The red candle warms the tent, spring is short, and a night passes, and everything is indescribable.

When she woke up early in the morning, Dongyang's cloudy hair was scattered, and she was still lying beside Li Su and sleeping deeply. The pain of the broken melon last night and the unsatisfied battle made her tired and painful, and she was struggling until dawn before she fell asleep.

Li Su looked at the smooth and white shoulders that were as smooth as snow on the thin blanket, and couldn't help but lean over and kiss her lovingly, then got up and put on her clothes.

I have been so arrogant and extravagant that I have been dressed at home for too long. Maybe Mingzhu does it for me. Now I am not used to letting him wear it myself. I was so busy that I barely put it neatly.

He stretched out of the side hall and saw Lu Liu and several palace maids standing quietly under the porch with toiletries, probably waiting for Dongyang to wake up.

Seeing Li Su walking out of it, Lu Liu widened her eyes in shock and stammered: "Ah, you... Mr. Li, why are you..."

Li Su yawned lazily, and now she looks like a lie to the goddess. She is the best scumbag after she succeeds in bed.

"What's wrong with me? Didn't you say that last night, I'll talk about life with His Royal Highness the Princess."

Lu Liu said blankly: "Talk about...life? But, this is His Royal Highness's bedroom."

"You can't talk about life in the bedroom? You little girl is too conservative. Come on, bring the water and wait for me to wash. Your princess probably won't wake up for the time being."

"Ah, uh...yes, Master." Lu Liu said with a red face.

No matter how innocent he was, Lu Liu still vaguely understood how His Highness the Princess and Mr. Li talked about life last night. The 18-year-old girl was so embarrassed that she bowed her head and led the palace maids to serve Li Su washing.

While serving, Lu Liu's eyes secretly looked into the hall. It seemed that she wanted to know what the princess, who had been chatted with for a night, looked like now.

Li Su smiled and said, "If you want to see, go in and see. Your princess is not awake yet, so you can walk lighter."

Green Willow shook her head with red face and pursed her lips and smiled secretly.

Before Dongyang woke up, Li Su unexpectedly waited for the imperial guards at the entrance of the Taoist temple.

The imperial guards came in to report that there was a eunuch outside the door, and His Majesty summoned the Duke of Jingyang County.

Li Su was shocked and then smiled bitterly.

It turns out that all the world is the king's land. Last night, Li Shimin sent someone to the Taoist temple to summon him this morning, and the matter in the world could not be hidden from him.

Since he had already had the reality of a husband and wife, Li Su was mentally prepared, whether he was guilty or scolding, in short, Dongyang was already his wife, and this fact could not be changed even by the emperor.

After tidying up his clothes, he sent someone to call Fang Laowu and other troops from home. The group rode on horseback and hurriedly heading straight to Chang'an.

On the way, Fang Laowu looked at the eunuch in front of him with a distant expression, turned his horse's head and approached Li Su, and said worriedly: "Master, the eunuch called you from the Taoist temple this morning. Did Your Majesty know so quickly..."

In the past, Fang Laowu was a simple military man, but after being with Li Su for so long, he understood a little bit of the dangers of the court, such as the current situation, and he realized something was wrong.

Li Su smiled and said, "Your Majesty has known it for a long time. The difference is just that layer of window paper. Everyone knows it well, but they haven't broken it."

Fang Laowu said unconsciously: "Then, what if His Majesty breaks it today?"

Li Suwu said, "Then let's break it, what can I do?"

Fang Laowu was silent for a moment, remembered another incident and said, "Mr. Master, General Hou ordered troops to be sent to Beidaying this morning. Now the army has probably begun. Do you want to send it off?"

Li Su sighed: "I won't give it to you. It's not difficult for General Hou to pacify the Western Regions this time. You can see good news in a year or two. If you don't give it to you, it's meaningless."

Fang Laowu nodded and stopped talking.

Tai Chi Palace.

I haven't seen Li Shimin for a while, mainly because Li Su is guilty and has been trying to avoid him recently.

The reason for guilt is naturally the power under Wang Zhi. Well, this matter is actually a layer of window paper, and Li Su understands that it is a layer of window paper that will be pierced sooner or later.

In Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin knelt in the middle of the hall, staring at Li Su with an unkind look on his face.

Li Su swallowed his saliva, slowly crossed the hall, and saluted Li Shimin.

"My minister, please pay homage to Your Majesty."

Li Shimin hummed: "Forgive me, sit down."

Li Su found a slightly further position to sit down. The safe distance was that even if Li Shimin threw a bottle and smashed a jar, the kinetic potential energy minus air resistance and gravity, it would probably not hurt him.

"Sit closer! Are you afraid that I will eat you?"

Li Su sighed and had to get closer to Li Shimin. The formula just now was vain. Now he is completely enveloped within the opponent's attack range.

The air was a little frozen, Li Su drooped her eyebrows and sat in front of Li Shimin awkwardly. Li Shimin looked at him with a cold look on his face.

After a long time, Li Su felt that the silence should be broken, and the atmosphere at this moment was too uncomfortable.

"Uh, your majesty, have you eaten?"

Li Shimin snorted: "Li Zizheng, did you sleep well last night?"

Li Su blinked and quickly analyzed in his mind that the word "sleep" refers to a verb, or... a verb?

"Uh, it's okay, thank you for your concern."

Li Shimin's face became increasingly unkind: "Like my son, Ji Nu, you were the groom last night. Should I congratulate you?"

Li Su grinned.

I really want to say "Tongxi", but I am afraid that Li Shimin will really copy his knife and chop him up.

Well, this layer of window paper was finally broken.

After saying it thoroughly, Li Su let go and simply raised her head and looked directly at Li Shimin: "Yes, I and Princess Dongyang have a real husband and wife."

Li Su's sudden change in attitude made Li Shimin quite surprised. The two glared at each other. After a long time, Li Shimin finally sighed and his momentum fell silent.

"Forget it, you and Dongyang...just like this. I was sorry for you back then. It ruined your good marriage and caused you to suffer too much. Since you already have the reality of being a husband and wife, this is the best result."

Li Su was overjoyed. This was the first time that Li Shimin had admitted his relationship with Dongyang so bluntly.

"My dear, thank you for your success."

Li Shimin hummed: "Do you well in Dongyang in the future and don't let her suffer any grievances. If one day I will teach me that you are not good to her, I don't care what kind of talent you are. I will slash Dongyang with one knife to relieve my anger. Do you understand?"

"Yes. I remember."

"Also, don't spread your affairs with her everywhere, and you know the consequences. It's not a decent thing to spread. If it really makes a storm in the city, I will do whatever I should do for the sake of Dongyang's reputation. Don't blame me at that time."

"yes."

I have to say that Dongyang's original persistence was still very visionary.

I have been unwilling to fulfill my family for many years. I did not agree until Xu Mingzhu became pregnant. She also confirmed Li Shimin's character. If Xu Mingzhu still had nothing to do and he and Dongyang became husband and wife, today's scene would not be so pleasant, and most of them would be broken and the family would be destroyed.

Now that Xu Mingzhu is pregnant, she is the wife of the imperial decree conferred by Li Shimin. If she forces Li Su to divorce her wife and marry Dongyang, it will be unreasonable. It will also bring curses to the people in the court. It is precisely because of this concern that Li Shimin gently exposed the matter and had to acknowledge his current nameless relationship with Dongyang.

If you accept it, Li Shimin probably doesn't want to mention this matter. As he said, for the Tian family, this matter is not very decent after all.

So Li Shimin quickly changed the topic.

"Hou Junji returned to Chang'an the day before yesterday. You should know?"

Li Su said honestly: "Yes, General Hou came to Zhuochen's home."

Li Shimin said lightly: "When Hou Junji participated in the rebellion, you made him stop his horse. Later, Hou Junji was waiting for his crimes and was pardoned because of you. He also recommended the seal of the commander who conquered the Western Regions because of you. Even when the Hou family was in trouble, you came forward to me and told me that you are really kind and righteous to the Hou family."

Li Su smiled and said, "I am just to be kind and righteous to the pillars and pillars of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin praised: "Well, I am good at raising my country. You have also been an official in Xizhou and participated in the battle to defend Xizhou. You should be familiar with the countries in the Western Regions. This time, Hou Junji led his troops to pacify the Yanqi Wanglong Tuqi Branch of the Western Regions. What do you think?"

Li Su thought for a while and said, "I think if the only enemy of our Tang Dynasty is Yanqi Wanglong Tuqi Branch, General Hou can be suppressed within one year, and there is no suspense."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "There is something in the words, what if our enemy is not the only one in King Yan's name?"

Li Su sighed: "The marriage between the Longtuqi branch of the Yanqi king and the Khan of the Western Turks gradually became rebellious against the Tang Dynasty and has now completely turned to the Western Turks. Therefore, the Yanqi king actually dared to fight against the Tang Dynasty under the instigation and instigation of the Western Turks. Your Majesty, in the Western Regions, the real enemy of the Tang Dynasty is not the King of Yanqi, but the Western Turks."

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, if the enemy is just King Yanqi, I will feel at ease. The army will be overwhelmed and will be invincible. However, with the support of the Western Turks behind Yanqi, I have to worry."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Even with the support of the Western Turks, this battle will be at most a stalemate. With the ability of General Hou, my royal army will not be defeated."

"I know that Hou Junji will not be defeated, but if the Western Turks also send troops, Hou Junji will not be able to win in just a few years. What I am afraid of is that the two armies are in a stalemate and will last for a long time."

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said, "Originally, I planned to send troops to go east to goguryeo this winter. If the Western Regions cannot be quickly pacified, it will be a stalemate. The reinforcements, food, grass and weapons from the court will be sent to the Western Regions continuously, and it will be useless to waste the country's foundation."

Li Su was speechless at once.

Regardless of ancient and modern times, the war is about money, food and grass, and the economy is about the country's economy. Whoever has a strong foundation will have a greater chance of winning. The essence of war between countries is that big fish eat small fish. But Li Su knew that the Tang Dynasty could not afford to consume now. If the Western Regions were unfair, the Tang Dynasty would not be able to make a move to the east. It was not only a matter of the number of troops, but also a supply of food and grass. The preparations for the east expedition to Goguryeo were insufficient. Now, in the Western Regions, the 30,000 troops of Hou Junji also needed a steady stream of food and grass. The Tang Dynasty's treasury was too weak, so how could it withstand the two wars between the east and west at the same time?

Li Su finally understood the purpose of Li Shimin calling him here today. The reason for the provocation of the army was one of the reasons. The important thing was to ask about his strategy for pacifying the Western Regions, and hope he could come up with a good solution.

However, where is Li Su's good idea? The battle in Goguryeo was a hasty battle, but Li Suda did not agree from the bottom of his heart. Now Li Shimin is determined to fight to the east, and does not consider how many years the Tang Dynasty's economy and population will be regressed after this war.

This is simply an unsolvable problem and Li Su can't do it.

"I... there is really no good idea." Li Su smiled bitterly.

Li Shimin was not surprised and smiled and said, "Is Li Zizheng, who has always been the most capable person, no one can do anything?"

Li Su hesitated for a moment and said, "There is only one way to do it today."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "I want to hear the details."

Li Su said slowly: "The only way is to ask Your Majesty to temporarily stop the Eastern Expedition."

Li Shimin's face changed: "Stop the heart of the Eastern Expedition?"

Li Su sighed: "Your Majesty should know more about the national strength of the Tang Dynasty than his ministers. It is impossible to support two wars at the same time. King Yanqi has rebelled, the Silk Road has been cut off, and Hou Junji's army has begun. This battle is urgent, but Goguryeo has not changed at the moment. In contrast, the eastern expedition of Goguryeo is not so urgent. Why not temporarily put down the spirit of the Eastern expedition and sank the Western Regions with all their might? If this battle is won, the west side of the Tang Dynasty can maintain peace for at least twenty years. If the Silk Road is unobstructed, it will be a great help to accumulate the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. After three or five years, the Tang Dynasty will be rich in its treasury and armed forces are all available. At that time, the chances of victory will be much greater."

Li Shimin's face was gloomy and calm. He was silent for a while, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Zizheng's words are actually Lao Cheng's argument for planning the country, but his intention to fight the Eastern Expedition... is unstoppable."

Li Su said: "Your Majesty, it is unwise to do it even though you know it is impossible to do it. The Tang Dynasty's treasury cannot support it. If the war is forcibly launched, the victory or defeat will be unpredictable. If the conquest is defeated, the Tang Dynasty's invincible prestige will be lost all its prestige in the years, which will cause all countries to be ready to move. The great situation that the Tang Dynasty finally created will be lost."

Li Shimin sighed: "I know all of what you said, but I have reasons for the Eastern Expedition, and the Eastern Expedition is urgent."

Li Su was stunned for a while and smiled bitterly: "I am stupid and can't think of any reason to have to fight the Eastern Expedition this year. I will still be able to beat Goguryeo in three or five years, and the chance of winning is greater at that time. Why should your Majesty be anxious about this time?"

Li Shimin suddenly looked lonely, and he looked down at the table in front of him in a daze. After a long time, he looked up at him and slowly said, "My body is getting worse day by day, I'm afraid I can't wait for three or five years."

Li Su was shocked and stared at him in shock.

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "Don't you believe it?"

"I... I saw Your Majesty being fierce and energetic, and it was the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, how could it be impossible for three or five years?"

Li Shimin sighed: "That's what you see. After the beginning of spring this year, I feel that my body is weaker day by day, I often have chest tightness and headaches, my appetite is not as good as before, and sometimes I can't even ride a horse. The imperial physician diagnosed me that it was a wind disease and yin evil possession, so I should rest in peace. Therefore, I hope to launch an Eastern Expedition within this year. This battle is crucial to the Tang Dynasty. I must lead the expedition in person. If I wait for three or five years, I can't even ride a horse, how can I talk about "individual expedition"? Will I be carried to the battlefield when I lay on the bed?"
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