Chapter 17: Princess Changning returns
The seventh emperor sister in Li Ye and Li Yi's mouth is Li Shu, the princess of Changning, Tang Yizong Li Luo has a total of 8 sons and 11 daughters, not to mention a few princes, only 6 of the princesses are alive, and the other 5 either died or died of illness.
Among the 6 living princesses, 1 is married, and the unmarried are the second princess Anhua princess, the seventh princess Changning princess, the eighth princess Jinhua princess, the ninth princess Renshou princess, and the eleventh princess Suining princess.
The second princess, Princess Anhua, is 18 years old this year, but she is still not married, and her princess title was only canonized last year, and it was canonized by Li Yi, the elder brother. At the age of 18, she is now a girl who has just entered college, but in the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that she is an old girl, and she is still unmarried. In the Tang Dynasty, there were penalties for men over 20 years old and women over 15 years old who were not married, of course, there were some reasons why Princess Anhua was not married, so it is inconvenient to talk about it here.
The other princesses, the youngest is naturally Princess Suining, who is only 9 years old this year, but her whereabouts are unknown.
"Zhang Wei, does the imperial brother know about this?" Li Ye asked Zhang Wei.
"Back to Your Highness, Your Majesty has already known about it, and summoned Your Highness to the palace."
"Well, prepare the carriage, and the king will go to meet the royal brother after the meal." Li Ye nodded.
Where the two princesses live, Li Ye naturally doesn't have to worry. Unlike the prince, the princess lived in the palace before she got married, although she is now simple, but the palace still has a special place for the princesses to live, so naturally she can't live in Li Ye's palace.
It's just that he was a little curious about how these two princesses escaped from Chang'an, but soon Li Ye knew the reason.
In the afternoon of the same day, after learning that the two princesses had returned safely, Li Yi had a relatively grand welcome ceremony held outside the city. It's just that Li Yi didn't go in person, but sent Li Ye to greet him on his behalf, which shows that Li Yi didn't take the return of these two princesses to heart. This is also normal, Li Yi fled, and he didn't even bring his own daughter, how could he care about a few sisters with an average relationship. The ruthlessness of the emperor is vividly expressed here by Li Yi, and I am afraid that Li Ye is an exception.
"Sister Seven Emperors!"
Outside the city of Chengdu, seeing the woman with a face on the carriage that was coming in the direction of the city gate under the cover of a group of soldiers, Li Yi next to Li Ye couldn't wait to jump off the carriage and ran straight over.
Several eunuchs around Li Yi hurriedly followed, for fear that something would happen to this little ancestor. Seeing Li Yi rushing over, the soldiers in front of the convoy hurriedly stopped and saluted Li Yi.
"Stop."
Seeing Li Yi running towards him, a young man in a round-necked green shirt and a gauze head on the carriage hurriedly instructed the coachman. After the carriage stopped, the young man in the green shirt got off the carriage with the help of the maid next to him, and just waited for the other party to get out of the carriage, a thin figure threw himself into his arms, almost making him unstable, but fortunately, an officer in armor next to him helped the other party.
"Princess, be careful!"
"Thank you, General Liu." The young man who stabilized his figure saw the officer next to him, his pretty face was slightly red, and because it was not very convenient, he could only bow his head slightly to express his gratitude.
"Sister Seventh Emperor, you're finally back, I miss you so much."
Li Yi hugged his sister in his arms tightly, leaking out the immature face, but he had already burst into tears, which showed that this was a true expression.
"Sister Huang misses you too." The young boy gently touched the head of the little boy in his arms, and couldn't help crying with joy, and then the two hugged each other tightly.
"Eighth child, do you know your Seventh Emperor Sister? Second Emperor Sister is here, can't you see it? Just as the two hugged each other and cried, a light cough came from the side, and then a crisp voice came.
The person next to him is also dressed in men's clothes, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, red lips and white skin, and he is a handsome boy, in front of him, Li Ye, who thinks he is quite handsome, is ashamed of himself. Of course, the absence of an Adam's apple on her throat proves that she is a woman dressed as a man, and it is not strange that a woman dresses as a man in Tang costume, and even takes it for granted. Thinking that the two princesses are fleeing, it is naturally more convenient for men to dress up.
"II. . . Second Emperor Sister! ”
Hearing this voice, Li Yi immediately stretched out his head from the embrace in front of him and said weakly.
"Second Emperor Sister, Seventh Emperor Sister."
Just when a few people were excited about the meeting, Li Ye came to the front with a group of people and greeted the two imperial sisters who returned safely.
"Old Seven, why are you? What about the royal brother? Seeing Li Ye, Princess Anhua was a little curious, she felt that this royal brother, who had often followed her buttocks and had a runny nose before, seemed to have some changes, and she couldn't say what the specific changes were.
"The imperial brother is busy with government affairs, and he has no time to greet the two imperial sisters, so he sent his younger brother to greet him on his behalf." Although Li Yi deliberately did not come, after all, when he ran away, he left all these people, and it is very embarrassing to meet now, but Li Ye still has to give Li Yi, the imperial brother, face, and can't let others gossip.
"Oh!" Princess Anhua replied lightly.
Li Ye obviously felt that the attitude of the second emperor sister in front of her had changed a little, and the other party was not a child, so she could guess some if she thought about it, so she was naturally a little disappointed.
"Minister, Zuo Yu Lin Jun Zuo Si Rank Zhao Xiong, see His Royal Highness King Shou, and now safely escort the two princesses to Chengdu."
Just when Li Ye was curious about how the two imperial sisters could run out, an officer wearing tattered Mingguang armor next to him stood up, half-knelt on the ground, and saluted Li Ye.
The rank of division, a kind of military attaché, is the upper rank of the sixth grade, and all the guards have this official position, which is not big or small.
"General Zhao, and all the soldiers, please. Xiao Wang thanked the soldiers for escorting the two princesses to Chengdu, and His Majesty learned that you had worked hard and made great achievements, and gave each of you three pieces of money. ”
"Long live Your Majesty!"
Suddenly, these soldiers who escaped from Chang'an were all very excited, shouting 'Long live' there, but Li Yi, as the emperor, was not here.
Three times money, say not too much, say no less. Whether to reward or not represents an attitude, rewarding, even if it is not much, means that the emperor still knows their merits, which is enough for them.
Li Ye looked at this Zhao Xiong emphatically, the other party looked ordinary, and he was only in his 20s, but he was already a sixth-grade senior rank, and he still had a few brushes. And listening to the narration of the two imperial sisters, he knew that it was this Yulin Army Commander who evacuated from the palace to the west with the second imperial sister and a part of the clan, and was pursued by the Huangchao army on the way, but in the end he defeated the garrison and successfully escaped.
Thinking of this, Li Ye also glanced at this Zhao Xiong. The Yulin Army belongs to the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, but at this time, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army and the 16 guards of the South Ya are basically nothing, and they are usually responsible for guarding the palace city, and they can't go to the battlefield at all. Because in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, among the armies directly controlled by the imperial court, only the Shence Army was the most powerful, and the other guards were reduced to vassals. And this Zhao Xiong was able to lead thousands of forest guards to cover the retreat of the clan, instead of surrendering to Huangchao, which can show his loyalty to the Tang Dynasty.
You must know that when it was learned that Li Yi had fled and the Huangchao army was coming, Zhang Zhifang, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, directly led the army to surrender and took the initiative to welcome the Huangchao army into Chang'an.
In addition to this Zhao Xiong, Li Ye was very interested in another halberd surnamed Liu, because it was the other party who brought his Seventh Emperor Sister out of Chang'an City, which was occupied by the Huangchao army. There was no princess Changning in the retreat team led by Zhao Xiong, and when Zhao Xiong and others retreated, Princess Changning was still in the palace, and finally with the help of this surnamed Liu, she was evacuated from Chang'an in disguise.
However, when Li Ye saw this stubbornness, he found that the other party's eyes were a little strange when he looked at his imperial sister, and he subconsciously felt interesting. It seems that a lot of things happened during the previous escape.
After greeting the two imperial sisters, Li Ye led the team into the city. And Li Yu may be guilty, a grand banquet was held in the palace that night, Chengdu's royal family members, ministers, and all the soldiers who fled to Chengdu from Chang'an with Li Yu also participated in the banquet, and Li Yu also rewarded these entourages very generously, including the Yulin Army that had just arrived today, but did not reward the local garrison --- the Huangtou Army.