Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.

"Heavenly Khan?"

He said with a smile,

"I am a dignified emperor, but it is not uncommon to be their khan!"

Xu Fenglei shook his head.

"Your Majesty, the name is just a code name, in the language system of the steppe tribes, Khan means god and heaven, which is even higher than the word 'Son of Heaven'!"

He explained with a smile,

"The so-called Heavenly Khan, that is even more powerful than the heavens, it can be understood as the co-master of the nine heavens and ten earths, the supreme of the universe!"

"Of course, this is an exaggeration, to put it bluntly, all the tribes in the grassland are willing to respect you as the boss, and they will eat with you in the future!"

Li Shimin grinned slightly.

"That's what I mean......

He stroked his beard and shook his head,

"Hu people, clean up these bells and whistles."

Having said that, the corners of Li Er's mouth had already risen wildly, and the smug look couldn't be hidden.

"The four sides are respected, for the heavenly khan!"

Li Chengqian suddenly got up and congratulated his father,

"The son congratulates his father!"

Li Tai and Li Lizhi also put down their chopsticks and said hello to their father:

"The son congratulates his father!"

"Hahaha...... Good, good, good. Li Shimin finally couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand again and again, "Good children, my father accepts your congratulations, sit, sit down!" ”

He turned to look at Xu Fenglei and asked with a smile:

"Listen, what are the joint names of the tribes?"

Xu Fenglei glanced at the payment below.

"Back to Your Majesty, basically all the tribal forces in the entire grassland are on this."

He handed over the joint fold, and said as if reporting the name of the dish,

"Mobei's Eile Tribes, Hui Hui, Bayegu and other departments; Modong's Xi, Xia and dozens of others; ...... of the Khitan and other departments"

"The largest of them is still the Xue Yantuo Department, and its leader Yi Nan was previously canonized by His Majesty as the True Pearl Viga Khan, and now he is also interested, and this fold is still on the part of him and all the tribes."

Li Shimin took a look at it, and suddenly his face was happy.

"Okay, okay, it seems that these barbarians are still very knowledgeable!"

He said hesitantly,

"I don't have to make an order, they just come up."

"It's a peace of mind! Hahaha......"

After that, Li Er took out the cigarette case from his arms and was about to take out one, but was stopped by the eldest grandson Wujian on the side.

"Smoking again!"

The eldest grandson raised his eyebrows and said,

"It smells bad! If you draw again today, you won't be allowed to come! ”

Li Shimin grabbed his cigarette and waved his hand.

"Oh, happy today...... Don't be so strict. ”

He replied,

"Just one, just one......"

Crash!

The astute attendants had already prepared a candle and lit a cigarette for the emperor.

Suck, spit out.

As a puff of smoke erupted, the level of pleasure in his heart rose several steps.

"Comfortable, really comfortable......"

Li Er squinted his eyes with a look of enjoyment.

"Listen, look at the poison you brought back, what kind of charm has been made to Your Majesty!"

The eldest grandson bit his innocent silver teeth, turned his head to look at Xu Fenglei suddenly, and said angrily,

"You are responsible for leading the water you have brought away, otherwise, this palace will punish you!"

Xu Fenglei smiled.

"The queen mother is angry, there are not many cigarettes, just a few of them, and they are gone after smoking......"

He scratched his head and said,

"At Your Majesty's frequency, there will be two more days at most, and it will be all drawn!"

"So...... Don't worry. ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wujian glanced at Li Shimin's cigarette case, and then his expression eased a little.

But Li Er opened his eyes suddenly.

"That's not going to work, it's a baby!"

He replied,

"I can't do without this thing now, if I don't get a few a day, I feel like there are ants crawling all over my body, and I'm dozing!"

"No, no, we have to make a stable supply of tobacco!"

It's easy to smoke, it's hard to quit!

The eldest grandson is innocent: "!! ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that the emperor and queen were about to quarrel, Xu Fenglei hurriedly changed the topic and said,

"I thought that the Prairie Ministries were so sensible, and you should also respond."

"Remember what I said in the Auditorium? Your Majesty is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the heavenly khan of the grassland tribes, you have to be cautious about them and not to merge with them, but the distance between the two sides should also be close and not far away. ”

"Therefore, in the future, you will give an order to the grassland tribes, and you should regard yourself as the Heavenly Khan, so that you will be able to shorten the distance between the two sides and better rule the Hu people."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"Reasonable, reasonable."

He stroked his beard and smiled,

"I now think that the title of Tian Khan is also good, there is a kind of wild beauty!"

"Tomorrow, I will reply to Xue Yantuo and the others as the Heavenly Khan, give them gifts, and by the way, let them help me find tobacco."

"You said earlier that Modong has ...... Right? I asked the Khitans and Xi, Xi and other troops to look for it, and they will definitely be able to find it. ”

The eldest grandson's face turned dark.

Xu Fenglei looked embarrassed.

The thing about the smoke...... You can't get by, can you?

I knew I wouldn't come back with this thing! Ay......

Just at the moment when the expression of the eldest grandson Wujian became more and more dangerous, and Xu Fenglei's expression became more and more regretful, a voice came:

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Princess Xiangcheng is here."

The emperor and queen all raised their heads.

"The child has seen his father, the queen mother, and the master."

Li Qingquan stepped into the house and saluted to the three people present.

Xu Fenglei breathed a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and nodded.

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something, showing a little displeasure, and did not respond.

"Qingquan is here, quick, sit, sit."

But the eldest grandson stood up enthusiastically and greeted,

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, but fortunately, you don't have to worry about the cold food in this hot pot, so you can eat it immediately."

"Come on, are you done with the money bank?"

Li Qingquan glanced at his father, pursed his lips, and then responded with a smile and gently:

"It's been a long time for my father, mother, master, and younger siblings to wait."

"After returning to his mother, the child has just finished dealing with the pension, the list of the dead in the battle of the north has been proofread, according to the father's request, all the fallen soldiers must be issued double pensions, just now, the first batch of pensions has been issued, I believe it will be sent to their families soon."

Li Shimin's expression softened slightly.

Although he was still a little embarrassed by the unpleasantness between the two sides before, he was still very satisfied with Li Qingquan's ability to do things in his heart.

Ay...... If it weren't for the fact that she was a girl......

"Father."

Li Qingquan sat next to the eldest grandson Wujian, but he looked at Li Shimin.

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked at it slightly.

"The child also left a special pension."

Li Qingquan arched his hand,

"As you said before, you want to personally go to comfort the families of the fallen soldiers, and the child has compiled a list, and the fallen soldiers on it are all from Chang'an, and most of them are from good families in the countryside, and most of the addresses are in the suburbs, not far from Chang'an City."

"Father can go to condolences according to this list, everything is ready."

With that, she had already taken a piece of paper from her bosom and handed it over.

Li Shimin: "......"

He slowly took the list and looked at it, and a few big words came to his mind-

The arrangement is clear!

“…… Not bad. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but praise,

"I'm glad you remember this, and the selection of candidates is good."

"The children of good families in the countryside are poor, and their families have lost the young adults who are the breadwinners of the family, and their lives will definitely be even more difficult."

"The families of these sacrificed soldiers are the ones who deserve condolences and compensations the most!"

Li Qingquan smiled slightly.

"Father Xie praised him, the child just did a little thing within his ability."

She looked humble and bowed her hand again.

"Look, our Qingquan will always be so good."

The eldest grandson said proudly,

"It's really gratifying that I brought out the child myself...... Listen, you're a master comment? ”

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"Qingquan's ability is very strong, she is my best disciple, she has a trait, that is, she is as careful as a hair."

He highly praised,

"If you are careful, you can find many things that ordinary people can't find, and in this way, you can do more perfect work and career, which many men don't have."

The corners of Li Qingquan's mouth rose slightly, and he smiled happily.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, thank you, Master."

Unlike the restrained humility she faced with her father, she was obviously happier to hear the praise of the Queen Mother and Master.

"Sister, let's eat the meat, the pot is almost out of water."

Li Tai was already eating with a mouth full of oil, and he said vaguely.

His words made everyone laugh.

Immediately, pieces of tender beef and mutton were thrown into the pot, and the bubbling heat steamed, washing away the smell of smoke and bringing a fresh fragrance.

Everyone in the family was feasting, but Li Shimin was still smoking a cigarette with his head down.

"Erfeng, eat, ......"

The eldest grandson Wujian pushed Li Shimin and said suspiciously,

"You're not hungry?"

Li Shimin shook his head.

"I'm worried, I don't have much appetite."

He waved his hand and said,

"Eat it......"

The eldest grandson Wujian looked strange and put down his chopsticks.

"What?"

Xu Fenglei and several children also raised their heads.

"Whew...... It's not Du Ruhui's business. ”

Li Shimin took another puff of cigarette and sighed lightly,

"I regret it a little, why did I promise him a marriage at that time......

"Now that the news has spread to the entire court, even if I want to, I can't go back, this will damage the emperor's majesty, and it will make me unable to face Du Ruhui!"

"Guanyin, tell me...... What should I do? ”

"It's hard to do, it's hard to do......"

The eldest grandson Wujian was slightly stunned, and fell into silence.

Her eyes looked at Li Qingquan, but Li Qingquan was silent, just lowered his head and stirred his chopsticks.

Xu Fenglei laughed secretly in his heart.

It's hard and it's not good, it's soft?

He suddenly thought of a famous scene in later generations -

As soon as the cigarette was puffed, the body was together, and the table was lifted with a snap.

Difficult?

If it's hard, don't do it!

Cough......

There was silence in the room, save for the bubbling of the soup in the hot pot.

Several children sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and even Li Tai slowed down the speed of eating, looked at his father, and then looked at his sister, thoughtfully.

"Ahem......"

Li Shimin's dry cough broke the silence, he stared at Li Qingquan, tried to put his tone soft, and said,

"Qingquan, the previous time, we had an unpleasant quarrel, because my father was too irritable."

"This is my father's fault."

"Let's not be irritable today, and we won't be angry, just have a good and heart-to-heart talk, okay?"

Li Qingquan raised his head slightly.

"The father and the emperor mean, the child understands."

Her tone was soft, but her expression was firm,

"The father wants the child to marry Du Xiang's son, and the child can also understand the father's hardships.

But the child still wants to invite his father...... Think of something else. ”

She got up lightly and bowed to Li Shimin.

"I still remember that a few years ago, the child took the word 'view' after the word 'zhen' for the name of the new dynasty, and won the outstanding student of that year. The father once gave the child a promise. ”

Li Qingquan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice,

"All this time, the child never asked his father what he wanted."

"But this time, the child wants to exercise his rights, and the child wants to refuse this family business!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Is there such a thing?" He said subconsciously.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Fenglei immediately assisted,

"It was the end of the ninth year of Wude, Your Majesty discussed the year name in the East Palace, Cheng Qian took Zhen, Qingquan took the view, and the two together became the year name of Zhenguan, Your Majesty Longyan Dayue, let the two of them make a request."

"At that time, Chengqian asked for a scimitar horse, and His Majesty agreed, but Qingquan did not say what he asked, but kept it until now."

"All the ministers were there at that time, and they were all witnesses."

Li Shimin: "......"

That was almost five years ago! I am so busy every day, where do you remember?

But Xu Fenglei said it in detail...... He really remembered!

"Seemingly, there is such a thing...... Li Er muttered.

Li Qingquan pursed his lips.

"As soon as my father Chrysostom opens, he can't go back."

She resolutely said,

"This is true for Du Xiang, and it should be the same for children."

"Now that the child has made a request, I ask my father not to refuse."

"Thanks, child!"

Syllable!

As soon as the words fell, she was already knocked to the ground.

"Oh, Qingquan, what are you doing here? Get up and ......"

The eldest grandson was busy pulling her.

But this girl is a stubborn donkey, and she can't pull it up!

“…… Alas! ”

Li Shimin held his forehead, and said with a loveless face,

"What kind of sin have I created!"

In the past, when the child was so disobedient, he would have slapped the table and lost his temper!

But it ended like that last time, and this time?

It's useless! Doesn't solve the problem......

He just felt ...... You must be cautious in your words and deeds in the future! You can't just give promises anymore!

What a curse!

"Your Majesty, you can't go back on what you promised Du Xiang, and the promise you made to Qingquan can't be invalidated."

Xu Fenglei spoke at the right time,

"The minister has a plan to solve this matter."

"Straight to the point!" Li Er said unhappily.

It's still selling off at this time...... Annoying!

"Choose another princess to marry the Du family."

Xu Fenglei said with a smile,

"Your Majesty just said that he wanted to marry the princess at that time, and he didn't name which princess it was."

"I thought that His Majesty's second daughter, Princess Runan, could be promised to Duhe."

Li Shimin was stunned.

"Runan? She's not old enough to get married! ”

Xu Fenglei waved his hand.

"Why don't you wait another two years?"

He said,

"Your Majesty didn't say when you would marry the princess! At that time, there is only one will, let the two of them get engaged to the marriage contract first, and then let them get married when Princess Runan is old......"

"This is a difficult matter...... Isn't that the solution? ”