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Li Shimin and Empress Changsun returned to the "Liuli Palace" but did not rest. What happened tonight was too strange. Li Shimin didn't feel it at first, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt bored, how could he sleep?

Empress Changsun knew what he thought and thoughts, and she had not said much and had been by his side all the time.

There are low stools and coffee tables in the "Liuli Palace". Empress Changsun brewed tea and sat with Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was a little frowning, which was inconsistent with his personality. Li Shimin was a natural leader and rarely hesitated. His personality was also very outgoing and would not keep things back in his heart. In the memory of Empress Changsun, it seemed that Li Shimin had this expression on that night five years ago.

"It's not my father." Empress Changsun put a cup of tea in front of Li Shimin and said in a daze. Li Shimin looked up at her, defending her as if a child whose mind was exposed by the teacher: "When did I say something I doubted about my father?"

Queen Changsun did not argue with him, smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think this matter would be done by Li Mu?"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Although Li Mu's thoughts are a little elusive, he will not harm me. What will happen tonight will never be his arrangement. I believe in my eyes."

"What's your Majesty still worried about?" Empress Changsun asked again: "It's not the father or Li Mu, but they are naturally some traitors with ulterior motives. Their attempt to harm Li Mu means that they are afraid of Li Mu, and it also means that Li Mu's method is correct. Your Majesty only needs to spare no effort to support him, and this matter will definitely have a perfect result."

"There are two things that are sad in my heart." Li Shimin took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, saying, "I can't understand why these aristocratic families are unwilling to support me today. Is Prince Yin so good? After taking over the eldest son, they followed me in love. Since I ascended the throne, I have tried every means to win over, show goodwill, and even endured their sarcasm and ridicule. What is the exchange for? What is the exchange for their vain and condemnation, and their indifference! Even my brother-in-law, he..."

Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun and stopped talking. He knew that he had made up his words and should not speak of Changsun Wuji in front of Empress Changsun. But Empress Changsun smiled. She looked at Li Shimin and said, "I have repeatedly warned Your Majesty that the relatives should not be involved in the affairs of the court, and that the Majesty refused to listen to me."

"I have never regretted it yet." Li Shimin said seriously: "I never doubt Changsun Wuji's talent, nor my loyalty. I just can't figure out why company Changsun Wuji has selfish intentions for me. He is my friend and your brother. Will I treat him badly? Why don't he believe me!"

"I know the answer to this question."

“What is it?”

Empress Changsun looked at Li Shimin, remained silent for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, even the genius doctor Sun has no choice but to do anything about my illness. Your Majesty, the Spring and Autumn Period is in full swing, so I must take a step first. When I am here, my brother is the uncle of the country. Your Majesty is thinking about me and I will definitely take good care of the Changsun family. But what if I am no longer here? The honor of my uncle will not be there belongs to the Changsun family. It was because of this that my brother wanted to save more money for the Changsun family."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Li Shimin was furious and said, "You are my queen. How could I have another queen? Even if... I will never make another queen. Such a thing cannot happen!"

Suddenly, Li Shimin became even more angry and questioned Empress Changsun, saying, "Even you don't trust me? Who can I trust in this world? Who can I trust me!"

"Your Majesty, who is not a lonely person as an emperor? This is the fate of the emperor. When Your Majesty ascended the throne, I told you that if you become an emperor, everything will change. No one can truly understand the suffering of the emperor, and I can't do it."

"Oh……"

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said, "You are right."

He sat down again, picked up the teacup, rotated it clockwise for a week, and suddenly said, "I suddenly remembered something."

"What?"

"When my father passed the throne to me, I told me that one day, I will regret being the emperor."

Empress Changsun smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty regret it now?"

Li Shimin shook his head: "I never regret it. Even if I am really wrong, I don't regret it. And until today, I still think that I will be a better emperor than Prince Yin! My throne is the destiny of heaven. Otherwise, how could I defeat the Turks and bring back a genius like Li Mu?"

The scene where Li Mu and Wang Ou held hands under the table that day in the Lichunyuan suddenly flashed in the mind of Queen Changsun, and suddenly asked, "Will Your Majesty kill Li Mu?"

This question stunned Li Shimin. He looked at Empress Changsun and asked, "What is the queen talking about? Why did I kill Li Mu?"

"What I mean is that if one day Li Mu is more meritorious than the Lord, or one day he also changes and has a strange intention, or if he does something that is sorry to Your Majesty, will Your Majesty kill him?"

"This..." Li Shimin frowned. He understood the question, but didn't know how to answer.

"If he rebels, I will defeat him...but I will spare his life. I shouldn't kill him."

"I won't kill rebellion?" Empress Changsun smiled and said, "Your Majesty really looks at Li Mu differently."

Li Shimin also smiled. He himself didn't understand why he was talking to Li Mu. But his subconscious thought was like this: "I am really very satisfied with Li Mu. If he were you and my child, I would make him the crown prince. Maybe I would abdicate earlier and hand over the world to him earlier. I have a intuition that if he is the emperor, he should have more ways than me."

Li Shimin smiled as if he was ridiculed and said, "I know myself. I am still suitable to be a general who leads the army and fights, and is not suitable to be an emperor. But I firmly believe that I am more suitable than Prince Yin." He sighed and said, "I didn't believe in fate in my early years, but now I believe in it. The fate of heaven is not necessarily a good thing, maybe it is just a responsibility."

Everyone had already talked about the throne. Empress Changsun knew that she could not continue talking anymore. She turned the topic away and asked, "What is the second thing that Your Majesty is worried about?"

"The second thing is Li Mu."

Empress Changsun curiously said, "This is strange. Your Majesty just said that even if Li Mu rebelled, His Majesty would not kill him. Why are you worried about him now?"

"I can't guess what Li Mu will do, so I'm worried." Li Shimin frowned and said, "You can see Li Mu's appearance just now. This kid claims to be a smart person. He has reached every step of the plot, and he sees everyone fall into his trap, and then hides behind and laughs secretly. But what happened tonight is obviously not in his plan. So he was furious. He feels that he has lost face in front of me, and feels that all his plans have been lost, becoming a joke."

"In this state, he made a military order with me. Three days later, if things fail, he will give his life to the death. I am really worried about him, and I don't know if he can accomplish it."

Empress Changsun thought for a while and said, "I think Li Mu can succeed."

"I feel this way, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to him. But there is another layer of worry."

"What is it?"

"I am worried that Li Mu will kill too much!"

Li Shimin sighed and said, "This matter has reached this point, and there is no room for reversal. If Li Mu wants to finish this matter within three days, he must cut the mess quickly. How to cut it? The word "kill" is just the word "kill"! But at a young age, his mind has not yet been established. If he does not understand this principle and regards killing as a shortcut to solving the problem, I am worried about his future."

"Those who do great things must have kindness and good intentions. Killing is just a last resort. I cannot stop him at this time, so how can I not worry!"

"Your Majesty is really considerate for him." Empress Changsun smiled and said, "Why would you bet with Your Majesty?"

"What bet?"

"I bet that this time, there will be no more than ten people who died at Li Mu's hands."

"Ten?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean is that Li Mu will not kill anyone except those assassins?"

"Yes, no one will kill."

"Then how did he solve it?" Li Shimin couldn't understand and said, "I really don't understand. What did the queen think of?"

"If I can think of it, I can't show Li Mu's ability. I'm just a kind of intuition. Li Mu's child, his style of doing things is not like a person with heavy killing. Shandong gentry offended him a lot. Although he shouted and killed him, he never did that once. He didn't have a chance, it seemed that he was just too lazy to do it, and I couldn't explain clearly what was going on. Maybe it was just intuition."

"Your intuition has always been very accurate." Li Shimin smiled and said, "I can't guess or feel it, so I have to wait and see."

Suddenly, a man flashed behind Li Shimin. Without turning back, Li Shimin knew that it was Eunuch Gao: "Your Majesty, Liu Shenwei, the apprentice of Doctor Sun, has been brought here, let him bandage the wound for Your Majesty."

Li Shimin shook his wrist and said, "If you didn't say it, I would have forgotten it. This little injury would have been scabbed long ago. What could I have bandaged? When I was fighting in all directions, I would not be injured one day. If I took this little injury seriously, I would have died a hundred times."

Eunuch Gao was still insisting and said, "Your Majesty, I'd better bandage it and apply some golden sore medicine."

Empress Changsun also said: "This time is the time, and now is not the time, and Your Majesty is not young anymore."

"Why do I think I am okay? I'm not old?" Li Shimin smiled and said, "Okay, bandage, apply medicine, let him come in."

Eunuch Gao turned around and went out, carefully opened the glass door, and put Liu Shenwei in. Li Shimin stretched out his wrist, Liu Shenwei helped him clean the wound, then applied the golden sore medicine, and rebanded it. The wound was only one inch long and had scabbed, so he was indeed a little too nervous.

"Have my Longquan sword been sent to Li Mu?"

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