Several days later.
Chang 'an City.
"Long live our emperor!"
In the Imperial Court, the civil and military officials bowed and saluted, shouting long live.
Li Shi Min walked out from the crowd and swept his gaze across the crowd before making a gesture to stand up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The civil and military officials stood up after thanking him.
Normally, Li Shiming would have said something to encourage his officials after this process, but now he looked very anxious and didn't have the mood to talk nonsense.
"Your Majesty, are you worried about the military situation at the front?”
Zhangsun Wuji took a step forward and bowed.
"Isn't this nonsense? I received news a few days ago that the ancient tribe of the Turkic Baye and other tribes have formed an alliance to attack Wugong City. Now, they have sent hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry. Behind Wugong City is Chang 'an, so how can I not be anxious?”
Li Shi Min said impatiently.
"Wu City is still being held back by the enemy and unable to provide support to Martial Arts City. A few days ago, State Duke Cheng was defeated, but there is still good news.”
Zhangsun Wuji said indifferently.
"What good news?”
Li Shi Min sat on the throne and asked.
"According to the latest news I received, His Highness led his army to meet the vanguard of the ancient tribe of Baye on the plains and wiped out the 100,000 elite cavalry.”
Zhangsun Wuji slowly revealed the news about Li Yu.
Hearing this news, everyone, including Li Shi Min, was stunned. Then, they began to whisper to each other.
"Is Yu 'er really so powerful that she could annihilate the vanguard of the Ancient Barga Tribe on the plains?”
Li Shi Min was also a person who had fought in wars. He knew that it was a great taboo to fight the Turks on the plains. Li Yu had few soldiers, and most of them were infantry. How could he possibly win?
Not only Li Shi Min, but the others also wanted to ask if the matter was true.
"It's absolutely true. This subject has spies on the Turkic side. After the vanguard lost contact, the Ancient Tribe of the Wilderness sent out spies and discovered that the corpses on the battlefield were piled up like mountains from hell, but not a single corpse had their hair tied up. This means that not only did Your Highness win, but it was a great victory.”
Zhangsun Wuji said slowly.
"Alright, alright!"
"It's actually a great victory!"
"Your Highness is really a Saint Child. He won with fewer attacks and more. It seems that he is a natural talent!”
“……”
The officials praised him.
Their praise was sincere. After all, the Tang army had suffered repeated setbacks, and Li Yu's victory was a great boost to their morale.
"Hahahaha, you have my style back then.”
Li Shi Min stroked his beard and laughed, but his smile soon disappeared.
Li Shi Min, who was sitting on the dragon throne, frowned and began to calculate.
According to the original plan, the Great Tang had wanted to sue for peace with the Turks.
This was something that could not be helped. After all, the Great Tang had just ended its internal strife, and it had not been peaceful for long. It did not have enough armor, weapons, or food to engage in a prolonged war with the Turks.
And Li Yuquan had annihilated the vanguard of the Ancient Baye Tribe. To the Ancient Baye Tribe and even the entire Turkic people, this was a deep hatred. At that time, the hope of peace would be slim.
Just as Li Shi Min was thinking about this, the other officials also saw through the Emperor's thoughts. They all stopped smiling and praising Li Yu.
"Everyone, I've thought about it and feel that no matter how good Yu 'er is at fighting, our main strategy against the Turks is to make peace.”
Li Shi Min said in a heavy voice.
He had once been a staunch advocate of war and had been very unhappy with his father and elder brother's compromise with the Turks, but now he had also become an advocate of peace.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"
Wei Zheng took a step forward and said loudly," His Highness first attacked the barbarians outside Youzhou City and killed the leader of the Tuli bandits. Then, he won a great victory in Zaihukou, scaring the leader of the Jie bandits into fleeing in panic. Then, he exterminated the entire Tiele Tribe and the vanguard army of the Ancient Baye Tribe on the plain. Aren't these glorious victories enough to inspire your courage?"!”
Wei Zheng's voice was loud and deafening.
However, Li Shi Min and the other officials didn't react.
The court was silent for a long time.
After a long time, Li Shi Min sat up straight and said,""Zhen will return and order Yu 'er to come back, then discuss peace with the Tu Jue.”
After saying that, he stood up and left, not giving Wei Zheng a chance to talk to him.
"Everyone, we can't sue for peace!”
Wei Zheng shouted at everyone.
"That's enough. General Qin was sent out to support His Highness, but he was blocked in Wugong City. Victory is only temporary. In the big picture, we can't defeat the Turks.”
Zhangsun Wuji refuted Wei Zheng's words and rolled his eyes at him before leaving the court.
……
At night.
Today was the Lantern Festival. Chang 'an City was bustling. Both the people and officials were enjoying the lanterns.
Empress Zhangsun and Li Chengqian sat in a lavishly decorated sedan chair and walked along the Vermilion Bird Avenue, looking at the lanterns outside.
A moment later, the person carrying the palanquin suddenly stopped moving forward and put the palanquin down.
Empress Zhangsun lifted the curtain in puzzlement to check the situation and met Zhangsun Wuji's eyes.
Seeing her own brother, Empress Zhangsun's face was stern. Just as she was about to draw the curtain, Zhangsun Wuji grabbed her hand.
"Why don't you invite me to ride with you?"
Zhangsun Wuji let go of his sister's hand and sat in the sedan chair.
"Brother is busy every day. I'm just a woman. How dare I delay your time?”
Empress Zhangsun said sarcastically.
"Haha, you heard about what happened in the court, right?”
Zhangsun Wuji asked directly.
"I heard that Li Yu has a winning streak in the frontline.”
Empress Zhangsun nodded, then frowned and said,""The Turks are invading our Great Tang, and the most important thing right now is to defend against them. Don't try to sabotage Li Yu behind his back.;，
”
"Oh? Who begged me to send Li Yu to Youzhou Province?”
Zhangsun Wuji asked with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Empress Zhangsun stammered,""State, state affairs and family affairs are different.”
"How is it different? There are some things that I haven't told the Emperor. According to the intelligence I've gathered from my spies in the Turks, Li Yu now has an extremely powerful army that can beat the Turks like they're their own grandsons.”
Zhangsun Wuji asked coldly.
Empress Zhangsun did not know how to answer this question.
The siblings were silent for a while.
" Then... let's find an opportunity to ease our relationship with Li Yu and try to rope him in. He's the son of a concubine anyway. No one supports him, and he can't threaten Chengqian's future..."
Empress Zhangsun said.
"A woman's opinion!"
Zhangsun Wuji berated and then ordered,"From now on, let Chengqian follow His Majesty and let His Majesty see Chengqian's potential. As for Li Yu, I will think of a way.”
Upon hearing this, Empress Zhangsun had no choice but to bite her lip and nod.
She would at most throw a tantrum at her brother. She would never dare to challenge him.
"Mother, father always scolds me. I don't want to go to his side…"
Li Chengqian immediately hugged his mother's arm and begged with a crying face.
"Don't tell Mother about this, tell your uncle.”
Empress Zhangsun pointed at Zhangsun Wuji.
"Then I'll go."
Li Chengqian immediately gave up struggling.
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