Chapter 142: A Different Li Yi (Three Watches)
"The courtier brother has seen the imperial brother and the lady concubine!"
"Concubine Liu, I have seen Your Majesty, and I have seen Concubine Niangniang!"
"The concubine Sun has seen Your Majesty, and she has seen Concubine Niangniang!"
"The concubine Li has seen Your Majesty, and she has seen Concubine Niangniang!"
"Flat." Seeing that it was not very convenient for the three princesses to move, Li Yi showed a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but look at Li Ye.
Regarding the teasing meaning in his imperial brother's eyes, Li Ye naturally saw it in his eyes, but he didn't forget the etiquette, "Brother Emperor Xie." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Since Li Ye's father and mother have passed away, Li Yi is the eldest brother, as the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father, so serving tea to his father-in-law and mother-in-law has become serving tea to Li Yi and Concubine Zhang Shu here in Li Ye.
After drinking tea, Li Yi instructed Concubine Zhang Shu on the side, "Concubine Shu, I have something to discuss with King Shou, you take a few younger brothers and sisters to the harem to rest." β
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Concubine Shu nodded, then got up and beckoned Liu Chenyan and the three daughters to leave.
After the girls left, there were two brothers Li Yi and Li Ye left in the palace, as well as Liu Jishu and several other palace maids and eunuchs who were in charge of waiting.
Looking at King Shou in front of him, Li Yi's expression was a little complicated, but he still smiled, "King Shou, the arrangement of the imperial brother is good, enjoy the blessings of Qi people, three younger brothers and sisters with different personalities, if you want to come to King Shou, you don't want to come to the palace to see me, the imperial brother." β
"The imperial brother laughed, the younger brother still has some pain in his waist now, and the blessing of this Qi person is not enjoyable. The imperial brother should also pay attention to the fact that the younger brother still often practices martial arts, and recently the younger brother has seen that the imperial brother has very little riding and shooting. The imperial brother is the supreme of the Ninety-Five, and he should take care of the dragon body. Li Ye bent down and saluted respectfully and said.
"Originally, I said you, but it's good for you to talk about me." Li Yi pointed at Li Ye and shook his head with a smile, "The weather is okay today, with the sun, I wonder if King Shou would like to accompany me to visit this palace?" β
"The imperial brother commanded, the younger brother did not dare to disobey." Li Ye hurriedly said.
At the moment of bowing his head, Li Ye also had some doubts in his heart, today's imperial brother seemed to be a little wrong, giving people a very strange feeling, but he couldn't tell what was strange.
"In that case, let's go for a walk together, we brothers have been like this for a long time."
Li Yi smiled, and then strode towards the outside of the hall, while Li Ye, Liu Jishu and the others hurriedly followed, obviously puzzled by Li Yu's strange behavior today.
Walking on the corridor of the palace, the palace maids, eunuchs, and forbidden soldiers on both sides all saluted, and Li Yi walked towards the front without paying attention. Looking at the direction Li Yi was heading, Li Ye knew that it was leading to a high tower, which was also the highest place in the entire palace. It's just that before, Li Yi rarely went, and although Li Ye knew about it, he only passed by and didn't go up.
Along the way, Li Yi did not speak, although Li Ye was full of doubts, but he also followed honestly and did not interject. He knew that there must be something wrong with Li Yi seeing him alone today.
Is it a matter of giving yourself out? But I just got married, so I can't wait so much. No matter what, he is also the other party's royal brother, and he has saved the other party twice, as for being in such a hurry to drive him away?
Coming to the top floor of the tower, the whole of Chengdu has an unobstructed view, this tower is not only the highest place in the palace, but also the tallest building in the whole city of Chengdu.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Yi sent the eunuchs and guards around him, including Liu Jishu, aside, and then held on to the railing, "Old Seven, what do you think of the emperor, brother?" β
"The imperial brother is the true dragon emperor, now that the Huangchao rebellion is about to be decided, the imperial brother will definitely be able to rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty!" Li Ye said against his will, if you don't say that, can you say that the other party is a faint king? Unless he's thinking he's lived too long.
"Old Seven, Brother Huang knows that you won't tell the truth. Then there is the imperial brother, the imperial brother can be said to be the most cowardly, and he can't even do something. You all watched the imperial brother in the emperor's position, but did you ever think that the imperial brother was just a puppet? Li Yi laughed at himself.
Li Ye was a little surprised, he didn't know how the other party could have such an idea, this was not the Li Yi he was familiar with. His own imperial brother was moody, and he didn't know what the other party meant, so he tentatively said, "Why does the imperial brother think so, the imperial brother's words are holy decrees, who dares not to listen?" Who dares to treat the royal brother as a puppet! β
"The emperor's father, who regarded the emperor's brother as a puppet, called him his father for so many years." Perhaps realizing Li Ye's surprise, Li Yi continued, "King Shou, are you surprised? In the past, I may not have felt that until the Yellow Nest rebellion, I was forced to flee to this land of Xichuan.
To put it nicely, it's called Lucky to Shudi, but if it's not good, it's actually a flight for your life to escape here. What Zhongxing, maybe after a while, my words will not be able to spread this palace, then I have really become a puppet, so what does it mean to be the emperor?
I even thought that whoever wanted to be the emperor would be whoever was. King Ji, isn't he very greedy? And you, Shouwang, huh! β
Li Yi said this very casually, as if a scheming person was saying it in anger, but Li Ye realized that something was wrong.
"The younger brother doesn't dare, the imperial brother is the true son of heaven, the younger brother will never think about it, if the imperial brother doesn't believe it, the younger brother can go to Liaodong, Annan and other places to guard the frontier for the imperial brother." Li Ye hurriedly bent down and said.
Hearing Li Ye's answer, Li Yi didn't react for a long time, and Li Ye just bent over and stood there quietly, even if it was early winter, some beads of sweat oozed from his head.
"King Shou, I'm just joking, I see how scared you." Li Yi suddenly laughed out loud.
"Don't make such a joke, the royal brother should not open it, the younger brother has just married the princess, and he hasn't had a good life for a few days." Li Ye smiled bitterly.
Looking at the unpredictable expression of the imperial brother in front of him, Li Ye realized that this imperial brother was not as dull as he appeared, if he was really mediocre, he could say what he just said? However, he can be sure that the other party's change must have changed after coming to Chengdu, and before that, the other party would not consider these at all, not to mention how happy he was to be the emperor in Chang'an.
It should be that after coming to Chengdu, a series of changes made this cynical emperor finally grow. As for the extent of growth, Li Ye doesn't know, I'm afraid only Li Yi himself knows.
"But King Shou, you may really not be able to live a good life for a few days." Li Yi glanced at Li Ye and said lightly, "That father of mine has mentioned many times before that you should go to the place, including the Annan you just mentioned.
To tell you the truth, I don't want you to leave Chengdu and leave my side, but my father has always suggested it, and I have to obey my father's advice now. But I won't let you go to the remote place of Annan, Shannan Dongdao, Jingnan, Hunan, you choose one, this is what the imperial brother can do for you. β
Hearing that Jing Nan, who he was discussing with his subordinates, was one of them, Li Ye was secretly happy in his heart, but he always felt that this matter was not so simple.
Thinking of this, Li Ye arched his hand and said, "Brother Huang, how dare the thieves deceive you like this." As long as the imperial brother gives an order, the younger brother Yuan led the troops to take down the field thief and returned the power to the imperial brother. β
Li Yi shook his head, "After Yang Fugong was demoted, Father has already mastered all the Shence Army, plus the Xichuan Army, with only the Tiance Army under your command of King Shou, will it be the opponent of nearly 100,000 troops?" So this kind of risky move, Shouwang should not mention it again, although it is not as good as Chengdu, let alone Chang'an, but at least you can be a comfortable prince.
When the time comes, you will take the Tiance Army with you, and in this chaotic situation, you can also save your life. β
"Brother Huang!" Li Ye was a little anxious.
"Alright, don't mention it again." Li Yi interrupted, "Have you thought about where to go?" β
"This..." Li Ye pretended to hesitate, and finally made a 'difficult' choice, "My brother is willing to go to Hunan." β
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"Since it's decided, let's go back and get ready, at the latest, you will have to leave the court." Li Yi said with emotion.
Seeing Li Yi's side, Li Ye also had a lot of doubts in his heart. His royal brother seems to have woken up, but he hasn't woken up, so he can't guess what the other party thinks. So he didn't say that he was going to Jingnan, but said Hunan, just to test the other party's true attitude.
At this time, Hunan was not the Hunan of later generations, it was sparsely populated, and it had just been plagued by the Yellow Nest a few years ago, so the foundation was not good. Moreover, the secession here was formed earlier, and the imperial court has not been able to effectively control this place. The reason why he said to go to Hunan was because it was far away, which could dispel Li Yi's suspicions.
Although Li Yi always said that it was because of Tian Lingzi that he was forced to let him out. But Li Ye knew that his imperial brother was still wary of himself, but he didn't want to attack him, so he simply drove himself away.
However, Li Ye didn't know that the reason why Li Yi had this attitude was because the emperor was afraid. An emperor, or the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is actually afraid, if it spreads, absolutely no one will believe it.
But this is true, because Li Yi knows his situation. He was only the fifth prince, and when Yizong died, he was not the most suitable heir, but a few eunuchs killed several other older princes and put him on the throne.
Although he became this emperor, he didn't feel anything before, but with the rebellion of Huangchao and Guo Qi, he realized that he was a failure as an emperor. So he began to wake up, and he supported Shouwang, Yang Fugong and others to fight with Tian Lingzi in the ring.
Li Yi is playing a balance meter, but his balance is not very clever, or in the case that he has no strength, playing balance will not lead to good results in the end.
Just like Yang Fuguang died, Tian Lingzi cleaned up Yang Fugong and collected the power in Yang Fugong's hands. Tian Lingzi, who controlled the forbidden army, and Chen Jingxuan, who controlled the Xichuan army, Li Yi was afraid, he didn't dare to attack Tian Lingzi, he was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of several imperial brothers.
So he chose to compromise, although he quarreled with Tian Lingzi, he still agreed to release Li Ye, which is why he mentioned this matter on the second day of Li Ye's wedding. In his opinion, although the puppet emperor is the nest, at least he is still the emperor, and for no reason, Tian Lingzi cannot poison him.
But for all this, Li Ye doesn't know now, and when he knows, it will be a few years later.
(End of chapter)