At the end of May of the first year of Yonghui.

Tai Chi Palace.

Morning.

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, because the queen Wang had no heir, and the emperor's eldest son Chen Wangzhong, his mother was incompetent, and could not be relied on, and his mother also had a complaint, but he was specially allowed to give Li Zhong as the heir of the queen Wang, and announced it in court.

Civil and military officials, all obey.

In addition, the new lord of Tibet was established, but he was young and weak, and his minister Lu Dongzan then told the kingdom, asking the lord to show gold and ink, and he should be commended.

Li Zhi was very pleased when he heard this, so he wrote an edict to the court, and passed it left and right in the hands of Li Ji, the British prince who guarded the border affairs, and specially used Li Ji as a consolation envoy to announce this purpose and comfort the hearts of the monarchs and the people.

Seven days later, the seventh day of the sixth month.

The decree went to Li Ji's camp, and Li Ji received the order, but he was happy to tell the south (Chang'an, in the southwest direction of Li Ji's station. However, because Li Zhi is the monarch, Li Ji follows the rule that the monarch is southward, and bows to the south, which is the official rule. Dao:

"The Lord is gracious, as soon as this book comes out, the monarchs and ministers of Tubo and the people will be grateful!"

Then he ordered to bathe and change clothes, burn incense and worship the decree, and then went to Tubo to proclaim the holy decree with a golden case.

After obtaining the order, the new master of Tubo was young and overjoyed, and when he faced the face of the Chinese martial arts, he made a child-like high-five:

"With this decree from the Lord of the Kingdom, no one has to be afraid of loneliness!"

Because the lord is young, the ministers only smile with relief. And thinking of Li Zhilongen, the Tubo subjects were even more overjoyed.

His great minister Lu Dongzan immediately made a retreat, the words were earnest, and he was grateful again, and he said in a chiseled way:

"Today, the people of the Tibetan monarchs and ministers have received the grace of the Lord, and they have been comforted when the new Lord is first established. Therefore, in the future, we must take the Lord's order as the order, and the Lord's heart as the heart, and everything should be the Lord's heart, and there is no other reason! ”

……

The ninth day of June.

Changan.

Wu Wangfuzhong.

Inside the back garden.

"With the command of the Lord, and the heart of the Lord...... Is it? ”

Li Ke, the king of Wu, who was leaning on the couch in the pavilion in the garden, tasting wine on one wall and enjoying the lotus flowers in full bloom on the lake, couldn't help but smile lightly when he heard this:

"Sure enough, you are still the one who is most like our father among our brothers......"

On his side, Xiao Liang, who was close to him, was stunned, and took a step forward and said:

"Who is Your Highness talking about?"

Li Ke smiled faintly, stretched out his finger casually and pointed in the direction of Taiji Palace:

"Except for the one who is sitting on top of the dragon court right now......

Who else? ”

Xiao Liang was stunned and said:

"Your Highness is saying......

Your Majesty?

You say that Your Majesty is the most like the first emperor?

What do you mean?

Didn't the first emperor say that among the kings back then, the one who was most like the first emperor was His Royal Highness? ”

Li Ke smiled faintly, and there was an indescribable loneliness in his expression:

Having said that, it is also necessary to see when and where these words are spoken......

When my father said these words, it was only because this king was supported by the ministers and was quite a rival to the lord who was still the king of Jin at that time......

It is because he speaks like this, in order to arouse the lord who has always been reluctant to fight, to arouse some ambition and fighting spirit, and to compete with this king......

Otherwise, the father's mind is all on the young slave at that time, plus the princess of this princess......"

Li Ke stopped suddenly, was silent, and sighed for a while:

"Otherwise, my father would never have said these words again."

Xiao Liang opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything after all:

He has followed Li Ke since he was a child, but he understands his mind better than others, even Princess Gaoyang, who is closest to Li Ke.

That's why he was silent.

For a while, the master and servant were speechless, only hearing the sound of frogs and the chirping of cicadas.

After a while, seeing the two little boys coming up with refreshments according to the hour, Xiao Liang persuaded Li Ke, who was drinking a little smoky, to use some tea to illustrate the wine.

Li Ke didn't refuse, just drank quietly.

At this time, a report came from outside, Princess Dao's concubine was beloved, and another general, Chai Lingwu, asked to see.

When Li Ke heard that the two friends were coming, he couldn't help but perk up and ordered him to see him.

Not long after, two young generals of the same age as Li Ke and heroic and hearty walked in with a smile.

Li Kesu made friends with the two of them, but he didn't have any up and down attitudes, but laughed, leveled the courtesy of the two, and the three of them sat down separately.

Li Ke ordered Xiaoliang to add wine utensils and stepped forward, and then said:

"You two, why are you so in such a good mood to come to this king?

What, is there nothing going on in the DPRK? ”

When Fang Yiai heard this, he and Chai Lingwu glanced at each other, but they didn't answer, just watched Xiao Liang and the waiters all the wine utensils and dishes, and after retreating, they smiled and said:

"It is precisely because of the major events in the court that I can be so idle, come to His Highness's house, and drink and talk with His Highness!"

"Exactly, otherwise, if you come for no reason, I'm afraid that those boring people will run to your majesty to chew some tongue roots."

Li Ke knew that over the past few days, how much had been circulated in Chang'an City, all of them were about him and his two friends' bad intentions, and he also knew that this discussion must be released by someone with a heart, in order to put an end to the "future troubles" that those who have a heart think, so he smiled faintly and said:

"Lord Taiwei and the old ministers are so calculating, it is nothing more than worrying about us, the young generation, because of the strength of the flesh and blood, and the unwillingness to be bound for a long time to do something out of the ordinary......

After all, they are also important ministers of the court, and it is also a matter of duty to think about this.

It's better to complain less. ”

Chai Lingwu and Fang Yiai were also gloomy when they heard this, but soon, the three of them cheered up, smiled and chanted, and each held a wine glass as a respect.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Ke saw that there was inevitably a little low air in the banquet, so he had the heart to mention some interest, but said with a smile:

"I just said that there is a big event in the court...... But I don't know what it is.

Why are you so easy when there are so many big things? ”

Fang Yiai glanced at Chai Lingwu.

Chai Lingwu smiled and said:

"His Royal Highness knows about Tubo a few days ago, right?"

Li Ke nodded and said softly:

Fang Cai was still lamenting that the Lord was really wise, and he was able to win the loyalty of the new lord of Tibet in a silent manner...... Why, isn't there something that has changed? ”

Chai Lingwu was confused by Li Ke's words, and glanced at Fang Yiai, who was also confused, and said:

"Your Highness...... This new lord of Tibet is loyal to my Tang Dynasty......

But what does it have to do with the Lord?

That's a good thing to say. ”

Li Ke shook his head when he heard this, sat up straight, took the wet towel from Xiao Liang's hand, wiped his face, and lifted his spirits, before Xiao Liang retreated left and right and waited outside the pavilion, and then said softly:

"Could it be that the two of them really think that the allegiance expressed by Tubo this time is ...... Is it my whole Datang? ”

Fang bereavement love:

"Isn't it?"

Li Ke smiled lightly and shook his head:

"Do you two still remember, what kind of words did Lu Dongzan express his loyalty?"

Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu thought hard about it, but Chai Lingwu also remembered, so he said:

"It's not that unusual...... But it means to be loyal to the Lord, to take the heart of the Lord as your heart, and to take the Lord's command as your command...... or something."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Ke again, raised his eyebrows and said:

"Listening to it left and right, it's just a cliché about swearing allegiance to the kingdom?"

Fang Yiai also nodded.

Li Ke is not surprised that the two of them are like this:

In the end, the two of them were born as military generals, and they were young and hearty, so they couldn't be judged clearly in the dark words of such civil officials.

So he said:

"It does sound like that......

But when it comes to such clichés of allegiance to my Tang Dynasty, this Tibetan monarch has also said it countless times? When the abandoned sect was there, he also expressed his loyalty to my Tang Dynasty......

But think about it, when did he say that he was faithful to 'the Lord'? ”

Chai Lingwu is more than Fang Yiai, in the end, because of Princess Pingyang Zhao's proper training, there is some wisdom, so he blinked and said:

"I see......

Is it allegiance to the 'Lord', rather than loyalty to the 'Tang Dynasty' like abandoning the sect? ”