After arranging everything, Li Ke began his leisurely days. and Kong Jingrou live in the Thousand Buddha Mountain, enjoying the quiet world of the two.

But the good times didn't last long, and Li Ke enjoyed this life for less than half a month. was broken by Li Shimin's holy decree.

And this time it was none other than Li Ke's personal eunuch Wang De. It stands to reason that Wang De should not have left Li Shimin's side.

Because Wang De's identity is not only a eunuch, but also Li Shimin's personal guard. Responsible for Li Shimin's personal safety.

Since Wang De came to Qizhou in person, there must be a special explanation from Li Shimin. And it's a secret confession that no one else is allowed to know.

When Li Ke learned that Wang De had arrived in Qizhou, he shook his head helplessly, and said to Kong Jingrou beside him: "It seems that our stable days are over, and we will be busy again." ”

"San Lang is saying that Wang De came to Qizhou this time to prepare to lift San Lang's grounding?" Kong Jingrou opened her mouth and asked Li Ke.

"If it was just to lift my grounding, that would be fine. I'm afraid there is a new task issued this time, and my father won't let me be idle like this? Li Ke said with a sigh.

Just when Li Ke and Kong Jingrou were complaining, Wang Tianlai led Wang De to Qianfo Mountain. and personally read Li Shimin's holy decree to Li Ke.

The content is to lift Li Ke's grounding, so that Li Ke will immediately prepare to fully take over the fief, and the military and political power within the fief within a year must be fully controlled by Li Ke.

Li Shimin had already given Li Ke the right to open the palace and the three divisions, and now let Li Ke take over the military and political power in the fiefdom within a year. This shows that Li Shimin intends to support Li Ke.

After Li Ke received the holy decree, he left the Thousand Buddha Temple. led everyone back to the palace of King Qi. That night, Li Ke and Wang Debing had a candlelight talk.

Wang De was the first to speak and said to Li Ke: "Lord Wang, the slave went to Qizhou City this time to announce the decree. He also brought a person to the prince, but there was some delay on the way when he came, and he should arrive in Qizhou tomorrow morning. ”

"But the slave thinks that the prince should greet him in person early tomorrow morning. Only in this way can the prince appear to be a corporal and make that person leave a good impression on the prince. ”

Hearing Wang De's words, Li Ke really couldn't guess who the person in Wang De's mouth was. However, since Wang De felt that he should greet him in person, it showed that this person was definitely not an ordinary person.

So Li Ke opened his mouth and said to Wang De: "Although this king doesn't know who is coming, but since the prince thinks that this king should greet him in person." The king will take the officials of Qizhou early tomorrow morning and personally go to the city gate to greet him. ”

"Doesn't the prince want to know, who this person is?" Wang De looked at Li Ke in surprise and asked. After all, Li Ke is His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, so there is no need to say that his identity is noble.

With his own words, he is willing to deign to descend and go out of the city to greet him. This shows how much Li Ke trusts him, and how can this make Wang De not surprised?

"What the prince does to this king, this king's heart is like a mirror. And why do we need to know who is coming? Li Ke said to Wang De with a smile.

"Thank you for the prince's trust in the minion, the minion will definitely not fail the prince's trust." Wang De said to Li Ke excitedly.

"The prince doesn't have to be like this, this king just has something to ask you. I wonder how the king's aunt, Princess Nanyang, lives now after she arrives in Chang'an City? Li Ke opened his mouth and said to Wang De.

Wang De said to Li Ke with a smile: "After Princess Nanyang entered the palace, she untied the knot in her heart with the emperor. stayed in the Ganlu Hall that night, which was also a matter of the emperor's heart. ”

"Now Princess Nanyang has her own residence in the palace, and the relationship between her and the emperor is also very harmonious. It's just that Princess Nanyang doesn't like to see outsiders, except for a few close relatives, she doesn't want to see anyone. ”

"It seems that there is definitely a story of ups and downs between my aunt and my father. If there is a chance for this king to return to Chang'an City, he must ask his father about it. Li Ke said to Wang De with a smile on his face.

"Lord, but there is one thing that makes the emperor very angry. That is, the emperor is ready to crown Princess Nanyang as a concubine, and also added a separate title of Concubine Jiang for her. In order to commemorate the acquaintance of the emperor and Princess Nanyang in Jiangdu. ”

"How could it be that the ministers of the court, led by the eldest grandson Wuji, actually opposed the emperor's proposal in the court. even did not hesitate to threaten the emperor with resignation. In the end, the matter had to be settled. Wang De said angrily.

Li Ke said with a smile on his face: "The eldest grandson Wuji naturally doesn't want to see that his aunt was canonized as a concubine by his father. Because he was worried that it would affect the status of the queen mother. ”

To put it bluntly, he is more worried that the status of his eldest grandson's family will also become less precious than before because the queen mother fell out of favor. even lost the right to speak in the Guan Long family. ”

Having said that, it is a flagrant defiance of the will of God. And let the emperor not come down very much, which is not what a courtier should do. ”

"Now the emperor is a little alienated from the eldest grandson queen because of this. After all, this eldest grandson Wuji is the elder brother of the eldest grandson queen. Wang De said.

"The king can be sure that the queen will never be involved in this matter. Because this king knows the virtues of the queen very well, it must be the father who blames the queen mother. Li Ke said after waving his hand.

"Regardless of whether this matter is related to the queen mother or not, in the end, I am afraid that the queen mother will be implicated in the end." Wang De opened his mouth and said to Li Ke.

"The father is just angry for a while, and he won't really blame the queen at all. So the prince doesn't have to worry about it. Li Ke said to Wang De with a smile.

"By the way, this time the slave came to Qizhou to meet the prince, and the emperor's secret decree was to be transferred to the prince." After Wang De finished speaking, he took out a secret letter from his arms. Then respectfully handed it over to Li Ke's hands.

Li Ke took the secret letter and looked at it, only to see that the secret letter read: My son Li Ke personally opened. This couldn't help but surprise Li Ke, because Li Ke had already seen from the font that this letter was Li Shimin's handwriting.

And Li Shimin called Li Ke like this, which shows that this letter is not a correspondence between monarchs and ministers. Instead, it is to put aside the father-son family letters other than the monarch and the minister.

So Li Ke opened the envelope and took out Li Shimin's letter. I saw that the letter wrote: "My son Li Ke, now you are embattled, I wanted to ground you in Qianfoshan Mountain to show protection, but now I am afraid that it will backfire......"

The general meaning of Li Shimin's letter is that he knows that Li Ke is already on the cusp of the storm, so he is ready to let him be grounded in Qianfoshan. Therefore, it is not a punishment for Li Ke, but a special way of protection. lest Li Ke receive unnecessary harm.