Chapter 1059 Li Cunxu's Request for a Transaction
"Your parents are now in the military camp, working for me."

Su Mingzhe looked Jiang Chan up and down, and found an excuse to let her go:

"Come here, send Jiang Chan to the military camp and tell Jiang Hongru and his wife that as long as they sincerely serve the Han Dynasty, I will reward them generously!"

After releasing Jiang Chan, Su Mingzhe called a nanny and asked her to take him to find Crown Princess Du Juan.

The palaces of the Tang Dynasty were also extremely luxurious.

The decorations are mostly bright yellow, and jade and colored glaze are everywhere.

The palace maids’ makeup was just like in the movies. Most of them were white and big, which made a normal person like Su Mingzhe want to reach out and grab a handful when he saw them.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe still remembered the purpose of his visit to the Eastern Palace. He patiently followed the old nanny's lead and came to the side hall of the nunnery where the Crown Princess lived.

In the side hall, a meter-long white silk was still hanging on the bed beam.

The two palace maids were trying hard to persuade Dujuan not to have any more thoughts of suicide.

After listening for a while, Su Mingzhe realized that these palace maids had been talking for a long time but it was of no use at all.

Dujuan lay on the bed, her expression becoming exactly the same as that of the Queen of Tang, both were dull and cold, as if she no longer had any attachment to the world.

When Su Mingzhe saw this, a slight sneer appeared on his face and he sat down beside the bed.

Du Juan noticed the man coming and thought of the humiliation she suffered last night. Her slender body shuddered subconsciously.

"Still hate me?"

Su Mingzhe tried to make his tone as gentle as possible, and after sensing the woman's heartbeat accelerating, he began to have an idea.

"You guys go out first."

After sending away the serving palace maid, Su Mingzhe saw a blush on the woman's fair face and knew that his idea was correct.

At that moment, without being polite to the woman, Su Mingzhe directly climbed onto the bed. Before the woman could show her resentful look, he pulled the quilt over himself and her.

Another sound of greed and joy.

Although Du Juan's mood had long been cold and hopeless, she could not resist the teasing of Su Mingzhe, a veteran in the love field.

After several times of lovemaking, Dujuan's long-cold heart gradually revived and came back to life.

In fact, Du Juan became indifferent to life and death before Su Mingzhe entered Taiyuan City.

Su Mingzhe's brutality last night was the last straw that broke Du Juan's heart.

Knowing the reason, Su Mingzhe wanted to help Du Juan cure her mental illness, so he naturally took the initiative.

After a lot of sweet talk in bed, Su Mingzhe saw Du Juan's clear eyes gradually glowing with moisture, and then he stood up with satisfaction and said:
"Rest for a while. I'll send someone to pick you up to rest in the imperial study in the evening."

After leaving the Eastern Palace, Su Mingzhe wanted to return to the Imperial Study to handle government affairs. However, halfway through his journey, his personal guards reported that Emperor Li Cunxu of the Tang Dynasty wanted to see him.

During the siege yesterday, Su Mingzhe was the first to climb the city gate and captured the Tang Emperor Li Cunxu in one move.

After the city was captured, Su Mingzhe was not in a hurry to deal with him. He just knocked him unconscious and locked him up in the military camp.

Later, when the imperial city was breached, Su Mingzhe imprisoned Li Cunxu and his two sons together.

Su Mingzhe didn't want to bother with this prisoner.

However, thinking of the two Tang princesses Yining and Yongle, after hesitating for a moment, Su Mingzhe decided to go and meet them.

Yesterday, Su Mingzhe gathered all the concubines and princesses in the harem together and picked out two stunning beauties.

One is Crown Princess Du Juan, and the other is Princess Yining.

Princess Yining's younger sister, Princess Yongle, although still young, is 70% similar to her elder sister Princess Yining.

Su Mingzhe can now conclude that when Princess Yongle grows up, she will definitely be a stunning beauty with natural beauty.

Su Mingzhe just wanted to meet Li Cunxu for the sake of the two princesses.

Not long after.

Su Mingzhe rushed to the Han army camp and met Li Cunxu. Yesterday, when Li Cunxu was on the city wall, he was still wearing golden armor, looking majestic and domineering.

Today, Li Cunxu's hair and beard are gray, his eyelids are swollen, and his eyes are as red as blood. It seems that he has aged 10 or 20 years overnight and has joined the ranks of the elderly ahead of time.

"Li Cunxu, I heard that you are looking for me?"

Su Mingzhe waved his hand, signaling his personal guards to untie Li Cunxu, and gave him a seat and some tea.

No matter what, Li Cunxu is the emperor of a country, and he should be given the dignity he deserves.

Li Cunxu did not appreciate this. He neither sat down to drink tea nor showed awe or begged for his life. Instead, he tried to straighten his back and spoke with murderous intent:
"Han Emperor, did you stay overnight in my palace yesterday?"

Hearing that Li Cunxu still dared to call himself "I", Su Mingzhe could not help but feel a little angry, and immediately replied stiffly:

"Yes, I did stay in the palace yesterday. Do you want to know who I asked to sleep with me last night?"

"no need."

Although Li Cunxu spoke toughly, he was not a fool. Naturally, he was unwilling to bring humiliation upon himself.

Seeing that he was about to give in, Su Mingzhe did not want to force or humiliate him any further, so his tone returned to its original coldness and he asked unhappily:
"You said you wanted to see me, what's the matter? Tell me now. Since you are also a great hero, I will satisfy you even if you have to duel with me!"

"We already competed yesterday. I am no match for you."

Li Cunxu shook his head slightly, and then said his intention to meet Su Mingzhe:
"Han Emperor, I want to make a deal with you."

Su Mingzhe was slightly stunned, and asked in confusion:
"Deal? What deal?"

Su Mingzhe couldn't imagine what Li Cunxu, a king of a fallen country, could offer to make a deal with him.

Seeing that Su Mingzhe did not reject him directly, Li Cunxu said solemnly:
"Han Emperor, I can help you quickly conquer the entire Tang Dynasty, but I only ask that you keep my bloodline alive!"

Before this, Li Cunxu had already inquired that after Su Mingzhe destroyed the Qi State, the Dingnan Army, and the Uighur tribe, he completely destroyed the other party's royal family and ancestral temples.

Since ancient times, for a dynasty, the destruction of its clan and the extinction of its ancestral temples is considered the worst outcome.

Li Cunxu didn't want his family's hundreds of years of inheritance to be cut off, so he could only use his limited resources to ask Su Mingzhe to make this deal.

No wonder the Tang Emperor acted so tough. It was obvious that he wanted to show the "pride of the Tang Dynasty" and hoped that he would pay more attention to his role.

Su Mingzhe was also a smart man. He immediately understood the reasons behind Li Cunxu's every move and immediately found it funny.

However, Su Mingzhe still followed his words and asked:

"Li Cunxu, you have three sons. Which one do you plan to leave behind as your successor?"

"Prince Yuanxiang."

When Li Cunxu saw that Su Mingzhe agreed to the deal, his energy and spirit suddenly disappeared, and his originally straight back suddenly became hunched.

There are three sons in total, and now you have to choose one.

Now that he has chosen Crown Prince Li Yuanxiang, the fate of his other two sons is to wait for death.

It's not a pleasant feeling to send your son to death with your own hands.

"can."

Su Mingzhe had no intention of killing the four members of the Li family, he just wanted to put them under house arrest.

However, Li Cunxu was overthinking it, and Su Mingzhe was too lazy to explain.

After all, Li Cunxu had a misunderstanding now, so he took the initiative to help appease the provincial aristocratic families who were still resisting in the Tang Dynasty.

If there had been no misunderstanding, who knows if Li Cunxu would have caused any trouble.

The two men made a deal.

Su Mingzhe immediately ordered someone to fetch Li Cunxu's seal and asked him to write various letters of persuasion for surrender.

With Li Cunxu's help, Su Mingzhe, who had originally planned to spend more than a month on Tang's government affairs, can now lead his troops back to the capital in less than half a month.

(End of this chapter)