Chapter 1172 Refusing to send troops

More than ten minutes passed.

Zhao Dongting appeared at the gate of the palace.

All the guards knelt down: "Long live the emperor!"

Wu Amiao's eyes were shiny, and he looked at the palace gate. Seeing Zhao Dongting wearing a dragon robe, his eyes were brighter, but then he turned his head and hummed twice.

Zhao Dongting chuckled, "What kind of rogue are you sitting here and playing with?"

Wu Amiao said: "Aren't you missing me?"

Zhao Dongting said: "I am worried that you will do undescribable things at the entrance of this palace. There are no leaves here for you to wipe your butt."

Wu Amiao smiled with a shy face in a blink of an eye, "That's not, that's not. We are also a famous swordsman in the world now."

As he said that, he patted the scabbard behind him.

A snapping sound.

Then raise your legs and walk into the palace gate.

The guards wanted to stop them, but Zhao Dongting waved his hand to retreat.

No one followed Zhao Dongting, so he walked beside Wu Amiao.

In the first few dozen steps, neither of them spoke.

Then Zhao Dongting said, "You followed Long to open a powder restaurant in Changde, and that girl named Ah Hong can satisfy your eyes. How beautiful and happy, what are you doing here?"

The detailed information about Wu Amiao was brought by the carrier pigeon last night.

Wu Amiao was not surprised and said, "Repay your kindness and protect my master's life. Do you have to give me this face?"

Zhao Dongting chuckled, "I never regret what I promised others. However, you are really famous and developed in the world now!"

Wu Amiao shook his head very slutty, "It's a must."

I learned this from Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting said again: "Then you said that you would invite me to a restaurant after you have developed. Is this necessary to be fulfilled?"

Wu Amiao looked him up and down, "You wear this outfit, come with me to the restaurant?"

“Don’t go outside.”

Zhao Dongting patted Wu A Miao on the shoulder, and did not dislike him for his blood. "Just go to the imperial kitchen and add a bowl of powder for me. Just think you invited me."

Wu Amiao smashed her mouth, "At my current value, I want to invite you, are you just adding beef instead of powder?"

Zhao Dongting laughed, "It's a must."

The two of them walked towards the depths of the palace with their arms around each other.

The Xixia Zhongxing Prefecture is also in the imperial city.

A civil servant wearing the scarlet official uniform of the Song Dynasty walked deep into the palace with the eunuch.

Ancient Tree Tea, an envoy to the Western Xia of the Song Dynasty.

He was a Jinshi of the imperial examination this year. Because he had very few Jinshi who specialized in diplomacy, and the Song Dynasty lacked diplomatic talents, he was the person who won the highest official title in this imperial examination.

The real power of the ambassador to the outside world is not high, but it is not low. It is enough to shine the family lintel.

Ancient Tree Tea suddenly entered the palace to see the Empress of Xixia because of Zhao Dongting's letter.

Finally, he met Li Xiushu in the Imperial Study Room.

Even in this imperial study, Li Xiushu actually blocked herself with a curtain. From outside, she couldn't see any of her at all.

The old eunuch who was waiting beside him whispered: "Your Majesty, Lord Gu, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, has arrived."

Ancient Tree Tea bowed and bowed, "Ancient Tree Tea has met the Emperor Xixia."

Li Xiushu's slightly cold voice came from the curtain, "Mr. Gu is exempt from courtesy. I wonder what happened to Master Gu suddenly asked to see me?"

She should actually know where the ancient tree tea behavior came from, and she just asked it knowingly.

The ancient tree tea frowned slightly without any trace and said, "The emperor of my dynasty has a secret letter and asked me to pass it on to you, Emperor Xixia."

Even he could guess what the emperor had sent a letter to Xixia, of course he didn't believe that Li Xiushu would not have thought of it.

"Um."

Li Xiushu responded softly.

The old eunuch took the secret letter from Gu Shucha, but did not lift the curtain. Li Xiushu only stretched out her hand from it, looking mysterious.

After waiting for dozens of seconds, her voice came from inside, "My Xixia national strength is weak, I am afraid I can't help Da Song..."

"hiss……"

The ancient tree tea took a light breath, and this time she really frowned.

He glanced at the curtain with doubt, only to find it very surprised. Because he had never thought that the Empress of Xixia would refuse to send troops.

For the sake of emotion and reason, Li Xiushu should not have such a choice.

After raising the language a little, Gu Shu Tea slowly said: "Emperor, you, Xixia and my Great Song Kingdom have been allies since they became emperors, and they have supported and helped each other. In recent years, our emperor has also provided a lot of help to you Xixia. Now our dynasty has been besieged by the Three Kingdoms of the New Song, Dali and Yuan dynasties. It is the time when you need your Xixia assistance. Do you plan to watch it on the wall?"

His tone did not hide his dissatisfaction.

Because in recent years, Zhao Dongting's many helps to Xixia have been heard of even him, the new ambassador who has not been in office for a long time.

It can be said that without Zhao Dongting's help, it would never be possible that Xixia would develop to this level in a short period of time with the national strength of Xixia.

Li Xiushu refused to send troops to help, which was too ruthless.

"well……"

Li Xiushu's sigh came from the curtain curtain, "It's not that I don't want to send troops, but that my Xixia national strength has not been restored. I am really unable to send troops at this time..."

"emperor!"

Gu Shu Tea narrowed his eyes slightly, then straightened up, "Even if you don't think about your old love with me, do you still understand the truth that your lips are dead and your teeth are cold?"

Li Xiushu's voice suddenly became cold, "What do you mean?"

Gu Shu Tea said bluntly: "If I was in Song Dynasty, Gu dared to assert that Xixia would definitely follow in the footsteps of my Song Dynasty and be destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty or Dali."

"snort!"

Li Xiushu snorted coldly, "That's also a future matter. If I send troops now and the people in the country are living in poverty, that will really lead to the destruction of the country!"

As he said, his voice suddenly eased a little, "I am not saying that I will not send troops to help you, but I just need to wait a little longer. Over the past few years, I have been trying to restore people's livelihood. You should know this, but the results are far less significant than your Song Dynasty. If I want to send troops, I have to let the people have food first and the soldiers have food and wages."

Gu Shucha was slightly stunned, and then said, "The Emperor of Xixia really asked Gu to reply to me, Emperor Song like this?"

He was stationed in Zhongxing Prefecture and had a little understanding of the situation in Xixia. Although the national strength of Xixia is definitely far from comparable to that of the Song Dynasty, it is a lie to say that he is unable to send troops.

Li Xiushu just doesn't want to send troops.

Why did she not want to send troops? Gu Shu Tea could not guess the reason. Perhaps she was unwilling to get involved in the disputes between several countries, or perhaps she wanted to take this opportunity to strengthen her national strength.

"Um……"

Li Xiushu's plain answer came from the curtain again.

"Gu took his leave."

Seeing that Li Xiushu was sure of the ancient tree tea, he stopped talking. After the salute, he walked out of the imperial study room with some anger.
Chapter completed!