Li Yuan's four adult sons were all born to the Dou family, among the four sons, the Dou family liked the second son Shimin the most, which is also normal, after giving birth to several daughters in a row, he finally gave birth to another son, and he was very smart, how could she not love her.

What's more important is that the Dou family supports Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and always speaks of Li Shimin in front of Queen Dou.

When Empress Dou heard her husband praise Shimin, she immediately smiled, "That child has been smart and capable since he was a child, and he shared his worries about the saint when he was a teenager, has the saint forgotten?" ”

"Of course I haven't forgotten, I still remember ....."

Before Li Yuan finished speaking, His Royal Highness had a eunuch shouting: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here!" ”

This shout interrupted Li Yuan's words, and he nodded, "Announce his visit!" ”

Queen Dou was a little disappointed, she glanced at Zhang Jieyu coldly, "The prince is here, don't you know how to avoid it?" ”

Zhang Jieyu was taken aback, and hurriedly put down the soup bowl, "The concubine will avoid it." ”

She hurriedly saluted Li Yuan and walked from behind, Queen Dou snorted extremely unhappily, "Some people in the palace are becoming more and more ignorant of the rules, it seems that I am too tolerant." ”

Li Yuan knew that his wife was using the topic to play, and Zhang Jieyu didn't avoid it in time, which was indeed a bit inappropriate, so he had to smile bitterly in his heart and didn't dare to say more.

At this time, the crown prince Li Jiancheng walked in quickly, but found that his mother was also in the room, and he was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "Erchen Jiancheng, knock on the father and queen mother!" ”

Empress Dou is far less fond of her eldest son than she is to Li Shimin, but after all, she is her own son, and she also has a smile on her face, "Is the emperor here to visit his father's illness?" ”

"Yes! The son was worried about his father's dragon body and came to visit. ”

Li Yuan also nodded, "The emperor is flat!" ”

"Thank you, Father."

Li Jiancheng stood up, he hesitated a little in his heart, the queen mother is here, is it appropriate for him to sue the second brother again? He knew that the queen mother loved his second brother very much, and he said too much. I am afraid that it will cause the dissatisfaction of the queen mother.

Li Yuan was so old and spicy, he could see at a glance that the prince's expression was different, and he seemed to have something to say, so he smiled, "Is there anything important about the emperor?" ”

Li Jiancheng still wanted to say that if he didn't say it, the forces of Imjin Pass and Yongtongcang would not be able to be maintained, so he said implicitly: "Erchen has always been worried that the Sui army will attack Tongguan. But today, Erchen listened to Luo Yi. Tongguan is now personally coached by the second brother, leading the army of Tongguan to defend it tightly, so that. The Sui army will be invulnerable, and the father can rest assured. ”

The queen mother lives in the deep palace and may not know the difference between forces in the army. Li Jiancheng used this method to implicitly complain to his father, but the Dou family really didn't hear it, and she also heard a little about the discord between the two brothers from her mother's family.

But she didn't know that her two sons had reached an incompatible point in their struggle for the right to inherit the throne, and no one in the palace dared to tell her about it.

Dou thought that the eldest son was praising her brother, and she also smiled with satisfaction: "Your brothers are all worried about your father, just now your second brother also played a song, which won the praise of your father, and you are the main text." The people of the world are in charge of the martial arts, and the brothers and sisters of the Wen can ensure the eternity of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Yuan understood that the second son Shimin was taking the opportunity to seize the military power of Tongguan and disrupted the balance of power, which was undoubtedly adding chaos to the chaos, and he was a little annoyed in his heart. But now he also needs his second son to guard Guanzhong for him, and it's not the time for his brother to turn his face.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, something had already happened, and it was impossible to let the people of the world withdraw from the military power in Tongguan, for the sake of the future. can only give the prince another benefit and settle this brotherly dispute.

In fact, Li Yuan also thought about it. The crown prince must hold a certain amount of military power, in order to balance the Qin king's dominance in the army, now most of the Guanlong army is in the hands of the Qin king, Xiaogong and monopolize the two major forces of Bashu and Jingxiang, it is too wide, it must be divided to the prince part, just this Central Plains war, Xiaogong was defeated, you can take the opportunity to adjust the distribution of power between them.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan said lightly: "The Sui army occupies the Central Plains, and its ambitions may not be willing to stop, I am very worried that the Sui army will attack Guanzhong, I consider letting the people of the world be fully responsible for the defense of Guanzhong, and Xiaogong must also go all out to recruit troops in Jingxiang, Bashu and Hanzhong will not let him ask, he does not have so much energy, I want you to recommend Hanzhong and Bashu to the chief, who do you think is more suitable?" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, and was immediately overjoyed, this is because his father wants to assign the military forces of Hanzhong and Bashu to himself, although his father still has a meaning to let him give up Kanto, but compared to Hanzhong and Bashu, Kanto is nothing.

He almost didn't think about it, "Erchen recommended Luo Yi as the governor of Hanzhong, as for Bashu is a heavy place for money and grain in the imperial court, ordinary people can't guard it, Erchen recommends the fourth brother Yuanji to stay in Shuzhong, the fourth brother is inexperienced, and Sheng Yanshi can be used as a deputy to assist him." ”

Let the old Si Yuanji guard Bashu, this is a good suggestion, but Yuanji's defeat in Shaanxi County still needs to be liquidated, and before the liquidation is completed, Li Yuan will not consider letting Yuanji take on a heavy position.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay! Let me think about it, I will make a decision as soon as possible, is there anything else going on with the emperor? ”

"Report to my father, and there is also about the matter of rescuing Dugu Huai'en, and my son wants to discuss it with my father." ……

Queen Dou returned to the harem, the anger in her heart was still gone, thinking that Zhang Jieyu did not avoid the prince, the hatred in her heart surged into her heart again.

Empress Dou was born in the Xianbei aristocracy, not only the daughter of the Guanlong nobleman Dou, but also her mother was also the princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which made her attach great importance to the court etiquette system.

That Zhang Jieyu is still a little eldest son and has built a lot, and she is a natural fox and a goblin, if her husband is sick, they get along for a long time, and they come and go, will it ......

The more Empress Dou thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and immediately shouted: "Call Zhang Jieyu to me!" ”

Zhang Jieyu is the palace concubine of the Sui room, Yang Guang likes to talk about pomp, overhaul the palace, and draft girls into the palace according to the etiquette system, but he himself is not a lustful person, in a short period of more than ten years of emperor career, most of the time is spent in the inspection of the world, most of the show girls he selected have become decorations, Zhang Jieyu is one of the decorations.

And Li Yuan is a very lascivious person, when he was a courtier, he needed to take the Dou family as the backstage, and he didn't dare to indulge himself too much, but after becoming the emperor, his true nature was revealed, and he was unscrupulous to visit the palace concubines, among which Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei were the most favored, and her father and brother also soared.

Zhang Jieyu is an extremely smart woman, and she knows that the queen is already dissatisfied with her. In order to escape this catastrophe, as soon as she returned to the palace, she took off her heavy makeup and changed into jewelry and palace clothes, and then followed the palace maid to see the queen.

Zhang Jieyu knelt down in front of Queen Dou, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Palace maid Zhang, see the queen's mother!" ”

Queen Dou saw that she had changed her makeup, and knew that she was afraid of herself, and the anger in her heart calmed down a little. But if you don't punish her today. She didn't know how thick the sky was.

'Bang! Empress Dou slapped the table heavily and reprimanded angrily: "If it weren't for the palace reminder today, would you have to serve the saint with the prince?" ”

Zhang Jieyu was so frightened that her heart was excited. hurriedly said: "The palace maid must avoid it, because the queen is here today, and the palace maid does not dare to make decisions without permission." ”

Empress Dou sneered. "You mean that if I'm not there, you'll be in charge?"

She stepped forward again, her eyes were extremely stern, and she said word by word: "You seem to want this palace to be absent soon, don't you?" ”

Zhang Jieyu was so frightened that she waved her hand again and again, "No! No! The palace maid had no such intention. ”

"Humph! Knowing people and faces but not hearts, who knows what you think. I don't care about this with you, but when the prince arrives today, you don't avoid it, violating the palace rules, you should be severely punished, come here! ”

Several sturdy palace maids stepped forward, and Queen Dou pointed at Zhang Jieyu, who was trembling all over. "Drag this slut down, slap twenty!"

"Niangniang, spare the palace maid! The palace maid didn't dare anymore! ”

Zhang Jieyu begged for mercy again and again to no avail, several sturdy palace maids dragged her down like a she-wolf and slapped her twenty times. How could Zhang Jieyu's delicate face stand it, and she was beaten to the ground. The corners of his mouth were bleeding, half of his face was swollen, and his face was completely devoid, but he was like a dominatrix.

Zhang Jieyu was escorted back again, she knelt on the ground, covered her face and said with tears: "Thank you Niangniang for your teachings, the palace maid remembers her mistakes and dare not make them again." ”

Queen Dou knew that her husband loved this woman very much, but she didn't dare to really deal with her too harshly, and the anger in her heart disappeared, so she said lightly: "Today is just a small commandment, to give you a warning, if you dare to commit it again, I will take your life next time!" ”

Zhang Jieyu kowtowed with tears, "The palace maid thanks the queen for her teachings!" ”

"Go ahead! Don't let me see you again. ”

Zhang Jieyu bowed and retreated, Queen Dou thought for a moment, and then ordered left and right, "Spread today's severe punishment all over the palace, whoever dares to commit it again, this palace will be severely punished!" ”……

Zhang Jieyu returned to her bedroom, threw herself on the bed, and cried loudly, several confidants and eunuchs repeatedly persuaded her that the queen was jealous of her favor to be so angry, which shows that she is extremely favored, she thought about it carefully, and slowly accepted the crying.

She sat in front of the dressing table and took a self-portrait in the mirror, seeing that she was half swollen and ugly, her heart was bleeding with hatred, and she gritted her teeth and whispered: "One day, I will kill this old slut!" ”

There is an old eunuch standing next to him, named Zhang Xiaozhong, who is from the same township and village as Zhang Jieyu, and even has a little distant relative, he is Zhang Jieyu's confidant, and he has a little brain.

He persuaded in a low voice: "Niangniang don't worry too much, the queen is old, her health is not good, and she won't be able to live in a few years, but the old slave persuades Niangniang to take a long-term view and find a backstage for herself." ”

Zhang Jieyu pondered and asked, "What did you say was the backstage?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhong sighed, "In fact, the saint is lustful and indulgent, and it is not a longevity, the old slave is persuading Niangniang to think about the long-term, in case the saint is a hundred years later, what should Niangniang do?" ”

"So what do you think I'm going to do? What is the backstage? Zhang Jieyu asked puzzled.

Zhang Xiaozhong looked left and right, and saw that there was no one left and right, so he whispered: "Now that Niangniang is favored by the saint, she can blow the wind on the pillow, this is Niangniang's capital, Niangniang may wish to use this capital to make friends with the prince, and speak well for the prince, and in the future, when the prince ascends the throne, he will also be grateful for the picture and give Niangniang a good death." ”

Zhang Jieyu was taken aback, "I'm just to blame for this, you still let me make friends with the prince, don't you want to kill me?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhong laughed, "Niangniang misunderstood, the old slave does not mean that Niangniang herself communicates with the prince, let alone that Niangniang and the prince are eyebrows, the old slave is saying that interests are befriended, Niangniang might as well let her father communicate with the prince, if there is anything, you can pass on the news through your father and brother." ”

Zhang Jieyu pondered for a long time, and finally nodded.

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[To explain, in history, Empress Dou died of illness before Li Yuan ascended the throne, and here is just a plot need to let her continue to be the queen]