Zhang Gongjin asked in a low voice, "Is it also your arrangement to let the warrior Tong come to see the Emperor?" ”

Shangguan Yi smiled, "A favor is not an arrangement." ”

They are all the founding princes of the country, and after Li Yuan rewarded him, the warrior Tong was indeed in the limelight, and Li Yuan also decreed that one of the heroes of the Yuan Mou who followed Jinyang to raise troops that year could be exempted from death if he was guilty.

Wu Shi Tong was Li Yuan's close confidant, and he followed him when he started the army.

Who would have thought of the matter of Xuanwu Gate, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he also made a great meritorious hero, and he also appeased Wushi Tong at the beginning.

Due to the father-son relationship between Li Shimin and Li Yuan back then, Wu Shitong was a close confidant of the Emperor Taishang.

In addition to appeasing the warriors, Li Shimin transferred him to another place.

Maybe this is also His Majesty's suspicion, or maybe it's defense, no matter what, the emperor trusts Samurai Tong too much.

Time has passed, so many years have passed, and it is time to let go of this defense.

Zhang Gongjin drank tea and motioned to Shangguan Yi to go about his own affairs and not disturb the warrior Tong and the emperor.

After a long talk, Wu Shi Tong has reached middle age, and he is no longer just high-spirited when Jinyang raised troops, Li Yuan is also old and his hair is white, not Tang Gong who was bold and wanted to fight for the world back then, and there is a feeling of heroic twilight.

The world has been calmed, and the way of the world has changed.

Li Shimin was revered as the Khan of Heaven, and Li Yuan felt more and more old.

If the samurai is transferred to another place, he will already be physically and mentally exhausted.

Between the words, Li Yuan admired and recognized Wu Shi Tong, a hero who followed in the past.

The Emperor Taishang personally walked around the village with the samurai Tong and introduced all kinds of new things in the village.

The already well-informed Samurai had a sense of his own short-sightedness when he walked into the village, but it was the first time he had seen such an efficient spinning wheel, and it was the first time he had seen something like a waterwheel that could rotate day and night.

That night, Li Yuan left the samurai Tong in the village, and his old man wrote a letter and sent it to the palace.

The lights in the Ganlu Hall were bright, and Li Shimin frowned and looked at the letter, which told about the samurai Tong.

Recalling the people who followed his father back then, some of them left, some of them passed away, and there are not many left now.

There are never many things that the father and emperor ask for, Li Shimin said in an urn voice: "During the period when the warrior Tong governed Jingzhou, he was anxious for the cause of agriculture and mulberry, and the local people praised his merits. ”

After Li Shimin said this, he instructed: "Since my father intercedes for Wu Shi Tong, I have long had the idea of letting him settle down here, and I will let my father return to the palace after this matter." ”

Tian Khan agreed to Li Yuan's intercession, and the condition was that Li Yuan return to the palace.

In Chang'an City, Zhang Yang washes the bucket on the roof, which is a hard work, and after cleaning the bucket, he pours the prepared clean water into it.

"Boy Zhang, what are you doing here?"

Hearing the shouts in the courtyard, Zhang Yang looked sideways, "Why is your old man here?" ”

Li Yuan sighed: "I have returned to the palace, so I will come to see you husband and wife." ”

"Grandpa, please take a seat." Li Yue brought a chair.

"Okay." Li Yuan sat down with a smile, his eyes looked at the little bear who was following his granddaughter's feet, "What a sturdy animal." ”

Zhang Yang climbed the ladder and came down from the roof, "The family raises and feeds grain." ”

Li Yuan observed, "Well, if this animal is raised, don't dare to keep it in Chang'an City." ”

"When you raise it, you send it to the village."

"That's fine."

Zhang Yang wiped his sweat, "Why do you suddenly want to go back to the palace." ”

Li Yuan said wistfully: "It's too disturbing to live in the village for a long time, and Erlang can't keep going back if he's suspicious, so he just took advantage of the samurai Tong to go back to the palace." ”

After a pause, Li Yuan said again: "The boy owes me a favor. ”

Poured a bowl of herbal tea for Li Yuan, Zhang Yang listened to his words, and wanted to leave the warrior Tong, Li Yuan and Li Shimin made a deal, and the exchange condition was that Li Yuan returned to the palace.

"Thank you for your help."

Li Yuan smiled and nodded, "I can see that Shangguan Yi is talented but also lacks skills, you have put so much effort into the village, and I have also heard Qingque say that now is the key." ”

"It turned out that His Royal Highness the King of Wei told you."

"Qingque, I heard you say that you don't have to be a warrior, you are not in a hurry, but that kid is in a hurry, and he contacted his family, and he was accommodated, and he promised conditions."

Li Yuan tasted the herbal tea in the bowl, "This tea is good." ”

Li Yue came over after drying his clothes, "This is made by my husband himself, and it has the effect of dispelling fire." ”

Zhang Yang smiled embarrassedly, "Recently, I saw that Shangguanyi was very busy, and I was developing an herbal tea, thinking that the summer harvest had just passed, and there should be many people who became hot in the dry autumn." ”

"You're going to be rich in the future." Li Yuan looked at the bowl of cold dishes in front of him and whispered.

"I lend you good words."

Seeing the smiles of the couple in front of him, Li Yuan slowly stood up, "I'll go back first." ”

Li Yue sent Li Yuan to the door, "After cleaning up the house in a few days, I will go to visit the queen mother and visit the imperial grandfather." ”

Li Yuan couldn't help nodding, "I want to come to Guanyin, and I'm about to give birth, just in the past two days." ”

"I hope all is well."

Li Yuan got into the carriage and left under the escort of the guards.

Li Yue walked back to the courtyard, "You can know in two days whether it is a princess or a prince." ”

Zhang Yang sat under the eaves and shook his fan, "I think it's a princess." ”

Li Yue raised his chin and said unconvinced: "It's the prince." ”

"How sure are you?"

"The imperial doctor in the palace said it." Li Yue crossed his hands on his hips, "If it's a princess, I'll make breakfast for a month." ”

"It's a punishment for me for you to make breakfast for a month." Zhang Yang pondered for a while, "If you lose, sweep the land for a month." ”

"If the husband loses, he will make ten meals of wine-stuffed balls, one meal a day!"

"Yes."

The daughter-in-law doesn't know what kind of person she is betting with, Zhang Yang shook his head and sighed.

In September of the sixth year of Zhenguan, a cry sounded in the palace and the Lizheng Palace, and another princess came into the world.

Li Shimin was in a good mood and ordered to increase the amount of rice for the clan and the ministers of the central government, and he would take a day off.

The news soon spread throughout Chang'an City.

Li Yue anxiously waited for news.

After a while, Aunt Yang came in a hurry, "It's born." ”

Zhang Yang calmly took a sip of tea.

Li Yue asked anxiously: "Is it the princess or the prince?" ”

"It's a little princess, and Your Majesty named her son."

Hearing this, Li Yue was stunned for a long time, and then turned his head to look at his husband.

Zhang Yang smiled indifferently: "See what I do?" You sweep the ground for a month. ”

Li Yue stomped her foot in discouragement, "It's only fifty percent to give birth to a boy or a girl, and it's just a fluke that the husband can win, and the queen mother can't give birth to someone who is neither male nor female." ”

"No man, no ...... Ahem, ahem! Zhang Yang squirted out a mouthful of tea.

"The imperial doctors in the palace are not advanced enough, they actually said it wrong, this time I lost unjustly."

Zhang Yang poured himself tea again, "You bet with me according to the news given by the imperial doctor, you are more than one percent sure, and you lost to me with sixty percent certainty, I think you should sweep the floor for a month and add half a month." ”

"If it's a month, it's a month."

Aunt Wang explained with a smile: "The princess has fallen into the trap of the horse, and for the imperial doctor, they can't easily tell whether it is the princess or the prince, even if they want to say it, they must say that it is the prince, no matter how you ask, this is the result." ”

Li Yue sat down distressedly, "It was my miscalculation, and it has nothing to do with my husband's trap." ”

Zhang Yang pointed to the garbage in the corner of the yard, "Sweep the floor." ”

Unconvinced, Li Yue pursed her lips and picked up the broom, swept it silently with a black face.

The addition of another princess to the palace is a thing worth celebrating, and the clan and the powerful have gone to congratulate them.

Li Yue rummaged in his room for a long time, and always found a Rubik's Cube as a gift.

If someone else gives gold or silver, the daughter-in-law will give a Rubik's cube.

"My husband used to say that courtesy is light and affectionate, and it is already very polite for our family to send a Rubik's Cube, and the value of the Rubik's Cube is much greater than those gold and silver." Li Yue took the Rubik's Cube and took out the brown sugar at home.

The couple went to the palace together to visit Empress Changsun.

I went out late, and when I arrived at the palace, the people who came to congratulate him had almost dispersed.

Li Lizhen stood in front of the Lizheng Palace, and when she saw someone, she ran forward and threw herself into Li Yue's arms.

is her sister and disciple again, Li Yue dotes on her very much, "Is the queen mother okay?" ”

Holding Li Yue's hand, Li Lizhi went to the hall, "The queen mother is still resting on the bed, and the imperial doctor said that the queen mother can't move around now." ”

The couple walked into the hall, and the bed of the eldest grandson queen was separated by a curtain, but through the curtain they could see that the queen was holding the swaddling clothes and coaxing the child.

Her lotus-like arms stretched out and swayed, and she seemed anxious to get to know the world.

"Yue'er, come in." Empress Eldest Sun called.

Li Yue walked in in response, and Zhang Yang saluted: "The minister will go to the East Palace first." ”

"Well, you husband and wife have a heart."

Li Yue opened the package, "This Rubik's Cube is for my sister, these brown sugars replenish qi and blood for the queen mother, my daughter went to ask Doctor Sun, women need to replenish qi and blood the most after giving birth." ”

Listening to her words, Empress Eldest Sun smiled kindly.

Looking at the newborn son again, Li Yue couldn't help but sigh: "She is so small." ”

Empress Eldest Sun nodded and said, "They were all so young when they were born, and they were so young in the past, and the children grew up fast and grew up in the blink of an eye." ”

Zhang Yang walked out of the Lizheng Hall and walked all the way to the East Palace, and that feeling came to his mind again, he was like a passerby, watching these things happen one by one.

The Tang Dynasty still has to implement the imperial examination system, Li Shimin still has to recompile the clan chronicles after all, and Li Mingda was still born.

This is not the first time I have felt this way, and the last time I felt this way was when Jieli was arrested in Chang'an City.

This feeling never goes away, and it comes back to me whenever I want to forget, reminding myself that I am not part of them, and that I am different from everyone here, even though I am also a human being.

Before I met Li Yue, I looked at this era at that time, and I felt like a wandering soul, with no attachment, no belonging, and no family.

Talking to others, not being able to tell where your hometown is, and getting along with them is like an alternative.

Zhang Yang patted his head, and when a new life is born, it always makes people feel a lot of emotion.

smiled bitterly, and then looked up and saw that the East Palace was already in front of him.

Wei Zheng had just come out of the East Palace.

When an old man and a young man met, Zhang Yang bowed and saluted, "Gong Zheng, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "I have just been named the young master of the East Palace, and I want to be in charge of the Zhan Mansion of the East Palace, after Your Majesty issued an order, you will not come to duty for two months, if you don't have a relationship with the prince, the old man will let His Royal Highness the prince punish you well." ”

"Zheng Gong is right, the lower officials should reflect on it, the kind that I will reflect on three times a day."

"My three provinces in a day? Don't break the words of the saints. ”

"That's what Gong Zheng said." Zhang Yang saluted again and again, and his attitude of admitting his mistakes was very sincere.

"Hmph." Wei Zheng snorted coldly and waved his sleeves away.

Taking another look at the East Palace, Zhang Yang walked in, and Li Chengqian was playing chess with Zhang Da'an.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has lost again."

"Playing chess with you is quite boring, and you lose in just a few moves." Li Chengqian shook his head, and was interested when he saw Zhang Yang coming, "Hurry up and play chess with Lone." ”

Standing in the hall, Zhang Yang waved his hands: "I just met Zheng Gong and was taught a good lesson, and now the minister just wants to go to see Zhan Shifu and reflect on it, um!" Work hard and learn from Zheng Gong. ”

"Then you come with the solitude."

"Thank you, Prince, for leading the way."

Li Chengqian led the way and explained: "Although the official position of Zhan Shi in the East Palace is not among the six departments, he is also in charge of the internal and external affairs of the East Palace. ”

Listening to the words, Zhang Yang followed him to a warehouse in the East Palace, the door frame of this warehouse was covered with cobwebs, and it seemed that it had not been cleaned for many years.

Li Chengqian pushed open the old door, "In the past, this was also a place for chatting and laughing between Confucians, but after my father ascended the throne, the remnants of the pseudo-crown prince Li Jiancheng were swept away. ”

"Wait." Talking about the matter of Xuanwumen back then, Zhang Yang hurriedly interrupted, "Can the minister listen to these words?" ”

Li Chengqian turned around and looked, "There is only Da'an here, lonely with you, and no outsiders will say it." ”

Zhang Yang took a step back, "The minister is panicking." ”

"Back then, Li Jiancheng was still the crown prince, Zheng Gong, and Mr. Li Gang, they were all plotting here, for the sake of the society or for the throne......

I didn't want to listen to this, but the prince wanted to talk about it, so he had to listen, and he didn't hear it afterwards, and it was good to eat melons quietly.

Li Chengqian came to a table, "There was originally a seal letter from the East Palace here, but now it has been put away by my father, and after the matter of Xuanwumen, this place has been shelved and deserted until now." ”

Zhang Yang looked around, "There aren't many people in our East Palace." ”

Li Chengqian nodded, "Actually, there are many vacancies in the East Palace. ”

Not to mention many vacancies, there is only one Zhang Da'an in the entire East Palace, except for the palace maids and eunuchs and guards, there is no one else in the East Palace.

Now there are still large areas in the East Palace that are barren, and there are many overgrown places.

Zhang Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead, this East Palace was inevitably too desolate.

"Lonely, let people clean up this place."

"No need." Zhang Yang withdrew from Zhan Shifu with his hand, "If this place is deserted, it will be deserted, in fact, this place is not needed on weekdays, as for the affairs of the East Palace, I will arrange it as much as possible." ”

"It's okay, Lone also knows that you don't care about these façade things."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince understands me." Zhang Yang nodded.

(End of chapter)