Chapter 10 Moisturize things

The light is getting darker and darker, and the night is coming, and the surroundings are very quiet.

Only Sun's gentle breathing sound was left. She snuggled in Xue Chongxun's arms and her body was soft, with a layer of sweat on her forehead, and her face was full of tiredness and satisfaction.

Just sleep for a while.

Sun murmured.

Her belt was thrown on the floor, her coat was open.

Although the upper body was still wearing a lining, the satin strap was torn off at first, leaving only a light red silk lining wrapped around the chest. The shape of the plump breasts was clearly visible, and even the outline of the nipple was printed on the soft fabric, which was particularly attractive.

Although Xue Chongxun was done, he still caressed about the soft thing, just like a delicious meal that was half full.

He whispered: You can't sleep here, go back to your room first.

Sun said with a hint of coquettish tone: I don’t even want to move for a moment.

When Xue Chongxun heard this tone, he recalled her usual appearance and couldn't help but feel a little different. Women are really strange.

Just then, suddenly, he heard footsteps in the door, and Sun hurriedly sat up from Xue Chongxun's arms.

Before the two of them could prepare, the wooden back door was opened with a thunderous sound. Xue Chongxun suddenly felt a little angry, but when he turned around, he saw that the person standing at the door was Li Yan'er!

Not only her, but there is also the girl Pei Niang in Xue Chongxun's room by her side.

He didn't even knock on the door, so why didn't he have any rules?

Sun was almost crying, and she was still sitting on Xue Chongxun's lap in dishevel. Only then did she stand up in panic, her hair was also messy...

It's okay, she saw her white little dress (underwear) thrown on the floor. She hurriedly grabbed it and stuffed it into her sleeve.

Li Yan'er widened her big eyes and stood there blankly without saying a word.

Xue Chongxun moved his eyes from Li Yan'er's face to Pei Niang's face, and Pei Niang blushed and hurriedly lowered her head.

At this time, Li Yan'er grabbed Pei Niang's hand and said: It's not her business, it's the door I opened.I just asked Xiao Cui, saying that my mother and the husband were writing poems inside... I didn't see anyone when I entered the room, so I opened the back door and took a look...

Yan'er, I... Sun really didn't know what to say, and he was crying and probably even wanted to die.

She was no longer as strict as she was in front of Li Yan'er. The role of the mother and daughter seemed to be upside down. If it were Sun, it seemed like a little girl who did something wrong.

Xue Chongxun originally thought that Li Yan'er would turn around and run away while crying, or get angry, but she actually exonerated Pei Niang first. After a brief surprise, she didn't seem impulsive, so he calmed down when he saw this.

Pei Niang said: The front mansion sent a letter in, saying that it was sent by Mr. Zhang from the court, and there was an urgent matter.The husband was not in the house. I was afraid that I would miss the matter, so I came here and happened to meet the princess.

Xue Chongxun took the opportunity to change the topic and said: Where is your faith?

Pei Niang hurriedly handed over a letter. Xue Chongxun reached out to take it and said calmly: We can’t talk nonsense about our inner hut, understand?

Pei Niang nodded vigorously, opened her innocent eyes and said: Of course I know!

That's good.

Li Yan'er was stunned for a while and asked: Mom, is it the husband who bullied you?Sun couldn't answer, his face looked very ugly.

In comparison, Xue Chongxun is much calmer. Although Li Yan'er is a real wife, she is not as strong as her mother. This matter does not seem to be serious.

He didn't say anything, but first opened the letter and saw that Zhang Shuo's handwriting was about the urgent report of the Western Regions.

Xue Chongxun browsed it roughly and found that the Tubo people were not honest again in the Western Regions.

Xue Chongxun asked: Has the sender left?

Pei Niang said timidly: I haven’t left, I’m a public servant. I have to wait for the husband’s reply before going back. How can I tell him?

Seeing that Sun's appearance, Li Yan'er finally figured out what was going on. Her big watery eyes flashed with crystal tears, and she raised her mouth and said coquettishly: You bully people!After saying that, he turned around and left.

Yan'er, listen to me... Sun hurriedly chased after him.

Pei Niang hurriedly asked to the door and stood there blankly, looking at a loss.

Xue Chongxun put the letter into her sleeve bag and glanced at her: No need to reply, I'll go to see the person who delivered the letter.

He didn't care about Pei Niang. The little girl has been in the Xue family since she was a child and was taken to the room. She has to live with her for the rest of her life, and Xue Chongxun still trusts her very much.

However, Li Yan'er is in trouble. Although she is young, she is still a formal wife married by a Ming matchmaker, so she is always a little difficult to explain.

Xue Chongxun felt a little embarrassed. Thinking that someone was sending a letter, he planned to meet him and go out for a while.

Seeing that the less important foreign guests were usually in the upside-down living room opposite the main entrance hall. Xue Liu came up and confirmed that the customer was there, so Xue Chongxun went straight to the living room.

I saw a clerk wearing a round neck and green clothes, looking familiar, so I blurted out: I seem to have seen you somewhere.

The clerk hurriedly bowed and said: "The clerk of Zhang Xianggong. Zhang Xianggong's clerk is the clerk of Zhang Xianggong. The clerks and trivial matters on both sides of the Ministry of War and the Political Affairs Hall are handled in detail. Following up and down, you can sometimes see the King of Jin.

He paused and said verbally: When the time comes, Mr. Zhang saw Anxi urgently reported that he had already written to His Majesty. He would discuss this matter tomorrow when the time comes, the ministers in the Political Affairs Hall will be on duty.Mr. Zhang said that he would like to know the King of Jin, so that you can know what you want, so he sent a man to send a letter to him.

Xue Chongxun sat down and nodded and said: I already know if you go back and reply to Mr. Zhang.

The clerk was very self-aware. He knew that Xue Chongxun was already very proud of his face when he met in person, and his identity was too bad and he didn't say much, so he consciously held his fists and said goodbye.

Xue Chongxun did not leave the living room immediately. He sat on the chair for a while, took out the letter and looked at it carefully twice.

Zhang said that the situation in Anxi Town was roughly written in the letter.

The main event was that the Tubo army attacked Xiaobolu (now Gilgit, the Khanate south of the Pamir Mountains, located on the main transportation route to Anxi Town to the north of Tubo). Xiaobolu was no match for the Tubo people at all, so he sent envoys to Anxi Town for help; Anxi guardian Du Xian believed that Xiaobolu was the outpost of the Anxi Army and must be rescued. On the one hand, he ordered the gathering of 4,000 Anxi cavalry and reported to Chang'an. He only needed the imperial edict to start a war against Tubo.

In addition to this incident, the situation was also very bad. Zhang Xiaosong, the governor of Beiting, wrote a letter to the Tubo people and the Turkish people becoming closer and closer, and Turkish people showed signs of rebellion against the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Chongxun was a little confused. She sat there and thought for a while, thinking: Last time the coup was made by Prince Li Chenghong, the Tubo envoys in Linde Hall were also present. The Tubo people probably found out that there were problems within the Tang court and thought that it was an opportunity.

The Tubo Kingdom (and today's Tibetan people are different from the Tibetan people) are also full of ethnic conflicts. Expansion is one of the driving forces to maintain the balance of their internal forces. If they do not launch wars, they will only collapse internal friction.

No wonder I am not afraid of fighting. I just want to ding when I see the crack. After the East Line, the Western Line started again.

The main competition in the Western Regions is hegemony, not a place that concerns survival. To talk about other dynasties, Anxi is not China's territory at all.

Besides, there is also the Ministry of War in the court who is responsible for defense. The bureaucrats of the Ministry of War know that they come up with valuable suggestions. When Xue Chongxun thought of this, he called Xue Liu and sent the letter to him to the prince to maintain information exchange with his staff.

The Ministry of War has not many problems, but the Political Affairs Hall is a bit troublesome. Now the place is a place of disputes, and it is impossible to say anything at all, resulting in both military and political mistakes in the central government and extremely low efficiency in governance.

No wonder the Tubo people think there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they are not wrong with their views.

Xue Chongxun sat for a while and saw that it was completely dark outside the door, so he slowly walked out to go back to his room to rest.

Pei Niang is on duty today. She would chatter and say a lot of nonsense in front of Xue Chongxun, but tonight it was an exception and seemed particularly silent, probably because she encountered Xue Chongxun’s scandal.

He was also a little depressed. Before something happened, he realized that it would be a little troublesome to do things randomly. Now that it has been verified, it obviously has a great impact on his image in front of his family.

However, Sun is also a relatively mature and steady woman, she couldn't control her. How much stability does Xue Chongxun have...

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The next day, the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall did not say anything. The emperor didn't care about the matter and didn't dare to care about it if he wanted to.

Not to mention the left prime minister Lu Xiang first. The old man couldn't hold back and now he was about to resign. He just thought about when he would approve him to retire and return home.

After the resignation was put on, there was no reply for a few days. Lu Xiang was kind and performed her duties and sat in the government affairs hall. Before Li Shouyi could wait for the news, he threw the seal of the official uniform in the yamen and ran away.

It was obvious that for the sake of the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty in the northwest, it was necessary to declare war on Tubo; but in the afternoon, I received a letter from the Tubo envoy, hoping to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty.

So there was a disagreement. Some people believed that tough policies should be implemented in border areas, while others felt that the timing was wrong and it was not appropriate to take risks. Since you could negotiate peace, it was better to sit down and talk.

Among them, Dou Huaizhen did not argue with anything, and whether it was a war or a peace was not important. He took the opportunity to ask the Empress Dowager to listen to the government again to resolve the disputes between the court.

Xue Chongxun visited the Ministry of Revenue and heard about the disputes between the Secretariat and returned to the Prince of the Kingdom without any worries.

Wang Changling came to see him and sent the suggestions Xue Chongxun asked him to write about the Empress Dowager's reign.

Xue Chongxun had no expected anything, but when he opened it, he was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at Wang Changling.

Wang Changling said calmly: When we learned about Tubo’s violation of Xiao Bo’s rule this morning, we all felt that this was the opportunity for Empress Dowager Gao to follow the government.

Divert your sight?Xue Chongxun blurted out that he had not finished reading the dense small characters on the suggestion in his hand.

It's probably what Xue Lang said, just another way.When Empress Dowager Gao asked about politics at this time, she could order Anxi Town to send troops in the name of the Empress Dowager's decree and the Political Affairs Hall; the use of troops to Tubo is not only related to Anxi Town, but also to provide supplies on the western front and the defense on the eastern front must be coordinated. Foreign wars are related to the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. If several decrees continue, who dares not to obey?In this way, the decree of Empress Dowager Zhonggao unknowingly left Chang'an with justification.

Xue Chongxun thought about it and smiled unconsciously: Interesting, this is called... moistening things silently.