Chapter 1008: A Woman's Advantage

Li Xiu hurried to the palace, and as soon as he entered the Liangyi Palace, he saw Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji standing up almost at the same time and asked, "Li Xiu, what happened?" ”

Princess Pingyang made such a big fuss in Chang'an City, Li Shimin would definitely receive some news here, so I saw Li Xiu smile bitterly at this time, and then raised his injured arm and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the injury suffered by the minister when he was attacked outside the city!" ”

"What!" Li Shimin heard that Li Xiu had been attacked, which made him angry, Li Xiu was his most trusted minister, and he was also the husband of his only sister, Princess Pingyang, assassinating Li Xiu was actually not much different from assassinating him.

"What the hell is going on with someone who dares to attack you?" Eldest Sun Wuji also exclaimed in surprise at this time, but he had already vaguely guessed just now, so he was not as shocked as Li Shimin now.

Li Xiu also smiled bitterly at this time, and then told him about the attack outside the city, and now Li Shimin finally understood why Princess Pingyang rushed into Chang'an City and killed Cui Gan and Zheng Zhong and others, although there is no evidence yet, but Li Xiu's attack must have an inseparable relationship with those families, and even the fire in the printing office tonight must have been done by the same group.

"That's how things happened, thanks to the princess for reminding me to bring some more guards, but even so, the hundred guards around me ended up with heavy casualties, and in the end there were only a dozen people who could stand, and even I myself was injured, if it wasn't for the rescue of the old general Xiang Shanzhi from Wuzhizhuang, I'm afraid that what Your Majesty sees now is probably a corpse." Li Xiu finally concluded with a wry smile, and by the way, he also helped Xiang Shanzhi and others ask for credit.

"The guards around you are loyal and commendable, everyone is promoted to three levels, the war dead are buried with generous gifts, and all the bereavements are also paid by the imperial court. Li Shimin held back his anger at this time and said, although he was now eager to slaughter all the family, but reason prevented this impulse in his mind.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Xiu thanked Li Shimin silently at this time, he would definitely not treat the dead and injured guards badly, but he could only compensate in money, but Li Shimin could improve the level of the guards, so that their families could receive more preferential treatment, but when he thought of facing the families of those dead and wounded guards in the future, Li Xiu couldn't help but feel full of guilt.

"By the way, Your Majesty should quickly send someone to stop the princess, I'm afraid that she will really cause some big trouble under impulse!" At this moment, Li Xiu suddenly thought of Princess Pingyang again, and asked Li Shimin at the moment.

Chang'an City is so big, and Princess Pingyang is led by cavalry, and she can't catch up with people at all, instead of running behind Princess Pingyang all the time, it is better to enter the palace to explain the situation to Li Shimin first, and at the same time let Li Shimin send someone to stop it, which is also Li Xiu's plan.

However, to Li Xiu's surprise, he saw that Li Shimin showed a very subtle expression when he heard his words above, and he didn't say yes or no, but smiled and said again: "Li Xiu, I don't know how many people she brought into Beijing with the third sister?" ”

"This ...... Probably a thousand cavalry. Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Shimin's words, and then he replied, but he didn't understand why Li Shimin didn't send someone to stop him, why he suddenly asked how many people Princess Pingyang had brought?

"Hehe, a thousand cavalry under the command of the third sister, as long as the army of the imperial court does not come out, it can be said that it is invincible, and the third sister will not be in any danger under the heavy protection of the army, so Li Xiu, you don't have to worry." I saw Li Shimin say with a smile on his face at this time.

"But......" Li Xiu didn't understand what Li Shimin meant at first, and just wanted to say something more, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then he looked at the other party with a stunned face, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Some people's courage is too great, since they dare to attack you, then they have to pay the corresponding price, it's a pity that I can't personally lead the troops to destroy them, now let the third sister teach them a lesson, and then it's not too late for us to come forward!" Li Shimin said with a smile at this time.

"Your Majesty is wise, Princess Pingyang is a woman, even if she does something unruly, no one will care about her!" At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji also said with the same smile, and it seemed that he also understood Li Shimin's intentions.

Li Xiu was attacked this time, although he knew that the family did it, but he didn't catch any work, and judging from the family's habit of doing things without leakage, they will definitely not be able to find evidence pointing to the family in the future, just like the last time Li Shimin was assassinated, although he knew that it was the Zheng family who did it, but he couldn't catch the other party's handle, and in the end he had to stop it.

There is no evidence, and Li Shimin has no way to help Li Xiu avenge, but Princess Pingyang is different, she doesn't need any evidence at all, anyway, the family did it, so she targeted those officials who represent the interests of the family, anyway, she is a woman, at this time, she just gives full play to the advantages of women, and she has to stir up three points if she is unreasonable, not to mention that it is reasonable now?

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, but he didn't say anything, in fact, from the bottom of his heart, he also felt a little happy about Princess Pingyang's actions to get angry for himself, after all, he almost died in the hands of those people in black, although Princess Pingyang's approach was a little rough, but it was very relieving.

Of course, Li Xiu also knew that Princess Pingyang smashed the homes of Cui Gan and others not only to vent her anger, but also to demonstrate to the family, so that they could understand that if she was in any danger in the future, then she would definitely dare to raise troops to slaughter all the families, which was the ultimate goal of Princess Pingyang.

As the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, this time Li Xiu was able to escape by luck, but no one dares to guarantee that he will be so lucky next time, after all, there is only a thousand miles to catch thieves, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, so Princess Pingyang forced the family to give up the assassination of Li Xiu through this means, otherwise they would have to face her revenge for being killed, anyway, she is a woman, and the righteousness of the country is not as important as her husband!

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but be moved in his heart, if he has a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for? Being able to marry a wife like Pingyang is indeed a blessing that he has cultivated in two lifetimes.

As time went by, Princess Pingyang's movements in the city were also reported to the palace one by one, and seeing more and more family officials' homes being smashed, Li Xiu also began to think in his heart, how to deal with the counterattack of these family officials?