It's night.

Changan.

In the back garden of King Wu's mansion.

Li Ke, the king of Wu, sat in the garden and looked at Li Tai who was sitting in front of him.

He suddenly realized that he had never taken a serious and good look at his face, his eyebrows, and his eyes after all these years of fighting with this brother.

He also suddenly realized that he and this brother looked so similar......

It was so similar that he almost had a suspicion of-

Could it be that he is also from the eldest grandson queen?

However, such a thought only flashed in the bottom of my heart, and then quickly disappeared.

He doesn't allow himself to have such thoughts, he cares more than anyone else, and loves his mother more.

The same is true for the concubine, so naturally he will not believe this.

Let alone......

He smiled faintly:

Aren't the similarities between himself and Li Tai inherited from their common father?

"The third brother doesn't seem to be in a bad mood today."

Li Tai looked at him and suddenly smiled faintly:

"As soon as I heard that my little brother was coming, I put down everything and came neatly."

Li Ke said lightly:

"If you don't come, you can't do it?

Thanks to you, this king is now under house arrest in this palace of King Wu......

What else can we be busy with? ”

Li Tai smiled and said:

"Really?

The third brother really thought that the house arrest of the third brother was the handiwork of the younger brother? ”

"Naturally, it's not your handiwork, but at least, it has nothing to do with you."

Li Ke looked directly at Li Taidao:

"Although the lord is the one who puts this king under house arrest, why does he put this king under house arrest?

Isn't it because you also dragged this king into this Jinggao Alliance, intending to use this king to unmask the king of Han, and then destroy it in one fell swoop?

The lord knew that in this way, the good uncle must be in a hurry to clean up the door for the lord, and the king had no way to live, so he managed to put the king under house arrest first, and did not teach the king to go out, in order to pass this pass and save his life?

And isn't that exactly what you want?

You want this king to be under house arrest, because you think this king is very likely to help Gao Yang and them......

Yes and no? ”

"Everyone in the world knows that the great enemy of this king is the third brother, and so is this king.

But the one who knows you best is often not your friend, but your rival......

So third brother, this king dares to say a word, this king is not thinking about you.

Do you dare to tell this king that it is impossible for you to help Gao Yang? ”

Li Ke was silent for a while, and then said lightly:

"Indeed, the king does not know......

After all, she is the younger sister of this king. ”

"But the one sitting on the throne is still your dearest and favorite little brother and slave!!"

Li Tai drank in a low voice, and Li Ke's face turned pale from drinking!

Li Ke looked at Li Tai, his face as pale as snow.

After a long time, he said in a low voice:

"I really didn't think about it 10 years ago......

Today, it is you who say this to me. ”

Li Tai straightened his waist and said with a faint smile:

"Was it only 10 years ago?

I thought that you and I had a grudge against each other in this life......

But since we were still in the bun, it was already the beginning. ”

Li Ke suddenly chuckled:

"Yes......

Even at that time, whether you or me, I didn't know what it meant to fight in the back court......

But......

But for the sake of our respective mothers, we are already fighting. ”

Li Ke suddenly raised his head, looked at Li Tai, and asked a little incomprehensibly:

"There's something I wanted to ask you for a long time, and I wanted to hear you say it in person."

Li Tai raised his eyes and looked at him:

"If you have a question, just ask!

You should also know that I came today just to put an end to the matter between the two of us. ”

Li Ke nodded and said lightly:

"I know......

I know, that's why I didn't ask you anything else.

What I want to ask is......

How did Cheng Qian find out that I had the intention of competing with him...... I know.

But where did you find out?

I remember you were just a few years old. ”

Li Tai smiled faintly:

"This is easy...... Do you still remember the annual banquet that year, because the young slaves were clamoring to eat the precious fruits, so the father gave all the precious fruits to our brothers to eat? ”

Li Ke thought about it, nodded and said:

"Yes, but I don't remember what I did that made people look suspicious.

I have never forgotten the name my father gave me:

......"

Li Ke also replied to Li Tai with a smile as faint as a cold water microwave:

"So...... I really abided by my duty that day, and I didn't fight for what I shouldn't fight, didn't want what I shouldn't want, didn't take what I shouldn't take, and didn't take it. ”

Li Tai said:

"It's because you didn't take it that I knew that you didn't regard Cheng Qian as a big brother at all, but as an opponent."

Li Ke was stunned, recalling the old things, and now he can judge whether what he did back then was appropriate through today's method of thinking.

Under the first sentence, he had to look at Li Tai with a look of admiration:

"yes......

Now that I think about it, at that New Year's banquet that year, it was the first time that I didn't grab the treasure fruit in Cheng Qian's hand like other little brothers, or even you, but always sat obediently on the side, watching him being surrounded by people and you being surrounded by people. ”

Li Tai nodded:

"If only you understood."

Li Ke smiled bitterly:

"No wonder the mother regarded you as a great enemy when she was there......

It's just that from such a trivial matter, you actually suspected me. ”

"Originally, it was not a big deal not to be close to Cheng Qian, and not to take his precious fruits. After all, the situation between you and Concubine Shu in the palace at that time was extremely embarrassing, and you have never been close to our three brothers.

What really makes me feel that the reason why you have thoughts about Cheng Qian's position as the crown prince is because you later took me from Cheng Qian's arms and gave it to the young slave, and the young slave gave you the fruit. ”

Li Tai said lightly:

"You don't want to get close to Cheng Qian and me, but you are willing to get close to Cheng Qian and me, the little brother of the same mother's compatriot...... I thought it was a little weird.

At that time, I was just young, and I vaguely just felt that it was because the young slave was the youngest, and he was coquettish to love, and he wouldn't threaten you and bully you like other children?

Even the reason why you are reluctant to get close to my eldest brother and me is wishful thinking that there are too many old things in our two palaces, and you are limited by your mother and concubine, so it is inconvenient to get close.

But later, when I overheard what my uncle said to my father, I found that or since then, you have faintly made a decision in your heart to compete with Chengqian. ”

Li Ke raised his eyes and looked at him:

"What?"

"At that time, it was after the assassination of Jiucheng Palace, and the princes inside and outside the palace were being liquidated, who might be involved in the rebellion.

He said a lot of people who were implicated, but only when he mentioned that Uncle Yuan Ze Wang also seemed to be passively involved, and when he revealed some news, he said: Uncle Yuan Ze can stay, first, because he was unintentionally lost, and second, and most importantly, because he had no intention or ability to compete with his father for the throne. ”

Li Tai raised his head, looked at Li Ke and said:

And the last words of the uncle are like this:

Lord, you need Yuan Zhi, because of his presence, you can show your tolerance and generosity, and you don't have to worry that he will intend to rebel - as a king, it is better to have such an idle emperor who is favored and intelligent, but has absolutely no intention of fighting for power and profit. If such a person stays around, it is always better than a bloodbath, and as a result, only one king is left on the throne...... Or maybe everyone around you has ill intentions and bad intentions are much better......

The Lord does not have to worry about his own heights, but at the same time, when he decides to purge those who have a rebellious heart, he can use the existence of the Yuan Rule to prove one thing to the world:

Lord, you are not intolerant, but those people have gone too far.

If they are all like Yuan Zhi, why don't you want to get along with them like Yuan Zhi? ”