Li Shimin put Doudou down and reluctantly left the villa and went to Chang'an City.

Many things are waiting for Li Shimin.

After being away for so long, the court had some things to say to Li Shimin.

Although we communicated via telegram every day, we had accumulated quite a bit of information.

Civil and military officials were also waiting for Li Shimin in Taiji Hall.

Understanding Li Shimin's feelings, he went to see Empress Changsun and the children first.

Seeing Li Shimin, all civil and military officials hurriedly saluted.

"No need to be so polite!" Li Shimin sat down on the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, what is the appropriate way to deal with Songtsen Gampo?" Li Chengqian asked first.

"After all, he is the monarch of a country. We can't be too harsh on him. Send him to live with Jie Li!" Li Shimin said.

"yes!"

Thanks to Li Shimin and the Tang army, Songtsen Gampo never expected that he would come to Chang'an City.

After Jie Li Khan was captured and brought to Chang'an, he lived in the city and Li Shimin granted him land and houses.

In terms of treatment, Jie Li Khan's treatment in Chang'an was rather complicated.

On the one hand, Li Shimin adopted a conciliatory policy towards him.

Li Shimin appointed Jie Li Khan as the General of the Right Guard, a relatively high official position that gave him a certain status and life security in Chang'an.

On the other hand, as the defeated and captured party, Jie Li Khan was also monitored and controlled by the Tang Dynasty to a certain extent.

On some occasions, Jie Li Khan would also receive "special treatment" from Li Shimin.

For example, in December of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin held a state banquet in the Weiyang Palace and asked Jie Li Khan to dance in public.

Although this has an element of entertainment, it also shows that Jie Li Khan's situation in the Tang Dynasty was rather embarrassing, and his identity and status were no longer the same as before.

Overall, Jie Li Khan's treatment in Chang'an was a limited preferential treatment under the policy of appeasement, but he was still under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian also sent someone to send Songtsen Gampo to Jie Li Khan's house as soon as possible.

"Where is this?" Songtsen Gampo looked a little tired and in a bad mental state.

The prosperous Tubo was suddenly destroyed.

I couldn't accept it for a moment.

It is said that Tubo had not been stable for a few years, and Songtsen Gampo was only 17 years old at that time.

In the third year of Zhenguan, there was still a large-scale rebellion in Tubo.

This person was the founder of Tubo and a very remarkable person. Unfortunately, he met Li Shimin and a time traveler who did not have much martial ethics.

When he saw Songtsen Gampo and several soldiers, Jie Li was stunned for a moment.

Jie Li had been in Chang'an City all along, and he knew that the Tang Dynasty had destroyed Tubo.

Upon hearing that Tubo had been destroyed, Jie Li even felt a little gloating.

I feel a lot better.

"Who is this?" Jie Li frowned.

"General, this is Songtsen Gampo of Tubo. He just returned to Chang'an City with His Majesty today. His Majesty asked him to come to you."

Jie Li looked at Songtsen Gampo with a somewhat strange look in his eyes.

“I didn’t expect him to be so young!”

"This is the General of the Right Guard, the former Jie Li Khan." The soldier also introduced him to Songtsen Gampo.

Songtsen Gampo had naturally heard of this person.

The two looked at each other with complicated feelings.

After the soldiers left, Jie Li looked at Songtsen Gampo and said, "Since we are here, we should make ourselves at home. Take a seat!"

Songtsen Gampo nodded and knelt down on the mat.

"Haha, I never thought you'd end up like this, imprisoned here with a defeated general like me. I, Jie Li, once roamed the grasslands and marched to the gates of Chang'an, a city of great power. But now I've come to this end. What bad luck! How did Li Shimin capture you and bring you here?"

Jie Li, with a tone that was both conceited and self-deprecating, tried to regain some of his former dignity in front of the new "fellow refugees".

"There was never a major conflict between my Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. I was eager to establish peace with the Tang Dynasty and marry a Tang princess, but I didn't expect this to happen. You, Jie Li Khan, have been at war with the Tang Dynasty for years, so it's no surprise that you've ended up like this. I'm different. I'm committed to the development of Tubo. I want to marry into the Tang Dynasty, learn from its advanced culture and systems, and make Tubo even stronger."

To this day, Songtsen Gampo still can't figure out why the Tang Dynasty suddenly declared war.

Asking to marry a princess shouldn't cause you to get so angry.

At worst, you can just not get married.

I can’t figure it out!

"Hahaha! It's all the same now. We're all just the king of a fallen country. Now that we're here, stop overthinking and let's drink!"

After seeing Songtsen Gampo, Jie Li felt much better.

I haven't been this happy in a long time.

"Oh!" Songtsen Gampo sighed, still unable to let it go.

"Li Shimin was a remarkable emperor, and the Tang Dynasty was incredibly powerful. Losing to him, to the Tang Dynasty, is not shameful."

Songtsen Gampo did not deny this.

“I don’t know if I can go back and see it again in my lifetime…”

"I think it's quite possible. Judging from your performance, Li Shimin is not a stingy person. He is broad-minded, so it is possible."

Jie Li was much older than Songtsen Gampo, and there was a generation difference between the two.

But the two people have similar identities and the same experiences.

We are both wanderers in the world, and we feel a sense of mutual understanding.

Soon the two of them became familiar with each other.

Songtsen Gampo and Jie Li were drunk and felt uncomfortable thinking about the destruction of their country.

It can be considered as drowning sorrows in alcohol!

It was not until the afternoon that Li Shimin returned to the manor.

"Queen, Doudou, I'm back!" Li Shimin trotted in.

"Grandpa~" the little princess shouted.

"Come, let me hold Doudou." Li Shimin took Doudou away from Empress Changsun's arms.

"Uncle, I heard that Songtsen Gampo was brought back with you. What are you going to do with him? I think he is still very young."

"He is indeed very young, and he is also very promising. He is even younger than I imagined, and he is also a remarkable person. If we don't destroy Tubo now, it will probably be even more difficult in a few decades."

Li Shimin had a very high opinion of Songtsen Gampo, and he was indeed a powerful man.

Li Shimin could also see it.

"Now I have asked him to accompany Jie Li. They have the same experience and they can have a lot to talk about together." Li Shimin said while teasing the little princess.

"I remember Jie Li Khan was gone in the eighth year of Zhenguan, which is this year!"

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Li Shimin was stunned.

"We are old acquaintances, Ananda, let's arrange for the imperial physician to go and take a look!" Li Shimin also felt sympathy.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Li Shimin came back, other people rarely had the chance to hold Doudou.

Empress Changsun had finished speaking. The couple had endless things to talk about, and no one else interrupted them.

Xiao Ran took the two little princesses and left the Tang Dynasty and went to Li Yuan's villa.

"Old man!"

"Aong~"

"Xiao Ran, Sizi, Er Niang is here..."

Li Yuan pressed the remote control to pause the Peking Opera.

"Grandpa, my uncle is back today."