"Tomorrow?" Song Qingshu was surprised. He didn't expect it to be in such a hurry.
"It can't be helped," Su Quan said. "The two countries are confronting each other at the border. If we are not careful, there will be friction and war. Once the war starts, it will be a bloodbath. It won't be so easy to stop the war. So we have to send the bride over as soon as possible."
Next to him, Zhao Min seemed to have guessed his thoughts. She giggled and said, "Don't be reluctant. If a woman can bring peace, whether it's Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang, or even our Great Khan, they would not hesitate to do so. On the contrary, only the Song Dynasty was too prideful to marry."
"What's more …" Zhao Min continued, "You and I both know that this marriage is just a formality. Sister Nan Xian won't suffer any loss with you as the general."
Seeing her smiling face, Song Qingshu said grumpily, "The Crown Prince of Xixia is not a eunuch. Why would he marry a wife? I heard that Brother Ning, the Crown Prince of Xixia, is lustful. How can he be indifferent to Nan Xian's beauty? "
Zhao Min giggled and said, "Anyway, I only need to deal with Liao's crisis. As for Sister Nan Xian's safety, we can only rely on the First Young Master of the Song Family. These years, the First Young Master of the Song Family has been famous all over the world. You have averted all kinds of dangerous situations. I think it will be easy this time. Moreover, you can go to Xixia and stir up a storm. It's killing two birds with one stone."
Song QingShu was speechless. He knew that she was gloating over his misfortune, and she might also be dissatisfied with him for flirting everywhere. So, he hurriedly changed the topic. "How's the political situation in Xixia now?"
He paid attention to the situation in Jin, Qing, and Song Dynasties. After all, Xixia was a little far from the Central Plains, so he didn't know much about it.
At this time, Su Quan yawned and said, "Take your time. I'm going to sleep."
Hearing her words, Zhao Min, who was always generous, blushed and couldn't help but say, "Why are you leaving at this time?"
"Oh?" Su Quan turned around and looked at her with a faint smile. "Could it be that Your Highness wants me to stay and play the game of one dragon and two phoenixes?"
In the past, when Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo were together, most of the time it was Zhao Min who flirted with the other, but in this aspect, how could she compare with Su Quan? She was greatly embarrassed by Su Quan's words, hastily she spat, "Pei, Shen Long Jiao is regarded as the evil path of the Wulin world, it is indeed not an injustice."
"Hehehe ~" Su Quan was very pleased to see her defeated look. She left a string of coquettish laughter and walked out. When she passed by Song Qingshu, she stopped and snorted in a low voice, "Save it. Remember to look for me later in the night!" She had always been a coquettish person, so she deliberately didn't hide the thoughts in her heart. After all, she was in the prime of her youth, and the two of them had been separated for so long. Moreover, her sweetheart was destined to be unable to stay here. Tomorrow, he would set off for Western Xia. It could be expected that she would have to spend a long period of time alone.
Song Qingshu was wondering why she was so generous today. Hearing her words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that he used to have all kinds of fantasies in the past, but in reality, there were so many women, and ordinary men couldn't take care of them all. If he hadn't practiced the Merry Zen, he was afraid that he would have been sucked into the dregs by now …
After she left, Zhao Min came over, and her face was as bright as a blooming rose. "This vixen really dares to say anything."
Song Qingshu laughed and said, "What else can I do? Let you wait for the second half of the night? She guessed that you have always been proud and probably won't accept it, so she took the initiative to ask for the second half of the night. She really has the bearing of a wife …"
Zhao Min was so angry that she pinched him fiercely. "You wish! Who do you think we are!"
Song Qingshu held her in his arms and hurriedly led the topic to the politics of Xixia, successfully diverting her attention.
"Since Li Yuanhao founded the country, Xixia has been standing firm in the west, and the domestic situation is also stable." Zhao Min nestled in his arms, and her fingers gently played with the small braid on her temples. "Li Yuanhao led the Dang Xiang people to establish his own country, and his prestige in the country is at its highest. But Xixia was founded by military force, and has been at war with Liao, Song, and Jin for decades. The royal family needs to rely on the support of many tribal chiefs, and Ye Li Yuanqi is one of them. "
Upon hearing Li Yuanhao's name, Song QingShu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. The butterfly's wings were really big enough. Surprisingly, he was still the Emperor of the Western Xia Country in this chaotic world. According to history, Li Yuanhao should have turned into a pile of withered bones a decade ago after the Jingkang Rebellion.
"Ye Li Yuanqi?" Another name also attracted Song Qingshu's attention. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard of it somewhere.
Zhao Min explained, "You Han people may not be familiar with the surnames of these grasslands. For example, Li Yuanhao was originally not surnamed Li, but Tuoba. Later, the Dang Xiang people submitted to the dynasty of the Central Plains, so they changed their surname to Li. These years, the Dang Xiang people also accepted the advanced culture of the Han people. Many people changed their names to Han surnames for convenience. The Ye Li family changed their surname to Mu, so they can also be called the Mu family. "
"Surname Mu?" A light flashed in Song Qingshu's mind. He suddenly remembered where he had heard this name. When he met Mu Wanqing some time ago, he seemed to have heard her mention it. She seemed to be in the Mu family of Xixia now.
"What a coincidence." Thinking of Mu Wanqing, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It should be known that she was one of the first women he met after he came to this world. In the end, because of a strange combination of factors, the two of them still didn't know each other.
Zhao Min didn't notice his abnormality. She continued, "The Mu brothers and their entire family control almost thirty percent of the Xixia army, maybe even close to half of it."
Song Qingshu frowned and said, "As the saying goes, how can others sleep soundly on the side of the bed? Li Yuanhao is also a fierce and ambitious person of his generation. How can he tolerate such a situation where he can't get rid of his tail?"
"You only know one thing but not the other," Zhao Min explained with a smile, "Because the Mu brothers' elder sister is Li Yuanhao's Empress, and the current Crown Prince of Xixia, Brother Ning, is the Mu brothers' nephew."
"Crown Prince, Brother Ning …" Thinking that Yelu Nanxian was going to marry him, Song Qingshu was quite displeased. "Does he have any brothers or anything like that? The ambitious kind who share the same father but different mother?" For Yelu Nanxian's sake, he naturally couldn't let this Brother Ning sit on the Crown Prince's throne peacefully.
Zhao Min covered her mouth and smiled. "I know what you're thinking, but I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. Brother Ning does have many brothers, but most of them are mediocre people. Only Prince Yi, Li Liangzuo, has some talent, but it is said that he has been seeking immortality and seeking the Dao these years. He even went to the Kongtong Sect to cultivate for a period of time. Obviously, he has no interest in politics."
"That's troublesome." Hearing this situation, Song Qingshu couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"However, although he doesn't have any brothers who are fighting for the throne, he has an uncle who can't be underestimated." Zhao Min didn't keep him in suspense and said directly, "Prince Liang, Li Qianshun, is Li Yuanhao's youngest brother. He has always been doted on by Li Yuanhao."
Song Qingshu frowned. "No matter how much the younger brother is doted on, how can he be compared to the son?"
"That's not necessarily true," Zhao Min said with a smile. "In the prairie, there has always been a tradition of elder brothers passing each other. Moreover, when the Song Dynasty was founded, Zhao Guangyi also inherited his brother Zhao Kuangyin's empire. Moreover, Li Qianshun's mother is a mysterious old concubine in the Xixia imperial harem. It is said that she single-handedly established the Elite Hall. Therefore, whether it is political capital or military strength, Li Qianshun cannot be underestimated. "
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