It's night, Palace!

Li Shimin's imperial study was dimly lit, and there was only one lamp in the big room, when suddenly someone at the door coughed lightly, and then meowed softly like a kitten.

Li Shimin smiled, showing a touch of tenderness on his face, but his face immediately changed, and he pretended to be angry and shouted softly: "Who is so bold as to dare to learn cat barking in front of my imperial study?" Guanyin, isn't it you? If it were you, then I wouldn't pursue it, but if it weren't for you, then I would have been furious......"

In fact, he knew that the one outside the study must be the eldest grandson queen.

Sure enough, I saw a figure flickering at the door, and a graceful woman carrying a food box showed her face, it was indeed the eldest grandson queen, but she didn't dare to enter the door directly.

The imperial study is a place for approval, and it is taboo for the concubines to enter without announcement, and even if the emperor himself allows it, the concubines do not dare to say much after entering, at most they are waiting by the emperor's side, beating their shoulders and pressing their necks or something, the smarter the woman, the less confused they will be in this place.

Because since ancient times, it has been emphasized that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the place of the imperial study is precisely what it represents.

……

Empress Changsun stood at the door and probed her brain, and first raised the food box in her hand high.

After using this as a cover, he shouted into the house from afar: "Your Majesty, the concubine is here to deliver supper, I have asked the guards several times, and said that you may be busy for a long time tonight, so the concubine will send something to eat." ”

Li Shimin said twice, how could he not know that the queen was an excuse to cover up outsiders, but he knew that he would definitely cooperate with his wife on the surface, so he nodded loudly, and shouted at the door from afar: "Since it's a supper, let's help me bring it in." It's almost time now, and I'm really feeling a little hungry in my belly......"

With his cooperation, the queen entered the imperial study even if she was allowed to do so. Unexpectedly, Empress Changsun was still standing at the door, holding the food box high in her hand and not moving.

Li Shimin was slightly stunned for a moment, and then as if he had thought of something, he asked, "Could it be that someone else came with him?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun nodded hurriedly and said softly: "It's our Gaomi sister, she has been waiting for you in the palace today, but Your Majesty didn't go to the concubine at all after the dynasty dispersed, so the Gaomi girl waited for an afternoon in vain." The concubine saw that she was anxious, so she wanted to pull her to do some odd jobs to pass the time, but how could there be any odd jobs to do in the palace, so our aunt and sister-in-law made a supper for Your Majesty, she is Your Majesty's own sister-in-law, and it is not forbidden to send you a supper. ”

Li Shimin said twice again, and said slowly: "It's not an exaggeration!" ”

After speaking, he waved to the door, and said a little helplessly: "Forget it, don't act, come in, I know what you want to do here." ”

Empress Eldest Sun smiled, stretched out her hand and pulled out Princess Gaomi who was hiding behind the door, and then the two aunts and sisters-in-law carried the food box together, sneakily slipped through the door into the study.

After entering the house, she had nothing to say at first, for example, Empress Changsun put the food box on the desk, her eyes kept wandering around the room, and she asked pretending to be concerned: "Why didn't Your Majesty order a few more lights?" ”

Li Shimin stretched out his hand and lifted the food box, took out a small cake from it and nibbled on it, and said casually: "I have already reviewed all of today's recitals, so I asked the guards to extinguish the extra lights." ”

Princess Gaomi hurriedly complimented: "Second brother is really a thrifty emperor. ”

It's a pity that this princess boasted about her brother, but her eyes were looking around like the queen.

Li Shimin put the cake down with a helpless face, and said sneeringly: "No need to look for it, there are no women in the imperial study." I said, do you two have a problem with your brains, and you don't want to think about how long the Han girl's policy has been set? In the early dynasty, it was just decided, could it be that a Han girl could be sent to my palace at night...... Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you can send it to the palace, it won't be sent to the imperial study, this is where I deal with government affairs......"

Empress Eldest Sun and Princess Gaomi sneered, and the two sisters-in-law blushed, you push me, I push you.

After a long time, the two finished complaining to each other, and then Empress Changsun came to Li Shimin's side and made a posture of waiting for her husband to eat, but unfortunately her eyes began to look at it again, but this time the place she was looking at was the stack of pieces on the desk.

Li Shimin looked funny, shook his head helplessly, and said: "I still don't need to look for it, there is no letter from the north in this stack of chapters!" It is the season of cold and freezing now, and the road on the other side of the land of clouds is extremely difficult to travel, and you all know that Gu Tianya is the most considerate of his subordinates, if he doesn't encounter something particularly important, he is generally unwilling to let the messengers suffer from the cold. ”

Princess Gaomi couldn't help but say: "There are post stations every thirty miles in Hebei Province, and the messengers can rest and bake the fire every thirty miles. The third brother-in-law is really right, and he even thinks that this will make the messengers cold. ”

Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he scolded: "Just say what you say in front of me, don't say it in front of outsiders, otherwise people will be ridiculed, and even our royal family will be embarrassed." ”

Princess Gaomi hurriedly stuck out her tongue and cautiously said that she had just made a slip of the tongue.

At this time, Empress Changsun looked outside and found that the guards in the imperial study had already walked away, so the queen became bold, stretched out her hand and tugged at the corner of Li Shimin's clothes, and asked: "Even if there is no son-in-law of Tianya, there should always be a letter from Sister Xiuning." Such a big thing happened, and it was impossible for Xiuning not to send a letter. ”

Li Shimin snorted and said, "It's nothing more than catching a concubine and going home, what kind of big deal can it be?" Didn't you meet Xiuning on the first day, hasn't she ever done this kind of thing? Wasn't there a girl named Tan Xiao before, but she was a disciple who once kowtowed to Gu Tianya, what about the identity of master and apprentice? Does Xiuning take her identity seriously? didn't knock out with a stick and threw Gu Tianya on the bed where Tan Xiao was. When Gu Tianya woke up, he realized that he had changed from a master to a husband......"

Empress Eldest Sun looked admiring and praised sincerely: "Sister Xiuning can play." ”

Li Shimin was stunned and looked at his wife dumbfounded.

Empress Eldest Sun realized that she had lost her words, and her face suddenly became hot and feverish, and she hurriedly changed her words: "That girl Xiuning is almost stunned for the sake of the Gu family's branches." After she gave birth to a son-in-law herself, her confidence became more and more day by day, so she hoped that the Gu family could have more children, so that her tiger baby could have more brothers and sisters. ”

Li Shimin nodded, and said with feeling: "Yes, Xiuning has indeed done a bit outrageous in this matter. Even if you want the Gu family to spread out, there is no need to force Gu Tianya. ”

Speaking of this, he stopped at this point, and said with a very old-fashioned look: "You must know that we men are arrogant, and we would rather die than bow our heads when we are persecuted by this kind of thing." ”

"Whew!"

Empress Eldest Sun took a sip abruptly, looked at the emperor with a sneer on her face, and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to be shameless?" Still arrogant? I think it's Harazi. The concubines heard that Wei Zheng proposed in the court that you should marry nine Han girls. The concubine doesn't want to talk about the government, so she doesn't comment on this matter, the concubine just wants to ask, Wei Zheng is persecuting you today, right? But what about your arrogance, Your Majesty? Why didn't you rather die than bow your head? ”

Li Shimin looked stupid, turned his head and pretended not to hear.

After a long time, Li Shimin slowly spoke, and said: "Guanyin, you should know that marrying a Han girl is a helpless move. Those poor women had been taken by the Turks, so it was a difficult question to settle their fate. Do you really think Xiuning can persecute Gu Tianya? If that guy doesn't want to, who can really push him? People with a donkey's temperament have a very axial personality, Xiuning can't force him, it's just that he is willing to cooperate......"

Li Shimin paused when he said this, and then said: "I am the same, Wei Zheng can't force me." The reason why I was willing to be persecuted by Wei Zheng was nothing more than to solve the matter of the Han girl. If hundreds of thousands of Han girls can find a home, what if I, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, bend down to be the harlequin in the story? At most, a few words of infamy that don't hurt or itch are like a breeze blowing through the hills for me. ”

This time, the eldest grandson queen did not mock, but nodded subconsciously, and a trace of sympathy appeared on the queen's face, and she said with pity: "Those Han girls are really pitiful." ”

Li Shimin stretched out his hand, gently grabbed the queen's palm, and said: "So you have to be mentally prepared now, there are likely to be rumors about me in the future, and when the rumors spread, Guanyin, don't go back to the imperial study to sneer." Because it was all to cooperate with the strategy, subtly change the people's minds, and when the people gradually accepted the Han girl's loss of virginity, the time to solve the fate of the Han girl will come. ”

The emperor paused as he spoke, sighed helplessly, and said, "After all, hundreds of thousands of Han women are involved, how can they be allowed to live alone for the rest of their lives." It's just that since ancient times, weddings and funerals are major events, and we can't force the people to marry in this kind of matter, otherwise I and Gu Tianya will jointly issue a forced order, forcing bachelors to marry Han girls, there is no need to end up in person, whether I or he are all harlequins. ”

Princess Gaomi hurriedly said on the side: "My family is also going to be a harlequin, second brother, you can pity him for being too fat." Exempt him from the task of marrying and let him withdraw from the matter. ”

Li Shimin glared at her and said, "Duan Lun, that guy is afraid that he can't help himself with this kind of thing, and he is a little fatter to lose weight through this matter......"

Princess Gaomi was dumbfounded.

It's just that she is too familiar with this sentence, and it seems that Queen Eldest Sun also dealt with her in this way during the day today.

Let my man use this to lose weight?

It's really thanks to you emperor and queen for coming up with it.