Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 212
Leaning on the couch, Li Shimin rubbed his forehead lightly, seeing that Empress Changsun had been silent for a long time, he couldn't help but a flash of curiosity flashed in his heart.

"My maid, why are you silent?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Empress Changsun's heart trembled slightly. Knowing that she couldn't hide this matter, she immediately spoke out the contents of the memorial with anxiety.

Knowing that Jieli Khan was performing military exercises in Chishui Lake, Li Shimin stood up abruptly, sat cross-legged on the couch, and clenched his hands tightly, needless to say he was angry.

"Xieli! I never dare to forget the alliance of the white horse back then. Now that the country is in turmoil, I want to discuss with you who wins and who loses!"

During the reign of Wude, before Li Shimin ascended the throne, Jieli Khan was forced to sign the "White Horse Alliance" with the Turks, and it was this compromise and concession that became the eternal thorn in Li Shimin's heart. In addition to completely defeating Jieli Khan, I am afraid that this barb will remain in Tang Taizong's heart forever.

Back then, because Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others opposed the separatist regime, Li Shimin, who was the king of Qin, would show weakness to the Turks. Now the Tang Dynasty is unified, the army is strong, and the civil servants and generals are in their prime. strength, and this time Jieli Khan's intention to invade Yanmen Pass was the fuse for Tang Taizong's crusade against the Turks.

After the idea of ​​crusade against the Turks arose, the drunkenness on Li Shimin's body immediately dissipated. He took the memorial from Empress Changsun, carefully watched every word on it, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burst out in an instant.

"Xie Li is too deceitful, is it true that this time is still in the age of Wude?!"

After the murmur of hatred, Li Shimin closed the memorial, quickly got dressed and got off the bed, stood in front of the tea table, raised his head and drank a large cup of herbal tea, hoping to calm himself down.

The herbal tea entered the abdomen along the throat, Li Shimin gradually calmed down, looked at the eldest grandson queen who was sitting by the couch, Li Shimin showed a little warmth rarely, "My maidservant, it happened suddenly, I want to go to the Zichen Palace to check the military plane, today I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you tonight."

Empress Changsun was born gentle and virtuous, so she naturally understood the importance of private affairs and state affairs. She nodded in response and said to Li Shimin: "Long live, wait a little bit. The concubine ordered Wang Youdao to hold the lamp for Long live."

After finishing speaking, Empress Changsun opened the door of the palace, and was about to let Wang Youdao hold the lamp to lead the way, but she saw Bai Jian standing beside her refreshed.

After returning to Daming Palace from the Qin Mansion, Bai Jian didn't dare to neglect Li Shimin when he learned that Li Shimin was drunk and came to the Lizheng Palace.

Bai Jian and Wang Youdao were having a heated conversation when they suddenly found that the door of the palace had been opened. They quickly put away the smile on their faces, bowed and moved closer to him, bowed their heads and listened quietly, as if they were waiting for orders.

"Bai Jian, Wang Youdao, you two hurry up and prepare the lamps, and prepare to send Wansui to the Zichen Hall." After giving the order, Empress Changsun returned to the Lizheng Hall and was busy arranging Li Shimin's clothes.

Looking at the re-closed palace door, Wang Youdao and Bai Jian glanced at each other, with expressions of surprise and incomprehension on their faces.

"It's almost four o'clock now, why is the Empress so hurried? Could something be wrong?"

"Our family has been serving the empress since we were in Prince Qin's mansion, and we have never seen her be so anxious, but that morning at the Xuanwu Gate..."

Wang Youdao was halfway through speaking, when Bai Jian strode forward and covered his mouth suddenly.

Seeing Wang Youdao mentioning the taboo in Li Shimin's heart, Bai Jian, who knew the dragon's heart well, was so shocked that her hairs stood on end, she leaned into his ear and said coldly: "Brother, you don't want to die! Xuanwumen is also something we can mention? Take care of it." The guy on your shoulders!"

Reminded by Bai Jian's words, the drowsy Wang Youdao regained his energy in an instant, his hands trembled slightly, and he couldn't stop looking at the Lizheng Hall, for fear that Li Shimin would hear his gaffes.

After a while, Li Shimin walked out of the Lizheng Hall, accompanied by Bai Jian and Wang Youdao, and walked quickly towards the Zichen Hall.

At the same time when Li Shimin arrived at the Zichen Palace in a hurry, Du Ruhui and Fang Yiai sat side by side in front of the desk in the guest room of the Qin Mansion, carefully talking about the summary of the competition.

After some deliberation, the three of them all decided on the idea of ​​"whether it's a blessing or a disaster or a disaster that can't be avoided", and "follow the destiny and do your best". Because it was getting late and worried about the test results of Fang Yiai, Du Ruhui simply stayed in the Qin Mansion. All night, he explained to Fang Yiai the precautions for the competition.

Before the book case, Du Ruhui spoke in an orderly manner, and Fang Yiai listened attentively, but it was hard for Marshal Qin Qiong, the host of the book.

Sitting in front of the tea table, with one hand resting on his cheek, Qin Qiong was not interested in the prose that Fang Yiai and the two spoke. Like a lullaby, Marshal Qin closed his eyes and fell asleep under the drive of alcohol.

Du Ruhui will explain to Fang Yiai one by one the items that will be tested in the exam, so that he can just ask him if there is anything he doesn't understand, and the distance between the two of them will be shortened a lot in an instant.

We Wenchao Gong, although he is good at writing poetry and calligraphy, but he has only learned some things such as four-character prose and five-character eight-rhyme poems from textbooks. As for studying for exams by himself, this is the first time in two lifetimes.

Fang Yiai's comprehension is not low, and Du Ruhui usually understands the gist of it with a little mention, but because of his unreal title of the top of the commoner list, he can't digest all the content in a short time.

Just as Fang Yiai and Du Ruhui were fascinated by the talk, thunder bursts suddenly came from their ears, the thunder was so loud that it interrupted their thoughts in an instant.

Turning his head to look, he saw Qin Qiong sleeping soundly lying on the tea table, and the thunderous sound was just his snoring in his sleep.

Seeing Qin Qiong falling asleep, Fang Yiai chuckled, and was about to turn her head to continue asking Du Ruhui for advice, but the old mentor beside her had quietly stood up.

Du Ruhui and Qin Qiong have known each other for many years. Although their relationship is not as close as that of their roommate Xuanling, they can be regarded as bosom friends. Seeing that Qin's second child is sleeping soundly, Prime Minister Du can't help but feel like teasing him.

After making a silent gesture to Fang Yiai, Du Ruhui tiptoed to the vanity stand, reached out to hold the copper basin in his hand, and slowly stood beside Qin Qiong.

Du Ruhui held the basin in his right hand, stretched his left hand to Qin Qiong's ear, and slammed it heavily on the copper basin.

When the sound of knocking sounded, Du Ruhui lowered his voice and shouted: "The enemy has stolen the camp!"

Qin Qiong fought for half his life. Although he has not led the army in recent years, the habits he has developed over the years have not been left behind.

Waking up from the dream, Qin Qiong mistook the sound of the copper basin for the golden gong to urge the army, and heard Du Ruhui's yelling, mistook himself in the barracks for a while, jumped off the reflex, suddenly picked up from the seat, and strode away When he reached the bed, he stretched out his hand and felt for something.

"Where is my handsome self-defense sword! Oh, it must have been stolen by those spies!"

After he couldn't find the close-fitting sword, Qin Qiong cursed, turned to Fang Yiai and Du Ruhui and shouted: "All generals, quickly put on your clothes and follow me to chop down those who have forgotten for eight days!"

Seeing Qin Qiong like this, Fang Yiai and Du Ruhui felt it was funny, and after the "trick" succeeded, the two laughed loudly.

Hearing the laughter of the two, Qin Qiong hurriedly rubbed his sleepy eyes, and saw that he was in Fangyi's room, only then did he realize that the "golden gong to urge the army and the sound of announcing orders" before was all caused by Du Ruhui.

"Hey, Lao Du, it's your fault! Why are you playing tricks on us, Lao Qin!"

After complaining about Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, who saw Fang Yiai sitting in front of the desk laughing and laughing, felt that he had lost face in front of his son-in-law, snorted coldly and reprimanded: "Stinky boy, why are you laughing! Believe it or not, I will destroy you! "

After finishing speaking, Qin Qiong once again made the movement of breaking the wooden stick with his hands, and Fang Yiai was so frightened that he quickly covered his mouth and nose, for fear of angering his prospective father-in-law.

After the laughter fell, Qin Qiong saw the drum beating the fifth watch, and after beating a hache, she went to the kitchen and asked the cook to cook some delicious side dishes for Du Ruhui.

Fang Yiai and Du Ruhui kept talking about Tianming, and then they got up and went to the second hall for dinner under Qin Qiong's urging.

Walking out of the room, Du Ruhui looked at the rising red sun, and murmured: "Yi love, after tomorrow, I will have a test of Chunwei. Whether you can take off the hat of deceiving the emperor depends on your ability." Will take the yuan off!"

After finishing speaking, before Fang Yiai could respond, Du Ruhui sighed softly, and said if he had something on his mind: "The tenth son of Changsun Wuji, Sun Jin, studied with Shen Guogong Gao Shilian since he was a child, and he is inferior to you in poetry and calligraphy. , but when it comes to scriptures and classics, you are indistinguishable from each other, this son is your arch enemy in this test, and your love must not be sloppy!"

Hearing Du Ruhui's instructions, Fang Yi's heart trembled suddenly, and he thought to himself, "Gao Shilian! Changsun Wuji's uncle? Changsun Jin's calligraphy was learned from him, but this is so difficult!"

Fang Yiai's "Wen Chao" poems are invincible in the world, but when it comes to the "four-book essays, five-character and eight-rhyme poems" that are to be tested in the exam, they can only barely be regarded as top-notch. It's really difficult to get Huiyuan, why can't he use the Jade Finger Sword to kill Changsun Jin as soon as he enters the examination room?
(End of this chapter)