"Lin Xuan, wake up quickly, it's not good, something big has happened."
Lin Xuan was sleeping soundly, and he seemed to hear Cheng Chumo's voice in his daze.
He thought he was dreaming, so he turned over and continued to sleep.
Cheng Chumo became anxious and took off Lin Xuan's quilt.
A burst of coldness hit Lin Xuan, and he shuddered and woke up.
"Cheng Chumo, are you crazy?" Lin Xuan snatched the quilt from Cheng Chumo's hand and covered himself.
"The envoy from Tubo asked Your Majesty to marry Princess Changle, do you still want to sleep?" Cheng Chumo said hurriedly.
He already knew that Li Shimin intended to betroth Li Lizhi to Lin Xuan, so when he heard the news, he immediately ran to Lin's house to report the news.
Lin Xuan was startled and immediately calmed down and asked: "Your Majesty agreed?"
He remembered that Tubo did ask Li Shimin for marriage in history, but it took many years before Li Shimin agreed.
"Although His Majesty didn't agree, he didn't refuse either," Cheng Chumo said.
No rejection?
Lin Xuan was shocked. Historically, when Tubo proposed marriage, Li Lizhi's marriage had already been decided. They only asked to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty, and did not name the princess they wanted.
But now, due to her own reasons, Li Lizhi is not engaged yet.
Although Li Shimin agreed to marry Li Lizhi to him, Tubo did not know about it.
Li Shimin clearly agreed to him, why didn't he simply reject Tubo?
Lin Xuan was surprised. Did Tubo put forward some reason that Li Shimin found difficult to refuse?
"No, I want to go to the palace immediately and ask His Majesty." Lin Xuan got up directly.
After hurriedly getting dressed and washing up casually, Lin Xuan and Cheng Chumo expressed their gratitude and took Liu Da straight to the palace.
In the palace, Li Shimin was thinking about Tubo's proposal for marriage in the study. Li Mu came over and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask Boqiu of Jingyang County to see you."
"Let him come in!" Li Shimin said solemnly.
"I pay my respects to your Majesty!" Although Lin Xuan was anxious, he did not forget the etiquette.
"Excuse me. You can sleep at the court meeting. You don't sleep at home. Why don't you come here to see me? What's the important thing?" Li Shimin roughly guessed Lin Xuan's purpose.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Tibetan envoy wanted to make peace with the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty must not agree." Lin Xuan said seriously.
Li Shimin couldn't help but smile and said: "I know what you are worried about, and I can't bear to marry beauty so far away."
Not to mention that Li Lizhi was the eldest princess born to Empress Changsun, even if she was a concubine, he would not be able to part with her.
Lin Xuan said in surprise: "So His Majesty has already planned to reject them?"
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "I still want to get married to Tubo. I am going to choose a clan daughter, give her the title of princess, and marry her. But Tubo named her to marry Li Zhi, and I am thinking about how to convince them."
"Your Majesty, could I ask what conditions Tubo agreed to that made Your Majesty so excited?" Lin Xuan asked.
No matter who the marriage partner is, he wants to stop this marriage. If he wants to stop it, he has to figure out what Tibet's bargaining chip is.
"Tubo said that as long as I agree to this marriage, Tubo is willing to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan suddenly understood, no wonder Li Shimin was so keen on making peace. Historical evaluations of Li Shimin said that he was eager to prove himself because he was not in the right position, and he was a little overjoyed at success.
Looking at it now, it turns out that it is just a name, and Li Shimin values it so much.
"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that all the nations came to court. Could it be that women were the reason for this?" Lin Xuan sneered.
boom!
Li Shimin stood up and slapped the case, staring at Lin Xuan angrily.
The eunuchs serving in the study were frightened by the tense and depressing atmosphere, fearing that it would affect them.
Li Shimin took a few deep breaths and roared: "Lin Xuan, you are so presumptuous, are you questioning me?"
"I think you have made some achievements, and I plan to betroth my favorite princess to you. I think I have not treated you badly."
"I didn't expect you to be so pampering and do not take me seriously at all. Just what you just said is enough to kill you several times. Do you know your guilt?"
Lin Xuan looked at Li Shimin, his eyes full of various emotions, but not fear.
"I don't think I'm at fault. I'll kill or behead you as your Majesty does!" Lin Xuan said without fear.
He was very disappointed with Li Shimin. The talk of one emperor through the ages and accepting advice from others were all lies.
"Get out, get out of here!" Li Shimin roared.
He originally thought that Lin Xuan would admit his mistake and surrender, but he didn't expect that Lin Xuan would not repent.
If Lin Xuan didn't leave, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to contain the murderous intention in his heart.
"Datang, haha, Datang!" Lin Xuan laughed and walked out.
Li Shimin stared at Lin Xuan's leaving figure without saying a word.
It was extremely quiet in the main hall, and the eunuchs serving him didn't dare to take a breath.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, which relieved the depressing atmosphere a bit.
Soon, Queen Changsun walked in.
She didn't know what happened, but when she heard the report, Li Shimin got angry and hurried over.
"I wonder why Your Majesty is so angry?" Queen Changsun walked to Li Shimin and asked.
When Li Shimin was furious, only Queen Changsun dared to persuade him.
Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Why, isn't it just because of the marriage? Lin Xuan actually said that I relied on women to accomplish the grand event of the great Tang Dynasty coming to court."
Empress Changsun and Li Shimin have been married for so many years, so she certainly knows why Li Shimin is so angry.
After Li Shimin came to the throne, he always wanted to make some achievements and let Li Yuan know that it was a mistake not to choose him.
After so many years of hard work, Lin Xuan said that it was accomplished by women. It would be strange for Li Shimin not to be furious.
As a woman, she didn't agree with marriage, but it had been like this since ancient times, and she couldn't change it.
"Your Majesty, do you really want to marry a beauty to Tubo?" Empress Changsun had heard about Tubo's marriage proposal before, and she was confident that Li Shimin would not agree.
But now it seems that I was wrong, otherwise Lin Xuan would be so contradictory to Li Shimin.
"How could I agree? I just planned to find a girl from the clan to marry. Who knew Lin Xuan would have such a big reaction." Li Shimin said.
Empress Changsun said warmly: "Your Majesty, Lin Xuan is just a child, why should we be familiar with him?"
Li Shimin snorted coldly: "If I want to meet him, can he still come back alive?"
Empress Changsun comforted her again, which made the anger in Li Shimin's heart subside.
Although Li Shimin promised to let Lin Xuan go, he did not give up his plan to get married.
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If there is any disturbance in the palace, there is no way to hide it.
Lin Xuan's objection to the marriage, which angered Li Shimin, slowly spread throughout Chang'an.
"Haha, Lin Xuan, you also have today, just wait for my revenge." Wang Qingyun was very happy after hearing the news.
Although Li Shimin did not punish Lin Xuan, he felt that Lin Xuan was no longer valued by Li Shimin.
Wang Qingyun rolled his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking of, with a sinister smile on his face.