Chapter Seventy-Three: The Jade Seal of the Kingdom Returns to the Tang Palace

Yuwen Chengji hurried from Chang'an to Luoyang Palace.

"Your Majesty, the county horse said that there was a military victory to report to Your Majesty, and now I hurried to the outside of the palace to ask for a meeting." Wang De entered the hall and respectfully saluted.

"Let him in!"

Yuwen Chengji walked into the hall, knelt down with his sword in both hands and saluted: "Your Majesty, the border pass has been reported since the Battle of Hexi in November last year, our army has been like a bamboo, and now General Li Jing is about to return to the dynasty to live up to the expectations of the enemy Jieli Khan, and Weichen was ordered to come to report." ”

Li Shimin took the good news and read it carefully, nodded frequently and laughed: "Okay, Li Jing is worthy of being the first god of war in my Tang Dynasty, this battle was fought beautifully, and I will return to the palace immediately to reward the generals and soldiers who have returned victorious." ”

"Yes, Weichen will go and pass the decree."

Wang De staggered into the hall and saluted with a panicked expression: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is not good, all the concubines and Shufei Niangniang confronted each other in Cuiwei Palace, and they said that Shufei Niangniang's identity was fake. ”

Li Shimin and Yuwen Chengji's faces both changed greatly: "Go to Cuiwei Palace." ”

Yuwen Chengji turned around and called Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I believe you should know that your excessive concern will only hurt her." ”

Li Shimin stopped and turned his head to look at Yuwen Chengji: "I have my own measure, Hanyue is my favorite woman, I will do everything to protect her for the rest of my life." ”

"Your Majesty has arrived." Wang De entered the hall and shouted, and Li Shimin walked in from outside the hall.

The concubines stood up and saluted one after another: "See Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin sat up and looked at Yang Hanyue, holding her hand tightly, and watching them wave forward: "Flatten!" ”

Li Shimin looked at Yang Hanyue and nodded, staring at His Royal Highness's Qi Gao clan with sharp eyes: "I already know what's going on, so you can say whatever you want!" However, I would like to remind you that if you frame the imperial concubine, you should be beheaded according to the law of my court. ”

Qi Gao pointed directly at Yang Hanyue and pointed out loudly: "She is not my brother-in-law's daughter at all, I have never seen her." ”

"Presumptuous! Han Yue is my concubine, what should you be guilty of being so disrespectful. ”

Li Shimin roared angrily, frightening Qi Gao's family to kneel on the ground and kowtow repeatedly: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the women don't dare anymore." ”

Wei Guifei stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the concubine believes that Concubine Shu's sister is innocent, but this matter is very important, so it is better to find out and give Concubine Shu's sister justice." ”

Yang Hanyue also left his seat and saluted: "Your Majesty, the concubine is entrusted by someone to hand over a thing to the Qi Gao family, please allow Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin smiled dotingly, looked at her and nodded: "I allowed it." ”

Yang Hanyue slowly walked up to Qi Gao's family, helped her up, and handed her the jade pendant: "Uncle, you should know this jade pendant!" The uncle told the palace that this was a love object given to his aunt when he got married, saying that it was a good match for a hundred years. ”

Qi Gao was taken aback, could it be that she caught them, and looked up at Yang Hanyue's unchanged smile: "Such a precious thing, aunt take care of it!" ”

Qi Gao finally reacted and realized that this woman was not as weak as she looked, but rather thoughtful.

Li Shimin looked at Yang Hanyue's performance and smiled with satisfaction, this little girl is getting more and more like the aura that a princess should have.

"Your Majesty, the people's women have misunderstood the lady concubine, and the old woman is obsessed with money and heard that the lady concubine has been promoted to the fourth concubine, so she wants to extort money by virtue of her kinship."

Yin Derong glanced at Yang Hanyue It's time to give her the final blow, she can finally tear off this mask of hypocrisy: "Your Majesty, there is no wind and no waves, please ask Your Majesty to find out." ”

Xin Yan walked in from outside the hall: "Slave and maid see Your Majesty." ”

Yin Derong smiled slyly, and immediately stepped forward to add fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty, Xin Yan has been in Yang Yushi's Mansion, and she has also been in the Liuyue Gang created by Dugu Tuo, the uncle of the former dynasty, who knows this matter best." ”

"Your Majesty, when the slave maid was on an errand in the Liuyue Gang, I heard the secret conversation between Dugutuo and the county horse, and then the slave maid went to the Imperial History Mansion, and Yang Yushi was grateful for the kindness of the concubine, so he sent the slave and maid into the palace to take care of the concubine."

"According to what you said, Han Yue entered the palace under an impostor, presumptuous! Han Yue is a person next to my pillow, you can tell me why he entered the palace under his false name. ”

"Because Concubine Shuniang, she is the princess of the previous dynasty, the princess of Hanyang, the pearl of Emperor Yang of Sui and Empress Xiao."

Li Shimin laughed, and in the increasingly tense situation: "Everyone in the world knows how Princess Hanyang was resurrected when she lost her life in Jinyang Palace, and she was pulled down and executed by nonsense." ”

"Wait!" Yang Hanyue quickly stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty, whether what they said is true or not, you and I both know it in our hearts, so why hurt others." ”

"Han Yue, I think you know that if you let them go, it will be extremely bad for you."

"The greatest virtue is forgiveness, and besides, they are not wrong, Your Majesty has no need to hide it for Han Yue, in fact, you and I know very well that everything they say is the truth, it's just that Your Majesty wants to protect me, cousin let them go!"

Yin Derong was taken aback, looking at Li Shimin's appearance, he should have known that he had lost, completely lost.

Li Shimin gently helped Yang Hanyue up: "Okay, I promise you, it's just that I hope you can learn to think for yourself." He led her step by step up the steps and sat down, solemnly warning everyone: "Han Yue, I am the person I love the most, I will accept everything from her, and I don't want to hear any rumors that are unfavorable to her." ”

Li Shimin slowly walked into the inner hall and lifted the bead curtain, waved his hand and sat on the edge of the bed, gently scraping her forehead and delicate lips like clear water, she opened her eyes sleepily: "Your Majesty, why are you here." ”

"I'm going back to the palace soon, I asked someone to make you a new skirt, I'm about to see my mother-in-law, you better get up and try it!" lest my mother-in-law see you and say that I have abused my lady in terms of eating and drinking. ”

Yang Hanyue opened her eyes and lay on Li Shimin's knees like a little white cat: "Your Majesty, don't you want to ask me how the Qi Gao clan changed their words halfway." ”

Li Shimin smiled dotingly and stroked Yang Hanyue's hair: "I'm glad that you can learn to protect yourself, I promise you never to ask, when you want to tell me, I can listen to you at any time." ”

"Let's get up and try it!"

"Your Majesty, I'm really sleepy, let me sleep a little longer!" Yang Hanyue turned over, and saw Li Shimin's handsome face falling asleep on his knees.

"Girl, I see you're getting lazier."

Yang Hanyue opened her eyes and looked at Li Shimin unconvinced: "You can't blame the concubines for this, Your Majesty is used to my problems." ”

"Haha, yes, I've spoiled you."

In the huge dormitory, it is good for these two to accompany her like this.

Everyone rushed back to the Chang'an Palace day and night, Li Shimin stood outside the Taiji Hall with all the concubines in court clothes, there were colorful lanterns hanging everywhere, as if the day was dazzling, not far away a woman slowly approached them, Yang Hanyue looked at the woman who was slowly approaching in surprise.

This is really his mother, who is over half a hundred years old but still charming, and her smile is surprisingly breathtaking.

Empress Xiao walked up to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin greeted her: "I've seen my mother-in-law." ”

Yang Hanyue also stepped forward and saluted: "Daughter to see mother." ”

"It is worthy of the Tang Dynasty Emperor to advance and retreat, it is really worthy of the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven to inherit the jade seal and the clan, you can afford it." Empress Xiao took the jade seal and the clan bi from the maid and solemnly handed them to him.

Li Shimin opened the lid, and when he saw the eight big characters of Tianjishou Yongchang, he hurriedly instructed the people next to him to put it away: "Sure enough, it is a heirloom, and my mother-in-law bothered it." ”

The eldest grandson Huiyan stepped forward and greeted very politely: "Old lady, let's temporarily succumb to the Jiashou Palace!" It's good to accompany the sister of the concubine often. ”

Empress Xiao glanced at Yang Hanyue and smiled: "Yue'er, she is still young, and there are still many things she doesn't understand, the queen should educate her a lot." ”

"Old lady, I really know how to laugh, Sister Shufei is gentle and courteous, and she also respects the palace very much, and everyone in the virtuous harem of Sister Shufei is obvious to all."

Everyone entered the hall one after another and took their seats, and the eldest grandson Huiyan, Wei Guifei, Yang Hanyue, Yan Jingshu and the concubines of the harem sat down in a certain order.

Li Shimin entered the hall and sat down, at this moment, he waited for four years, and began a large-scale reward for meritorious deeds: "The generals and soldiers of this war of exterminating the ** Turk have made great contributions, I am very happy, Li Jing should be the first to make you the secretary of the military department, and reward 10,000 taels of silver." ”

Li Junxian also stepped forward to listen to the seal: "Li Junxian, you have proved that I am not wrong with your outstanding military exploits, Li Junxian was named the Duke of Wuling County, and the title of Duke of Wuguo was 3,000 households, and General Wuwei was appointed to guard the Xuanwu Gate." ”

"Other soldiers and generals, I will reward meritorious deeds."

Several people stepped forward to thank him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”

The situation in the DPRK has changed dramatically at the moment of celebration of the reward of meritorious deeds, which reflects that sentence Some people are happy and some are worried, and his intuition tells him that he should act, otherwise, he will die without a place to be buried, and the fat difference of the military department Shangshu suddenly changed hands, and the ministers naturally knew who it was aimed at, but for Li Shimin's reward to Li Junxian, the ministers still did not know what His Majesty the Emperor wanted.

Li Shimin's eyes became fierce and complicated, and his expression was mixed with a hint of murderous aura: "There are both merits, and naturally there are also experiences, bring people in." ”

Several people consciously took a few steps back, and the Imperial Forest Army forced a burly man to push him down and kneel on the ground: "Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, since I have been defeated, I will listen to life and death." ”

"Jieli Khan, when I first ascended the throne, you suddenly attacked, but at that time, our army's combat effectiveness was not strong, and in order to seek a temporary recuperation, I was forced to sign the covenant of the Weishui Alliance, the terms of which are still vivid in my mind, and I have disturbed the border with North Korea many times in the past few years, killing tens of thousands of people, and your conscience is still peaceful."

"But I won't kill you, whether to go or leave it to you to decide, I am not belligerent, but I have never been afraid of war." Li Shimin took the sword from the sword stand and cut the rope that bound Jieli Khan.

"Jieli, the crime is unforgivable, please ask His Majesty the Tang Emperor to be angry." Jieli Khan was reluctant to get up, but knelt down on one knee to ask Li Shimin for his guilt.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, there is no one in the world to be able to win the virtue of the four seas, and now Jieli is replacing the leaders of the grasslands, and I ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to lead us to prosperity like the sage Khan of the past, and the leaders of the grasslands and other grasslands ask His Majesty the Emperor to accept the title of Tian Khan, so far my grassland departments would rather be the leaders of the Tang Dynasty."

In 630 A.D. (the fourth year of Tang Zhenguan), the battle of **extermination** Turk was victorious, and since then, **Turk has been included in our Chinese territory, Li Shimin complied with the requirements of the grassland tribes and became the Khan of the various vassal states of the grassland, officially opening the unique Tian Khan system of the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years.