Li Zhiyun, his second brother, third sister and brother-in-law arrived in Chang'an City smoothly.
Chang'an City was built in the early Han Dynasty and has gone through many vicissitudes for hundreds of years. After Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, made his capital Chang'an, he carried out large-scale expansion, which revitalized the old city and now it has become the largest city in the world. After entering the city, the second brother and the third sister had to go back to their respective mansions. The third sister sent two guards to take him to see his father and mother.
After inquiring, the two guards learned that Li Yuan lived in Taiji Palace after entering Chang'an. They took Li Zhiyun to Tai Chi Palace. There were several guards holding halberds guarding the gate of the palace. They explained the situation to the guards, who immediately went in to report.
About half a pack of cigarettes later, a eunuch in charge came out of the palace and asked who were the five sons of the Tang Dynasty. Li Zhiyun stood up. The general manager: "Sir, my wife is waiting for you, please come with me!"
Li Zhiyun thanked the two guards and then followed the steward into the palace.
Taiji Palace is very large, with at least dozens of palaces inside. The two of them had not walked far along the corridor when they saw a woman walking across from them. She was dressed gorgeously and walked in a hurry. When she saw Li Zhiyun from a distance, she shouted excitedly: "Zhiyun, Zhiyun..."
Li Zhiyun took a quick look and saw that this woman was about thirty years old, dignified and beautiful. Is this Li Zhiyun's mother? That's his grandma?
Grandma ran over with broken steps, hugged him into her arms, cried loudly, and said while crying: "Zhiyun, Grandma finally sees you again!..."
After a long time, grandma let go of him, held his hand, and looked at him. Li Zhiyun said: "Mom, am I not doing well? Why are you crying?"
Grandma wiped away her tears and said, "Zhiyun, go to Grandma's palace quickly. Grandma has prepared a lot of delicious food for you!"
After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he sent someone to pick up his family members from Jinyang. So, Grandma and the others just arrived yesterday.
Li Zhiyun entered Grandma's palace and saw that it had not been tidied up yet. Some palace maids and eunuchs were still moving furniture and arranging curtains and other things.
Grandma asked the palace maid to bring hot water, scrubbed Li Zhiyun clean, then took off his soft armor and battle robe, and then put on a loose robe. He walked to the bronze mirror and took a look. Hey, he became a handsome young man again.
Grandma pulled Li Zhiyun to sit down on the soft couch, held his hand and said: "Zhiyun, Grandma mistakenly heard the news that you were killed by the imperial court, and my heart was broken... Grandma was afraid that she would never see you again... ...It’s okay now, grandma finally sees you again!..." Grandma said while crying.
Li Zhiyun obediently wiped away the tears on his mother's face and said: "Mom, I will be filial to you in the future and make you the happiest person in the world!" My mother burst into tears and smiled, saying: "As long as you are here Next to grandma, grandma is the happiest person!..."
While the mother and son were talking, the maid outside the door loudly shouted: "The queen is here!" Grandma quickly stood up and pulled him to the door to kneel down to greet the queen. The queen smiled and said: "No need to be so generous! Get up quickly!"
After Li Zhiyun was pulled up by his mother, he looked up and saw that the queen was a woman in her forties, dressed elegantly. He once asked others that the queen's surname was Dou, and she was the biological mother of the eldest brother, second brother, fourth brother and third sister.
The queen smiled and said, "I heard that Zhiyun is back, and the Ai family came here to have a look." Grandma thanked the queen quickly, welcomed the queen into the palace, and ordered the maid to serve fragrant tea.
After the queen sat down, she said: "Zhiyun, your mother heard that you were murdered by the imperial court. For several days and nights, you couldn't drink rice or water, and your neck couldn't be stiff. Now you're fine, you mother and son are finally reunited! ... "
While he was talking, the palace maid announced again: "The third princess has arrived!" Li Zhiyun looked up and saw the third princess walking in. After the third sister took off her military uniform, she put on an embroidered skirt and became a lady.
My mother quickly stood up and gave up her seat, smiling and saying: "Xiuning, thank you! Thank you for sending someone to deliver the news to me! Otherwise, I really don't know how I will live these few months."
After the third sister sat down, she smiled and said, "Auntie, isn't this what I should do? I know you are anxious, so as soon as I saw Zhiyun, I immediately sent someone to deliver the news to you..."
After chatting for a while, the third sister said to the queen: "Mom, Zhiyun has just come back, let them stay together for a while, let's go!" The queen nodded, stood up and gave Li Zhiyun a few words before joining the third sister. Went out. Grandma sent them all the way outside the palace.
During dinner, the palace maid brought a lot of delicious food. Li Zhiyun praised the delicious food while eating it. Grandma's eyes were full of smiles when she saw that he was eating well.
Li Zhiyun was eating happily when he was suddenly patted on the back of his head. When he looked back, he saw an old man of medium build and wearing exquisite clothes standing behind him. He is in his fifties and has a round, white, fat face with many wrinkles. If it weren't for the black beard under his chin, he would look like an old woman. Yang Guang once jokingly called him "Grandma Nian".
When he saw Li Zhiyun staring at him blankly, he glared and said, "You bastard, why are you staring at me? You don't even know my father?"
Wow! Is this his father Tang Gaozu? Compared with the majestic emperor he imagined, the gap is too big, right?
My mother stood up and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, have you had your dinner? Otherwise, how about you use some here?" My father waved his hand and said, "I already had it at the queen's place. You can use it!" Then he left. He sat down on the couch next to him and the maid offered him fragrant tea. Abba held the teacup in his hand and said, "Tell me, how did you escape from the Yinshi Master?"
Li Zhiyun then told how Wei Yijie rescued him. After hearing this, my father said thoughtfully: "It turns out to be Wei Yijie. I must thank him properly!"
Li Zhiyun suddenly remembered and said, "Abba, my second brother is the Duke of Dunhuang. Can you give me a title as well?" Upon hearing this, grandma tapped the rim of his bowl with her chopsticks and said, "Child , what title do you want? Hurry up and eat!"
He stared at Abba. Abba shook his head and said: "You have no military merit, so you can't be knighted!" Li Zhiyun thought to himself, if he helped the third sister capture the Wugong County, isn't it a military merit? If you don’t seal it, you’ll be knocked down! When you ascend the throne and become the emperor, it’s time to make me the king by then, right? …
Li Zhiyun does not have his own mansion, so he can only live in Tai Chi Palace. Amma transferred some eunuchs and maids from her palace to serve him in the palace where he lived.
The next day, while he was chatting with his grandmother in the palace, a eunuch came in and reported: "My dear, the Duke of Longxi has sent a carriage waiting outside the palace to take the young master to his house."
"Who is Duke Longxi?" he asked strangely.
"That's your eldest brother," Mom said with a smile. "Your eldest brother wants to see you, so go quickly!"
It turns out that the eldest brother also has a title. It seems that he is the only one who is a commoner. Li Zhiyun thought aggrievedly, stood up and followed the eunuch out.
He walked out of Tai Chi Palace and saw a luxurious carriage parked outside the gate. After getting on the carriage, the carriage drove him along the street.
The carriage stopped in front of the eldest brother's mansion. Someone had been waiting there for him, helped him get out of the carriage, and led him into the mansion. As soon as Li Zhiyun walked into the courtyard, he saw a gorgeously dressed man coming down the steps. He is about thirty years old, tall and has a kind-hearted appearance. Could it be that this is his eldest brother Li Jiancheng?
The other party walked up to him with a smile and said: "Fifth brother, it's great to see you again! Come on, follow me into the house!" After that, he held one of his hands tightly and led him away. Entered the hall.
After he sat down on the soft couch, the maid served him tea. After the maid retreated, the eldest brother sat next to him, grabbed one of his hands and said, "Fifth brother, I'm sorry for you! I shouldn't have left you behind in the first place, and you almost lost your life! It's just that , Big brother never expected that the imperial court would kill a fourteen-year-old child... If big brother never sees you again, then big brother will live with guilt for the rest of his life..."
The eldest brother actually shed tears as he spoke. Immediately, he wiped away his tears and said with a smile: "It's better now. Brother finally sees you again, and I can let go of one thing in my heart!..."
Next, the eldest brother said a lot more. Li Zhiyun basically just listened and couldn't say a word.
During lunch, Li Zhiyun met his sister-in-law and several nephews. Among them, the eldest Li Chengdao was only one or two years younger than him.
After lunch, his eldest brother sent a carriage to take him back to Tai Chi Palace, and also gave him many gifts, including a luminous pearl that he liked very much. The bead was the size of a child's fist and looked crystal clear. Does this thing really glow at night? If it is true, then he will give it to Liu Yinglian as a token of love!
On this day, Li Zhiyun was wandering around the Tai Chi Palace when he suddenly saw Wei Yijie walking over and quickly stepped forward to salute. Wei Yijie returned the greeting: "Master Li, your father asked me to come over. May I ask which palace he is in?"
"My father is handling official business at the Wude Hall. Mr. Wei, I will take you there!" After that, he led Wei Yijie to the Wude Hall before parting with him.
Wei Yijie climbed the steps and walked into the Wude Hall. He saw Li Yuan sitting on a soft couch and quickly came forward to kneel down and salute. Li Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, you and I are old friends, you don't have to be like this!" After that, he pulled him to the soft couch and sat down side by side with him, and asked the palace maid to serve him tea.
Li Yuan affectionately grabbed one of Wei Yijie's hands, patted the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, we have not seen each other for so many years, and I miss you so much! Li Yuan is very grateful to you for rescuing the dog!"
"Prince Tang, you are too polite. Wei just did his duty!"
Li Yuan nodded and said: "Now is the time to appoint people. I am going to ask the emperor to appoint Brother Wei as the Minister of Rites. What do you think of Brother Wei?"
When Wei Yijie heard this, he stood up quickly and knelt down again: "I thank the King of Tang for his grace!" Li Yuan pulled him up again and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, there is no need to pay such a big gift! Come, sit next to me, I have many I want to tell you something..."
