After a cup of tea, Changsun Chong left, and only Li Ke was left in the study. Li Ke valued Li Shimin's handwritten imperial calligraphy in his hand. When he was thinking about getting married, he slowly fell into deep thought. Unconsciously, half an hour passed, and it was almost noon.

At noon, it was time to eat, but Princess Wu Meiniang, who was waiting for Li Ke in the inner hall for a long time, but Li Ke was still not seen. After asking the maid, she found out that Li Ke was still in the study, so she ordered someone to prepare the meal and took it over.

When Wu Meiniang arrived at the study room, she saw Li Ke holding her forehead and thinking about something, so she ordered someone to bring the food to the table beside her and walked to Li Ke himself.

Wu Meiniang asked Li Ke, "Sanlang has any worries, why don't he eat at this time?"

After hearing Wu Meiniang's words, Li Ke looked up and saw a few dishes on the table next to him, and asked, "Is it already noon so fast?"

Wu Meiniang replied with a smile: "It's noon, it's getting late, it's time to have a meal."

Li Ke looked at the unmoved food on the plate and asked, "Have you not eaten yet?"

Wu Meiniang said, "Your Highness has something to worry about, but he forgot about eating. Why can Meiniang eat it alone?"

When Li Ke heard this, a warm feeling filled his heart. He reached out and held Wu Meiniang beside him in his arms. He gently hugged Wu Meiniang's shoulder and said softly: "Miang should eat faster. If Meiniang can't be full of food and lose weight when she is hungry, she should feel sorry for her husband."

Wu Meiniang leaned on Li Ke's shoulder and said, "Mei Niang doesn't feel hungry either. Meiniang wants to wait until Sanlang finishes handling the matter before having dinner together."

Li Ke sighed lightly and said, "The incident of the Northern Expedition suddenly changed. How come the husband's interest in eating?"

Wu Meiniang heard from Li Ke that something happened to the Northern Expedition, and was also shocked and asked, "What is Sanlang's intention?"

Li Ke whispered to the letter on the table in front of him and said, "Let's take a look, this matter is really a headache."

Wu Meiniang picked up the letter from the table from Li Ke's words. After a few glances, she also learned that Li Ke was having a headache. The Northern Expedition was in full swing, but news of marriage suddenly came out in the capital. How could Li Ke, the marshal of the Northern Expedition, feel?

Once the two countries have divorced, it is naturally for the sake of peace between the two countries. If there is no war in the border state, what is the difference between Li Ke, the Grand Governor of Bingzhou and the Grand Governor of Yangzhou, which is located in the southeast of An? You must know that Li Ke came to Hedong not for the position of the Grand Governor of Bingzhou, but for the purpose of destroying the country Xue Yantuo.

Wu Meiniang comforted Li Ke and said, "Sanlang doesn't have to worry too much. Judging from the meaning of the father's letter, it seems that this matter has not been completely decided. There should be room for improvement, otherwise the father will not write to ask Sanlang."

Li Ke said: "I am the Grand Governor of Bingzhou. Since my father has sent me a letter to ask me, I must have been very moved by the marriage. If I were in the palace, the situation might be better, but I am currently in Taiyuan and it is inconvenient to report things. It may be difficult to turn the tide."

Li Ke is in Taiyuan, while Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Changsun Wuji and others are by Li Shimin. It is naturally much more convenient for them to talk to Li Shimin. I am afraid that they are now actively advocating this matter with Li Shimin, wanting to decide the matter as soon as possible and not leaving any room for Li Ke.

Wu Meiniang said: "The Northern Expedition is of great importance and is also a key link for Sanlang to win the position of the throne. We must not give up, otherwise Sanlang's situation will be passive."

If the two countries have married each other and the Northern Expedition is terminated, Li Ke, the great governor of Bingzhou, will lose his place to use his skills. Not only will he have no merits to establish, he will also be trapped in Hedong and will not be able to retreat even if he wants to.

Li Ke said to Wu Meiniang: "I want to send someone to the Junji Mountain Pass, secretly provoke a dispute between the two countries, take advantage of the situation to make the matter big. If you raise another war, the marriage will naturally end. How about it?"

The purpose of Li Ke's words is also very clear, it is nothing more than to force the two countries to fight. At this critical moment, as long as the two countries start to fight, the so-called peace will naturally become empty talk, and there is no way to talk about marriage.

However, Wu Meiniang thought about it, but shook her head and said, "This matter is absolutely not allowed. This matter is too risky. If Sanlang does this matter, it will be too hasty and hard to say that he will win. Secondly, it will be too forced to do this matter, which may cause clues. If others know about it and the father blames it, the position of Sanlang as the Grand Governor of Bingzhou will be lost, and the worst will be lost."

Li Ke said: "What Mei Niang said is very true. The risk of this matter is really greater. If it were not forbidden, I would not do so."

Li Ke naturally knew the risks of provoking a dispute between the two armies. Moreover, as soon as this matter was moved, tens of thousands of troops would be impossible to keep them airtight. If others noticed it, the consequences would be very serious and the risk would be too great.

Wu Meiniang pondered for a moment, slowly figured out something, and then asked Li Ke: "Have Sanlang ever thought of other ways?"

Li Ke looked at Wu Meiniang's appearance, and Wu Meiniang seemed to have an idea, so he asked, "Oh? Is Zhuge, the daughter of the King of Chu's Mansion, a good plan?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "It's not a good idea, but Sanlang had been thinking about how to ask his father to abandon his marriage. Have you ever thought about starting from Yi Nan?"

The marriage was initiated by Yi Nan himself, and the Tang princess he took the initiative to ask for marriage, so he would not give up easily. But Li Ke knew that Wu Meiniang was not aimless. Since she said that, she must have had an idea.

Li Ke said: "Mei Niang, let me listen in detail."

Wu Meiniang replied: "My Princess of the Tang Dynasty is a noble man of heaven and is extremely noble. Yi Nan is just a barbarian in the north of the desert. How can I marry my Princess of the Tang Dynasty at will? Naturally, I have to show his sincerity. If Sanlang can convince his father to put some effort into this matter, it may stump Yi Nan and make others unable to speak."

Li Ke nodded slowly, with a smile on his lips, and Li Ke had an idea in his mind.

Li Ke said: "Now Xue Yantuo is setting up a war with a generous charity. The one that Yi Nan is most short of food, grass, cattle and sheep. If my Tang Dynasty hired Xue Yantuosuo again and asked for more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and animal mixed with animals and escorted it to Lingzhou, what if it was the Tang Dynasty?

Wu Meiniang said: "Du Junshan Yu is thousands of miles away from Lingzhou, so it is not easy to transport 100,000 cattle and sheep to Lingzhou in full."

Li Ke said: "That's what I mean. It's not easy for Xue Yantuo to take out the national conditions of the country. Moreover, from Yu Dujun Mountain to Lingzhou, the water and grass are not abundant, and it is difficult for cattle and sheep to survive. I'm afraid that even half of them may not be able to survive after arriving in Lingzhou."

Wu Meiniang continued to ask, "What Sanlang said is good, but this method is still unsure. What if the Yi Nan had prepared and prepared more drinking water, hay, and so on so that cattle and sheep could survive the Gobi? You can't just put all the bets on Xue Yantuo."
Chapter completed!