At the same time, in a side hall in the palace garden, Li Yuan and Li Xiuning, the father and daughter, met.

"Xiuning, you're really fine!"

Li Yuan was a little excited, seeing that his daughter was unharmed, in addition to being a little thin, his spirit was also reasonable, and he was not treated very harshly.

"Daddy!" When Li Xiuning saw his father, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he wanted to cry, and stepped forward to bow down.

This is the palace of Dahua, and there are palace maids and eunuchs monitoring inside and outside, so she doesn't dare to use the title of her former father anymore, so as not to be caught in the words of the disease, and there are extraneous branches, thinking that her father and daughter still want to restore their previous identities, then it is a bit taboo.

"It's okay, have you suffered in the past two years!" Li Yuan sighed, first to his two sons have been mourned, this daughter who thought she had been dead for two years actually lived in the palace with a lot of emotion, and her eyes were moist.

"My daughter didn't suffer, so she deserved nothing. After being captured, His Majesty took good care of Xiuning and did not suffer much grievance. Li Xiuning sighed lightly, although he was under house arrest, he really didn't receive any bullying and humiliation, at most he was cold, sometimes the palace maid would make things difficult, which was a trivial matter in this palace.

"Have you been in the palace of your majesty since you were captured?" Li Yuan became suspicious, didn't that mean that his daughter had already been accepted as a concubine by Luo Zhaoyun.

Li Xiuning nodded lightly, and before speaking, he asked the two personal palace maids to temporarily withdraw from the palace, guard the palace door, and isolate the other accompanying eunuchs, so as to facilitate the communication between father and daughter...... I will also come over to visit and talk about the situation in the world and the situation of Li Tang. ”

"Then he, did he have a ...... with you" Li Yuan asked this, and the words stopped, after all, it involves his daughter's privacy, and it is not good to say too much.

Li Xiuning is a smart person in Bingxue, so she naturally heard the meaning of the words, her face blushed slightly, and she shook her head and said: "No, Your Majesty is a gentleman and has never done anything wrong to her daughter, even if her daughter once planned to be her concubine in exchange for Li Tang's interests, she was also refused." A few days ago, I learned that my father and other clansmen were escorted to Chang'an, and there was no other way, and my daughter also proposed that as long as Xiuning's father and brother were pardoned, they would live in the palace for a long time, and be a concubine as a concubine, even if they were palace laves, they could accept it in exchange for the safety of their families. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he sighed deeply, seeing his daughter's current appearance, where is there still the demeanor of the iron lady back then, like a deep boudoir.

When the stage for the Iron Lady to perform is gone, she has been imprisoned for nearly two years, she is frightened, anxious about her family, and there is no one around to chat, and her temperament will gradually change and precipitate, as if she has become another person.

However, Li Xiuning cares a lot about him and his clansmen, and would rather use his youth and body to live in the cold palace for a long time, in exchange for the safety of his family, so that he, a father, is both moved and a little guilty.

"I'm sorry for you, today Your Majesty has been in the court, pardoned our Li clan, was canonized as the Marquis of Jin An, temporarily placed another courtyard in Chang'an City, settled down, there is no problem, not to mention that many gate lords are old and noble, and they have a lot of friendship with our clan, and it is easy to transfer some property privately when the time comes, and when the time comes, it will be a low-key Hou and enjoy your old age."

Li Yuan sighed, there was both happiness and unwillingness in his words, the former high king became ruined and became a powerless prince, and he may no longer be able to participate in court politics. However, his career has also faded, and after seeing the imperial style and experiencing it himself, it is difficult to come back and be a good courtier.

Seeing his father's lonely expression, Li Xiuning vaguely felt that his father's pain had been touched, and comforted: "The princes compete for hegemony, become kings and defeat the king, it has been since ancient times, and my father wants to open some." Although he is not a king now, and he has no power, at least his life is worry-free, and the eldest brother and fourth brother can also save their lives, and they have no worries about food and clothing, which is not bad, who can predict what will happen in the future? ”

Li Yuan nodded, his mood improved, he had passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he was close to Huajia, and his power was also weakened, plus he received several concubines in Jinyang, all of them were pregnant one after another, and he had children and daughters in old age, and his mood was different, although he lost two children in this war, he was about to have multiple children to be born, diluting the pain of losing a child, and he wanted to live in peace.

It's just that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are still young, if they keep making cloth and white clothes, even if they have some money, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch in Chang'an City in the future.

"Xiuning, do you have feelings for Your Majesty today? Stay in the palace, but sincerely? Li Yuan suddenly asked, he wanted to test his daughter's mind, if Li Xiuning wanted to stay in the palace and be Luo Zhaoyun's princess, then he believed that with his daughter's talent and beauty, it would not be impossible to be favored in the future, so that the Li family, maybe in five or ten years, could be reactivated and enter the power center of Dahua.

Li Xiuning was a little embarrassed when she heard her father write like this, but thinking back that her mood had become better in the past two years, she seemed to know Luo Zhaoyun more and more, and the more she depended on her, although he only appeared once a month or a few months and came to visit her, but it became her expectation.

His young military deeds, his great military exploits in the Great Sui, the pacification of the world in the troubled times, and the poetry and writing of the capital, each of which impressed Li Xiuning and felt admiration, was in a hostile state before, and she also had her own fiancé, so she didn't bother to study Luo Zhaoyun and disdained it.

But in the two years of silence, carefully pondering and observing, and communicating back then, she also discovered that this Luo Zhaoyun seemed to be different from many contemporary scribes and generals, with a special temperament and thinking, and it was indeed easy for women to like him.

Xiuning...... I can't say clearly, there are some, but my daughter understands that only when my daughter is in the palace can our Li family be stable. ”

Li Yuan thought so, he was actually worried about settling accounts after the autumn, after all, many people who fought for the world, the losers ended up with broken families, and the heads were different, even if they would be crowned kings and marquis after surrendering, showing the benevolence and righteousness of the king, and at the same time, they were also to be seen by the world, and to those who had not yet been quelled by the rebellion.

Therefore, for the sake of the stability of her family, Li Xiuning's consideration is necessary, she is determined to stay in the palace, willing to be a concubine, even if it is Baolin and the title of beauty, on the one hand, she feels that marrying Luo Zhaoyun is also a man she admires, and on the other hand, it is also for the safety of her family.

Li Yuan sighed lightly, and said with a little helplessness: "Okay, I don't say much for my father, in short, the palace is a ruthless place, you live here by yourself, the court has no noble relatives to support, don't easily compete with others for favor, live happily, and be happy for your father at home." Your Majesty today, eloquent and strategic, both civil and military, is indeed a little heroic in the world, you really marry him, it is not a loss......"

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