When I woke up, I was fine

After the new year, Cao Li heard a news that the emperor was trapped in Yanmen Pass.

I heard another news that after the emperor was trapped in Yanmen Pass, it was Li Shimin who rescued him.

The majesty of the emperor is still there. Although the world is full of swords and soldiers, and there are constant rebellions everywhere, the government orders are still smooth.

The good news soon spread to Taiyuan and to Li Yuan's family, followed by awards from the court.This time, a group of people will inevitably hold a banquet to celebrate.

It's spring now, and the most important thing in spring is spring plowing and irrigation.

Even a wealthy family is not exempt from customs. At this time, the head of the family and the men in the family will all go to the fields.

Even if you don't go to work, you have to supervise the servants and tenant farmers at home to plant all the crops in the field. They must be planted in the field seriously, not in a perfunctory manner.

"This is related to the next year's harvest." Li Jiancheng must earnestly persuade his two younger brothers to be more serious.

Li Yuanji didn't know if he listened to it, but he blinked his big eyes and listened seriously. Li Yuanba didn't want to hear this. Li Yuanba's dream was to be a mighty general, and his second brother is now his role model.

"A real man wouldn't go to farm. I don't want to learn how to farm. I want to learn from my second brother. I also want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy."

Li Jiancheng patted him on the head after listening, "Does the man want to eat? Why do you go to battle and kill the enemy if you can't eat enough?"

Although Li Yuanba was unhappy, he was escorted onto the horse by his elder brother, and finally a group of people went outside the city.

Cao Li is the busiest at this time. She has fields all over the place. At this time, she must receive information from various places. Some places are dry, some places are flooded, and some places even say that summer may There will be locusts.

Cao Qian was so busy with this matter that he had to deal with the Guanyin servant girl who came three times a day to ask when Li Shimin would come back.

Li Shimin is quite prestigious, especially after he rescued the emperor, his reputation has surpassed that of Yu Wencheng, who became famous as a young man. Yu Wenshu's family is not friendly enough to see Li Shimin.

In addition, the two families already had enmity, Li Shimin came out at this time, which is not a good thing for their family, so they did Li Shimin a favor indirectly, that is, they slandered the emperor and drove Li Shimin back to Guanzhong .

Since he was no longer staying at Yanmenguan, Li Shimin was three parts happy, four parts sad, and three parts unhappy.

Yanmen Pass is not a good place, further west there is Yumen Pass, which is the front line against the barbarians.The Xiongnu, Turks, and Western Qiang...all thrive here, and it is difficult to be peaceful here. Apart from missing his relatives, Li Shimin's life here can be regarded as hearty.

A real man should be like Wei Qinghuo Qubing, and Li Shimin thought he was imitating them now.It's just that I was driven away at this time, and I felt a sense of unrewarded ambition.

So when he packed his things, he took some time to pack up. His movements were noticed by the Yuwen family, and Li Shimin, who sped up his movements and urged him to leave quickly, came to the vicinity of Taiyuan in late spring and March.

It's too far away from Yanmen Pass. When you come here, you can feel the calm and calm, and a little bit of prosperity.Li Shimin, who had been driving for a long time, did not stay outside, and went directly to Taiyuan Mansion, found his mansion and rushed in first.

Fortunately, all the servants at home knew him and welcomed him back happily. They quickly boiled hot water for Li Shimin to let him take a bath first, and then found clothes for him to change into. The couple reported the good news.

Before Guanyin's maidservant came in, Li Yuanba and Li Yuanji had already run over hand in hand. The two rushed in quickly and threw themselves on the second brother.

The brothers were very happy to meet each other at this time, Li Shimin spent a lot of effort to hug the two fat boys together, walked outside the room with difficulty, and saw that the Guanyin maidservant had returned, and unceremoniously picked up the two fat boys. A little brother ran over after throwing it down, and looked over the shoulder of Guanyin's maidservant, and saw that she didn't look too haggard, so he was relieved.

"I've been away for the past two years, thank you for your hard work."

The husband and wife were about to talk at this time, but the two little brothers were puzzled, so the maidservants hurriedly coaxed the two little brothers away and brought them to Cao Li.

Cao Qiang and Li Jiancheng were staying at home and waiting for Li Shimin and his wife to come to visit after a while. Cao Qiang also ordered someone to set up a banquet for Li Shimin, and to cleanse Li Shimin up in the evening.

After a while, Li Shimin and his wife came to Li Jiancheng and Cao Qiang. Li Jiancheng stood up and pulled Li Shimin on horseback to meet Li Yuan. Cao Qiang and Guanyin Maid stayed at home.

Cao Li said to Guanyin's maidservant, "Don't worry now? I finally returned safely."

The Guanyin servant girl was really happy at this time, she nodded quickly, she seemed to be still in the fog, but she was very happy anyway.

Seeing Li Shimin coming back, Li Yuan was also very happy. Seeing his two sons standing in front of him, he felt a sense of heroism from the bottom of his heart, stepped forward and patted Li Shimin on the shoulder, "Better than you who left me two years ago!" You look strong now, and you are grown up now, your mother must be happy to see you like this."

Originally, the three father and son were reunited full of joy at this moment, but at this moment they heard Li Yuan mention Mrs. Dou.The two brothers only had smiles on their faces, but their hearts were already half cold.

Because the two came together just now, before they entered the hall, they heard the voice of a woman talking in the hall. After entering, they found a woman holding a baby and turned behind the screen.

So at this time, when my father mentioned the dead mother, the two of them just felt ironic.

In the past, Li Shimin couldn't accept these things, and would contradict his father no matter what, but now he is silent.The side hall had already set up a banquet to welcome Li Shimin. The two brothers followed their father to the side hall. Li Jiancheng put his arms around Li Shimin's shoulders.

"Today is the day when you come back to reunite. Don't say anything for a while, we will have a long time to come."

Li Shimin nodded, and the two fell behind his father. Li Shimin was silent for a while at this moment, and then suddenly spoke.

"Actually, when I contradicted him before, it was because I felt worthless for A Niang, but now..."

"Aniang has always been worthless, now you and I have to think about it."

"Brother, that's not what I meant. It's normal for a man to have three wives and five concubines."

Li Jiancheng turned his head and looked at Li Shimin, "What do you mean by that?"

"I heard that Yang Guang has a child in Chang'an. Have you heard about it?"

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Yang Guang has few sons, and those who stay in Chang'an are all princesses. These princesses are not favored, and they are not as good as Princess Nanshan."

"But no matter what, they are still princesses. If we raise our troops in the future, we will have to deal with these princesses."

"Shimin, what can we do with them?"

"When the first emperor was here, did all the princesses of Nanchen enter the harem?"

Li Jiancheng nodded, and the later famous Mrs. Xuanhua was the princess of the Chen Dynasty.In the past, the first emperor destroyed Yu Chijiong, and his granddaughter also entered the harem.Because Empress Dugu was ill, the first emperor favored the Yuchi family. Later, Empress Dugu found out and ordered that this down-and-out aristocratic lady be killed with a stick.

It seems to have become a common practice to bring all the female family members of the defeated party into the harem.

The reason why Li Shimin said that was because he wanted to lead these princesses into his backyard?

Li Jiancheng didn't know what it meant, "How do you explain this? Why can't I understand?"

"When the time comes for our family to settle down, the elder brother will be the crown prince. According to their in-law relationship, the current princesses should call us cousins. The chances of entering father's backyard are not high. They should be sent directly to your backyard... "

Li Jiancheng quickly stretched out his hand and signaled Li Jiancheng not to say anything, "Thank you for thinking about this matter for me. If there is a day, I will give you all the people. You also know that your sister-in-law has a bad temper. If... ... In the future, I will do the same thing as the first emperor. Empress Dugu beat the court lady to death, and your sister-in-law will cut me into pieces. This is different, your honey is mine, your brother I'm really not that lucky."

"That's what you said."

"As I said, in the future, no matter if it is a beauty paid by others or a family member who was defeated in the war, I will give you everything."

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched slightly, "We've settled this matter, but you can't say it out loud. If Guanyin's servant finds out, it will definitely be hard for a few days."

"You are a wolf with a big tail. Since you don't want to make her feel uncomfortable, don't do this kind of thing."

"That's because you don't understand. Some things can only be understood after experiencing."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked back and forth, and found that this place was only his two brothers, and his father had already left. He whispered in Li Jiancheng's ear and said, "The women at Yanmen Pass are all bold. Dewy marriage..."

"We should be more careful."

Li Shimin wanted to say more, but Li Yuan had already walked over at this time, and saw Li Shimin holding Li Jiancheng's shoulders, the two brothers were talking, and they didn't know what they said, and the expressions on their faces were very relaxed.

"Why are you walking so slowly? By the time the two of you reach the side hall, the food will have been cold. What are you talking about? Why don't you say it to make Dad happy."

Li Jiancheng bowed his head and said nothing, thinking that he wanted Li Shimin to make up nonsense to fool his father. Li Shimin was indeed quick-witted, "My son got a good thing this time. It's not appropriate to give it to the elders. It's the most appropriate to give it to the younger generation." So I asked When will my eldest brother give birth to my little nephew?"

Li Jiancheng quickly looked at Li Shimin after listening, "You..."

Li Yuan snorted with a smile at this time, "Did you hear Jiancheng? Even your brother is urging you, so it shows that you don't take this matter to heart. There is no rush for this matter, it won't be done in a while, Hurry up and come with your father, where are Yuanba and Yuanji? Call them over together, and today I specially opened a jug of good wine to celebrate Shimin's triumphant return."

The two brothers agreed, each tidied up their clothes and followed Li Yuan to the side hall.

There were no outsiders in the side hall. Before Yuan Ji and Yuan Ba ​​came, there was only a round table. Li Yuan sat in the middle as an elder, and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin sat next to Li Yuan, one on the left and the other on the right.Waiting for the efforts of the two youngest sons, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin, "What is the good thing you said? Tell me and let the father listen."