Chapter 221: Re-entering the Palace
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After returning to Chang'an, Li Yuan welcomed Wang Bo's surrender, of course, what made him happiest was that the crown prince had such a great victory in the first battle, which made him, the emperor, very happy and relieved.
Courtiers praised Li Jiancheng's contributions, but few people mentioned Li Shimin. However, Li Yuan did not ignore his son, because there was a woman standing next to his son that he hated, that is, Yuan Ziyan.
"Shimin, why did you bring Mrs. Xu back, what do you mean?" Li Yuan asked with a cold face.
"Back to my father, one of the reasons why Shimin brought Ziyan back is that Ziyan has broken off the marriage contract with Xu Maogong." Li Shimin said unhurriedly.
Yuan Ziyan almost fainted, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, it wasn't like this at the beginning, in fact, it ......"
"Father, sons, and many soldiers under him can testify that Miss Ziyan does not have a husband and wife relationship with that Xu Maogong." Li Jiancheng stepped forward and added a sentence without fear of causing trouble. Because Li Jiancheng has already seen that his father doesn't like Yuan Ziyan, but the second child is difficult to let go of Yuan Ziyan, as long as he follows Li Shimin's wishes, he can make him a thorn in his father's side, why worry about not being uprooted in the future?
"In addition, the eldest son of the son, Cheng Qian, loves purple smoke very much. In the past, every time I cried, no matter how I coaxed and persuaded me, it had to be appeased by Ziyan to stop. For this reason, Wujian mentioned it to me many times, hoping to let Ziyan enter the palace and teach Cheng Qian. Li Shimin actually involved his daughter-in-law, obviously, the eldest grandson Wujian would not say such a thing, but she is a person who is extremely dependent on her husband, and she will never dismantle Li Shimin's platform.
Due to the health issues involved in Aison. Li Yuan finally nodded and said, "Okay, let Yuan Ziyan move into the Chengqian Hall first." Let's take care of my grandchildren. ”
After retiring from the dynasty, Yuan Ziyan was dissatisfied with the boss, and kept arguing with Li Shimin, and Li Shimin didn't say a word on the road until he explained her to the eldest grandson.
When the eldest grandson Wujian saw Yuan Ziyan, it looked like seeing a ghost, this woman was really ghostly. They are all already married, and they can still enter the palace, and they are still back to Li Shimin!
Yang Zhao is Yang Guang's daughter, and she has seen Yuan Ziyan many times before. Although he had never said hello, now that he lived together, he still stepped forward to give a salute and called her aunt according to her previous title: "Zhao'er has seen Aunt Yan." ”
"Huh. Sister. At this time, the Purple Smoke Girl has no name, if you want to pay attention to it, she should still salute you. The eldest grandson said.
Without waiting for Yuan Ziyan to speak, Li Shimin said: "Seeing Ziyan is like seeing me, don't be lazy." ”
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he turned around and walked out, Yuan Ziyan didn't want to stay with these two stunned pot-bellied women for longer, so she also went out, nagging enough. Yuan Ziyan was also tired, and sighed and said, "Shimin." You know why I had to bring me back because I didn't want to get involved in the affairs of your court? ”
Li Shimin also stopped, opened his mouth to say something, but he was always arrogant, he still didn't say what was in his heart, but said something cruel that surprised him: "You don't need to know the reason, if you leave without permission, although I can't do anything to Xu Maogong, I can track Li Mi's whereabouts and bring him to justice!" ”
You?! Yuan Ziyan was so angry that his face turned blue, scolded despicable, and then went back to his room to sulk. Li Shimin also felt helpless, and he couldn't wait to slap himself, looking at his own mouth, why couldn't he speak well.
In fact, what he wanted to say was that he didn't want to lose it again, but for the sake of this face, he didn't say it truthfully.
In the following days, Yuan Ziyan stayed in the Chengqian Palace. According to Li Shimin's explanation, she can dine with the eldest grandson Wujian and Yang Zhao, but the two women are too strange, the eldest grandson Wujian doesn't like her at all, and the so-called enthusiasm is all pretended.
And Yang Zhao knew this, but he had to be polite to Yuan Ziyan, and he was extremely well-behaved, as if he had taken the opportunity to be angry with his eldest grandson. The court fought endlessly, Yuan Ziyan was not one of Li Shimin's wives, of course he didn't want to participate in it, and then he ate by himself, read and painted in his spare time, and was content.
It is worth mentioning that Xiao Chengqian really has a relationship with Yuan Ziyan, the two are very intimate, and even with Yuan Ziyan present, he is not close to the eldest grandson Wujian.
Xu Maogong, who learned of his wife's whereabouts, immediately returned to Chang'an, but was told that his wife had dissolved the marriage contract with him, which means that Xu Maogong was divorced.
Of course, Xu Maogong didn't believe that Yuan Ziyan would be so ruthless, and after several inquiries, he learned what happened, but he didn't expect that it was Li Shimin who took the opportunity to snatch his wife.
Xu Maogong was also born in a wealthy family, and he had martial arts, how could he stand this humiliation, so he had a great prejudice against Li Shimin. But Xu Maogong, who had never seen his wife, was also very helpless, for fear that his reckless actions would bring death to the other party, so he had to swallow this breath.
Later, Li Yuan found a family affair for Xu Maogong, which can be said to be a good match, and the reward is several times better than Yuan Ziyan, and there is a good title, Mrs. Britain.
In addition to being snatched away by others, in short, Li Tang is not bad to himself, Xu Maogong dares to be angry and dare not speak, and has always chosen to be silent. Xu Maogong disdained to be with the crown prince, and was even more reluctant to look at Li Shimin's eyes, so he always stayed by Li Yuan's side, giving him advice and recruiting troops to fight.
Because Li Shimin was snubbed by his father, the campaign for nearly a year had nothing to do with him. In this regard, Li Shimin was depressed, and some henchmen also hinted that all this had something to do with Yuan Ziyan, as long as Yuan Ziyan was driven out of the palace, then Li Yuan's trust would be regained.
Li Shimin disdained this, and even gave up on himself a little, no matter how hard he tried, what if he didn't make wedding clothes for others, why not be a prince who eats, drinks and has fun, it's better than fighting a hundred times, ten thousand times!
The palace is as quiet as stagnant water, and the outside of the palace is still upside down, and the previously mentioned Li Liang refuses to relax with the title of emperor, but the subordinate ministers An Xinggui, An Xiuren and others who feel that the general trend has gone are restless.
At the suggestion of the ministers, An Xinggui and others tried to persuade Li Liang to surrender, but Li Liang almost turned his face, roared and drove the gang out, and even threatened to cut off his tongue and kill him if he talked nonsense.
An Xinggui and others were panicked, thought about it again and again, or collectively rebelled, and assisted Li Tang to capture Li Rail alive, and then Li Rail was beheaded in Chang'an. Because of the merit of these people, Li Yuan Zhao'an Xinggui was the general of the Right Marquis, sealed the Duke of Liangguo, and gave him ten thousand paragraphs. An Xiuren was named the general of Zuo Wuhou and rewarded with treasures.
Wang Shichong and others were not idle, after having Dou Jiande's refuge, Wang Shichong thought that he was like a tiger with wings and accelerated the pace of expansion.
It seems that there are two major warlords in this wave, one is Chang'an Li Yuan, and the other is Luoyang Wang Shichong. In comparison, Li Yuan's subordinates are full of talents, and he himself is from a wealthy family, so he is more popular. Wang Shichong is determined to plunder territory and prove his worth by constantly fighting for territory.
At this point, the heroes of the world began to pay attention and were entangled in which side to go to. However, despite this, there are still sudden surges, and those who are unwilling to appear.
Liu Wuzhou was one of them, at that time he was the lieutenant of the Yingyang Mansion in Mayi, taking advantage of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, his heart itched really unbearable, and he had close contacts with the Turkic Shibi Khan.
Ma Yi Taishou Wang Rengong was loyal to Emperor Yang of Sui, and he has always been honest, hearing that the world will change, Wang Rengong sold his family's house and property, and used all the funds raised to recruit troops and horses, in order to protect the country. However, the strength of one person is far from enough, and in order to raise more funds, Wang Rengong has no choice but to sell his official position and even accept bribes.
Although all this money is used to serve the country, but the heavens are not beautiful, and it coincides with the great drought that Mayi has not encountered in a century, but Wang Rengong regards these grains as dead, and wants to use a lot of these grains as military supplies.
Of course, the people did not understand this, and gathering crowds to make trouble happened from time to time, and Wang Rengong killed more than a dozen people who took the lead in making trouble at the entrance of the vegetable market in order to calm down the people's grievances. Wang Rengong's loyalty was only to the emperor, and he forgot to love the people, and the killing of the people aroused even greater resentment, and this opportunity was fully exploited by the ambitious Liu Wuzhou.
Liu Wuzhou was originally a wealthy man and had quite a lot of assets in his family, so he took out a considerable part of it to win people's hearts, and most of the officials betrayed by Wang Rengong were the children of the rich, so he quickly attracted a circle of friends headed by him.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Liu Wuzhou secretly gathered these people, and then, under Wang Rengong's negligence, rushed into the palace and assassinated Wang Rengong, while he himself claimed to be Taishou.
Subsequently, Liu Wuzhou opened a warehouse to provide grain, and immediately won the support of the people, and within a few days, he gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses, becoming a small overlord.
Of course, the mere Ma Yi could not satisfy Liu Wuzhou's appetite, and then occupied Yanmen and Loufu County, and also dedicated all the palace maids collected from the Fenyang Palace to Shibi Khan, in order to get effective support.
After conquering Dingxiang, Liu Wuzhou proclaimed himself emperor and changed his name to Tianxing.
Why didn't Liu Wuzhou get attention before? That's because his power is too small, with no more than 20,000 soldiers, compared to Li Yuan, who is a rebel bigwig, it is simply a drizzle, not worth mentioning, maybe one day he will fail to attack, or take refuge in that big tree.
Li Yuan won battles one after another, and he was in a very good mood, but he suddenly received information, saying that this usually inconspicuous Liu Wuzhou, at this time, united the forces of the Turks, and at this time stationed troops in the Yellow Snake Ridge, intending to merge states.
and Jinyang, which is governed by the state, is equivalent to Liu Wuzhou locking his eyes on the birthplace of Li Tang! If the birthplace is conquered, it will not only be unlucky, but also a great humiliation, and it will also have a great impact on morale.
Li Yuan did not dare to delay, and immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter. (To be continued......)