The attendant was silent. This Mulan Princess was really a bit unique. Sometimes she was smarter than anyone else, but sometimes she was slower than anyone else.

Although Bai Chengshou said nothing when he left, most of the servants who stayed knew about the intention of the Xuzhou envoy and Bai Chengshou to return to Wuzhou together, that was, to promote the marriage between the Tuyuhun people and Xuzhou, and the marriage targets were Princess Mulan and the Prince of Pengcheng.

The servants also knew that this Princess Mulan had a good impression of the Prince of Pengcheng. Of course, that kind of affection did not seem to involve the relationship between men and women. It was enough to have a good impression. In the exchange of political interests, even life and death hatred had to be put aside. As long as it was beneficial to the marriage between the two parties, all interference and influence could be eliminated.

"Well, Shaojun, we Tuyuhun people don't have much connection with Nanyang, but if Nanyang really marry Xuzhou, then the three of us might be on the same front." The attendant said with some difficulty: "As for the connection inside, it is not a villain who can interfere, but Shaojun needs to think about it himself."

Bai Mulan frowned slightly, and her high nose bridge and slightly deep concave eye sockets matched her alien bloodline more obvious, but a shadow of Han bloodline could still be found between her eyebrows.

In fact, whether it is the Tuyuhun people or the Shatu people, as their tribes live in mixed lives with the Han people, the population disadvantage has led to their Hu bloodlines constantly deteriorating during the mixed lives. This is why many gentry and scholars have called out the saying of "Zhuxia and Zexia".

This statement is not without cause. As the momentum of great ethnic integration intensifies, the powerful cultural assimilation power of the Han people is constantly absorbing the excellent side of the Hu people's culture, and more of them are bathing their advanced civilizations into foreign races, allowing them to actively move closer and integrate in their interactions with the Han people in the Central Plains.

Therefore, whether it is Tuyuhun or Shatu, the marriage with the Han people is not hindered, and they are even happy to see it. Similarly, there is not much criticism for the marriage between the middle and lower classes of Han people and foreign races. Only the upper class gentry's requirements for the wife are more harsh in terms of blood. However, this is no longer aimed at simple alien bloodlines, but for the entire group of non-big tribes including the Han people.

"Well, maybe I can go and visit the Liu brothers and sisters?" Bai Mulan thought on her own initiative, "The Liu family is also a prominent family in the middle. I heard that Nanyang is also very prosperous and the customs and customs are different from here. So I will visit it too, which is not rude."

"Then you prepare a gift, well, two, choose two horses, and give someone a visitor, let alone us who come from the frontiers, don't be polite." Bai Mulan thought for a while before she decided to say.

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"Bai Mulan? Tuyuhun people?"

Liu Yong's face was a little strange, but he was indeed not in much mood to receive the Hu princess from the Tuyuhun tribe at this time.

It has not been long since we arrived in Xuzhou, and the negotiations with Xuzhou have just begun, but the news from Henan has become increasingly tense. The Shatuo people are accelerating the transportation of materials, supplies and grass on the front lines of Henan Prefecture and Zhengzhou, and the army is quietly gathering on this line, obviously they are preparing to take action.

Autumn is about to enter two months, the heat is getting worse, and the autumn is high and the horses are fat. It is a good time for Shatuo Iron Cavalry to use troops. Liu Yong is worried that Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou are already in Xuzhou.

In fact, before this, Liu Xuan and Liu Yong's branch clearly expressed their opposition to Liu Tong, Liu Han and others to enter Henan Prefecture. At most, they would control Ruzhou according to the agreement with the Shatuo people, and even Xuzhou should not be needed. Instead, they should focus on taking over the Qihuang Prefectures of the E-Huang Du family.

But this view was opposed by Liu Tong's lineage.

This is actually a manifestation of the different interests of the two branches of the Liu family.

Liu Tong has Nanyang and Bizhou as the core interest areas. If Ruzhou and Xuzhou can be taken over, or even the southern part of Henan Prefecture, then Liu Tong's influence and interest circle will be expanded to the north of Funiu Mountain and Fangcheng Mountain. A Nanyang Prefecture and Bizhou as the base area to digest the southern part of Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou. Xuzhou's control area will be of great benefit to consolidating Liu Xuan's power, but this is just an ideal idea.

Liu Tong's idea was based on the fact that the Shatuo people would first use troops against their biggest enemy Xuzhou. Then the Shatuo people might tolerate Liu Tong's offense and would allow them to draw boundaries on their respective control areas, stabilize themselves in the south and west rears, and concentrate their efforts to defeat Xuzhou.

But Liu Tong underestimated the wisdom of Shatuo people and also underestimated the strength of Xuzhou.

The battle in Caozhou made the Shatuo people realize Xuzhou's fighting intention and determination, so they quickly made the decision to turn. Now it seems that they chose Nanyang as the next target of the attack between Caizhou and Nanyang.

This puts Liu Xuan, who had already tried his best to avoid being dragged into the dispute with the Shatuo people and wanted to use this opportunity to annihilate the E Huang Du family in one fell swoop.

The Liu Xuan lineage itself only owns Suizhou in the entire Old Nanyang circle, and it only improves after annexing Shenzhou. Next, after taking Anzhou, it finally can compete with Liu Tong. Unexpectedly, this time it was pulled into the muddy waters by Liu Tong again.

No, this time it is no longer muddy water, but a complete quagmire that may have swallowed the entire Liu family.

But everyone knows that the two Lius are two-in-one, and two gourds on one vine can't escape Liu Tong or Liu Xuan. If Liu Tong is really defeated by Shatuo people, then Liu Xuan won't have a good ending.

Because of this, Liu Yong was also furious by this series of news. How could he have any intention of meeting the princess of Tuyuhun?

"No!" Liu Yong said angrily: "Just say I don't have time soon."

"Brother, it may be bad if you don't see me." Liu Yu, who was sitting next to him, was not as irritable as Liu Yong. He leisurely played with the scissors in his hand and cut the window paper.

After so many days in Xuzhou, what he saw and heard also gave Liu Yu a deeper understanding of Xuzhou.

The deeper the understanding, the more surprised Liu Yu was, so that she often had to guess what the person who was entrenched on the land of the eastern part of Central China might become his husband in the future. What else was he thinking about? What else was he not able to do, and he didn't expect?

"What's wrong with us? We have never had any contact with Tuyuhun people in Nanyang. Tuyuhun people are planning to form an alliance with Xuzhou, but we may not be able to rely on Tuyuhun people." Liu Yong frowned, "Little sister, do you think Tuyuhun people will support us behind our back because of our request? I'm afraid it's difficult. Even if Jiang Feng wants Tuyuhun people to work hard, Tuyuhun people will consider whether they accept it according to their tribe's interests."

"Brother is right, but have you ever thought about the reason why Xuzhou attaches so much importance to Tuyuhun people?" Liu Zuo asked back: "Is it just a simple wedge behind the Shatuo people? As far as my younger sister knows, the relationship between Tuyuhun people and Shatuo people is not as bad as the outside world imagines. In the minds of Shatuo people, the Tuyuhun people are similar to those outside the Great Wall who depend on them. At most, the Tuyuhun people have a slightly larger territory and stronger independence. On the contrary, the Tuyuhun people have always been in a state of incompatibility with the Khitans."

Liu Yong knew her little sister very well, and knew that she never spoke lightly, and she always had something to say. In Nanyang, she lived in simplicity and had few roads. Many outsiders had never seen her true appearance. However, the Liu clan, including the uncle, was sincerely praised her intelligence and agility. The title of the ever-changing spirit fox is only famous within the Liu clan, but Liu Yong felt that she was probably much better than many true counselors and wise men.

Liu Yong concentrated on his mind and thought, "Jiang Feng treated Tuyuhun people so well, but was not aimed at the Shatu people, but at Heshuo, or at the Khitan people?"

"Well, my brother may not have noticed some of the information we have obtained. Over the years, the Tuyuhun people have been wary of the Shatu people, and have always maintained their independence, and have even fought wars with the Shatu people, but more often the Tuyuhun people and the Shatu people still maintain relatively peace."

Liu Qi obviously thought about this aspect, and the differences were very clear.

"The important places in the northeast of the river like Yunzhou and Weizhou are in the hands of Tuyuhun people, and the Shatu people did not do anything to them. This seems unimaginable to us. How can others snore on the side of the bed? But the Shatu people just did this. Of course, there may be many reasons. On the one hand, it may be because the Tuyuhun people are not strong enough and cannot pose too much threat to the Shatu people. More likely, it may be because the Shatu people think it is too difficult to conquer the Tuyuhun people, and their main enemy is still Daliang. They are more eager for the Central Plains, so they allow the existence of the Tuyuhun people."

"Then the Shatuo people have destroyed Daliang now, will they still let the Tuyuhun people go?" Liu Yong asked back.

"I didn't get rid of the Shatuo people, but did Li Cunhou conquere the Central Plains? There is Xuzhou in the east, we are with the Yuan family in the south, and we are related to the Zhongzhong in the west, and even the Dangxiang people want to share a piece of the pie. The Shatuo people have many enemies, and even Heshuo and the others don't have the energy to ask about it, let alone a Tuyuhun person?" Liu Zuo wiped his hair that fell from his forehead and replied leisurely.

"It's not easy to destroy the Tuyuhun people. Look at the territory they occupy. It's fine if Yunzhou and Weizhou are all outside the border. Although the Tuyuhun people are now transforming into farming, they still retain their nomadic habits. If they really want to be forced, they can also jump on the grassland outside the border. Does the Shatuo people have so much energy and time to wipe out the Tuyuhun people outside the border? Will the nobles within them agree to prevent the luxurious places in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and go to the bitter and cold grassland outside the border to fight the Tuyuhun people to death?"
Chapter completed!