Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

After Li Shimin returned to the palace, someone informed Empress Changsun.
Although it was late at night and Li Shimin was tired and did not need to go to the concubines in the harem to sleep with him, he was still concerned about whether Empress Changsun had gone to bed. When he learned that Empress Changsun had not yet gone to bed, he came to Lizheng Hall.

"Guanyin maid, it's so late and you haven't gone to bed yet. What if you get tired?" Li Shimin looked at the palace maids around him with some reproach. The palace maids trembled when they saw Li Shimin.

"Okay, Erlang, I'm fine." Empress Changsun smiled gently.

"My son-in-law has made a great contribution this time. I wanted to confer the title of King of Pingxiang on him, but he rolled his eyes at me. I was so mad at him." Li Shimin pretended to be furious.

Empress Changsun smiled and said, "That child has everything he needs, but he also likes to relax."

"Yes, so I will confer the title of Prince Xian on him. In addition, I also plan to give Li Xueyan a title and grant her marriage to him," Li Shimin was sitting on the couch. He was also very shocked. He did not see with his own eyes how Zheng Zhengjin killed so many Turks, but he could ask Yuchi Gong to tell him tomorrow.

"Your Majesty is wise." Empress Changsun smiled gently.

"Hey, you don't know, those Turks must have been unlucky to run into this killer. I guess if that guy didn't want to use those tens of thousands of Turkic captives to dig coal, they would have all died." Li Shimin was really shocked. With so many people, even if it was just killing pigs, it wouldn't be like this. But in Zheng Zhengjin's eyes, the Turks seemed to be worse than pigs.

"He saved the Tang Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to make him a king for such a great contribution." Empress Chang Sun narrowed her eyebrows and smiled.

"Yes, by the way, it's time for someone to go report the news to Xiangcheng, otherwise they will worry about the boy's safety." Li Shimin thought that even if it was late at night, he would probably be able to send someone to report the news to Li Leyan.

"Your Majesty, I have already asked someone to go there. I'm sure they should be very happy at this moment." Empress Changsun said with a smile.

Li Shimin praised: "My queen is really thoughtful in her work."

"Your Majesty, I am pregnant now and cannot serve you. There are several beauties who have just entered the harem. Your Majesty can go and let them serve you." Empress Changsun glanced at the big pig's hoof and said with a smile.

"Then I'll leave first. Guanyin, have a good rest." Li Shimin didn't have much interest at first, but after hearing what Empress Changsun said, he really became interested. He left the Lizheng Hall and went to the harem.

Zheng Zhengjin's residence,

In Li Leyan's new house,

Several women were sitting on the bed.

Even though she knew Zheng Zhengjin had won a great victory but had not yet returned home, Yu Youwei was still sick.

Li Xueyan secretly pinched Yu Youwei's big white rabbits and said teasingly, "Don't frown, the young master will be back soon, and then I will marry you both."

Yu Youwei bared her teeth at Li Xueyan, revealing her pearly white teeth, and said in a low voice: "You pinch your own, you have it too, really."

Zheng Liwan fanned the flames, "But Youwei's is big, it's comfortable."

Li Leyan also nodded, "That's right, that's right."

Yu Youwei was speechless. Soon, another sound of sweet laughter could be heard from the bridal chamber.

The next day,

The morning court session was postponed to the hour of noon.
Li Shimin immediately announced: "All civil and military officials, follow me out of the city to welcome the heroes of our Tang Dynasty."

At this moment, many people still didn't know what was going on, such as Feng Deyi, Pei Ji, etc. They never thought that the Tang Dynasty would have a chance to win the battle against the Turks. But since Li Shimin had spoken, everyone naturally dared not disobey.

When they arrived at the East Gate, all the civil and military officials came out of the city, which was a big event. The people in the city were surprised and thought, "Since the emperor has left the city, the problem with the Turks must have been solved."

The tens of thousands of Turkic captives had been taken away by the soldiers brought by Li Junxian last night to dig coal. Therefore, the only soldiers who arrived in Chang'an were the troops led by Yuchi Gong and the two hundred cavalrymen who followed Su Dingfang from Jingyang.

Zheng Zhengjin rode on the big cat and took a look at Li Shimin, who was wearing a dragon robe and looked extraordinary and heroic. He couldn't help but admire in his heart: "Dragon-Phoenix Pig, the two phoenixes in it are really handsome."

At this moment, Zheng Zhengjin was still wearing the mask, and his Mo Dao had been put away long ago.

When he arrived at the city gate and saw Li Shimin, Zheng Zhengjin turned over and dropped anchor, held his head high and chest out, gave Li Shimin a standard military salute, then put down his hands and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty." With that posture, Li Shimin thought Zheng Zhengjin was preparing to launch.

Only Wei Zheng knew that this etiquette might be the highest etiquette in Zheng Zhengjin's hometown.

Yuchi Gong dismounted, and then all the soldiers behind him dismounted, including Su Dingfang and the two hundred riders behind him, and they all saluted Li Shimin in the style of the Tang Dynasty.

"I am your humble servant, paying my respects to Your Majesty." The morale of the generals and soldiers at this moment was soaring to the sky.

"You don't need to be polite. You are all good men and heroes of the Tang Dynasty. Those soldiers who died for their country can be arranged to stay ten miles east of the city. I will set it up as the Tang Dynasty Martyrs Cemetery, where they will be worshipped by the people of the Tang Dynasty and the royal family. In addition, I swear here that I will treat the families of the soldiers who died in the battle well." As for how to provide compensation, Li Shimin had discussed it with Yuchi Gong and others last night, and everyone felt that it was completely acceptable. He really couldn't let the soldiers feel disappointed.

"Your Majesty, thank you very much for your grace. In this battle, plus the previous battle in Jingyang, our army captured more than 53,000 Turks. Together with the Turkish Khan Tuli and some high-ranking officials of the 18 tribes of the grassland, we killed more than 155,000 enemies. The Turkish baggage and sheep included more than 10,000, and there were more than 100,000 war horses, as well as a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry." Yuchi Gong first expressed his gratitude, and then reported the results of the battle.

When Yuchi Gong finished his report, the officials who were unaware of the situation were all stunned. Especially the Five Surnames and Seven Families, who thought, "It seems that we can't go against Li Er for a while." Although they were not afraid of Li Er, if Li Er raised his butcher knife to them, their heads would not be as hard as the knife.

"Which army did this? This is too horrible."

"We won, we won. The Tang Dynasty won. We are safe. We don't have to worry anymore."

"That's great, that's great. The Turks are really abominable. They deserve to be killed."

Many people in Chang'an City were happy and spread the news slowly.

Tuli Khan was also among them. After listening to Yuchi Gong's report, he looked up to the sky and whispered, "Eternal Heaven, why do you treat me, the Turks, like this?"

The soldier guarding him slapped Tuli Khan on the back of his head and shouted angrily, "Behave yourself, or I'll chop you off."

Tuli Khan fell silent.

"Li Junxian, take Tuli Khan and the high-ranking officials of the grassland tribes to the Heavenly Prison for me."

"I obey your order." After Li Junxian finished speaking, he came to Su Dingfang and handed over Tuli Khan and some tribal leaders on the grassland to him.

Be it Tuli Khan or the high-ranking officials of the Turkic steppe tribes, their faces looked as if they had eaten a dead rat.

Yuchi Gong began to ask his deputy general to make arrangements and have people search for the families of the more than 3,000 soldiers who died in the battle. You know, these 10,000 soldiers are near Chang'an.

The remaining several thousand soldiers retreated to a place ten miles east of the city under the arrangement of Yuchi Gong and began to set up camp. They were too many and were not suitable to enter Chang'an City.
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(End of this chapter)