King Qin spent more than half a month to rectify the military affairs of Luoyang City, pacify the people, and after half a month, he left his cronies to guard Luoyang, and he escorted Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and others back to Beijing.

King Qin leveled Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, the two largest anti-king forces in the Central Plains, with his own strength, and his prestige reached its peak at once.

When his army returned to the court, Gaozu Li Yuan led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him outside Chang'an City.

As soon as Li Shimin's army crossed the Qinling Mountains, he saw Gaozu's Luan car parked outside the city gate, and all the generals were taken aback.

Li Shimin galloped over, and when there were still dozens of meters away from Luanjia, he turned over and dismounted, rushed to Luanjia in a few steps, knelt on one knee, bowed his head with a military salute, and said: "My father welcomes him here with the respect of the Son of Heaven, and my son is terrified." ”

"Knock on Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live." The generals behind King Qin dismounted one after another, bowing up and down from afar, and the loud and neat sound swept like a landslide and tsunami, shaking the ears of all the people present.

The pride in Gao Zu's heart, who had also galloped on the battlefield for many years, was ignited at this moment, and this scene reminded him of his eventful years.

But seeing him step down from Luan's car in one step, he shook off the hand of the eunuch and walked in front of Li Shimin with a laugh: "Haha, Wu'er pacified Luoyang and Hebei in one fell swoop, and since then there is no opponent in the Central Plains who can match my Li Tang." ”

"This kind of merit, no matter how great the glory is, it can be deserved, not to mention welcoming my father to the outside of the city, my son hurry up, all the soldiers have also worked hard, let's get even." He laughed as he reached out and pulled Li Shimin up.

Gao Zu was happy in his heart, and the words that came out of his mouth were a little floating, no, as soon as his voice fell, the faces of several old ministers who followed him suddenly changed, and the big guy subconsciously looked at the prince, only to see that the prince Li Jiancheng's face had sunk.

Li Shimin, who was helped up by Gaozu at this time, saw the prince's obviously unhappy face, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "My father has won the award, and this Eastern Expedition can be a big victory, in addition to the efforts of the generals, not to mention the scheduling and full support of the father and the prince's brother. ”

Li Shimin's words were not all polite, the battle against Luoyang lasted for nearly a year from July last year to the present, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources were spent.

If it weren't for the strong support of Gaozu and the crown prince behind him, keeping the grain and grass materials unimpeded, and avoiding the worries of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, Li Shimin would not have been able to achieve such a big victory even if he had great ability.

Gaozu saw that his son had won such a big victory and could be so apologetic, and his heart became more and more happy, and the prince's sunken face unconsciously stretched a lot, only Yuanji's face was not good-looking.

He followed behind Li Shimin, his face was so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping, it seemed that he would always be like this, as long as the second brother was there, he would be the focus of everyone, and no one would ever see him.

Especially remembering that he had won the battle in Luoyang, but was scolded by the second brother so bloody, Yuan Ji became more and more resentful.

"Fourth brother, I see that your face is not very good, what's the matter?" Li Jiancheng, who has always loved Yuanji, saw that his face was very ugly, so he couldn't help but pay attention, and on the way back to the palace with everyone, he deliberately slowed down, and waited until Li Yuanji came to his side and asked.

"Humph!" Li Yuanji snorted lightly in his nose and was reluctant to speak.

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly, but there were people all around, he didn't want to ask too much, and Du Ruhui, a subordinate of King Qin, also saw Yuan Ji's face, and his heart tightened for no reason, but at this moment, he couldn't say anything.

The King of Qin fought such a big victory, and it was inevitable that he would be rewarded for his merits, but this battle was really a big victory, and the emperor still needed to discuss it with the ministers, and it was impossible to come down at that time.

Gaozu personally welcomed the King of Qin into the palace, and asked Dali Temple to pick up Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande and others, and after asking a few words about the current situation of Luo out of the city, he let him go back to the house to rest.

When Li Shimin returned to the palace, the eldest grandson princess took his three sons and a group of concubines to welcome him to the door.

He jumped off the horse's back in one step, hurried to his wife, reached out and gently held her hand, and looked at her affectionately and said, "Guanyin, I'm back." ”

"It's good to come back, this is our other son, who hasn't been named yet, waiting for you to come back and pick it up." The eldest grandson's face turned slightly red, she quietly broke away from her husband's hand, turned around and took the son who was just born at the end of October last year from Yahuan's hand, and spoke.

"It's another son, okay, my Li Shimin's wish in this life, I only hope that my Tang Dynasty will be forever, the country and the people will be safe, the people in the world will no longer be displaced, and everyone can have enough to eat, this child will be called Li Tai." Li Shimin stretched out his hand and hugged his son.

Li Tai, who has just been in the past eight months, has never seen his father, and Li Min has just returned from the battle, and the battle robe on his body has not been taken off, and the bloody killing atmosphere is very strong.

Seeing this, the eldest grandson and princess immediately reached out and took the child, Li Shimin was stunned, and then looked down at the armor on his body, and suddenly understood.

The eldest grandson princess handed over the child to the nurse beside her to comfort her, and pulled out Li Chengqian and Li Ke, who were hiding behind her.

Li Chengcheng was already two and a half years old, and Li Ke was only three months away from being two years old, and the eldest grandson, the princess, led them to Li Shimin, squatted down and said to them with a smile: "Come, call my father." ”

Li Shimin has been away from home for a year, and when he left, Li Chengqian was only one and a half years old, and Li Ke was less than a year old.

Listening to the words of the eldest princess at this moment, the two babies tilted their heads and looked at Li Shimin, and did not speak, Concubine Yang was a little anxious when she saw this, but at this time, she was inconvenient to say anything.

Just when everyone thought that the two babies couldn't make a sound, the two children called at the same time: "Father." ”

"Yo, you still know your father." Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but then he was overjoyed, one in one hand, and hugged the two babies at the same time.

"Father, you stink." Li Chengqian was nearly eight months older than Li Ke, and his speech was more eloquent, he was held into Li Shimin's arms, smelling the bloody smell on his armor, and couldn't help wrinkling his nose, while Li Ke hugged Li Shimin's neck and giggled.

"You stinky boy, you dislike your father at a young age, be careful that I beat you, but Ke'er, you know how to appreciate the battlefield atmosphere of your father at a young age, and it seems that you will also be a fierce general in the future." Li Shimin couldn't help but glared at his eldest son when he heard this, and then praised the second son who had been holding his neck and giggling.