Zhao Nan buried Chu Chu in the Lingyuan Valley, guarded her here for seven days, and the three-month time given by Li Shimin was about to arrive, and he returned to the Turkic royal city to join Tang Changyu and Liubin.

Zhao Nan returned to the Turkic royal city, and saw Tang Changyu and Liubin looking haggard and worried, both of them had lost a lot, and searched the mountain for three months, but they didn't find anything, which couldn't help but make people disheartened.

The agreed three-month time is up, the three of them can only go back to Chang'an, the summer has arrived, the people in the scorching sun are upset, the three of them go back on the way, Liubin went to Liyun City to pick up Yunqing, after Qingjing City, the four of them went to pay tribute to Chu Chu.

After Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, he didn't go anywhere, but went to Wanyan first.

Wanyan was already four months pregnant, and when she saw Li Shimin come back to see her first, she couldn't help but smile, and Li Shimin also saw Wanyan, and her frowning brows loosened a little.

Wanyan happily threw herself into Li Shimin's arms, Li Shimin carefully looked at the shy woman in her arms, obviously to welcome herself, she had carefully dressed up, carefully described her eyebrows and rouge, dressed in a purple purple dress, wearing the golden step shake she had rewarded when she met for the first time, which was atmospheric and luxurious.

Li Shimin told Wanyan what happened after she left, Wanyan couldn't help crying for her brother, Li Shimin hurriedly comforted, and the two told each other about their lovesickness for so long, but Wanyan saw that Li Shimin was not as happy as she imagined.

"Your Majesty, why is the war already victorious but not happy for you?" Wanyan said with concern.

Li Shimin expressed his concerns to Wanyan: "When I come back from this victory, I naturally want to reward the three armies, and I have thought about other people's rewards, but I haven't figured out how to reward Tang Changyu, you know, since ancient times, there have been many people who have been favored and arrogant by military merits, and there are many people who have heavy troops to disrupt the court, and I have to find a way to contain him." ”

Wanyan thought about it in her heart, but smiled faintly on the surface: "Your Majesty, what's so difficult about this, the concubines have a way." ”

Li Shimin said suspiciously: "Oh, concubine? What can you do? ”

Wanyan smiled confidently: "Find a princess to marry Tang Changyu, he will become your parents, and in the future, the princess will have a son and a half daughter, then it will completely trap him." ”

Li Shimin was a little hesitant: "You also know that Liuning and Tang Changyu have a deep relationship, and now that Liuning is missing, how can Tang Changyu be willing." ”

Wanyan didn't contradict Li Shimin again, but said: "Feelings can be cultivated slowly, I'm afraid there will be no other opportunities." He joined hands with Li Shimin to go to the reception banquet prepared for Li Shimin.

It was already early autumn when the four of them returned to Chang'an City, the weather gradually cooled down, the fallen leaves spread all over the ground, and Chang'an City did not seem to have changed at all, and there was no trace of war.

But these four people have experienced too much wind and frost, and the fatigue in their hearts is far greater than the exhaustion in their bodies.

On the first day of going to the court, Li Shimin announced his will.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said-"

"Tang Changyu is the commander of the first army, with outstanding military achievements, and was named the Duke of England, from the first rank of hussar generals, to the princess of the wedding painting."

"General Zhao Nan galloped on the battlefield, fought bravely to kill the enemy, was named Mu Guogong, the general of the auxiliary country of the second grade, the imperial guard, you can carry a knife in front of the emperor, and serve the emperor."

"The general Liubin was meritorious to the Tang Dynasty, loyal, and was named the king of the Turks, and was given a mansion from the general of the Erpin Town Army, and was specially allowed to reside in Chang'an City."

"The guard general Li Junzhi has meritorious service in dedicating the city, and he was awarded the title of the doctor of the fourth grade, and the mansion was given and a bounty of 1,000 taels."

"General Lin Yilan has meritorious service in escorting, and he has been awarded the title of General of the Fourth Rank of Loyal Martial Arts, with a reward of 1,000 taels."

"Posthumously awarded General Liuning as the general of the army from Erpin Town, and Mrs. Rongguo of Yipin."

"Posthumously crowned General Ding Chuchu as General Congsanpin Yunlu."

"Chin this."

Everyone was a little surprised by such an ending, but the emperor's order was on top and they had to kneel down to thank him, but Tang Changyu was the only one who refused, and stood there straight and refused to thank him.

Li Shimin saw Tang Changyu standing there without any reaction and asked, "Tang Aiqing, do you have any objections?" ”

Li Shimin knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thanks you for your love, but the minister and Liuning are deeply in love, forgive the minister for being rude, and the minister is unwilling to marry the princess." ”

Liubin also kowtowed to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, now that my sister's whereabouts are unknown, Marshal Tang has true feelings, and I hope you can understand." ”

Li Shimin angrily asked, "Isn't my daughter worthy of you?!" Aren't you afraid that I will punish you for a crime of disrespecting the will?! ”

Tang Changyu knelt on the ground weakly and did not speak, and Li Shimin angrily brushed his sleeves away and announced his next court.

For three months, Tang Changyu kept saying that he was sick and did not go to the court, and he secretly did not know how many people he sent to the Turks to inquire about the whereabouts of Liuning, but there was no news.

Tang Changyu and Liubin didn't know how many times they went to Li Shimin in private, until the day before the wedding.

Tang Changyu and Liubin went to see Li Shimin again, and Li Shimin finally summoned the two of them.

Li Shimin was still on top and asked, "Tomorrow is the wedding day, what are you going to do now?" ”

Li Shimin pulled Liubin to kneel: "Your Majesty, Weichen still hopes that you can regain your fame." ”

Liubin bowed to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, my sister's whereabouts are still unknown, you can't just judge that she is dead, I hope you can be more considerate of Changyu's feelings." ”

Tang Changyu continued: "Your Majesty, I only have Liuning in my heart, even if she has gone, I only have her in my heart, I am willing to give up everything for her, and the princess will only be more wronged if she deigns to marry." ”

Li Shimin was still as amiable as before, his brows stretched, he smiled faintly, and helped Tang Changyu and Liubin up: "Changyu, I know that you and Liuning are deeply in love, but the relationship can be cultivated slowly, and my daughter is not bad, you are the only son of the Tang family, your future is limitless, and the fate and hope of your family are all on you." ”

Li Shimin's words are tactful, but he has irresistible power, as an emperor, everything must be strategized in the palm of his hand.

It is necessary to reward every meritorious hero, but how to reward is a science.

Promoting Zhao Nan to the imperial guard is equivalent to separating Tang Changyu and Zhao Nan outside the palace and inside the palace, appointing Liubin as the Turkic king, and staying in Chang'an is equivalent to holding the entire Turkic in his hands, so Tang Changyu's loyalty is also firmly tied.

Li Shimin didn't understand the reason why Tang Changyu kept refusing it, but everything must be in his own hands, and there can be no fault in this family business, only the fate of the family can be suppressed.

Tang Changyu and Liubin saw that no matter how much they insisted, it would be useless, so they asked An to retire.

The two walked to the mansion without saying a word, the mansions of Tang Changyu, Zhao Nan, and Liubin were connected, Liubin patted Tang Changyu's shoulder and comforted: "You have your difficulties, I understand you, and I believe my sister will understand." ”

Tang Changyu, who could get Liubin's understanding, was deeply moved, nodded and walked into the British mansion.

Looking at the subordinates who came in and out and the endless red in his eyes, Tang Changyu suddenly felt very powerless, recalled the bits and pieces of himself and Liuning, and walked out distraught.

But he didn't know that four months ago, Liu Ning woke up in a strange room, and they once again brushed shoulders with fate.

Time back to four months ago, Liu Ning woke up in a strange room, only felt pain from head to toe, up and down his body, looking at the unfamiliar environment, but couldn't get up.

Lying there, I heard as if someone had come in, but I didn't expect it to be an old acquaintance.

It's Yang Huai!

It was still the same pair of bright eyes, but the familiar face was no longer as cold and serious as before, but there was an extra scar on the right side of the neck.

Yang Huai brought a decoction to Liuning, fed Liuning to drink the medicine, looked at Liuning's surprised expression, and smiled gently: "Don't worry, I know you want to ask a lot of questions, I'll tell you slowly." ”

Liu Ning smiled with relief: "It turns out that you are not dead, and I am not dead." ”

Zhao Nan nodded, the light in his eyes became more and more gentle, and while drinking the medicine, Liuning listened to Yang Huai talk about what happened after he went to consciousness.

"I knew you were all looking for me after the fire in the morning, but at that time I was really tired of fighting and killing all day, and I thought it was an opportunity, so I went into seclusion."

"But after all, this is a major event of war, and I still don't worry about you after a while of seclusion, eh...... I don't worry about you, so I'll follow you quietly all the way. ”

"At the beginning, I wanted to help you when you encountered a lot of difficulties, but I was patient, because I found that Jingli was becoming more and more unreasonable."

"Sure enough, as I expected, that day Jingli hijacked you up the mountain, I have been lying in ambush nearby trying to find a chance to save you, but I have never had a chance, Tang Changyu After they came up, I thought the opportunity came, but I didn't expect you to decide to jump so quickly."

"Everyone was stupid by your decision, you didn't see Tang Changyu's appearance at that time, he knelt on the edge of the cliff, and the whole person seemed to be hollowed out."

"Later, Tang Changyu and they looked for you at the bottom of the mountain, I looked for you from the halfway up the mountain, God favored me more, I saw you covered in blood and hung on a tree, hurry up and bring you here for healing."

Hearing this, Liu Ning anxiously grabbed Jingli's arm, and asked expectantly, "Then did you tell Changyu that I was here?" What about them? ”

Yang Huai shook his head, and the light in Liuning's eyes instantly dimmed in disappointment.

Yang Huai explained: "At that time, you were too seriously injured, that is, there was only half a breath left, I was busy helping you find Langzhong, take care of you, and raise money for your treatment, I didn't think about it so much at that time, you have been in a coma, and when I remember this matter, ** has been withdrawn." ”

"Later, I inquired, and their army searched the mountains to find you for a whole month, but because of my problem, you missed it with them, A-Ning, I'm sorry."

Liu Ning smiled, patted Yang Huai and said it was okay, Yang Huai said with a heavy expression: "There is also bad news, Jingli passed away, and Chu Chu also died because of that secret weapon." ”

When Liu Ning heard such bad news, he couldn't control his tears from falling, crying very sadly, and kept sobbing, Yang Huai hugged Liu Ning distressedly: "A-Ning, if you want, live in this secluded place with me forever, let us stay away from those hurts forever." ”

Liuning pushed Yang Huai's embrace, wiped his tears, and his voice was slightly crying: "Brother Yang Huai, I'm sorry, I want to go to Chang'an." ”