"Your Majesty, Privy Envoy Pei and Sun Shangshu ask to see you!"

Outside Luoyang City, Huijie Garden.

As soon as Li Ye woke up from Sun Cairen's bed, and was getting dressed under the service of Sun Cairen and the palace maids, Zhang Wei came to the front and whispered.

"Why are the two of them here together?" Li Ye was a little surprised.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave doesn't know. Do you want the two to go back first? Zhang Wei asked.

"No need, just go to the study, and then let people prepare three meals, come here so early, I don't have to eat for these two people." Li Ye thought for a while and commanded.

"The old slave commands!"

"Your Majesty, you said today that you want to accompany your concubine and Sister Mei to play." Seeing that Li Ye was down to business again, Sun Cairen couldn't help but remind.

"It shouldn't be a big deal, it won't affect it. I am a golden mouth, and I will definitely not be untrustworthy. Li Ye smiled, regardless of the palace maid beside him, he directly held the other party in his arms and pecked on the other party's cherry mouth.

Then in the shyness of the other party, Li Ye left.

Because Ziwei Palace has not been repaired and cannot be used, Li Ye and a group of concubines and others all live in the festival garden where Zhang Yanxiu used to be.

Knowing that the saint wanted to use his own homeland, Zhang Yan dared to oppose it, but he couldn't ask for it. The garden was cleaned early, so as not to annoy the saint.

And this Sun Cairen, whose real name is Sun Ying'er.

She is not an ordinary woman, but Sun Mei's sister.

Because Sun Mei's health was not good last year, she asked Sun Ying'er to enter the palace from time to time to take care of her.

It's true that Sun Mei was not in good health last year, but it's just that letting Sun Ying'er go to the palace to take care of her is fake.

Sun Ying'er entered the palace, with Sun Mei's meaning, and the main reason may be that the three Sun brothers came up with an idea after discussion, wanting to use Sun Ying'er as Sun Mei's help to fight against the queen.

The idea is very good, Li Ye saw it and didn't debunk it.

Although Sun Mei and Sun Ying'er are cousins, they are sisters after all, and Li Ye doesn't want it to be fake.

So in the case of 'Lang is affectionate, and the concubine is intentional', Li Ye hooked up with Sun Ying'er, who entered the palace to take care of Sun Mei, and after the incident, he naturally named Sun Ying'er a talented person.

At this point, the three Sun brothers have gone too far, obviously they don't plan to give up just like that, but they still want to compete with the Liu family for who will be the future prince.

After Li Ye lifted his pants and left, he came to the study, but Pei Rong and Sun Ye were already waiting in the study.

Sun Ye's face was very happy, obviously knowing that the Holy Lord had slept with Sun Cairen last night, which meant that the three brothers' previous plan had progressed.

Men, there are a few who are not good at beauty, not to mention the monarch.

"Minister Pei Rong (Sun Ye) See Your Majesty!"

"Let's be flat." Li Ye raised his hand, and then ordered, "Come on, bring the breakfast prepared for the two Aiqing." ”

Hearing that there was breakfast, Pei Rong and the others were a little excited, and hurriedly thanked them. Soon, a eunuch and palace maid brought breakfast, and two small long tables were placed under Li Ye to facilitate the two of them to eat.

"Sit down? Eating is no better than standing, and this is not in the palace. Seeing Pei Rong and the others standing there, Li Ye was stunned for a moment and immediately said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

With Li Ye's order, the two sat down.

"The two Aiqing came to meet so early, but something big happened in the court?" Li Ye asked while eating breakfast.

Pei Rong immediately got up and arched his hand, "Back to Your Majesty, last night, Chang'an sent a report to the song, saying that Xuanzhou had been decided, and Tian Hao died in the war.

Congratulations to Your Majesty on getting another place. ”

Li Ye put down the spoon and nodded with satisfaction, "This Shi Ling didn't forget his disappointment and pacified Xuanzhou so quickly."

How did Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao react? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, after the incident in Yuezhou, Qian Biao chose to withdraw his troops; After Feng Hongduo, the assassin of Shengzhou, defeated An Renyi's 20,000-strong army in Shengzhou, Yang Xingmi also ordered An Renyi to be transferred back to Runzhou. Pei Rong replied.

"This Feng Hongduo also has some skills." Li Ye nodded and said, "Pei Aiqing will first discuss with the Ministry of Officials, and put the establishment of Jiangnan Province on the agenda, in addition to Shengzhou, Xuanzhou, Chizhou and Shezhou, Runzhou, Changzhou and Suzhou will be included in Jiangnan Province."

As for a chief official, let's set up a festival envoy first, Feng Hongduo is quite aware of the overall situation, so let him serve as the deputy envoy of Jiangnan Province. For the other candidates, Aiqing and the officials discussed it first, and then presented it to me. ”

"Command!"

"Pei Aiqing, do you have anything else to play?"

"Back to Your Majesty, no, that's it."

"What about Sun Shangshu? What is Aiqing doing here? Li Ye looked at Sun Ye.

"Your Majesty, Chang'an has come to report that the Western Regions have sent envoys to Khotan, hoping to get the canonization of the Tang Dynasty." Sun Ye got up and replied.

"Khotan?" Li Ye's expression became serious, "Where is the envoy from Khotan?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the itinerary, you should arrive in Liangzhou soon." Sun Ye said.

"Khotan, Khotan, I didn't expect them to send an envoy first." Li Ye was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Sun Ye asked.

"If the Khotanese envoy comes, it seems that I need to return to Beijing early. At present, the imperial court does not know much about the situation in Anxi's homeland, and perhaps it can take this opportunity to send officials to follow the Khotanese envoys to the Western Regions to understand the current situation in the Western Regions. Li Ye said in a deep voice.

Now the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate still has not stepped into the Anxi hometown, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is really a bit unworthy of the name.

Anxi's hometown is destined to be an indelible scar in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

I think that after the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate broke off contact with the imperial court, it was able to hold on to the attack of Tubo for more than 40 years, and the city was full of white-haired soldiers, how tragic it was.

However, Khotan is a relatively special existence of the four towns of Anxi, although the Tang Dynasty set up a governor's mansion in Khotan, and Tubo also captured Khotan, but Wei Chi's family has always controlled Khotan, just because Tubo is powerful and invincible. So after holding out for thirty years, Khotan still chose to surrender.

In the sixth year of the Tang Dynasty (790 AD), Khotan became a vassal of Tibet, until Zhang Yichao raised troops in Shazhou to resist Tibet, and Khotan also took the opportunity to get rid of the control of Tubo and re-establish the country.

Therefore, if the imperial court wants to understand the situation in the Western Regions, it is most appropriate to go through Khotan, including the situation of the former Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, which will definitely be recorded in the historical books of Khotan.

From the Anshi Rebellion to the present, the Tang Dynasty's record of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has always been blank, so Li Ye reacted like this.

The arrival of the Khotanese envoy disrupted Li Ye's plan.

Originally, he planned to stay in Luoyang for half a year and then return to Chang'an, but he only stayed in Luoyang for less than three months, and many places that should have been inspected were not completed.

As for the matter of Jiangnan Province, it was quickly decided, although Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao were unwilling, but they still acquiesced in the division of several states under their command to Jiangnan Province. These states, nominally under Gangnam Province, are actually still under the control of the two.

Zheng Ningji was transferred to Jiangnan Province as the envoy of the Jiedu and the political envoy of the Jiedu, Feng Hongduo was the deputy envoy of the Jiedu, and Pei Zhen was transferred to the Zhendong Army as the envoy of the Jiedu and the political envoy.