"Hey, the Turks in the west are ready to move, the Goryeo in the north are knocking at me again, and now even the Japanese in the east dare to wreak havoc, how can I rest in peace..."
As expected, after hearing Changsun's words, Li Shimin just sighed, but did not put down the memorial and rest as he was told.
The eldest grandson's hands were placed on Li Shimin's forehead, and she was still gently rubbing her temples without haste, but she did not continue to follow Li Shimin's words.
The eldest grandson is a very smart woman, and the famous "Principles for Women" was written by her!
In this work, which was regarded as a treasure book by later generations of concubines and empresses, the phrase "the harem must not be involved in politics" was set by her as an example and she never dared to overstep it. Therefore, when her husband mentioned state affairs, she immediately kept silent.
He didn't hear Changsun's answer. Li Shimin seemed to be used to her avoidance, so he just smiled, then leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and prepared to enjoy this rare free time.
"Dong dong dong..."
Just when the palace had just returned to silence, the sound of messy footsteps suddenly came from outside, instantly breaking the silence.
The sound of footsteps came from far and near, and stopped suddenly when they reached the door of the palace!
Immediately, a sharp voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, there is an emergency report from Yangzhou!"
"Your Majesty, I will take my leave first..."
In the palace, when the eldest grandson heard the word "urgent report", his hands trembled slightly, and he bowed and was about to retreat behind the curtain.
"Haha, Maid Guanyin, don't be so careful. Xiao Han is here in Yangzhou, so nothing big will happen." Li Shimin's eyes were still slightly closed, but his big hands reached behind his back accurately, grabbing the eldest grandson who was about to retract.
’s slender hand, then put it in the palm of his hand and squeezed it gently.
Although they were an old couple, their hand was suddenly grabbed. The eldest grandson still blushed. He wanted to take his hand out, but when he heard Xiao Han's name, he stopped for some reason.
"That's it, let's hear what urgent news there is!" Li Shimin held Changsun's hand, pulled her to his side, said with a smile, and then ordered toward the door: "Come in!"
As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, the door to the palace quietly opened.
A gust of cold north wind blew into the hall from outside, lifting up Li Shimin's spirits, which were already a bit groggy, and he even opened his slightly closed eyes.
"Your Majesty, this is an express message from Xiaohou's army. I dare not delay. I will deliver it as soon as I receive the letter."
The chamberlain Xiao Hai bowed all the way into the hall. Before Li Shimin could reach him, he had already knelt down on the ground, leaving only the secret message in his hand that he held high above his head.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was not popular to kneel down and worship!
But this rule definitely does not apply to slaves! Let alone the most noble royal family in the world, even in the home of a rich country man, a slave is no different from a big animal. Even if he is beaten to death by his master and thrown into a mass grave, the official [pen]
The most the government can do is turn a blind eye and ignore it.
Therefore, in this case, don't even think about talking nonsense about everyone being equal.
"Is this coming from Xiao Hou's army?" After hearing Xiao Hai's report, Li Shimin glanced at him in surprise and frowned slightly.
"It came from Xiaohou" and "It came from Xiaohou's army", although there is only two words difference between these two sentences, their meanings are completely different!
The former was written by Xiao Han himself and sent to him for knowledge.
The latter was written by a secret agent hidden in Xiao Han's army, and was secretly reported to him through various channels.
There is an emperor's spy among Xiao Han's new fire guards. Changsun knows this, and so does Xiao Han!
In fact, not only Xiao Han's army, but all the generals who commanded the Tang Dynasty's army were surrounded by several or even dozens of cronies planted by the emperor!
On weekdays, these people look just like everyone else, and they never interfere with any of the general’s orders and decisions!
The only duty the emperor gave them was to inform him in a secret message when something major happened, so that he could learn the most real news at that time even though he was thousands of miles away, and would not be blinded and do stupid things.
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Therefore, as long as it is a letter from them, something big must have happened!
"Yes, I have identified the secret seal and am sure it came from Xiaohou's army..."
When Xiao Hai heard Li Shimin's question, his head immediately dropped lower, but his high-pitched voice was still clear!
As a person who specializes in receiving secret messages, he understands the importance of these secret messages better than anyone else, so he will not be careless at all when checking!
"Send it up!" Li Shimin looked at Xiao Hai's cautious look, suddenly let go of his grandson's hand, and sat upright on the chair. A vague sense of royal majesty also emanated from him.
"Here!" Xiao Hai heard this and did not dare to delay. He quickly handed over the secret letter rolled into a small roll, then walked back to his original position and knelt down, waiting for the emperor's next instructions.
The secret messages were opened little by little.
The eldest grandson standing next to Li Shimin tried his best not to read the secret letter, but in the end, curiosity defeated his reason, and a pair of beautiful eyes quietly glanced at Li Shimin's hand.
Of course, this is also because it concerns Xiao Han. If it were another person, she would never read even a word!
The secret letter in Li Shimin's hand was not big, but it had a lot of words written on it in dense, small regular script with no punctuation marks. It made people's heads ache just by looking at it.
However, this secret letter has an advantage: it is written normally, so it does not have to be deciphered and reorganized like those confidential documents, which saves a lot of effort.
"Xiao Hou won a great victory in Yangzhou City and destroyed more than 10,000 enemies in one battle!"
The secret letter unfolded to smooth things over, but the first sentence at the beginning left Changsun and Li Shimin stunned?
The two of them were not frightened by this number, but they were wondering why such an obvious letter of merit was not written down on the memorial and sent up through the three provinces and six ministries, but it had to be sent in the form of a secret message?
Could it be that the secret agent was too busy with Xiao Han and wanted to send a secret message to remind the emperor that there was such a person as him?
This idea only existed in Li Shimin's mind for a moment, and then he threw it away: "Impossible, these people are all selected by me, and it is absolutely impossible for them to make such a low-level mistake!"
Thinking of this, Li Shimin laughed to himself and continued to look down.
There is nothing strange about the letter below. It just talks about the process of the battle in various ways, and focuses on the power of the new weapons.
Although Li Shimin was interested in these, he didn't think that he would use spies to send messages!
Until the last sentence of the letter, the spy wrote in a scrawled handwriting: Xiao Hou was later held hostage by a mysterious old man. After a long struggle, the old man and his accomplices died, and Xiao Hou was seriously injured!!
