Queen Sun

Chapter 63
Mingyao still lowered her head, but all she could think about in her heart was how to quickly lead her father away. After thinking about it for a while, she raised her eyes and said, "No, I'm tired of that kind of life. , so I want to come out for a walk!"

Li Shimin's clenched fists rattled, as if the voice was squeezed out from between his teeth: "Okay, I'm so tired, do you think getting married is a joke! I, Li Shimin, have a daughter like you, you Uncle can't do anything about you, he doesn't care, I'll take care of it! Your mother hasn't said anything like this in the 23 years since she married me, and you actually..."

"Does father think mother is willing?" Ming Yao suddenly laughed, "In 23 years, how much time did she have to be relaxed, happy, and free? If I were mother, I would never come back!"

If it wasn't for the fact that the anger had taken most of Li Shimin's sanity, he could definitely hear the clues in his daughter's unintentional leak at this time. Unfortunately, not only did he have no time to distinguish carefully, but he directly pulled his daughter to his side rudely. Condescendingly, he dropped a sentence on Wuji's head: "Back to Luoyang Palace, I have to ask clearly what Mingyao has been doing these past few years!"

Changsun Wuji got up silently, he never believed what Mingyao said just now, why did he go back to Luoyang when he went to Yangzhou?Also, it's the first time she came here, how could she find Ruoshui's room so easily... unless...he smiled wryly, how could it be...

Ruoshui closed her eyes tightly, her body slowly slid down the wall, almost, she would be discovered like her daughter, almost, she would rush out to stop her daughter's lies, almost, she wanted to speak out Called my brother again, but no, nothing happened.It's just because she still can't face that person now, even though she no longer has the feelings belonging to her eldest grandson in her heart, even though she has many things she wants to ask him, but when everything really comes, her eyes show despair , I don’t know if it’s for him or for myself...

Mingyao's hand was painfully pulled by her father, but she didn't say a word, mother should go back.Seeing the smile on his daughter's face, Li Shimin became even more angry.

Changsun Wuji almost trotted behind them. Although he felt sorry for his niece, he understood that the emperor at this moment would not listen to any persuasion. He could only plead guilty to His Majesty later and explain the matter clearly.

Everyone in the Luoyang Palace was almost silent. When the palace attendants saw the emperor coldly pulling a girl into the room, they knew that something was wrong, and Lord Sikong's expression was the same. It was gray, and he dragged his legs and lowered his head to follow into the inner room.

"Kneel down!" Li Shimin was furious, "When you were not married, you were allowed to mess around. Back then, you said you wanted to marry Chong'er, but no one forced you to marry. Now you look like this, I'm sorry. Who?"

Changsun Wuji also knelt on the side, seeing Mingyao's silence, he had no choice but to raise his head and said: "Your Majesty, Princess Changle cannot be blamed for this matter, I am also guilty."

"Uncle!" Mingyao knew what Changsun Wuji was going to say, but she still didn't have the slightest confidence in her heart. Just like what her mother said, the emperor and father are two completely different roles. It only depends on what father does in this matter. Just choose.

Li Shimin heard something strange slightly, calmed down and thought about it, Wuji has always been cautious, even if he loves Mingyao again, he would not make mistakes in such a big matter, could there be something hidden?Thinking of this, he gave his daughter a cold look, forced her to remain silent, and then asked his wife and uncle: "What's going on? Wuji, please explain clearly."

Changsun Wuji glanced at Mingyao with a sigh, restrained his mind, and was about to report the cause and effect before and after.But who would have thought that a court lady who didn't know her eyes would report loudly outside the curtain: "Your Majesty, Mr. Du He has been waiting in the side hall for a long time, do you want to call him to have an audience immediately?"

Li Shimin's face sank, and he just wanted to say no, but suddenly remembered that he was the one who summoned him after all, and regretting it now would hurt the majesty of the emperor, so he said coldly: "Send him in."

Changsun Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about what to say later, but he didn't want to but caught a glimpse of Mingyao biting her bloodless lips. Compared with the panic just now, she seemed a little more frightened at this time disturbed.

Du He, who had been waiting for several hours, showed no signs of anxiety or apprehension. He calmly walked to the front of the emperor, knelt down and saluted steadily. This was not the first time he saw His Majesty. The last time was when his father was seriously ill. It's time, let him see what the real relationship between a monarch and his ministers is, not to control, but to communicate with each other from the heart. If he is also interested in official career, there is no doubt that today's emperor is a wise emperor worthy of allegiance.

"It's been a few years in a flash." Li Shimin sighed slightly, "If Ru Hui can live to this day, he must be very happy to have a son like you. Get up."

"Du He is ashamed and dare not be ashamed. He can't follow his father's last wish and continue to serve the court like his eldest brother. He is already very ashamed in his heart." Du He's words and deeds showed a modest attitude, which made Li Shimin smile slightly.

"I heard from Wuji that you haven't married a wife yet?"

Du He was slightly stunned, and then resolutely said: "Du He already has someone he likes."

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji with displeasure, and Du He saw Lord Sikong kneeling next to him, so he explained: "Your Majesty, please don't blame Mrs. Changsun. Du He hasn't proposed marriage to that girl's family yet, so I didn't inform you before." others."

"I originally planned to recruit you as a son-in-law." Li Shimin said with a smile, "It seems that this is not the case now. Which girl is it that can make you fall in love so much?"

Du He was worried at first, then immediately relaxed, and was about to answer...but—"Stop talking!" Mingyao finally raised her lowered face, and almost shouted out of composure.

"Yao'er, why are you here?" Du He wondered.

"Yao'er?" Li Shimin suppressed his smile, looked directly at Du He and asked, "Do you know each other?"

Du He looked at Ming Yao's sad eyes with some hesitation, but still replied firmly: "Yes, Your Majesty, Yao'er is exactly the girl Du He mentioned just now."

As soon as the words fell, the faces of the other three people in the inner room changed drastically. Li Shimin slowly stood up from the soft couch, and said in a single word: "Do you know who she is?"

Du He suddenly thought of what Mrs. Gao said that night, but before he could recover, the emperor's words were like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, making his brain buzzing: "She is my eldest daughter, Changle Princess Li Mingyao married her cousin Sun Chong in the seventh year of Zhenguan, you don't know that?"

"Princess Changle... Li Mingyao." Du He turned his eyes to his beloved woman in disbelief, "But your surname is Gao, why did you suddenly..."

"Surname Gao?" Li Shimin twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, "My sons and daughters seem to have a habit of saying their surname Gao to everyone they meet. Wuji, their uncles are really blessed."

Changsun Wuji's expression carried an indescribable meaning, his eyes were lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Du He looked at the silent Mingyao, feeling a little flustered in his heart: "How could you be a princess... If that's the case, isn't your mother Mrs. Gao..."

Mingyao felt anxious, and blurted out: "What my mother, I lied to you all. I am Princess Changle. I ran out of Chang'an's house to have fun. Only you would foolishly believe it."

Hearing a loud noise, Li Shimin kicked away the desk in front of him: "What are you talking about?" He stepped up to Du He's side, his voice seemed to hide the turmoil: "You mean Yao and her mother are together? "

"Shut up!" Ming Yao yelled almost heartbreakingly.

Du He raised his pale face and looked at Mingyao quietly, then knelt down towards the emperor, and said slowly: "Yes, I personally saw the princess call a lady as a mother, from Yangzhou all the way to Luoyang."

"It's absolutely impossible!" Changsun Wuji said suddenly, "Your Majesty, the Empress has passed away three years ago, and that's what we saw with our own eyes."

There was a trace of determination in Du He's hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, what Du He said is true. In the Daming Temple in Luoyang, the princess met Mrs. Gao by chance. I still remember the scene where the mother and daughter met. The wife claimed to be seriously ill three years ago and sought medical treatment, and was rescued by the abbot of Daming Temple, so she was separated from her relatives. After that, I met the princess and Mrs. Gao again in Luoyang. They rescued them, but afterward Madam told me not to reveal their names, but I don’t know the real identity of Madam Gao.”

Li Shimin walked up to his daughter slowly, bent down, his eyes were full of hatred, but his voice was a little cautious: "Yao'er, tell daddy, is that your mother?"

Mingyao was crying and shook her head choked with sobs: "No, that's not my mother, it's just a person I met on the road who looked very similar to my mother. When we were in Zhenguan for ten years, we all looked at my mother without breath. How could it be possible for people to die and come back to life? Those were all lies I told myself to comfort myself. Du He didn't know, so he believed it. If you don't believe me, you can ask him, how is it possible that that woman looks about the same age as me? Is it my mother?"

Du He's eyelids twitched. Facing the emperor's inquiring eyes, he took a step forward and said loudly: "Yes, that lady's appearance really does not look more than twenty years old, but when she is talking to the princess or me, it's like There will be a very clear sense of elders, and it will not look out of place at all."

At this time, not only Li Shimin, but even Changsun Wuji's heart was a little shaken. That's right, if it was Ruoshui, then everything made sense. Why Mingyao didn't get lost in the huge house, and why did Mingyao Yao was almost driving them out of that room in an angry way. The only possibility was that there were two people hiding behind the curtain at that time, so what about now?Even if it wasn't Ruoshui, where would that woman be now? "Your Majesty." He broke the suffocating silence in the inner room, "As long as we see that Mrs. Gao with our own eyes, we will know who she really is."

"Du He, where is that woman now?" Li Shimin asked without thinking.

Du He nodded lightly: "During this period of time, the princess and the lady have been temporarily staying at my home. Since there is still a teenager who has been adopted by Mrs. Gao who is recuperating, she will not leave at this time. .”

Li Shimin frowned slightly: "Wuji, hurry up and arrange carriages and horses, you can go with me."

Mingyao half-closed her eyes in disappointment, her knees kneeling on the bluestone slab were already aching, but her heart seemed to be numb, but in just half a day, now it is true that things are different, after so long The tense nerves that had been tense since then were suddenly broken, and everything in front of her eyes gradually became blurred. Finally, she closed her eyes in resignation and let her body fall to one side... She never wanted to hear that gentle voice again.

At this time, on the official road outside Luoyang City, a small carriage passed by without haste, Ruoshui let out a long breath, and finally left the city gate before sunset, otherwise, it would not be too late tonight. Know how many variables to generate.

"Aunt Shui, are we going to Chang'an? But where is Sister Mingyao?" From the moment Aunt Shui found out that Brother Du had entered the palace to meet the saint, to the time when they hurriedly hired a car to leave Luoyang, she was keenly aware of the situation. Seeing that they are hiding from someone.

Ruoshui smiled reassuringly: "Yes, since the doctor said that your health is almost recovered, let's leave as soon as possible. Yao'er will stay in Luoyang for a while, and she will naturally return to her home in Chang'an at that time. Worry."

Xinxin nodded obediently, and then stopped making a sound. The sun was setting, and the whole sky in the west was dyed red. Is there Chang'an?
In Du's house, in the room where Ruoshui had lived temporarily, Li Shimin walked around slowly with his footsteps light, and there was a faint fragrance, which was so familiar that he almost lost control.

Changsun Wuji was waiting outside the house, waiting quietly. Although he learned that the lady had left without saying goodbye with the young man, the emperor still came here. Is it despair or madness?He watched Li Shimin come out from the inside, with a sharp and cold look in his eyes, as if he was facing the enemy's thousands of horses: "Wuji, send someone to send the news to Luoyang and Chang'an immediately." All the city gates, where there is a girl leading a boy, all of them will be watched by me, this time, no matter if it is a human or a ghost, I will not let her go alone again."

Back in Luoyang Palace, looking at Du He who was guarding his daughter's couch, Li Shimin felt a little bitter, and was about to speak, which made him completely give up this thought, but Changsun Wuji said behind him: "Your Majesty, Wei I have something to say, I have to say."

On the night before returning to Chang'an, Li Shimin quietly listened to Wuji's narration. He didn't get angry. He looked at Du He and his still unconscious daughter who were expecting again, and said indifferently: "Yao'er has grown so big. , It’s time for you to suffer, Du He, starting tomorrow, I will hand over my daughter to you, and when the time is up, you can go back to Chang’an.”

(End of this chapter)