In the evening, the gorgeous sunset glow dyed the distant sky red.
Chang 'an gradually fell into silence.
On the steps in front of the palace hall.
Li Shi Min clasped his hands behind his back and looked into the distance.
Fang Xuanling stood silently behind him.
"Xuanling, do you think immortals really exist in this world?”
Li Shi Min suddenly said.
Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment, then frowned and forced a smile."I didn't believe it before, but now, it seems that I have no choice but to believe it.”
Li Shi Min didn't turn his head and asked calmly,"Has Jie Li left the Great Tang?”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Fang Xuanling nodded. After signing the alliance, Jie Li was quite sensible and had been very honest along the way. Three days ago, he had already left the Great Tang.”
Looking at the gorgeous sunset.
Li Shi Min smiled bitterly and lowered his head.
He pondered for a moment.
He raised his head again and turned to Fang Xuanling.""He's right again. I feel like I've always been living in his shadow.”
Li Shiming was naturally referring to Great Qin's 19th Prince, Ying Chang 'an.
From the initial suggestion of the Black Tortoise Gate coup, to the prediction of the Turkic invasion, to the final alliance under the city.
Ying Changan had calculated every step accurately.
Li Shiming, who had always been arrogant, couldn't help but feel uneasy after experiencing these things.
He wavered.
He did not know what kind of person the legendary Nineteenth Prince of Great Qin was.
Why was he so familiar with the situation of the Great Tang?
A five-year-old child had managed to control him with just a few stories.
Li Shi Min couldn't accept it.
Let alone him.
If it were anyone else, they would probably feel disgusted.
He had spent a lot of effort to plan, killed his brother and forced his father to exchange for the throne, and signed a humiliating alliance under the city.
Everything.
They were just clowns in other people's stories.
"This child is the future of Great Qin."
Fang Xuanling also revealed a bitter smile.
Back in Great Qin, Ying Chang 'an had left a deep impression on him.
He was free and unrestrained.
That kind of agility and liveliness was something he had never seen before.
There was an old saying.
Great minds think alike.
Like Di Renjie, Fang Xuanling was also certain.
As long as Ying Zheng's brain was not muddled by the fever, the future successor of Great Qin would be the Nineteenth Prince!
"Is that so?"
Li Shiming looked up at the sunset and said reluctantly,"It seems that Changle's trip to Qin is irreversible?”
"Your Majesty, the marriage between the Great Tang and the Great Qin Empire, especially with the Nineteenth Prince, will be of great benefit to the future of the Great Tang." Fang Xuanling smiled awkwardly.”
"But Lizhi is only five years old."
"After going to Great Qin, will you not be used to the food? Do you miss home? Will you cry?"
Li Shi Min's eyes were filled with worry.
At this moment, he did not look like a decisive ruler, but more like an indecisive slave to his daughter.
"This…"
Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded.
There was no point in asking these questions.
Whether Princess Chang Le was used to it or not, even if she was unwilling, she had to go for the sake of the marriage between Great Tang and Great Qin.
Looking at Fang Xuanling's troubled face, Li Shiming also realized that he had lost his composure. He waved his hand and said,
"Forget it, forget it. Everything is for the sake of the country. In a while, go draft a memorial and send it to Great Qin. Have them prepare to welcome the future Empress of Great Qin.”
Fang Xuanling was speechless.
The future Empress of Great Qin?
Please!
Was there a need to be so straightforward?
After a moment of shock, Fang Xuanling regained his senses and nodded.""Yes, sir."
Just as he was about to turn around to draft the memorial, he suddenly thought of something. He stopped and turned around, saying,"Your Majesty, I heard that something big has happened in the Great Zhou.”
"Oh? What is it?"
At the mention of Great Zhou, Li Shimin was no longer sleepy.
The Great Tang's long borders had two dynasties that were the closest to each other.
Great Zhou and Great Sui.
These two empires were both very powerful and their size was also extremely huge.
What happened in the two countries was also what Li Shi Min was most concerned about.
"I heard that the Great Zhou Emperor passed away and issued an edict to order the little princess, Wu Meiniang, to succeed the throne. In the end, it caused the opposition of all the civil and military officials in the court. Even the imperial family stood on the opposite side of Wu Meiniang.”
"Later on, there was internal strife in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I heard that Wu Meiniang did not even have the time to sit on the throne before she died in the chaotic army.”
"After Wu Meiniang died, the various factions and families of the Great Zhou fought each other. The results were extremely tragic.”
Fang Xuanling recounted the information he had gathered.
"This is really good news!"
Li Shi Min grinned, his eyes shining.
The Great Zhou was in chaos and the people were in misery. It was indeed worthy of sympathy.
But as the Emperor of the Great Tang, Li Shimin saw a golden opportunity.
I'll take your life while you're sick!
The Great Zhou was in internal strife, and its national strength would definitely be empty.
If they found an opportunity to take a bite, wouldn't the Great Tang's strength rise to another level?
Wonderful!
After making up his mind, Li Shiming immediately formed a package plan in his mind.
"Xuan Ling, confirm this news immediately. Once it's true, immediately send Zhangsun Wuji to the Great Zhou to express his condolences.”
"In addition, let Li Jing lead 100,000 troops to the border of Tang and Zhou. As long as the Great Zhou requests assistance, immediately let Li Jing lead his troops into the pass and head straight for the Great Zhou capital!”
"After taking down the capital of the Great Zhou, immediately get Zhangsun Wuji to find a puppet to inherit the throne. Moreover, he will stay behind with Li Jing to assist the Great Zhou Emperor in handling the internal affairs.”
Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded by Li Shimin's plan.
He had only casually mentioned it, but he did not expect Li Shiming to ask for an exorbitant price and prepare to annex Great Zhou.
Li Shi Min was going crazy.
Ever since he ascended the throne, a series of blows had made him unable to take it.
The domestic situation was turbulent.
Many people secretly called him a tyrant who did not deserve to own the world.
Li Shi Min was really anxious.
He desperately wanted to prove that he was not a tyrant who only coveted power.
Not only that.
He didn't want to live in the shadow of a devilish brat.
He didn't believe that every step he took was a part of the story of winning Chang 'an!
……
At the border between Great Zhou and Great Qin.
The 50,000 Great Qin Cavalry charged over.
Dust flew into the air, and horse hooves shook the sky.
Wu Meiniang sat on her warhorse and bore the brunt.
Surrounded by tens of thousands of black storm-like cavalry, he looked like a bright red phoenix.
Stunning beyond compare!
"Your Majesty, we're about to reach the Great Zhou Dynasty!”
Di Renjie was also riding a warhorse, following closely behind Wu Meiniang.
His fat general belly kept jumping up and down with the jolting of the horse, looking extremely humorous.
Wu Meiniang nodded and looked back at the majestic Li Xin beside her, asking,"General Li Xin, we are about to reach Great Zhou. Is general ready?”
Li Xin, who was dressed in military attire, looked ahead without any change in his expression. He was like a war machine that only knew how to kill.
"Before I left, I told His Majesty that Li Xin and the 50,000 cavalry will obey His Majesty's orders.”
Hearing this, Wu Meiniang's phoenix eyes suddenly constricted.
She immediately understood what Ying Zheng meant.
She had already treated her as her daughter-in-law and the Great Zhou Dynasty as her own family before they even married.
He had no doubts.
With a wave of his hand, he handed over the command of the 50,000 Great Qin Cavalry to Wu Meiniang.
This was the spirit of the one emperor in history!
This heavy favor made Wu Meiniang smile bitterly in her heart.
"It seems that if I don't marry in the future, I reckon that even the world won't be able to tolerate me.”
Fortunately, there is still some time for me to fulfill my dream.
Wu Meiniang collected her thoughts and raised her head to look at the endless border.
Her charming face gradually turned cold.
"Kill them!"
……
Just as the Great Zhou and Great Tang were in turmoil…
Ying Chang 'an's storytelling gradually spread in other empires.
Especially Da Ming.
A bookseller from the Great Ming Dynasty happened to be present at the Hunting Ceremony.
With his keen sense of smell, he immediately realized that Great Qin's Nineteenth Prince's storytelling would definitely become popular throughout the entire Chinese server.
He had to be one step ahead of everyone else and take as much of the benefits as he could!
With this plan in mind, the bookseller immediately paid a large sum of money to find many teachers in Xianyang City to copy the content of Ying Chang 'an's storytelling together, striving to not miss a single word.
After a few rounds of proofreading, a brand new Chang 'an Quoted Words was published.
Soon after.
The bookseller returned to Da Ming.
Once this book was released, it was like a prairie fire that set the entire Ming Dynasty ablaze.
The bookseller also became famous and officially became one of the big merchants of the Ming Dynasty.
From this moment on, the name of the bookseller gradually became famous.
His name was Shen Wansan!
……
Ming Dynasty, Forbidden City.
In the resplendent palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang, with his grey hair and beard, leaned against the dragon throne. His eyes were slightly narrowed as he held a book of Chang 'an sayings and read it with great interest.
Next to him, a delicate young man was quietly massaging his back.
"Hahaha, this kid is quite interesting. Did he guess every step that Li Shiming took?”
"I've lived for so long, but this is the first time I've seen such a strange thing.”
Zhu Yuanzhang burst into hearty laughter as he read.
After that.
When he read the story about the Great Zhou Empress, he could not help but frown slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know much about the Wu Zhao in the story.
However, he knew everything that was happening in Great Zhou like the back of his hand.
The reason was Da Ming's all-pervasive intelligence system.
Under Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, the Ming Brocade Guards not only monitored the officials of the country, but also secretly infiltrated other Central Plains dynasties.
Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there was indeed an empress in Great Zhou!
Before the empress could officially ascend the throne, she was blocked in the palace by those who opposed her. Her whereabouts were still unknown.
This was something that few people knew about.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also puzzled. How did the 19th Prince of Great Qin know?
Could it be that Great Qin had spies in the Great Zhou?
He thought for a moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think too much about it and continued reading.
Gradually.
The smile on his face disappeared and was replaced by an unprecedented seriousness and sharpness.
When he saw the words 'Imperial Examination', he could no longer suppress his imposing aura as an emperor. It surged wantonly in the huge palace.
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