Li Zhi is still the same Li Zhi as before, even if Li Shimin has decided to crown him the crown prince, his temperament has not changed much, and he is even worried about Li Tai's fate, but it is precisely because of his character that Li Shimin will make up his mind to make him the crown prince, because only when Li Zhi ascends the throne will he not attack Li Chengqian and Li Tai.

"Pheasant slave, don't worry, although your father is very disappointed in your fourth brother, he won't really do anything to him, but your fourth brother's title of prince may not be kept, and he will be stationed in other places in the future, and it will be difficult to return to Chang'an!" Facing Li Zhi's worries, Li Xiu said with a smile at this time.

"Why did the fourth brother lose his title, even if his father did not make the fourth brother the crown prince, there is no need to deprive him of his title?" Li Zhi couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard Li Xiu's answer.

"This ......" Li Xiu didn't know how to explain it at this time, because he knew that with Li Zhi being crowned prince, Li Tai would definitely be demoted, which was not a punishment for Li Tai, but a protection for Li Tai, because if Li Tai was not degraded, it would only make Li Zhi feel threatened, and now Li Zhi is still young, but if he grows up, he is likely to get rid of Li Tai because of this, so now demoting Li Tai to other places is protecting him.

"Pheasant slave, you are still too young, there are some things you don't understand, and when you are a few years older, you will naturally understand!" Li Xiu finally smiled bitterly and said to Li Zhi, some things can be done but not said, some things can be said and cannot be done, Li Zhi obviously doesn't understand this truth, but it doesn't matter, when he really ascends to the throne of the crown prince, and after a few years of training by Li Shimin, he will soon understand this truth.

Seeing that Li Xiu didn't say anything, Li Zhi also showed a disappointed expression on his face, but he also knew that the things in the court were too complicated, and some of them were indeed not something he could understand now, so he didn't ask again, but asked Li Xiu how to be a qualified prince, Li Xiu didn't have anything to teach him, but asked him to ask Li Shimin more in the future, after all, the prince is the future emperor, and the most suitable person to teach him is naturally the current emperor.

A few days later, the will of Li Zhi to be canonized as the crown prince was conveyed, and in addition to this holy decree, there was also a holy decree that Li Tai was demoted to the king of Donglai County, so that the rumor that Li Tai lost the crown prince because of a sentence was confirmed, and as a result, Li Tai was rumored to be the laughing stock of the entire Tang Dynasty for a while.

However, although Li Shimin was disappointed in Li Tai, but in the holy decree of the demotion of the knight, he once again couldn't help but show his concern for Li Tai, and his holy decree was more like a letter to Li Tai, first said that Li Tai was his favorite son, and also recalled a lot of previous situations with Li Tai, and the words were also sincere, which made people can't help but want to cry, and in the end, the reason for Li Tai's demotion was very vague, just to prevent future generations of descendants from thinking that the throne could be obtained by planning, so he condemned Li Tai.

Of course, no matter what, Li Tai's title of prince is still gone, and he will be demoted to other places, it is estimated that without Li Shimin's permission in the future, he will not want to add Chang'an for the rest of his life. Of course, Li Xiu knew that with Li Shimin's favor for Li Tai, it was estimated that his title would be restored in a few years.

With Li Zhi being established as the crown prince, and Li Tai was demoted out of Chang'an, the second battle for the heirs of the Tang Dynasty finally came to an end, compared with the cruelty of the first time in Xuanwumen, although the competition for the crown prince was also very fierce, but under Li Shimin's restraint, there was no bloodshed, and even Li You, who should have been given death, picked up a life because of shit luck, and was finally degraded by Li Shimin to be exiled to Chenzhou, which is farther away than Li Chengqian's Quzhou, but not only can he not come back in his life, it is estimated that his children and grandchildren will have to stay there.

With the passage of time, a new year is coming soon, Li Xiu thought that this year of many disasters and difficulties was finally coming to an end, but what he didn't expect was that when the New Year was about to pass, Qin Qiong finally failed to survive this winter, and then Ma Ye also passed away, which made Li Xiu extremely sad.

Since the destruction of Goguryeo, Qin Qiong's body began to age day by day, but it used to be healthy, but after Ma Ye died, Qin Qiong's body collapsed all of a sudden because of excessive grief, Li Xiu also visited him many times, and Sun Simiao also helped him recuperate, but Qin Qiong's age was old, and he suffered too many injuries when he was young, if it weren't for Li Xiu, I'm afraid he would have died a few years ago, and now the old injury has recurred, and it has destroyed Qin Qiong's body all of a sudden, and finally died ten days after the onset of the disease.

Li Shimin was also very sad about Qin Qiong's departure, not only went to mourn in person, but also posthumously presented him as the governor of Xuzhou and Hu Guogong after Qin Qiong's death, and called him "Zhuang".

The departure of Ma Ye and Qin Qiong also marks that the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty have begun to withdraw from the stage of history, even among the people who are still alive now, such as Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin and others, they have also entered old age, and the ministers like Fang Xuanling were a little better, but generals like Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin had a huge impact, which also made the army of the Tang Dynasty also face a situation of upgrading.

Fortunately, Li Shimin has begun to make preparations in this regard before, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui and others are the best candidates, and the military academy is also constantly cultivating a steady stream of talents needed by the army, although most of these talents can only serve as middle-level generals in the army, but there are already some outstanding talents who have come to the fore, and it is estimated that it will not be long before a new batch of famous generals will appear in Datang.

Qin Qiong's funeral was not completed until the New Year, and because there were too many things that happened last year, this year's Shangyuan Festival was not very lively, and even Li Shimin did not come to the palace gate to have fun with the ministers, and after the New Year, Li Zhi also began to accompany Li Shimin every day to learn how to deal with the government, and every time he went to the court, he would also take Li Zhi with him, because Li Shimin was worried that his time was running out, so he had to let Li Zhi learn how to be a qualified emperor in the shortest possible time.

Li Zhi is busy studying government affairs, and the time to come to Li Xiu is naturally less, but the son and Lizhi still come every day, especially Lizhi, she and Ping'anlang have been engaged for a long time, and the age of the two has also arrived, so it's time to discuss the wedding, if nothing else, the two of them can get married this year.

However, just when Li Xiu was preparing for his son's wedding, he suddenly received good news that Xuanzang, who had been in Tianzhu for many years, finally came back!