Prisoner sacrifice ceremony? Li Shimin originally wanted to come to such a ceremony and captured more than 20,000 people? Bring this guy back to Chang'an to show the people the majesty of my Datang army, and let these guys in the wilderness see the world, know the prosperity and heritage of Datang, and will not dare to invade again after going back.

But when this proposal came out of Li Chengqian's mouth, he was very uncomfortable, and said with an unhappy face: "I have my own consideration for this matter." ”

Li Chengqian was anxious, now Li Tai is aggressive, there is a big voice in the court to support him, his prince is very uncomfortable to be suppressed by him, he waited for a long time to wait for this opportunity, when the time comes, he will appear as the prince at the prisoner ceremony, and show the world that I am still the prince, it would be better if my father directly appointed himself to preside over the prisoner ceremony, but now Li Shimin's attitude made his heart sink, and he could only fight for it in the end: "Father, the soldiers used troops in the distance and returned triumphantly, Giving them a grand ceremony can better restore the hearts of the military, and also let those countries in Chang'an see the military might of our Tang Dynasty, so as to deter their disobedience. ”

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin's face became even more gloomy, he was respected by all countries as the Heavenly Khan, and in the eyes of his son, those guys still had a heart of disobedience, which meant that they were obedient on the surface, but in fact they were not convinced in their hearts? Meaning, I, the son of the Tang Dynasty, were deceived by them? This makes Li Shimin, who loves face the most, put his face down. Princess Jinyang's hand to help Li Shimin pinch his head also stopped, not knowing how her eldest brother could say this.

At that moment, Li Shimin opened his mouth and reprimanded: "Don't worry about this matter, you do your own thing well!" Then he started with a lesson from the discipline of the East Palace, what Li Chengqian did, etc., and said that Li Chengqian's face turned blue and his heart was worried, and he finally finished the training, and he was kicked out of the dormitory without even leaving a meal.

Returning to the East Palace in a daze, Li Chengqian made a half-noise in his chair, and his heart was full of resentment. He was really exhausted. When he first became the crown prince, he often received praise from his father, and the Manchu Dynasty also praised most of the civil and military forces, these were when his mother was alive, after his mother's death, in recent years, as his younger brothers gradually grew up, especially Li Tai's outstanding performance, Li Chengqian's pressure was greater day by day.

Li Tai relied on Li Shimin's favor to launch an attack on himself, originally he only wanted to be his brother's concession point, he had a brother's appearance in front of his father, and did not stimulate his emotions of killing his brother and killing his brother back then, who knew that concession would become a sign of cowardice, under the intention or unintentional indication of his father, Li Tai actually swelled his power like this, and now the position of the prince is in jeopardy, and it can be seen from Li Shimin's attitude today that his father is very dissatisfied with himself.

What to do? Li Chengqian also read history books with Confucianism, and knew that the ownership of the throne and the competition for the position of the crown prince have always been bloody and cruel, and the loser has never had a good end, and there is basically no one who can get out of the way, how can I make my father satisfied with me? At this moment, he wants to give up the position of the crown prince that everyone values, and be an ordinary prince again, eat delicious food, have fun, and do what he likes to do, instead of worrying all day long for fear that his father will be dissatisfied that day, and a holy decree will be over.

The people in the East Palace know that Li Chengqian's temper has become more and more eccentric since his leg is lame, and generally no one will come to him, only one is the most popular with him, and today he has a serious expression after returning from His Majesty, and everyone hides far away for fear of being affected.

At this time, an attendant came in and reported: "Your Highness, Chen Guogong asks to see!" ”

"Chen Guogong?" Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, since his younger brother made a book of geographical records, his reputation is in full swing, and everyone's eyes in the court are on him, and it has been a long time since a minister and a noble person have come to the East Palace, and he didn't even remember who it was for a while.

"It's Lord Shangshu Hou of the former military department!" Satisfaction mentioned it on the side.

As soon as Li Chengqian heard that it was Hou Junji, he immediately got up and said, "I will personally go out to greet him." ”

The chamberlain said: "Your Highness, Lord Hou came here alone, and he was wearing heavy clothes, probably because he didn't want people to know." ”

Li Chengqian just stood up and sat down again, and then said, "Bring it to the study and serve good tea." ”

In the study, Li Chengqian sat on top of the soft collapse, looking at Hou Junji in front of him, although he had expectations in his heart, he also made a reserved appearance: "What is the matter with Chen Guogong coming to the East Palace?" ”

Chengxin brought a cup of tea from the side, walked like a willow in the wind, put the tea on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Chen Guogong, please use tea." ”

Looking at the bewitching face and body of Xiangxin, the corners of Hou Junji's mouth twitched, but he would not come to the East Palace if he had the slightest chance, and now he could only accept all this, it was estimated that it was his last chance, and he saluted: "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Chen Guogong has contributed to Sheji, which is as it should be. ”

The two of them talked about their daily routines, Hou Junji looked around, Li Chengqian knew that he had something to say, waved his hand to disperse the attendants, and then said with a smile: "Chen Guogong has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Hou Junji saw that everyone had retreated, got up and walked in front of Li Chengqian, stared at him and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, are you just sitting still and waiting to die?" ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, his face immediately changed color, and his heartbeat intensified, what did Hou Junji mean by this? Although it was only early winter, Li Chengqian's heart was as cold as an ice cellar, and his mind immediately worked, and the first thought was whether Hou Junji was sent by Li Shimin to test him.

"What does Chen Guogong mean by this?" Li Chengqian finally squeezed out such a sentence.

Who is Hou Junji, since he came, he came prepared, looked at Li Chengqian's face and continued: "Your Highness, do you still have hope for your current status?" ”

Li Chengqian swallowed and foamed, "I don't understand what you mean. ”

"Hehehehe." Hou Junji laughed, and his face was a little gloomy under the lantern: "Your Highness is a smart person, you were made the crown prince in the ninth year of martial arts, and everyone's evaluation of you is that you are sexually intelligent, special and favoritous, rich and handsome, and pure benevolence and filial piety, let's not be tempted like this." ”。

Li Chengqianqiang pressed the fluctuation in his heart: "Since Chen Guogong said so, then why teach me?" ”

Hou Junji ignored Li Chengqian's sentence to teach me, and said directly: "Your Majesty has not yet clearly stated that you will depose your crown prince, but you yourself know that your current position is in jeopardy, Li Tai is deeply loved by Your Majesty, and the ministers of the court and the central government also support him more, Your Majesty, he only cares about his feelings as a father, but never considers the harm of this action to you, you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the future son of heaven!" Your Highness, the current situation is like this, there are some things that you must take the initiative to fight for, if you can't fight for it yourself, who will charge forward for you! ”