Changle's team was slowly moving towards the palace, and everyone passing by on the street bowed and saluted with respectful expressions on their faces.
These people include ordinary people wearing linen, merchants and hawkers wearing ordinary silks, aristocratic families wearing gorgeous silks, and foreigners with unique clothing styles, but none of them look surprised.
Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others.
Those who lead others with good deeds are called teachings.
Teaching by example is more important than teaching by words. Those who teach by example will follow, and those who teach by words will follow.
A few words that the third brother had said before she set out appeared in Changle's mind, and the scene in front of her gave Changle a clear understanding.
Although she has won honor and respect that she should not have won, as long as this honor and respect can lead more people to learn from her, it is a good thing.
Those who use their body to guide their actions, although they bear the weight of their actions, are willing to do so.
Chang Le, who was sitting on the horse, suddenly felt much lighter. Her face was no longer serious, but she was also smiling on the horse, bending slightly and nodding to both sides of the road.
It wasn't until the team arrived at Hanguang Gate that Changle's guards, Pei Xingjian and others left one after another. Changle stayed where they were and watched them leave before he rode into the palace with several personal guards from the Royal Guards. .
Li Shimin has been waiting here for a long time in Taiji Hall. He naturally knows about this when Changle returns today. Li Shimin knows Changle's whereabouts for more than a month. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel distressed. She has never suffered like this before, but Li Shimin can't After forcing her to come back and confirming that Chang Le was not sick, Li Shimin could only let her go.
Empress Changsun also came today. When the figure in the distance appeared, both Empress Changsun and Li Shimin were a little excited. Li Shimin was okay. After all, he had been through all kinds of storms. He just felt a little sorry for his daughter. However, Empress Changsun's eyes were a little red.
The two people were not waiting on the steps of Tai Chi Hall, but at the bottom of the steps. At this moment, they were not the emperor and queen of the Tang Dynasty, but the father and mother of a child.
Changle reined in his horse when he was still more than ten meters away from the two people, turned over and dismounted skillfully, and then walked towards Li Shimin and Queen Changsun.
Looking at Chang Le's skillful movements and his vigorous momentum when walking, although he is wearing women's clothes, it still gives people the aura of a soldier wearing armor, and his dashing and heroic posture when walking, all Li Shimin was a little dazed, as if he saw the figure of his sister Pingyang.
Walking in front of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, Changle knelt down and said softly: "My son has met my father and the emperor and his mother. It has been more than a month since I left. I cannot fulfill my filial piety in front of my father, the emperor and my queen. Please, my father." Mother, please forgive me."
"Get up quickly, forgive me for your crime. You are traveling with your father and mother, so what is the crime? But you have been out for more than a month, and you have endured hardship, become darker, and lost weight." Empress Changsun walked over quickly, He helped Changle up and shed tears of distress.
On the other hand, although Li Shimin was also distressed at this moment, he maintained his dignity as a father and acted accordingly.
"How are you? Are you feeling well?" Li Shimin couldn't help but ask.
"When I return to Aye, although I have lost some weight, my body is stronger than before, and my daughter has also practiced equestrian skills well." Changle said with a smile.
"That's good, that's good. Go back and wash up quickly. You must not have eaten much in the past month." Empress Changsun wiped her tears and said softly.
"Father, Emperor and Mother, I have something to ask of you." Chang Le said with a smile.
"What's the matter?" Li Shimin and Queen Changsun were stunned for a moment. For Changle to say it so seriously, it must be no small matter.
"My son is already sixteen years old this year. My father and mother have always been worried about my son's marriage. My father has been worrying about my daughter's marriage several times. As a daughter, I can't let this happen forever." Let the father, the emperor, and the empress worry about it, so I have found a husband myself, who is Pei Xingjian, the son of the Pei family from Hedong, the former general Pei Renji." Chang Le said with a calm face.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were stunned. The two were stunned not because Changle had fallen in love with someone, but because Changle told the matter so calmly and generously, without any shyness of his daughter's family. What... what happened in more than a month? Something made Li Shimin feel that Changle seemed to be a different person.
"This... is that general Pei Xingjian who was sent by your third brother to visit the families of the soldiers and soldiers with you?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked calmly.
"Exactly this person." Changle nodded.
"You..." Li Shimin looked at Chang Le. With this attitude... Li Shimin couldn't help but ask, "In the rest of the month, do you think this person is good? Can you trust him for life? Do you have a heart-to-heart relationship with him?"
Li Shimin didn't think anything had happened in the past month or so. Just kidding, there were thousands of guards around Changle. If something really happened, Li Shimin would definitely know about it. No one could hide it.
"No." Changle shook her head. She and Pei Xingjian had never discussed such matters. Although after more than a month of experience, her thoughts were very different from before, but she was also a woman, how could she take the initiative to talk to him? The man said such things.
"Then what are you..." Li Shimin always felt a little weird. He thought for a while and then said: "Although your father, the emperor, and the empress did worry a lot about your marriage, royal women always have to get married. , that bastard of your third brother has been messing up your marriage for a long time, and you yourself are not willing to marry your cousin. Now that the matter is over, your father and your mother have also figured out that in the future, you will marry someone. Of course you have to marry the one you like, so you don't have to worry."
"Father and your mother are not in a hurry." Li Shimin reassured. Changle's attitude was too strange. Li Shimin did not dare to say anything at the moment. The Pei Xingjian of the Hedong Pei clan in her mouth could be regarded as a A good match, but such a big thing happened before. Li Shimin didn't want such a big thing to happen now. In the end, he still didn't let his daughter find someone he liked.
"Aye..." Changle wanted to say something else.
"Okay, okay, let's go and wash up first. You are tired now. This is not a trivial matter. Naturally, we need to consider it in the long term." Seeing that Li Shimin still wanted to talk, Empress Changsun immediately understood what he meant and said with a smile.
"Yes." Chang Le thought for a while and stopped worrying, and simply followed Queen Changsun back to the harem.
In the Li Zheng Hall, hot water for catching the wind and washing away the dust has already been prepared.
Soon, Changle's body was soaked in a large wooden barrel, and Queen Changsun felt sorry for her daughter, so she even ran in to give her a bath herself.
