My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

This may be the difference in thinking between men and women.

It's possible that when a woman asks a man for money, she doesn't actually want the money itself.

They wanted to prove their men's love for them through this method.

Men tend to prefer taking the initiative to give and make sacrifices.

I dislike it most when women ask me for this or that.

Those who ask for money will not be given even a single tael of silver.

I'd give you my life, I'd give you anything!

Therefore, Li Shimin was quite disgusted with most of the other concubines in the harem.

He held Xu Hui in his arms, one arm around her waist.

Xu Hui let out a soft moan and slumped into Li Shimin's arms: "Your Majesty, your hands are too strong."

Li Shimin laughed heartily: "Is that so? I have been out of practice for a long time and have not led troops into battle for a long time. I am much worse than before."

"No, Your Majesty, in my heart you are a god of war. I have heard that you often charge into battle alone."

Once, you single-handedly stormed into the Turkic army camp and lost contact with the main force.

The Turks have you surrounded; you try to break free from them, but you can't.

However, you killed several Turkic generals with your bow and arrow.

In the end, you fought your way out and broke through the encirclement, didn't you?"

"I can't remember those things anymore. If we're talking about the most powerful warriors in history, then we have to mention Xiang Yu."

Xiang Yu once led 28 horsemen to fight against Guan Ying's 5,000 cavalry.

Guan Ying, however, couldn't do anything about it.

Xiang Yu fought several rounds of attacks with almost no losses.

Furthermore, Xiang Yu once defeated Liu Bang's 3-strong allied army of feudal lords with 56 cavalry, creating a legend in the history of warfare. What does it mean to fight 3 against 56?

Therefore, compared to this, my past achievements are nothing.

"No matter what, in my heart you will always be a towering hero," Xu Hui paused, "However, there are a few things I don't know whether I should say or not."

"What do you have to say? Just say it."

"I heard you had a fight with Empress Zhangsun."

"That wasn't really an argument, just a difference of opinion," Li Shimin said casually.

"Is that really how Your Majesty is? You don't need to deceive me anymore. In any case, Empress Zhangsun has given birth to several children for you."

Moreover, Empress Zhangsun had just recovered from her illness.

Now, she is pregnant.

Sun Simiao said we shouldn't upset her, so you should be a little accommodating to her.

Li Shimin nodded: "You're right. I owe Empress Zhangsun a lot. She married me when she was very young."

but,

She never had a single good day while following me.

At that time, I had just begun to conquer the country and was often away fighting battles, sometimes not returning for several months.

They just left her alone at home.

Xu Hui rested her head on Li Shimin's strong chest and said softly, "People often say that behind every successful man, there is a great woman."

Isn't His Majesty the same?

You are where you are today because of Empress Zhangsun's constant support, aren't you?

"Without the support of Empress Zhangsun and her brother Zhangsun Wuji, Your Majesty, do you think you would be where you are today?"

Li Shimin remained silent for a long time before saying, "As you said, without the support of Empress Zhangsun and Zhangsun Wuji, I could not have become emperor."