After Li Yuan received Pei Lian's plea, he did not condemn Pei Lian.

Even if Jiangzhou, Jinzhou and other places fell later, Li Yuan did not condemn Pei Lian, but issued an edict to comfort him, and ordered Pei Lian to guard Hedong.

After Liu Wenjing found out, she was indignant and threw things in the study.

"Your Majesty is too partial, and he is also a founding hero, why was I dismissed after the defeat of the army, but Pei Lian was not punished after the defeat, but His Majesty appeased him and ordered him to guard the east of the river?

"Why?"

"Bang!"

Liu Wenjing slammed a wine jar to the ground again, as if the wine jar was Pei Lian, and he was torn apart, and his heart felt a little better.

Concubine Gao knelt on the side, trembling all over, and did not dare to come out.

It wasn't until Liu Wenjing stopped throwing things and calmed down a little that Gao dared to speak: "Ah Lang, Your Majesty has many ears and eyes, beware of the ears on the wall." ”

Liu Wenjing raised her eyebrows: "This is my mansion, who dares to talk nonsense?" ”

As he spoke, his sharp gaze fell on Gao's face: "Will you say it?" ”

Facing his blood-red eyes, Gao's heart trembled, and his body crawled on the ground: "The concubine is Ah Lang's person, so naturally she thinks about Ah Lang wholeheartedly, not to mention, the concubine will never tell outsiders about Ah Lang." ”

Hearing this, Liu Wenjing's eyes showed satisfaction.

And after Li Shimin found out, he said to Qin Shubao: "I didn't expect Pei Lin to be so favored by my father, I really underestimated him." ”

It's a pity that he has failed to win over Pei Lin many times before, otherwise with Pei Lian's status in his father's heart, as long as Pei Lin knocks on the side in front of his father, some things will be more convenient to do.

However, if the current situation continues, the state will be in danger.

As the second prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin didn't want to see Pei Lian's army defeated, nor did he want to hear the news of the fall of Bingzhou.

"No, it can't go on like this."

Li Shimin immediately entered the palace to meet Li Yuan: "Aya, the war in Bingzhou has been lost one after another, and now all the areas north of Jinzhou have fallen, and if it continues like this, Jinyang will not be able to keep it."

"My son asks for war, and I am willing to lead my troops to Bingzhou, recover the lost territory, and eradicate Liu Wuzhou."

His face was full of confidence, as if as long as he stepped out, the state crisis would be solved immediately.

But Li Yuan did not agree: "I know the matter of you staying in Chang'an and the state." ”

In the end, Li Shimin left disappointed.

Because of the war in Bingzhou, Li Yuan has not been able to eat recently, he can't sleep at night, and his mood is very irritable, and he is even careful with hundreds of officials, lest he anger the dragon scales.

But soon, Li Yuan encountered a happy event, which dispelled a lot of the haze in his heart.

On this day, Yu Wenshi came to Chang'an, first went to the palace of King Qin, and then followed King Qin into the palace.

"Aye, look who I brought to you." Li Shimin said to Li Yuan with a smile.

Yu Wenshi, who followed behind, knelt down, carefully put the box in his hand aside, and his attitude was very humble: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Unbeknownst to him, Li Yuan's face suddenly gloomy when he saw Yu Wenshi, and his tone was very indifferent: "What are you doing here?" ”

Li Shimin glanced at Li Yuan, moved two steps to the side, and stood silently.

Yu Wenshi and his forehead pressed to the ground, and his tone was even more humble: "A certain person came to join Your Majesty, hoping to serve Your Majesty's strength." ”

"Humph!" Li Yuan snorted from his nostrils and said coldly: "Six years ago, you talked to me about world affairs, and made a plan to raise the banner of righteousness and attack Guanzhong, if your brothers defeated me, would you still let me go?" ”

Li Shimin's eyes moved, and he was about to study carefully, when the voice of Yu Wenshi sounded in his ears.

Yu Wenshi and Cheng Cheng pleaded guilty in fear: "A crime deserves death, but the war in Henan and Hebei is not what a certain person wants, a certain once persuaded his brother to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but the elder brother did not listen to the persuasion, and a certain had to stay away from the battlefield."

"A certain once conspired with His Majesty to conspire with the current situation, and at that time there was a desire to serve, and later His Majesty was called the emperor, and a certain slave was sent to offer a gold ring, wanting to serve. It's a pity that too many things happened later, and I couldn't go to Chang'an in time to ask for my guilt, and I asked Your Majesty for forgiveness. ”

After speaking, Yu Wenshi kowtowed heavily.

Seeing this, the haze on Li Yuan's face gradually dissipated, and he still kept the golden ring sent by Yu Wenshi.

Besides, Yu Wenshi's sister is his Zhaoyi, and she is very caring, so she should give the beauty a thin face, and she will not embarrass her brother.

"Get up and speak."

Hearing that there was no anger in Li Yuan's tone, Yu Wenshi and his heart were a little calm, and after thanking him, he held the box in both hands and said: "This is a treasure dedicated to Your Majesty, please don't dislike it." ”

Just now, Yu Wenshi put the box on the ground, Li Yuan only glanced at it, but did not take it to heart, and at this time, seeing him solemnly offering treasures, he looked at the box curiously.

"What's in there?"

Yu Wenshi smiled faintly: "It is a treasure that can satisfy His Majesty." ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan became even more curious and glanced at Yue Yu.

Yue Yu immediately stepped forward, took the box from Yu Wenshi's hand, checked it, and made sure there was no problem before giving it to Li Yuan.

When the box was opened and Li Yuan saw what was inside, his eyes instantly glowed.

"It's ...... Decree? Li Yuan was so excited that he couldn't believe it, and carefully took out the jade seal from it and looked at it carefully.

Before Li Shimin led the Yu Wenshi and came to the palace, he did not listen to the Yu Wenshi and mentioned that he wanted to offer the jade seal, and when he saw the jade seal with his own eyes, he took the opportunity to say: "Aya is the son of destiny, the jade seal returns, and the Tang Dynasty will extend the country for thousands of generations, and it will be strong and prosperous." ”

Yu Wenshi followed and said: "The Tang Dynasty has been extended, thousands of generations, and it is strong and prosperous. ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan squinted with a smile: "Reward." ”

Li Yuan rewarded Li Shimin, also rewarded Yu Wenshi, and also named Yu Wenshi and Shangyitong.

After leaving the palace, Li Shimin asked Yu Wenshiji: "Your mother-in-law is also in Chang'an, have you gone to visit her?" ”

Yu Wenshi's wife is the eldest daughter of Yang Guanghe and Empress Xiao, Princess Nanyang.

Speaking of the Xiao family, Yu Wenshi's face was a little unnatural, he left Luoyang in a hurry with his brother, and he didn't have time to take his wife and children with him.

Now, I don't know how my wife and children are doing in Luoyang.

"No, I ...... I'll go to Xiao Mansion first. Yu Wenshi thought that since he had arrived in Chang'an, then Xiao Yu, he would have to see him.

After seeing Xiao Yu, he will make a decision.

Li Shimin just asked casually, this is Yu Wenshi's family matter, he is inconvenient to mention more, so he talked to Yu Wenshi about the situation in the state.

......

In September, Song Jingang pursued and conquered Huzhou.

Pei Lin guarded the east of the river and dispatched nearby troops to gather in one city, but he did not dare to confront Song Jingang head-on, and only sent people to urge the people of Yuzhou and Taizhou to enter the strong fortress every day.

The people of the two states were very resistant and did not want to go to the fortress, so Pei Lin said to the people around him: "The reason why they are reluctant to leave is because they have their savings in the city for several lifetimes, and they are worried about it.

"Without them, they would have entered the fortress."

Although he couldn't defend the city, if he could protect the people, it would be considered a crime.

So, Pei Lin ordered people to burn the people's savings and force them to obey, which caused the anger of the people, and he hurriedly sent people to appease the people.

In the end, although the people were pacified, they were in constant fear and distraction......

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