A few days later, Princess Xiangyang got married, her daughter had been widowed for many years, and now she was married again, Concubine Wan couldn't help but be happy for Princess Xiangyang.

When Princess Xiangyang got married for the first time, it was Mrs. Dou as her mother who gave her a marriage, and now Mrs. Dou has died, and Wan, as a concubine, can finally be a mother in a dignified manner.

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Three days back to Ning, Guanyin, Yang Jing and Yin Yue'e all came to visit, Princess Xiangyang has just passed the double decade, it is like a flower blooming season, after the newlywed more and more delicate and moving.

Seeing the radiant appearance of the county lord of Xiangyang, Guanyin asked her with a smile, "Is the second sister still satisfied with Brother Guangda?"

Princess Xiangyang snatched Bai Guanyin's maid and said, "Why are you still shouting Brother Guangda? Now I should call my brother-in-law."

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Guanyin raised the bar solemnly, "Is there much difference between a brother-in-law and a brother-in-law? My brother is an in-law, but my brother-in-law is an outsider."

Princess Xiangyang said, "Your brother is a relative who has been abducted a few times, but your brother-in-law is the husband of your second sister."

Guanyin made fun of Princess Xiangyang, "The second sister just got married for two days, and she spoke to her brother-in-law, for fear that we would treat him as an outsider."

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Princess Xiangyang is already a wife again, and she is not very ashamed to talk about things between men and women, she said confidently, "Since she married into the Dou family, the second sister is now a member of the Dou family."

Guanyin took Princess Xiangyang's arm and said with a smile, "Listening to the second sister, I seem to be very satisfied with my brother-in-law, tell my sister-in-law, what kind of person is my brother-in-law?"

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Hearing Guanyin ask about Dou Dan, Princess Xiangyang pursed her lips and smiled, "I think he is a good person."

Guanyin said with a smile, "The second sister said this is equivalent to not saying it, there are good people everywhere in this world."

Princess Xiangyang laughed and said, "I said that he is a good person, a good old man, a kind person, and he speaks tepidly, and he is willing to let you do whatever you say."

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Guanyin asked Princess Xiangyang in a low voice, "Brother-in-law let you, is it because you are a princess?"

Princess Xiangyang shook her head, "I don't think so, I've seen him laughing all day long in the past two days, and I haven't seen him straighten his face and discipline people."

Guanyin thought silently, "It's no wonder that there is a Daosheng uncle in the Dou Mansion who is in charge, and there are also eldest brothers and second brothers, so he really doesn't have to worry about his brother-in-law about anything, and he is happy to be a good man."

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A few days after Princess Xiangyang and Dou Dan got married, bad news came from the Dou family.

Li Shimin's mother, Empress Dou's uncle, who had just been appointed to the internal history Ling Dou Wei, died of a sudden illness.

Hearing the bad news, Li Yuan was extremely sad, Dou Wei was highly respected in the Dou family, and Li Yuan was deeply respected, so he was worshiped as the internal history order and served as the prime minister.

After Dou Wei died, Li Yuan appointed Dou Kang as the recipient, and the Dou family still had a person in the position of prime minister.

As mentioned earlier, the governor of Shangshu Province is Shangshu Ling, the governor of Zhongshu Province is Nayan, and the governor of Neishi Province is Neishi Ling, and the actual official positions are all positive and second-grade. In the early years of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the Sui system was followed, and the Shangshu Order, Nayan, and Neishi Ling discussed state affairs with the emperor, all of which were the positions of prime minister.

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After Li Shimin left for the expedition, Guanyin, who was pregnant, was always concerned about Li Shimin, and the battle report sent back from the front said that Li Shimin was confronting Xue Ju's army in Gaoqi City, west of Fengzhou.

By the middle of July, Li Shimin had been on the expedition for more than a month, and Guanyin was looking forward to Li Shimin's victorious return as soon as possible, but what she was waiting for was the news of Li Shimin's defeat.

The battle report sent back from Fenzhou described the defeat of the army.

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After Li Shimin led his army to Gaoqi City, Xue Ju also led his army from Jingzhou to attack Gaoqi.

Li Shimin ordered his subordinates to dig deep trenches and raise barriers, not to prepare for an immediate battle with Xue Ju's subordinates.

When Li Shimin contracted malaria, he entrusted the military command to the marching commander Shi Liu Wenjing and the marching Sima Yin Kaishan, and warned the two, "Tianshui is hundreds of miles away from here, Xue Ju is alone in the depths, and there is not much food. When I am cured, I will discuss a strategy to defeat him."

Coming out of Li Shimin's account, Yin Kaishan said to Liu Wenjing, "King Qin was worried that Duke Liu would not be able to retreat from the enemy, so he said this. Xue Ju heard that the King of Qin was sick and would definitely take advantage of the weakness to attack us, so we should show our strength and deter the enemy in terms of momentum, so that the enemy army will not dare to act rashly."

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Liu Wenjing followed Yin Kaishan's suggestion and set up a position in the southwest of Gaoqi City, with the purpose of showing off his strength to Xue Ju. The officers and men of the whole army have the heart of underestimating the enemy, relying on the large number of people on their own side, and their defense is lax.

Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan did not expect that Xue Ju sent troops to secretly go around the back of the Tang army and attack the Tang army from behind.

The two armies fought fiercely in the shallow water plain, and the Tang Army's Eighth Route Commander was defeated in seven ways, only Liu Hongji led his troops all the way to the death, and finally was captured after exhausting his strength.

The Tang army was defeated, more than half of the soldiers died, and the generals Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji and others were captured. Xue Ju occupies Gaoqi City. Li Shimin led the army back to Chang'an.

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Hearing the battle report, Guanyin was convinced of the result of the defeat, but the decision-making process of the battle and the battle process were incredible, and there were too many doubts that made people feel a little unbelievable.

Guanyin wanted to clear the doubts in her heart, but even if she had many doubts in her heart, she could only know the truth when Li Shimin came back.

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A few days later, Li Shimin led the army back to Chang'an, and when he left, he took 40,000 elite soldiers with him, and when he returned to the division, the remnants of the army were less than 20,000, and several generals were captured.

Li Yuan was extremely angry at this defeat, which was the greatest defeat for the Tang army since the Jinyang army, and he ordered Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan and others to be dismissed from all official positions. Li Shimin was no longer held accountable because he was sick when the two armies were fighting.

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On the day when Li Shimin led the army back to Chang'an, Li Yuan did not arrange for civil and military officials to greet him outside the city, did not welcome the military salute of the triumphant of the army, and did not have a celebration banquet to catch the wind.

I saw Li Yuan in the Liangyi Palace, and reported the whole process of the war in detail, Li Shimin returned to the Chengqing Hall from the Liangyi Palace, and Guanyin was already waiting at the west end of the covered bridge in front of the Chengqing Gate.

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Li Shimin, who returned from this expedition, did not have the vigor and pride of the spring breeze when he returned from the eastern capital Luoyang last time, his steps were heavy, his expression was indifferent, and when he saw Guanyin waiting at the bridge, he barely showed a smile on his face, and asked with concern, "During this time after I left, how is everything with Ah Wan?"

Guanyin bowed to Li Shimin with crossed hands and knees, and said with a smile, "The concubine greets the king."

Li Shimin was so annoyed by Guanyin's actions that he couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to laugh and say, "What kind of demon are you doing?"

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Guanyin returned to normal, and comforted Li Shimin in a soft voice, "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, why should Brother Shimin worry about a disadvantage?"

As she spoke, Guanyin turned sideways and said to Li Shimin, "Brother Shimin, hurry back to the courtyard to bathe and change clothes, wash away the dust, and then tell the maid what is going on."

Li Shimin nodded, and the two entered the Chengqing Gate side by side, and returned to the Chengqing Palace, where Guanyin instructed Qin Lan to arrange for the palace people to serve Li Shimin in bathing and changing clothes.

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Li Shimin finished bathing and changing clothes, returned to the hall and sat down on the couch near the window, and Guanyin poured a fragrant tea and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took a sip lightly, put the bowl down, and seemed to be thinking about it in his heart.

Guanyin saw Li Shimin's dejected look, and she was very distressed in her heart, she could feel that the defeat of this expedition was a great blow to Li Shimin. But Guanyin had just met Li Shimin, and she didn't know how to persuade him.

She asked Li Shimin softly, "What does Brother Shimin think of this tea?"

Li Shimin said lightly, "It's not bad."

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Guanyin looked at Li Shimin, who looked indifferent, and said with a smile, "Brother Shimin went out to fight and came back, and the taste became really tricky, such a good tea, you only said three words lightly, "It's not bad". It seems that Grandpa has worked hard in vain."

Li Shimin was a little annoyed when he heard Guanyin mention the war, and later heard her mention Grandpa, so he asked Guanyin, "I comment on the quality of tea, what does it have to do with Grandpa?"

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Guanyin said with a slight smile, "Of course it has something to do with Grandpa, because this tea was just given by Grandpa two days ago, and it is said that it is a new tea from Shudi, which is specially explained to people, and when you come back from the expedition, let you taste it."

Li Shimin sighed, "Grandpa always remembers me in his heart, but I failed Grandpa on this expedition."

Guanyin advised, "I have already said just now that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. Grandpa didn't punish you, but he didn't blame you. And when you encounter setbacks, you become discouraged, and you really fail Grandpa."

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Li Shimin said dejectedly, "Grandpa didn't blame me, it was Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan and others who took it for me, thinking about them being removed from all positions, but I was safe and sound, I always felt sorry for them in my heart."

He paused for a moment, and then said guiltily, "This defeat is actually my fault, Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan are taking the blame for me, so how can I bear it?"

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When Guanyin maid first heard the news of Li Shimin's defeat, she felt that there were many doubts in the war report, and now listening to what Li Shimin said, she really expected it, Guanyin maid thought in her heart, which must be hidden in Qiqiao.

She looked at Li Shimin with concern and asked, "Brother Shimin, what is the truth in this?"

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People's thoughts are a strange thing, when a person has something hidden in his heart, he must find someone to talk to, if he doesn't say it, it will always linger in his heart, linger in his heart, and thus increase the psychological burden.

Over time, if this psychological burden cannot be released for a long time, you will suffer from depression.

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Now Li Shimin has a big secret hidden in his heart, like a boulder pressing on his heart, when he saw Guanyin asking, he spit it out quickly, and told Guanyin the whole war before and after.

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