The capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an.

Tai Chi Palace.

Until the sky was slightly dark and the candles in the hall were lit, Li Shimin was still reviewing the chapters. The emperor refused to get off work, and the others naturally did not dare to leave, and there was no telling how many people were waiting quietly.

"Hoo ......"

Finally finished approving the last recital, and while Li Shimin threw down the brush, he also let out a long breath.

There was some pain in my lower back, and my neck was sore.

Even though he is only thirty-four years old this year and has always been in good health, he still feels very hard after a long time of kneeling. Therefore, after the political affairs were dealt with, his whole body suddenly became sore.

However, the hard thoughts were fleeting and quickly dissipated.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, especially an emperor who is not so justifiable, Li Shimin always has a very huge pressure in his heart: if you do a good job, it is natural, after all, you killed your brother and imprisoned Li Yuan, the reason is that you are more suitable to be the emperor; And if it is not done well, Li Shimin can almost imagine what those people will say, and he can guess what will be recorded in the history books!

So......

"Every day of the year, don't slack off!"

Looking at the last sunset outside the hall, Li Shimin's expression quickly became resolute.

After a little movement, His Majesty the Emperor set off and drove to the palace. The queen is now pregnant again, and Li Shimin is about to welcome the sixth child of himself and his eldest grandson, which makes him quite excited. Therefore, as long as I feel a little tired at night, or when I have no interest, I usually go to the queen's place to sleep.

Chang'an City in mid-September is cooler than ever.

However, as soon as he left the main hall, he heard someone next to him whispering: "Your Majesty, Li Jian asked to see him, saying that he had something important to report!" ”

"Li Huan?"

After hearing the name, he subconsciously stopped, Li Shimin frowned and said, "Let him in...... Well, let him come. ”

"Minister Li Ji, see Your Majesty!"

Soon, a middle-aged man about forty years old walked up to Li Shimin's side and saluted respectfully.

"No courtesy. Let's go, talk as you go. ”

The emperor's footsteps did not mean to stop in the slightest, so Li Jian immediately followed in small steps after finishing the salute, and always maintained a position that was one step close to Li Shimin, and this body did not seem to have been completely straightened.

"What's the important thing to enter the palace so late?"

The footsteps are still moving forward step by step, and Li Shimin is not too anxious. Walking around the palace with slow steps after a busy day has always been one of his ways to relax.

Not daring to delay the emperor's time, Li Jian immediately replied in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty...... The king of the drunken kings. ”

"What?!"

Suddenly stopped, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Huan, like a lion staring at his prey!

"Your Majesty, the King of Spirits is gone."

"King Xu...... Wonhyung went? ”

After a moment of distraction, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes. And after seeing Li Shimin's strange look, Li Huan's head instantly lowered lower, and at the same time he whispered: "Your Majesty, please mourn." ”

"Hmm."

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin waved his hand and didn't say anything.

And after hearing this understatement of "um", Li Huan's body trembled inexplicably, and he felt a chill from his bones!

Li Yuanheng, the eighth son of Emperor Taishang, and Li Shimin's half-brother, was named the Jinzhou Assassin in the second year of Zhenguan. After the feudal domain, Li Shimin also took pity on his youth, sent people to condolence several times, and once gave him a marigold for entertainment......

In anyone's opinion, His Majesty the Emperor is quite fond of this brother!

But Li Jian knew that it was just from the eyes of outsiders.

Li Yuanheng's mother is Concubine Yin De, one of the most favored concubines in **** Jing, and it is the one who relied on the favor of the Emperor Taishang and colluded with Jiancheng and Yuanji with Zhang Jieyu to slander Concubine Yin De who murdered Li Shimin.

It's only been six years since the Xuanwumen incident, and Li Jian doesn't dare to forget,

He remembered that Concubine Yin De tossed the emperor enough, and the most impressive thing was Concubine Yin's father, Yin Arat, that guy was extremely arrogant and domineering, and once beat Li Shimin's right-hand man Du Ruhui violently because he didn't get off the horse because of the trivial matter of passing by his own door, and even broke one of his fingers! And afterwards, Concubine Yin De also sued the wicked first, so that the Emperor Taishang angrily reprimanded Li Shimin, "Left and right, deceive my concubine's family as soon as this is the case, and the mortal people are concerned!" ”

So after the Xuanwu Gate, Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu were nowhere to be found.

And Li Yuanheng, the prince left by Concubine Yin De, was named the Jinzhou Assassin in the second year of Zhenguan, and the emperor also "took pity on his young, thought about it, and sent envoys several times to ask for labor and give Jinzhan for entertainment." But Li Jian knew very well in his heart what the so-called labor and reward was, and he knew how depressed the King of Yu in Jinzhou was, and how he was in a panic every day......

Again, those are just for others to see.

So at this moment, after reporting the news to the emperor about the death of the king of Xu, and after noticing Li Shimin's reaction, the only thing Li Jian could do except keep his head down the whole time was to close his mouth tightly, and then he couldn't wait to plug his two ears with things, not to see or hear anything!

"Step, step, step......"

At this time, all that was left in my ears was the sound of everyone stepping forward.

I don't know how long it took for Li Jian to hear the emperor suddenly ask again: "Li Huan, about my younger brothers, are there other things?" ”

The cold and cold voice made Li Jian almost shudder again.

"Goo-dong!"

After swallowing his saliva in a voice that only he could hear, Li Jian hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the kings of the domain have been doing everything as usual, and the two kings of this year's domain, King Zheng, have nothing abnormal after arriving in Zhengzhou, only King Yu...... According to the news from Luzhou, King Yu's behavior seems to be a little strange. ”

"Eccentric? What's the weird way? ”

After listening to Li Huan's words, he was slightly stunned, and Li Shimin's delicate and indifferent little face soon appeared in front of him.

Li Yuanjia, Yuwen Zhaoyi, Li Shimin has certainly seen it many times. For that little guy, to be honest, Li Shimin didn't have much feeling, because except for being favored by his father when he was young, he didn't seem to have any sense of existence when he grew up, especially after entering Zhenguan, he was even more low-key.

For Li Yuanjia...... In other words, Yuwen Zhaoyi and Yuwen Shihe, Li Shimin is quite satisfied.

Know how to advance and retreat, and know how to make trade-offs.

That's why I can raise a little guy like Li Yuanjia, I heard that in addition to writing and painting, he likes to collect books the most, and the collection of books at home has exceeded 10,000 volumes in just a few years - for a prince, what is it to like to read?

However, Li Jian said that the kid behaved strangely, which made Li Shimin quite surprised.

After pondering the words and sentences, Li Jian immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, not long after King Yu arrived in Luzhou, he found Sicang to join the army Chen Zhi and asked him for a thousand catties of iron......

"Iron? A thousand pounds? What does he want so much iron for? ”

Without waiting for Li Jian to finish speaking, Li Shimin's face quickly turned cold.

"This ......"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Jian said very entangledly: "The minister is not very clear, because according to the news that came back, the king first asked the blacksmiths in the palace to make a few iron pots, and then asked them to make a briquette stove...... I really don't know what a briquette stove is! ”

"Iron pot? Briquette stove? ”

After listening to Li Huan's answer, His Majesty the Emperor was also stunned for a while.