At this time, Li Shimin's holy decree came down, let Li Jing and others return to the dynasty to Chang'an to offer prisoners, and at the same time crowned Chai Shao as the general of the town army, the general of the right Xiaowei, changed the title of the Duke of Qian, and ordered him to establish the Jinshan Metropolitan Protectorate here, and was the first Jinshan Metropolitan Protector.

Everyone received the order to thank them, and then pressed the captives and Jieli's royal court utensils to return to the court, while Chai Shao led his own people and began to establish the Jinshan Protectorate to manage the Turkic affairs.

They returned to Chang'an, and Li Shimin personally came out to greet the soldiers, and stood on the side of the road and waited for the meritorious service to enter the city first to show glory.

The Tang army sent Jieli Khan to Chang'an and captured him at the Taimiao. Li Shimin was already in Shuntian Tower, displaying the honor guards, and the citizens of Chang'an came to watch.

The officials escorted Jieli Khan to come, and Li Shimin looked at Jieli who was wilting and drooping: "You have five crimes: in the past, your father's country was broken, and he relied on the Sui Dynasty to survive. But when the Sui Dynasty was in trouble, you didn't help with a single soldier, so that the Sui Dynasty collapsed, one of them; Neighbor with me and treacherously invade the border, this is the second; The continuous conquest has caused resentment among the tribes, which is third; plundering my Chinese, trampling on my crops, and so on; Allow you to make peace and delay your escape, this is the fifth.

It's not for no reason that I'm going to kill you, it's just that the covenant in Weishang has not been forgotten, so I don't want to be harsh. Spare your life today, and give you a mansion to die in Chang'an! So Li Shimin returned his family and let him live in the imperial servant, and the official family provided food.

After the Taimiao prisoners were sacrificed, Li Shimin was awarded the title of meritorious hero according to the merit book, and Cheng Zhijie also gained a lot of benefits.

After the banquet, Cheng Zhijie secretly found Li Shimin. Li Shimin was slightly stunned when he saw him and said: "Brother Wang, I think you haven't seen your family for a few months, you should go home in a hurry, why are you still here; Is there anything going on with me? ”

Lao Cheng's face turned red, and he suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the crime deserves death." Please Your Majesty accept my reward, and the minister is willing to repay it with merit. ”

Li Shimin was stunned and said, "What the hell is going on?" Tell me about it. ”

Cheng Zhijie had no choice but to tell himself how he went to the Turkic rear to stir up the enemy's holy mountain last time, and how he came back to raid Helin; and had some super friendship with the princess of Yicheng who suddenly arrived; Later, when she came back, she was blocked by the Jieli army, and in order to save herself, Princess Yicheng pretended to be kidnapped and escorted herself back to the Central Plains.

Then he talked about how he begged so hard, so that Li Jing must let the princess of Yicheng go. In the end, Li Jing agreed with emotion; Although he claimed to have killed Princess Yicheng's mother and son, he actually sent them to Youzhou.

However, this time when I met Li Jing, I learned that Ashina Chengmo, the son of Princess Yicheng, was his son; He didn't want his son to bear the notoriety of the Turkic race anymore, so he came to ask Li Shimin for his merits in exchange for the lives of Princess Yicheng's mother and son.

Li Shimin listened to Chen Rushui, he slammed the table and said, "Bold!" Cheng Zhijie! Do you know that this is the sin of deception? ”

Cheng Zhijie nodded with a bitter face and said, "Yes!" Be! The minister knows his mistake, and the minister deserves death. ”

"Then can your credit be worth their lives?"

"The minister knows, don't talk about this credit, even if I am relieved of the throne of the county, it is not as important as their lives."

"Good! Now that you know, it's easy to do! So be it! There is really one thing for you to do, as long as it is done, I will spare you from death. ”

"Yes! The minister knows that the minister will do a good job and live up to the trust of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

"Well, that's pretty much it. Cheng Zhijie: Before I wanted Cheng Qian and your child to marry; But your first child was a boy. This matter is not known. Now I want Cheng Qian and your daughter Cheng Zhuyun to marry, don't shirk. ”

Cheng Zhijie: "Ah! opened his mouth wide, it is said that it is a great blessing for anyone's child to marry the prince. But the children of your old Li family, one is counted as one, and one is really not as good as one.

Especially this Li Chengqian was exemplary at the beginning, but his mother's eldest grandson died without stain, and when he reached the rebellious period, coupled with Li Shimin's pampering and education methods, he changed his temperament and became another person, and he also liked **. This is something that Cheng Zhijie can't allow.

Li Shimin stared at Cheng Zhijie deadly, he was a little helpless about this guy, others were rushing to marry me, but this guy pushed again and again; Is my son not worthy of your daughter? Thinking of this, Li Shimin felt a little angry.

Cheng Zhijie saw Li Shimin's dissatisfaction, and he sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty may also know the minister's wife, Dongfang Yumei; She was displaced from an early age and was sold by her two older brothers to Hauni Guard.

So he is more resistant to arranged marriages, please Banzai give me some time, and I will persuade her. ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "You don't need to find a reason, Guanyin mentioned this matter to General Dongfang, and she agreed." Fifth brother, why are you unwilling? What are you worried about? ”

Cheng Zhijie knew that he denied it, but gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay for Your Majesty to insist on this family affair, but I have one condition." ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed and said: "If you have any conditions, just say it." ”

"Your Majesty, Cheng Qian is intelligent, and we can see it. But smart kids need someone to teach. And when it comes to educating children, no one can be other than my wife Cui Yu. I hope that Your Majesty will be able to let my wife teach Cheng Qian, I don't know if you are willing. ”

Lao Cheng secretly competed in his heart, I don't believe that I can't discipline a little broken child with my ability.

How do you know that Li Shimin laughed and said: "Okay! I just couldn't ask for it. On Taoist education, even Kong Yingda and others admired Princess Cui. One is also taught, and two are also belts. My second son Li Ke, you should also take it with you! ”

"Ahh This time it was Cheng Zhijie's turn to grow his mouth.

"That's it! Take your reward and go! Let's think about how to explain the extra Princess Yicheng and this son to your wives when you go back! ”

Cheng Zhijie instantly turned into a bitter gourd face and slowly retreated.

Li Shimin laughed and came to the residence of the eldest grandson, and the queen of the eldest grandson welcomed him in; Seeing her husband Mei Sisi's strange question, "Your Majesty, what is the happy event today that deserves to be so happy?" ”

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Today I chose a crown princess for Cheng Qian, but I lost a major event in my heart. ”

The eldest grandson was a little unhappy in his heart, and his husband didn't say anything about such a big matter to discuss it with him; She asked with a little dissatisfaction: "Which family did Your Majesty choose?" ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Guess." ”

"Isn't it Hou Haitang, the eldest daughter of General Zuowei and Marquis Junji, Duke of Luguo?"

Li Shimin smiled and shook his head.

"That's Su Rou, the eldest daughter of the secretary Cheng Su Yan?"

Li Shimin shook his head again.

Empress Changsun said several women from the noble family one after another, but Li Shimin shook his head and vetoed it.

Seeing that his wife couldn't guess it, Li Shimin laughed proudly: "Yes, Cheng Zhuyun, the eldest girl of the Wang family of the Great Demon County." ”

"Ahh The eldest grandson's mouth grew in surprise, and she said in surprise: "How did you do it?" I made up my mind with Sister Dongfang, but I was still vetoed by the fifth brother on the grounds that I could not interfere with the marriage of my children. ”

Li Shimin laughed and told the story of Cheng Zhijie's visit to see him today; The eldest grandson Wujian also smiled and bent over.

Cheng Zhijie returned home dejected, he felt that his mind was in chaos, how to explain Princess Yicheng to his family, it really gave him a headache.

Lao Cheng quickly returned home, and now that it was late at night, Lao Cheng came to Cui Yu's residence and found that Sun Sixin was also there. Sun Sixin saw Cheng Zhi coming back, greeted him twice, and then got up to say goodbye to Cui Yu.

Cui Yu sent Sun Sixin out of the door, and came back with a soft sigh. Cheng Zhijie asked suspiciously, "Xiao Yu, what's wrong?" What's upset? Why sigh? ”

Cui Yu sighed again and said, "King Jun, I have already asked Sister Hu Li; I was poisoned and injured this time, and there is no way to give birth to a boy and a girl for you again, which is a sin of seven outs; You'd better divorce me! If you feel sorry for the concubine, it would be better to save me from being a princess. ”

"Nonsense! There is no such rule in our Cheng family! Besides, I don't blame you for this, you are also a victim. You must not think cranky in the future, didn't Huai Mo pass it on to you? Then he is your son! ”

Cui Yu pressed Cheng Zhijie, who was a little excited, on the chair, and she herself was a little excited. "King of the county, I know you are good to me; But every time I face Sister Sun, I feel like I've robbed someone else's things. And Huaimo is also older, he knows who is his mother, or who is closest to Sister Sun.

These days, my sister often comes to sit with me, and she stays for a long time, in fact, I know that she is still worried about her children. I felt like the most hateful robber who had robbed my sister of her most precious things. ”

Cheng Zhijie knocked his head a little speechlessly, he felt that his brain hurt, the palms and backs of his hands were full of meat, and no one was wrong. and he has already promised Li Shimin to help educate Li Chengqian, but Cui Yu's state is still a bit difficult!

Suddenly, Cheng Zhijie's eyes lit up, and he said to Cui Yu: "Xiaoyu, since you like children so much and are good at education, how about we run a school?" Let's recruit children under the age of 10 and teach them to read and write. ”

Cui Yu's eyes lit up, feeling that this was not a good idea. She was a little embarrassed and said, "Does anyone want to come?" There are only Huai Mo and Zhu Yun in our family, and there are a few people. ”

Lao Cheng laughed and said, "Don't doubt your strength." Even doubt yourself, and don't doubt your husband. I have a big face and high means, so you just have to worry about too many people, and don't worry about the lack of personnel. ”