The night ban has not been lifted, and the early morning in Chang'an is silent, and there is not even a dog barking.

As soon as Yin Shi arrived, the officials of the early dynasty had already gotten up, and the servants and slaves who served got up even earlier to make various preparations for the master's upside to the court.

After the eldest grandson Sheng finished washing, he simply had breakfast, changed into court clothes, wore a three-beam crown, pulled a green, purple, yellow and red ribbon, covered with a single silk coat, and wore a white robe inside, with a curved collar and a square heart. The waist is tied with a red leather belt, the left wears a jade sword, the right wears a mountain Xuanyu and a gold-threaded sac, and the feet wear black shoes with wooden soles.

At three o'clock, the night ban has been removed, the door has been opened, Changsun Sheng walked out of the gate, the calf cart has been set, and the entourage waited for Changsun Sheng to board the car, and then escorted the calf cart to the north gate of Yongxingli slowly.

According to the etiquette system of the Sui Dynasty, all officials traveled by calf. Up to the prince, down to the officials above the fifth grade, equipped by the government, the carriage is equipped with curtains.

Above three grades, cyan drapery, red lining; Fourth, fifth, dark blue drapery, green lining.

For officials below the sixth grade, the public is not equipped with a calf cart, and the officials can prepare their own rides, but they are not allowed to set up external curtains.

Yongxingli is very close to the Imperial Palace, and the west side is only one road away from the palace.

Out of the north gate of Yongxingli to the west, along the east and west streets through the east gate of the palace - Yanxi gate, and then to the south gate of Daxing Palace - Chengtian gate, only two miles away.

When they arrived at Chengtianmen, the officials got off the calf cart and could only enter the palace after the guards checked the fish charms.

The fish talisman system began in the time of Emperor Wen of Sui, and the fish talisman was like an ancient military talisman.

In the ninth year of the emperor's reign, Emperor Wen of Sui issued a wooden fish talisman and officials above the fifth grade of the Beijing Division, and later switched to copper, and only officials above the fifth grade in Beijing were eligible to have it.

The half piece of the fish charm held by the official, the name and position of the official are engraved at the tail, and there is a dark groove with the word "contract" in the middle for fitting.

When the emperor ascended to the palace to ask about politics, the eldest grandson Sheng played a strategy to comfort the Turkic tribes. After the dispersal of the dynasty, he went to the East Palace to meet the crown prince Yang Guang.

The eldest grandson Sheng didn't want to visit the crown prince Yang Guang at this sensitive time when the old prince had just been abolished and the new prince had just been established. If you get too close to Yang Guang, you may get into trouble for yourself and your family, but if you don't go to see him when you just return to Beijing from Saibei, you can't justify it in public and private terms.

Yu Gong, when he was the crown prince, he was not in Beijing, and he failed to congratulate him immediately, and now he still has to make up for the scene that should be said; Yu Private, as an old subordinate of the pacification of the Turks, recounted the feelings after farewell in person, and reported on the recruitment of the Turkic tribes in northern Cyprus in the past two months.

Yang Guang was in a good mood when he saw Changsun Sheng, he had already had the intention of pulling the cage, and he was full of ambition after reuniting, so he talked very much, until it was nearly noon, and Changsun Sheng said goodbye.

At noon, Changsun Sheng did not go home and took a rest at the hussar general's office.

In the afternoon, Emperor Wen of Sui summoned the crown prince Yang Guang, the prince of Yueguo Yang Su and the eldest grandson Sheng to meet in the Liangyi Hall of Daxing Palace to discuss the matter of comforting the Turkic tribes.

After Shen Shi, the eldest grandson Sheng returned to the mansion.

Seeing that Changsun Sheng came back, Gao Qiuniang was busy asking the scholar to wait for the lord to change clothes. Changing into casual clothes, Changsun Sheng felt relaxed.

As soon as he sat on the Luohan bed, Changsun Sheng happily said to Gao Qiuniang: "Today's Supreme Kai Grace is specially allowed to go to Saibei in March next year, and I can finally have a good reunion at home." ”

Hearing the news, Gao Qiuniang couldn't help but be excited, she had been married to the eldest grandson's mansion for seven years, this was her husband's second time at home for the New Year, she asked as if she didn't believe it: "What you said is true?" If it's true, I'll have to take a good look at how I'm going to spend this New Year's Day. ”

"It's time to take a good count, I don't know when will I wait for the next Chinese New Year at home?" Changsun Sheng's originally relaxed expression suddenly became solemn.

He continued: "I had the opportunity not to go to Saibei this time, but I quit. The lady won't blame me, will she? ”

Gao Qiuniang said calmly: "I support the decisions made by my husband, how can I blame you?" ”

Changsun Sheng stroked the hand stove on several cases with his left hand, looked up at the roof slightly, and said to himself: "Now I have reached the year of the Mandate of Heaven, and I can be regarded as a success compared to others, but how difficult the world is, blessings and misfortunes are uncertain, and the fate of the family is tied to me, how dare I slack off?" ”

Gao Qiuniang carefully looked at her husband sitting opposite, now he had pale temples and a short mustache like frost, and she couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart, and her eyes showed infinite pity.

Thinking of her husband and son, in case there are three long and two short, how she will face the unknown ups and downs in the future, Gao Qiuniang's eyes were full of tears, and she suddenly had an urge to confide in her husband, but she endured it. Changsun Sheng had already taken on too much, how could she add these senseless troubles to him?

Gao Qiuniang grabbed Changsun Sheng's left hand through a few cases, and said faintly: "Don't be sad, husband, we don't ask for any high-ranking officials and lords, just ask for peace." ”

Changsun Sheng turned his face, looked at his beautiful and demure wife affectionately, and sighed: "On this eventful autumn, peace is hard to find!" There are two things I can't let go of right now. ”

"First, I am afraid that staying in the center of the whirlpool of the Jingshi will lead to involuntary crimes, which will cause the whole family to be convicted for no reason, so I have to go away to avoid trouble. The second is that Da Lang is worried that if he follows the King of Han, he may be implicated in the future, and there is no solution yet. ”

"When the prince saw me today, he said that the prince was newly established and lacked a right-hand man around him, and when he was conquering the Turks, he appreciated my martial arts and strategies very much, and wanted to recommend me as the general of the left leading army to help take charge of the palace guard."

"I told the prince, this must not be done, don't rush to cultivate your own power now, lest the Supreme be suspicious, the guards of the forbidden palace are related to the safety of the emperor and the queen, if the prince is eager to control this position, he will commit a big taboo, and it may anger Long Yan."

When the prince heard this, he thought so, so he gave up. Therefore, when the Supreme summoned me in the afternoon, Yang Guang and Yue Guogong praised my strategy of 'razing and razing the border', and the Supreme was overjoyed and allowed me to stay in Beijing for a few months and then go to Saibei, and I was able to get out. ”

Gao Qiuniang said solemnly: "The concubine can feel her husband's good intentions, but after all, age is not forgiving, and she should return to Beijing as soon as possible to take up her post." ”

Changsun Sheng stretched out his right hand and patted Gao Qiuniang's hand and said, "That's natural, when the affairs of Northern Xinjiang are over, Jingzhong tends to be calm, and I will find a way to come back." ”