The day after Liu Yi and his entourage arrived in Chang'an, the weather began to deteriorate, from the morning, the sky became gloomy, and began to blow the north wind violently, Liu Yi knew that the cold air was coming, and it was possible to snow.

Not out of Liu Yi's accident, the howling north wind blew all day, and at night, the wind gradually subsided, and the big snowflakes began to fall from the sky.

According to Liu Yi's knowledge, the emperor's imperial drive also set off from Luoyang five days after their departure, that is, when this snowstorm hit, the grand imperial driving team just set off for only six or seven days, according to the itinerary should have just left Luoyang two or three hundred miles away, on the way, they will meet this snowstorm head-on, Liu Yi prayed that Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping, the two beauties, would not be in trouble because of such bad weather.

Liu Yi is also sighing that Wu Zetian always likes to run to Luoyang, and it is really a waste of money and labor. The royal drive went to Luoyang, although the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries also went with the royal car, but the middle and lower-level officials of the three provinces and six ministries who were in charge of the main affairs, that is, the officials who mainly did things, were mostly left in Chang'an, and if there was a major event, they still had to go back to Chang'an to deal with it.

Although there are a large number of post stations set up between Chang'an and Luoyang, the fast horses that pass through the post station can basically arrive in one day and one night, but it also takes a day and a night, and the handling of some emergencies can not afford to delay, when the army will go out and there are many important and complicated things to deal with, the order that can be delivered in a day and a night can not be satisfied.

But Liu Yi can't do anything about this, and he can't even give his opinion because of such a thing, Wu Zetian likes to run to Luoyang, and has her own reasons, but Liu Yi feels helpless for the two beauties of Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping, and often has to follow the car for thousands of miles, and it's strange that the little butt doesn't hurt, Liu Yi can't help but feel that pity in his heart.

When Liu Yi was standing in his small courtyard looking at the falling snowflakes and sighing, a domestic servant braved the heavy snow, hurriedly ran in from outside the courtyard, and saluted Liu Yi: "Young master, Madame called you over!"

"Oh, go tell Madame, I'll be right there!"

After the servant left, Liu Yi also turned around and returned to the house, ready to change his clothes, and went over to listen to his mother's instructions.

There was a fire in the house, it was warm, and several maids who had not fully recovered were around, or lying on the edge of the stove and roasting the fire, whispering something, and when they saw Liu Yi coming in, they immediately stopped talking.

Lian said's rapid running, so that these also delicate maids a little irresistible, when they returned to Chang'an's mansion, they were very tired, and even had symptoms, Liu Yi also let them take a good rest, some chores did not tell them to do, maybe such a move for Liu Yi, that is the most normal, but in the eyes of these relatively lowly maids, Liu Yi's instructions are quite surprising, but also moved them, just now they were whispering good things about Liu Yi, the new master, as soon as Liu Yi came in, They immediately stopped talking, and they all stood up, ready to listen to Liu Yi's orders.

"Xiaoyun, Tangning... The young master went to the lady's room, you can rest by yourselves, I will have someone to tell you something!" After Liu Yi finished speaking, he was ready to go out.

"Young master, you wait, the wind and snow are so heavy outside, you put on a robe and go over!" Xiaoyun ran into the inner room, took something like a cloak, and came to Liu Yi's face, "Young master, the slave maid will put it on for you!"

Liu Yi looked at the girl in front of him who had a youthful look and a flush on his face because of his gaze, and did not refuse, let Xiaoyun put it on for him, and then went out of the house under the eyes of Xiaoyun and other maids.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, Liu Yi thinks that the royal driving team will definitely not be able to walk, this delay, I don't know how to get to Chang'an, today is already the tenth day of December, Liu Yi is worried about whether the huge imperial driving team can reach Chang'an before the year.

If these more than 10,000 people are on the road to celebrate the New Year, it will be interesting.

When Liu Yi was worried about Shangguan Wan'er and the others, he also walked into his mother's room.

Liu Yi's two elder brothers, Liu Mai and Liu Yuan, were also in the house, and they were called back by the Zhang family from the tomb of Liu Xianli after receiving the news that Liu Yi would return to Chang'an from Luoyang and go on an expedition in the future.

Liu Yi went on the expedition again, this is something that makes the Zhang family feel extremely painful, she never thought that Liu Yi had just returned from the expedition for half a year, and she would go on the expedition again, this is a situation that she does not want to see anyway, but the edict of the imperial court has been issued, Liu Yi's expedition is a foregone conclusion, no one can change it, and the Zhang family has to gather the three brothers to talk about things.

"San Lang, have you rested?" Zhang saw Liu Yi coming in against the wind and snow, and hurriedly got up to greet him, and without waiting for Liu Yi to salute, he took the hand of his youngest son, who he loved the most but was not easy to see during this time, and asked lovingly.

"Mother, the child has rested, he is not very tired, and he has nothing to do after staying in the house all day!" Liu Yi said with a smile, and at the same time saluted his mother, he also saluted his two elder brothers.

After returning home, his mother Zhang forced Liu Yi to go back to the room to rest immediately, and instructed the maids to wait for Liu Yi to rest and wait for Liu Yi to rest before she left, and told Liu Yi that before she sent someone to pass the news, she asked Liu Yi to rest in the house and not go out.

Originally, he wanted to go to his mother's house early in the morning and listen to his mother's instructions, but when he arrived at the house, his mother told him like this, and she didn't want to brush her mother's wishes, so she had to comply.

"The third brother is in strong health, and after this journey of thousands of miles, it seems that he has not been affected by anything, and he looks very good!" Liu Mai came over and hugged Liu Yi affectionately, beat Liu Yi's chest and said with a smile.

"Third brother, the eldest brother and the second brother are thinking about you every day, you seem to have lost weight in the past few months!" Liu Yuan also came over and patted Liu Yi on the shoulder, the three brothers hadn't seen each other for several months, and they were all a little worried.

Yesterday, it was already dark when Liu Yi entered the house, and after Zhang led Liu Mai, Liu Yuan and other family members to welcome Liu Yi into the door, he didn't have anything to say, so he ordered Liu Yi to rest, and the three brothers didn't say a few words.

"The eldest brother, the second brother, the younger brother misses you every day in Luoyang, and I have long wanted to come back to see my mother and the two elder brothers, but I didn't get the chance!" Liu Yi said with a smile, "When the younger brother followed Pei Shangshu on the expedition, the round-trip journey was more than 10,000 miles away, and he had to march and kill, so I didn't feel tired in that situation, from Chang'an to Luoyang, this area of hundreds of miles, how could I be tired, my mother let me rest for a whole day, and I had already recovered!"

Zhang looked at the three tall sons in front of him with such an affectionate look, very pleased, sat on the side and looked at the three of them silently for a while, somehow, there were tears in his eyes, and after secretly wiping away the tears, he smiled and said to the three: "Da Lang, Erlang, San Lang, you all sit down, my mother has something to tell you!"

"Yes, Mother!" The three brothers responded in unison and sat down.

"San Lang, you're going to go on an expedition again after the New Year, my mother is in my heart, but it's very uncomfortable!" Zhang said a little choked, "My mother hopes that the three of you brothers can stay in the mansion, so that my mother can see it every day..."

Seeing his mother like this, Liu Yi hurriedly comforted: "Mother, it's okay, the child has already gone on an expedition once, it's not that there is nothing at all, last time there were hundreds of thousands of Turkic rebels, this time there were not even 100,000, and Pei Shangshu led the army, and when my army arrived in Anbei, it was when the Turkic rebels collapsed, the child will definitely return safely, last time he only came back in half a year, presumably this time the time should be shorter!"

Liu Mai also immediately followed Liu Yi to comfort his mother, "Yes, mother, don't worry, the third brother is so good, and he has combat experience, and there are famous generals like Pei Shangshu leading the troops, there must be no risk in this expedition, the court gives the third brother such an opportunity, I don't know how many people to envy to death, this is obviously an opportunity for the third brother to pick up military merits, mother don't have any worries, when the army triumphs, and the third brother is rewarded, then the third brother's prestige will spread farther and become a household name, The third brother has earned such glory for our Liu family, presumably my father's spirit in the sky will also be comforted! I only hate that my second brother and I don't have the ability of the third brother..."

Liu Yuan also immediately spoke out to comfort his mother.

After listening to these comforting words from his three sons, Zhang did not feel at ease, but sighed and said, "I know that the three of you are coaxing me, and your father is..."

"Mother..."

Zhang waved his hand, signaling not to interrupt her, "Mother, because of such a change as your father, no matter whether you follow the expedition, this heart will not be able to let go!"

Hearing her mother say this, Liu Yi interjected: "Mother, I will definitely be fine, I..."

Zhang once again signaled Liu Yi not to interrupt her, and continued: "What my mother is most worried about now is not only about San Lang's expedition this time, but also about San Lang's marriage..." The queen of heaven must agree to marry Princess Taiping to you, your official position is not low now, and if you can marry a wife and have children, your mother will be relieved..."

"Mother! Let's talk about this when the boy comes back from the expedition!" Liu Yi snorted, what his mother said was too direct.

"You are in your twenties, of course my mother has to worry about you, there is no one in the house, how is this good," Zhang said and sighed again, and said to Liu Yi: "San Lang, if you can't hold a marriage within the year, you will take Xiaoyun as a concubine, and there must be someone in the house, presumably Princess Taiping meant this, she would allow it, my mother asked Xiaoyun, and Xiaoyun was also willing!"

"Mother... This..."Liu Yi was a little dumbfounded!

(To be continued)