Chapter 15: Do You Remember Your Firstborn?

Three days have passed in a flash, and Li Shimin has been busy for the past three days without touching the ground, appeasing the old ministers left by the prince before, promising to give them generous treatment, counting the merits of those who have achieved great things with him, and preparing to reward meritorious deeds in the future, and comfort the frightened eldest grandson when he returns to his mansion.

It's finally over, martial law has already been lifted two days ago, and the imminent matters have been dealt with, and the rest of the things need to be dealt with slowly.

When he thought that everything was over, he was ready to work on the water mill to establish his authority.

Li Yuan's news came, Li Yuan sent a little eunuch to let Li Shimin go to the Taiji Palace, saying that there was something important to discuss, Li Shimin now the last thing he wanted to see was Li Yuan, a few days ago Li Yuan's eyes that were eager to eat his flesh and sleep his skin made him sleepless at night.

The loving old father in the past will never come back, and it is already Li Yuan's last mercy to tolerate him inheriting the throne and giving up the throne with him, but if Li Yuan has another son, Li Shimin will not be able to sit on the throne.

The cause and process of the incident are no longer always necessary, and the bloody results have brought bloody consequences to Li Shimin, and no one will explain them for him, and he will not be allowed to make any refutations.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still started to walk towards the Taiji Palace, things always have to be faced, the escape of one is not the demeanor that an emperor should have, and he does not allow himself to show the slightest weakness.

Walking into the Taiji Palace, the palace was deserted and ruthless, the eunuchs and palace maids who used to come and go were gone, and the ministers who came in and out were also gone, making him think that he was not in the Taiji Palace, and the cold palace was more lively than here.

After asking the guards, Li Shimin found Li Yuan who was drinking in a side hall, at this time Li Yuan was no different from the elderly and childless farmers outside, the domineering spirit of the past was no longer there, the tiger's eyes were slightly red, and he was holding the wine pot and pouring himself a drink.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down?" The tone was steady, without the slightest emotion, but this sentence almost made Li Shimin unable to control himself.

"Son, see father," the slightly trembling voice leaked the young prince's mood at this time.

"Don't call me my father, if you let Jiancheng and Yuanji come back to life, I can call you father."

Li Shimin immediately knelt down: "Father, I." ”。

Li Yuan rudely interrupted what he wanted to say: "Don't tell me this, I called you this time because I have some good things to tell you."

Li Shimin raised his head in disbelief, looking at Li Yuan in disbelief, he had an extremely bad feeling in his heart.

"Do you remember your eldest son?"

"Back to my father, my son remembers Chengyang" Li Shimin was slightly excited when he heard this.

The eldest grandson married him at the age of thirteen, and gave birth to Li Chengyang at the age of fourteen, when it was still the eleventh year of the great cause of Emperor Yang of Sui, who was besieged by the Turkic Khan in Yanshan. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and some ministers at that time frantically summoned all over the country to King Qin.

Li Shimin, who was only fifteen years old, responded to the recruitment, and the eldest grandson took Li Chengyang, who was born not long ago, to see him off, and was attacked by the chaotic army on the way back to see Li Shimin off.

The eldest grandson of the new mother and the young Li Chengyang were scattered by the rioters, and the eldest grandson was fine under the protection of the guards, but Li Chengyang could no longer be found for some reason.

Now that Li Shimin heard Li Yuan ask him about this matter, he said with some trepidation:

"Father, you, don't you, have news of Chengyang?"

Although Li Shimin has never stopped looking for Li Chengyang over the years, he has long lost any hope, and in the Sui Dynasty, where human life is like a mustard, the chance of surviving a child who was born soon is almost zero.

"Yes, I know Chengyang's whereabouts, not only do I know, but I also raised him in Chang'an for two years."

Li Shimin didn't know how to describe his mood until he left the palace, it was naturally excellent to find his eldest son, maybe it was because the incident happened too abruptly, maybe it was Li Yuan's last words.

"Aren't you going to be an emperor? Have you chosen your crown prince, I will hand over Chengyang to you, who do you choose with him and Chengqian, the original eldest son? Chengyang is an uninformed, how old is Chengqian this year? Eight years old, right? The battle between the eldest son and the second son, you will also try it? ”

On the way back to the Qin Palace, Li Shimin's almost crazy smile appeared in his mind.

He didn't know what expression to put on his face now, was he happy or sad? should be happy, the eldest son has been regained, and he has the same physique as the third brother, and he will be at least a fierce general in the future.

The eldest grandson burst into tears every time he thought of Li Chengyang, and now he knows that Chengyang is safe, but he doesn't know how long he will be happy.

However, some people under his command, especially the group of relatives headed by the eldest grandson Wuji, am afraid that they will never welcome a Li Chengyang who has no feelings for his relatives.

Li Chengqian has been close to the eldest grandson Wuji and others since he was a child, and he was trained as the successor of King Qin before, and now he is a safe candidate for the crown prince.

Accidents, as if they were disliked by people.

Li Chengyang is this kind of accident, and no one should like it.

Li Shimin didn't want his children to follow their own old path, especially after the tragedy of the blood of his brothers, so that he had to firmly follow the primogeniture inheritance system, and resolutely resist the meritocracy, he is a clear example.

Thinking all the way, I unconsciously went to the Qin Palace, this should be the last night of the Qin Palace, and tomorrow I will start to settle in the East Palace, and officially move into the palace to start the consul general.

Standing at the door and muttering for a while, Li Shimin decided not to think about some of the things that were not there, it was still early to establish the prince, and Guanyin had really worked a lot these days, and this news should let her know.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw the eldest grandson pulling Li Chengqian in class, Li Chengqian was eight years old, his small face was pink and jade, and his tender face that had not yet opened had some maturity that did not belong to this age.

His father Li Shimin has been fighting abroad for many years, leaving a large number of civil and military generals to serve in the palace of the Qin king, and the young Li Chengqian has been exposed to too many things that should not be contacted at this age, causing him to mature early.

The immature Tongyin of the "father" remembered that Li Chengqian, who was being forced to study by his eldest grandson, had a miserable little face, and when he saw Li Shimin coming, he hurriedly put the book on the table, and opened his hands to meet Li Shimin.

Li Shimin grabbed Li Chengqian, patted him on the back, and then let him play by himself, the little man's face was happy, and then he slowly withdrew from the backyard with a small face.

Then he turned his head and ran outside.

"Guanyin, I have good news for you" Li Shimin helped his eldest grandson sit down.

"Erlang came back from his father-in-law and brought good news?"

"Yes, my father has found Chengyang, and he is in Chang'an" Li Shimin clenched the eldest grandson's hand.

"Chengyang? Is it our yang? The eldest grandson's voice trembled a little, and his eyes looked at Li Shimin without blinking.

"Yes, our eldest son who disappeared at the beginning, Li Chengyang, I don't plan to bring him back now, after all"

The eldest grandson hurriedly stood up, took his hand out of Li Shimin's hand and sorted out his clothes up and down, but he didn't know where his hand should be placed, so he simply stuffed it back into Li Shimin's hand: "Where is it, where is my hard-working child, go for a walk, go see him immediately, and bring some food, I must have suffered a lot for so many years."

Li Shimin looked at the eldest grandson who was circling around him and felt a little bitter, he originally planned to slowly let the people around him adapt to Li Chengyang's existence, and when all the conditions were ripe, it would be officially announced.

Looking at the appearance of the eldest grandson, he felt that he was following his previous thoughts, and the eldest grandson could cut him down.

simply, it should be regarded as compensation for the eldest grandson.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see our Chengyang" Li Shimin let go of his hand and tidied up and down the messy placket.

Li Yuan had already told him the location of the small courtyard, it was not far from Dongshi, and the back and forth was very fast, Li Shimin called the old lieutenant Chi as a guard, and brought dozens of guards out of the Qin Palace.

Although the current situation is calm on the surface, no one can guarantee whether there is still a remnant of the prince, so it is not too cautious.

Li Chengyang's side, he was busy hiding in the kitchen with a smile, Li Gu was standing on the side and wiping cold sweat, and the young master had been shouting since he got up in the morning that he wanted to cook and eat by himself.

The cook is a cheap person, ordinary scholars will not touch him, and he keeps mouthing a "gentleman who cooks far away" in front of people, and he has no good impression of the cook.

As everyone knows, if the cook hears it, it is common to spit a few mouthfuls of cheap saliva into his dishes.

Li Chengyang insisted on eating Datang's dishes for three days, and couldn't bear it anymore, except for boiling is boiling, no matter what kind of meat or dish, a random stuff into the pot is a big dish.

It's no wonder that Datang was famous for the dish of fish belly at that time, which was really cooked with a strange taste, and it was really not as delicious as eating it raw.

He tried his best to behave like the Tang people, but in the end he was defeated by reality, rolled up his sleeves and entered the kitchen, looked at the cooking utensils, and large and small round pots occupied the kitchen.

Well, he didn't even have a stir-fry, and after thinking about it, he decided to try to call it Flower Chicken.

Li Gu is no longer able to persuade him, he can still fight before, who knows that now, he pulled it over with one hand, but he was bounced away, it seems that he can't pull it, fortunately, let it be.

Just when Li Chengyang and Xiao'er were having fun finding some clay, the door was slammed open, and a person dressed as a woman seemed to rush in slowly.