Chapter 767

It was only today, in the imperial court, that Li Er learned that Li Xueyan was pregnant with Qin Mu's dragon seed.

He didn't know whether to be happy or sad?

Initially, Li Xueyan was enfeoffed as Princess Wencheng by Li Er and then personally married off to Qin Mu.

However, at that time, Li Er was deceived; he didn't know Qin Mu's true identity and thought it was Songtsen Gampo of Tibet.

As a result, through a twist of fate, Princess Wencheng fell into Qin Mu's hands, and now she was going to have a child for him.

In any case, Li Xueyan was a princess on the Great Tang register.

Li Er stepped out to offer congratulations.

"Congratulations to the Great Qin Emperor for soon having a dragon seed. This child will be the witness to the friendship between Great Qin and Great Tang!" Li Er was truly afraid that Great Qin would attack him.

Xin Qiji and Zheng Chenggong's massive armies were already about to press down on Jin Ling City.

It was just the right time to use Li Xueyan's identity to ease the relationship between the two countries.

Who knew.

Qin Mu didn't buy his act at all.

He waved his hand.

"Old Li, the most shameful diplomatic means of your Great Tang is marriage alliances. Are you still trying to use marriage alliances to talk about things now?" Li Er was directly angered to the face.

His complexion turned from blue to white.

He also felt very ashamed, but he really had no other way!

The discussion about the dragon seed was interrupted by Li Er and thus ended.

Zhang Juzheng stepped out and began to report another matter.

"Your Majesty, last night, the Persian Prince Arohan arrived in Chang'an by fast horse, requesting an audience. The Persian Prince was originally following Su Dingfang, fighting in the lands further west of the Western Regions. How could this Arohan suddenly run to the capital by fast horse? The ministers in the imperial court all began to discuss it, not knowing the reason."

"Summon him!"

Qin Mu knew very well in his heart.

This Persian Prince was likely here for the great cause of restoring his country.

Arohan had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, and upon hearing the summons, he strode into the hall.

"Pay respects to the Emperor!"

Qin Mu kept a cold face.

"Arohan, has General Su Dingfang at the front already repelled the Arabian Empire?" Arohan was somewhat surprised.

He hadn't said anything yet; how did the Emperor know?

This victory report was brought to Chang'an by him personally and hadn't even been reported to the Ministry of War yet.

Logically speaking, in this imperial court, he should be the only one who knew.

"The Emperor is truly a divine person; even from ten thousand miles away, you can know the situation at the front."

There was still not a trace of a smile on Qin Mu's face.

Guessing this was very simple.

Earlier, the two Persian princes had already agreed to join Great Qin and become Great Qin generals.

Now that one suddenly returned, it was estimated that the Persian territory had already been recovered by Su Dingfang.

It was the same land, the same people, and the Arabian Empire had been repelled; it was hard for the Persian prince not to think about restoring his country.

But to restore the country, he had to seek Qin Mu's consent.

"Arohan, did you encounter any difficulties in the post-war reconstruction of the Persian Province? Or are you two brothers dissatisfied with Su Dingfang serving as the Governor of the Persian Province?" Arohan felt the Emperor's dissatisfaction from his tone.

He suddenly felt a bit afraid.

With a thud, he knelt down.

However, restoring the country had always been the dream of the Persian royal family.

Now, seeing the dream within reach, not making an effort to achieve it always felt like a regret.

Arohan still spoke out.

"Your Majesty, we are not dissatisfied; we respect General Su Dingfang very much. Without his genius command, we could not have recovered the Persian land."

"But we are proud Persians, and our dream is still to rebuild a country of our own!"

Hearing this, a group of civil and military officials finally understood why the Emperor's tone had been so cold from the beginning.

It turns out the Emperor had long anticipated the Persian Prince's ambition!

In the eyes of the Qin people, this was ingratitude!

If it weren't for Great Qin, would they even be able to restore their country?

Not only was their country destroyed by the Arabians, but I fear their race would have gradually perished.

Now that Great Qin had saved them, they wanted to break away from Great Qin.

Dream on!

Qin Mu naturally did not want Persia to rebuild its country.

In this world, no matter how good the relationship between countries is, there will always be a day when they turn against each other.

There are countless examples of countries that received favors before but turned into enemies after having other interests!

Once Persia rebuilds its country, sooner or later it will become an enemy of Great Qin and will not remember Great Qin's favors.

Rather than that, it would be better to cut off this possibility from the very beginning!

"Arohan, do you Persians want to be ungrateful people?"

Arohan kowtowed three times respectfully to Qin Mu.

"Your Majesty, we will forever be grateful to Great Qin and will forever be allied with Great Qin!"

Nonsense!

No one present believed his casual promise.

Even Li Er, who was watching from the side, knew this principle.

This was a real-life version of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf!

Qin Mu extended two fingers.

"I give you two choices. First, serve as the Deputy Governor of the Great Qin Persian Province and assist Su Dingfang in governing the Persian Province."

"Second, Great Qin will slaughter Persia and permanently erase the name of Persia!"

The first choice is submission.

The second choice is death!

How to choose?

Arohan dared to come to Chang'an because he was already confident.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, among the Western Expeditionary Army, there are only fifty thousand Qin troops. But twenty thousand Persian soldiers have already been recruited!"

"On the land of Persia, Great Qin doesn't seem to have much say!"

This began to show his fangs.

This drew a chorus of reprimands in the hall. The civil and military officials were all indignant.

"You still want to rely on your troops to threaten the Emperor?"

"Wolfish ambition!"

"Your Majesty, please mobilize the massive army to crusade against Persia!"

"This child is arrogant and must be taught a lesson!"

Qin Mu's icy face showed no emotional fluctuation.

It seemed he had long anticipated that Arohan would say this.

He slowly raised his palm.

The hall suddenly became quiet.

"Arohan, do you think that because the Western Expeditionary Army recruited twenty thousand Persians, they are Persian troops?"

"Do you think that when I first planned this, I really didn't think of this layer?"

"You are too naive!"

Arohan was somewhat suspicious after hearing Qin Mu's words.

He knew the prestige of this Great Qin Emperor—brilliant, martial, and an emperor through the ages!

Such a great emperor was unlikely to make such mistakes.

But he really couldn't think of any other means Great Qin could have to restrain them, the Persians?

"Your Majesty, don't scare me. Persians all have the same desire to restore the country as I do, and they will all support me in restoring the country!"