Li Shimin lived in Luoyang for nearly a month, although there was some unpleasantness because of Li Tai's affairs, but he also rewarded Li Tai with a mansion, thus recovering a game, so this incident did not affect his mood, this month also relaxed himself, and there are many scenic spots around Luoyang, so he took this opportunity to visit again.

However, Li Shimin is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all, and there is a big empire that needs to be managed by him, even if there is the eldest grandson Wuji and others to help deal with government affairs during this time, there is still a backlog of government affairs that cannot be handled, and it is almost the New Year, and there are many things to deal with in Chang'an, so it is impossible for Li Shimin to stay in Luoyang all the time.

In this case, Li Shimin finally decided to return to Chang'an, in addition to the period when he went to Feng Chan, several major events also happened in the court, the first is that the battle situation in Tubo finally had a result, Songtsen Gampo fled into Tubo after the defeat, but the Tang army behind was in hot pursuit, of course, only a small part of the plateau could catch up, and most of the Tang army was still unable to fight on the plateau.

But even this small part of the Tang army, will Songtsan Gampo chase and kill in all directions, on the way to escape he also organized several counterattacks, but were defeated by the Tang army, especially Xi Junmai, a fierce general, is even more outstanding, leading the few cavalry in his hand has been tightly biting Songtsan Gampo, it seems that he is determined to capture Songtsan Gampo alive.

However, it is a pity that in the end, Xi Junmai still failed to capture Songtsen Gampo alive, firstly, because Songtsen Gampo has a very high prestige in Tibet, even on the way to escape, there are still many tribes who obey his command to block the Tang army, thus delaying the speed of the Tang army's pursuit, and finally making Songtsen Gampo flee into the capital Luo.

Second, it was about to enter winter at that time, the winter on the plateau was very cold, Xi Jun bought them lack supplies from the rear, so they could only eat on the spot, but the Tubo people heard the news of their arrival and moved away one after another, not giving them the opportunity to eat at all, and finally the Tang army was a little unable to hold on, so they had no choice but to retreat.

However, when he retreated, Xi Jun was full of anger when he bought these proud soldiers, so he burned and looted along the way, and countless Tubo tribes were wiped out because of this, which is also a normal thing, after all, if you can't conquer the other party, then try to weaken the strength of the other party, and even some of the grasslands that the Tubo people rely on for the winter were set on fire by them, which is not only weakening the strength of the other party, but also Liwei, so that when Tubo wants to send troops in the future, consider whether it can withstand the anger of the Tang Dynasty?

There were two wars between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, and they were all provoked by Tubo first, but the result was the same, that is, Tubo was defeated, and compared with the last time, this time Tubo was defeated even worse, and was almost captured alive by Xi Junmai and others Songtsan Gampo, and then the Tang Army's actions also brought heavy disasters to Tubo, after all, the productivity of Tubo was not high, and the winter was particularly cold, and the food was not enough every year.

Li Shimin was also very satisfied with the result of this battle, after all, he never thought about destroying Tubo from the beginning, and the place in Tubo was of little significance to the Tang Dynasty, and it was useless to fight it, so now he can weaken the strength of Tubo, and by the way, he has also established authority for Tubo, which is already a very good result for him.

In addition, Xi Junmai these meritorious ministers are also rushing to Chang'an, when Li Shimin will personally reward this time, Li Xiu is also very interested in this Xi Junmai, after all, there are too few introductions to this person in history, and now that he can meet the real person, he naturally can't miss it.

So in November, Li Shimin finally led the civil and military officials to set off again, but the road was still very slow, and finally it took ten days to finally return to Chang'an, Li Xiu also rushed home for the first time, originally he wanted to be able to accompany his family all the time after resigning, but he didn't expect to go out, and he left for more than half a year, and he felt quite guilty about his family, fortunately, Princess Pingyang understood him very well, and never blamed him for this.

However, as soon as Li Xiu returned home, before he washed off the dust along the way, he was personally approached by Ma Ye, which made Li Xiu also a little surprised, and then walked quickly to the front hall to see Ma Ye, but as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Ma Ye sitting there drinking tea, and he didn't see it for more than half a year, Ma Ye seemed to be a little older than he was at the beginning, and the hands holding the teacup were extremely thin, and they were no longer the thick and powerful hands they had at the beginning.

"Uncle Ma, why have you lost so much weight, usually try to hand over everything to the people below, don't let yourself carry it alone!" Li Xiu stepped forward quickly and said with concern, Ma Ye had indeed lost a lot of weight, and even his cheeks were slightly sunken, which made people feel distressed to look at.

"It's okay, the weather was too cold in the autumn, and as a result, I accidentally contracted the wind chill, and when people get old, no matter how small a disease is, it can become a big illness, and it took a few days to get better after lying on the hospital bed, and now there is no major problem." I saw that Ma Ye put down the teacup at this time and said with a smile, although he had lost a lot of weight, he was still in good spirits, which made Li Xiu also relax a little.

"Uncle Ma, your body is the most important, and you should pay more attention to it in the future, but why are you here today, is there something wrong with Brother Deyan?" Li Xiu told him again, and then asked again, the last time he left, Zhao Deyan also went to Gaochang, and there has been no news, and as soon as he returned home, Ma Ye came to find him, there must be something important, so he guessed that it might be Zhao Deyan's situation.

"You don't have to worry about Deyan, his business on Gaochang's side is almost finished, and it is estimated that he will be back soon, but I came to you because there is another matter, and I think it is necessary to talk to you." Ma Ye first replied with a smile, but at the end, his face turned into a solemn expression.

When Li Xiu heard that Zhao Deyan was about to come back, he was relieved at the moment, and then asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"This ......" I saw that Ma Ye hesitated at this time, it seemed that this matter made him very embarrassed, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "This matter is related to the prince, just when you and Your Majesty were in Luoyang, there was a big incident in the East Palace!" ”

"Prince?" Li Xiu heard Ma Ye talk to him about Li Chengqian, but he couldn't help frowning at the moment, because he really didn't want to pay attention to Li Chengqian and Li Tai and their two brothers.

"I know you don't want to hear about the prince's side, but I have to say this!" I saw that Ma Ye smiled bitterly at this time, and even had a bit of weirdness in his tone.