Chapter 479 Peak Turn

In the Hanbing Hall, a mother and son who had been dependent on each other for many years and had not seen each other for a long time, hugged and cried, and the maid of honor and eunuchs couldn't help but cry.

Yang Shufei, the daughter of Yang Guang, the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty, has never asked about a government since she married Li Shimin. Once upon a time, the favor of this woman who was peerless and interpreted the glory to the extreme was once surpassed by the Empress Changsun, who was still alive.

Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty valued her bloodline and family most. Although Yang Shufei is only the direct daughter of the former Sui royal family, in the eyes of the people of the Tang Dynasty, her bloodline is undoubtedly quite noble. As the saying goes, "a mother is noble for her son, and a son is noble for a mother." It is precisely because of such a noble mother that Li Ke has attracted a lot of attention as soon as he was born, because he has two bloodlines, and no one can reach him!

There were also rumors in the harem that the emperor Li Shimin intended to make Yang Shufei the queen, but because of the opposition of a minister, the idea was soon dead. As for who is against it and what are the reasons for it, it is not clear to the outside world. Yang Shufei has never been there to ask. However, there is a saying that the old ministers of the "Former Qin Palace" led by Changsun Wuji made opposition on the grounds of "the bloodline of the previous dynasty" and "the restoration of the former Sui Dynasty", which made Li Shimin unable to fight.

In fact, this statement is quite ridiculous. Who doesn't know that whether it is according to the traditional customs of ancient China or the royal family of any dynasty, the bloodline is from the father, and there is absolutely no "mother". Changsun Wuji and others talked about things on the grounds of the former Sui blood of Yang Shufei, which was actually an excuse to cover their ears and steal the bells. It is nothing more than Li Ke, who is afraid that his literary and martial arts talents are quite outstanding, noble and highly popular, will rise up because of his mother's position and participate in the seizure of the throne.

From the brief aftermath of the establishment of a few years ago, Yang Shufei became more and more low-key and conservative. She was in the deep palace in the harem all day long. Not only did she not care about the affairs of the court, but she didn't even care about the affairs of the harem. Even if she was cold every day, she did not compete with the young concubines.

In addition to Li Ke, Yang Shufei also has another son, Li Yan, the king of Shu. She often restrains him very strictly, because Li Yan is a typical second ancestor who is muddle-headed, has no ambition, and can only eat, drink and have fun in fresh clothes. On the contrary, no matter how sharp Li Ke toss outside the palace is, she doesn't care about it and let her be free.

Just like, she has never had a son, Li Ke.

How can there be a mother in the world who doesn't love her son? No one can understand it except Yang Feishu.

After talking about his heart, Li Ke told Yang Shufei about Concubine Na. Yang Shufei was naturally happy to hear that her son wanted to take the concubine, but she also raised questions, which was no different from Quan Wanji's concerns. Li Ke solved a few words, and Yang Fei was relieved. She just wanted Li Ke to obey her father's consent.

Li Ke then listened to the original words of Li Shimin to Yang Shufei - "You have passed this level. However, you have to agree with your mother and the Qin family!"

After hearing this, Yang Shufei seemed to have been drenched with a bucket of cold water on her head. Her enthusiasm and joy instantly cooled down, and a trace of sadness added to her expression.

"What's the matter, mother?" Li Ke asked curiously, "My father has agreed. What worries does the mother have?"

"Kier, haven't you known your father for so many years?" Yang Shufei said with a worried face, "Your father said this, but it's not good to refuse you face to face and hurt your face. With his temperament, if he agrees, he will promise to get married on the spot and order you to do it. Because he knew that I would definitely have no objection as a concubine, and the Qin family would definitely not refuse. Now, your father is cleverly in the name of me and the Qin family. The implication is that this matter needs to be slowed down, and it is not suitable to be handled at this time. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

"It seems that my father also has all kinds of concerns..." After hearing his mother's words, Li Ke fell into meditation and said after a moment, "Mother, I understand. Probably my father invited me back to Beijing to transfer the Lanzhou supervisor, which has caused a big disturbance in the court. If the emperor marries the daughter of the Qin family at this time, it is like adding fuel to the fire. What my father value most is the stability of the court. In contrast, the emperor's marriage is just a trivial matter.

"Ke'er, after I heard that your majesty was going to transfer you back to Beijing to Lanzhou, I couldn't sleep for a few nights and my heart was shocked." Yang Shufei whispered, "Do you know why?"

"The emperor made the mother worry..." Li Ke came forward with self-reproach, holding Yang Shufei's arm and said emotionally, "The emperor knows that the mother's life in the harem has been very miserable in the past few years. Everything is that the emperor is unfilial. I have been too arrogant and unrestrained in the past, which makes outsiders suspicious and afraid of our mother and son. The reason why the emperor was willing to sacrifice himself to go to Goryeo was that he wanted his mother to live a peaceful life. Outside, the emperor misses his mother very much; when he comes back, it has caused countless disturbances... The emperor, helpless!"

"Hey! ..." Hearing Ke's heartfelt sentimental words, Yang Shufei closed her eyes, shook her head and sighed, and said quietly, "This may be the fate of our mother and son. The country is easier to change. It is fortunate that the princess of the former Sui can live until now and give birth to your two brothers. I am very contented to be a mother, and I have no other extravagant thoughts. But... the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop! When you came back, countless eyes fell on our mother and son in the inner and outer harems. Ke'er, listen to my mother's advice. Don't go to the Qin family to propose marriage now, let alone get married immediately. Today, when you come out of this ice hall, you can run to Lanzhou without stopping, and don't stay for a moment.

"Mother concubine..." Li Ke looked at his mother blankly and said sadly, "The emperor has not seen his father and mother for a long time. He just wants to stay in Chang'an for a few more days and look at his own father and mother more. Is it wrong?"

"It's wrong..." Yang Shufei turned around and choked in her words. "You have to be filial, but others don't think so. They will think that the king of Wu has to return to Beijing with great glory. He is going to turn over and his ambition will come true. They will think that with the name of the Battle of Lanzhou, now is a good time for you to help. Do you know how many people in the government and the opposition are staring at the Battle of Lanzhou? In their opinion, this is a great time to get promoted and make a fortune. Even if you ask for a small errand under the command of the King of Wu, you will definitely be rewarded in terms of merit in the future. Therefore, even if you don't trap others, many people will come to provoke you. So, my Ke'er... You'd better leave Beijing quickly!"

"Mother! ..." Li Ke knelt down with a sad shout, hugged his mother's knees and sobbed, "Your Keer has never thought about who to catch and who to pull! I miss my parents and miss my hometown. I love my frost deeply! I finally returned to Chang'an, so I wanted to marry the woman I love deeply and let my parents share my happiness and happiness. Is this also wrong?

"When you leave Beijing, I will do it secretly for you." Yang Shufei was already in tears. She still turned her back to Li Ke and whispered, "Marriage is a big deal, the words of her parents' life matchmaker. The Duke of Yiguo, the head of the Qin family, has a new funeral, and the children should be filial. It is not appropriate to mention marriage now. Moreover, the eldest brother is like his father. Now, whether it is Qin Tong, the eldest son of the Qin family, or Qin Mubai, Shuang'er's own brother, he is not in Chang'an, far away in Lanzhou. This brown marriage also requires the consent of Qin Tong and Qin Mubai. Therefore, ask your mother to propose marriage for you in Chang'an; if you go to Lanzhou, you have to ask for marriage with Qin Tong and Qin Mubai. When will you return to Chang'an after the war... When will you get married again?

Li Ke was speechless, but held Yang Shufei's knees tightly, closed his eyes and cried. I thought to myself: Now I finally understand the meaning of my father's words... If my mother's concubine and the Qin family agree, the meaning is to follow these conventional marriage rules. To put it bluntly, let me go to Lanzhou first and then discuss the marriage!

"Go ahead, Ke'er... State affairs are the first priority." Yang Shufei raised her head, lowered her hand and gently stroked her son's cheek. Two lines of tears trickled down her white jade face and dripped on Li Ke's forehead.

Li Ke slowly loosened his mother's knees, took two steps back, and respectfully kowtowed three heads on the ground and got up, "Take care of your mother, emperor... go!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Yang Shufei collapsed and covered her face and cried bitterly.

"Ser... Do you know how much I miss you? You... Go and go back quickly. Be safe and take care!"

Out of the ice hall, Li Ke, with red eyes, looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. Inadvertently, he suddenly thought of Li You, the king of Qi, who plotted against him.

At the beginning, the biggest reason why Li You plotted a rebellion was certainly because he was not skillful and instigated by his uncle. However, the experience of his mother Yin Defei and his sister Princess Gaoyang, as well as the feud between the Yin family and the Li family, are not a major inducement?

Li Ke was very impressed by what Li You said before he was taken to the capital after his arrest - "I hope he won't be born in the emperor's family in the afterlife!"

"Hey! ..." With a long sigh, Li Ke closed his eyes and shook his head. He bowed his hand to the Hanbing Hall and Wude Hall for a few times. He said to himself, "Father, mother, the emperor and the emperor and son can't stay for filial piety when they go home. Let's go... If you want it, take care of yourself!"

Half an hour later, Li Ke and his party left Chang'an from Chunming Gate in the east of Chang'an and turned over and ran to the northwest. I ran all the way for more than ten miles to the edge of the Weishui River before stopping.

Li Ke looked back at the magnificent Kyoto Chang'an and the winding Zhongnan Mountain, which are picturesque.

"Your Highness, why did you suddenly decide to leave Beijing immediately? Is the war in Lanzhou very urgent? Quan Wanji asked.

Li Ke did not answer immediately, but looked at Chang'an with a sad look. After a long silence, he said, "The war in Chang'an is far more urgent and dangerous than Lanzhou. I can't afford to provoke, so I have to hide.

"Hey! As expected..." Quan Wanji also shook his head helplessly and said, "Your Highness, you are destined to be so uncertain. Let's go to Lanzhou! Even if the border gate is attacked by knives and swords, it is much safer than this seemingly calm Chang'an!"

"Let's go!!" Li Ke shouted and turned his head, shouted fiercely and whipped down, and the horse ran forward.

Quan Wanji sighed deeply and kept up with everyone.

At this time, Zhuanzhou.

After Qin Mubai led the soldiers and horses of Yumenguan to arrive here, 100,000 troops traveled thousands of miles from hunger and cold, which hurt their vitality, so they had to take some time to rectify and recuperate.

There is Li Daozong on the other side of Dafeichuan. Qin Mubai sent a messenger to communicate with him and learned that there was nothing to do there. For the time being, he could rest assured to train soldiers and horses in the rear to prepare for the war. At the same time, we also need to wait for 150,000 reinforcements and supplies sent by the court.

Returning to the city of Danzhou, Qin Mubai finally held his beloved daughter Xiaolou in his arms day and night, and the family was happy. Originally, when Chen Yan followed Qin Mubai to Yumenguan, she asked Li Daozong for the small building. When Li Daozong hurriedly rose up and went to Dafeichuan, he had to give this little baby to the double care of Dantai, who was recovering in Danzhou.

As a cold-blooded killer, Shuangtai Shuangshuang, who once floated around the world, took good care of Xiaolou, the daughter of his benefactor, and did not dare to neglect it at all. After a while, the two of them formed a deep relationship, just like a mother and a daughter. Looking at Qin Mubai and Chen Yan coming back and about to take the small building away, both of them were very reluctant to shed tears.

Chen Yan saw it in her eyes, realized it in her heart, and said to Shuangshuang in private, "Shuanger, since you like Xiaolouer so much, and Xiaolouer is also so related to you, you can be her adoptable mother!"

"Really? Will the young commander agree?" Shuangshuang was also worried under the joy and said, "Our sisters came from a humble background, and it is a great gift for the young marshal to be an official and general again. In addition, His Majesty gave our sisters to Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang, so we are just young commanders and ministers. As a domestic slave, how dare you... climb the dragon and attach the phoenix!"

"In terms of family background and background, am I not the same as you?" Chen Yan smiled slightly, smiled a little mysteriously, and said, "I can be the mother of a small building. How can you two sisters not be a adoptive mother?"

"This! ..." As soon as Shuang'er heard this, his heart suddenly jumped.

"What's the matter? Did you tell me the central thing?" Chen Yan smiled and said, "In other words, since she is a minister, it is not appropriate to become a concubine. Anyway, Mu Bai is romantic. Instead of letting him make trouble outside, it's better to take advantage of the sisters around him first. What do you think?"

"Ah..." As soon as Shuang'er heard this, he suddenly blushed to the root of his neck and didn't dare to squeak.

At this time, Dantai Dandan was also next to her. Qiaoqian smiled and said, "Listen to Sister Yan's words. Obviously, she went out this time, and the young commander was flirting outside again. I think the little Mustang Princess is very clingy to the young commander. Could it be her?

Chen Yan smiled and didn't answer, just said, "Let's not ask about this kind of thing. Men like Mu Bai can't be restrained, because not everyone is Princess Gaoyang.

"I don't understand..." The two sisters shook their heads blankly together.

"Mu Bai is a very real man. For women, he is unscrupulous, but has a conscience; lustful, but not extravagant **. It is not realistic to let him stay with only one woman all his life; but he will definitely not be hungry and forgets righteousness. Chen Yan said, "It's not surprising that many women like men like him. But since you are willing to like such a man, you have to accept all of him, instead of picking and hoping that the other party will change for you. As for Princess Gaoyang... She is the only one who often scolds Qin Mubai, and often restrains him not to make trouble. That's because this is not only the temperament of Princess Gaoyang, but also Mu Bai is used to it; moreover, they have gone through the wind and waves together to come to this day. The relationship between the two is not only a man and a woman, but also an unbreakable family affection. If other women dare to treat Mu Bai in a difficult way, he will definitely feel extremely bored and bound, so as to alienate the other party.

"Oh, we understand! It turns out that this is Sister Yan's way of being a woman and the art of a man!" The two sisters suddenly realized and smiled and said, "No wonder the young marshal has the most respect and attachment to Sister Yan! - In other words, Sister Yan is more like the mother of the Qin family than Princess Gaoyang and Wu Mei Niang!"

"Don't talk nonsense. I didn't do it deliberately. It's just because of my temperament. At the same time, some of them were learned from Mu Bai. Chen Yan smiled and said, "Mu Bai once said that whether a man wants to conquer the country or a woman wants to conquer a man, it is only a great struggle! ... With that, I thought of the King of Wu. After all, he should be arriving in Lanzhou soon. After going around such a big bend, Mu Bai and him finally returned to the same boat!"