Chapter 969: Monarch and Minister, Father and Son (II)
His Majesty Li Er did not feel the slightest displeasure, and listened quietly, listening to this best son confide in his father what he had never revealed.
Then he asked, "And now?" What do you think now? ”
The depressed resentment in Li Ke's heart poured out with these words, as if a big stone that had been pressed on his chest for many years suddenly moved away, refreshed and happy!
The shining eyes looked directly at His Majesty Li Er, and the corners of Li Ke's mouth couldn't help but show a smile: "Now, don't complain, don't complain at all." ”
His Majesty Li Er raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you complain?" Is it because I feel the determination of my father that he will not be easy to save, so he is desperate and relieved? ”
"It's not."
Li Ke shook his head, waved his hand to drive the maid away, and personally held the pot to pour wine for His Majesty Li Er.
He was kind-hearted, and he didn't want this maid to listen too much, so he could only end up with an "accidental death", give her family a little money to compensate, and give her a coffin.
His Majesty Li Er glanced at the slender back of the maid who disappeared at the door, and felt in his heart, this son is not only similar in talent and ability to his father, but also in this romantic temperament.
I have to say that he understood Li Ke's desire to protect this maid, but he obviously misunderstood Li Ke's motives for wanting to protect her.
Not everyone has the dirty idea of including brothers, sisters-in-law, and sisters-in-law in the harem......
After the maid walked away, Li Ke continued: "It's because Erchen heard a word. ”
His Majesty Li Er asked, "What words?" ”
Li Ke said: "I used to think that my father was not fair to his sons, is it my fault if it is not my son-in-law?" I have the blood of the former Sui, is it my fault? Why can't I get a fair chance to compete fairly with the prince and the green sparrow? Until someone said to his son, 'There has never been true fairness in this world!' So Erchen suddenly thought about it. ”
"In this world, there has never been real fairness?"
His Majesty Li Er muttered and repeated, sighing: "That's a really good thing to say. At that time, the end of the Great Sui was exhausted, the world was full of smoke, and the eighteenth road was against the king with seventy or sixty-four streams of smoke and dust, entangled endlessly, fighting for their lives, vowing to chase the world and ascend the throne. The result? Dou Jiande, Liu Heimin, Yu Wenhua, Bai Yu Wang Gao Tansheng, Song Yi Wang Meng Haigong, Shadala Wang Luo Tiehan, Huai'an Wang Tie Muping, Mingzhou Wang Zhang Dejin, Nanyang Wang Zhu Cang, Northern Han Wang Xiao Milling...... One after another, they were defeated and died, and in the end, it was our Li family who got this country. In terms of momentum, the Li family is not as good as Yu Culture, and in terms of strength, the Li family is not as good as Dou Jiande...... Is it fair that Sui loses its deer? Is it fair for the Li family to win the country? In this world, it has never been fair! If it weren't for the great Confucianism who has been tempered for a long time and has seen through the world, how can he say such a truth in the world? Ke'er, whoever can utter such incisive remarks must be the sage of the country, who is this person? ”
Li Ke opened his mouth with a constipated expression......
His Majesty Li Er was displeased: "What about asking you, why are you stunned?" ”
Li Kexin said I'm not stunned, Dad, I'm thinking about how to answer your question.
Tempered and seen through the world?
Still learn from Confucianism and the sage of the country?
Li Ke was sweating a little, and when he saw his father's burning eyes, he had no choice but to say, "What, this is what Fang Jun said to his son." ”
"Ah...... Ha? ”
His Majesty Li Er was so shocked that his eyes were about to fall.
This time, the expressions of the father and son were reversed, and it was the turn of His Majesty Li Er to look constipated......
How could that little bastard say such philosophical words?
But I was relieved to think that that guy could casually make a classic of poetry that has been sung through the ages.
But thinking about the tone and words he had just praised, His Majesty Li Er was as disgusting as if he had swallowed Xiang......
"Why haven't you spoken to me so openly before?"
His Majesty Li Er decisively changed the topic.
Li Ke was a little cramped: "Because...... The sons were a little afraid of their father. ”
His Majesty Li Er was a little surprised: "Why is this?" My father was sometimes harsh, but he never punished you...... Except for Li You's bastard, what is there to be afraid of? ”
He has always paid attention to the relationship between father and son, and tried his best to show his kind side, and he would never easily criticize his son. Moreover, Li Ke's consistent performance is deeply satisfied with himself, and sometimes he even thinks that if Li Ke is his son-in-law, what is there to worry about as the crown prince?
So he was a little surprised that Li Ke was afraid of him.
However, Li Ke's answer surprised him even more.
Li Ke's handsome face is cool to His Majesty Li Er, and even the shallow nasolabial folds on both sides of his nose when he laughs are very similar, he said with a smile: "Because I want to get it, I am afraid of losing, and I am naturally afraid of gains and losses." ”
His Majesty Li Er was stunned: "Why aren't you afraid now?" ”
Li Ke's expression was very relaxed, and he diligently poured wine for His Majesty Li Er, and then actually raised his glass with both hands, wanting to clink glasses with His Majesty Li Er, which was very relaxed and pleasant.
"Because when the delusion in the heart of the son was completely cut off, he suddenly found that his father was still the father, both the emperor and the father, and the son and the father were both the monarch and the father......"
His Majesty Li Er also laughed, it was the kind of smile from the heart, he raised the wine glass with one hand, and touched his son fiercely, and the wine in the wine glass spilled out. The father and son looked at each other and smiled, raising their glasses and drinking.
"Happy, happy! In the past fifteen years, my father has never been so happy! ”
His Majesty Li Er wiped a handful of wine stains from the corners of his mouth, looking very happy.
Li Ke poured the wine, but his heart was touched.
Fifteen years?
Fifteen years ago, it was the day when the swords and swords of Xuanwu Gate killed each other, right?
It seems that even if that day laid the foundation of his father's grand cause of dominating the world, the infamy and inner torment of the world also made his father feel like he was on the edge of the abyss, and his heart was extremely depressed.
Li Ke still clearly remembered that in the early morning of the next day after the Xuanwu Gate, his father was covered in armor and blood, and returned to the palace of King Qin to hug and cry with his mother in front of his brothers and sisters......
Unconsciously, Li Ke's face was covered with tears.
With tears on his face, he looked at his father, whose sideburns were already frosty and snowy, and said softly: "In the past, the ministers were ignorant, always complaining about the injustice of fate and the injustice of their fathers. Now that the son has finally figured it out, not only can he not complain, but he also has to thank his father. ”
His Majesty Li Er unveiled the knot with his son today, and asked very happily, "Why do you want to thank your father?" ”
Li Ke and His Majesty Li Er looked at each other and said softly: "If it weren't for my father, how could there be Li Ke in the world?" If it weren't for his father, how could he be so talented and full of economy? If it weren't for my father, how would my brothers and sisters come to be so rich and glorious, and how would my sons and daughters have the qualifications to covet the throne? ”
If it weren't for His Majesty Li Er's success in the next battle of the Xuanwu Sect back then, where would their brothers have the opportunity to compete for the throne now?
Think about the fate of the brothers of the eldest uncle's family and the third uncle's family.
Li Ke knew that if there was no Xuanwu Gate back then, His Royal Highness King Qin, who had a high merit, would inevitably have a tragic end.
This is the price of power......
His Majesty Li Er was shocked, and the big hand holding the wine glass was bulging, and the wine glass was almost crushed!
In the past fifteen years, Xuanwumen has been a dead hole, a taboo for everyone in the world, and no one dares to mention it in front of His Majesty Li Er, because it is a thorn in His Majesty Li Er's heart that will never be eliminated.
Whoever dares to make him unhappy, he can make anyone hurt for a lifetime!
But every time he dreams back at midnight, how can he not sigh that the world is changing and power is ruthless?
After all, it is his eldest brother, his brother, and he is connected by blood, how can he be ignored like a pig and a dog?
But things have come to that point, and the end of fratricide is already doomed.
If the crown prince does not get rid of the king of Qin, he will inevitably be eaten by the king of Qin;
If the king of Qin does not get rid of the crown prince, he will inevitably be eradicated by the crown prince.
In the process of pacifying the world and conquering the city, the strength of the King of Qin continued to expand, and it had already reached the point of competing with the crown prince. At this time, the position will no longer be shifted by the will of the commander alone, as the commander, he must take into account the future and safety of his subordinates.
Moreover, His Majesty Li Er is not alone, and if he dies, his wife and concubines will have no way to live.
If it was just one life, maybe His Majesty Li Er would really kill himself in front of his brother and brother, with the righteousness of all brothers.
But if even the lives of his wife and concubines and children have to be put on the line, His Majesty Li Er will not do it!
Of course he wants to fight!
Fight for yourself!
Fight for your wife, concubines, and children!
He won the battle, and the descendants of the ninety-fifth were prosperous.
Li Jiancheng lost the battle and died on the spot......
It's that cruel!
His Majesty Li Er fought once, and although he won, he didn't want his son to follow his old path and fight with each other again.
Rubbing his red and sour eyes, His Majesty Li Er raised his glass, touched his son, and shouted, "Drink the saint!" ”
Drink it all.
Li Ke unloaded his burden, his body and mind were happy, and he also shouted: "Drink the saint!" ”
Drink it all the same.
Father and son talked in a low voice, laughed loudly and drank a glass of strong wine.
The king and the minister, the father and the son, who said that the heavenly family has no kindness?