However, the ceremony of triumph was not as grand as Liu Yi imagined, the emperor Li Zhi suffered from the cold in the past two days, and his health was not good, so he could not come to greet the triumphant army in person, because the emperor could not come to preside over the ceremony to greet him, and the empress Wu Zetian was also with the sick emperor, and none of them came to greet him, and it was the crown prince Li Xian who presided over the triumphal ceremony.

When Liu Yi saw Li Xian, he clearly felt that the prince, who had been low-key during this time, seemed to be in a low mood, his face was gloomy that could not be concealed, and even his smile was a little reluctant, which was a little inconsistent with the warm and cheerful scene at the triumph ceremony, Liu Yi was faintly worried, it was likely that because Li Zhi's health was deteriorating, the battle between Wu Zetian and Li Xian started again, and it may intensify, but the result was that Li Xian was down, so there would be such a performance.

However, the ceremony of triumph and sacrifice of prisoners was still held step by step, and Li Xian also said a lot of praise for the great feats made by Pei Xingjian and his soldiers, and Pei Xingjian also brought all the captured Turkic leaders and Xue Yantuo leaders up in public, showing off them as trophies, and carried out the ceremony of telling the temple.

The ceremony of triumph and sacrifice of prisoners is also a form of expression of national strength and a move to strengthen the prestige of our army.

After the ceremony, the generals prepared to follow Li Xian into the city to receive the cheers of the people.

A person dressed as a palace guard who followed behind Li Xian turned around and took a step ahead with Pei Xingjian, but he ran in front of Liu Yi in the direction of the crowd, it was Princess Taiping dressed as a guard.

"Yi'an!" Princess Taiping didn't shout this time, but when she ran in front of Liu Yi, she called softly, her eyes were full of tenderness, and she blinked proudly.

Liu Yi's head is big again, does this girl think that if she wears the clothes and armor of a palace guard, people will recognize it?

"I've seen..." Liu Yi originally wanted to bow to Princess Taiping, but when he saw Princess Taiping's special expression, he took back half of the salute, and swallowed the princess title he originally wanted to call.

Today's Princess Taiping rode a white horse of about the same color as Liu Yi's chasing wind, she rode a horse to accompany Liu Yi, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Yi'an, I have been looking forward to your return every day during this time, but fortunately you are finally back... I've been to your mansion a few times, and your mansion has been removed from filial piety..."When Princess Taiping said this, she looked a little ashamed.

It is now the end of September in late autumn, and Liu Yi knows that it has been three years since his father died of illness, and the three-year filial piety period has been exhausted, and there must be a commemorative ceremony in the house, but unfortunately, he didn't catch up.

However, once the father's filial piety period is over, many things can be mentioned on the agenda, such as marriage, Liu Yi knows that Princess Taiping's shy appearance just now must have this factor in it, and it is likely that there are already some clues.

"Princess, it's inconvenient to say that this situation is inconvenient today, so I'll come and talk to the princess again when the army and the captives settle down, okay?" Liu Yi looked at Princess Taiping, whose face was full of joy and couldn't hide her joy, and said softly.

"Okay then, but you can say it, settle down, you must come and talk to me, I have a lot to say to you, and some things to tell you!" Princess Taiping looked like she wanted to speak and stopped.

"Definitely!" Liu Yi nodded vigorously.

"Then I'll follow behind the prince's brother!" Princess Taiping glanced at Liu Yi a few more times as she spoke, and after Liu Yi nodded in agreement, she also patted her horse and followed Li Xian with a reluctant look.

At this time, the car had already entered the Mingde Gate, and Li Xian accompanied Pei Xingjian to march on the wide Suzaku Street, accepting the cheers of the people.

This time, I came to see the style of Wang Shi, there are still many people watching the triumphal ceremony, there are crowds of people on both sides of the street, the scene is very lively, Liu Yi also saw his family, mother, two brothers, sisters-in-law, and Xiaoyun and other maids in the crowd.

Liu Yi followed Pei Xingjian and walked slowly, and when he walked in front of these relatives, he also raised his hand and waved to them.

Liu Yi's wave attracted a warm response from his family, Liu Yi saw his mother wiping her tears there, her two brothers and sister-in-law persuading her, and Xiaoyun was jumping and cheering there, very excited.

Seeing his relatives, Liu Yi felt a sense of family affection in his heart, and it felt really good to go home!

The whole ceremony lasted for more than an hour, and the ceremony officially ended after Li Xian led the greetings of the ministers and the generals who returned triumphantly to ascend the Suzaku Tower, and Li Xian made a speech to the soldiers and civilians under the city tower and the captured tribal leaders.

Liu Yi and other senior generals could not return to their homes immediately, they still had to settle the troops they led, and hand over affairs with the officials of the military department, and a lot of cumbersome things were dealt with before returning home, and this was already the third day after the triumph of the army.

At the foot of Liangshan, in front of Liu Xianli's grave, Zhang led Liu Yi and other families to kneel in front of the tomb.

On the second day after Liu Yi returned to the house, the Zhang family led his family, a large group, and more than a dozen people, to Liu Xianli's tomb to make up a gift for Liu Yi to remove filial piety.

There were sacrifices on more than a dozen plates, incense and candles had been lit, and Zhang led the Liu Yi brothers to bow a few times.

"Master, San Lang is back, San Lang followed Pei Shangshu on the expedition again, and this time he led an army alone, serving as the head of the former army, and he performed very well in several battles, and made great contributions, you can rest assured under Jiuquan!" Zhang muttered, after saying the previous words, he talked in detail about Liu Yi's achievements in the past few years and all the glory he had earned for the Liu Mansion, and said at the end: "... San Lang lived up to your expectations, earned glory for Liu Mansion, was in the position of the third grade at a young age, and made great contributions in several battles, and made a face for you, after you went, our Liu Mansion's face was not bad, and it became more and more respected, presumably you also know this... Your Majesty and Niangniang will marry the most noble princess of my Tang Dynasty to him... With all this, the concubine has no regrets..."

On the day Liu Yi returned home, he also had a long conversation with his mother and two elder brothers all night, and he also learned the general situation from his mother and two elder brothers, and his mother clearly told him that the emperor and the empress would soon be married.

However, Liu Yi was also told that most of the information that the Zhang family told was learned from the mouth of Princess Taiping, and no one in the court was sent to the palace to discuss these matters.

Princess Taiping also came to Liu's mansion several times during Liu Yi's expedition, and told Zhang's openly or secretly that her father and mother had been ready to give marriage, and let Liu Yi come to be her concubine, just waiting for Liu's mansion to remove filial piety, and after Liu Yi returned from the expedition, she would give an edict to give marriage and hold a wedding within the year.

After Liu Yi heard these things, he was also scolding this demon girl in his heart, such a thing dared to run over and say to himself, the "future mother-in-law", he was really not ashamed, and when he met him next time, he would teach this "demon girl" who was not in a hurry to get married!

The marriage matter developed too fast, and Liu Yi couldn't accept it all of a sudden. Thinking that he was going to get married, and the person who married him was not the Shangguan Wan'er he wanted to marry the most, but Princess Taiping, who had been resisting for the past two years, was still a little uncomfortable, and there was no mention of Shangguan Wan'er in what his mother said, which made Liu Yi a little inexplicably worried, if he could marry these two beauties at the same time, it would be a very happy thing.

However, what the specific matter is, you still have to ask Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er.

After Zhang's consolation, Liu Mai, Liu Yuan and Liu Yi all followed their mother to worship.

Liu Yi got up after three bows, raised his head, looked at the tall tomb of his father in front of him, and said the guilt in his heart: "Father, the child is not filial, during your filial piety period, I have not guarded the spirit for you, I wanted to repay the country with filial piety and avenge you, but the court did not give the child the opportunity to go to Tubo, if the next time the court uses troops on a large scale in Tubo, the child must ask for his life to go on the expedition, and personally cut those Tubo robbers who committed my Tang Dynasty and killed my father... The child will find out who killed you, and will take him to your grave to apologize... When you return from this expedition, the child will stay with you here for some time to make up for a filial piety!"

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he bowed respectfully three times before getting up with his mother.

Liu Yi's original idea of accompanying his father for a few days at this time was also rejected by his mother, so he had to sit in front of his father's grave for a whole day in the company of his two elder brothers, until it was dark in the evening, and then he left his father's cemetery and set off to return to Chang'an under the urging of his mother.

After returning to Chang'an, Zhang called Liu Yi to her room again, and asked Liu Mai and Liu Yuan to stay together.

"Da Lang, Erlang, San Lang, your father's filial piety has ended, you are no longer filial piety, presumably after a few more days, Da Lang and Erlang's will also be reinstated, San Lang will be promoted again because of this expedition and then make war exploits, will be promoted again, the three of you are all serving in the court, and your mother is not worried about anything, presumably your father is under Jiuquan, and he will be at ease, but Da Lang and Erlang already have families, San Lang is already twenty-one years old, but the family has not yet been established, this is the most worrying thing for my mother, but..."

Zhang paused for a moment and looked at Liu Yi with loving eyes: "But ah, my mother knows that soon, our family's San Lang will be married and become the first concubine of the dynasty, and the noble princess will marry into our Liu family... Alas, San Lang, after you get married, your mother will be completely relieved..."

Although Zhang looked happy, there were vaguely some worries that Liu Yi captured, and Liu Yi also guessed what it was, but he didn't ask, and a few people stayed and said some more words and then dispersed.

Liu Yi originally wanted to say something to his mother alone, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, so he went back to his small garden to rest.

(To be continued)