When I woke up, I was fine

Chapter 109

Cao Qian thought that the couple lived together, and others thought it was inappropriate, but Li Yuanji was happy in it, and others could not say anything, so he persuaded Li Jiancheng to open up a little bit.

On the way back, Guanyin's servant girl sat in the carriage and looked at Li Shimin and Li Yuanba outside the window. The two rode horses and talked side by side.I wondered in my heart whether the two brothers were going to fight again?

Thinking of the two brothers going out again, Guanyin's servant girl was more or less worried, and she didn't think about it. There are many ministers in the imperial court, and there are also many generals with both civil and military skills. Soldiers set off.

If things go on like this, won't His Majesty be afraid that the second brother will take over the military power?

As a maidservant of Guanyin, she doesn't want to think too much about major events in the imperial court, and she doesn't want to think about what will happen later. At this time, she just thinks about going back to meet the children, setting up dinner, and going to bed early after eating.

In the end, after walking a few steps, I heard outside that the carriage of Prince Qi's Mansion was in front, saying that the axle was broken, and they were all on the road waiting to change the carriage.

Avalokitesvara Guanyin didn't get out of the car, but sent a maid down to inquire, and learned that the carriage from Prince Qi's Mansion was coming soon, and the people from Prince Qin's Mansion waited by the side of the road for a while, watching the female relatives of Prince Qi's Mansion change the carriage, and everyone left separate.

On the way, Guanyin's maid was thinking that the princess had glanced at Princess Qi several times when she was leaving today, and she didn't know what it meant, so she just thought about a bunch of trivial things, and arrived home after a while.

Li Yuanba seemed to have suddenly discovered the benefits of children. When he arrived at the Prince Qin's mansion, he clamored to see several nephews, and because he was so powerful, he didn't care about the importance. When the three nephews came, they were followed by Mrs. Yang.

Naturally, Yang was worried about Li Yuanba and wanted to come and take care of him.Li Yuanba played with his three little nephews for a while, and found it boring, because these three little things started to cry while playing with his uncle. When Li Yuanba saw them crying, he was terribly frightened, so he ran to Guanyin with his head in his arms. In front of the servant girl, she looked frightened.

Seeing him like this, Guanyin's maid laughed, "Why are you running? They are all children, isn't it normal to cry?"

Li Yuanba shook his head, "They are not as good as Chengzong."

The Guanyin servant girl shook her head at this time, "My sister-in-law taught you, you can't say that in the future, you have to praise someone in front of your parents, or they won't be happy after hearing it."

"Are you going to boast about it in front of your second elder brother and second sister-in-law?"

The Guanyin servant girl nodded with a smile, but Li Yuanba felt that this was very troublesome. "You really don't want to listen to the truth. I won't talk anymore."

"Put yourself and others, you can figure it out, think about it, if you have a child in the future, you think he is good at everything, if we praise your child in front of you, do you feel very happy? It's the same reasoning."

Li Yuanba still didn't understand. After thinking for a while, he was really puzzled, "Praising people can make people happy. To be honest, are many people very angry? But the second brother said that gossip can kill people, is it also a lie?" of?"

This topic is a bit difficult to answer, Guanyin servant girl was not sure why Li Yuanba asked such a question for a while, and dared not explain to Li Yuanba easily.

I had no choice but to change the topic, "Sister-in-law doesn't know either, did the second brother tell you? Then listen to the second brother."

Li Yuanba nodded.

Li Shimin was very busy during this time, and he had already confirmed that the crops would be harvested after the Chinese New Year, and the army would march to the northwest.

Back then Li Jiancheng went to the northwest to resist the Turks, and now the Qiang people are making waves again. From the northwest to the north, this direction has never been peaceful since ancient times.

The battle is endless, but what Li Shimin is planning now is to get part of Li Jiancheng's military power in his hands.

The army held by Li Jiancheng is all old friends of the Cao family. Li Shimin now thinks that there are two ways to pry the corner of the wall to his own home.The first is to build a good relationship with Mrs. Guan, which is where the problem comes. Mrs. Guan only has one daughter. If she has two daughters, Li Shimin is confident that she can marry another one.

But Mrs. Guan has a son, and she doesn't have a daughter. Thinking of her eldest grandson Wuji having a daughter, she can make a bridge through her. Even if she doesn't get the power of the Cao family, the old part of the Guan family can be used by her.

Another way is to let people win over these generals. As long as they are willing to lead people to surrender, the prince far away in the East Palace will have nothing to do even if he is in a hurry.

These two paths can be carried out at the same time. Thinking of this, Li Shimin went to inquire about Mrs. Guan's movements in recent days.

Mrs. Guan has changed her normal behavior since her daughter became the princess, and she is not willing to socialize with people outside.In the early years, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was still in Chang'an, and Mrs. Guan was very active in Chang'an at that time, spending a lot of money to make friends with rich and powerful families.

It's just that Guan Lengyan was very active in Chang'an City in order to find out where the other parts of Cao Leng were scattered at that time. Now she doesn't need to show her face, so she stays at home with her son studying.

Li Shimin found out that Guan Lengyan had been at home recently, so he asked Cao Bohang to make an appointment.

Cao Bohang is not at home for a while, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Guan Lengyan used Cao Bohang as a manager, kicked him out, walked around several counties, and asked him to visit the homes of tenant farmers in various places. How is the harvest this year?

Li Shimin worked hard for a long time, but he didn't see anyone, so he had no choice but to cut straight to the point and sent his counselor Fang Xuanling to meet Guan Lengyan.

After seeing Guan Lengyan, Fang Xuanling directly explained the purpose of coming, that is, he wanted to introduce a marriage, calling Cao Jin and the wife of the eldest grandson's family a couple.

Guan Lengyan drank a cup of tea and thought for a while, "I'm afraid this is His Royal Highness Qin Wang's idea. If it was Qin Wangfei's idea, it would not be you who came here. The Crown Princess might have sent someone to discuss this matter with me a long time ago." gone."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said yes, and heard Guan Lengyan say, "Speaking of which, this is a good marriage. I have heard of the upbringing of the eldest grandson's family. Let's not talk about it, just look at the current Qin Dynasty. The concubine's virtuous appearance, if she can marry a girl from the eldest grandson's family, our family will be regarded as a high incense. It's just..."

Afraid of this pause, Fang Xuanling hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? What is your residence's request?"

"What can we ask for? Ask for marriage, ask for marriage, only by asking can people be married in. What I want to say is that this generation is a bit wrong, so there is no way to form a family."

At this time, Guan Lengyan counted Fang Xuanling's seniority with her fingers, "Our eldest lady married the crown prince, and she is of the same generation as King Qin and Princess Qin. This child of our family is of the same generation as his sister. King Qin is also of the same generation. The young lady of the eldest grandson’s family is a generation lower than our children. If it were placed with barbarians, they might not pay attention to this, but you know we pay attention to it. So this marriage is not suitable .”

At that time, he ran over excitedly, thinking that the matter was a sure thing, but he didn't expect it to end like this. At that time, he didn't expect the level of seniority. Fang Xuanling really had nothing to say at this time.

In the end, I had no choice but to leave, "Ma'am is right, I was the one who was reckless today, since that's the case, we won't bother you anymore, let's leave."

I went back and told Li Shimin, Li Shimin still did not give up on the path of marriage, "Since the girl from the grandson's family is not suitable, then the princess in the palace should be suitable?"

"Princess?"

There were also several little princesses in the palace, so Li Shimin turned around and went into the palace to discuss with Li Yuan, "The children of Mrs. Guan's family are pretty good, not to mention, just by looking at the upbringing of the elder sister-in-law, you can know how their family raises their children." , if we marry a princess to their family, we can connect the relationship between the two families and make our relationship go further."

Li Yuan very much agrees with the latter sentence, but somewhat disapproves of the former sentence.If you want to say that their family is well-bred, just look at Mrs. Guan's usual style and Cao Qian's arrogant appearance, Li Yuan can't say that his family is well-bred.

If the relationship between the two families is one step closer, it is okay to marry a daughter in the past, and it is even a better move.

"You're right, which sister do you think is suitable?"

"My son doesn't often go to the harem, so how can he know which younger sister is suitable for him? The emperor father thinks it is suitable for him."

The news quickly reached the ears of Li Jiancheng and Cao Qiang. After Li Jiancheng heard about it, he came back and told Cao Qiang. Cao Qiang felt that Li Yuan was old and confused?

"Speaking of which, Cao Bohang doesn't have any official position, so marrying a daughter like this is a bit too much."

In fact, Li Jiancheng has already seen this matter thoroughly. "Daddy doesn't think so. The only one who advises him is Shimin. Haven't you seen what kind of idea Shimin is up to?"

Cao Qian nodded, "I've already seen it, maybe he wants to win over my mother, or maybe in the end the two of you brothers fight, and he asks my mother not to help each other for the sake of my brother and me."

This is almost what he meant. Li Jiancheng felt that he couldn't always let Li Shimin make moves, and he should pay back to him more or less.

Thinking of this, I also went to Li Yuan, and didn't mention the matter of Li and Cao's family, but asked Li Yuan to let his general Li Jing lead the team to help Li Shimin fight against the Qiang people.

After Li Yuan agreed, Li Jiancheng called Li Jing to him, and handed over part of the army in his hands to Li Jing, and asked him to take Li Shimin off after he left Chang'an.

At the same time, he also handed over his manpower in the northwest to Li Jing. After finishing all this, Li returned to the East Palace happily.

It's not that Li Shimin is ignorant of Li Jiancheng's recent actions, but he still wants to use that trick to get rid of the bottom line. The army in Li Jiancheng's hands still recognizes the Cao family and the Guan family as the main ones. From Li Shimin's point of view, the Cao family is indeed very rich. But now there is nothing to keep, the army is almost in the hands of Li Jiancheng, and the gold and silver are almost held by Li Jiancheng.The Guan family, which is similar to the Cao family, has not yet emerged and is still farming in the countryside.

Mrs. Guan is so low-key now, she is afraid that she wants to pass on this family business to her son.

If it is passed on to the son, maybe his son will rebel at any time in the future. Instead of this, it is better to hold it in his hands first. First, he can compete with the prince, and second, he can eliminate disasters for the future.

So he went to the palace again to urge Li Yuan to act quickly. Li Yuan picked up several daughters in the harem for a while, and really picked out a more suitable one. After thinking about it, he asked Guan Lengyan to invite him over.