In the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace, a middle-aged man wearing a dragon robe sat behind the dragon case with a smile, enjoying the singing and dancing in the hall, accompanied by a beautiful concubine on the left and right, this middle-aged man was Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and saw Li Yuan in his fifties, with a square face and a wide mouth, and he looked very mighty.

The Ganlu Hall is Li Yuan's bedroom, and it was originally strictly forbidden for any foreign ministers to enter, but the strange thing is that in addition to Li Yuan in the main hall, there is also a middle-aged man sitting on his right hand, and there are also two beautiful women on the left and right.

After the dance, the tired and sweaty dancers in the hall saluted Li Yuan, but Li Yuan smiled and asked the middle-aged man next to him: "Supervisor Pei, what do you think of today's singing and dancing?" ”

"Yes, it's really improved from last time!" The dashing middle-aged man smiled and praised that the person who was able to be invited into the Ganlu Hall by Li Yuan and was also commensurate with Pei Jian was naturally Pei Lian, who was known as the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

"Okay, since even Eunuch Pei said yes, reward!" Li Yuan laughed when he heard this, and then waved his hand, and immediately a waiter stepped forward with copper coins to reward these dancing girls, which caused the dancing girls to thank Li Yuan, and solemnly thanked Pei Lian, everyone in the palace knows that sometimes His Majesty is dissatisfied but secondary, as long as Pei Xiang can be satisfied.

After the dancing girl retreated, Li Yuan raised his glass again to drink with Pei Lian, and chatted casually about some things in the court, speaking of which Li Yuan and Pei Lin have been old friends for many years, even after he became the emperor, he never regarded Pei Lin as a courtier, but still treated him as a friend, Pei Lin is also a wonderful person, and he really regarded himself as Li Yuan's friend, which just caters to Li Yuan's desire to talk to a friend, so the relationship between the two is deeper than before.

"Eunuch Pei, Erlang and Sanniang have already beaten the Turks back, but Sanniang was seriously injured, and I have been worried for a long time, fortunately, her injuries have slowly recovered, and as soon as the war is over, I will immediately let her go back to Chang'an to recuperate, and the day should come!" At this time, Li Yuan suddenly mentioned Princess Pingyang and said that there were two biggest things in the court during this time, one was to defeat Liu Heimin, and the other was to defeat the Turks, both of which were great joys, but Princess Pingyang's injury still made him feel afraid.

"Hehe, Sanniang Ji people have their own celestial phenomena, naturally it will be fine, but my Tang Dynasty has gradually stabilized, Sanniang is a woman, if there is no need in the future, don't let her go to the battlefield again, in case of another accident, I'm afraid Your Majesty will regret it for a lifetime!" At this time, Pei Lin first comforted Li Yuan, and then suggested that the entire Tang Dynasty dared to call Princess Pingyang the minister of Sanniang, and I am afraid that he was the only one.

"Supervisor Pei's words are reasonable, Liu Heimin's qi skills have been exhausted, I am very relieved to have the prince in charge, the biggest threat left is the Turks, but Erlang is good at using soldiers, let him sit in the northwest when the time comes, but I am not too worried, in addition, I am a fierce general in the Tang Dynasty, Sanniang should indeed take a rest, women, it is better to stay at home with a husband and children, but she and Chai Shao ......" Li Yuan mentioned the relationship between Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao, and a pair of broad eyebrows couldn't help but twist into a ball, and he also had a headache about Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao.

"Speaking of the princess and the colt, I just got a thing about them." At this time, Pei Lin spoke again, he and Li Yuan had a deep friendship, even if it involved royal affairs, he didn't need to be as scrupulous as other courtiers, which also made Li Yuan value him more and more.

"What's the matter?" Li Yuan couldn't help frowning when he heard this, because he could see from Pei Lian's expression that something bad must have happened between his daughter and son-in-law.

"This happened a few days ago, when the princess had just left Gyeongju and rested at the Ningzhou Post House at night, but the horse got the news from nowhere, and rushed to the post house to visit the princess, but he didn't expect to have a conflict with someone in front of the post house, and was beaten by the other party, which made the horse very annoyed, and asked the princess several times, but was sternly rejected by the princess." Pei Lian's face was calm.

"Who is so bold that even my son-in-law dares to beat him, is it Ma Sanbao's bastard?" After Li Yuan heard this, he was a little annoyed at first, and then he thought that among the people who dared to beat Chai Shao, I am afraid that there was only Ma Sanbao who was loyal to his daughter, if it was him, then this matter would be troublesome.

"Hehe, it's not General Ma, it's a young man named Li Xiu!" Pei Lin suddenly smiled and said, a dignified general of the right Xiaowei was beaten by a scholar who was powerless, and he couldn't help laughing when he first heard about it, and at the same time secretly scolded Chai Shao for being useless.

"Li Xiu? Why does this name sound familiar? Li Yuan was also stunned when he heard Li Xiu's name.

"Of course, Your Majesty will feel familiar, the previous time this Li Xiu once through Ma Sanbao to suture wounds, treated countless soldiers, when the prince and the princess together for him to ask for credit, His Majesty also rewarded him with a fruit lieutenant of the loose official, in addition to the princess was injured some time ago, it was also this Li Xiu who used his magic to make the princess's injuries better, if there is no beating of the horse, I am afraid that this young man will have a bright future!" Pei Lin smiled again, but what he didn't know was that the bean sprouts he usually liked to eat were also made by Li Xiu.

"It turned out to be him, I remember that he seems to be Li Jing's concubine, just because of some things that caused their father and son to have a bad relationship, right?" Li Yuan finally remembered Li Xiu's origin at this time, and when he rewarded Li Xiu before, he also deliberately looked at Li Xiu's information, so he also knew something about Li Xiu's previous affairs.

"That's true, Li Xiu fell in love with a young nun, but was forcibly separated by Li Jing, resulting in the nun dying of injuries, so Li Xiu was angry and went out of the house, although this move is a bit unfilial, but it also shows that he is a lover, and young people are willing to do things impulsively."

Pei Lin can get Li Yuan's attention, in addition to the friendship between the two, he is also extremely capable, such as an amazing memory, as long as he reads the information once, he will hardly forget it, no matter what Li Yuan asks, he can answer immediately.

"It's true that his background is a little worse, and his character seems to be a little flawed, but he can make such a great contribution to the court, and even save Sanniang's life, he can be regarded as young and promising, but he is also too arrogant, does he think that with those merits, he can wantonly beat the important ministers of the court?" At this time, Li Yuan was a little angry when he heard this, Chai Shao was not only his son-in-law, but also an important minister of the imperial court, and being beaten up was also a loss of face for him and the court.

"Your Majesty is wrong to blame Li Xiu, according to the person who reported it, at that time, the concubine was in a hurry to see the princess, so he had a bad attitude towards Li Xiu, and he made the first move, and Li Xiu didn't know that the other party was a concubine at that time, so strictly speaking, both the concubine and Li Xiu were at fault." Pei Lin said a fair word.

"Even so, Li Xiu's character is dirty, and it is not a good thing to be young and ambitious, so I think it is better to dry him for a few years, and it is not too late to make plans after his heart is stable." Li Yuan's disposition was obviously a little biased towards Chai Shao, after all, Li Xiu's identity could not be compared with Chai Shao at all.

Pei Lin heard Li Yuan's words and knew that he was favoring Chai Shao, but he just smiled indifferently and didn't say anything more, after all, it was already good for him to say a fair word, there was no need to make Li Yuan unhappy for such a trivial matter, not to mention that Li Xiu was very lucky to be able to beat the horse of the dynasty without incident.

At the same time, Li Xiu, who had just arrived in Chang'an, didn't know what Li Yuan had done to him, but if he knew, he would probably jump up with joy, and he would never have to worry about being summoned by the imperial court to be an official in the future.

"Uncle Ma, are you going to the princess's mansion or the other courtyard in the city?" As soon as he crossed the Wei River, Li Xiu immediately asked Ma Ye, and then there is the Yellow Canal, and his house is by the Yellow Canal, he has been away from home for so long, he can't wait to fly back immediately, he has been away from home for so long, and he doesn't know what happened to the junior? If Ma Ye and them enter the city, then he won't go all the way with them.

"The princess said, Chang'an City is too noisy, which is not conducive to recuperation, and you live close to the other courtyard, you can also rush to it immediately if there is anything, so she wants to recuperate in the other courtyard, and then you can go with the princess!" Ma Ye said with a smile, and when he returned to Chang'an, his mood was also cheerful.

"What, Uncle Ma, don't you go back to the other courtyard with us?" Li Xiu also asked with some surprise when he heard this.

"The princess is injured and inconvenient to move, so I have to go to the palace to explain the situation to Your Majesty, as well as the battle with the Turks some time ago, as well as the list of meritorious soldiers, etc., all of which must be reported to the court in detail, so I am afraid that I will have to stay in Chang'an City for the past two days and have no time to come back, and I will take care of you more here at home!" Ma Ye said helplessly at this time, he also wanted to go back to rest early, but the princess was injured, and everything was on him.

"Don't worry, I'll go to check on the princess often, and there will be no problems!" Li Xiu patted his chest and assured when he heard this, but then he said with some worry, "Uncle Ma, do you think Chai Shao will complain to the imperial court?" If the court finds out about my beating of him, it will be troublesome! ”

"Haha, who do you think Chai Shao is, he is a dignified horse, and he is also the general of the right Xiaowei, but he was beaten by you, a scholar, he definitely doesn't want anyone to know about this matter, let alone complain, but don't be lucky, Your Majesty may have known it for a long time, and your boy's career in the future is worrying!" Ma Ye laughed out loud at first, and then he had some regrets in the end, with Li Xiu's talent, it was a pity not to be an official.

"What's so good about being an official, it's best that the imperial court even takes back that military official, so that I can be unofficial!" Li Xiu waved his hand indifferently when he heard this, and it happened that Huang Qu had already appeared in their sight, which made Li Xiu excitedly exclaim, "Haha, I'm home, I'm back again!" ”