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Chapter 156 Title Contest

When Li Yan heard that Miss Cui was engaged, he couldn't help but feel sank. However, he was a little lucky. Fortunately, he was only engaged rather than getting married, and he still had a chance. However, now Sun Simiao was obviously a little unhappy. After all, Li Yan asked an unmarried girl so bluntly about her residence, which was obviously uneasy.

When he saw Sun Simiao shut up and did not intend to tell Miss Cui's residence at all, Li Yan was also a little confused. At this moment, he suddenly had an idea and thought of a good idea. So he smiled and said, "Doctor Sun doesn't know anything. When I was in Dengzhou, I met a close friend. This person was the brother of Miss Cui, Cui Yu. When I came back from Dengzhou, Cui Yu walked with me. But he had other important things, so he did not go to Chang'an. When he parted, he said that his sister lived in Chang'an and asked me to tell him a message. But he was too hastily at the time and forgot to ask Miss Cui's address in Chang'an. He didn't expect to meet this situation today, so I asked this question!"

When Sun Simiao heard the explanation made by Li Yan, he felt relieved. First, he knew that Miss Cui did have an older brother named Cui Yu, and he had a few encounters with him. Second, because of the character Li Yan usually showed, he did not look like a frivolous and lustful person, otherwise there would not be only one princess and a maid in the house.

"Oh, it turns out that Your Highness and Mr. Cui Yu and Mr. Cui met. I just now, but I blamed Your Highness for wrongly!" Sun Simiao said, bowing and bowing to Li Yan as a redemption, and then said, "Ms. Cui is now living in Duke Cheng's Mansion. I heard that she came to Chang'an at the beginning of the year, and her future husband is also in Chang'an City. I heard that she will get married at the end of the year!"

Although Sun Simiao believed in Li Yan's character, he still mentioned Miss Cui's engagement intentionally or unintentionally when he was speaking, obviously reminding Li Yan to remember this fact. Unfortunately, all his thoughts were in vain. When Li Yan heard that the other party actually lived in Cheng's mansion, he felt very at ease. With his relationship with Cheng Huailiang, he was not a trivial matter to visit Cheng's mansion?

After achieving his goal, Li Yan did not stay at Sun Simiao for a long time. After saying a few gossips, he immediately said goodbye. Although he really wanted to ask Cheng Huailiang for the situation of Miss Cui. However, it was almost the second day, and he was tired for another day, which was not a good time to visit him. So he had to go back to the house for a while. However, before Li Yan could find Cheng Huailiang the next day, he was immediately summoned into the palace by Li Shimin.

Because Li Shimin got a daughter in middle age and was born by Concubine Yang, he naturally loved this newborn little princess very much. Early this morning, he summoned a group of ministers to the palace to discuss the title of the princess. In addition, this was considered a royal family matter, so Li Yan and his group of princes were summoned to the palace, and even Li Zhi and Li Zhen and other underage princes arrived together.

This time it was not a formal court meeting, and all the participants arrived in Liangyi Hall. Li Chengqian stood in the front, followed by Li Ke, Li Tai and Li You, so Li Yan was ranked fourth, followed by Li Zhen, Li Zhi and Li Zhen. Behind were a group of ministers attending the meeting. It would be useless for military generals to come, so today they were civil officials led by Fang Xuanling.

After Li Shimin, who was excited, came, the meeting immediately entered the topic and asked the civil officials below to raise the title he had thought of, and then let everyone discuss it. Only when everyone had no objection could they be selected in the end. It can be seen that although Li Shimin was excited, there was a bit of blood in his eyes. He probably didn't sleep well last night.

These civil officials knew about Yang Fei giving birth to a daughter last night, so they were prepared. As soon as Li Shimin finished asking, several people immediately stood up and raised the title he thought of. But unfortunately, these titles were either too old or too stingy, and all of them were rejected by Li Shimin. Seeing this situation, the others were a little hesitant. Obviously, His Majesty attaches great importance to this newly born little princess. This title naturally needs to be different from other princesses, so that they can show their favor for the little princess.

Just when the ministers were worried that the title they proposed was rejected by Li Shimin and lost their face, Changsun Wuji, who was standing behind Fang Xuanling, stepped forward a few steps and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think of a title!"

"Oh? Wuji, tell me quickly!" Li Shimin was very excited and said with a smile. However, Li Ke and Li Yan looked at each other with a bit of solemnity on their faces. This old fox actually banned his own sister. It must be that he was not kind-hearted.

Changsun Wuji looks very similar to the other Empress Changsun. It is precisely because of this that there is always a feminine spirit like a woman, which looks very much like a little surrender in later generations. The other party smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, the title of my Princess of the Tang Dynasty is usually titled under the title of place name, such as Princess Xiangcheng, Princess Jinyang, etc. The little princess is no exception. When Concubine Yang was pregnant, it was my Tang Dynasty who used military troops to Goguryeo. Later, Your Majesty even led the army to exterminate Goguryeo in one fell swoop and eliminated the consciences of my Central Plains dynasty. Such great achievements naturally require writing so that everyone can remember Your Majesty's achievements."

When he heard Changsun Wuji talk about the Battle of Goguryeo, Li Ke and Li Yan had an unknown premonition. The old fox seemed to be going bad again. As expected, Changsun Wuji finally said with a solemn expression: "That's the case, why not set the title of the little princess as the Princess of Pyongyang? Pyongyang is the capital of Goguryeo. As the title of the princess, it shows honor. Secondly, it can also commemorate Your Majesty's military achievements. As long as you see the Princess of Pyongyang in the future, everyone will think of Your Majesty's achievements back then!"

As soon as Changsun Wuji said, he immediately won the support of many ministers of the same faction, but Li Ke and Li Yan both glared at him. Although the other party said it nicely, what is Pyongyang? In the eyes of most people in the Central Plains, it is just a place to transform. Moreover, the title of the princess and princes is the same. The closer the title is to Chang'an, the more favored it is. However, it takes at least more than a month to go to Chang'an. How can such a title be given to his sister?

Before the two brothers Li Yan stood up, one of the court officials immediately came out to object and said, "Mr. Changsun's words are very wrong. The little princess was born by Concubine Yang. She has a very noble status. How can she use that place to transform into a foreign land as a title?"

The person who came out to oppose it was Xiao Yu. Since Concubine Yang recognized Empress Xiao as her legitimate mother, he was Concubine Yang's uncle and the little princess' uncle. In addition, Li Yan had to help her family speak.

"Oh, since Duke Xiao disagreed, then you must have a better title?" Changsun Wuji turned around and stared at Xiao Yu. Although his tone of speech was feminine, he was aggressive.

Xiao Yu was originally a terrified person. When he saw Changsun Wuji's posture, he became angry at that time and snorted coldly, saying, "The little princess is favored by Your Majesty. His 19th daughter was named Princess Jinyang. Therefore, the old minister suggested that the little princess' title could be designated as Princess Luoyang to show His Majesty's favor!"

As soon as Xiao Yu said, the court immediately caused an uproar. Everyone knew that among all the princesses, the most favored one was Princess Jinyang, who was born in Empress Changsun. Jinyang actually refers to Taiyuan, the third city in the country, and it is also the place where the Li family's royal family grew. Therefore, this title can reflect Li Shimin's favor for Princess Jinyang.

But now, in order to fight with Changsun Wuji, Xiao Yu even gave Luoyang the title to the little princess whom Yang Fei was born. Luoyang is the accompanying capital of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how favored a prince, he did not regard the accompanying capital as the title.

When Changsun Wuji saw Xiao Yu so disrespectful, he also showed a hint of anger on his face and said angrily: "Hmph, why didn't Lao Duke Xiao give Chang'an title to the little princess? Doesn't this make His Majesty even more pampering the little princess?"

"Enough!" At this moment, Li Shimin, who was sitting on it, slapped the dragon case and shouted loudly, "You two are important officials of the court. What kind of quarrels like this? Don't you back down!"

"I am not polite!" Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu saw Li Shimin getting angry, so they naturally did not dare to fight again. They bowed and bowed and retreated to the queue. However, when the two looked at each other, they still snorted coldly.

Li Shimin naturally understood Changsun Wuji's thoughts, so he was a little angry with him. He glared at him and then said, "Pyongyang is too far from Chang'an to be a princess title. As for Luoyang..."

When Li Shimin said this, he hesitated for a moment. Although he had never been able to hold a post with a servant, he was not unable to consider it. However, he immediately denied this idea. Although he loved his newborn little daughter very much, no matter how much he loved her, it would have to be limited, otherwise he might harm her in the future.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin found a reason to refuse: "The world was in chaos back then, and Luoyang was a place of four battles. The killing spirit was too strong and it was not suitable for being a princess title. However, getting a daughter in middle age is a great joy in life. Therefore, I decided that I could not use the county name as a princess title. Everyone should use it as a free gift to try to find a lucky and festive title!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the ministers below breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed not easy to choose to use the title of a princess as a place name. Now that this restriction is relaxed, it would be simple. The ministers who came today are all well-read people, so it would be a trivial matter to get an auspicious title.

It is precisely because of this that the ministers below proposed the titles they had thought of, many of which were not only praised by Li Shimin, but also could not find any problems with other ministers. However, just as everyone was discussing heatedly, Kong Yingda, who had not spoken, stood up and said, "Thank you, now that the Tang Dynasty is growing, the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, so the old minister made the idea that it would be better to set the title of the princess as Changping to maintain peace in the long run!"

Kong Yingda was the descendant of Confucius, and was also a knowledgeable person. He was very famous in the literary world. His speech immediately attracted many people to agree. Li Shimin also thought that the title was very good and nodded happily. However, when Li Yan heard the other party's words, he couldn't help but think of someone and said unrestrainedly: "Keep peace for a long time? Then why not call him Princess Taiping?"
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