The Northern Army squad returned to China and traveled to Xiazhou, and Xue Chongxun suddenly ordered the disbandment of the army north of the Great Wall, and more than 100,000 horses were successively transferred back to all sides and towns. The shogunate immediately issued a document in the name of Xue Chongxun to visit the states along the route, claiming that he had no intention of sending troops to the army to protect the border people from the suffering of raids and plunder. Then Xue Chongxun led the second army of Shence and Mingguang into Guanzhong, with only 20,000 people, and the state capitals met each other without any conflict.

It didn't take long for Xue Chongxun to get the news from Chang'an, Princess Taiping was disgusted with the cold weather and left Beijing to go to Huaqing Palace to soak in hot springs. In this way, the nerves that people in the world had just been stimulated thought that the sky was about to change, and now they suddenly eased up. Princess Taiping's mother and son's actions gave people the impression that Xue Chongxun dismissed the army to show his innocence, and Princess Taiping also thought that the matter was a misunderstanding, so she went to Huaqing Palace to enjoy herself. However, of course, people with insight will not think that things will be so simple, and most of them watch the fire from the other side and wait to watch the show.

In any case, the shape shì is really relieved a lot, at the beginning, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were in the northern tiger eye, and the military power was in the hands of Xue Chongxun, the edict of the imperial court was useless at all, and it was possible for a big war to break out if Yan zhòng got up; Now that the army has been disbanded, Xue Chongxun only brought back 20,000 Beijing battalions that belonged to the Beiya, and there was no sign of using force. Guanzhong has always been the military center of the Tang Dynasty, even if the armament has been slightly lax for many years, but the garrisons are still retained in various places; Chang'an, the capital division, has a forbidden army and the southern soldiers of the upper fan to defend the city, and Chang'an is a city with the nature of a military fortress, so it is not easy for Xue Chongxun to use 20,000 troops to capture Chang'an. Without the deterrence of force, and then they can be reasonable, the scholars and doctors are a lot relieved...... As for why Xue Chongxun gave up such an opportunity, people don't know.

During the lunar month, the people who came back from the north arrived in the Guanzhong Plain, and Xue Chongxun wanted to go to Huaqing Palace to meet Princess Taiping, and picked a special gift.

Previously, the various tribes gathered in the Shan Yu Protectorate to divide the interests, Xue Chongxun promised the Tiele tribes to borrow the western part of the Monan grassland to give them grazing, and the tribes sent dozens of Hui girls who could sing and dance in order to express their gratitude. These people are very good at the popular dances of various ethnic groups in the northwest, and they are more authentic than the Hu dances learned by the courtesans in the Chang'an court. Xue Chongxun wrote a letter to Huaqing Palace, fearing that his mother would be deserted there, so he offered a band for her recreation.

The main entertainment of the court ladies was nothing more than banquet singing and dancing, and sure enough, Princess Taiping was very satisfied with this gift and accepted it. Xue Chongxun then took the Hui Wu Girl to Huaqing Palace with a small group of guards and entourage.

Along the way, he suddenly thought: To this day, there is still trust between me and my mother, Princess Taiping, at least she doesn't think that I will harm her, otherwise what would she do when she went to Huaqing Palace at such a time? 20,000 horses are not enough to fight Chang'an, and it is easy to take Huaqing Palace.

There have been many conflicts between Xue Chongxun and Princess Taiping, but each time it has not intensified, he feels that in addition to the reason for mutual compromise, the biggest factor may be personal feelings, at least Xue Chongxun feels that it is not easy.

After the group arrived at Huaqing Palace and settled, Princess Taiping held a dinner in the Changchun Hall in the middle of Huaqing Palace. As soon as the banquet began, Princess Taiping ordered the new dancers to perform on stage. Although those people were tired, it was very important to be able to perform their talents in front of the high-ranking people in the Tang Dynasty, so they changed their clothes and prepared to go on stage immediately.

Princess Taiping sat in the center, Xue Chongxun sat on the side, and all the officials and literati sat in the banquet. First, there was a light and joyful drum beat, and then I saw the dancers walking up lightly, and the smiles on their faces made the atmosphere of the banquet gradually relaxed.

They first danced a "Hu Xuan Dance", and the most important movement in the whole performance was the rotation of the body, the dance sleeves were like snowflakes fluttering in the air like fluffy grass flying in the wind, the movements were light and the rhythm was distinct, and they were really skilled.

Princess Taiping looked at it and smiled, as if her mind was on watching the performance. When everyone saw her expression, they couldn't help but sing praises of virtue and all kinds of auspicious words, and the literati wrote a poem to praise the joyful scene at this time.

Everyone is also in awe of Xue Chongxun, but somehow they still unconsciously talk around Princess Taiping on the scene, and it is easy to ignore this King of Jin. It is about the fact that his words are few and not too noticeable, and the reverence for him rests only on rumored deeds.

Xue Chongxun accompanied Princess Taiping to a banquet, and walked and chatted with her in the halls for a long time. Unexpectedly, she didn't mention anything serious, as if nothing had happened. Naturally, Xue Chongxun didn't mention the stubble, and he didn't know how to respond when he really said it, and those things that were openly claimed were obviously meaningless to say in front of Princess Taiping. The only thing she mentioned was to praise Xue Chongxun for winning another battle in the Shan Yu Protectorate, and let him go back to Chang'an to receive the reward from the world. Xue Chongxun asked Princess Taiping to return to Beijing together, but she only said that the weather was too cold, so it was better to stay in Huaqing Palace for the winter.

Xue Chongxun's subordinates were still waiting for him in the army, and the next morning he said goodbye to his mother and returned to the camp to continue his journey. Two days later, most of the Mingguang Army was transferred to the old site of Wugong County, and 10,000 people of the Shence Army entered Beijing with Xue Chongxun.

At this time, Princess Taiping was not in Chang'an, and the power of the court was actually in the political hall, and the emperor's words obviously had no effect for a long time. When the Shence army arrived at the main gate of Chang'an, Mingde Gate, they saw that the city gate was wide open and undefended, and after a while, they saw the forbidden army cleaning the avenue, and many officials greeted them at the city gate.

Wang Changling built yì Xue Chongxun didn't show off his martial arts, he changed his armor and wore a purple round-necked official robe and rode into the city according to his words. When I walked into the Mingde Gate, I saw that the wide avenue in the middle was very empty, and there were forbidden army sentries standing on both sides, and idle people were not allowed to go on the road at this time. Xue Chongxun suddenly had a strange feeling: Chang'an is an empty city. However, reason told him that this was just an illusion, Chang'an had a population of about one million as in the past, and the palace, court, government, and city were all available, and now there was only one less princess Taiping.

A few days after Xue Chongxun returned to Chang'an, something unexpected happened, the ministers wrote to persuade him, and various rhetoric persuaded him to be the emperor. This matter gradually spread among the market, and everyone from the minister to the common people knew about it. Some people worry about whether the vested Yiqiē will be shaken, and some people think that the time has come to get ahead...... The worst time is probably the emperor who lives in the Daming Palace.

Li Chengning has clear eyebrows, beautiful manners, and is also literate, and he is not a bad person, but he can't see the wisdom and domineering of the ancestors of the Li family from him, and he has no momentum at all. The courtiers all sighed in their hearts when they were spared the saints, and the extraordinary people who were able to turn the tide in the current situation were obviously not the same people as they are today. Moreover, he has an empty reputation, but he has no usable strength: Princess Taiping has lived in Daming Palace for several years, and the palace institutions such as the Inner Servant Province have been purged several times, and there is no one Li Chengning can use at all; The generals of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army are also those who are clearly positioned, and it is a joke to think that they can be mobilized with an edict; Not to mention the Nanya Imperial Court. At this time, even if Li Chengning had any ideas, he couldn't even pass on Chang'an City.

His biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhao, panicked, wanted to find someone to come up with an idea of how to settle down, but there was not even a reliable person for the time being, and the only people who could speak were a few Wenchen of the Hanlin Academy. Those people are literati who were evaluated by Princess Taiping and the prime ministers as having no practical materials, and they are okay with dancing and writing, and there is nothing merit in doing business. They were flattered by the importance of the Son of Heaven, and were often summoned to the temple to talk a few words.

Empress Dowager Zhao herself felt that these people were unreliable, and later simply summoned Zhongshu in the name of the Son of Heaven to order Zhang Shuo to enter the palace to discuss matters. When the eunuch went to the political hall outside the Xuanzheng Hall to inform Zhang Shuo, Zhang Shuo was very surprised, and he didn't want to go, but after thinking about it for a while, he still went. He thought to himself that no one would suspect that I could have anything to do with Imagami, and that it would be okay to see him.

Empress Dowager Zhao asked him: "Recently, I have heard many rumors, does the King of Jin want to give up the throne in Chan today?" ”

Zhang Shuo was stunned, the throne of the Heart Dao is so light? This is the second time you want to give in, and I have never seen such a willing to give way to the virtuous since ancient times. Zhang said and bowed: "Gossip is nonsense, and the minister has never heard of such a thing." The twists and turns of the Jin king's book only said that he led the army to settle the border and settle the people. ”

Empress Dowager Zhao frowned and said, "Zhang Xianggong is thinking that as a minister of Li Tang, can you say a word about how my mother and son can keep safe?" ”

Zhang said in his heart: The ancestral society is almost gone, and he only thinks about his life, which is really a pity.

But Empress Dowager Zhao's words still made Zhang Shuo a little moved, and he hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and saying: "Does the Empress Dowager know about the state affairs after Li Sanlang escaped from Chang'an?" The court's aftermath policy is based on appeasing the matter, which does not confirm that the current group of people in the temple are not the same as Wu Zhoushi, and there will be no situation of a large number of implications and cleanups, so in recent years, people's hearts have gradually become peaceful, and there has been a sign of peace. Although the society is still in an eventful autumn, those who are in charge of the country can clearly understand the hearts of the people, and they will not change the national policy lightly. The Queen Mother was a little restless. ”

Empress Dowager Zhao was skeptical when she heard this, but what Zhang said finally sounded a little eyebrow, which sounded more reliable than those who talked nonsense.

Zhang said goodbye, and the Empress Dowager Zhao returned to Penglai Palace to persuade Li Chengning with his words, Li Chengning believed his mother's words, so he ate more rice into the two meals. One night, his favorite concubine couldn't stand it anymore, and complained: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can you sigh all day long, there is nothing you can do?" Li Chengning sighed with an aggrieved look: "The strong ministers are on the side, the world is difficult, I have been in such a situation since the day I ascended the throne, no one listens to the order, even if it is the Son of Heaven, what can I do?" The concubine said: "There must be righteous people in the world, isn't there a period in the play where the Han family is declining, and Dong thieves force the palace emperor to collect the blood book of loyal ministers with ribbons to edict the king of the world?" You can't learn from your predecessors, so don't be afraid of this! Li Chengning was shocked and didn't care about his demeanor, so he stretched out his hand to cover the concubine's mouth. G