In the afternoon, Li Ye and his beloved wife Dugu Xinyue did not return to Yuanzhai, but returned to their home in Xuanpingfang.
Pei Sanniang had already packed up their new house for them. She welcomed her son and daughter-in-law into the inner courtyard with a smile on her face, "I was just about to ask the housekeeper to find you!"
"Mom, is something wrong?"
"There are so many things! There are so many things. Gao Lishi sent a young eunuch to inform you this afternoon and asked you to go to his official residence tomorrow morning."
Li Ye nodded, as he expected, this must be related to the fall of Qiemo City.
"Anything else?"
"Also, there is a lot of mess. Yesterday, your uncle left Chang'an with several nephews and rushed back to Zhangye, leaving behind a bunch of female relatives for me to take care of. By the way, your father left for Shaanzhou early this morning to go to Sanmenxia.
The border supervisor has gone, and he will be gone for a month! I also decided to go out on the spur of the moment early this morning. Maybe he won't be able to come back to see you off."
Li Ye was silent. Xinyue glanced at Li Ye strangely. She found that her husband had been silent and seemed worried when he came out of his parents' home. Something must have happened, otherwise Gao Lishi would not come to him at this time.
Pei Sanniang pulled Dugu Xinyue and smiled again: "Xinyue, you come with me to settle the accounts. I have to give you the money for your wedding gift. I have been busy with this matter these days."
Xinyue smiled and said, "Mom, I'll go check out the room with Aye first. I'll get him settled, and then I'll talk to you."
"Okay! Come and see, I have to go to the inn too. I have to tell the sisters-in-law that I have prepared dinner and tell them not to go out to eat."
Pei Sanniang left in a hurry.
Dugu Xinyue followed Li Ye to the east courtyard, which was Li Ye's previous residence. Now it has been decorated as a new house. Li Ye almost doesn't recognize him anymore."
The two rooms on the side have been useless and empty, and now they are full of things. They are all gifts sent to them by the emperor, concubine and prince. They have not been unpacked, and the doors and windows are locked.
Dugu Xinyue snuggled into her husband's arms, touched his face and said, "You are not happy when you come out of my parents' house. Did they say something unpleasant?"
"No! How could my father-in-law say such unpleasant things? We are just a family, sitting together and chatting."
"Then what must have happened? What did my father say to you in the study later, which made you worried? I can see it, Aye, you have to tell me!"
Li Ye sighed softly, "The plan has changed!"
"What?"
"There's a war in Anxi. I may not go back to Suiye, and I'll go directly to Anxi. Gao Lishi is looking for me. This must be the same thing."
Dugu Xinyue's eyes showed fear, "That means I can't break leaves with you anymore?"
Li Ye nodded, "So I'm worried and don't know how to tell you."
Dugu Xinyue hugged her husband's waist tightly and cried, "I don't want to leave you!"
Li Ye gently stroked his beloved wife's hair, "I also want to be with you, but sometimes we really can't help ourselves. Xinyue, I can only try my best to compensate you."
"How to compensate?" Dugu Xinyue looked at her husband with tearful eyes.
Li Ye whispered a few words into her ear, Xinyue blushed and beat his chest twice, "Don't think about such obscene things at this time."
"It's not obscene!"
Li Ye quickly explained: "Isn't your critical period just these two days? Let's work harder to get you pregnant. Even if I am not here, you will have sustenance in your heart."
It turned out that this was what happened. Dugu Xinyue was filled with expectation and nervousness at the same time. She lowered her head and whispered: "I'm not ready to be a mother yet!"
Li Ye smiled and kissed her forehead, "Let's discuss it slowly tonight!"
Dugu Xinyue nodded slightly and talked about the children, which slightly diluted her sadness of facing separation.
She remembered something and said: "My mother asked me to settle accounts with her just now. I think if someone gives a gift, we will have to return the gift anyway in the future. The part of the gift money that we want to return the gift will be given to our parents, and then we will take away the part that does not need to be returned."
What do you think?"
"It's your decision."
Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "My mother probably hasn't come back yet. Let's go see what gifts the emperor and the imperial concubine gave us!"
Dugu Xinyue smiled bitterly and said: "The doors and windows are locked, but the key is in my mother's hand!"
Li Ye was helpless, "Okay! Let's see later."
At this time, Xiaohong came over and saluted, "Young Madam, Madam, please come over."
Dugu Xinyue nodded and hurried away.
I won’t go into details about how the young couple spent the night figuring out how to have a baby, but let them have some privacy!
Early the next morning, Li Ye arrived at the Daming Palace. The young eunuch took him to Gao Lishi's official room. Li Ye bowed and saluted, "See Gao Weng!"
Gao Lishi smiled and said: "The groom is here, sit down!"
Li Ye sat down at the table. Gao Lishi took out a large brocade box and put it on the table and pushed it to him, "This is my wedding gift to you. The emperor gave me a set of Yuezhou celadon during the Kaiyuan period. It is considered the best."
I have always been reluctant to use palace porcelain, so I will give it to you!"
Li Ye quickly thanked him and opened the box. Inside was a tea set, as green as a thousand peaks. "Ah! It's secret color porcelain."
The porcelain given to him by Gao Lishi turned out to be secret-color porcelain from Yuezhou official kiln, which surprised and delighted Li Ye.
"Actually, there are some gifts from the emperor, but they are not as good as mine. You can keep mine!"
"Thank you Gao Weng!"
Gao Lishi sighed: "The private matter is over, it's time to talk about business. I'm afraid it's bad news?"
"But what happened in Qiemo City?"
Gao Xianzhi nodded, "Yes! I guess your father-in-law has already told you. Last night, we received urgent news. The Shazhou Army and the Guazhou Army counterattacked Dunhuang County and failed miserably. More than half of them were killed or injured. Gao Xianzhi asked the court for help."
"Do you want me to rush back to Anxi immediately?"
Gao Lishi shook his head, "The emperor asked you to go to Shazhou first, lead the Yiwu army and the Han navy to recover Dunhuang, and then lead the army from Dunhuang to Qiemo County."
"This should be Gao Xianzhi's business!"
Gao Lishi said calmly: "The Emperor does not want Gao Xianzhi to command the Beiting Army, and the Emperor is somewhat dissatisfied with Gao Xianzhi. I won't go into details about this. One more thing is that your wife must stay in Chang'an and cannot go to Zhanye with you.
"
Li Ye sighed, "I want to go directly to Anxi. She definitely can't go to Suiye with me."
Gao Lishi smiled slightly and said: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and disadvantages have advantages. Although your parents and wife have to stay in Chang'an and cannot go with you, it is also good for you. The supervisory army is gone, and Bian Lingcheng has recalled Chang'an.
"
Li Ye was overjoyed, "Bian Lingcheng is back?"
Gao Lishi nodded, "His term of office is over, and the emperor has no plans to send new supervisors."
"Can you tell me when the emperor wants me to set off?"
Gao Lishi handed him the edict, military talismans and Shang Fang Tianzi Sword again, hesitated for a moment and said: "Let's set off in three days at the latest!"
When Li Ye returned to the house, Pei Sanniang pulled him aside and asked, "I heard from Xinyue that she can't go to Broken Leaf with you?"
Li Ye nodded, "My power is too great, and the emperor is worried about it, so he asked her to stay in Chang'an."
Pei Sanniang nodded, "It's okay not to go, I just hope she gets pregnant as soon as possible, and I want to have a grandson."
"Mom, you are only in your thirties and you are about to have a grandson?"
Pei Sanniang's eyes widened and she put her hands on her hips and said angrily: "What woman doesn't become a grandmother in her thirties? It's already too late for me. Don't talk such useless nonsense. I have to work hard at night to make her belly bigger."
Li Ye was so frightened that he ran away and returned to the yard. Dugu Xinyue threw herself into his arms. Li Ye put down the bag in his hand and said softly: "Time flies very fast. I will try my best to come back next autumn."
Dugu Xinyue said sadly: "Actually, I have figured it out. If I am pregnant, I will at least have to wait until the child is older before I can come back. The child is too young and will definitely not be able to bear the hardships on the road. If I come back after four or five years,
I'm afraid I won't be able to see my grandmother again, so it's safest for me to stay in Chang'an."
Li Ye nodded, "That's indeed what happened!"
"Aye, when are you leaving?"
"The Emperor asked me to set out in three days. I still have a lot of things to do. I have to open the secret room and put some things in it."
When Dugu Xinyue heard that her husband was leaving in three days, she felt really sad. She bit her lip and said, "Let's go to Taipingfang together in the afternoon!"
