11. Mrs. Dou died
Li Yuan never dreamed that Mrs. Dou, who was two years younger than him, would actually fall ill and die overnight, this kind of blow was undoubtedly too heavy for him.
Mrs. Dou is the daughter of the eldest princess of Xiangyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of Zhou, who is naturally beautiful and dignified, and intelligent by nature. Emperor Wu of Zhou has always cherished this well-behaved niece, and raised her in the harem since she was a child, treating her as his own.
Back then, Mrs. Dou was only fourteen years old as the pearl of Dou Yi, the general of the Zhuguo Kingdom, but she was already famous. The matchmaker repeatedly came to the door to propose marriage, but she was always politely declined. Dou Yi and his wife only have such a precious daughter in their lives, and what their daughter is not happy with is of course inconvenient and reluctant. However, as her daughter grows up, Dou Yi can't help but worry about her marriage, and from time to time let his wife inquire about his daughter's true mentality.
Where do parents know that their daughter is young, but she has already had a longing for her - since she heard about Li Yuan's archery skills, Miss Dou has secretly promised that legendary young hero, and swore that she would not marry this person! It's just that, out of the instinctive shyness of a girl, how can she express her true desire too explicitly, so that she repeatedly excuses herself that she is still young and reluctant to leave her parents prematurely.
Knowing the daughter Mo Ruomu, of course Mrs. Dou would not believe what the daughter of the ghost said, so she repeatedly asked her daughter what kind of husband she wanted to find to be satisfied. Miss Dou was embarrassed to directly name and marry Li Yuan, but in a hurry, she suddenly had a plan and proposed to her mother to hang the list text, publicly show the public, and compete to recruit relatives. Subsequently, she drew the peacock picture that attracted the attention of thousands of people at the beginning. Miss Dou always firmly believes that Li Yuan, the little enemy she has longed for for a long time, will be able to fully appreciate her good intentions, come to the exam on time, and have the ability to win the championship in one fell swoop!
Maybe it's God, everything is as Miss Dou imagined in advance! She succeeded! Li Yuan succeeded!
What a match!
Because her uncle Emperor Wu of Zhou was usurped by Emperor Wen of Sui, although her father still stayed in the Sui court as a high-ranking official, the young Miss Dou has always hated the son of the Sui family. After marrying into the Li Mansion, she naturally became a relative of Emperor Yang of Sui, but the hatred in her heart never diminished slightly. Later, she saw that although Li Yuan was a royal prince, he was not truly trusted by the imperial court, and his rebellious psychology was increasing day by day.
Mrs. Dou has read poetry and books since she was a child, especially loves to read books such as "The Female Commandment" and "The Legend of the Martyr", and she never forgets it, and works in the chapters and admonitions, is good at calligraphy, and is a family of her own, imitating Li Yuan's handwriting, and can almost confuse the real with the fake. In particular, she is very far-sighted, good at analyzing problems from multiple aspects and perspectives, and has a unique insight into all kinds of things in the world. Li Yuan was almost persecuted by Yang Guang back then, but he did not follow his wife's advice.
Li Yuan was born as a military general, loved good horses in his life, and after being degraded for no reason, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to go to the grasslands outside the Saiwai to collect extensively, raise a large number of captivity, and live perfunctorily under the boredom, those horses have virtually become his indispensable heart and liver treasures, often accompany them all day long, chatting and enjoying themselves.
Although Mrs. Dou hated Yang Jian's father and son because of her uncle's family, with her keen judgment, she never had the idea of rushing to achieve success, let alone lost her mind and became popular in the public, but always held back. Because she has a clear understanding of Yang Guang's virtuous and virtuous nature, she can better understand the various interests and dangers, so that she has been deeply worried about raising horses for her husband, and in order to prevent accidents, she solemnly advised her husband:
"Yang Guangqi is temperamental by nature, and he does whatever he wants, and he is completely indefinite. Besides, he has always regarded his husband as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh! The concubine heard that he was also a good horse by nature, if she learned that her husband had raised so many good horses, how could she easily tolerate it? The husband has to endure the pain as soon as possible and contribute all these horses to him, so as not to cause trouble! ”
"Madame, I'm too worried!" Li Yuan is a good horse addict, and he sacrificed all those many good horses, so he couldn't help but sink his face and replied categorically, "My father's horse raising is nothing more than self-satisfaction and chatting about time, what does it have to do with Yang Guang?" Where is the many rights and wrongs? ”
Seeing that her husband's attitude was so resolute, Mrs. Dou knew that it was useless to say more, so she sighed secretly, but she was helpless. As a result, it didn't take long for her prediction to inevitably come true - Li Yuan really paid an extremely heavy price for that matter, and was added by Yang Guang for raising a private war horse and conspiracy for no reason, and ordered to be beheaded for public display.
At that time, Li Yuan admired his wife's foresight from the bottom of his heart, and after returning to the house, without saying a word, he did not leave any good horses and dedicated them all to the court. Yang Guang saw that he had a profound understanding of his mistakes, that he had remedies in a timely manner, that he was a comrade who could be educated well, and that he belonged to the contradictions among the people, and soon after that, he resumed his original official position.
Li Yuan was desperate to survive, and he respected and loved his wife more and more, regarded her as a female Zhuge , obeyed everything he said, and whenever it was difficult to make a decision on a major matter, he always had to ask for her opinion. Over time, Mrs. Dou's intelligence and ability have become well-known, and her reputation even far exceeds that of her husband.
Sun Chi, the elder brother of Sun Sheng, the elder brother of the right lieutenant general, admired Mrs. Dou's virtuous ability too much, and he did not have children of the right age to climb with Li Yuan, he deeply regretted it, and repeatedly encouraged his younger brother to say:
"Dragons give birth to dragons, tigers give birth to leopards, Li Yuan is a capable person, and his wife Dou is even more smart and virtuous to the point that their children are definitely not far behind, and they must marry each other!"
The eldest grandson Sheng had a good relationship with Li Yuan on weekdays, and he admired Mrs. Dou's virtuous ability, and undoubtedly deeply agreed with his brother's proposal, so that without thinking, he resolutely asked someone to come to the door to propose marriage, and married the youngest daughter to Li Yuan's second son Li Shimin, who married into the Li Mansion at the age of thirteen, that is, the later Empress Changsun.
Based on this alone, it is enough to see how much weight Mrs. Dou has in the minds of Li Yuan and the world! Li Yuan lost his virtuous wife, can he not feel deeply lost and sad? After the funeral, he was demented all day long, sitting in the house without saying anything, closing the door for many days, too lazy to contact the outside world.
Accidental, although Pei Lin had repeatedly planned and discussed with Li Shimin and Concubine Zhang and Yin, and designed a seamless action plan, because he was worried that he would inevitably provoke Li Yuan carelessly, he couldn't get off the stage, and he asked to see him several times, but he never dared to recklessly step into the Li Mansion for half a step, so as not to be bored, and the matter was delayed for a while.
In that way, it will make Li Shimin anxious, and at the moment, what he is most worried about is that if it is not implemented as soon as possible, once the news is revealed, or Pei Lin and Zhang and Yin Erfei temporarily change their hexagrams, not only may they lose the opportunity forever, but even lead to the opposite result. However, Pei Lin didn't move for a long time, and he had nothing to do.
It's no wonder that the death of his mother will hit his father and the family hard, Li Shimin knows in his heart that if Pei Lin is forced to act according to the original plan, his father's mental state is not good, maybe it will really be a big deal! However, it seems that blind procrastination is even more ineffective...... After thinking about it repeatedly, he finally decided: I have to ask Liu Wenjing about this matter to see if he can come up with a clever plan to get the best of both worlds. So, he came to prison again in a hurry.
"The second son, this is really smart, confused for a while! How can you just look at the surface and ignore everything else? After listening to Li Shimin's statement, Liu Wenjing pondered for a moment, and couldn't help laughing and said, "Gongzi might as well think about it seriously, Lord Ling Tang passed away, although Ling Zun will inevitably be overly sad, but he may not want to be free from grief as soon as possible?" There is a good thing and there is a bad thing, and it is very common for bad things to become good things, and the same is true for this matter, the key is to plan properly! Ling Zun is not only a state guard, but also concurrently serves as the palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace, may not be able to start from this aspect to promote him to comply? ”
"Start with that?" Li Shimin is still confused, and he can't figure out what the connection between the two is, "What does it mean to 'start from this aspect', I hope that the adults will make it clear!" ”
"It's so easy!" Liu Wenjing still smiled, "If Pei Lin goes to invite him in the name of official business, Ling Zun can not patronize it?" Besides, Lord Ling Zun has always liked things in the cup, and there is a lot of wine in the palace, as long as he is persuaded to enter the table, the matter will be more than half successful! ”
"Makes sense!" Li Shimin slapped his thigh, smiled self-deprecatingly, got up suddenly, arched his hands towards Liu Wenjing, hurriedly said goodbye, got out of prison, didn't even return home, and went straight to Jinyang Palace. After meeting Pei Lian, he couldn't care about being polite, and his first sentence was to ask the other party to act according to the original plan as soon as possible.
In desperation, Pei Lin expressed all kinds of concerns in his heart in person. When Li Shimin heard this, he laughed easily and said:
"It is normal for my mother to pass away and my father to be sad for a while. But if the uncle is properly planned and invited in the name of official business, there is still a need to worry that his old man will not come to the appointment? Let's talk ...... again."
"Wonderful! The second son doesn't need to say more, the lower official understands what to do! Pei Lin replied, there was no more baggage in his heart, he got up to bid farewell to Li Shimin, turned around and asked people to prepare horses, and immediately set off to go to Li's mansion to ask for a meeting.
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