"Yes." The emperor is well-informed, surrounded by the top talents in the world, and he still feels strange to see Li Chaoge, "I don't know why a black bear broke into Houshan. You didn't see it in Tianhou, then The bear was one foot high and looked like a hill, but Chao Ge was able to withstand the attack of the black bear with one hand, and finally killed the demon bear. The person who adopted her should be a god who retreated from the world, otherwise, Back then, we couldn’t save her from the chaos.”
Even ten years later, the emperor still felt terrified when he thought of the rebellion that year.
Shuofang is a military town in the north of Chang'an, bordering Guanzhong in the south, and the northern border of the Tang Dynasty in the north. The number of military settlements accounts for 1/40% of the country. Shuofang should have been the most solid fortress in Chang'an, but in the twelfth year of Yonghui, it almost became a danger of destroying Datang.
The Jiedu envoy of Shuofang colluded with the demons, intending to capture Chang'an, support troops and stand on their own, because that's what the Li family did back then. It stands to reason that Li Tang has ruled the Central Plains for nearly 60 years. After the establishment of the dynasty, taxation was swayed and farming was encouraged. The Li family's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty was completely different. However, Shuofang Jiedu made smooth sailing, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and he was almost forced to the outside of Tongguan.
Chang'an was in turmoil, and the emperor and the court left Chang'an in a hurry and rushed to Yizhou. Yizhou is fertile and wild for thousands of miles, the land of abundance, coupled with the surrounding natural barriers, it is the most suitable place to preserve strength. Shuofang's Jiedushi was able to force the royal family into such a state, not because of how powerful Shuofang's army was, or how corrupt the court's garrison was, but because of Shuofang's collusion with demons and ghost soldiers and ghost generals.
According to the surviving frontline soldiers, it was normal when the rebels attacked. The imperial army resisted according to the formation. , suddenly turned into a living creature, not afraid of death or pain, and attacked the imperial army like crazy. Although these monsters are made of paper, their bite force is no less than that of real tiger beasts. Moreover, people who are bitten by them will have black gas from their wounds, and their whole body will rot and die within a few days.
The imperial army was in an uproar, their morale plummeted, and they retreated steadily. Soon, Tongguan fell, and the emperor fled south with his concubine. On the way to escape, Li Chaoge fell into the chaos of rebels and paper beasts, and there was no news of him.
At that time, the emperor lost his beloved daughter, and it happened that wars were raging everywhere, and his family and country were away, so he was very depressed. He thought that Li Tang Jiangshan would be ruined in his generation, but he didn't expect that not long after Li Chaoge was lost, those strange paper soldiers and paper beasts suddenly disappeared. Shuofang Jiedu envoy died violently in the camp, and Yao Dao, who was honored as the national teacher by the rebel army, was also missing. The imperial army fought back desperately and gradually began to gain the upper hand.
From the very beginning, it was paper soldiers and paper beasts that were difficult to deal with in this rebellion, not Shuofang's army. After the Yaodao disappeared, the rebel army had no leader. It didn't take long for the chaos in Shuofang to subside, and Li Ze returned to Chang'an with the imperial harem.
The rebellion subsided, but their lost daughter never came back. The emperor has been guilty for many years, so he poured all his love on Li Changle to make up for the debt he owed to his eldest daughter. The Queen of Heaven also dotes on Li Changle very much. Thinking about it, she is the same as the Emperor.
After ten years of separation, everyone in the palace, including the emperor, also felt that Li Chaoge was dead. A strong soldier can't survive in the hands of paper soldiers and paper beasts, let alone a six-year-old child? Unexpectedly, she had such a chance that she was rescued by a hermit expert, and kept her name incognito for ten years, and acquired a good skill.
The emperor lamented back then, but didn't notice that the Queen of Heaven lowered her eyes and never made a statement. After the emperor finished speaking, he had nowhere to use his energy, and his paternal love was ready to move: "She has been living outside all these years, and I don't know how much she has suffered. She is obviously a princess. But I wasted ten years among the people. Now that she is back, all the treatment should be compared to Guangning, or even higher. She already has a title, and it is good to continue to use Anding. It is time to build the Princess Mansion. Yes Now, how much is her fiefdom, do you want to add more?"
When Tianhou heard these words, her eyes moved, and she said, "Sage, the princess is only entrusted with 350 households, and An Ding has accumulated 1,000 households over the years. She just came back and was about to get acquainted with her contacts. Integrate into Dongdu. If you reward her again, what will other clans think? What will Guangning think?"
Tianhou is much more tactful than the emperor, so the emperor thinks so. Li Chaoge just appeared suddenly. If she is given something special, it will only make enemies for her, which will not help her integrate into the environment. The emperor dismissed this idea and said: "Then compensate her from other places. Now that our family is reunited, there will be a long time, there is no rush."
Tianhou also thinks the same way, too much is too late, it is better to do this kind of thing step by step, and the spring wind turns into rain. Mother's focus is different from that of men. Tin Hau recalled an incident and asked, "It's 22 years now, and Chaoge is 16 years old this year?"
"Yes." The emperor nodded and said with emotion, "Time waits for no one, it has been ten years."
When I saw the emperor a few days later, I still didn't hear the idea, so I could only remind him again: "Sage, there are laws in the country. A girl must marry at seventeen. She is sixteen this year."
This time the emperor finally remembered: "That's right, she is sixteen, it's time to recruit a son-in-law."
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, women must marry at the age of seventeen, otherwise the imperial court will send official matchmakers to forcefully marry unmarried men and women. When the time comes to marry the blind and the lame, you can't help yourself. Naturally, no official media dared to point out the princess, but Li Chaoge is not young anymore, it's time to think about marriage.
It just so happened that Mrs. Pei proposed marriage to Li Changle today, and the Empress told the emperor together, "Just now Mrs. Pei was here and told me about Mr. Pei Dalang and Chang Le. In my opinion, the two sisters are not much different in age. Good things come in pairs, let's arrange Chao Ge's marriage together."
When the emperor heard that his two daughters were going to get married, he frowned instinctively: "Why are they both going to get married? How old are they?"
"Chang Le is fourteen this year, and Chao Ge is sixteen. It's time to make preparations. Otherwise, if you don't get married when you are seventeen or eighteen, wouldn't it be a joke for the common people?"
All right, the emperor always listened to the empress's family affairs, so he nodded and said: "Okay, these things, you can arrange these matters. Pei Dalang and Chang Le grew up together, and their conduct is trustworthy. On the contrary, Chaoge, you must take good care of it. Be sure to choose a perfect son-in-law for her."
The Queen of Heaven responded and said with a smile: "There is no perfect person in the world. Saint, you only tell Chaoge but don't care about Changle. If the children hear it, I'm afraid they will say you are partial."
The emperor shook his head. He naturally has more affection for his youngest daughter, but Li Chaoge has just been found and has suffered many setbacks among the people. As a father, he naturally has to double compensate. He failed to protect her from growing up carefree, so finding her a good husband and protecting her for the rest of her life is the only thing he, a father, can do.
The emperor said: "Chao Ge is different from Chang Le. Chang Le has a pure heart, benevolence, righteousness and generosity. She will understand. Besides, Pei Ji'an is one of the best figures in Luoyang, Chang'an. Chang Le recruited him to be his son-in-law. In the future, he will be supported by the Pei family. After that, she was already much stronger than Chao Ge. In this way, it is even more important to choose a son-in-law for Chao Ge. Even if it is not as good as Pei Ji'an, it can't be too far behind. Otherwise, the worse the difference between the two sisters in the future, that's true. Sowing misfortune and separating the feelings of sisters."
"I understand." Tianhou said, "I understand what the sage is worried about. I will make sure to check carefully and choose a son-in-law for Chao Ge who is not inferior to Pei Ji'an."
The emperor said: "Of course I believe you. What I said just now was just a matter of feeling and what I said. Over the years, you have done everything without leaking, and you have never deviated once. I just don't believe in myself, nor I won't worry about you."
Tianhou pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and said: "We have been husband and wife for many years, so there is no need to talk about it. Saint, it's getting late, and it's time for a banquet later. Go ahead and do your work. I'll go and see Chaoge."
The emperor was very relieved of Tianhou, and he was relieved immediately, and went out without any worries. Tianhou sat quietly in Qianqiu Palace for a while, called the maid and asked, "Where is the eldest princess?"
"The princess is changing in the apse."
Tianhou nodded lightly, and said: "You are good at serving, don't neglect the princess."
"The servant obeys."
In the apse of the Qianqiu Hall, the maids filed behind Li Chaoge, holding bottles and jars in their hands, and wanted to bathe and change Li Chaoge. The female officer knew that Princess Anding, who had just returned, was from the world, and she probably didn't like others to serve her closely, so she specially said, "Princess, there will be a dinner party soon. By order of the Queen of Heaven, I will serve the princess to take a bath, and after that, I will serve the princess to change her clothes."
Li Chaoge understood the rules of the palace, even if she didn't care about her appearance, it was impossible for her to attend a palace banquet in a coarse cloth and green clothes that had been washed white. She nodded and said, "I understand. I'm new here and I don't know the rules. Just follow the most commonly used rules and regulations."
The female officer was slightly surprised. She heard that the princess was a bandit and could kill a bear by herself. She thought she was a tyrannical and fierce master, but unexpectedly, she was surprisingly easy-going. The female official should be, call the maids to put water and incense, and lead Li Chaoge to bathe and cleanse himself.
When Li Chaoge came out of the bath, the maids brought her a tunic and wanted to put it on for her. Li Chaoge didn't refuse, and let them rush around beside her, taking a clear look at the birthmark on her body.
Li Chaoge had been with the Empress for so long in his previous life, so he understood the empress' nature best. Li Chaoge knew that Tianhou already believed that she was Li Chaoge, but this did not affect Tianhou's repeated attempts to obtain evidence. There must be Tianhou's eyeliner among these maids, check the birthmarks or small moles on her body, and report to Tianhou when they go back. The child born by Tianhou herself, of course, knows some subtle characteristics, whether it is real or not, one pair can tell.
Moreover, Tianhou will also send people to Jiannan to check Li Chaoge's identity with the locals. However, the Queen of Heaven is bound to return without success. Over the years, old man Zhou was afraid of being found, so he was very careful about his whereabouts. Unless Tianhou's people could go through the Black Forest and find the Black Forest Village, otherwise, they would definitely not find any traces.
Li Chaoge is not worried about this. She is the real Li Chaoge, and she is not afraid to check it thousands of times. Her facial features are exactly the same as when she was a child, and the face of a girl from the Wu family is the best evidence.
When the maids changed Li Chaoge's clothes, they found that although the princess looked slender, she was actually very slim after taking off her clothes. The place that should be thin is thin, and the place that should be bulging is bulging, and because of years of martial arts practice, the skin is firm, the legs are thin, long and straight, and there are even beautiful lines on the waist and abdomen.
The maids who changed their clothes blushed silently. The two maids tied Li Chaoge's underskirt, and when they lowered their heads, they saw a scar on Li Chaoge's chest, nearly two inches long. Although the color is not deep, you can't notice it if you don't look carefully, but it is still very dazzling when placed on Li Chaoge's fair and firm skin.
Seeing that Li Chaoge was very cooperative from beginning to end, and seemed to have a good temper, the maid asked boldly, "Princess, what is this scar?"
Li Chaoge glanced down. This scar was left by Pei Ji'an's sword piercing her heart in her previous life. After rebirth in this life, many marks on her body are gone. Only this scar followed her to the new world.
Li Chaoge didn't care, and said lightly: "I was accidentally injured before, and I left a lesson."
Although these palace maids are slaves, they also live a life where their fingers do not touch the spring water. When they heard Li Chaoge's words, they all sighed: "How painful should such a long wound be? Princess, you must be careful in the future. Can't get hurt any more."
Li Chaoge turned a deaf ear to the cries of pain, but when she heard the last sentence, she nodded seriously: "It won't happen again in the future."
In the past, it could be said that she didn't understand love and was young and ignorant. If she trusts men again in this life and is killed by men, she deserves to die without a place to bury her.
Others brought the trays, and the court lady wrapped her arms around Li Chaoge's waist, tied the tinkling jade pendant to her belt, stepped back blushing, bowed her head and said, "Princess, the dress has been changed."
"Yeah." Li Chaoge slowly lowered his arms, getting used to it. She had been a princess for many years in her previous life, and she wasn't used to it when she first came back. After a long time, she can get used to having a maid help her change clothes. After all, many dresses in the imperial court cannot be worn by one person.
Another wave of court ladies stepped forward and saluted: "Princess, this servant will comb your hair."
Sitting in front of the mirror, Li Chaoge's eyes faltered slightly, and saw a court lady quietly go out. Li Chaoge understood it, and looked away calmly, pretending that he didn't see it.
In the front hall of the Qianqiu Palace, Tianhou was completely relieved after listening to the maid's report. Next, send someone to Jiannan to investigate, and this matter can be finalized. Tianhou has already decided in her heart, but because of her habit for many years, it is always right to be careful.
On the other side, after Li Chaoge changed his clothes and put on his makeup, the person in the mirror was like a pearl wiping off dust, exuding a dazzling brilliance. The maids were photographed by Li Chaoge's radiance, and they all praised: "The princess is so beautiful."
Li Chaoge was really tired of hearing similar words, so she nodded casually and said, "I'm tired, and I want to rest alone for a while. You should step back first."
All the court ladies bowed their heads together: "Obey."
Gong'e retreated neatly and orderly like a chess piece. After the people left, Li Chaoge sat on the couch, poured himself a cup of tea, and said unhurriedly, "Come down."