It's night.

Yanjia Palace.

**。

Mei Niang looked at the childish slave who poured wine cup after cup and sighed silently.

After a long time, she saw that the young slave refused to stop drinking, so she couldn't help but grab the wine glass and said, "You came to find Sister Wu today, just to let me see how drunk you are?"

When the young slave heard this, he said abruptly: "Sister Wu, do you know that my father is ...... today."

"Isn't it that Your Majesty has a decree today, and you will enter the court tomorrow? What's the big deal. Mei Niang said disappreciably: "Your age should have been long ago."

When the young slave heard this, he was dumbfounded. After a long time, he resented as if his heart was dead, and he got up and said dejectedly: "That's it, it's a childish slave, it's not a childish slave, and the childish slave shouldn't be ......."

"If you still think of me as a sister, then sit down." Mei Niang said that the young slave struggled helplessly, and sat down for a long time.

Mei Niang looked at him and said, "How old are you this year?"

"Sixteen (imaginary years, the ancients liked to say imaginary years)." The young slave said sullenly.

"What did your eldest brother do when he was sixteen? Where's your third brother? What about the fourth brother? Is it your most uncompetitive seventh brother (King Jiang)? ”

Mei Niang asked again and again, and the childish slave who asked was dumbfounded.

Mei Niang saw him like this, so she sighed: "Child, in fact, you understand that you can't escape this, and you also know that you have to embark on this road after all...... It's just that you don't want to admit it, and you don't want to admit it. But there are some things that you can't escape. Just like you, as a prince, you are destined to be the pillar of the Tang Dynasty. ”

The slave clenched his fists. Silent.

Seeing him like this, Mei Niang couldn't bear it, so she sighed: "Sister Wu will tell you a story, and you will make a decision after listening to it, okay?"

The young slave looked at Mei Niang and nodded in agreement.

Mei Niang let out a long breath, thought about it, and then said slowly: "There is a man who is calm and upright, and has great ambitions. He was also very happy, married the woman he really loved, and got the opportunity to follow a master of the world. And soon his wife bore him two sons. He felt that he had no regrets in his life.

But later, his life changed a little because of this master............ Lord Ming is old, the son of Lord Ming, another more wise lord, gave this man a chance to prove his loyalty can also be loyal to the son of Lord Ming, so that he can have a reason to give him a future.

But the man hesitated—he couldn't bear his wife and children, and he felt that if he followed the son of the master, there must be risks. He didn't care, but he couldn't care less about his children and his wife. He told himself that there would be a chance in the future.

Therefore, this opportunity was lost......"

Mei Niang took a deep breath and smiled: "Actually, when it comes to saying that he has lost the opportunity to show his loyalty to the son of the Ming Lord forever......

Soon, the new Ming Lord showed his talent and made great achievements, and those who chose to follow the son of the Ming Lord, that is, the new Ming Lord, also became famous all over the world, and it will inevitably be famous through the ages......

And what about this man? He regretted losing such a precious opportunity day by day, and his beloved wife also felt guilty and blamed herself for it, and finally died of depression. ”

The young slave understood: "Sister Wu...... This man ......"

"It's my father." Mei Niang said softly: "There are three regrettable things in my father's life: one is the early death of the woman he loves the most, the second is the loss of the opportunity to serve His Majesty, and the third is the ......" Mei Niang hesitated, smiled bitterly after all, and then said: "Childish, Sister Wu really doesn't want to see you regret it like Sister Wu's father when you grow old in the future, and you haven't made a career......

Sister Wu knows that although you are indifferent by nature, you also have a heart for the world - don't ask me how I know, we use chess as a companion every day, and we can see everything.

Promise Sister Wu, at least, don't let yourself regret it in the future, okay? ”

Looking at Mei Niang's bright eyes, the childish slave's heart warmed, and she nodded: "That...... Sister Wu also has to promise the slave, and in the future, the slave will ask to see Sister Wu for guidance if there is anything that the slave doesn't understand...... Sister Wu should never shy away from seeing it again, okay? ”

Mei Niang thought about it and nodded with a smile.

The first day of the third month of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan.

Three o'clock in the morning.

In the Temple of Manna.

Xiao Anning did not listen to his father's dissuasion, insisted on getting up from illness, and tearfully dressed his brother Jin Wang Zhi and tied a jade belt.

Taizong saw it and couldn't bear it.

"Brother, you are an adult when you go, you must not be above the court and embarrass your father, emperor and brothers, you know?" An Ning held back tears.

The slave nodded, holding back tears.

An Ning took the gold silk rope again, tied the snow-colored arrow sleeves embroidered with gold claw patterns on the childish slave's body, and sobbed again: "Brother, if you go to the court and stand with the ministers, you must know how to listen more and talk less. Especially the eldest brother has been depressed recently, you need to comfort him a lot, and don't make the eldest brother worry about his father......"

When the young slave heard this, he couldn't hold back his tears, so he cried and hugged An Ning into his arms and said: "If the queen mother is here, I am afraid that it will be such an ordinary ......."

Taizong was already holding back tears, and when he heard the words, he burst into tears, hugged his beloved daughter Jiao'er into his arms, and couldn't cry.

Seeing this, the palace people repeatedly comforted him, and then Wang Dejin said that the time had come, but the father and son had no choice but to leave.

Later, because of the difference between the monarch and the minister, Taizong took the jade by himself, passed through the three gates of nectar, Liangyi, and Zhu Ming, and went straight to the Taiji Palace.

The young slave was sent by Anning, after the establishment of government, piety, left Yanming three gates, turned into the Taiji Palace.

Since the young slave entered the palace, because he was a prince, he and his brother Li Tai and Li Ke joined hands to promote the ministers, and after the eldest brother the prince Chengqian, he was ranked with King Jiang.

The prince Chengqian was very happy when he saw that his younger brother was once promoted, so he mentioned it everywhere, and saw that the young slave was nervous and uneasy, and wrinkled the hem of his clothes when he knelt down, so he took care of it with his own hands, and comforted him: "Brother don't need to panic, just listen to it, if you need to move, you can follow your brother." If you don't know what to do, look at your third brother, fourth brother, and seventh brother, that's it. ”

When Li Tai and Li Ke heard this, they also tried their best to comfort him, and even King Jiang, who had never said much, stepped forward to appease him.

The childish slave made up his mind.

Oh, Taizong arrived, and Wang De, the inner attendant, entered, and after cleaning the dust three times, it was the emperor who announced that he would ascend to the throne.

Hundreds of officials then lined up at the foot of the jade steps, danced their sleeves, and invited Taizong to ascend to the throne with a big gift, and the mountain shouted long live.

Long live the voice, and the officials bowed.

The young slave followed and made a great salute. In my heart, there is indescribable excitement.

——This kind of voice in the court, long live the mountain shouting, echoing for a long time, he has heard countless times since he was nine years old. I have heard that there is no reaction......

He even thought that he would one day stand on top of this court, and he would never feel it again.

But he was wrong.

When he was in it, he felt this majestic momentum, and felt this solemn voice......

A stream of hot blood boiled in his chest!

A desire to do something began to burn in his heart!

"Your Majesty has a will, and the ministers are even-"

Wang De's voice came—he could barely recognize it...... Although this voice, and this sentence, he had heard it countless times......

But in this court, he suddenly felt ...... Everything he was familiar with seemed to be different.

Slowly, he got up with everyone and saw the man......

The man in the dragon robe and sitting on the golden dragon throne -

His father.

That's his father.

A spontaneous pride spread from his chest to his face, and he felt that his face must be crimson at the moment—though it wasn't.

But this excitement, this pride, this ......

This inexplicable sense of satisfaction and longing suddenly appeared inexplicably when he looked at the man who was suddenly unfamiliar and sat on the dragon seat.

He looked at Taizong, he was thinking about something......

At this moment, my father is sitting on such a high seat, can I still see him?

Or......

At this moment, what does the young slave he see in the eyes of his father look like? What about the big brother? What about the third brother? What about the fourth brother? What about my uncle?

……

In the eyes of my father, what does everything look like at this moment?

He felt that everything in front of him seemed unreal—as if it were illusory......

So, how do you make it real?

- Perhaps, if you stand up and look down from a high place, you will see it more clearly, right?

The slave was startled by the thought that popped into his mind, and hurriedly retracted his thoughts.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore......

Just when the young slave began to think wildly, Taizong opened his mouth:

"Today, presumably you Aiqing also know that the reign of King Jin is pretending to be in the court. From today onwards, there is one more of my sons who wants you to mention and correct them. ”

After speaking, he looked at the childish slave with a smile.

Although it is not that he has never been in the court with the ministers before, it is a small dynasty after all, and it is the first time that it is such a formal early dynasty. Therefore, the young slave was stunned and at a loss.

The ministers are wondering. Fortunately, Li Tai and Li Ke woke up, and immediately secretly pulled him.

The young slave immediately came to his senses, immediately blushed, got up shyly, stepped out of the ranks, bowed to Taizong with his crossed hands, and then got up and said: "The young slave thanked his father for his teachings." ”

Taizong nodded and smiled when he heard this. The ministers then called the king of Jin a thousand years old as a courtesy. The slave returned. Taizong immediately entered the list of childish slaves, and said with a smile: "In the future, I will have to learn a little more from all of you." ”

"Yes."

The slave saluted.

……

Early Dynasty Finish.

After Taizong retired from the court, he only ordered a few children and the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Yu Suiliang, Wei Ting, Wei Zheng, Ma Zhou and other ministers to stay.

In a moment, in the huge room of the main hall of the Taiji Palace, only a few of them remained.

Taizong smiled, got up, patted the shoulder of the young slave who was still a little crimson, and said, "How is it?" Today's first time in court? ”

"Father, childish slave...... The slave lost his temper......" the slave said shyly.

Taizong laughed and said, "It's okay, the first time I went out hunting with your imperial ancestor, I was so scared that I fell off my horse!" Learn more from your eldest brother in the future, and you will naturally know how to get along with the ministers. ”

Cheng Qian showed a rare smile and responded with a smile.

After a while of talking and laughing, the young slave saw that his uncle seemed to have something important to discuss with his father, so he retired.

Taizong originally wanted to keep him to be a businessman, but thinking that he was going to the court for the first time today, he was naturally a little nervous, so he smiled tolerantly and let him go.

When the slave heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and retired on his own.