Chastity Layman

  Chapter 164 Three thousand emperors in the harem

   "Remember to come and accompany Changle when you have time!"

   Li Shimin said while lowering his head to instruct the memorial.

  Li Lizhi has been promoted to be the princess of Changle County, and Li Shimin, who loves the princess, has added 2,000 households and 5,000 mu of permanent land to her.

  The imperial court often said that they were short of money, but when Li Shimin rewarded his confidantes and princes and princesses, he was extremely generous, which made Qin Lang feel that it was a little too much. It is said that Wei Zheng fought with the emperor a few times because of the Changle food town, and he never lost the wind every time, but although Li Shimin couldn't spray him, he would kick the imperial case and fling away every time, leaving Wei Zheng helpless .

   "I would like to invite the empress to go to the Tai Chi Palace to play mahjong with the Supreme Emperor."

   "Bring Lizhi, Chengqian and Qingque by the way!"

  In Li Shimin's eyes, it seemed that there were only these three concubine children, and he didn't mention other concubine children at all.

  He finished grading one notebook and picked up another, but frowned.

   "Li Jing sent an urgent note, intending to stop Jieli from returning north in Shuofang, what do you think?"

  Qin Lang was about to leave, but he didn't expect him to ask such a question.

   "Your Majesty, this is a major military matter, and it is not my turn to speak."

   "I didn't get rid of your appeasement envoy, you just answer when I ask you."

  Qin Lang replied without thinking, "Your Majesty, I believe that people must be faithful in their words, and the imperial court must be faithful in their words. It has only been a few days since the white horse was killed on the Wei Bridge."

  Li Shimin frowned, "You want to say that I don't keep my word?"

   "I don't mean that, but I mean nothing without faith."

"That's what I mean. I'm just considering Li Jing's suggestion. Li Jing said that the Turkic ministries were at odds with each other, and they were suspicious of each other, and the food and grass of the various ministries were running low. If we find an opportunity to attack them one by one and create a panic, the hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops may collapse, and the Turkic wolves that have been pressing on top of my Tang Dynasty will no longer be troublesome. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "

   Li Shimin's breathing was a little heavy, it seemed that he was really moved.

"Your Majesty, I only know not to fight unprepared battles. It is true that there are some internal problems in the Turks now, and it is true that there is not much food and grass. We have just sworn an alliance, and we are not ready to fight another big battle. At this time, King Qin's army is gradually withdrawing. If Li Jing suddenly starts fighting in Shuofang, not only Jieli and others are not prepared, but in fact, I am also unprepared in Tang Dynasty."

   "What's more, when I read military books, there is a saying, don't hold back when you return to your teacher!"

   "But Li Jing said that he can be defeated!"

"Your Majesty, General Li is really good at fighting. I just want to remind Your Majesty that General Li has always been good at using danger and surprises when using troops. This is actually a very dangerous gambling behavior. Under normal circumstances, I also believe that General Li Jing will not fight. Unprepared for the battle, but at the moment, Datang is not ready, nor does he have the capital to gamble on it."

"Even if General Li can capture a lot of people in Shuofang, even if General Li gathers all the troops in Lingyan, he will not exceed 50,000 people, and he will send the rear to stay in Yanling. How many elites can he mobilize? Even if If he succeeds in ambush, how many Turkic troops can he annihilate?"

"If you don't kill the snake, there will be endless troubles. If you are not sure about completely annihilating the enemy, or completely injuring the Turkic people, then I think this battle is still incomplete. It is better to calm down and develop for a few years. When we are ready, we will come It is not too late to send troops to the Northern Expedition. In war, we should use more regular soldiers. In a prepared battle, it is best to seize the initiative in the war. The current situation is really not ready."

  Qin Lang's words were not analyzed from a tactical point of view, but from an overall situation point of view.

   Li Shimin's excited heart gradually calmed down.

Yes, the flames of war have been temporarily quelled with great difficulty, isn’t it just to buy more time for preparation and to gain more chances of winning the war? Otherwise, why wait until now that the Turks have retreated before fighting? Why not wait until Chang’an in Jieli When the city is under the decisive battle is over.

  Playing now will not only miss a good time, but will also give you a reputation for being untrustworthy.

   "You are right, I was impulsive."

   Once Li Shimin was happy, he wanted to reward Qin Lang again, saying that he would reward Qin Lang with five hundred bolts of silk.

  Qin Lang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, these are just the duties of a minister, and they should not be rewarded. Besides, the minister has already been honored and favored. If he is rewarded like this again, it will be too much. The officials will not be able to see it, and the treasury will not be able to bear it."

   "Hahaha, you boy, you are improving more and more, well, then I won't reward you with money and silk." Li Shimin directly picked up a paperweight from the imperial case, "I will reward you for the sandalwood paperweight."

  Qin Lang had no choice but to take it, it was easy to be envied by always being rewarded like this.

  Li main hall.

  Empress Changsun saw Qin Lang and asked him directly about the end of the Three Character Classic.

Qin Lang only said that it was not finished yet, but under the Queen's questioning, he still had to recite a short section. Qin Lang didn't remember the whole Three Character Classic. He had to filter and delete the content of the Five Dynasties, otherwise, if he accidentally came up with a historical allusion that happened in the future, it would be troublesome.

  Even in the original text, there are even mentions of how many emperors in the Tang Dynasty have a history of more than 200 years. If these are said, it will be a crime of rebellion.

  Changsun still likes Qin Lang as a son-in-law. Now that he is the mother-in-law, the more she likes him, the more she likes him. She used to think that this child was brave and courageous, but now she is wise and thoughtful.

Li Lizhi was still as innocent as ever, and asked for gifts when he saw him. Fortunately, Qin Lang came prepared and specially prepared a painting for him. He drew it himself, simple figure painting, and even a bit of anime style. Li Li in the painting is extremely cute and charming.

   Changle couldn't take his eyes off the moment he got it, and couldn't put it down.

   "Did you draw this Saburo?"

   "Well, after waking up this morning, I thought of coming to see the princess, and the cute appearance of the princess couldn't help appearing in my mind, so I quickly picked up the pen and drew these cuteness on paper."

  This sweet language made Changle laugh like a silver bell. Even the empress Changsun on the side felt so sweet when she heard this sweet little love words.

  However, when he saw his daughter holding the painting in front of his eyes as if offering a treasure, the grandson's eyes really lit up and he felt very amazed.

As the daughter of a great general in the former dynasty, she is also a descendant of a famous family. Although she was kicked out of the house by her half-brothers when she was a few years old and forced to live in her uncle's house, her mother Gao was also a descendant of the royal family, so the eldest grandson In fact, she can not only write poems and Fu, but also sing and dance, and even as the daughter of a general, a Xianbei woman, she can also ride horses and shoot arrows.

  On the day of the Xuanwu Gate, she wore armor and held a bow, and even shot down several palace soldiers who were trying to climb the wall and enter the palace.

   It's just this painting, which is different from any painting school she has studied and understood before.

  It seems simple, but it is extremely expressive, especially this kind of cute feeling is vivid on the paper, I really like it.

   "Sanlang's painting is very strange."

"It's not an ordinary drawing ink technique, but it's just a trivial skill, and it won't stand on everyone's table." Qin Lang is self-aware. As a kind of art, portraits are very particular. , in later generations, it will even be called a worker's painting by those artists, and it is not popular.

  But in this era, the eldest grandson still thinks it is very good, this is simply a painting method that pioneered a school.

   "Brother Sanlang, can you teach me how to draw?"

   "Okay, I can teach you when I have time."

  Chang Le was overjoyed, "Mother, I will ask the best craftsman to frame this painting for me."

Prince Chengqian and Wei Wang Qingque came in, and what they saw was the scene of Qin Lang getting along with their mother, queen, and younger sister in harmony and joy, and couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, especially Li Tai, who still hasn't forgotten the scene of being tortured by Qin Lang yesterday .

  Qin Lang invited them to move to Tai Chi Palace.

He brought Cheng Chumo, who had been waiting for a long time in front of the palace gate, when he passed the Xuanwu Gate, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate had been replaced by Li Junxian, who was also from Wagang, and used to be Qin Qiong's subordinate, so he was very kind to Qin Lang nod.

  In the Hall of Liangyi.

  The once bustling inner court palace is now empty and deserted.

  Li Yuan held the guitar Qin Lang gave him alone, playing and singing there alone, playing and singing by himself, singing the ordinary road that Qin Lang sang.

  This minor tune, which is very different from the style of the song at this time, sang an inexplicable sense of sadness from the mouth of the Supreme Emperor.

  The Taishanghuang didn't even wear a crown, and his head was bare, showing his gray hair.

   Seeing Qin Lang and the others coming, he just nodded.

   "Supreme Emperor, how many laps do you play today?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

  Li Yuan stopped the piano, "I can play a few laps."

  Qin Lang said, "How about eighty-eight fan caps, one gold Kaiyuan, and four laps?"

   "What, you are afraid of losing, kid? Last time, you lost a thousand taels of gold."

   "I believe that His Majesty has made great progress in card skills recently, but I dare not play big ones."

  Li Yuan was very happy after being coaxed by Qin Lang's few words, and his decadent look was swept away. Over there, Li Zhi took out the portrait Qin Lang gave her, and Li Yuan even said yes after seeing it.

   Both Chengqian and Li Tai came up to say hello.

  Looking at the two children, Li Yuan sighed, "The second and third children all have successors, but the eldest and the fourth have no successors."

  Empress Changsun immediately took up the conversation, "The concubine went back and directed Erlang to advise, and asked Erlang to choose a suitable adoptive name for Dalang and Shiro from the clan to inherit the incense."

  Li Yuan gave Changsun a rare smile, "Okay, okay."

  The mahjong is set, and the four of them are on the table.

   The whistling mahjong sounded again, and Li Yuan was refreshed.

  For this Supreme Emperor, his life has not yet passed sixty, but it seems that he is just a walking dead. He is now a prisoner of his son. Tai Chi Palace, a magnificent and splendid palace, is the largest prison in the world.

  The rest of his life may be very long, but he no longer knows what to do with the rest of his life.

   It seems that apart from playing mahjong and playing the piano, there is nothing that can arouse his interest.

   People are still alive, but their hearts have died on the fourth day of June.

  (end of this chapter)