The 100,000 troops who went to Gaochang in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan returned to the dynasty and returned triumphantly after a full twelve months.

It was not until the main army of 30,000 arrived outside the Jinguang Gate in Chang'an that the news of the return of the soldiers entered Beijing and spread in all the gates, prefectures and even streets and alleys.

The expeditionary army stopped in front of the Jinguang Gate, although the journey was full of wind and frost, but it was not in a hurry to enter the city, such a big victory, how could it be less than the official wind and dust.

So a group of ministers who received the letter were entering the palace one after another, wanting to invite the prince to go out of the city to greet him in person.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the palace, they learned that the prince was sick and bedridden, and it was inconvenient for them to come forward, so they asked Sun Wuji, the eldest prince of Zhao State, to preside over on his behalf.

Sooner rather than sick, late not sick, but at this time he was sick, the ministers were suspicious, and they couldn't let the soldiers outside the city wait for a long time, so after discussion, it was decided that the respected eldest grandson Wuji would preside, Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong would convene the officials above the fifth grade in the court, and notify the Ministry of Rites to prepare the ceremony as soon as possible, and all of them rushed to Jinguangmen to receive the wind.

After such an arrangement, by the time the eldest Sun Wuji arrived at the west gate of Chang'an with a group of courtiers, it was already nearly dusk.

The 30,000 troops who stayed outside the city, lined up neatly, boundless at a glance, their uniforms were torn and dirty, their weapons were damaged and in shortage, and their bodies smelled bad, but they passed through the harshest sea of sand, experienced dust storms, hunger, cold and killing, and embarked on a journey to maintain the honor of the Tang Dynasty, moving forward indomitable, worthy of their home and country.

They stood there upright, not the joy of victory, but the heaviness and silence after the battle, as if a dark cloud was hidden over people's heads, containing a storm.

In the face of such an amazing blood-draining army, the courtiers who went to greet him were shocked, but when several generals who led the army drove forward to contact each other, and the two sides met each other, it was the biggest "surprise" of the day.

Surrounded by several people, a person descended from the dark gray war horse, took off the tasseled helmet on his neck, clamped it under his arm, revealed an expressionless face, and said to the ministers who came to receive the wind:

"You all go out of the city to greet you, and this king will thank you."

Looking at Li Tai, the king of Wei, who should have been escorted back to Beijing, but appeared in front of them in a good manner, and took over the duties of generalissimo, the ministers were stunned.

The Tang army that went to Gaochang to conquer won the battle, under the command of Hou Junji, 3,000 pioneers took the lead in capturing Gaochang Tiandi City in June of that year, and the army took the capital of Gaochang directly, 100,000 soldiers came to the city, Gaochang King Lu Wentai died of fear and sudden death, the Turkic army stationed in the Khan Futu City was scattered, and Lu Zhisheng, the son of Lu Wentai, surrendered to Tang.

The news of Gaochang's destruction was widely spread to Beijing as early as two months ago, but the return of the soldiers to the dynasty today has brought truly amazing results

It turned out that when Hou Junji led the army to destroy Gaochang, Li Tai led several armies and the same army that had been lost in the Great Sand Sea because of the dust storm before, and quietly sneaked into the Turkic territory from the west, taking advantage of the large number of Turkic troops to help Gaochang, raided the two major tribes on the west side of the Broken Leaf River, captured the land of the five Turkic cities, captured 10,000 people, and after the victory, he suppressed the defeated army to the north, so that it could not be reinforced, and was trapped in Sushui, and the covenant Broken Leaf Town, ten years must not cross the boundary, defeated two departments, and paid tribute to Chang'an every year.

These two victories are comparable in terms of merit, but although the former has the ability to destroy the country, in terms of the results of the war, it is weaker than the latter.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks have been a major threat to the Western Regions, in recent years, the Turkic state is strong, living in the north, actually eyeing the Tang Kingdom, monopolizing the Western Regions countries and Tang contact, and repeatedly offended, this big victory, heavy damage to the Western Turks, the alliance of broken leaves, but also opened the door for the Western Regions countries to exchange business with the Tang Dynasty, since then many states can come to the court, the significance is not trivial.

As the general of the Tang Army's expedition, after this battle, it is not a problem to increase the official and enter the knighthood, and the person who leads the army is said to be immortal, but it is not far away.

Just when such an overwhelming victory spread throughout Chang'an, because Hou Junji acted misproperly in Gaochang and was imprisoned, the ministers gathered in Dali Temple were in dispute.

"General Hou's actions, although they lack consideration, but compared with his merits, there is really no need to get to the bottom of it."

"Neither is it true, merit is merit, and transgression is transgression, how can merit be wrong."

"According to what Lord Song said, then the prince of Wei did not listen to the commander's orders, attacked the Turks privately, and put the 30,000 army in danger, not to investigate his fault."

"Hmph, one is a strategy, the other is a private business, how can these two things be compared? There are people like Lord Dou who avoid without a fight, and only then will Gaochang Xiao'er have no fear and despise the prestige of our country. ”

"You, you and I are just talking about things, why do you need to be far-fetched?"

"Song is also talking about things, we have just met General Hou, he also admitted his mistake, and said that he was voluntarily escorted back to Beijing by King Wei."

"Okay, okay, don't fight, what about His Royal Highness King Wei, who can see King Wei?"

Everyone stopped arguing and looked left and right, but they couldn't find the trace of Li Tai, who had just personally sent Hou Jun to Dali Temple.

Outside Zhaohua Mansion, Li Tai left from Dali Temple and got straight into the carriage that came to pick him up, and Ah Sheng, who arrived in Chang'an half a day early, was in the car and took the silver helmet in Li Tai's hand.

Li Tai hurried overnight, barely sleepless, leaned against the wall of the car, closed his eyes and listened to Ah Shengyu's report on the situation in Beijing, and when he finished speaking, he asked a little hoarsely:

"Where is the princess now?"

Along the way, with the army, rushed for days, did not stop much, the news on the way was blocked, even Ah Sheng came back in the middle of the night last night, only to hear the news that Yu Yu returned to Beijing with Princess Pingyang more than a month ago.

"The princess is now in Chang'an, the palace has been sealed, and the Furong Garden has been allocated to Princess Changle by the prince, and the princess has nowhere to go, so she lives in the third princess's mansion."

Li Tai's eyes opened suddenly, his brows furrowed, and he was puzzled and a little worried about Yu Yu not listening to his warning and returning to Beijing ahead of schedule.

"Master, princess, she-" Ah Sheng saw his face, thought of what he heard from Qi Zheng last night, and opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw Li Tai close his eyes again, he knew that now was not a good time to learn words, so he lifted the corner of the car curtain and said to the groom:

"Let's go to the Third Princess's Mansion first."

There is no need for Li Tai to speak, Ah Sheng also knows where to go now.

In the evening, Zhaohua Mansion, in the flower hall in the front yard.

Sun Lei stubbornly opened his mouth and told the truth that Yu Yu was summoned into the palace by the prince four days ago, and that he had been detained so far.

Several servants around Yi Yu, except for Qin Lin, who was still in the backyard to take care of the light raindrops that did not come out, Pingtong and Pinghui were all in this house, standing in front of Li Tai one by one in shock, Li Tai's sudden return made them panic.

Li Tai rarely loses his temper, he will not loudly reprimand his subordinates, nor will he punish his subordinates, often just need to look at him lightly, which will make people feel frightened.

But now, his usually calm face was so scary that people didn't dare to gasp when they saw the atmosphere, and they obviously felt the anger suppressed under his silence, and even Ah Sheng didn't dare to speak up.

After a short while, Li Tai suddenly got up from his seat, strode out, and walked away in a few blinks of an eye, Ah Sheng hurriedly trotted to follow, and he didn't even have time to tell Sun Lei or them anything.

"Whew," waited until they walked far away and disappeared, Pinghui let out a sigh of relief, holding on to his chest, very afraid, but more worried:

"Where is the prince?"

Pingtong said uncertainly: "It's not easy for us to enter the Daming Palace, but the prince is much more convenient, he should go to invite Princess Pingyang, now it's good, the master should be able to come back." ”

Sun Lei silently listened to their speculations, thinking of Li Tai's gloomy face when he left, and had a faint feeling in his heart that it was difficult to be good this time.

When she woke up from her coma, it was already night, and when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a strange hut, with a hard bed board underneath, and there was not even an oil lamp in the room, and she could only see the night light outside from the closed window screen opposite, knowing that it was night.

"Shhh

In the dimness, she groped her way to her feet, and was moved twice by the debris on the ground before moving to the door, and pushed, but the wind did not move, and she walked to the window again, but she could not open it, and it was obvious that someone had nailed it from the outside.

She checked her body and found that her clothes were properly dressed, but the ring and bracelet where the poison was hidden were gone.

After she gave birth to Xiaoyudi, for fear that she would accidentally bring it to her daughter and hurt the child, she was not like carrying a medicine bag with a poison bag like before, and she didn't even put the small silver knife that cut iron like mud on her body, so the only two poisons were searched, and only her bare hands were left.

Yi Yu didn't knock on the window and knock on the door to call people, and the prince's dissolute behavior before she fell unconscious made her dare not attract him again.

After standing quietly by the only window that let in light for a while, Yu Yu felt his way back to the cold bed, shrunk in the corner of the bed, hugged his knees, and curled up his cold limbs in an attempt to keep warm.

She looked at the small window, I don't know how long it took, her cheeks were a little cold, she lowered her head and rubbed the moisture in her eyes on the back of her hand, she took a few big breaths, thinking of her daughter, thinking of Li Tai, she swallowed back the cry, but her stomach rang uncontrollably.

On this day, I only had one breakfast, and hunger was secondary, and my pinch throat was dry and painful, and my thirst was unbearable.

"Clang" A lock sounded, the body of the relict jade shook slightly, and she shrank back, and saw that the closed door panel was pulled away from the outside, and a little dim light appeared in her eyes, which was enough for her to see that the person who came was a woman's figure, and she was frightened.

Yi Yu made a sound, she was so dumb that she couldn't hear it, but the person who came seemed to hear it, stood still, took something from the hand of the attendant outside the door, the door was closed, she guarded the candlestick, and walked over.

"Don't be afraid, princess, it's me."

Someone approached, Yi Yu looked at her blurred face, a few thoughts flashed through her mind, and she was not sure:

"Miss Yan?"

"It's me, the princess doesn't have to be called that, Wan'er is now a lady of the prince, and she is no longer a lady in the mansion."

Yan Wan laughed at herself, put the bamboo basket in her hand aside, took out the teapot and teacup, poured a cup and handed it to Yi Yu.

(It's the end of the year, the last day, the fruit begged for a pink ticket, tomorrow off, will write more.) ）。