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Chapter 545 Chapter 558: Good News to Chang'an

Soon, the food and drink were ready, Li Hao and Li Zhi were drinking and enjoying the moon in the courtyard, Li Zhi was in high spirits, but Li Hao was depressed, Li Zhi sighed secretly when he saw this, wanted to comfort him, but didn't know how to speak, After a long time, Li Hao suddenly put down his wine glass and said: "Your Highness, I have just experienced the pain of bereavement, and the little emperor's grandson was born on the same day as my son, which is very meaningful. I have a merciless request , I want to wait for the little emperor's grandson to grow up, and the minister will teach him his studies and pass on his skills, I wonder if it is possible?"

Li Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he hurriedly put down his wine glass, and said: "This is really what you wish for. You have great talent. In today's world, the person I admire most is the poet. To tell you the truth, I originally had This plan, but seeing that you are in a bad mood recently, you dare not speak."

Li Hao cupped his hands and said: "Since that's the case, that's the best thing. I must try my best to teach the emperor and grandson, so as not to disappoint His Highness and the Emperor."

Li Zhi nodded again and again: "Naturally, you are the one I trust the most."

Li Hao picked up the wine glass, and said solemnly: "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness, and I offer you a toast."

"Drink this glass to the brim!" Li Zhi raised his glass to touch him, and drank it with his head up.

Watching Li Zhi drinking freely, Li Hao sighed secretly in his heart. At this time, he began to envy Li Zhi. He didn't know anything, but he didn't have any troubles. Tilt your head and drink.

The two drank the wine in their glasses, Li Zhi put down the wine glass with a "dumb", and sighed: "Poet, I'm sorry for you, five thousand troops searched the mountain for three days, and the whole mountain is about to be turned upside down. Still haven't been able to find the murderer, alas..."

"Your Highness is bothering you." Li Hao also put down his wine glass slowly, and sighed in a long voice, "Death cannot be brought back to life, and the soldiers are also working very hard. Since you can't find it, don't let them look for it again."

Li Zhi was slightly surprised when he heard the words, but then he smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to be so appreciative of Shikuang, that's fine, as long as Shikuang is fine, I can rest assured."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern."

Li Hao had something hidden in his heart, and he couldn't fully enjoy the conversation tonight.

Early the next morning, the soldiers who searched the mountain received Li Zhi's order to stop searching the mountain and stopped outside the Ganye Temple to protect the safety of Li Hao and Li Zhi.

The next day, Li Hao, Li Zhi and Li Mingda left Ganye Temple and began to descend back to Chang'an.

They set out in the morning, and when they arrived in Chang'an, the sun was already setting in the west. As soon as they entered Chang'an City, they received an imperial edict from Li Shimin, asking them to go to the Temple of Manna to face the saint, and to bring the emperor and grandson to meet him.

Li Hao sent people to take Li Ping home first, Li Zhi also sent people to send Wang back to the East Palace, and then the two went to the Taiji Palace to face the saints, and Li Mingda returned to the Lizheng Hall first under the escort of the Jinwu Guard.

Li Hao and Li Zhi entered the Ganlu Hall, Li Zhi was holding the child in his arms, and Li Shimin was sitting in front of the dragon case waiting, when he saw them coming in, his eyes lit up and his face showed joy.

"My subject Li Hao sees the emperor."

"My son-in-law pays respects to his father."

"No courtesy, no courtesy, give me a seat!" Li Shimin waved his hands happily.

Two eunuchs brought two chairs and let the two of them sit down.

Li Hao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Long En, I am afraid, I should stand still."

"There's no need for poets to be like this, I let you sit, and you sit."

"According to the order."

Li Hao and Li Zhi both sat down, Li Shimin looked at the baby in Li Zhi's arms, and happily asked: "Zhier, is this my grandson?"

"Go back to Father, yes."

"Come on, hug me so I can take a good look at it." Li Shimin rubbed his hands slowly, seemingly excited.

Xu Lian stepped forward to hug the child, turned back and handed it to Li Shimin. Li Shimin took the child carefully and said happily, "Oh, my little grandson."

He pushed aside the swaddling clothes, revealing the baby's entire small face, and said cheerfully: "My little emperor's grandson is so handsome, look at this little hand, this little nose, it's exactly the same as when Zhi'er was a child..."

The old Li Shimin teased his grandson, he was no different from an ordinary old man. If he took off this dragon robe, no one would believe that he was the famous Tian Khan who shocked the world. Unfortunately, Tian Khan is old.

"Oh, smack your lips, smack your lips." Li Shimin said suddenly, "Are you hungry?"

Li Zhi replied: "Going back to my father, Xu is really hungry, and I haven't fed for two hours."

"How can it be done?" Li Shimin suddenly put on a face, and said, "How can I let my emperor's grandson starve, pass on my order, add three more wet nurses to the East Palace, and ask for the best wet nurse!"

Xu Lian hurriedly nodded: "Observe the order."

Li Shimin handed the child to Xu Lian, and said: "Send the grandson to nurse quickly, and then send it to the East Palace. You have to be careful in serving it. If you lose a hair, I will not spare you."

"Slaves will obey the holy order." Xu Lian hurriedly took the child carefully, and took a few eunuchs with him.

Li Hao stared at the child from the beginning to the end. After all, this was his son, but they couldn't recognize each other. Who could understand the pain in his heart.

"Poetry mad." Li Shimin noticed Li Hao's strange behavior, and sighed, "The crown prince has already reported all your affairs to me. This time, I was negligent."

Li Hao hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty is serious, it's because I didn't notice..."

Li Shimin waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and interrupted him: "Sit down now, listen to me, Ganye Temple is only more than 20 miles away from Chang'an, and it can be regarded as the foot of the emperor. It is indeed my negligence that such a big event happened. .”

Li Hao sat down according to his words, and sighed helplessly: "This minister is destined to have such a calamity, and no one is to blame."

Li Shimin said: "Death cannot be brought back to life. I hope you can get out of the pain of losing your son as soon as possible. I can't do it without you."

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Li Hao cupped his hands, "I will definitely not delay state affairs."

"Well, if you can do this, I feel at ease." Li Shimin nodded slowly.

At this time, Li Zhi suddenly said: "Father, my son has not named the child yet, I want to ask Father to give me a name."

"Okay, it's a good feeling." Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said happily, "Let me think about it, let me think about it carefully, my grandson, the name can't be careless."

After a while, Li Shimin suddenly frowned and sighed: "Oh, it's hard to ask for perfection, why the more I want to get a good name, the more I can't think of it, Shi Kuang, do you have a good suggestion?"

Li Hao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then hurriedly said: "What does your Majesty think of the name Li Hong? May the emperor's grandson inherit the great achievements of His Majesty and His Highness."

"Li... Hong..." Li Shimin savored it carefully, nodded with a smile, "Well, this 'Hong' is really wonderful, very imposing!"

Li Zhi on the side also nodded and said: "Father is very right, and my son also thinks that this name is really good. It is worthy of being Li Shikuang, and no one can match the name."

Li Hao could only laugh dryly. This was the name he had prepared for his son. This was his son, originally called Li Hong.

Li Shimin saw that Li Zhi also liked this name very much, so he said, "Okay, I will name the emperor's grandson Li Hong."

"Thank you, Father!" Li Zhi hurriedly stood up and saluted, then sat down again.

Next, Li Shimin took out a memorandum, turned his head to look at Li Hao, and said with a smile: "Poetry Maniac, you really have the insight to recognize talents, and you have recruited a peerless handsome talent for me in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Hao was taken aback when he heard the words, thought carefully, then guessed something, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, is there any good news for Fan Lihua?"

"Of course." Li Shimin laughed, threw the memorial to Li Hao, and said, "Look for yourself, this is a great victory."

Li Hao reached out to catch the memorial, opened it, and saw that it was the battle report memorial handed over by the Superintendent of the Fanlihua Army. He Huihe had been broken, and had already moved the Yazhang hundreds of miles north, while Fan Lihua was unable to continue the pursuit due to limited troops and insufficient food and grass, so he had already led his troops back to Yunzhou.

Li Hao closed the memorial after reading it, and Li Zhi was a little anxious at the side, hearing about the great victory, he also wanted to see it, so he hurriedly asked, "Father, can my son take a look?"

"Let's watch together." Li Shimin said happily.

Li Hao got up and walked over, and handed the memorial to Li Zhi. After reading it, Li Zhi was shocked and said: "Twenty thousand troops killed one hundred thousand enemy troops? Only [-] soldiers were lost? Is this Fan Lihua a man or a god?"

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Naturally, she is a human, and she is also a woman. Haha, I will report this army to the old ministers in the court tomorrow morning, so that they can be ashamed."

The meaning of Li Shimin's words is obvious, he wants to slap those ministers in the face, after all, at the beginning many veterans looked down on Fan Lihua because Fan Lihua was a woman, now that Fan Lihua has fought such a beautiful battle, isn't this slapping these veterans in the face.

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Father, although Fan Lihua has won a great victory, he has lost a good chance to destroy Xue Yantuo and Huihe. My minister thinks that it is not appropriate to fight again after calling Fan Lihua back to Chang'an."

Li Hao on the side also said: "I think the prince is right, so I second the proposal."

"En." Li Shimin nodded and said, "I think so too, but this matter has to be decided tomorrow morning, and there will be a meeting tomorrow, both of you must go."

"According to the order."

The next morning, at the first court meeting in early June, the Taiji Hall was full of civil and military ministers, and Li Hao was at the front. Once upon a time, Li Hao was still at the end of the line, but now, these ministers can only look at the back of Li Hao's head , which can't help but make people feel embarrassed.

Li Hao's team is still as casual as ever. He can stand in the honorary team, the generals team, or the civil servant team. Anyway, no matter which team he is in, he is always the first one. Oh, so capricious. ah.

This time, Li Hao stood in the first row of civil servants. There are three rows of civil servants. In the first row, Changsun Wuji leads, in the second row, Li Hao leads, and in the third row, Wei Zheng leads. When Li Hao went to Qinghai last year, Fang Xuanling had already passed away, and Kong Yingda passed away in the same month as Fang Xuanling.

Why did Li Hao stand in the queue of civil servants? Because it is summer now, and the generals are smelling again, especially Cheng Yaojin. Standing within six feet of Cheng Yaojin, you can smell the sweat on his body Stinky, at such an age, I still show off my martial arts all day long, practice martial arts as soon as I practice martial arts, and don't take a shower after sweating, sloppy.

"The emperor is here!" With a burst of shouts, Li Shimin walked out from the back of the hall, followed by Prince Li Zhi.

When Li Shimin entered the throne, Li Zhi sat down on the side seat to listen to the government. Li Zhi would come to listen to the government almost every court meeting, so Li Zhi now has a little experience in political affairs.

After the officials saw the ceremony, Li Shimin glanced at the officials below with a smile, and said happily: "The martyrs are full of ambition in their old age. Although I am old, I am also full of ambition. Today, I will tell you something to strengthen my morale in the Tang Dynasty." great joy."

The officials were very happy when they heard the words. Li Shimin said that it was a big happy event, so it must not be a trivial matter. They all listened attentively, only to hear Li Shimin slowly say: "Yesterday, I just received a letter from Yu Du's marching chief and Yu Du's marching superintendent. According to the military report, Fan Lihua, the general manager of Yudu's march, won three battles and three victories, and directly attacked Yudujun Mountain, killing more than [-] enemies and only [-] self-defeated. The tent is hundreds of miles away, it is really pleasing to the hearts of the people, and I am proud of the Tang Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)