The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

The blood-stained Xuanwu Gate was quickly cleaned.

The stone slabs that would produce blood bubbles when stepped on, the stumps and broken arms on the ground, and the corpses piled up like a hill, all made the palace maids responsible for cleaning the floor pale and trembling with fear.

Li Changqing ordered Li Jing to quickly bring the white-robed troops back to the camp outside Chang'an City, leaving only five thousand dragon cavalry guards to guard the imperial city.

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Tai Chi Hall.

Li Yuan sat on the dragon chair with a decadent face, his eyes were sunken and dull, and he seemed to have aged by more than ten years.

Outside, even if he witnesses several sons killing each other, he must maintain his imperial majesty and cannot cry like an ordinary old man.

Even in this deep palace, he could not completely release his emotions

"Your Majesty, I have already heard what you told me."

I don't know how long it took, but Wang Chengren, Li Yuan's personal eunuch and the eunuch chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, walked into the Tai Chi Hall.

Li Yuan raised his head again, and the sadness on his face disappeared in an instant, leaving only a look that made people dare not look directly. Majesty.

Wang Chengren bowed and said:"The deposed prince has released the news and expressed to His Majesty that Princess Pingyang will be married to General You Xiaowei. Not long after the news came out, Admiral Tiance hurried to the palace."

Hearing this, Li Yuan's expression kept changing. He was shocked for a while, frowned for a while, and frightened for a while.

Just as Li Yuan was deep in thought, the guard outside the door reported that King Qin Li Shimin asked to see him. As soon as Li Shimin entered the Tai Chi Hall, he immediately hurried to Li Yuan, his face filled with tears. Said worriedly:

"The eldest brother planned to ambush the sixth brother. The son and his ministers missed their father and came here to see him. Now that things have come to this, I ask my father to show my condolences and not to be too sad, which will damage the dragon's body!"

Li Yuan just wanted to verify what he was thinking at this moment, and was not in the mood to talk about anything else with Li Shimin.

He asked directly:"Shimin, I want to ask you, are Changqing and Xiuning hiding anything from me?"

Li Shimin was startled for a moment, but he soon realized what Li Yuan was asking. He pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then said with a sad face:"It's not that my son and others deliberately concealed the truth from my father. It's really shocking. If you go out, you will be reviled and ridiculed by people all over the world.

Long before his father's uprising, the sixth brother had a secret affair with his third sister. With the establishment of the White Robe Army, the two went on the battlefield hand in hand, and their relationship became deeper and deeper.

The son, minister and others were worried about their father's anger due to such a disgrace to their family, so they delayed informing his father."

Li Yuan's face immediately darkened. What Li Shimin said just confirmed his suspicion just now. He murmured:"No wonder, no wonder I arranged marriages for Xiu Ning several times, but Chang Qing always interfered with it. No wonder that with his strategy, he was able to be lured into the Xuanwu Gate so easily."

In an instant, everything that Li Yuan had not understood before suddenly became clear.

Although he loves Li Changqing more than Li Shimin, the relationship between siblings is not tolerated in the world.

Whether it is for Li Changqing and Li Xiuning, or for the face of the Li Tang royal family, he is determined to do anything. This kind of unethical thing was not allowed to happen.

He stood up and shouted:"Wang Chengren, go to Duke Huo's mansion quickly to deliver the order. Order Chai Shao to discuss with Qin Tianjian about a good time and auspicious day, and choose a day to marry Princess Pingyang!"

"promise!"

Wang Chengren, the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, responded, bowed and exited the Tai Chi Hall.

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In the Royal Garden of the Royal Palace, flowers are blooming all over the ground, butterflies are flying, and there is a fragrance.

Li Changqing and Li Xiuning walked side by side, walking slowly along the path of the Imperial Garden.

The eunuchs and maids passing by along the way bowed respectfully when they saw them.

The White Robe Army is famous all over the world. It is not only due to Li Changqing, but also has a great relationship with Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning opened the sandalwood mouth lightly and said:"Recently, the border has been invaded by Turks repeatedly, and Tubo is also eyeing it. From ancient times to the present, whenever there is a change in the Central Plains, these foreign races are ready to take action.

Changqing, you guard Youzhou to prevent the Turks. Trouble. On the Tubo side, my father also plans to send General Li Ji to take charge. The troubles at the Tang border can be temporarily relieved."

Li Changqing nodded and said:"Li Ji is proficient in the art of war and is a handsome man. Without him, it will be difficult for Tubo to do anything. However, when I go to Youzhou, I don’t want to stick to the city.

I plan to lead the Dragon Cavalry Guards deep into the desert to fight guerrilla warfare with the Turks, and eliminate as many small and medium-sized Turkic tribes as possible, so as to frighten the Turkic royal court and prevent them from acting unscrupulously. Loot our borders with the Tang Dynasty and buy more time for the imperial court to recuperate."

The Turks robbed the borders of the Tang Dynasty with the help of their iron cavalry that came and went like the wind.

The border defenders can only defend passively.

Therefore, every time the Turkic cavalry retreated after burning, killing and looting, the defenders could only watch helplessly and had no power to pursue.

And the five thousand dragon cavalry guards in the white robe army. Even more brave than the Turkic cavalry.

When encountering a small Turkic army, they can easily annihilate the opponent.

Li Xiuning frowned and said:"Although the Turks are nomadic people, the major tribes are scattered. Five thousand dragon cavalry guards can indeed traverse the desert. But once they form a circle and surround them, they will almost die. situation."

Li Changqing looked at a caterpillar among the flowers, struggling to break through the shackles of the cocoon, and turned into a butterfly and flew away.

Said:"As General Tiance, I can't just watch the people on the border encounter endless intrusions from the Turks.

Some things must be done by someone. Just like this insect, if it doesn't break out of its cocoon and become a butterfly, it can only Die in the cocoon.

Facing the invasion of aliens, we cannot blindly defend or be weak. Only by completely defeating the Xiongnu like the Han Dynasty can we achieve peace once and for all."

Li Xiuning was silent, her eyes as bright as black gems full of worry.

But she did not persuade Li Changqing anymore, because she understood Li Changqing's feelings about his family and country best, and she also knew that Li Changqing had the ambition of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing.

Passing by a flower bush, Li Changqing carefully picked a bright rose and inserted it into Li Xiuning's hair.

He sighed:"I'm going to Youzhou now, but I don't know when we will see each other again."

Li Xiuning lowered her head, her face was slightly red, and she looked very charming.

The roses on her head were overshadowed. It can be said that people are more delicate than flowers.

But soon, her expression changed again, and she said:"Father's imperial edict has been issued to recruit Chai Shao as his consort." The emperor's words were like spilled water and could not be taken back.

Now that the imperial edict has been issued, the marriage between Li Xiuning and Chai Shao is already a certainty.

Even if Li Yuan regretted it, it was of no use.

Li Changqing remained silent for a little while, then turned his back to Li Xiuning and walked out of the palace, leaving behind a sentence

"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, Chai Shao won't dare to accept orders."