Zixuan was looking at these people, only to hear Li Yuan ask how Chai Shao would place his daughter.

Chai Shao replied: "Father-in-law, please rest assured, the son-in-law has sent Mingwan to the Li manor in Ju County, and asked her to wait there in disguise as a man, and I don't think anything will go wrong." ”

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction. Zixuan was thinking that Chai Shao's wife was Li Yuan's only daughter-in-law, and she was Shimin's sister with the same father and mother, and Li Tang was named Princess Pingyang after it was established, but her name was not recorded in the history books, it turned out that her name was Li Mingwan. snickered in his heart, Chai Shao must not have imagined that his wife would wait in Ju County, at this time her famous women's army should have begun to take shape, right?

I heard Li Yuan ask why he didn't bring the fifth Li Zhiyun with him.

Jiancheng got up and knelt on the ground, "Father, it's all the child's fault. ”

Yuan Ji also stood up and said to Li Yuan nonchalantly: "Father, I can't complain about my eldest brother in this matter, but it's not anyone's fault. I got a letter from my father that day and knew that the matter was urgent, but Zhiyun was not at home. The eldest brother had to take his sister-in-law and leave first and asked me to find Zhiyun, but I searched all over the ten miles and eight villages, and I didn't find Zhiyun's shadow. I had to order the family to wait for Zhiyun to come back and tell him to come up to us. But I didn't wait for him all the way, thinking that it was a bad trip, and I would arrive in a few days. ”

When Mrs. Wan heard this, her eyes turned red and she looked at Li Yuan, "Master, will Zhiyun be fine?" ”

Li Yuan also felt that Zhiyun was probably more than lucky, but he could only pretend to be calm and pat Wan's shoulder, "Don't worry too much, Zhiyun is a smart kid, even if he can't get to Jinyang, he will definitely find a place to hide." ”

Only Zixuan knew very well that they would never see Zhiyun again. Because of historical records, after Li Yuan raised his army, Zhiyun was arrested in Daxing. Before Li Yuan broke through Daxing, the Sui general Yin Shishi not only dug up Li Yuan's ancestral grave, but also killed Li Zhiyun, who was only 14 years old.

At this time, Li Yuanji was so unhappy in his heart, this qiē was planned by him. At that time, the eldest brother was going to find Zhiyun, and he said that he would go and let the eldest brother go first. And after the eldest brother left, he didn't look for it at all, but packed up the valuable things in the house, took what he could take, and sold what he couldn't on the spot. How could he go to Zhiyun, it was too late for him to hate him all these years. The brother father of the family originally liked the third brother Li Xuanba the most, but unfortunately the third brother died early. Father likes this Zhiyun the most, and coincidentally, he Li Yuanji was born in the same year as Zhiyun, and his father always compares the two of them. This Zhiyun is better at reading books than him, riding and archery is better than him, and even playing chess is better than him, and his father always says that he is not as good as Zhiyun, and that is not as good as Zhiyun.

This time his father raised troops, Yuanji of course understood that if he succeeded, the eldest brother Jiancheng would inevitably be the prince as the eldest son. And the second brother Shimin is a good person, and he has a lot of ghost ideas, and his merit must be indispensable. Bring another Zhiyun out, isn't it just to give yourself multiple competitors? At that time, my father will definitely say that Zhiyun still has the ability and has more achievements than Yuan Ji. Besides, why? Anyway, he and his eldest brother and second brother are born to the same mother, but they are all sisters-in-law, why does he, Li Zhiyun, a concubine born to Aunt Wan, always climb to his own sister-in-law?

The day after Jiancheng, Yuanji, and Chai Shao arrived in Jinyang, Liu Wenjing returned from the Turks. Brought the messengers of Shibi Khan: Zhu Guo Kang Sheli, Prince Tuli.

Li Yuan said that he didn't expect Tuli to come as a messenger in person as a prince, until Tuli explained his intention: "My father Khan said that Lord Li's mention is very good, and what we originally hated was Emperor Yang Guang, and it had nothing to do with Lord Li." A qiē can be according to what Master Li said, but it is necessary to make peace first. ”

Li Yuan was thinking about which of his daughters he wanted to marry, but he heard Tu Li say again: "And we have to choose this person who is close to us." ”

Li Yuan wondered, he had never heard of such a friendly person, and asked, "Who did the khan choose?" ”

Tu Li smiled brightly, "It's not my father Khan, it's with me and relatives, I want a girl named Yang Zixuan in your house." ”

Oh, I see, Li Yuan remembered that Shimin had told him that the last time he caught Tu Li was because he saved Zixuan and sent him back. It turned out that the little prince had already taken a fancy to Zixuan at that time.

Li Yuan smiled gently: "It turns out that the prince likes Miss Zixuan, but this Miss Zixuan is a guest in the Li Mansion, and the old man has no right to decide her marriage." However, the old man is willing to say this matchmaker for the prince, it is better for the prince to live in the post house first, and let the old man ask Miss Zixuan what she means, how about it? ”

Tuli happily replied, "Then there is Lord Lao Li." ”

After sending Tuli away, Li Yuan called his three sons and asked them for their opinions on the matter.

Jiancheng frowned when he heard this, "Father, this is not polite or moral. Miss Zixuan's parents are still alive, and her parents are naturally in charge of this marriage. We can't force a little girl to marry her for selfish gain. ”

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, thinking that this eldest son was really kind-hearted. Li Yuan didn't say that he must marry Zixuan if he died, he told Tuli that he would be a matchmaker, and naturally this matchmaker can be done or not, it is really a move that can be advanced or retreated.

Yuan Ji stood up suddenly, "Father, I don't agree with the eldest brother's statement, the so-called big things are not informal, since the Turks want Yang Zixuan by name, if we don't go along with their wishes, how can we unite with them?" For the sake of just one Yang Zixuan, he lost the opportunity to unite the Turks, and he ruined the major event of raising troops, and he couldn't do it! Besides, Yang Zixuan is just the daughter of a businessman, and she was wronged by letting her marry a Turkic prince? I think her father can't find such a good son-in-law with a lantern. ”

Li Yuan smiled slightly, these four sons Yuanji have always been ruthless people. His reasoning is immoral, but it is easy to succeed. If morality is emphasized in everything, it will not be possible to achieve great things, take the present as an example, as a feudal official of the Sui Dynasty, but he raised an army against the Sui, which is morally speaking, this is a rebellion.

Li Yuan listened to the opinions of his two sons, was noncommittal, looked at Shimin, who had been silent, and asked, "Shimin, what do you think?" ”

Shimin got up and said: "Father, since Miss Chu Zixuan was rescued by Shimin, this matter will be handed over to Shimin to deal with, Shimin will definitely be able to give his father a satisfactory answer, so that his father can form an alliance with the Turkic Shun Lì." ”

Hehe, Li Yuan was silent on his face, and said with a smile in his heart: Is Shimin announcing his ownership of Zixuan? Zixuan was saved by him, so what to do with it should be up to him instead of the Li family? Good, good boy, bold. Then let him do it, this son has never let him down anyway.

So, Li Yuan agreed to Shimin's request.

In the past few days, Xuan is learning embroidery with Chunhua in the house, and Chunhua has drawn a lot of patterns, but Zixuan doesn't like any of them. I picked up the pen and drew a picture myself, and the painting turned out to be Ziyi dancing in a Latin dance skirt.

Chunhua saw it and knew that she was missing her sister, so she asked, "Miss Zixuan, what are you going to embroider this painting on?" ”

"Let's embroider a handkerchief." Zixuan said.

Zixuan embroidered stitch by stitch, but tears fell on the handkerchief one by one, she embroidered too similarly, as if Ziyi would be able to jump off the handkerchief the next moment.

Zixuan learned quickly, and after a few days, the handkerchief had been embroidered, and her eyes were swollen from crying.

Qiu Shi knocked on the door and came in, "Miss Zixuan, the second son is here." ”

Zixuan wiped his eyes, greeted him, and blessed his body.

Seeing her red and swollen eyes, Shimin asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about my sister." Zixuan said.

In a blink of an eye, Shimin saw the handkerchief she embroidered on the table, a white handkerchief, on which Ziyi was dancing in a bright red dress. He remembered that day, Ziyi said that he wanted to dance to show him, so they were in the back garden, dismissed all the subordinates, Ziyi changed into this skirt, and danced one after another for him......

"You embroidered it?" Shimin picked up the handkerchief and asked.

"Yes." Zixuan replied.

"Give it to me, I have a thought when I miss your sister." Shimin said.

Zixuan was very pleased to see that he really had a deep affection for his sister, "I miss my sister too, if the second son likes it, I will embroider an identical one for the second son tomorrow." ”

"Don't be so troublesome, I want this, you can embroider another one for yourself tomorrow." Shimin said as he tuck the handkerchief into his sleeve.

"You...... You're really overbearing. ”

Zixuan's voice was as small as a mosquito humming, but Shimin still listened, "I'm very domineering, according to my temperament, my father said this morning that he would marry you to Prince Tuli, and I should agree on the spot." ”

"What? Why did you marry me to Tuli? Zixuan's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his ears.

Shimin sat down, took a cup of tea from the table, and drank it slowly, "We are going to unite with the Turks, and they have put forward the condition of marriage, and they want you by name. ”

"This ...... How is this possible? Zixuan felt a little dizzy and reached out to hold the table.

Shimin motioned for her to sit down, and she slowly sat down across from Shimin, and listened to him, "Is it possible for this to ask you yourself?" It's no wonder that you are such a beautiful woman who saves him heroically and rescues him, and he doesn't like you. ”

Zixuan thought about it, what he said did make sense, on the day she released Tuli, Tuli said that he wanted to marry her. It was her own approach that made Tuli misunderstand, "But...... But I don't want to marry him. ”

"You don't want to marry her? Did I hear me right? He is a prince, and he will inherit the throne of the khan in the future, he is good-looking, and he has a deep affection for you, what's wrong? Shimin said lightly.

"He's fine anywhere, but I can't marry him! I...... I'm an American, I can't marry here, I have to ...... I have to go back to the United States and get married. Zixuan stammered.

"Your sister is also American, didn't she also agree to marry me?" Li Shimin's tone was still calm.