Among the four brothers, Li Chen's favorite is the second brother Li Xian.

Li Chen felt that the position of the second brother was a little embarrassing. He was not the eldest son before, so his mother's expectations for him were not as high as Li Honggao, and he was not a young son, after him there were Li Xian and Li Dan, and later there were two little princesses.

Li Chen felt that this ancient little boy was very difficult to raise, her eldest brother Li Hong was very difficult to raise since he was a child, and he was sick at the end of three days, even after becoming an adult, he was also sick. But Li Xian is like a special case, Li Chen has never seen Li Xian have any illness since he was a child.

Her second brother seems to have made up for the health that several brothers don't have, he doesn't dress more than people and doesn't see him sneeze on a cold day, and he is good at all kinds of martial arts, quite like his father when he was young.

Probably when people are young, they are ambitious and want to do something big.

Li Xian, who became the new crown prince, is now annotating the Book of the Later Han Dynasty with the officials of the East Palace, and his father was appreciative of his actions when he learned of his actions, but only his mother, the look on her face was sad and joyful.

Li Chen didn't think that the second brother was so bad, she just felt that it was better to be obscure than Taoguang.

But if she is in the position of the crown prince, she may not be better at handling these things than the second brother. Taoguang Yanghui is worried that he will disappoint his father, and his sharp edge will attract his mother to try to clean him up.

Father and mother, under the trade-off, it is naturally the father who is more important.

After all, what the crown prince wants to take over is his father's burden, and even if her mother is a queen of heaven, her father is willing to let her respect the emperor alongside, but that is just the power given to her by her father.

Since Li Chen had the idea of protecting his brothers and sisters in his heart, he naturally didn't rest. She analyzed the current situation back and forth, and felt that the possibility of bringing down her mother for her second brother was zero. And it is very likely that they have not yet brought down their mother, and they have been trapped by their mother, and they can be manipulated as much as they want.

Thinking of this, Li Chen couldn't help but shudder.

In the first year of Yifeng, the border was particularly unstable. First the Nazhou bureaucrats violated the border, and then the Tubo invaded Hezhou, once it didn't work, and then the second time, over and over again, in short, it was unstable, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were tired of it, and they really wanted to scold their mother.

My father's health is getting worse day by day, and this summer, the wind disease was still very bad, so he could only lie on the couch to recuperate. I heard that my father also invited the minister to secretly discuss this, saying that now that his health is getting worse day by day, it is better to give up the throne to the queen of heaven and let her preside over the government.

When the minister heard this, he hurriedly stopped it.

Throughout the ages, I have only seen the throne passed from father to son, never seen from husband to wife, not to mention that now the country has a prince, if the saint really wants to take the throne, it should also be the crown prince, how can it be passed on to the queen of heaven?

When Li Zhi heard this, he also gave up.

When Li Chen learned of this, he raised his eyebrows and did not speak, of course, she did not speak.

A month later, Li Xian dedicated the annotated Hou Han book to his father, and Li Zhi saw it, and was in a happy mood and rewarded Li Xian with a bunch of things. At the same time, both inside and outside the court also highly appreciated the talent and learning of the crown prince Li Xian, and praised Li Xian's quick thinking, literary and martial arts, which was the blessing of the Tang Dynasty.

My father arrived at Jiucheng Palace in April this year, and Li Chentai and others also accompanied my father to live in Jiucheng Palace, probably waiting for the summer to return to Daming Palace.

Jiucheng Palace is located in Tiantai Mountain in the north of Dushui, with green mountains and green waters, a bright and beautiful scenery.

Li Chen likes to go for a walk in the mountains with his father in the evening, listen to the tinkling of the mountain streams, and watch the intoxicating sunset on the horizon.

Li Zhi's wind disease is most afraid of summer, and the weather in Jiucheng Palace in summer is cool, and there is no hot summer. Therefore, his health is much better, and he has the energy to preside over the government.

After Li Xian's Later Han Book was dedicated to Li Zhi, Li Zhi was very satisfied with this newly established prince. Li Xian has been smart and clever since he was a child, and this is obvious to all. When Li Zhi traveled east to Luoyang in the spring of this year, he left Li Xian in Chang'an to supervise the country, and the matter was handled in an orderly manner, and the first time he supervised the country was not inferior to the former prince Li Hong, his body was better than Li Hong, and he was young, and his body seemed to have inexhaustible energy, and his performance in political affairs was greatly admired.

On this day, Li Zhi happened to be free, so he took Li Chen to go out for a walk, and when he went out, Li Xian happened to come to report on political affairs, Li Chen glared at his eyes, and said to his second brother: "Unless you have 100,000 urgent things, don't disturb." ”

Li Xian couldn't cry or laugh.

The imperial family of the Tang Dynasty did not have as much red tape as the imperial families of later generations in private, Li Zhi has made Wu Zetian the queen since he made him, although he is still an amorous emperor, but now the princes and princesses who stay by his side are all his and Wu Zetian's children, and there is not so much etiquette.

Li Zhi glanced at Li Xian.

Li Xian hurriedly smiled and said, "There's nothing urgent, my son just came over to ask my father for peace." ”

Li Zhi said to Li Xian while leading Li Chen outside: "I was planning to go outside with Yongchang, you can come with me." ”

Li Xian stood in place, watching his father walk in front, while his seemingly quiet sister followed behind his father, and after a few steps, she turned around and stuck out her tongue at him, making a naughty and cute expression.

Li Xian couldn't help but chuckle and strode after him. He thought of the concubines in the harem who liked to raise puppies, and they also took their dogs out for a walk every evening.

It's just that the beauty is a dog, and the father is a ...... Yongchang?

If Li Chen knew what Li Xian was thinking at this moment, he probably would have come up to fight with him regardless of whether he was the prince or not.

Li Zhi's wind disease has to be said to be good, but it is not good. Even when you are so leisurely and relaxed, the familiar headache will still come up. At this time, it would be much better to hear Li Chen counting the things that seemed interesting to her.

"Aye, look at the bird in front of you, with a big belly, pacing there slowly, not afraid of people." As she spoke, she couldn't help but laugh to herself.

Li Xian looked over when he heard this, and saw that the bird's black wings and white belly, chubby, and its slippery eyes were black and shining, it tilted its head, and the somewhat innocent bird glanced at a few of their mortals, and then it looked like it spread its wings and flew away with great disdain.

Looking at his father, his father Li Zhi's expression was relaxed, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, Li Chen didn't know that he saw something interesting in front of him, so he ran over.

Seeing this, Li Xian hurriedly advised: "Sister, the land in the mountains is soft, don't run around." Hey, the moss under your feet at the moment. ”

Li Chen was a little speechless by his mother-like virtue, and turned around and said unhappily: "Brother, don't make a fuss, okay?" Aya and I came every day, and nothing happened. ”

Li Zhi smiled a little, turned his head to look at the prince, and asked casually, "I heard that your mother gave you two gifts." ”

When Li Xian heard this, the smile on his face condensed slightly.

His mother did give him "gifts", namely "Shaoyang Zhengfan" and "The Biography of Filial Piety", but since he became the prince, many expressions were not as good as his mother's intentions, so his mother, who likes to play word games, sent two books, and turned around to reprimand him for not knowing how to be a child.

Li Xian is a young man, and a very smart young man.

Clever young people are always prone to irritation and want to make a big difference.

Even Li Xian, who grew up in the court since he was a child, is accustomed to power struggles and intrigues, and he is no exception.

Soon after his father made him the crown prince, he had the idea of giving up the throne to his mother, and it was impossible for him to be untouched in his heart.

Why did the father pass the throne to the mother?

What did the mother say to the father?

Is it because he, the crown prince, is not good enough, and his father is not satisfied?

Li Xian, who had just been established as the prince, was a little stunned by his father's actions, he seemed to be a child raised by his mother since he was a child, because he had an elder brother and a younger brother.

When her mother first ascended to the throne, her brother was made the crown prince, and she gave birth to a third brother, Li Xian. The third brother was not in good health when he was a child, and he was compared with the prince's brother, who was once so sick that the imperial doctor was almost ready to give up his neck and head and say to the sage that the minister was incompetent. It's just that Li Xian miraculously got better later, and his mother at that time still had to establish the image of a good wife and mother, not only to appease his father's relatives but also to take care of the prince and young children, so naturally there was nothing to do with Li Xian.

Later, there were Li Dan and two sisters, especially since Taiping and Yongchang were born, my father loved the two little princesses to the heart, and when he saw the two little princesses, his heart seemed to melt.

The mother's thoughts about her children are divided into most of the two daughters, especially Yongchang, who has a minor illness and a fever, and the mother personally takes it with her, for fear of a little mistake.

Speaking of these brothers and sisters, Li Xian sometimes tastes it in his heart. Because since he was a child, he has never experienced what it is like to be spoiled by his mother.

Now in the position of the crown prince, he is diligent in politics, and often discusses political affairs with the officials of the East Palace, for fear of disappointing his father.

The book of the Later Han Dynasty was presented to his father, and his father was very happy, but his mother was not happy.

Li Xian is not unworried in his heart, but now he is in a dilemma, as if someone will be disappointed in whatever he does.

On one side is the father, and on the other is the mother.

Li Xian thought about it for a while and felt that it was better to disappoint his mother.

When he received "Shaoyang Zhengfan" and "The Biography of Filial Son" from his mother, he felt a sigh in his heart, but it was just a sigh, and he didn't think about how much turmoil he wanted to set off because of this.

One is that he has already made his mother dissatisfied, just suppress this kind of thing by himself, why bother to let his father worry about it.

He didn't expect his father to know about it.