Chapter 225 Silla presents a letter of surrender, the father-in-law is in trouble
Author: Angry Little Heizi
Chapter 225 Silla presents a letter of surrender, the father-in-law is in trouble
After hearing Li Xiuzhu's analysis, the prince fell silent for a moment.
One group of people must have been sent by his father, he was sure of this, but what about the remaining two groups?
"If my brother-in-law hadn't spoken today, I wouldn't have known there were so many informants hidden in my little east palace."
However, the prince smiled and didn't take it seriously.
It's not that he doesn't care, it's that he can't handle it.
Apart from anything else, if his father's manpower was handled carelessly, he would be in big trouble.
Li Xiuzhu didn't say anything more, got up and left after eating.
After he left, Crown Princess Xiao Rongyu looked at the prince and was silent for a long time. Finally, she couldn't hold it back when the prince was about to leave.
"Your Highness, have you never felt any reluctance to give up?"
The prince paused as he prepared to leave.
"Just do what you should do. If anyone finds out, your family's lives will not be saved."
Xiao Rongyu pulled out a weird smile.
"I didn't want to resist. In fact, I still have a good impression of our brother-in-law. I'm just curious if His Highness really doesn't have any reluctance or hesitation at all?"
"After all, I am the Crown Princess!"
The prince turned back to look at Xiao Rongyu, stared at her for three breaths and then said: "I do have some hesitation. I hesitate to make your child the prince in the future."
"After all, this is my royal inheritance."
"After thinking about it, it seems that the problem is not big. I can leave the throne to my younger brother."
"If I don't have my younger brother to live up to my expectations, it's not impossible to support your children."
"Anyway, I have sat on this throne, and it won't make much difference to whoever I hold the throne in the future."
"All I want is to be free and be able to protect the people I love in the future."
Xiao Rongyu didn't expect to get such an answer.
What kind of mental illness does this person have? Try to stay away from this idiot from now on.
Well, I feel like I have to lock the door when I sleep at night.
However, Xiao Rongyu has no courage to disobey this kind of mental illness.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do what I need to do and give birth to a son for 'Your Highness' as soon as possible."
"Well, have a good rest!"
When Li Xiuzhu returned, he unexpectedly found that several of his wives were still awake.
"What? Are you waiting for me?"
Fu Yuehua frowned and asked, "How come you've been here all day and all night?"
Li Xiuzhu smiled: "I drank too much last night. I didn't get up until the afternoon today. I just had a meal."
"I remember I asked the prince to tell Lao Ma to come back and report the news, but Lao Ma didn't come back?"
"I'm back, but Lao Ma said I didn't see you, and it's already dark and you haven't come back yet, so we're a little worried."
Li Xiuzhu stepped forward, hugged Fu Yuehua and said, "Isn't this back? I really drank a little too much this time, which makes you worried."
As he spoke, he took a deep breath of the fragrance on Fu Yuehua's neck and felt much more energetic.
Suddenly he thought of the scene of the Crown Princess being stained with blood again, and suddenly he became interested again.
He looked at the women on the side and asked, "Sleep together tonight?"
Immediately, the women's faces turned red. Li Biyao and Nong Yue, who were the first to stop crying, stood up.
"My husband is back, I will go to bed first."
"Well, it's not convenient for me."
"Me too!"
"..."
While they were talking, six or seven people left one after another, leaving only Fu Yuehua, Li Liuli and Li Shishi who hadn't run away.
Early the next morning, Fu Yuehua, who had regained his composure, suddenly remembered something. He looked at Li Xiuzhu, only to find that her husband was no longer there.
After getting dressed, Fu Yuehua left the master bedroom and asked, "Is my uncle gone?"
"No, I'm having dinner with some ladies in the front hall."
Fu Yuehua breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the front hall.
At the same time, inside the political palace.
"If you have the foundation to start a memorial, if you don't have the foundation, you will retreat from the court."
Sun Jingyang, the Minister of Rites, took a step forward.
"Your Majesty Sun Jingyang has the original memorial."
"allow!"
"The Silla envoys have set out two days ago and are preparing to submit the letter of surrender before the new year."
"I wonder if your Majesty has a bottom line?"
Li Kuo immediately smiled when he heard this. No one who becomes an emperor can refuse the merits of opening up and expanding territory.
"Ask them to cede the north of Liaodong. It depends on your Ministry of Rites. My bottom line is five big cities."
Is the bottom line just five big cities? At this moment, the pressure came to the Ministry of Rites.
You must know that there are only eight cities in the north of Liaodong. Not counting the rear of Silla, this is a loss of two-thirds of the territory.
Even considered as the rear area of Silla, this is only half of the territory.
Sun Jingyang's scalp was a little numb and he asked: "Your Majesty, is this... too much?"
"How much? If they think it's too much, they can wait until spring to destroy the country."
Sun Jingyang was startled when he heard this. Well, the situation is indeed different now.
If that's the case, it's not impossible to talk about it.
"I accept the decree!"
Li Kuo looked at Fu Wenhan.
"Fu Aiqing, Silla Shichen came to Beijing recently to submit a letter of surrender. Please prepare for the Grand Canal."
Fu Wenhan had known for a long time that this day would come, and he had made a lot of preparations, not to mention a feasible plan for his beloved son-in-law.
Fu Wenhan cupped his fists and saluted.
"Your Majesty, I'm almost ready. Construction can start after the year."
"However, the frozen soil in the north will still be a bit hard in the coming years. If we go from north to south, we will get twice the result with half the effort."
"I propose to dig the Grand Canal from south to north."
Li Kuo nodded when he heard this. He didn't have much time left and hoped to see the opening of the Grand Canal in his lifetime.
"I'll leave this matter to you. I want to see the Grand Canal before May."
At this moment, Fu Wenhan felt that Li Kuo was crazy.
Five months to see the Grand Canal? Why don’t you fly?
"Your Majesty, the Grand Canal may not be dug even in five months, not to mention five years."
"Five months, I...can't do anything."
You must know that in the history of Li Xiuzhu, Yang Guang spent 5 million manpower digging the Grand Canal and it took him six years to dig it.
"If you don't have enough manpower, recruit more people. You don't need to worry about money, but in five months, I must see the Grand Canal."
"this……"
Seeing that Fu Wenhan wanted to talk more, Li Kuo waved his hand impatiently.
"Okay, if Fu Aiqing didn't pay attention, you can ask the champion for advice."
"The champion Hou has a quick mind and is also capable of strange tricks. I believe it won't be a big problem with his help."
Fu Wenhan's mouth twitched.
Is that what they say? Isn’t this a clear deception? Even if you have a quick mind and know some tricks, you can’t turn years into months, right?
If we really do that, I'm afraid it will be like Qin Shihuang's construction of the Great Wall, which will cause boiling public resentment.
However, Fu Wenhan did not say anything more, but planned to go back and ask his son-in-law.
If he still can't do it after asking, then there is nothing he can do.
What followed were some daily chores. Fu Wenhan was so distracted that he didn't listen carefully.
At the same time, Fu Yuehua sat next to Li Xiuzhu, first filled a bowl of porridge, and then said: "Xiuzhu, you can go and bring Cheng Cheng back at some time."