Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin received a gift from Queen Silla, and the two of them couldn't figure out the current attitude of the imperial court towards Silla, so they went to Li Xiu to inquire about the situation, after all, the two of them were military generals, and they were not very familiar with things like this kind of state diplomacy, but what they didn't expect was that Queen Silla came to visit Li Xiu at this time.

"Hehe, it seems that this Queen of Silla also knows who has a great influence on His Majesty, and she just gave us some gifts, but she came to visit the colt herself!" I saw Cheng Biting Jin laughing at this time.

"As the saying goes, if you don't have anything to do, you can't go to the Three Treasures Palace, this Silla queen came to see the concubine, she must have wanted something from the concubine!" Qin Qiong also reminded at this time, and at the same time, there was a worried look on his face, after all, this Silla queen was a gift and a personal visit, which made him feel very uneasy.

"Hehe, I know what this Silla queen wants to do, but I'm afraid she's going to be disappointed this time!" I saw that Li Xiu smiled indifferently at this time, and then turned his head to the person who reported the news and instructed, "Go and tell the people who came to visit, just say that I just came back from Marudu City, I am a little unwell, and no one will see me!" ”

"Whoa!" The messenger agreed, turned around and left here, but Cheng Yanjin was very surprised and asked, "Don't you want to meet that Silla queen?" ”

"Tomorrow, Your Majesty will convene her to discuss matters with the King of Baekje, and I will also go then, so it is not convenient to meet with her in private now!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time, he didn't have a good impression of Silla in the first place, and it was he who single-handedly promoted the Tang Dynasty's suppression of Silla, so he naturally didn't want to see Queen Silla.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong also nodded knowingly, but not long after the person who reported the news went out, they actually came back to report: "Qi Guogong, Her Royal Highness the Queen is reluctant to leave, saying that she wants to ask Guogong to think about it again, she has important things to discuss with Guogong, and she also carries a heavy gift!" ”

"No, let her bring the gift back too!" Li Xiu said very decisively, he has a short mouth for eating people, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with Silla.

Seeing that Li Xiu's attitude was so resolute, the person who reported the news didn't dare to say anything more, and bent down to go out at the moment, but at this time, Qin Qiong said: "Don't you accept gifts from the Silla people, then should we also send the gifts back, so as not to cause any trouble in the future?" ”

"Haha~, I can't accept gifts from the Silla people, but the two generals don't have to care about this, you can accept whatever they give, don't think too much about it at all, Your Majesty will turn a blind eye even if he knows!" Li Xiu laughed out loud when he heard Qin Qiong's words.

"I'm relieved to have a colt!" Cheng Biting Jin was very refreshing, and when he heard Li Xiu's words, he immediately laughed and said, he was reluctant to accept the gifts given by the Silla people, but now he has a clear conscience.

It was already early, and the Queen of Silla outside the door probably knew that Li Xiu would not see her, so she didn't bother, while Li Xiu left Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin to have a meal together, and then sent them away and went back to the room to rest.

Early the next morning, Li Xiu came to the palace again to meet Li Shimin, but when he first arrived in front of the palace gate, he actually met Cen Wenwen, which was also the first time Li Xiu saw him after he came back, and the two were also very happy at the moment, chatting while walking, Cen Wenwen also asked Li Xiu about their attack on Marudu City this time.

"By the way, Your Majesty is going back, how are the preparations in the army now, how many troops will be stationed in Pyongyang?" Li Xiu suddenly thought of going back at this time, so he asked Cen Wenwen that he went to Marudu City, and Cen Wenwen became one of the most powerful ministers around Li Shimin, and he was good at internal affairs, so Cen Wenwen must be involved in these things.

"Your Majesty has indeed discussed with us before about the return of the class teacher, it is estimated that it is tentatively set for half a month later, and we have almost prepared before, but we have laid such a large piece of land, and we will definitely need to send officials to manage it in the future, this year Pyongyang intends to leave 20,000 troops here, and the rest will retreat to the west of the Yalu River, and after the spring tomorrow, more officials will be sent here." Cen Wenwen also replied immediately.

Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, Li Shimin's arrangement was not unexpected, for the generals, the defeat of Goguryeo has completed their task, but for the civil officials, this is just the beginning, whether they can swallow and digest the land of Goguryeo, it depends on the strength of the civil system.

While speaking, Li Xiu and Cen Wenwen also came to the main hall of the discussion, Li Shimin had also begun to deal with government affairs at this time, although others were here, but Chang'an often sent some important pieces over, after all, there are some things that Li Chengqian can't do, so Li Shimin still needs to make decisions.

Seeing Li Xiu and Cen Wenwen coming in, Li Shimin also let the two sit first, and waited until the government affairs at hand were almost handled, and then discussed with them about the withdrawal of the army.

When it was almost noon, someone suddenly came to report that the Queen of Silla and the King of Baekje were already waiting outside the palace gate to be summoned, and Li Shimin immediately asked people to prepare a banquet, and then summoned the two of them in, according to the results of his discussion with Li Xiu yesterday, today he will have a banquet for Queen Silla and the King of Baekje in the palace, and Li Xiu and Cen Moon will sit with him.

After a while, I saw two people coming together outside the hall, Li Xiu was also very curious to look up at this time, only to see a woman in her thirties on the left, wearing a long brocade dress that mopped the floor, with a high crown on her head, and a cold face, although she was a woman, she had an indescribable majesty.

Next to Queen Silla, there was a tall old man, only to see that the other party's hair was gray, his face was full of wrinkles, and his face even had a somewhat unhealthy blue and white color, which made Li Xiu also have a familiar feeling, when Li Yuan was addicted to wine, the complexion on his face was also very similar to this old man, but this old man's eyes were very sharp, so that people knew at first sight that this person was definitely not a simple character when he was young.

"King Jindeman of Silla and Buyejang King of Baekje, meet His Majesty the Emperor!" I saw that after the queen of Silla and the king of Baekje came in, they immediately gave a deep salute to Li Shimin, although they are the lords of a country, but in the face of the Tang Dynasty, they must also perform the courtesy of courtiers.

"Excuse yourself and give you a seat!" Li Shimin also bowed slightly at this time, and then let the two of them sit down, but Li Xiu found that after the Silla queen came in, she also looked at herself deliberately, and there was a little annoyance in her eyes.