It is conceivable that Li Shimin was furious, he thought that he was good at governing his family, who would have thought that his son who had always loved him would really rebel.

"Li You is innocent of death, who went to Qizhou to suppress it!" Li Shimin's voice trembled because he was too excited.

But no one below dared to move, this is not a chaotic minister, a thief, or a bandit, but the current emperor's fifth son, King Qi! The emperor is now angry, and when the anger subsides, whoever kills the king of Qi will find someone's account.

"What, are you dumb? Ordinary border chaos, rebel party and raise troops, you are all scrambling, now Li You has lost his conscience and shaken the foundation of my Tang Dynasty, do you all have to sit idly by, wait for him to enter Chang'an, and cut off my head? ! ”

Li Shimin's eyes were red, and he was filled with grief and indignation, Duan Zhixuan couldn't help it, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go!" ”

"A mere Qinghai Lake will keep you out, let alone my son. Duan Zhixuan, I can't believe you, so let's step down! Li Shimin was angry, he didn't choose what he said, and said something that was not what he thought in his heart.

Duan Zhixuan was stunned, his face was blue and white for a while, and he wanted to hold on a few more words, but he didn't open his mouth in the end, and retreated gloomily.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to go!" Finally, Li Tao stood up with a solemn face and said: "Unrighteous and helpless, Li You, the king of Qi, eats, drinks and has fun in the fiefdom town, and there are many people who are not convinced. Its self-reliance document is distributed to various states and counties, and there are many disobedient people, and the superficial followers are not willing. And the minister heard that the Qizhou soldier Cao Du Xingmin had led the crowd to block the king of Qi, and presumably there had been progress at this time. ”

"Aiqing went to help, if there is a resistant. No mercy! Li Shimin made up his mind and said fiercely.

"Yes!" Li Tao gave up his hand, and then asked tentatively: "Can you let the national teacher go with us?" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Yuan Ziyan. Li Shimin also expressed his silence, probably hoping that Yuan Ziyan would come forward to persuade this uncompetitive son, even if he came back and took the initiative to admit his mistakes, he would forgive his sins.

Yuan Ziyan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "General, Li You is deeply favored by His Majesty, and there are not a few rewards. His mother is even more precious to his mother, and he is one of the four concubines. I really can't figure out why Li You rebelled, maybe it was because of his bad conscience. I'm afraid it's hard to repair. ”

Li Tao nodded silently, and everyone also understood that the national teacher had given up on this Li You, which meant that Li Shimin would also give up this son.

"Your Majesty. Concubine Yin De asks to see! "The eunuch is coming.

"Nope!"

"Yes!"

Li Shimin had a headache. With a pale face, Yuan Ziyan brought him a cup of hot tea and said, "Shimin, the old general Li Tao is measured and will not make mistakes." ”

"Li You's rebel!" Li Shimin's teeth were clenched, and while he was talking, he heard someone say that Duan Zhixuan fainted when he went home. It's not good.

Li Shimin was stunned, and Yuan Ziyan was also quite surprised. Why so suddenly? In the current words, it should be a heart attack.

"I just scolded him a few times, he was so angry!" Li Shimin said annoyedly.

"Hey, these generals who fought when they were young have all broken their bodies, of course it's not that Duan Zhixuan is angry with you." Yuan Ziyan persuaded him.

Li Shimin was silent again, and finally got up and said, "That's it, let's go see him." ”

"Shimin, the affairs of King Qi have not been settled yet, and the world is not peaceful, so don't go out at will, right?" Yuan Ziyan said.

"I am the true son of heaven, how can I be afraid of this rebel, I want to leave the palace and prove to the world that no one cares about the turmoil in Qizhou."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he got up and went to Duan Mansion, and Yuan Ziyan naturally followed him.

They all thought that Chang'an would have martial law these days, and Li Shimin would not move around easily, so when they came to the gate of Duan's mansion, everyone was surprised to find that the emperor had actually left the palace!

The people of Duan Mansion were panicked and were about to go in to pass the word, but they were stopped by Li Shimin and walked in so quietly. Duan Zhixuan was lying on the bed, his face was pale, but his consciousness was still quite clear.

Li Shimin walked to the bed, Duan Zhixuan suddenly opened his eyes, and he didn't say anything for a long time in surprise, and when he understood, he hurriedly turned over and rolled to the ground, and said tremblingly: "It's too late to welcome the holy car, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive you!" ”

"Aiqing is flat, how can I be sick when I am good, is it strange that my tone is heavy?" Li Shimin took Duan Zhixuan's hand and sat down kindly.

Duan Zhixuan burst into tears, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, since the beginning of winter this year, the minister has often had palpitations, and fainted at home several times, but each time he got better quickly, and he did not alarm the imperial doctor in the palace. ”

"Lord Duan, this is yours, if you are sick, you should treat it as soon as possible, and you can't delay." Yuan Ziyan complained.

"Hey, it's a criminal, how dare you be pretentious. I thought I could share your Majesty's worries again, but it was just ......"

Duan Zhixuan couldn't go on, and even began to cry, the unwillingness to live in his heart, and the grievance of losing the emperor's trust erupted at the same time, which was moving.

"Aiqing is too worried, I don't really blame you." Li Shimin's eyes were moist and said: "Recently, I often recall the past, when Wang Shichong's people pursued me unremittingly, if it wasn't for Aiqing's desperate resistance, I wouldn't have today." Hey, Aiqing's exposed soles of her feet are blurred with flesh and blood, and they still appear in my dreams. ”

"Your Majesty!" Duan Zhixuan was moved, and his crying became louder.

"Master Duan, in fact, you still haven't understood the deep meaning of Your Majesty. Everyone has known each other for many years, of course Your Majesty knows that you are loyal, if the King of Qi is forced to die, it is difficult to say that you will not be merciful and let the tiger return to the mountain. It's like Tuyuhun in the past, if he sweeps back in the day, it will be another fight. Your Majesty is by no means disgusted with you, but feels that you are too loyal to the Li Tang royal family and can't bear to kill you. Yuan Ziyan explained.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "What the national teacher said is true. Aiqing, you and I are united in our hearts and minds, and we will not change from beginning to end. ”

Duan Zhixuan struggled and had to kowtow a few times to finish the matter, maybe the heart disease was removed, and the person seemed to be a lot more energetic. Li Shimin was inconvenient to stay outside for a long time, and when he saw that Duan Zhixuan's complexion had improved, he got up and left.

Duan Zhixuan kept kneeling on the ground to watch, just kneeling like this for nearly three hours, no one could persuade him to get up, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his body was crooked and he fainted.

A few days after Li Shimin returned to the palace, he got the news from Qizhou that Li You, the king of Qi, had been escorted back to Beijing, and most of his comrades were killed on the spot.

As for how to deal with Li You, it has become a thorny issue, of course, he should be beheaded for the crime, but outside the law, Li You has not done anything to substantially hurt his father, so there are many people who intercede for him.

Concubine Yin De is even more so, she is plain and plain, and she can't afford to kneel outside the hall, but Li Shimin is determined not to see her.

"Your Majesty, King Qi has already repented, and I hope Your Majesty will be gracious." The old ministers led by Li Tao knelt down and pleaded for mercy.

"Remorse?" Li Shimin looked mocking: "I knew today, why bother at the beginning, if he was stubborn in his opinion, I admired him, I didn't expect to be scared so soon, it's really not like my son." ”

"Your Majesty, the King of Qi conspired against the usurpation of the throne, the crime is unforgivable, and he should be beheaded!" The eldest grandson Wuji stepped forward with a cold face and said, the ministers were in an uproar, this is the prince.

With the death of the older generation of courtiers, the eldest grandson Wuji began to control most of the court, saying the same.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and then asked Fang Xuanling: "Fang Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Fang Xuanling is low-key and has a soft personality, Li Shimin asked him this, of course, he hoped that Fang Xuanling could put forward negative opinions and save his son's life.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward when he heard this, thought for a moment, and sighed: "Your Majesty, the king of Qi is extremely arrogant in his fiefdom, occupying wives, killing officials, establishing himself as a king, plotting rebellion and usurping power, pile by pile, pile by pile, all are capital crimes!" ”

Li Shimin subconsciously covered his chest, Yuan Ziyan hurriedly took a few steps to the stage, and asked in a low voice: "Shimin, but you are not feeling well?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Li Shimin spit out a few words from his mouth with difficulty: "Give King Qi a cup of poisonous wine, and Concubine Yin will be a concubine!" ”

Although it was only a few words, it was not difficult for everyone to see that Li Shimin had already made a plan in his heart, to make an example of others and prevent other princes from following suit.

At this time, King Qi was still fantasizing about his father's amnesty order, and when the poisonous wine was brought to him, he suddenly collapsed, and even knocked over the poisonous wine, and he didn't drink it, and wanted to see his father, the emperor, and the concubine.

Who dared to disobey the emperor's order, brought another cup of poisonous wine, and several guards pressed it and poured it into Li You's mouth. When Concubine Yin De, who was disheveled, arrived, all she saw was her son's eyes wide open and his body stiffened.

Concubine Yin De hated her husband for being ruthless and resented her son for being unjust, so she couldn't stand this stimulation at all, and fainted with a scream, and when she woke up, she was already confused, crazy, wandering around the palace with a pillow in her arms, and finally fell into the lake and drowned.

The successive bad news made Li Shimin haggard, and his sideburns and hair were a lot grayer, showing his old state. The princes were all in danger, and the palace was lifeless, and no one dared to say a word out loud.

"Shimin, this is fate. There are gains and losses, and behind the glory there is endless bitterness. Yuan Ziyan persuaded softly.

"Ziyan, why don't you ask me if I have to kill You'er?" Li Shimin asked in a hoarse voice: "Tiger poison does not eat children, I killed Wulang like this, and drove Concubine Yin De crazy, and the people of the back court are afraid that they will be cold to me." ”

"The people, all fathers in the world love their sons, no matter what decision is made, the real pain is only left in the father's heart, and he suffers day and night." Yuan Ziyan thought of Li Yuan and couldn't help but cry sadly.

"Ziyan, only you know me best." Li Shimin said sentimentally: "Li You was influenced by his uncle and was ambitious, and I wrote to him many times, so that Li You was restrained, but this child was disobedient to the yin and yang, and he promised on the surface, but he still had murderous intentions against me in private. ”

Li Shimin's face was sad, like Yuan Ziyan told some grievances in the past, which was naturally about the Yin family. (To be continued......)