The New Year's Day of the first year of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is approaching, and the New Year's Day of the first year is also the first day of Yang Guang's official reign as emperor. Li Yuan is the nephew of the former emperor and the cousin of the current emperor, so after receiving the news of Emperor Wen's death and Yang Guang's accession to the throne, he immediately told Yang Guang that he hoped to return to Beijing for funeral, and returned to Chang'an immediately after getting Yang Guang's permission. In front of the Tang Mansion, the Tang Duchess Dou and her children were anxiously waiting for Li Yuan, she kept pinching her handkerchief, Li Xiuning looked at her mother, and said with a smile:

"Mother! Dad hasn't been home for a long time, don't rob me then, let Dad accompany me! Dou smiled and knocked on Li Xiuning's forehead. Li Yuan's carriage came to the door of the Tang Mansion, and the Dou clan hurriedly greeted him.

"Husband, it's been hard all the way." Li Yuan stepped out of the carriage with the support of his entourage, and gently touched and comforted Dou Shi in his arms.

"Madam, I haven't been by your side all these years, and it's really hard for you to take care of them for me."

"Husband, look at what you said, isn't this what I should do?" After that, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, and Li Xiuning saluted Li Yuan in turn.

"See Father."

"Ahh Arise, children, you have all grown taller. They have all grown strong. This is Sima Chai Shao, my right-hand man in Lou Fu. Without his help, I would have been exhausted, and this time I will return to Beijing to report on work, and he will temporarily stay in our house for a few more days. Madame, you must help me treat him well! Li Yuan introduced the middle-aged man behind him to his children.

"Hello brothers!"

The three brothers Li Jiancheng looked at Chai Shao, and saw that he was about thirty years old, with red eyebrows, which made people feel that he was of some Western Regions blood, and had a large beard, which gave people a feeling of being a little fierce and a little ugly. Li Jiancheng only felt some doubts in his heart, but he couldn't figure out anything in his heart.

"Alright, don't stand at the door, is Madame ready for my feast? I'm hungry. Li Yuan joked to Mrs. Dou.

"It's all set. Husband, Chai-sama, please! A group of people entered the house together. At the banquet, Li Yuan asked Li Xiuning to drink to Chai Shao frequently, and although Chai Shao was humble and polite, his eyes kept wandering around Li Xiuning's body, and in Li Jiancheng's eyes, he felt that he had a trace of joy and lewdness. made Li Jiancheng's heart a little uncomfortable. After the banquet, Li Yuan asked Li Jiancheng to lead Chai Shao to the guest room, and then left Mrs. Dou alone in his study. After Li Jiancheng settled Chai Shao, he came to his father's study to report, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard his parents whispering:

"Husband, our daughter is still young, I am really reluctant to marry her out so soon."

"Humph! Madam, weren't you much older than Xiuning when you married me! ”

"Husband, do you really want to marry our daughter to that ugly-looking Chai Shao with Hu blood? He is just a little Lou Fu Sima, he is your subordinate, and the Longxi Chai clan is only a second-rate clan, and our Li family and Dou family are heaven and earth。。。。。。 ”

"Madame, how can you have such a woman's opinion? Although our Li family is very close to the current emperor in terms of blood, but I can see that he is much smaller than the former emperor in terms of mind, and I am also carefully considered to marry the Chai family, first of all, although the Chai family is also a Longxi clan, but its family business, financial resources, population, and popularity are compared to our Longxi Li family, it is a drop of water that meets the big lake, and it is precisely because of this that I want to marry them, so that it will not arouse others' discussion and attention to us, and Chai Shao was Yang Guang's prince guard before he was Lou Fu Sima, The old minister of the East Palace, his father Chai Shen is also Yang Guang's old department, Yang Guang let him be Lou Fu Sima did not mean to spy on me. I recruited him as my son-in-law in the hope that he could say a few more good words for me in front of Yang Guang, so that Yang Guang would be less wary of me. ”

"Hey! It's just too aggrieved Xiuning. Li Yuan was a little impatient.

"What grievances are not wronged, the marriage of children is decided by their parents, if one day my Li Yuan is beheaded by the emperor, do you still think you can save it?" Li Jiancheng didn't want to listen to it anymore, he returned to his bedroom, lay on the bed, and slowly remembered who Chai Shao was. He was the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, and he and Princess Pingyang co-opted Hu Shang Pan Ren of the Western Regions to form a women's army, helped Li Yuan Dingding Guanzhong, and made great contributions, but his greatest credit was that he firmly stood on Li Shimin's side in the dispute between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and strengthened Li Shimin's determination to launch the Xuanwumen Change.

"Hmmm! This vicious wolf from the northwest. Li Jiancheng's restlessness alarmed Zheng Wanzhen, who was sleeping next to Li Jiancheng.

"What's wrong? Messire! My father-in-law is back, and everyone is very happy, but you seem to have something on your mind, can you tell me about it? ”

"Oh! It's okay, you're overhearted. Go to sleep! In Li Jiancheng's warm embrace, Zheng Wanzhen let out an even snoring sound. Looking at Zheng Wanzhen's child-like smile, Li Jiancheng also fell asleep deeply. The next day, when Li Jiancheng was still asleep, he was woken up by a sharp knock on the door. Hearing the knock on the door, Li Jiancheng was very irritable.

"Who's early in the morning! It's not worry-free. ”

"Big brother, it's me, I'm Yuanji! I'm looking for you in a hurry. ”

"Good! You wait. Li Jiancheng and Zheng Wanzhen hurriedly got up and got dressed. opened the door and let Li Yuanji in.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

"You don't know yet, word has spread throughout this house, and that monster with red eyebrows and blue eyes is going to be our sister-in-law. Do you know? When he came, I felt that he was staring at Xiu Ning, and I was not happy, and after that, he became Xiu Ning's husband, and then he stared at her every day. ”

"Hey! In fact, men should get married, women should get married, what does this Xiuning mean. ”

"It is estimated that the parents did not tell Xiu Ningming, otherwise Xiu Ning would definitely not agree."

"Do the people know about this?"

"Forget it, don't mention him, as soon as he heard about it, he was in a hurry to give Xiuning a congratulatory gift. Although the Chai family is not a big family, Chai Shao used to be the emperor's guard today, a close minister of the East Palace of the Son of Heaven, Xiuning did not insult her identity when she married him, and she completely ignored her sister's lifelong happiness, which was really heartless! Li Jiancheng has no surprise about Li Shimin's thoughts, through understanding over the years, he knows that Li Shimin is not a person who is willing to live under others, and he is also a person who can sacrifice everything to achieve his goals, on the other hand, Li Yuanji is now like a warm-hearted person. Li Jiancheng pondered for a while.

"Don't tell Xiuning yet, in addition, Wanzhen, you help your mother manage housekeeping at home, tell the servants in the family, they are not allowed to talk too much, if you dare to spread the word again, don't blame the eldest young master for being ruthless." Zheng Wanzhen saw a hint of murder in Li Jiancheng's eyes. I felt a chill in my heart. And Li Yuanji is still clamoring there.

"Big brother, you can't ignore this matter! If you don't care, then Xiuning won't wipe her neck by then! Li Jiancheng didn't speak again, and Zheng Wanzhen said from the side.

"Fourth brother, don't you know who your eldest brother is? He won't leave it alone. Under the persuasion of Zheng Wanzhen, Li Yuanji left. And Li Jiancheng thought in his heart, there seemed to be a huge dilemma in front of him, how should he solve it?

Cheers and red tickets are my eternal motivation.