Chapter 20: What if

"This question is really not easy to answer, to be honest, the child has considered such a situation before, but this decision is not on me, but on my brothers, more than say that the emperor's family has no family affection, but I still hope that my brothers can live in peace."

Li Shen sighed and said, "The child also knows that the child was wrong before, so it caused today's situation, and jealousy kills people, but now the child just wants to live well." ”

Li Shen's face turned a little hideous, and he said coldly: "As long as I am not happy, they will not want to live a stable life." He raised his head and stared at His Majesty Li Er, and said, "Father, do you feel that our brothers can live in harmony?" ”

Looking at His Majesty Li Er, who was embarrassed, Li Shen smiled bitterly: "It seems that my father already knows the answer, so why come and ask me?" Whoever ascends the throne of my brothers, I will be the first to die, and I ......"

"Qian'er, you ......"

"Father doesn't believe it?" Li Shen interrupted him.

"Father, you just don't admit what you think in your heart."

"Qian'er, you ......," His Majesty Li Er said with a sad face.

Li Shen sighed and said helplessly: "It doesn't matter to me whether I believe it or not. ”

"Qian'er, I ask you, if one day you board again... I said, "If you can spare the lives of your brothers?" ”

"Father, if it doesn't exist at all, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future, just think about you back then, you definitely want to kill you with your uncle and fourth uncle? Do you force you to kill them? ”

Li Shen looked at His Majesty Li Er, who was silent, and then said, "So no one can say what will happen in the future. I beg your pardon for not being able to answer you exactly. ”

Li Shen looked at His Majesty Li Er, whose eyes were a little ruddy, and sighed in his heart, a little speechless, being in the middle of the royal family, as an emperor, he couldn't even be sure of such a simple thing, and he had to maintain peaceful coexistence between his children, how could this be possible?

Li Ke's fate is the best proof, he didn't fight, and in the end he didn't end up dying young.

His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Shen, and said with a slightly trembling voice: "You mean to say that you brothers have to fight to the death before they are willing to give up?" ”

Li Shen shook his head and said: "This kind of thing is not something that can be slapped in the face, since someone fights, he has to pay a certain price for what he does, including his life." ”

"If you fight, didn't your father also leave you with your life?"

"Father, what is the use of you telling me this? I am now just a commoner, and it is a gift from your father that I can enter the palace freely. As I said, I don't want to get involved in the fight for the throne right now, and what you're saying is just what ifs, so it's all hypothetical. Li Shen shook his head and said lightly.

"What if the assumption is true?"

Li Shen was shocked when he heard this, and looked at His Majesty Li Er with tears in his eyes in front of him in disbelief, the development of things was a little beyond his imagination, did he really intend to let him return to the position of the crown prince?

"Father asked you, what is true of your hypothesis?"

"Father, you ......"

"Answer me."

Li Shen stretched out his hand and scratched his head, glanced at His Majesty Li Er, and said, "I don't know." However, the child asked his father, and his father regretted killing the uncle and the fourth uncle very much over the years, and the child wanted to ask, if the uncle and the fourth uncle killed the child and kissed them, would the father still be able to keep their lives? ”

looked at His Majesty Li Er, who was silent, and continued: "So many things can't be determined. The child said that he didn't want to deceive his father, and he always knew how to repent when he did something wrong. ”

Li Shen smiled and said: "Father, there is no need to think about these things anymore, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, since he chooses to go, he should learn to bear the consequences and blame anyone." ”

Then he stood up and saluted His Majesty Li Er, Li Shen felt that there was no need to dwell on this issue anymore, his mind was always to hope that his sons could coexist peacefully, and said: "It's not too early, it's time for my son to leave the palace." ”

Li Shen walked out of the Xuanzheng Palace, stood outside the gate and exhaled deeply, knowing that it was just His Majesty Li Er's casual question, if he wanted to stand in this palace again, it was not something that could be solved in one sentence, unless the ministers of the court and the central government could agree, otherwise it would be difficult.

However, most of the people in the court are from families, and if they want to agree, Li Shen feels that there is no hope in this life.

Li Shen smiled, it is estimated that His Majesty Li Er's words today, the brothers who can take on the position of the future son of heaven have already asked, and I don't know how they answered, is Li Tai still like the history said that killing the son is passed on to the younger brother?

Li Shen stretched his waist, looked at the steps in front of him, and shook his head, it would take a lot of effort to go down.

"Come out." His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Shen's disappearing back and said lightly.

"Erchen has seen his father." Li Ke walked out from behind the screen and saluted His Majesty Li Er, always maintaining a faint smile on his face, and a trace of essence flashed in his bent eyes, a essence of ambition.

His Majesty Li Er sighed, looked at Li Ke, who was very similar to him in appearance, and said lightly: "Your eldest brother is right, you should understand, right?" What do you think? ”

His Majesty Li Er really has no choice, Li Tai is completely out of the climate, since what happened to Li Zhi last time, he knows that he has changed now, if he ascends the throne as the emperor, he will not be able to accommodate Li Shen at all.

There are so many sons, but how many can take on the responsibility? The only thing left is Li Ke, his intelligence, his temperament, only he is the most suitable candidate, it is his identity that makes him a little difficult.

His Majesty Li Er coughed slightly, and he didn't know what was going on, these days he always felt that his body was getting worse and worse, and he couldn't lift his strength, he felt that he was really old, old, especially after Qian'er's rebellion, he felt that his body was getting worse.

"My father knows what his son is thinking, so why should he ask his son again?"

"Father only hopes that you can promise your father that you will spare your brother's life no matter what." His Majesty Li Er said that the whole person seemed to be much older, stood up and walked out of the hall, and said without looking back: "Today, your eldest brother said well, I hope it will not reach the ears of the second person." ”

"The retainers take the order."

Looking at the back of His Majesty Li Er's departure, Li Ke showed a faint smile on his face, picked up the teacup on the table, turned it around, and muttered: "Big brother, thank you very much, otherwise the little brother would not have today." But don't worry, the little brother will keep your life, and it is also to repay you for teaching the little brother. ”