On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, Shuer's hairpin ceremony was held in the palace, and Fang Yiai gave Shuer a unique set of crystal hairdressers.
On that day, Li Shimin decreed the wedding date of Fang Yiai and Princess Gaoyang, which happened to be May 26, four months later.
I don’t know if Li Shimin is afraid that Fang Mansion will bully Shuer, or if he feels that he has treated Fang Yiai badly before, or if he is afraid that Fang Yiai has treated Shuer badly, or what. Although he did not build a princess palace in response to Shuer’s request, he
He also gave Fang Yiai a quaint mansion with five entrances and five exits.
The house is located in Pingkangfang on the east side of Wubenfang, diagonally opposite Chu Suiliang's house, and next door to the residence of King Li Zhi of Jin Dynasty.
Judging from the situation, Li Shimin obviously hopes that the new house will be arranged in the house newly given to Fang Yiai. The house needs to be repaired and filled with manpower, and Fang Yiai naturally leaves it to Fang Qi and Shen Wencan. In short, the people chosen
They all have to be trustworthy.
After the first lunar month, Mr. Hu was seriously injured. Although he saved his life by taking the antidote in time, he lost a lot of his martial arts due to the poisoning for a little longer. Therefore, Mr. Hu resigned from the palace.
Then, without any recruitment, Mr. Hu, Fang Yiai, Feng Tiejiang, Lu Yi and others said goodbye, each with a horse and a sword, and went to visit famous mountains and rivers and travel around the world.
Seeing Mr. Hu's relaxed and carefree back, Fang Yi felt envious and jealous in his heart, but now he can only look at him with dry eyes.
On the day Mr. Hu left Beijing, that is, on the afternoon of the first day of February, Li Shimin called Li Ke into the Tai Chi Hall alone, and drove Li Anyang out. With the door of the hall closed, the father and son talked for a whole afternoon.
As for what the two were talking about, no one except Li Shimin and Li Ke knew it. They only knew that when Li Ke came out of the Tai Chi Hall, his face was as usual, but his eyes were a little dim, as if he was sad of loss, but also relaxed as if he was relieved.
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The next day, an imperial edict came out, saying that out of consideration for the deep brother-sister relationship between King Nuohebo of Tuyuhun and Princess Nuoya, the concubine of King Wu, and in sympathy with their homesickness, King Li Ke of Wu was specially ordered to serve as the governor of Lizhou.
, to facilitate communication with Tuyuhun, let King Wu and his family choose a day to leave Beijing.
This imperial edict was a bit surprising, but there were not many faults to be found. Therefore, there were not many people talking in the main hall.
However, Fang Yiai vaguely guessed that Li Shimin was investigating the Yang family from Yang Chengyi and Yang Chen and his son, and really found something, right? Now he is rushing Wu Wang Li Ke out of the capital, is he afraid that Li Ke will be implicated by the Yang family?
After receiving the imperial edict, Princess Wu was not allowed to enter the palace and went to Concubine Yang to cry. Concubine Yang went to Empress Changsun to try to keep Li Ke, but Empress Changsun said, "Everything is decided by the emperor, and the concubines in the harem are
"Don't intervene" was sent back.
She went to Li Shimin to plead for mercy, but when she saw Li Shimin's stern and solemn face, Concubine Yang wanted to ask Li Shimin to keep Li Ke in the capital, but she didn't dare to say it out loud.
Annoyed, Princess Wu sent her away, and Princess Yang had no choice but to ask Li Ke to enter the palace. She gave her detailed instructions, just to close the house, take good care of herself, and try to have a few more children.
On the second day after Changsun Huan got married, Wu King Li Ke and his family set out on their way to Lizhou.
The envoy from Tibet was left in the cold for more than ten days before he was remembered by His Majesty the Heavenly Khan Li Shimin, who was "dizzy".
Through Fuchangshe and others, Fang Yiai reached Li Shimin's ears in a roundabout way that Zizong Nongzan had proposed to marry Princess Niboluochizun, and there were also some things about Tubo's military and military affairs, whether it was true or false.
The fake news also reached Li Shimin's ears through Fuchangshe and others, and through Zhao Yi.
In front of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, he told a short folk story seemingly unintentionally.
It is said that a strong man from a family relied on his family's force and lively words to marry the daughter of a wealthy local family. He first used force to force the daughter to marry him, and then used sweet words to show weakness. He coaxed the head of the wealthy family into marrying his daughter off
Things passed, and as a result, the wealthy family gradually became rich through the dowry of the rich daughter's daughter.
Later, the wealthy family's financial power surpassed that of the rich family, so the wealthy family neglected the rich family's daughter, locked her in a cold room in the backyard, and then took the opportunity to seize all the rich family's wealth.
Ruined the rich man's whole family.
As for the intention of Fang Yiai's words, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui naturally knew it very well. They were just afraid that the emperor would be flattered too much by the Tibetan envoys, so they happily agreed to the marriage.
After listening to the story Fang Yiai told by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Li Shimin's heart twitched. After so many years, the country was prosperous, and he, Li Shimin, was not in the same aggrieved situation as Han Wu, who had to please the women of the Tang Dynasty.
Being sent under the banner of the Ban people, not to mention the Tubo who disrespected the Tang Dynasty and wantonly violated the majesty of the Tang Dynasty?!
Angry that Fang Yiai didn't believe in his will to insist on not getting married, so Li Shimin used the excuse that others were either unfamiliar with the situation in Tubo, or had never had contact with Tubo people, or the people they came into contact with were not good at talking, or had physical problems.
In order to avoid illness, he decreed that the Prince Consort and the Lieutenant of Zhaowu School, Fang Yiai, be seconded to Honglu Temple to be responsible for receiving the Tibetan envoys and negotiating with the Tibetan envoys regarding prisoners of war and war compensation matters.
Regarding Li Shimin's dissatisfied decree, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui expressed their speechlessness.
Not only Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who knew why Li Shimin issued this decree, were speechless, but once the decree was announced, everyone in the court was surprised, and then confused, and they all speculated on the emperor's intention.
Changsun Wuji casually said, "Don't forget the Prince Consort, Zhaowu School Lieutenant Fang Yiai, is not only the number one scholar in martial arts, but also Wen Tanhua. He also took the lead in the battle of Songzhou." Everyone suddenly realized.
It seems that the irrationality of the decree has been barely exposed.
After Fang Yiai received the order, she was startled, and then her eyebrows couldn't help but twitch. Seeing Fang Xuanling's face, she realized that her so-called little story had offended Li Shimin, and he was immediately blackmailed.
Fang Yiai couldn't understand why Li Shimin could always laugh it off magnanimously when others made mistakes or unintentionally offended him, but his own kindness was resented by Yaya, and he immediately responded again and again.
Coming back from the dark side?
It is said that the son-in-law is easy to bully, but he is not the only son-in-law of Li Shimin?
Before going to see the Tibetan envoys again, Fang Yiai was given a warning by Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other important officials in the court. The overall meaning was that the Tang Dynasty must not suffer losses! It must not agree to any unreasonable demands!
As for how much benefit you can ask for, it depends on Fang Yiai's ability. If you ask for a lot, when Fang Yiai gets married, everyone won't mind giving him a generous gift. The other way around is, if
If the benefits Fang Yiai asks for cannot satisfy everyone, the gifts he receives when he gets married will definitely shrink.
Fang Yiai curled her lips and ignored the threats of these old men who were not threats.
She approached Fang Xuanling and asked Du He to come over for help. She also asked Wu Hao, who was well-informed and quick-witted, to follow him. They formed a temporary negotiation team and then started to deal with the negotiation matters.
Of course, before the negotiations, as to who Fang Yiai was responsible for this matter, with Fang Yiai's consent, the people at the posthouse had been conveyed to the Tibetan envoys.
The Tibetan envoys had been left in the cold for so many days, and they were not idle. Ten days was enough for them to understand the complex relationships in Chang'an City.
After gifts of appropriate weight were given everywhere, and after hearing that Fang Yiai was in charge of the negotiations, the Tubo envoy immediately went to the Prince of Wei's Mansion with generous gifts to meet Li Tai. After offering various gifts and flattery, he hoped that Li Tai would
Stepping forward can restrain Fang Yiai, leaving more room for maneuver in the friendship between Tubo and Datang.
Li Tai followed Li Shimin. Since he was able to please Li Shimin, he could naturally guess some of Li Shimin's thoughts. In addition, with Cen Wen next to him, Li Tai would not accept the gift from Tubo.
After accepting it, not to mention that you may not get any favors, and you may even be punished. If you are like Li Ke who just came out of Beijing, and you are assigned to the state, won't your long-term plans be in vain?
Therefore, the Tibetan envoys from Li Tai returned without success.
Immediately afterwards, the Tibetan envoy who was not discouraged quietly asked to see Changsun Wuji with generous gifts.
According to the news they learned, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling had many political disagreements, and Fang Xuanling was Fang Yiai's father. Maybe they could persuade Changsun Wuji to put pressure on Fang Xuanling, and then achieve the goal
The purpose of containing Fang Yiai is to allow Fang Yiai to negotiate according to their ideas.
They ignored one thing. Changsun Wuji is the uncle of the prince Li Chengqian, and the two have a good relationship. Fang Yiai was the prince's attendant earlier, and the relationship has always been very good. It can be said that Changsun Wuji and Fang Yiai have a good relationship.
Now they are both on the throne of Prince Li Chengqian. Before Li Chengqian ascends the throne, the two of them will not fight in the nest under any circumstances.
As a result, the Tubo envoy was ridiculed by Changsun Wuji, and returned in frustration again without success.
After thinking for a while and gritting his teeth, the Tubo envoy thought that since the bypass was blocked, he might as well change the route and go directly to bribe Fang Yiai.
Because the house given by Li Shimin needed renovation, sometimes Fang Yiai would live in the house given by Yu, keep an eye on the project, and deal with some things that were difficult for others to deal with.
Naturally, the Tubo envoy did not dare to send gifts to Fang's house. He could only wait patiently for Fang Yiai to spend the night at Yuci's residence before going to see her.
When I heard that the Tibetan envoys came to visit, I was catching up with Fang Yiai and others to deal with some non-urgent business matters that should have been dealt with during the first month of the year.
Fang Yiai looked at each other and did not let anyone shy away. He directly told Fang Qi, "Fang Qi, go and personally invite the Tibetan envoy to come in for me. It's rare for an envoy to be so enthusiastic and rush around to give gifts."
Fuasaki agreed and went to invite the Tibetan envoy to come in with a smile.