retaliate

Various news of the Western Expedition continued to spread to Chang'an.

The emperor arrived in the western border.

The emperor prepares to fight Luo Luo.

The emperor defeated the Loro army...

The people of Chang'an cheered.

The emperor went deep into the territory of Luoluo, all the way like a broken bamboo.

The emperor broke through the Loro capital.

This is the destruction of the country.

The people in Chang'an were numb, but Liu Qing was complaining. He felt that the emperor was clearly enjoying such a life, and he left this stall to his old bone.

You should be back.

Standing on the top of the city, Liu Qing tremblingly said to the people around him: "This old man is getting old, tell Your Majesty, if you don't come back again, this old man will fall down."

……

The return of the emperor was in the early summer of the ninth year of Yongde.

The prince returned first.

The prince looked like a different person from before he left for the battle, with majesty and piercing eyes in his maturity, which made Liu Qing burst into tears, saying that he seemed to see His Majesty who was in Chenzhou back then.

The prince returned, and the order in the court was quickly restored.

But what about the emperor?

Everyone looked at the prince.

……

The emperor is sending Helian Guang.

"If your mother doesn't want to come, then tie her up."

"Aniang will beat me when she is angry!" He Lianguang felt that this was digging a hole for himself.

"At sea, she can only beat me!"

"Alright then!" He Lianguang immediately agreed.

……

The emperor is back.

The whole Chang'an is cheering for him.

The queen blamed him for taking too long.

"This is my last expedition, in the Tang Dynasty." The last three words were said very softly, and the queen, who was immersed in the joy of her husband's return, did not hear clearly.

After washing away the dust, the emperor started a big move.At the end of that year, the emperor spent a lot of money to adjust the officials of the world. Those old courtiers who had followed him for many years, those who should retire, those who should change places...

At the beginning, many people thought that the emperor was going to do his best, but after seeing that most of the ministers who took over were young and promising, and most of them were from the prince's lineage, they realized...

The emperor is paving the way for the prince.

What is he trying to do?

Everyone was puzzled, but no one dared to ask the more majestic emperor at the moment, and finally thought of Ning Yayun.

"Hey! Why bother to torment the old man!"

Ning Yayun's favorite thing now is playing the piano. His piano skills have already reached a state of perfection. Just stroking the strings can make people intoxicated.

An old friend outside Fangwai listened to a song, and sighed after returning home, saying that Ning Yayun entered the Tao with the qin, opened up a new path of cultivation, and can be called the most outstanding master in hundreds of years.

Ning Yayun couldn't bear the harassment from the crowd, so she had to go to the palace to see the emperor.

……

The emperor is very laid back.

"I've handed over most of the court affairs to Ah Liang. You watched that child grow up, and you know what his temperament is. I'm relieved to hand Datang over to him."

"Are you... are you really going to retire?"

The outside world has long forgotten what the emperor said, but Ning Yayun still remembers it.

The emperor nodded, "I hate this imperial palace deeply. Living in it is not for enjoyment, but for painting the ground as a prison."

"Power can make people intoxicated in a small area." Ning Yayun said.

"I have always been that young man who likes to run in Dongyu Mountain, even if he is a middle schooler. I have tortured myself for many years for the sake of the world and A Liang. Now my task is completed. I can hand over the world to A Liang with peace of mind. "

"So, where do you want to go?"

"Overseas, Zhongzhou. Headmaster, do you want to be together?" The emperor bewitched: "The place is sparsely populated, and the scenery of the mountains and rivers is original..."

"Old man..." The handsome old man was visibly moved.

"Leave the metaphysics to them, and follow me to the sea. Wouldn't it be comfortable to build another metaphysics overseas?"

"This……"

Qin Ze looked at Ning Yayun who was moved, covered his mouth and laughed.

He glanced at Han Shitou with gray beard and hair, and stepped forward to give him a hand.

After sending Ning Yayun away, Yang Xuan turned around and said, "Shitou, you stay in the palace to recuperate. A Liang is here, so everything is at ease."

Han Shitou raised his head and took a breath, "Your Majesty, the time limit for this servant is not far away. This is coming! This servant will dream about those things every night... This is the late emperor summoning this servant!"

"You..." The emperor frowned.

"My servant wants to go to Gongling, and stay with the late emperor for a while. After my servant's death... Your Majesty" Han Shitou knelt down.

"Get up!" The emperor gave him a hand, but he didn't.His cultivation is not as good as that of the queen, let alone Han Shitou.

Han Shitou said: "Your Majesty, I have an extravagant wish that I can be buried beside the Gongling Mausoleum after death. Just find a place and dig a hole. I just want to continue to follow the late emperor after death. I beg Your Majesty's permission."

The emperor looked at him and said for a long time, "Good!"

On the second day, Han Shitou packed his things happily and set off.

He looked like he was ten years younger.

"This is his obsession." The queen stood beside the emperor and said, "He wrote a word in his whole life, loyalty."

"It's a pity that I didn't repay him anything." The emperor was a little disappointed.

"Perhaps, the first emperor will repay him!"

The emperor looked sideways at the queen, "Prepare for Ah Liang's wedding!"

"so early?"

"When I returned to Chang'an, Luoluo just started to be in chaos... Those small countries will covet Zhongzhou again if they don't feel the threat. I must leave quickly, otherwise, King Wei won't be able to last long."

"Who are you taking?" asked the Queen.

"You guys," said the emperor, "Take Erlang and Sanlang away."

"Are you paving the way for Ah Liang?"

"The next few decades will establish the future pattern of the Great Tang. Once the pattern is settled, this Great Tang will rule the world. For this, I will not leave any hidden dangers for Ah Liang."

"Are you... Erlang and the others willing?"

"Erlang's wildness has not been revealed in front of your mother. That child... many times on the way back... I gave him a bandit number, did you let him go?"

Queen: "..."

"A Ning, I know you don't want to." The emperor said: "If I stay in Chang'an, even if I retire, the life of the Supreme Emperor will still be happy. But what can you and I do? Take care of A Liang's children in the palace? Like this Are you willing to live a life where you can see the end at a glance?"

The Queen nodded, "Yes."

emperor:"……"

The emperor cheered up, "There are many good places overseas, as high as a big waterfall in the sky, a red canyon, a huge bird... We even... Isn't my father-in-law always unhappy at home? Take him there!"

Just a year before the emperor's expedition, Zhou Zunzhi became an official.

The emperor didn't know whether it was true or false, he stayed three times... It gave the old man enough face.

After returning home, Zhou Zun accompanied Zhou Qin in his old age, and the father and son remained relatively silent for more time.

After Zhou Qin left last year, Zhou Zun became even more lonely.The queen came home to visit occasionally, and found that he was smiling like a kind grandfather, and he also liked to ask about the children's situation.

Zhou Ning was moved.

"Can you bring so many people?"

"It's a big boat," the emperor promised.

After conquering the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the emperor ordered to study new warships, the kind that could withstand the waves.Several types have emerged over the years, and the latest one is said to be able to withstand the storm.

"This time..."

"I can come back." The emperor was full of nonsense.

"But Ah Liang is alone in Chang'an!"

"I was alone back then. Besides, didn't he soon become two or three people?"

"Big marriage?"

"Yes! Big wedding!"

The prince is getting married.

On the fifth day after the emperor came back, Yiniang went to Wang's house on behalf of the emperor.

The Wang family had nothing to say, and nodded without a word, but felt that the dowry was a bit shabby.Yiniang said that too much dowry for the prince's women is a disaster.

These words ambiguously pointed out the emperor's attitude: the prince's woman, and even the prince's woman must be of ordinary origin.

Don't even think about such a rich and powerful woman.

The Wang family thought that the marriage would come slowly, but the emperor's swift action once again caught them off guard.

The prince's wedding was held in midsummer, and this was a speed that could only be achieved with the emperor's repeated urging.For this reason, the officials of the Ministry of Rites often slandered the emperor.

The big wedding is very lively.

There are also many guests.

Interested people found that the attitudes of those foreign envoys who came to congratulate him changed greatly.The fear in their eyes when they faced the emperor was impressive.

An envoy from a small country even knelt down when he saw the emperor.

After the prince's wedding ended, the emperor couldn't wait to pretend to be a sick child in the court, saying that he had been fighting for many years and needed to recuperate...

He also moved out the empress, who is very skilled in medicine, and said very seriously that he must rest, otherwise...

The ministers were a little uneasy.

Although the prince showed pleasing abilities, they were used to governing the world under the emperor.

Will there be any problems if the emperor is changed?
This is not only the concern of the ministers, but also the concern of the people of the world.

But the emperor just lay flat.

He did not come to court.

What a shame!
In the end, Liu Qing, who was waiting to die at home, came back again and said: "Don't force him anymore, if you force him again, he will really run away quietly. It will be up to you what to do then."

Got it!
The officials could only bow their heads.

The emperor who abdicated logically should be depressed, but at the grand ceremony, the emperor couldn't hide his pride and joy.

At the end of the ninth year of Yongde, Emperor Li Xuan passed on the crown prince Li Qi.

……

"It is said that His Majesty has abdicated?"

Luocheng has now become a port city through and through, with countless ships passing by every day.Three years ago, North Korea and China set up the Shibo Department to manage Luocheng full-time and collect taxes.

"Yes!"

Two clerks stood on the pier, waiting for a fleet of ships to dock.The next step is to inspect the goods, value them, and collect taxes.

"Your Majesty is still in his prime! Now that he has abdicated, where can he go?"

"It's because she's not in good health, I guess she's raising a child in the palace!"

"Hold your grandchildren?"

"The fleet is coming, no, this is a warship!"

The navy is back.

The huge fleet slowly docked.

Several generals disembarked, and the officials of the Maritime Department just wanted to go forward to say hello, when they saw them salute behind him.

"I have seen Your Majesty!"

When everyone turned around, they saw the emperor... no, they saw a middle-aged man approaching surrounded by people.In the distance, there are a group of women and children of different ages.

"I am the Supreme Emperor!"

This is the Supreme Emperor who is known by everyone to bring up the new emperor's children in the palace.

"I have seen the Supreme Emperor!"

The Supreme Emperor nodded, "Are you all ready?"

A general stepped forward, and he quickly glanced at the emperor. There was enthusiasm in his eyes, and he lowered his head, "The navy is ready to attack. I would like to ask Your Majesty the purpose of this trip."

The emperor looked at the end of the sky, showing a smile familiar to countless opponents in the past.

"Destroy the country!"