Princess Pingyang had just sent off the eldest grandson and princess, and someone came to report that the prince was coming, and she hurriedly got up to greet her.

As soon as he arrived at the middle gate, he saw Li Jiancheng striding over, and Li Xiuning stepped forward in three steps and two steps to salute: "Pingyang has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Imperial sister, you and I are compatriots, and this place is an informal occasion, so there is no need to make this big gift, please hurry up." Li Jiancheng stretched out his hand and said with a smile.

"The ceremony cannot be abolished, brother, please." Pingyang stood up and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to him.

"Imperial sister, you and I are going to go on the expedition tomorrow, and my brother came uninvited, I want to discuss with you about the cooperation of the war, if there is any disturbance, please forgive the imperial sister." Li Jiancheng said as he walked inside with her.

"Brother is serious, although you and I are in different locations, the purpose is the same, Pingyang's main duty is also to assist your brother, not to let the Turkic reinforcements enter the border of Hebei, and at the same time cut off Liu Heimin's escape route."

"Even if my brother doesn't come to me, I'll go to my brother to discuss matters related to this battle later." Princess Pingyang said with a smile.

Li Jiancheng laughed, didn't say any more polite words, the two came to the hall and spent more than an hour discussing the various problems that may arise in the war, as well as the echoes between each other and how to deal with them.

At the end of the day, when he left, Li Jiancheng said half-jokingly: "Imperial sister, since the battle against Chang'an, I haven't fought with my brother for several years. ”

"Now I finally have the opportunity to join forces with the imperial sister again, I am really happy for my brother, with the skills of the imperial sister, if you have been allowed to live in the back house, it is Qu Cai, and I look forward to the battle for my brother, the heroic posture and demeanor of the imperial sister can once again become the beautiful talk of my Tang Dynasty."

"The royal brother praised it, as a royal princess, whether Pingyang gallops on the battlefield or lives in the back house, everything depends on the needs of the court."

"The prince's brother Tao is unique, and Pingyang is also very excited to be able to join hands with his brother to fight the enemy." Princess Pingyang replied.

"Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rarely walks around with you on weekdays, but I didn't expect to treat you so seriously and politely." After the prince left, the maid beside Princess Pingyang said with a smile.

"That's kind." Princess Pingyang replied lightly.

"Your Highness, are you in a displeasure?" The maid looked at her face without any mood fluctuations, and was slightly stunned.

"No, you go and see if Da Lang is out of school, and if he gets out of school, bring him over to see me." Princess Pingyang waved her hand.

The maid answered and turned to leave, while Princess Pingyang turned around and walked outside the courtyard, standing in the garden outside the courtyard, looking at the sunset in a daze.

Thinking of the words of Prince Shicai, who was obviously joking, but actually probing, Mo Ming's heart was stained with a haze.

The relationship between the second brother Li Shimin and the prince has weakened a lot in the past two years, and she didn't see it.

But I always thought in my heart that when the state power was stable, the crown prince ascended the throne, and the second brother didn't need to fight everywhere, their relationship would always slow down.

Now she found that things were far from being as easy as she imagined, and the second brother's performance over the years had become a thorn in the prince's heart, making the prince always regard him as his biggest competitor and enemy, and the second brother was not a submissive character......

"A-Niang, A-Niang." Just when Princess Pingyang was thinking about it, the call of her son Chai Zhewei came to her ears.

"Well, after school?" Princess Pingyang came back to her senses, turned her eyes, and saw that the eldest son had come back with Yahuan at some point, and was standing only two steps away from herself, tilting her head and looking at herself suspiciously.

She walked up to him with some amusement and reached out and gently scratched his nose.

"After school, A-Niang, what are you thinking?" Chai Zhewei asked.

"I wonder if you can take care of your brother in the palace when A-Niang is not at home." Princess Pingyang said with a smile.

"Absolutely." Chai Zhewei hurriedly patted his small chest and promised.

Chai Zhewei is eight years old, and his grandfather is at home, so there is no problem for him to stay in Chai Mansion at this age, the problem is that if he is allowed to stay in Chai Mansion and put the half-year-old Chai Lingwu in the palace, Princess Pingyang will have to worry about her two sons at the same time, and she is even more worried.

After Chai Zhewei knew his mother's heart, he immediately volunteered that he was willing to enter the palace with his younger brother and take care of his younger brother.

In this way, when Gaozu asked her to send Chai Lingwu into the palace, she proposed to let Chai Zhewei also enter the palace together, and Gaozu naturally would not refuse this.

On the second day, Princess Pingyang and Prince Li Jiancheng accepted the practice of the Son of Heaven together, led the troops to the battle, and on the first night of her departure, she personally sent the two children to the palace.

After Pingyang set out on the expedition, the eldest grandson had to enter the palace every two days, she now has three children, and there are many chores to take care of in the house, and it is really not easy for her to enter the palace every two days.

However, since she promised Princess Pingyang, no matter how hard she worked, she would not break her promise. Gaozu's harem is generally peaceful, there is no queen in the palace, and Concubine Wan leads the harem on her behalf.

Concubine Wan is gentle, intelligent, and treats all concubines equally, and most of the palace concubines are very convinced of her.

However, since ancient times, the palace has been the most complicated and most struggled place in the world, and no matter how good Concubine Wan is, as long as she sits in this position, she will attract the jealousy and dissatisfaction of others.

Those concubines who know how to measure and advance and retreat are just that, but there are always one or two people in every emperor's harem who have little knowledge, and once they are favored, they will be domineering and willful, and Tang Gaozu is no exception.

Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu beside Gaozu have become the meat of Gaozu's heart since Jinyang and Gaozu got involved, and in the second year of Gaozu's reign, Yin was named Concubine De, and Zhang was named Jieyu.

According to the position, Concubine Yin De is only one level after Wan Guifei, although Wan Guifei is valued by Gaozu, but she is old, although she is ordered to lead the harem, but there is no emperor's favor.

Yin and Zhang are different, the two of them are in the prime of flowers, and their vivid and beautiful bodies have a long-term attraction to Gaozu.

Gaozu's favor for the two of them is far beyond that of ordinary concubines, and as time goes by, they naturally don't take Wan Guifei very seriously.

Especially Concubine Yin De, since she gave birth to a son last year, she was still a little cautious and forbearing, but she has completely begun to let go of herself, and all the hidden ambitions and desires in her heart have been released.

She relied on her youth and beauty, and was deeply favored by the emperor, and she still had a son under her knees, and when she faced tens of thousands of concubines, not only did she not have the slightest intention of retreating, but there were many provocations.

In her opinion, what qualifications does an old and decrepit woman with no children have to rule the harem?