Great Tang princess

Chapter 261 The Surprise After Going Home
On July 23, the army of Li Yuechen and Pei Xingjian finally entered the border of the Eastern Capital after several months of trekking.

Looking at Mangshan, which had already appeared in sight, Li Yuechen raised his hand and set up a pergola in front of his eyes, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness, if we speed up, we will arrive at the palace tomorrow." Geng Yunqiang said.

"Let's wait." Li Yuechen shook his head, "Now that they're all back, why leave the army and go back alone?"

Li Yuechen still cared about his prestige in the army, now that he was a big boss in the army, no matter what, he still had to get as close to the army as possible.

Hearing her words, Geng Yunqiang didn't say much.

Ever since Li Yuechen established the reconnaissance battalion, he has been very close to them. Rather, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion are used to this kind of life now.

Pei Xingjian next to him couldn't help but nodded. Although this highness was born noble, he seemed to have always cared about his own people. Like the former prince Li Hong, he was also a benevolent and filial person.

Even to a certain extent, it is even more powerful than Li Hong.

Although the former prince Li Hong had the reputation of benevolence and filial piety, this reputation was basically spread widely in the court.

However, this Her Royal Highness is different. This reputation has spread to the ears of almost every soldier.

In fact, in the past, the soldiers almost didn't even care who the commander was, let alone the inside of the court.

But now, basically as long as it is related to Li Yuechen, the soldiers will gossip.

In addition to the admiration for her, the more reason is because her reputation in the army is really good.

Of course, this is the case in ordinary armies, not to mention the reconnaissance battalion formed by the princess, who has even become a god-like existence in it.

This is not an exaggeration at all. For the current reconnaissance battalion, they have seen too many things about the princess, and they have already regarded her as a fairy.

Whether it is various things in the army, or the development of weapons such as grenades, it is very magical for them.

Even though they have started to learn to read and write now, in their view, this is still a means of gods.

……

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the army finally returned to Dongdu. Li Zhi, who had already received the news, sent his two sons and daughter out of the city to meet him.

Now the prince is still in Chang'an and cannot come, so he can only let the other princes come.

In fact, he originally had the idea of ​​coming here in person, but considering that the emperor is the emperor after all, going out of the palace is not a trivial matter, so he gave up this idea under Wu Zetian's persuasion.

On the official road outside the city, Li Yuechen galloped wildly, stopped in front of two luxurious four-wheeled carriages, turned over and jumped off the horse.

"Brothers and sisters, I haven't seen you for a few months, but everything is okay?"

Li Xian grinned: "That's good, it's just that Yuechen isn't here, so it's really boring."

"Brother, I can have fun by myself even if I'm not here. Could it be that I don't even know how to have fun?" Li Yuechen asked back with a smile.

"The main reason is that Yuechen is not here. No one can speak well for my brother when he is scolded." Li Lun next to him made a stab.

Li Xian immediately drooped his eyelids, looking like he wanted to hit someone but was a little undecided.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuechen couldn't help but smiled, and observed carefully at the same time, and found that the two brothers had changed a little after not seeing each other for several months.

The third brother's beard has grown a lot, coupled with his body shape, he seems to be developing in the direction of middle-aged people.

And now the fourth brother also has a circle of stubble on his face, and it seems that he is also preparing to grow a beard.

To be honest, although Li Yuechen thinks that growing a beard looks masculine, the length should not be too long.

But obviously her suggestion would not be accepted by this era, so she didn't bring it up right away.

Not to mention them, even the soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion now have beards that are nearly three centimeters long.

And so far no one has offered to cut it shorter, which shows the strength of the custom.

The two sisters didn't change much. It might be better to say that maybe because of good nutrition and proper exercise, they looked much younger.

After greeting Li Yuechen, Princess Yiyang said with a smile: "Okay, Chen'er should stop wasting time here, and go back to the palace to meet the two adults."

"Well, let's go!"

Li Yuechen nodded, greeted Pei Xingjian, then got into the carriage of the two sisters and took the lead to enter the palace.

Pei Xingjian also knew that the emperor valued this daughter, so instead of being in a hurry, he deliberately slowed down a lot, waiting for the two to end quickly.

All the way back to the palace, Li Yuechen jumped out of the carriage without even changing his armor, and went straight to the Hall of Renshou.

Li Zhi and his wife, who had received the news in advance, had already stood at the gate of Renshou Hall to greet them in person.

When Li Yuechen saw the figures of the two, he trotted over and grinned: "My lords, the child is back!"

"Well," Li Zhi nodded with a smile, twirling the health ball in his hand, "Chen'er, do you miss me?"

"I think, every day!" Li Yuechen laughed and opened his arms to give him a hug.

This time I went out and seemed to have grown a little taller, and it felt easier to hug.

Li Zhi who was being hugged originally had a happy expression on his face, but then he suddenly opened his eyes wide and patted his daughter's back hard: "Be lighter, be lighter...I can't breathe..."

"Hahaha..." Li Yuechen laughed loudly, and then went to hug his mother again.

Wu Zetian hugged her, then frowned and said: "Chen'er, go and take off this battle armor, take a good rest."

"It's okay, it's not too heavy for the child." Li Yuechen said with a smile, but he also took off his armor immediately, and asked a few young eunuchs to carry him to the Anfu Hall, and called Zheng's faction A few eunuchs clean it up.

Li Yuechen already knew about Li Yuechen's deeds when he got up, and he was very happy to see his daughter back this time, so he immediately asked her to go into the hall to rest.

The whole family entered the hall, and as soon as they sat down, Li Zhi nodded with a look of relief: "Chen'er has demonstrated the prestige of my Tang Dynasty in this battle! Very good! Why don't you be promoted..."

Hearing that he was going to be promoted, Li Yuechen interrupted directly: "Grandpa, let's use the boy's system, just promote me to a general."

Li Yuechen's idea is to completely replace the current system with the military rank system in the future, so there is no requirement to follow the original system.

After all, she is already a third rank now, if she continues to upgrade according to the original system, she can only be promoted directly to the rank of prime minister.

At this level, there is already no seal, and if you seal it again, you can only be Shang Shuling or General Tiance.

But this kind of position is too easy to be auspicious, it is better not to commit this taboo.

Hearing what she said, Li Zhi also understood what she meant, and after thinking about it, he nodded and agreed.

After all, everyone can see now that the princess's army is much stronger than the ordinary army. It is a certainty that it will be completely replaced in the future, and it will be fine to be promoted directly to the general.

Then the family asked about the battlefield, especially Li Xian and Li Lun. Although they regretted not being able to go in person, they still pestered her to ask.

Li Yuechen roughly talked about the explosion on the battlefield, and the two people's eyes lit up when they heard it, and they wished to go and see it together in the next war.

Speaking of this topic, Wu Zetian suddenly became a little gloomy: "The frontline battle report said that Chen'er ripped off the opponent's arm in front of the two armies. Although beheading the enemy general in front of the two armies can indeed improve vitality, but you, a woman, how can you With such bloody means?"

"Oh, boy, isn't that just to boost morale..." Li Yuechen shook her hand with a smile, "Don't worry, baby, I won't become a devil."

Li Yuechen is still confident about this, and her self-regulation ability is still good.

Li Zhi himself didn't care much about this, and even had some support: "Well, beheading the enemy before the battle is to boost morale, and it doesn't matter if the method is cruel!"

The moral concepts of this era are different from those of the future. It is not a question of which is higher and which is lower, but two different things at all.

There is no such thing as the preciousness of life in the education of this era, so people in this era are not as repulsive to killing people as people in the future.

After the two brothers heard it, their eyes lit up and they didn't say anything. Even the two sisters thought it was normal.

What Wu Zetian taught was not that she killed people, but that as a girl, she shouldn't use such bloody methods.

……

The whole family was chatting, and Pei Xingjian also came back.

Li Zhi also praised Pei Xingjian in the Hall of Renshou, but he said that he did not dare to pretend to be credited, and it was all under the command of the princess.

As for Li Yuechen, he didn't forget the credits of Cheng Wuting and Li Wenzhen, and talked about their friendship.

All of a sudden, the Hall of Renshou became a large-scale MLM site, which looked like a MLM den.

During the process of mutual praise, Li Zhi would of course be generous with rewards, but the official edict will not be released until a few days later.

Pei Xingjian didn't stay here for too long, and went back to rest after returning to his command. As for the reception banquet, let's wait for two days to rest.

After all, I was a little tired after traveling for several months.

Li Zhi agreed, anyway, he didn't want to hold a welcome banquet for Pei Xingjian today, he just wanted to have dinner with his daughter.

So Pei Xingjian got up and resigned, leaving a family alone.

In the evening, Li Yuechen had dinner with his parents, and chatted while drinking tea.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that Li Zhi reluctantly announced the end of the banquet under Wu Zetian's urging, and then said: "Chen'er continue to live in the palace tomorrow, don't rush back, I will give your army some more rewards then!"

"Okay, I won't go anywhere these few days, just stay with my grandpa and grandma in the palace!" Li Yuechen nodded and agreed with a smile, but then said: "As for rewards, grandpa should listen to my son. Make military medals and give them a collective second-class merit as a reward..."

After all, this army was brand new, and Li Zhi didn't want to meddle too much, so he nodded in agreement. If you want money, you just need someone to talk to him directly.

Li Yuechen was naturally very happy to have such an open-minded father. After getting up and sending him back to the inner hall to sleep with his mother, he turned around and left.

……

Back to the Anfu Hall, before I approached, I saw a slim figure at the door looking away.

"Wan'er, it's so late, why don't you go to sleep?" Li Yuechen stepped forward to ask and answer.

"I'm waiting for His Highness to come back." Shangguan Wan'er smiled very gently, "I'm relieved to see His Highness coming back, Your Highness will go to sleep earlier."

"Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" Li Yuechen asked suddenly, "Tell me something about the battlefield."

As if she didn't expect Li Yuechen to say that suddenly, Shangguan Wan'er didn't realize it for a while, and was a little dazed on the spot.

But quickly nodded: "Yeah!"

Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Let's go!"

Shangguan Wan'er was Li Yuechen's only friend.

That's right, my friend!
In the palace, except for her relatives, the rest of her are basically servants, and it is impossible to get along with them as friends.

But Geng Yunqiang and others are subordinates or subordinates, and it is impossible to get along with them as friends.

As for dudes like Liu Huang, they might be able to become subordinates if they have the opportunity in the future, but they will definitely not be friends!

Li Yuechen in this era has indeed made up for the regrets of family affection, but he was born in the royal family, but he has no friends who can tell the truth.

If you have to count, Shangguan Wan'er is the only one!
Li Yuechen trusts her very much, he can tell her anything, and she can always give the best solution.

Even when she was angry and impulsive, she dared to stand up and persuade her.

In her opinion, perhaps Shangguan Wan'er will be her only friend in this life, and there will be no second one.

At night, the two of them lay side by side on the bed after washing, listening to Li Yuechen tell various stories after going out this time.

The sky is high and the clouds are clear in the scenery along the way, as well as the blood on the battlefield.

Shangguan Wan'er actually didn't care what happened along the way, what she cared about was who told these things.

……

This time Li Yuechen came back and stayed in the palace for five days. Apart from accompanying his parents, the rest of the time was basically playing with his brothers, sisters and sister-in-law, and of course Shangguan Wan'er.

At the court meeting on the first day of August, Li Zhi rarely went to the court, and rewarded the soldiers who had made great contributions this time in the court hall.

However, Li Yuechen didn't attend the court meeting, but put on a Taoist robe and went to chant scriptures.

In the court hall, the imperial edict issued by the emperor rewarded everyone, but Li Yuechen was not there.

The ministers who felt something was wrong wanted to ask, how could it be possible that Li Zhi, the daughter slave, did not reward the princess, but they didn't know how to speak for a while.

But many people's minds became active, and they were also thinking in their hearts. Is it possible that the emperor was afraid of the princess's high skills, so he beat her on purpose?
But no matter what they thought, Li Zhi didn't intend to explain. After announcing the edict, he announced his withdrawal from the court.

On the other side, Li Yuechen, who was planning to go back to the barracks at the end of the court meeting, suddenly received a message from the Shangyi Bureau that the improved fabric she wanted had been made, and she was asked to go and see if it was qualified.

Li Yuechen who heard the news immediately ran to the Shangyi Bureau. After seeing the improved canvas, his expression changed from surprise, to nostalgia, to eagerness to try, and kept changing back and forth.

　Thank you [Little K] for the reward of 100 starting coins!
　　
　
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