After Li Chengqian poached the people's cattle and let Li Shimin know, the loss of the prince's seal also happened.

The concurrent occurrence of the two major events directly made Li Shimin so angry that he called Li Chengqian to drink heavily, and also imposed corporal punishment, ordering Li Chengqian to be beaten with a 30 court staff.

If it weren't for the fact that Empress Changsun heard the news and personally rushed to intercede and dispensed with the fifteen canes, otherwise the thirty canes would have to make Li Chengqian unable to get out of bed for at least three months.

Even the eldest grandson queen personally pleaded, but it was still difficult to understand the anger in Li Shimin's heart. He arrested Li Chengqian's cronies in the East Palace for interrogation one by one, and all those who participated in Li Chengqian's theft were not allowed to be killed with a cane in any way, and more than 30 people were implicated, and Li Chengqian was even grounded and not allowed to enter and leave the palace at will.

This incident shook the entire government and the opposition, but the family scandal was not publicized, and Li Shimin did not disclose the slightest news to the ministers, so that everyone in the ministers was frightened and did not know why. Only a few of Li Shimin's confidants and cronies have a faint understanding.

Du He chatted with Du Ruhui at home, and heard him vaguely reveal that this time Li Shimin really moved Yi Chu's mind, if it wasn't for the support of the eldest grandson, Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince would be difficult to protect.

Although Li Chengqian's mistakes are not big, it is really hard to say: the dignified prince is a thief, he likes to do things like to steal chickens and dogs, and he has not changed his teachings repeatedly, if it is spread out, where will Datang's face go?

When Du He got the news, he couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, Li Shimin was really ruthless now, but it was okay, those people did evil, harmed the people, and simply died.

In the early days of the New Year, the imperial court had a long holiday. With the first day of the Lunar New Year as the center, there are three days before the first day of the new year, three days after the first day of the new year, plus the first day of the new year, just seven days off, a golden week.

Families rarely get together, and it's fun to get together during this holiday and talk about the world.

It's just the first day, Li Shimin called Du Ruhui away, and it seems that he has something important to discuss.

Du Ruyan didn't say a word, and set off in a hurry. There is no way, the virtuous minister is the life of labor, and he will be there as he goes.

Duhe was bored and planned to go out on the streets.

There was light snow in the sky, a cold wind, and not many pedestrians on the streets.

Coincidentally, she met Princess Yaochi of Xiangxiong Kingdom, and at this moment she was impatiently walking around the street, and beside her was a young man in his twenties, also dressed in a strange outfit, and it could be seen from his twisted braids that he was from Tibet.

Tubo people come to the Tang Dynasty?

Du He frowned, there was just a big battle, and the Tang Dynasty wiped out 100,000 soldiers in Tubo with the advantage of deciding the surname, and the hatred value between the two sides should be full, is it that the Tang Dynasty is coming to reconcile with me at this moment?

Thinking like this, Princess Yaochi had indeed discovered his existence, her face was happy, and she shouted from afar: "Gongzi Du!" ”

trotted to Du He and asked with a smile, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go around!" Du He came back to his senses and answered casually, but his eyes stayed on the Tibetan man with a twisted hairstyle next to him.

"That's right!" Princess Yaochi looked delighted, clapped her hands and said, "I promised you that if you go to Zhangxiong, I will take you to Yaochi, and now that I am in Chang'an, you have no reason to refuse to take me to Chang'an!" ”

The young man of Tubo listened to the affection of Princess Yaochi, and his eyes showed a hint of Limang, and he said loudly: "Sister Yaochi, who is he?" ”

Princess Yaochi smiled proudly: "He is Du He, how is it?" Songzan Xiruo, it's much better than you! ”

Du He said in his heart: "If Songtsan Xiruo is similar to Songtsen Gampo's name, I don't know what the relationship between the two of them is." ”

A trace of indignation flashed on Songzan Xiruo's face, but then disappeared, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be General Du, who has admired his name for a long time." My brother is so impressed with you! ”

"Don't be hypocritical, it's disgusting. I went to Chang'an with Du Gongzi, what should you do, what are you going to do, and there is another sister, my sister is calling, who is your sister! Princess Yaochi pulled Du He and ran away.

Song Zan's face turned red and white, and he stood in place angrily.

Coming to a pavilion on the side of the road, Princess Yaochi spit out a mouthful of white mist and said, "I finally got rid of him!" This bastard, it's annoying! ”

Du He leaned on the pillar of the pavilion and said with a smile: "That guy is the brother of Songtsen Gampo, right?" ”

"It's his brother, a brave and ruthless man! If I hadn't been able to beat him, I would have whipped him with a whip a long time ago! Princess Yaochi looked angry, and she could see that she didn't have a good impression of Tubo, the princess of Xiangxiong Kingdom.

Du He said tentatively: "The princess seems to hate Tubo!" ”

"It's not just hate, it's anger!" Princess Yaochi said hatefully: "When Tubo was new back then, she showed favor to my father in every way. My father took a fancy to Songtsen Gampo's talent, married my sister to him, and helped him to quell the civil strife. Then he is good, after the power is strong, he married the princess of Nibhara, and left my sister aside, as if he was a widow. And that Niang Chisang Yangton often disguised himself as bandits to intercept my Xiangxiong caravan to avoid contact between my Zhangxiong and the Tang Dynasty, intending to destroy my country's livelihood, which is extremely hateful. Songtsan Xiruo is the same, he is strong in Tibet, and he wants to marry me, and he doesn't look at his virtue, hum! My father said that if it weren't for the Tang Dynasty's big destruction of Tubo this time, I, Xiangxiong, would eventually let Tubo be destroyed. Therefore, I came to the court with the prime minister with the intention of establishing a relationship with the Tang Dynasty, so as not to become a big Tibetan. ”

Du He pondered for a moment, the relationship between Zhangxiong and Tubo was even worse than he imagined, this was a wonderful opportunity to take advantage of, and then smiled: "The princess told me so much to tell me that Datang and you Zhangxiong have common enemies, let me say a few good words in front of the emperor, so as to promote the friendship between Datang and Zhangxiong!" ”

Princess Yaochi smiled embarrassedly and said, "Let you see, I know from Changle that you often chat with the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, and your words have a certain weight in front of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, so I moved this thought." ”

She didn't hide it, but admitted everything calmly, which also made Du He feel good.

"Okay!" He knew that Li Shimin originally planned to form an alliance with Zhangxiong, otherwise he would not treat Xiangxiong so kindly, so he immediately agreed.

"It's not that you want to visit Chang'an, I'll take you to the Furong Garden, where the scenery is no less than the Imperial Palace!" Du He had nothing to do, and remembered the excuse for Princess Yaochi to get rid of Songzan Xiruo, and went up the pole to the tree to accompany her.

Princess Yaochi also smiled happily and nodded in agreement.

After playing for a long time, when I returned to Cai Guogong's mansion, night had already fallen.

Du Ruhui also came back, and Du He asked about Tubo.

Du Ruhui nodded and praised: "What my son said is good!" This Songtsen Gampo is indeed not simple! can afford to take it, put it down, and the writing is also quite outstanding. He personally wrote a thousand-word letter of repentance, expressing repentance and hoping to get along with Datang in a friendly way. ”

"You're not going to agree!" Duhe has a strange face!

Du Ruyan was stunned and said, "What if you don't agree?" The focus of our Datang has always been in the Western Regions, opening up the Silk Road, in order to reduce the burden of the people and strengthen the national strength of our Datang. Tubo is barren, and it is not at all where the center of gravity of my Tang Dynasty is. In the future, it is only necessary to support the Xiangxiong Kingdom to prevent Tibet from becoming bigger, and things in the south will naturally be worry-free. ”

Du He had the urge to jump into the river: "Why are you so pedantic, this defeated country demands peace, no land and no compensation, what is this!" No, Dad, you wait, I'll enter the palace and meet Uncle Li in person! ”