Chapter 23 Fatal Strike
Take a break from noon.
Li Shimin invited Li Yuanai to have lunch together.
The Emperor of Tang Dynasty had no sleep all night and could not hide his fatigue. However, he still held his energy and said in the face of this panic: "I didn't expect that Chengqian had done so many things behind his back, and I was ashamed of being a father. I also lost to you today, otherwise I really didn't know how to end it. Chengqian treats you like this, and you can still speak for him. The emperor has recorded this heart."
Li Yuanai didn't know what to say. Li Chengqian's attack was a major turning point in his life.
When he came to this era inexplicably, he was full of confusion and did not know the future.
Originally, he wanted to use his identity as a prince to do something he liked and then find a few beautiful wives, so he would not be in vain to go through this era.
However, Li Chengqian's attack, life and death, made him realize that feudal society is far more dangerous than later generations.
Without some foundation, you can't relax at all, and you will be in danger of life.
Especially when my mind got hot and I beat Li Chengqian, I had no way out.
But with the long-term contact with Li Shimin, Li Zhi, Xiao Yizi and even Changle, a certain relationship was established between people. Although they could not really treat them as brothers and relatives, their relationship had long surpassed ordinary friends.
Especially Little Shizi, it really made Li Yuanai feel like a girl next door, and she was willing to mess up her brain just to make her smile.
After three years, his life is now inseparable from this group of people.
Under Li Shimin's great aura, he is a daughter slave who loves his daughter as much as his life.
Li Zhi, a cowardly emperor who was manipulated by his uncle in the first half of his life and surrendered to his wife's tyranny in the second half of his life. In fact, he did treat his own people very gentle, but his mind was particularly deep, not like a child at all. In the words of later generations, he was black-bellied, and the methods of yin people were a set of tricks.
No matter what future generations say, Li Yuanai doesn't believe that Li Zhi he knew is a cowardly emperor.
He is very brave, but not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. He is obviously the heir appointed by Qin Qiong, but because Qin Qiong targets Luo Tong everywhere...
There are also the rich second generation Zheng Hao, the humble gentleman Changsun Chong, the like-minded Yan brothers with him, and the Lu Yuan who had demoted Li Chengqian to another place for himself...
These flesh-and-blooded characters are all the bonds he has come to this era.
Li Shimin's preference for Li Chengqian, Li Tai and Li Zhi is obvious to all.
Li Yuanai could still feel the pain in Li Shimin's heart, feel uncomfortable for him, and comforted him: "As an elder, can I still care about my younger generation? But the emperor, pay more attention to my health. The Tang Dynasty cannot be without you..."
Li Shimin smiled and said, "This blow can't crush your royal brother. Hurry up and go to Lizheng Hall. At this moment, Xiao Yizi should get the news. Changle is already an adult and can still control herself. Xiao Yizi needs to comfort her. She is in poor health and is very sad."
But when Li Yuanai heard this, he hurriedly responded to the matter.
Li Shimin had no appetite, so he ate some casually.
The two walked towards Lizheng Hall together.
The atmosphere of Lizheng Hall is a bit weird.
Li Zhi didn't come to greet him immediately.
If the emperor arrives, someone will inform you first. In the past, Li Zhi will be ready to welcome him.
Li Shimin walked to the entrance of the hall, and the eunuch Guo Zhang, who was in charge of the notification, came out in a panic and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, Your Highness is not sure where you are going. The princess didn't find it..."
Li Shimin worried, "They are in the Lizheng Hall?"
Guo Zhang said, "I asked the maid and said that I saw His Highness King Jin and the princess come back, but His Highness is different from before. When I returned to Lizheng Hall, I disappeared and had not eaten lunch."
Li Shimin shouted anxiously: "What are you waiting for? Why don't you look for it now!"
Guo Zhang was so scared that he was shocked and ran away.
Li Yuanai was also a little worried and wanted to find him. But when he saw Li Zhi, Xiao Yizi came to pay tribute from the inner hall.
"What's wrong with you?"
Li Shimin had sharp eyes. When he saw Li Zhi's eyes swollen like Hu Tao, he seemed to be hiding and crying.
Xiao Weizi's eyes are also red and there are also signs of crying.
Li Zhi said: "The boy is worried about the prince..." He didn't know that Li Chengqian had been formally deposed.
"Nonsense!" Li Shimin said angrily: "Did Ji Nu learn to deceive his father?"
If Xiao Yizi cried like this, he would understand. But now that Li Zhi is like this, Xiao Yizi just has red eyes, which is absolutely abnormal.
It was Li Zhi who coaxed Xiao Yizi, so there was no other reason.
"No, no!" Li Zhi was a little frightened and panicked.
Li Shimin suppressed his emotions and said, "Little Siezi, you said, don't you lie to your father too, right?"
"Father..." Xiao Yizi was embarrassed and said, "Yes."
"Little Shizi!" Li Zhi shouted.
Li Shimin immediately understood and asked, "Is it Qingque?"
Li Zhi was stubborn and didn't say anything.
Xiao Yizi cried and said, "The fourth brother is bad. I scared the ninth brother, saying that he has a good relationship with Du He, saying that he is worried about being involved and losing his life..."
It turned out that when Li Tai returned to Chang'an, he found that things were a bit unexpected.
The reactions of civil and military officials in the temple did not support him as he imagined, unswervingly.
The benevolent and filial Li Zhi inexplicably pushed him up. Most of the those who originally supported Li Chengqian changed to support Li Zhi.
Li Tai was a little panicked. There was an insurmountable gap between the eldest son and the second son of the legitimate son. However, the second son and the third son of the legitimate son were not that big...
Li Tai didn't want to get a strong competitor to the prince throne, which directly threatened Li Zhi.
Li Shimin looked at the timid Li Zhi and firmly determined his thoughts and said, "Sixteen, I will give you a task, and I will give you a hundred and a thousand cavalry. You go to the Wei Palace and take the Wei King to the inner garden. You guard yourself. Before you get my order, the Wei King will not step out of the inner garden. If he does not follow, you will be willing to act."
"Yes!" Li Yuanai received the order. Li Shimin had already turned to Li Zhi. Li Zhi's move directly gave Li Tai a fatal blow, destroying all his possibilities.
"Let's go!" Li Shimin held Li Zhi's hand and said, "Go to Liangyi Hall with his father!"
At this moment, Li Shimin made up his mind. No matter whether this kind and filial slave could withstand the Tang Dynasty, no matter what the future of the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether he would cut off the Tang Dynasty due to this decision a hundred years later...
All he thought about was: "Tai Li, Cheng Qian, and King Jin would not exist; King Jin would be able to succeed; King Jin would be able to live in Cheng Qian together.
At this moment, Li Shimin was willing to do his best, not caring about the flood behind him. All he had to do was to save his son's life.
No matter what Li Zhi's future achievements are, no matter whether Li Zhi is a qualified monarch in the future.
Chapter completed!