang Dynasty. There are Turks in the north, Tuyuhun and Tubo in the west, Nanzhao in the south, and Goguryeo in the east!"

"If any prince from any country came with his army to force the Tang princess to marry him, would there be enough Tang princesses to go around?"

When the messenger heard this, cold sweat broke out on his face.

You can't talk to me about this!
After all, it was His Majesty who agreed to the princess' marriage, I was just a messenger!
My goodness, you tore the letter into pieces, what should I do?
Li An glanced at the messenger and smiled faintly:
"You don't have to be afraid. You can report the truth to His Majesty when you return to Chang'an. In addition, I also need you to pass a letter to my father!"

After saying that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the messenger.

After taking the letter, the messenger held it carefully in his arms and looked up at Li An.

Li An had already turned around, rode to the other side of the team, and pointed in the direction of Liangzhou:
"Brothers, do you want your sisters and daughters to become wives or concubines of a foreign race?"

Behind him, five hundred cavalry soldiers from the Shenji Battalion roared in unison:

"In no mood!"

"I don't want to either!" Li An smiled and looked at the soldiers behind him and said:
"But the Tuyuhun prince actually wants to force me to marry the Tang princess. As a Tang prince, do you think I should agree?"

"Never agree!"

All the soldiers roared in unison again.

"Well, then, you are all ready to let your blood stain your battle robes again. This time, I will use the heads of the Tuyuhun people to make the most perfect wine vessel, fill it with the best wine from the Western Regions, and present it to the women of our Tang Dynasty!"

……

"Reporting to the prince, the messenger set out from Chang'an, but was intercepted by the Sixth Prince before he reached Liangzhou. Moreover, the Sixth Prince personally tore up the letter your majesty wrote to Tuyuhun Prince Fushun!"

"what!"

When Changsun Wuji heard Ping'an's report, he was immediately delighted and almost clapped his hands in applause.

He was just trying to make trouble for Li An, but this guy ended up delivering himself to the Tuyuhun people!

that is really good!
This kid deserves his bad luck. Wouldn’t it be better for him to stay in Suzhou?
But he just went to the Tuyuhun people!
Next, I will try to please His Majesty and at the same time, use the power near Tuyuhun to make Li An have a good taste of failure!
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Ping An:

"Have you contacted the people in Hexi?"

"Sir, everything has been contacted, these people can take action soon!"

Changsun Wuji nodded:

"Send them a message immediately and ask them to attack Suzhou and tie down Chai Shao's troops. If Li An is still alive in Liangzhou, find a way to lure him to Dafeichuan!"

"We will set up a huge trap at Dafeichuan, and we will make sure that Li An will never come back!"

……

Looking at the contents of the letter, Li Shimin stood in the imperial study for a long time without saying a word, but his expression was very complicated.

There was anger, shock, and some other emotions that seemed hard to explain.

Zhang Ananda hadn't seen Li Shimin so angry for a long time, and was at a loss for what to do. After a moment of silence, he asked cautiously:

"Your Majesty, why are you so angry?"

Li Shimin's face was gloomy and he said angrily:
"This bastard dared to intercept my messenger and... he even tore up the letter I sent to Tuyuhun Prince Fushun!"

At this point, Li Shimin slammed the table in anger and cursed:
"How dare you, boy..."

When Zhang Ananda heard this, his heart sank immediately.

Good guy!
The Sixth Prince was so bold that he actually intercepted His Majesty's messenger and tore up the letter!

His Majesty must be furious now!
"This idiot even said that the Tang Dynasty has the Tibetan countries to the west, the Turkic people to the north, the Nanzhao to the south, and the Goguryeo to the east. If any random prince from any of these countries uses his army to force the Tang princess to marry him, there won't be enough princesses left in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin was so angry that he slammed the table again and cursed:
"You rascal, aren't you saying that I'm afraid of foreigners and can only marry the princess?"

When Zhang Ananda heard this, his expression changed a little:
"Your Majesty, did His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince really say this in the letter?"

Li Shimin suddenly sighed and shook his head:
"That's not true!"

“那… …他… … ”

Li Shimin glanced at Zhang Ananda and handed the letter directly to him:

"look by youself!"

Zhang Ananda took the letter and saw that it contained only four lines of words, which turned out to be a poem:

"The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty passed the Han Dynasty, and the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned."

"But if the flying generals of Dragon City are here, I won't teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountains!"

(End of this chapter)