In the spring of the twelfth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an from Luoyang by Luanyu, and watched the mainstay of the Yellow River and the Liugudun Salt Pond along the way, and sacrificed to Xia Yu Temple.

Wu Cairen summarized and edited the matters recorded in the history of women into the "Summary Table of the Achievements of Zhenguan Eleventh Year of Silk Reeling and Hemp" and the "List of Banquets and Swallows in the Eleventh Year of Zhenguan", which were presented to Li Shimin for review.

After Li Shimin's royal visit, he learned that under the strong leadership of Wei Guifei, he won the future with hard work, and the harem formed a good atmosphere of entrepreneurship and courage to take responsibility.

So Long Yan Dayue decided to take a three-day holiday in the harem and go out to play. Martial arts man Xie En retreated.

Before, Dawan of the Western Regions contributed thousands of horses to the Tang Dynasty Emperor, and stocked them in the right Feihuang Idle Stable in the East Inner Garden, among which there was a blue-white horse, and its mane was as long as a lion, so it was called Lion Skull.

During the reign of Emperor Kai of the Sui Dynasty, Dawan also paid tribute to such a horse, and at that time only Lang General Pei Renji could control it, riding it towards Xijing, twilight to Dongluo, traveling thousands of miles a day, but then disappeared. It reappeared again in the Tang Zhenguan period, which is really an auspicious omen!

Li Shimin is a person who loves horses, and when he got this horse, he was very happy, and took the harem holiday and had nothing to do, and led the concubines to the right Feihuang stable to watch.

AMTD was ordered to drive people to pull out the lion skull, and show it to the emperor and concubines, but unexpectedly, this horse is fat and fierce, and the horse is ruthless, standing on his back for a while, neighing, kicking back with his hooves for a while, dragging his mane to his knees, flying with the wind, and being heroic! The driver was thrown off the horse, unable to get close, helpless, and very embarrassed.

Li Shimin stroked the dragon's beard and laughed: "This horse's name is Lion, it is a BMW from Dawan, and it travels thousands of miles a day. Queen Sui Kai is missing, and she will come back this year, it is my Tang Xiangrui! Whoever can propose a good way to subdue this horse, I will give it to whomever I want! ”

Cui Cairen replied: "Starve it for a day first, wear out its sharpness, and then feed alfalfa, soybean cake, wheat bran and salt, and slowly establish a relationship with it, and you will naturally be able to control this horse!" AMTD said: "The minister also used this method, but practice proved that it was not successful!" ”

Everyone pondered, and there was silence.

The martial artist suddenly stepped forward, opened his phoenix eyes, and said in a loud voice: "The concubine can subdue it, but it needs three items: one is an iron whip, the second is an iron Lao, and the third is a dagger." If you refuse to accept the whip, you will knock it on the head with an iron whip, and if you refuse to accept it, you will cut its throat with a dagger! ”

Li Shimin was taken aback and thought to himself: Lie down, is this girl crazy? Isn't it a horse metaphor? Hate me for playing with her feelings? But so what? There are hundreds of beautiful women who hate me, and they are not obediently serving me.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin scolded loudly: "I mean to control the uniform and not to harm!" Wu Mei, your method sounds very powerful, but it is too fierce and vicious, and it is rude! ”

Wucai originally wanted to use the horse fight as a metaphor for Li Shimin's means of pacifying the world and subduing his subordinates, hoping to arouse Li Shimin's resonance, but unexpectedly he was reprimanded, and shouted in his heart: It's bad, it's bad, Your Majesty must have misunderstood, I'm afraid that the concubine will be sent to the cold palace now, Tiannalu, who will save the concubine?

The atmosphere became tense all of a sudden, and the martial artists wanted to argue but didn't know what to say, afraid that the more they argued, the deeper the misunderstanding would be, and they were at a loss for a while, a little embarrassed.

At this time, Xiao Cairen twisted his waist and came out of the ranks, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is angry, the concubine has a way!" This lion skull looks like a horse, and now it is the season when the cat is called spring and the horse is in estrus, so it is restless and difficult to control, so it is better to find a few mares to be stocked in it, and wait until it is emotionally stable, and it is naturally allowed to be ridden! ”

Everyone laughed, Li Shimin also laughed, pointed at her and said, "Xiao Cairen, I didn't expect it, you can think of such a solution!" ”

AMTD Fengcheng also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Cairen's method can be tried, but if it doesn't work, ......" made a gelding move. Li Shimin shook his head and disagreed with the gelding, but agreed to let the mare go.

Wei Guifei said recently: "Everyone, the peony flowers in Chang'an have been in full bloom recently, let's go to the garden to enjoy the flowers!" Li Shimin applauded, so everyone went to the garden to enjoy the flowers.

After a leisurely day, the martial artists returned to the Youlan Pavilion to rest.

After the sisters came back, they got together again, and Wu Cairen thanked Xiao Cairen for breaking the siege in time, and then discussed an old question with Xiao Cairen and Cui Cairen: What kind of woman does the emperor like?

But the discussion for a long time has no result, because there are more than 100 officials in the harem, from the noble concubine to the girl, with different appearances, figures, personalities, voices, and knowledge, it can be said that a hundred schools of thought are contending and a hundred flowers are blooming, but none of the flowers can really attract the bees to reside on the branches!

After a few days, Wu Cairen found that Li Shimin summoned him to wait less and less, and he was inevitably anxious, but this matter was expected, so he gradually relieved himself and began to focus on other things.

In addition to the tasks arranged by the emperor, the main work of the talented people is:

(1) Do a good job of the banquet and sleeping work for foreign women to meet Wei Guifei, Yang Shufei, Yin Defei, and Yan Xianfei.

(2) Coordinate the work of the six bureaus, including Shanggong, Shangyi, Shangshi, Shangfu, Shangshu and Shanggong.

(3) Guide the work of planting mulberry and silkworms, drawing silk and weaving and tamping.

(4) Participate in choreographing dances and various entertainment activities.

Martial arts people are strong, energetic, shrewd and capable, eager to learn and willing to do, never slack off and lazy, and love to manage things, can manage things, and manage good things in the harem, so they are loved by the four concubines.

Especially Concubine Yan Xian, her aunt is the daughter of the Sui Dynasty Taiwei **, and her aunt of Wucai is a cousin, so Wucai has a relationship with her and recognizes her as a cousin. This cousin's son, Li Zhen, was named the king of Yue, and his subordinate Gong Cao was Helan Anshi, the brother-in-law of Wucairen.

Wucai people not only have a good relationship with their superiors, but also pay attention to good relations with their subordinates, and treat officials below the provincial governor in the palace, below the provincial ministers in the inner service, and below the secretary of the six Shangs.

In this way, although she was not favored by the emperor, she lived a harmonious and harmonious life in the harem, and her daily work and life were very fulfilling, and she was not idle, so she gradually forgot the troubles of not being favored by the emperor.

But what happened next shattered the peaceful life of Wu Cairen, and tore open the wound she was about to heal again.