125. Sister and Brother Narrative (I)
Li Xiuning entered the palace with the emperor's ministers, and when the courtiers dispersed, she was left behind by the emperor.
All the ministers knew the emperor's thoughts, naturally no one wanted to stay and peep into the conversation between the emperor's father and daughter, the big guy retreated slightly, and when Li Erlang was about to leave the palace, he saw his sister winking at him, he was stunned at first, and then he understood.
Li Xiuning followed his father to the imperial study, the father and daughter chatted for a long time, and at noon Gaozu left her in the palace to have lunch with him, and after lunch, Li Xiuning said goodbye to his father and left the Taiji Palace.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the palace, she saw her second brother Li Shimin holding two horses in his hands, standing not far from the palace gate waiting for her.
Li Xiuning asked the carriage from the princess's mansion to welcome her to go back first, and she strode towards Li Shimin.
"Erlang, you've been waiting for a long time." Li Xiuning walked up to him, the corners of his lips curled, and he reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
She and Li Erlang are only two years apart, and because the two have the most similar temperaments, for this reason, among the brothers and sisters, the relationship with him is the best.
"I know that my father will leave you for lunch, so I also went home first and had lunch before coming, not long after arriving." Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and smiled, he looked at his sister's beautiful face that had indeed darkened and roughened a lot, and he was a little sad.
"You kid, even if you don't wait long, don't you know how to say something nice to please your sister and me?" When Li Xiuning heard this, he immediately gave him an angry look.
"Oh, my sister never liked to hear hypocrisy before, I didn't expect that after a few months, you would change your temper, and you will definitely change next time." Li Er's eyebrows and eyes contained a smile, but the words that came out of his mouth were quite unbeatable.
No, as soon as his voice fell, Li Xiuning punched over: "Good boy, I haven't been in Chang'an for a long time, no one repairs you, and you don't need to clean up your itchy skin, right?" ”
Li Shimin stood still and didn't move, and after receiving a punch from her, the sister and brother laughed again, and then he looked at Li Xiuning quite seriously and said: "Sister, the situation in our Datang is gradually stabilizing, you will stay in Chang'an to accompany your brother-in-law and children more in the future, don't go out to fight again." ”
"What? Look at your eyes, am I really too ugly to see people? Li Xiuning looked at the tone and eyes of his speech, and couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his cheek.
"No, my sister is still good-looking, but you, as the princess of my Tang Dynasty, should have lived a more leisurely and comfortable life, not as hard as now." Li Shimin has a sour interface.
Don't talk about his father, even when he saw his sister, who was once so unpretentious, now only in her twenties, but because of the weather, she looks several years older than her peers, and he is sad.
"To put it bluntly, you kid still looks down on women, and thinks that women can only live in the back house, right? Hey, that's it, after a few years of fighting, I am indeed a little tired, and it is difficult for Chai Shao and Zhewei, with a wife and mother like me......" Li Xiuning glared at Li Shimin fiercely when he heard this, and then thought of his husband and son, and sighed again.
"Nonsense, brother-in-law can have a wife like you, and Zhewei can have a mother like you, that's their blessing." When Li Shimin heard this, he subconsciously blurted out.
"Oily tone, let's go, go to your house first, my eldest nephew has been more than a year old since he was born, we haven't met yet, let's go see my eldest nephew first." Li Xiuning glared at him.
"Guanyin knows that her sister has returned, and she may not be happy in her heart." Li Shimin heard her mention his wife and children, and there was a smile between his eyebrows and eyes.
"I miss her very much, and I heard that she is pregnant again? Well, in addition to the eldest grandson, I heard that Concubine Yang also gave birth to a son? How is it, is Ruyi still at peace in your house? Li Xiuning took a horse from Li Erlang's hand, turned over on the horse, and spoke.
"She's a smart person who knows what to do in what environment." Li Shimin said.
"Hehe, it's cheaper for you kid, and finally let you enjoy the blessings of Qi people." Li Xiuning, who knew the entanglement between Ruyi and Li Shimin, chuckled, slapped his palm on the horse's back, and rushed out first, Li Shimin followed closely, and his sister and brother galloped all the way in the direction of Qin Wangfu.
When the two left, they happened to be seen by Pei Lian, Pei Lian's eyes rolled slightly, so Li Yuan quickly knew about it.
However, this time Li Yuan's reaction was very flat after hearing about this, and he only said: "Pei Qing, Xiuning has always had a close relationship with Erlang, and the relationship with Erlang's daughter-in-law is also very good. ”
"Her mother-in-law passed away three years ago, there is only one father-in-law and a concubine in the house, Chai Shao was just ordered to leave Beijing not long ago, and he is not in Beijing for the time being, so she will go to her brother's mansion to see the nephew who has not yet met, what's wrong?"
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Pei Lin lightly, Pei Lian's heart sank, but since he was sure to tell the emperor about this matter at first glance, there was nothing transgressive and inappropriate, that is, he made up his mind to use this matter to give Li Erlang some eye medicine here in Gaozu.
Although he has no great talent in political affairs, he is by no means a stupid person, and he will not know that Gaozu's love for Princess Pingyang is far greater than ordinary people, and his trust in her is far beyond ordinary people, but for an emperor, no matter how much trust and favor he has, it is not as important as his own status.
Last year, because of Li Erlang's incident with Liu Wenjing, he was quite resentful of Pei Jing, and more than once in the court, he openly accused him of being ineffective in the war, which made Pei Lian, who was not broad-minded, unconsciously hate King Qin.
It's just that King Qin really has the ability, Liu Wuzhou is such a difficult and ruthless person, he will settle it as soon as he makes a move, although Gaozu loves himself, but relatively speaking, the importance of this second son is far above himself. Now it's rare to encounter such an opportunity to get eye medicine, how can he let it go.
Facing Gao Zu's obviously warning gaze, Pei Lin bent his knees, knelt on the ground, and said with a frightened face: "It's the minister who thinks too much, the minister originally thought that Princess Pingyang and King Qin were both people with heavy palms, and it was not appropriate to get too close, but he forgot that they were close brothers and sisters, please forgive your majesty." ”
"It's good to know that you're wrong, and don't think about it if you're okay in the future." Li Yuan subconsciously frowned when he heard this, was slightly silent, and then waved his hand to let Pei Lin retreat.
"Sister, you said that you returned from a war for more than a year, and after leaving the palace, you didn't even enter the gate of your husband's house and the princess's mansion, so you came to my palace, if this matter is spread to the palace, will your father think too much?" When he arrived at the gate of King Qin's mansion, Li Shimin remembered Liu Wenjing's matter, and when he jumped off the horse, he suddenly spoke.
"With your temperament, you wouldn't have thought much about these twists and turns, but what happened in the capital recently?" Li Xiuning, who had just come off the horse, was stunned at first, and then looked at Li Shimin with a suspicious expression.