Chapter 3: The Childhood of the Female Emperor

In June of the ninth year of Wude, the Xuanwumen Rebellion broke out, and Emperor Li Yuan was forced to appoint his son Li Shimin as the crown prince. Two months later, Li Yuan announced his abdication. On August 9, Li Shimin, the emperor, was located in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace, and only a few days later, Li Shimin appointed the eldest grandson of the princess as the empress.

In the winter of the following year, Li Xiaochang, the king of Nghe An and the governor of Lizhou, came from Lizhou to Chang'an to congratulate the new emperor. During his stay in Chang'an, he actually talked about Fu Fu with Liu Deyu, the general of the Right Military Guard, Sun Anye, the general of the prison gate, and conspired to collude with the rebellion of the forbidden army, which was discovered by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin quickly sent troops to quell the rebellion, executed Li Xiaochang, and confiscated his family into the Yeting Palace as slaves. Worried about the trouble of the remaining party in Lizhou, Li Shimin appointed Wu Shishi as the governor of Lizhou to go to Lizhou to quell the chaos and calm the people.

In the spring of the second year of Zhenguan, the governor of Lizhou, the warrior Yu, came to Lizhou with his whole family and immediately set about rectifying the order in all aspects of Lizhou. First, he visited the people's situation, judged the situation, and then opened a warehouse for relief, comforted the poor, and influenced the rebellion, which soon calmed down the chaos in Lizhou and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

The warrior has two sons and three daughters, his sons Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were born to his ex-wife Xiangli, and the third daughter was born to Mrs. Yang, the eldest daughter is called Wu Shun, the second daughter is called Wu Yue, and the ** is called Wu Ling.

At that time, there was a world-renowned scholar in Chang'an named Yuan Tiangang, a native of Chengdu, Yizhou, whose consciousness was accessible to the gods and could travel to the four-dimensional space to look down on the past and future of the three-dimensional world.

When Yuan Tiangang was young, he had no special ability, once he went up the mountain to collect medicine, accidentally fell off the cliff, and was unconscious for three days.

Yuan Tiangang once traveled to Luoyang in the first year of the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, and the officials Du Yan, Wang Qi, Wei Ting, etc. invited him to see his appearance.

The samurai admired Yuan Tiangang's name for a long time, and when he heard that he was going back to his hometown of Chengdu Province and would pass through Lizhou, he immediately sent a servant to wait on the side of the road and invited him to his home to see his face. The servant waited for three hours, from morning to afternoon, and then waited for Yuan Tiangang, and immediately invited him to sit in a sedan chair and carry him to the mansion.

When the samurai heard this, he said, "It turned out that the gods had arrived, and they were disrespectful and rude." Yuan Tiangang raised his hand and said: "Wherever and where, everyone in the world knows that the gods are good, but the cultivation intention is not strong!" "Walk to the hall of the house and say hello.

Mrs. Yang poured the tea herself, and Yuan Tiangang took a sip and said, "Good tea, is it Mengding tea?" "No, it's Rice Cangshan Cloud Tea." Mrs. Yang replied. Yuan Tiangang looked at Mrs. Yang and said, "Mrs. Guan's bones are strange and unusual, not only will she live a long life, but she will also give birth to a noble son!" ”

The samurai was overjoyed, and summoned Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang to the front of the hall to let Mr. Yuan see if he was a noble son. Yuan Tiangang took a closer look and said: "These two sons hide delicate air at the corners of their eyebrows and eyes, and their voices and smiles are gentle, they are all the masters of the family, and their official positions can reach the fourth grade in the future." ”

Mrs. Yang led Wu Shun over, and Yuan Tiangang observed and said: "This woman is as demure as a flower shining on water, and her actions are like the wind supporting the willows, and she is also a noble person, but it is not good for her husband!" Mrs. Yang called the nurse again.

Wu Yue was wearing men's clothes and was carried in by the nurse, Yuan Tiangang thought she was a boy at first glance, and said: "This gentleman looks refreshing and different, like a light cloud just coming out, but it is not easy to see through in his arms, try to make him walk and look again!" ”

The nurse put down Wu Yue and let her walk in front of the hall, Wu Yue walked a few steps, raised his eyes and looked around, Yuan Tiangang was shocked and said: "This gentleman has dragon eyes and phoenix neck, and he is extremely noble!" He turned to the side to take a closer look, and exclaimed: "If it was a daughter's body, it would be fine, it would be impossible to peep, and then it would be the lord of the world!" ”

The samurai was shocked when he heard this, and said, "What advice does the gentleman have for the child?" Yuan Tiangang took a deep breath, put his beard in his hand and said, "If it's a son, you don't have to worry about it, just let it be!" If it is a daughter, she must be carefully taught, and after ten years, she must be ordered to enter the palace to serve the Son of Heaven! ”

The samurai bowed and said, "What the gentleman said, do you dare to remember?" Please also ask Mr. to go out of this door, that is, forget today's words, do not leak, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of destruction! ”

Then he instructed the housekeeper to offer gifts, Yuan Tiangang took the gold and silver, laughed, and said: "I didn't say anything, I don't know anything, bother and bother, so I will leave!" ”

Wu Shiyu was convinced of Yuan Tiangang's words, and from then on he was impressed by the martial covenant, and implemented the principle of priority in the martial covenant in the family, and gave priority to the martial covenant in all aspects of food, clothing, housing, and apprenticeship.

Mrs. Yang loves Wushun more, and she is quite dissatisfied with this, thinking that her husband is superstitious. Half-brothers Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang often their mouths and are very disdainful.

The samurai didn't care about this, he firmly believed that Wu Yue would be able to glorify the lintel of the martial arts family in the future, and he was very fond of Wu Yue's careful teaching. As a result, Wu Yue received more love than the eldest sister, the third sister, and the half-brother.

Three years have passed, and Wu Shiyu took Wu Yue to enjoy the scenery of Lizhou, the towering Micang Mountain, and the surging Jialing River, all of which left a good childhood impression on Wu Yue.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan, Wu Shiyu was transferred to the governor of Jingzhou, and in addition to official duties, he introduced Wu Yue to visit the ancient city, and told her the story of Zhao Yun's bloody battle against Changbanpo, Zhang Fei's drinking of Dangyang Bridge, and Guan Yu's careless loss of Jingzhou, which stimulated her strong interest in literature and history.

Samurai thought that Wu Yue would be the master of the world in the future, so he raised her as a boy and allowed her to learn calligraphy and practice martial arts. Wu Yue thrives, with both feminine beauty and boyish masculinity!

One day, Wu Yue, Wu Yuanqing, and Wu Yuanshuang were playing together at the small bridge and flowing water, and suddenly held a bamboo pole to imitate the Zhangba spear, and shouted: "I am Yanren Zhang Jide, who dares to fight to the death with me?" ”

Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang smiled: "Female man, what a female man!" Wu Yue brushed over with a bamboo pole, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang hurriedly dodged and said, "Why did you hit me?" Wu Yue Jiao said angrily: "If I don't beat you, you won't know that I am both civil and military!" ”

Wu Yuanshuang smiled: "You are so tuned, why can't you go to heaven?" Why don't you stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun? Wu Yue replied: "Do you think that if you stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun, you will be burned to death?" I still want to go to the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun! ”

In the summer of the ninth year of Zhenguan, the asthma of the Jingzhou Governor Wushi Yu worsened, and when he heard that the Emperor Li Yuan had died, he was even more sad and couldn't afford to get sick.

Before dying, Wu Shiyu told Wu Yue what Yuan Tiangang said, encouraged her to strive for self-improvement, and won glory for the Wu family, and told Mrs. Yang to find a way to let Wu Yue enter the palace, but Mrs. Yang disagreed.

After Li Shimin heard the bad news of the warrior, he posthumously presented him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and appointed the governor of Bingzhou, Li Tao, to protect and bury the warrior in Nanxu Village, Wenshui County, Bingzhou. Wu Yue's family, escorted by Li Tao, went north from Jingzhou and walked for more than a month before arriving at Wenshui's hometown.

Speaking of Li Tao, this person is unusual, his original name is Xu Shiqiang, he joined the Wagang Army when he was young, resourceful, and has made many meritorious achievements, and Xu Maogong is the rumor in the rivers and lakes. He later followed the King of Qin to crusade against Liu Wuzhou and Wang Shichong, and followed Li Jing to crusade against Fugong Qi, and guarded the annex for a long time, broke the Turks, and became as famous as Li Jing.

The samurai's coffin was escorted by Li Tao, and the road was safe and sound, and thieves from all walks of life did not dare to covet it. Wu Yue was very curious about this majestic general, and asked some strange questions along the way, which made Li Tao cry and laugh.

Wu Yue asked Li Tao: "I heard that Li Jing is the first general of the Tang Dynasty, general, what do you think?" Li Tao smiled and said, "Children don't have to ask too much." Wu Yue picked up the horizontal knife beside Li Tao and ran, Li Tao was so anxious that he shouted: "The horizontal knife is sharp, sharpening iron like clay, children can't play, take it back quickly." ”

Wu Yue said: "You answer my question first. Li Tao said, "Okay." Li Jing is my boss, and Li Shimin is Li Jing's boss, I think that the first general should be the first to recommend Li Shimin, because he is a martial artist and a peaceful writer, no matter how powerful we are, we have to listen to him obediently, right? ”

Wu Yue nodded and said, "Li Shimin is the great hero I admire the most, I really want to fly into the palace to see him." "The chick is ambitious! I'm very optimistic about you. Li Tao took the horizontal knife from Wu Yue's hand.

Wu Yue asked again: "I heard that Li Jing is attacking Murong Fuyun, the king of Tuyuhun, and has already won a big victory, if the general is Murong Fuyun, can he hold the city?" ”

Li Tao thought for a while and replied: "If the two sides have equal forces, I am confident that I can hold it." I know Li Jing's art of war, but Li Jing may not know my local methods! ”

Wu Yue smiled and said: "It seems that the general and Li Jing are turtles against Wang Ba, half a catty against eight taels!" ”

Li Tao laughed and said, "I'll take it, it's really childish!" If the chick really enters the palace, she must pay attention to the choice of words and sentences, and if she is not careful, she will be hit by bricks. ”

Wu Yue said: "I believe you are a ghost! You bad old man! ”

After Li Tao escorted Wu Yue's family to Wenshui County, Bingzhou, he buried the coffin of the warrior according to the rites, and then led his troops back to Taiyuan. Mrs. Yang took her three daughters to live in the old house of the Wu family in Nanxu Village, Wenshui County, eating fasting and reciting Buddha, and keeping filial piety for her deceased husband. The samurai family gradually changed from the illustrious home of the governor to the land of the door.