The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

"Old Tang Book" Ben Ji·Taizong II: In the autumn of the 13th year and August Xin Weishuo, there was an eclipse.

After dealing with the government affairs that day, Li Chengqian took a few guards in micro-services for a private visit when he had nothing to do.

After serving as the head of the cabinet, he calmed down, and he was no longer as fraught as before.

In order to make himself look more mature, he even grew a beard.

He didn't run around, but headed south of the city.

He built a lonely garden in the civilian area in the south of the city, modeled on Emperor Wu of Liang, that is, a nursing home and an orphanage.

Nearly a hundred widowed old people and orphans, as well as some disabled young people were adopted in it.

The reason why they are placed in the south of the city is that these people have relatively low status. If they are placed in the north of the city, they will inevitably be looked down upon.

The south of the city is a civilian area, and they will feel more comfortable living here.

The well-informed people in Chang'an City know that he built the Lonely Garden, and they are not afraid of people coming to make trouble.

Every once in a while, he would personally come over to check on the situation in the Lonely Garden. Before he served as the cabinet foreman, only here could he feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

Even now that he is the foreman of the cabinet and can intervene in government affairs, he still keeps coming every once in a while.

Instead, they come randomly every time, because they are afraid that the manager of the Lonely Garden will bully these poor people.

But this time he didn't go in a hurry, but first wandered aimlessly on the street to experience the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty firsthand.

Especially when he heard others talking about the emperor and the prince's kindness and filial piety, he would stop and listen to it, and his mood would become happier.

Because Li Shimin handed over the power to the crown prince in advance, not only his own reputation caught up with the ancient holy emperor, but Li Chengqian also gained a wave of prestige.

It can be said that his status as the prince is becoming more and more stable. As long as he does not rebel, no one can shake his position.

Even Li Shimin can't do it, unless he is trying to lose his reputation and shake his roots.

This also made Li Chengqian feel more relaxed than ever, at least he no longer had to be as trembling as before, for fear of being replaced.

While walking around, I came to the border of the south of the city without knowing it, not far from the Lonely Garden.

Looking at the familiar environment around him, he couldn't help laughing.

After crossing a small puddle on the road, he walked towards the Lonely Garden.

Just halfway there, I suddenly saw two masked men rushing out of the garden, one of them had a ten-year-old girl under his arm.

An old man in his 60s and [-]s chased after her furiously, shouting, "Help, someone is robbing a girl from a good family."

However, how could he, an old man, catch up to these strong and strong men, and the people who heard the shouts along the way stepped aside one after another, and no one dared to step forward.

Seeing the distance getting farther and farther, his face revealed a look of despair.

Li Chengqian didn't understand what happened, he was so angry that he said to the guards: "Catch them and don't let them run away."

"This..." The guards hesitated, their task was to protect the prince, if something happened to the prince after they left, their end would be miserable.

"What, what, my words won't work? If I let them escape, I'll ask you." Li Chengqian said angrily.

"Here." The guards didn't dare to disobey his wishes, so they left two people to protect him, and the rest went to surround the two strong men.

A group of well-trained Ouchi guards besieged the two gangsters, in anyone's eyes, it was easy to catch.

However, what was unexpected was that the two of them were like loaches, running around and running around, and escaped from the encirclement of the guards.

And it was no coincidence that they were running away from Li Chengqian's side.

Li Chengqian was so angry. Seeing that the bandits were about to escape, he subconsciously stepped forward to intercept them without thinking too much.

The gangster who opened the way in front also saw that he was with the interceptor, yelled and cursed for death, and directly kicked Li Chengqian's ankle fiercely.

Li Chengqian only felt a sharp pain coming from his feet, and he screamed and fell to the ground hugging his feet.

All the guards watching this scene were furious, and they no longer cared whether they would be injured, so they all rushed forward to quickly capture the two gangsters in exchange for injuries.

Just as they were about to check Li Chengqian's injuries, they suddenly felt that the sky was getting dark, and then they heard the panicked cries of the surrounding people.

"Lick the dog and eat the sun, there is a big disaster coming."

The guards were startled, and when they raised their heads, they saw a horrifying scene. The sun was covered by a black disc at one corner.

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Royal Palace.

After about seven or eight minutes, the 'dome' covering the sun began to shift.The sun gradually revealed the golden edge, the sky began to turn from dark to bright, and the stars gradually disappeared.

All these signs are concentrated in a short period of one or two minutes.

If superstition can be removed, it can indeed be called a spectacle simply from the perspective of appreciating astronomy.

Anyway, Chen Jingke was so happy watching, that he forgot to let go of his little son in time, and was caught by the eldest grandson Wugou and the others.

"Oh!!!" Gao Yang and Cheng Yang yelled strangely on purpose, while Xin Cheng looked at them curiously.

Xiao Si buried her head in Chen Jingke's arms in embarrassment and dared not lift it up.

Chen Jingke hugged her and looked threateningly at the two of them.

The eldest grandson Wugou also thought it was funny, but considering that this daughter is precocious, he was afraid that she would not be able to keep her face, so he said:
"Okay, okay, you two, stop making fun of each other, and be careful that when you are with Yiai and Qingquan in the future, she will make fun of you."

The two of them didn't dare to fight anymore, not because they were afraid that Xiao Si would seize the opportunity to make fun of them in the future.

But neither Fang Yiai nor Du He has the right to freely enter and leave the palace, they are princesses who have not left the cabinet, and they cannot enter and leave the palace at will.

Normally, if they want to contact each other, they can only go through Chen Jingke, but they dare not offend the messenger too much.

Little Si still didn't dare to show her face, Changsun Wugou knew that she was thin-skinned, so he gave Chen Jingke a wink, got up and said:
"It's dawn, let's go to the house and stay for a while."

Chen Jingke said: "You go, a solar eclipse is rare, I will watch it for a while."

The eldest grandson Wugou said: "Okay, then you see, we will go back first."

After talking about the former Xincheng's hand, he walked into the house, Gao Yang and Xincheng reluctantly followed behind and left.

After everyone had left, Chen Jingke put his chin on her shoulder and said softly, "Little Si."

"Huh?" Xiao Si replied shyly.

Chen Jingke gently rubbed her cheeks against her small face, and said, "That's great, I really hope this will last forever."

Xiao Si didn't answer, but the arms around his neck added some strength to respond.

Chen Jingke's arms couldn't help adding some strength.

The two people behind did not speak any more, just sat quietly like this.

After a long time, Chen Jingke saw Gao Yang poking his head in the distance, so he knew it was time to go back.

So he let go of his arms and said, "Okay, let's go back and play with my aunt."

"En." Xiao Si let go of his arms with some reluctance.

Although her face was still blushing, she was not as shy as before.

Chen Jingke took her by the hand and returned to the hall, and everyone seemed to have nothing happened, chatting and laughing about happy things.

Because the solar eclipse hadn't completely passed, the hall was lit with lights, which were brighter than the outside.

Changsun Wugou chatted with Chen Jingke for a while, and somehow the topic came up with Gao Yang's marriage.

"Gao Yang will be fourteen (false) after the new year and it's time to get married. I think Fang Xiang can't wait."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "I think Fang Erlang is more anxious, haha... With Sister Gao Yang's temperament, Fang Erlang will definitely control Fang Erlang to death after marriage."

Gao Yang said a little annoyed: "Whoever is fierce, don't think it's your brother and dare to slander me."

Chen Jingke laughed and said: "Haha... this is self-reporting. But I think I should give Fang Xiang a suggestion, let Fang Erlang build another house, and let the two of them live there alone after marriage gone."

The eldest grandson Wugou thought he was teasing Gao Yanghui for being a savage daughter-in-law, he didn't care, but said: "Either build another princess mansion, or live in the old house to be filial and broken, how can I live by myself, it's unreasonable."

But Chen Jingke said: "The rule of etiquette can't be like this?"

Changsun Wugou really couldn't say that etiquette, but what surprised her even more was Chen Jingke's attitude, asking: "What do you want to say?"

Chen Jingke said: "I am opposed to the establishment of the princess mansion. Our lady is married to live, not looking for a servant who can go to bed."

"If you live in the princess mansion, what will become of the son-in-law? Can the relationship between husband and wife be good? Maybe those son-in-laws dare not say anything, but there will always be complaints in their hearts."

The eldest grandson Wugou objected: "The Princess House is afraid that our lady will be wronged if she gets married."

Chen Jingke retorted: "How can there be a couple who doesn't quarrel or quarrel? Fighting is kissing and scolding is love. If you don't have enough kisses, you kick me with your feet. I am happy to kick me with my feet every day."

Xiao Si's face turned red again, but she still said bravely, "No way, how could I kick my brother?"

Chen Jingke patted her head and said, "It's okay... On the other hand, if one day I lose my temper with my little sis and say something harsh to her, wouldn't it be okay?"

"How can there be such a reason in the world? If it doesn't work, who would dare to marry a daughter-in-law? Did our lady marry a husband, or did she find a useless doormat?"

"And what is the status of our wife? Princess Tang, who dares to bully them for no reason? Just when there is no one in our royal family?"

"It's really a bully. If our wife doesn't want to have a relationship with him, we will be sentenced to divorce, and then this ignorant guy will be punished."

"As long as our lady's character is good, I still don't believe that I can't marry a good person."

The eldest grandson Wugou was left speechless by what he said, but he was still unwilling to give up on the matter of the Princess Mansion:

"As long as Xiao Si is willing, you can build a princess mansion or not in the future. Xiangcheng is not built, and you will live with Xiao Xiang and his wife."

"But you can't force other princesses to give up the princess mansion like you, right?"

Chen Jingke decided to give her a hard time, and asked, "Do you think Datang's son-in-law will be happy living in the princess mansion?"

The eldest grandson Wugou said: "For the sake of the princesses, I can only wrong them."

Chen Jingke asked again: "Who are the son-in-laws of the Tang Dynasty?"

The eldest grandson Wugou didn't know what he wanted to say, but he still replied: "The princess has a noble status, so naturally she can only marry noble children."

Chen Jingke said: "That's right, the selection of son-in-laws by the Tang Dynasty is all outstanding people. But if the relationship between their husband and wife is not harmonious, will these outstanding people have one heart with the court?"

"These honorable children have families behind them. If their lives are not good, will it affect the family's view of the court?"

"In the long run, who really has the ability to dare to marry the princess? Is doing so really conducive to the long-term stability of the court?"

The eldest grandson Wugou was finally shaken, and said with a wry smile: "No wonder the sage has been persuaded by you several times, you can really speak with this mouth."

Chen Jingke said proudly: "That's because what I said makes sense, not because I know how to say it."

Changsun Wugou shook his head and asked, "Then why did you let Fang Erlang and Gaoyang branch live separately?"

Chen Jingke said: "As you said, our girl is a dignified princess. Marrying a man is not to be angry, but to live."

"If you are the eldest son, you really can't ask others to divide the mansion. This is not in line with the etiquette."

"But Fang Erlang is the second son, and he can't inherit the title of Liang Guogong, so he should separate him as soon as possible and set up his own family."

"Let their little couple live on their own, and maybe they will make a name for themselves in the future."

"It's the same as Du Qingquan, now he is the leader of the East Palace, and it will be no problem to be a general in the future."

"Although Fang Erlang is a simple and honest person, he is not stupid at all, and he listens to Gao Yang very much. With her behind the scenes, he will be a member of Datang in the future."

"Of course, if anyone wants to emulate Princess Xiangcheng, that's their freedom.

"Anyway, our rules are set here. If the eldest son marries the princess, there is no need to divide the mansion."

"If the second son marries the princess, he must live in a separate house and establish his own family."

Changsun Wugou couldn't help but nodded, and said: "These words are quite reasonable. Okay, I'll talk to Erlang later and see what he means."

Chen Jingke said: "Your Majesty's daughter...cough cough, she loves her daughter's character, and she will definitely not agree to it. You must make up your mind about this matter."

The eldest grandson Wugou said helplessly: "Okay, I will make up my own mind."

Then she sighed again: "Hey, that's what you said. If another son-in-law said that, I would have dragged him out and beat him to death."

Chen Jingke said triumphantly: "They wouldn't have the guts to say that if they changed their son-in-law. Let's see if Fang Erlang and Du Qingquan dare."

The eldest grandson Wugou jokingly said: "Oh, are you bragging about how brave you are?"

Chen Jingke directly chose Congxin, and said: "I am very timid, but I am only brave in front of my aunt. Because I know that you love me the most, and you will definitely not be angry."

"Ouch..." Gao Yang and Cheng Yang made a disgusted look.

The eldest grandson Wugou said happily: "Haha, you will make me happy."

Several people were chatting happily, when suddenly they saw Sun Fucai running in from outside in a panic, and said: "Your Majesty is not well, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was attacked and injured in the south of the city."