Yang, who was five months pregnant, once again refreshed Li Yuanji's cognition, and this night, Yang can be said to have used all his skills to serve Li Yuanji, as if he was worried that there would be no chance in the future.

However, at this moment, Li Yuanji had long lost his physical desire, and stopped Yang's service one after another, and this night, the two just hugged each other tightly and fell asleep together.

And after this night, Li Yuanji found that his feelings for the Yang family seemed to have risen to a new level.

On the eve of the New Year's Day, Chang'an lifted the curfew, and the streets were full of people coming and going, the lanterns were dazzling, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

Li Yuanji didn't like to join in the excitement, so he just held a lantern in Taipingfang alone.

It's good to have a lively family together.

Li Yuanji cherishes this precious time very much, and he doesn't want this memory to be mixed with too many strange factors, because after today, he may never have such free time again.

The wives and concubines were excited to point to all kinds of lanterns, and they ran to this one to take a look, and then pointed to another and screamed excitedly, and the atmosphere was so lively.

"Homesick?" Li Yuanji, who had already noticed a lonely figure outside the crowd, quietly came outside the crowd, and the atmosphere here was quiet, but it was not suitable for this time.

A lively Wu Erniang, but at this time she was alone and lonely outside the crowd, and the lanterns that others thought were beautiful were unattractive to her.

Li Yuanji even thought that she was Wu Zetian for a while, but her age was not right.

"No, the concubine just doesn't know how to live in the future?" Wu Erniang shook her head bitterly.

"How else can I live?" Li Yuanji felt quite strange about Wu Erniang's idea, this is not a problem that an ordinary woman should think about, being her own concubine, theoretically speaking, she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, the only thing to do is to find a way to marry herself, this is what she should think, but Wu Erniang's voice has a hint of other flavors.

"The concubine has not been like a girl since she was a child, she is always particularly interested in martial arts, when she is ten years old, her brother is not the opponent of the concubine, when she is twelve years old, she can defeat a government soldier, when she is fifteen years old, there is no opponent of the concubine in Xuzhou, and the concubine usually likes to read military books, so the father thinks that this is not what a woman should do, and the same age has long been married, but no one has ever proposed to the concubine, for this matter, the father is not even allowed to touch these things again, but there is still no one to propose to the concubine.

Being able to come to the palace is a good destination for the concubine, but the concubine still can't let go of those, and she doesn't want to be just the concubine who doesn't go out of the door. Wu Erniang expressed her worries, coming here, she can enjoy the glory and wealth, but everything she likes has also dissipated.

"You reminded this king of the third sister!" Li Yuanji's mind subconsciously remembered the figure of the third sister, Princess Pingyang, who does not like red clothes and loves arms, and is a heroine.

But Li Yuanji, who has always been machismo, can't accept such a result, this country has not yet fallen to the point of letting women lead the troops into battle, women can practice martial arts, but it is only for self-defense, Li Yuanji didn't expect that there was a 'heroine' concubine by his side, which he didn't like very much.

Perhaps stimulated by Princess Pingyang, he didn't want to watch the tragedy happen anymore, even if this person might be his enemy.

"Can Your Highness take a concubine with you on this expedition? The concubine just wanted to see what the battlefield was like, and what the war book said was somewhat correct. Wu Erniang struggled and said with difficulty.

"The battlefield is far from being as good as you imagined, and the right and wrong in the war book depends on the specific situation, you don't have to think about it this time, none of you can go." Li Yuanji did not hesitate to refuse Wu Erniang's request.

Maybe it was Li Yuanji's refusal that made Wu Erniang lose her goal in life, or maybe it was because of other reasons, all night, Wu Erniang was alone outside the crowd, looking a little sad.

……

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Li Yuanji got up early.

Today is the New Year's Day, the first court meeting of the imperial court this year, all officials in Beijing have to go to the court, there is only one big scene a year, Li Yuanji is a prince, even if it is only a nominal prince, this day also has to wear formal clothes to the court, and after the court, he will go to see the emperor Li Yuan.

When Li Yuanji came to the East Palace, it was already crowded here, thousands of officials of all sizes were crowded here, the big ones were standing in front, and the small ones were lined up in the back.

For this kind of formalism, Li Yuanji is very uninterested, he can't even see face-to-face, why do you pull people up for the New Year? Do you want to show your royal prestige?

There is no need to be crowded, Li Yuanji, who has the identity of the king of Qi, naturally enjoys all the priority, the crowd took the initiative to get out of the way, and the gate of the East Palace was also specially opened for Li Yuanji alone, he didn't have to wait outside like others, and only when the time was up would he open the door to enter.

There was nothing to look forward to at the pilgrimage, except that the scene was really big.

Li Yuanji at the court meeting was at the front, and he was dozing off during the whole court meeting, and he had no intention of listening to it at all, which was nothing more than a summary of last year, as well as his outlook for this year, and by the way, spurring and encouraging the officials to make persistent efforts.

I don't know when, Li Yuanji was pushed, and Li Yuanji realized that the court meeting was over.

Looking up, Li Shimin's face was very good today, as if there was something happy waiting for him.

The officials retreated and went back to their respective homes, and what awaited them was a fifteen-day holiday, while some important ministers stayed behind like Li Yuanji, all of whom were going to pay New Year's greetings to Li Yuan.

It is also strange to say, it stands to reason that only children and grandchildren need to go to Li Yuan to pay New Year's greetings, but Li Er just didn't take the usual path, and even the ministers around him shouted together.

However, when he arrived at Taiji Palace, Li Yuanji understood what Li Shimin meant, this was not a simple New Year's greeting.

Except for those who are a little depressed, everything else is very comfortable, singing every night, not to mention the beauties of the harem, not to mention three thousand, there are hundreds, Rao is Li Yuan, who is already old, and he is still alive and well, and there are dozens of pregnant concubines in the harem alone.

Li Yuan, who was forced to step down from the throne, now has the only pleasure of creating people, creating more princes for Li Shimin, and disgusting him as much as possible.

"I heard that Yuanji plans to lead his troops north into the Turks?" On the dragon chair, Li Yuan was in a good mood and said, since he was rejected by Li Yuanji last time, Li Yuan was really depressed for a long time, but fortunately, Li Yuanji figured it out this time.

"Father, the Turks are arrogant, and civil strife has begun, and Erchen feels that this is the best time to go north." Li Yuanji responded formulaically.

"Not bad! It is necessary to hit the arrogance of the Turks hard. Li Yuan clapped his hands in ecstasy, turned to look at Li Shimin, and asked, "How many troops does Shimin plan to give Yuanji?" ”

"Eighty thousand!" Li Shimin replied bluntly, compared with a few months ago, Li Shimin has a little more stability, less worry and guilt, all of which seems to be taken for granted.

"It's too little, the Turks have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, how can they be the opponents of the Turks with only 80,000 troops?" The original ecstatic expression instantly turned cold, and Li Yuan also realized that this might be another signal released by Li Shimin.

"Eighty thousand is Yuanji's own request, and I can only agree!" Li Shimin then responded.

Li Yuan's face tightened again, looked at Li Yuanji, and secretly said Is this kid stupid? Finally, there is such an opportunity, and you don't have more troops?

"I'm afraid my father doesn't know yet, right? Yuanji has recently come up with several new weapons, and their power is really extraordinary, and in my opinion, 80,000 troops is a bit much. Li Shimin smiled slightly, and directly interrupted Li Yuan's thoughts, do you want more soldiers? There are no doors!

"What about the lieutenant? I think that Li Tao and Li Jing are both good and competent, and Pei Ju is also extremely talented and suitable for overseeing logistics materials. As if he understood Li Shimin's meaning, Li Yuan immediately proposed a candidate for deputy general.

Although Li Yuan and Li Jing did not choose to denounce when they were in Xuanwumen, they did not participate, no matter how much Li Yuan hated them, he didn't hate them as much as others, and now he really has no generals under his command, and the two of them are the most suitable.

"Li Tao and Li Jing can only go to one, Pei Ju doesn't have to think about it, his talent is too big for me to control." Li Shimin didn't give Li Yuan too many opportunities to bargain, in his opinion, it would be good to let you appoint one person, and he still wanted to take it all?

"You ......" Li Yuan pointed at Li Shimin's anger and trembled, he couldn't say a word for a long time, he had already lost the throne, he had already lost the right to speak, and Li Shimin was even less like before, but whenever he mentioned state affairs, his words had no effect.

The pilgrimage broke up unhappily, and under Li Shimin's strict surveillance, Li Yuanji didn't even have a chance to chat with Li Yuan alone, and Li Yuanji didn't seem to have this mind.

After that, the two brothers each shivered a few sentences, and then they went back to their respective homes and spent their own years.

Half a month of time flashed by, in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the upcoming expedition, the fifteenth day of the first month, the selected soldiers began to assemble, Li Yuanji was also busy again, he had to arrange the marching order, marching plan and so on.

And the military department did not send the selected troop roster to the Qi Wangfu until today, and looking at the troop roster, Li Yuanji, who had already planned for a long time, was also very angry, and threw the roster on the ground heavily, hating to tear it up, and the anger on his face was even more undisguised.

"Too much deception......