"Oh? Who did you go to meet with the Prime Minister? Hearing Xue Qing's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but show an interested expression, this Xue Qing was loyal and reliable, and he was also very knowledgeable, so it was not boring to chat with him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hehe, I didn't know at first, but when I came to the place, I found out that the person the prime minister wanted to see was actually the Empress Xiao of the previous dynasty, and we also saw a lot of remnants of the previous dynasty there, but their lives were not very satisfactory." Xue Qing smiled and said, thanks to Yang Guang's blessing, now the people of the Tang Dynasty generally have no good impression of the Sui Dynasty.

"Empress Xiao!" Li Xiu couldn't help but show a surprised expression when he heard this title, there are too many records of this legendary woman, whether it is in the official history or the wild history.

"I didn't expect you to see Empress Xiao, I don't know what happened to these remnants of the former Sui now?" Li Xiu immediately asked after being surprised, according to the original history, when Li Shimin destroyed the Turks, he welcomed Empress Xiao and her party back to live in the Tang Dynasty, but there are few records in the history books about Empress Xiao's life on the grassland.

"Qi Yu nobles, these remnants of the previous dynasty now live in the original Dingxiang County, about 10,000 people, at the beginning of Luo Khan grateful for the kindness of the former Sui, so they also took great care of them, but when Luo Khan died, Jieli had no good face for the remnants of these previous dynasties, and the previous aid was gone, and now these remnants of the former dynasty not only have to find a way to support themselves, but also have to pay taxes to the Turks, they are already few people, and Dingxiang has many mountains and little land, and it is very difficult to cultivate, So I usually can't even solve the problem of being full, and I heard that even that Queen Xiao can only feed on vinegar willows! Xue Qing replied again.

The so-called vinegar willow is actually a sea buckthorn fruit, although it was sold very expensive in later generations, but in this period of the Tang Dynasty, it was actually a wild fruit, and the dignified Empress Xiao was reduced to eating wild fruits, not to mention other former Sui relics.

"Yang Guang not only caused his own death, but also affected his children and grandchildren, who would have thought that the original emperor and nobles would fall to such a state!" Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

"Who said no, in Queen Xiao's place, I also saw that Yang Zhengdao, who looks like he is only seven or eight years old, but in fact he is eleven years old, with a dry and thin face, I heard that he has been sick since he was born, and he usually does not eat well, and he has to worry about his own life under the fence, which is really embarrassing for him!" Xue Qing saw that Li Xiu sympathized with Empress Xiao's family, and immediately followed his words.

"By the way, I heard folklore, that Empress Xiao is extremely beautiful, since you have seen her, I wonder if this legend is credible?" After Li Xiu sympathized, he suddenly asked with great interest, in folklore, this Empress Xiao is extremely beautiful, not only Yang Guang fell for her, but even the later Yu Wenhua and Dou Jianjian and others have a leg with her, and it is even said that later Empress Xiao returned to the Tang Dynasty, even Li Shimin could not resist her charm, although these are just legends, but Li Xiu also wants to confirm the authenticity of these legends.

"This ......" Xue Qing didn't expect Li Xiu's brain to change so quickly, he was still sympathetic to others just now, but now he inquired about Empress Xiao's appearance, which made him hesitate for a moment before he smiled bitterly, "Empress Xiao may have been a beauty before, after all, she is a queen, but now Empress Xiao is already a sixty-year-old man, the wind and sand on the grassland are big, no matter how beautiful a woman blows the wind and sand on the grassland for a few years, she will become a rough woman, so the current Queen Xiao is just an old man with a wrinkled face, As for the beauty, I really can't see it! ”

"Huh?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he came to his senses, he actually forgot that people are old, and as for the so-called fact that Empress Xiao and Li Shimin have a leg, it is even more nonsense, after all, even if Li Shimin is hungry and thirsty, he will not be interested in a sixty-year-old man!

"By the way, there is another thing about the prime minister, that is, in order to have a good relationship with the prime minister, Queen Xiao actually married one of her granddaughters to be the prime minister, it is said that she is only fifteen years old, and the prime minister also agreed, originally planned to get married before the New Year, but this snow disaster caused the marriage to be delayed!" Xue Qing spoke again at this time.

"The prime minister wants to get married?" Li Xiu couldn't help but whisper in surprise when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhao Deyan to have such a thought, and the other party was Yang Guang and his granddaughter.

At the beginning, Yang Guang's sons and grandsons almost all died in the chaos, and it is estimated that only the son of the county lord of Guanghua, and that Yang Zhengdao survived, these two people have a common characteristic, that is, they are all posthumous, but many of Yang Guang's daughters and granddaughters survived, but most of them had a tragic fate, of course, there were also good luck, such as the Yang Concubine in Li Shimin's harem, and there was also a hate.

"In fact, the prime minister's marriage is not to covet the other party's beauty, he once reported this matter to the court through the Fei Nu Division, mainly to gain the trust of these former Sui relics through this matter, so that he can get more information about these former Sui relics, if there is a chance in the future, I can send troops to capture these people back to Datang, so that there can be one less hidden danger!" At this time, Xue Qing opened his mouth again to explain.

After Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao arrived in the Turks, Yang Zhengdao was named the king of Sui, and also established a puppet regime of "Great Sui", legally speaking, the Sui Dynasty has not yet perished, which also allows the Turks to go south under the banner of restoring the former Sui rivers and mountains, in fact, Jieli has used this trick before, but the reputation of the former Sui is too stinky, and it has not had any effect.

However, the existence of Da Sui is still a threat to the Tang Dynasty, which is related to the legitimacy of the throne, so the significance of catching Empress Xiao and these people is also very significant, and Zhao Deyan also knows this, so he took great pains to gain the trust of Empress Xiao and others, in order to bring them to Datang one day, so as to completely solve this problem.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu finally understood Zhao Deyan's intentions, and at the same time sighed that it was not easy to be a spy, every move had to take into account the subsequent impact, I hope he can persist for another year, if there is no big change, wait until this time next year, Zhao Deyan should be able to return to Datang, and then he can enjoy a few days of Qingfu.

Li Xiu chatted with Xue Qing for a long time, and waited until it was getting late before he let people send him away. In the next few days, Li Xiu also helped prepare for Ma Ye's wedding, and as time went by, the time finally reached Layue, and Ma Ye's wedding was finally going to be held.