262. The Whole Country Rejoices (II)
"It's nothing, I'm just happy." Yang Shufei cried for a while, and then she eased up, and after she wiped away the tears on her face, she said to her son calmly.
Li Ke didn't know about his maternal ancestor, Empress Xiao of the previous dynasty, who had been in the Turks all these years, and Concubine Yang Shufei hadn't missed her mother for a day over the years.
However, with her identity, coupled with the relationship between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty, she has no way at all
I didn't dare to take the initiative to contact him.
But a few years ago, Empress Xiao had someone bring a letter over, in which she told Yang Shufei that she was all right in Turkic, and asked her not to worry about it, but how could Yang Shufei not worry?
She didn't know whether the victory of the Northern Expedition would be a blessing or a curse for her mother, and she didn't know if Jieli Khan would vent her resentment on her mother after the defeat...... But this kind of thing can never be said to the outside world, even if it is a son, it is no exception.
Lan Yi knew what was on her mind, but at this time, she couldn't say anything, so she could only stand beside her silently.
After Li Shimin's initial excitement passed, he first went to Da'an Palace, preparing to tell his father the good news in person.
Although Li Yuan could guess the great victory of the Northern Expedition from the drum of victory, he, as a son, had to go and say something about this kind of thing.
"The son has seen his father, the father, the son came here today to tell his father a good news." Li Shimin came to Li Yuan's dormitory and saluted him before speaking.
"No need to be polite, sit down, you're here to tell me about the victory of the Northern Expedition?" Li Yuan waved his hand and said.
"Yes, this is a great joy, and my son feels that he should share it with his father as soon as possible." Li Shidao.
"You have a heart, as far as an emperor is concerned, you do better than me, and I am not as good as you." Li Yuan looked at him with complicated eyes for a while and sighed.
"The father is serious, but the son should say sorry to his father, the son has been on the throne for a few years, and he has done many things that make his father unhappy, and the son is here to complain to his father." Li Shimin stood up and said with a frightened expression.
"You don't have to be nervous, I'm telling the truth, when you first ascended the throne, it is impossible for me to say in my heart that there is no resentment, especially when you just ascended the throne, and you quietly released nearly half of the palace in the palace."
"After the release, I was really angry, when the Turkic army besieged the city, although I had no intention of escaping, but I also had a little bit of excitement in my heart."
"I want to see how you, who have never surrendered to defeat since childhood, will deal with this situation, and even think, if Chang'an City is broken and my Tang Dynasty is dead, will you regret the matter of Xuanwumen."
"However, I underestimated you, you are still the bright and bright child who never lost, although you were able to withdraw from the army after exhausting the treasury, but you kept the majesty of my Tang Dynasty."
"After the Weishui Alliance, you have accumulated enough strength to deal with the Turks in only three years, and then, in one fell swoop, you have lost the shame of the year, and your tenacity and fearlessness are beyond the reach of me or your brother."
"You are indeed a person who was born to sit on the throne, back then, if I hadn't insisted on becoming the crown prince, maybe there would have been no tragedy later."
"In the future, don't come to me for any big things, I really don't blame you, and I also feel from the bottom of my heart that you are more suitable than me to sit on this throne, but, as a young man who is still deaf and bright, he has to abdicate the emperor, and it is impossible to say that there is no barrier to you in my heart."
"You must be in the same mood as me, so whether it's for yourself or for me, it's nothing serious, so don't come to see me."
"Of course, I have to celebrate with the presence of the emperor, and I won't lose your face." Li Yuan glanced at him and said quietly.
This is the first time Li Yuan has said so many things to his son so openly since the Xuanwumen incident.
At this moment, Li Yuan had no suspicion or suspicion in his heart, and as a father and a former emperor, he told Li Shimin everything in his heart.
"It's the son who is not the father." After Li Shimin listened, he was silent for a long time, then leaned over and knelt on the ground, respectfully glanced at Li Yuan a few times, and when he got up, a pair of tiger eyes were already faintly red, and the tears in his eyes were rolling.
Coming out of Da'an Palace, Li Shimin went to the Lizheng Hall of Empress Changsun, when he came, it was time for dinner, and Chang'an Princess Li Lizhi and Pheasant Slave were here with her.
"The concubine has seen Your Majesty." When Empress Changsun saw him, she stood up with a pair of children.
"Erchen has seen his father, father, son, son, father....." Li Lizhen and the pheasant slave also saluted him at the same time, but the pheasant slave was not yet two years old, and the words he could speak were limited.
"Here in your mother, we are a family, a family does not have to be formal, and the pheasant slave is speaking more and more smoothly." Li Shimin picked up his wife, then bent down and hugged his son.
"You haven't had dinner yet, but it's time for dinner, so let's eat together?" Empress Eldest Sun glanced at him and asked again.
"It's fine." Li Shimin nodded.
After dinner, Li Lizhen and the pheasant slave went down, and the eldest grandson queen sat down next to him and asked: "When Your Majesty first came, his eyes were still a little red, the victory of the Northern Expedition was a great joy, but what happened to my father?" ”
The children are all there, although she senses that her husband is wrong, it is inconvenient to say more, and she has endured this sentence until now.
"It's not a big deal, I went to report the good news to my father, my father said a lot of things to me, I felt uncomfortable, I felt very sorry for him, as far as my son is concerned, I really didn't do well."
"It's just that he had to abdicate, and he also forced away a few favorite courtiers around him one by one, those people, even if they don't have any talents, as long as they can carry it clearly, don't cause trouble, and keep them to talk to their father, what does it matter, but I ......" Li Shimin said, his eyes unconsciously turned red again.
Empress Eldest Sun didn't speak, but silently stretched out her palm and held her husband's hand tightly......
Three days later, Li Shimin issued an edict, because of the great victory of the Northern Expedition, the whole country rejoiced, authorized the people and courtiers to gather for five days, and at the same time, ordered the imperial historian Wen Yanbo to be the secretary of the Chinese book, Wang Qi served as the servant, and Dai Guanqian, the secretary of the Ministry of People's Affairs, inspected the book of the school history department, and participated in the pre-court Xuan.
Three days later, the ministers were summoned to discuss a series of problems caused by the drought, and the Turkic victory was undoubtedly a happy event for the whole country, but after this battle, if the subsequent series of pacification work was not done in place, there would also be a big chaos.