"What do you mean, my dear?"
Li Shimin quickly understood Lu Dongzan's idea. He was thinking of sacrificing the chariot to save the king, but Li Shimin had to pretend not to understand.
Acting is the most important thing for people in political occasions. If your acting skills are not up to standard, then you are not worthy of standing in this court. Li Xiang absolutely believes that in this hall, everyone's acting skills are worthy of winning the Best Actor award. Everyone has his own source of information. From last night to now, although it has only been a few hours, most people should understand what happened last night, but you look at the expressions on their faces, as if no one knows. If this is not the Best Actor award, what is it?
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Tang, these people are the deputy envoys of my delegation. They actually did something behind my back that violated the diplomatic relations between our two countries..."
When Lu Dongzan spoke, tears actually flowed from his eyes. He pushed all the faults onto these people. He must have made an agreement with them that you must memorize this matter. If you don't memorize this matter, the two countries will definitely go to war. By then, no one, including your families, will be in good shape.
Now that you've admitted this, your families will be well-placed when you return. It's just a life, so why would you be reluctant to give it up? Who's more important, one person or the whole family? These people all understand very well.
Lu Dongzan became more and more excited as he spoke, as if he was the defender of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and these people were the destroyers. He actually started fighting in the hall, beating his men until their heads were bleeding. Li Shimin was convinced by what he saw. They all had acting skills, but we can't learn your acting skills.
In Lu Dongzan's opinion, these people are no longer useful. They are nothing more than corpses and will be beheaded by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sooner or later. Let's go up and kick you a few times, which can be regarded as gaining their trust.
"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, has sacrificed your own family for the greater good. I truly admire you. This matter should be jointly investigated by the Imperial City Administration and the Dali Temple. Please, Prime Minister, hand them over to us. Once we have thoroughly investigated, we will definitely give Tubo an answer. I believe you share our feelings about anyone who wants to undermine diplomatic relations between our two countries. We must not let them off lightly."
After seeing Li Shimin nod, Fang Xuanling immediately stood up. As prime ministers of two countries, they were indeed qualified to decide this matter. The power of the prime minister in this era was much greater than that in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
"Of course, as the Prime Minister said, since I have abducted them here, their lives have nothing to do with the Tibetan Empire. Even if they are ultimately found to have nothing to do with this incident, I will certainly punish them severely upon my return. At such a crucial moment in our diplomatic relations, something like this has occurred. On behalf of the Tibetan Empire, I sincerely apologize to His Majesty the Emperor."
When Lu Dongzan finished speaking, he bowed to Li Shimin again. It can be said that he had made everything perfect. The reason why Fang Xuanling said those words was that he wanted to get this matter over with as soon as possible, and deal with the affairs of your Tubo Kingdom later.
Now the main contradiction of the Tang Empire is not the contradiction between you, but the contradiction between it and the powerful landlords within it. Since you are willing to hand over several important figures, our Tang court will no longer pursue the matter. Of course, this is the idea of Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling. A certain guy next to him may not think so. At this moment, Li Xiang has already stood up.
When Li Xiang stepped forward, Li Shimin and Lu Dongzan's brows furrowed. This matter could have ended right away. Next up was the matter between us and the Cui family of Boling. Why did you step forward now? Did you forget that you were the one who caused this trouble?
"Grandfather, I discovered this matter. I believe there are several other people who should be taken away as well. They are the guards surrounding the Prime Minister. They are also involved in this matter. They should be arrested together with the others. Otherwise, this matter will not be made public."
Hearing Li Xiang say this, Lu Dongzan was so angry that his face turned pale. So many guards were injured by you last night, and some of them were missing limbs. Now there are not even one-third of them who can perform the guarding mission. You still want to take those people away? If you really take them away, can they come back intact?
"Your Highness, the main personnel are all here. Are those few people still important?"
Before Li Shimin could say anything, Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said, "Now we have to see the situation clearly and hurry up to get this bastard out of here. We have more important things to do. If we waste too much time on Lu Dongzan, how are we going to deal with the Cui family of Boling?"
Li Xiang is such a smart man, how could he not know this? The reason he came out at this time is precisely because he has a good grasp of Li Shimin's situation. You want to end this quickly, but Lu Dongzan just wants to watch the fun, right? Then you will have to pay a greater price. At this juncture, we are raising this matter. It's all calculated. You will pay the highest price, not a penny less.
"I personally participated in this matter last night, so I naturally know the roles those guards played. If they were missing, I'm afraid these few people alone wouldn't be able to handle it."
Li Xiang tactfully said that it would not work without those people, and at the same time looked at Lu Dongzan next to him, "What you said just now was very nice, about cooperating with the relevant departments of our Tang Dynasty in handling the case. Are you cooperating now or not?"
Lu Dongzan also wanted to go up and fight Li Xiang. Obviously, there were only those few guards left, and he was still thinking about protecting our safety. I didn't expect you to not let those people go. At the same time, he hated himself. Why did he say so confidently just now? Now there was no way out.
"What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Fang Xuanling also knew Li Xiang's temper, so he could only force you. If he forced Li Xiang, this matter would probably not be resolved. This guy is usually stubborn. If he stood up at this time, he would have already analyzed all the situations. It would only be unfair to you Tibetans. What's more, you Tibetans have joined forces with the traitors of the Tang Dynasty. This is a fact. Isn't it justifiable to kill a few more of your guards?
"I will obey His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can clear their name."
Lu Dongzan took a deep breath and finally decided to abandon his guards. If he left Chang'an at this moment, more than half of them would not be able to leave...
