Chapter 649: Dying Old Man

Li Xiu and Li Shimin chatted a lot, and in the afternoon, Li Shimin held a banquet in the Taiji Hall again, all the civil and military officials participated, the theme was naturally to celebrate the Tang Dynasty's destruction of the Turks in one fell swoop, in fact, Li Shimin stopped celebrating in the past few days, not only the palace set up a banquet, but even Chang'an City was full of scenes celebrating victory, and even Li Shimin also set up a royal banquet in front of the palace gate, allowing the people in the city to take wine and meat, and as a result, the rich families in the city also did the same. You can see the people of the Tang Dynasty who are drinking crookedly everywhere on the streets. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition, what Li Xiu didn't expect was that even Li Yuan attended this banquet, and he was very happy, and even when he drank to the head, he even played the drum himself, Li Shimin also stood up and danced, don't think how formal the banquet of the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers is, in fact, the folk customs at this time are bold, when the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers drink together, they often sing and dance while drinking, which is more lively than the KTV of later generations, Li Xiu was still a little uncomfortable at the beginning.

In the middle of the banquet, Li Xiu also stepped forward to salute Li Yuan, but Li Yuan pulled him to sit beside him, asked him to chat with him, and asked Li Xiu about his experience on the grassland, to which Li Xiu also answered one by one.

Maybe it was because he was too happy, in the end, Li Yuan also drank a little too much, and he stumbled a little when he stood up, Li Xiu also hurriedly supported him, and the palace maid next to him wanted to help Li Yuan go back to rest, but he was pushed away by Li Yuan, and Li Xiu had to send him back.

Li Xiu also saw Wei Zheng at the banquet, he originally planned to talk to Wei Zheng after the banquet, and in any case he wanted to persuade him to agree to resettle the Turks to the south, but now he was pulled by Li Yuan and did not let go, and in the end he could only give up this plan, and then helped Li Yuan to get into his car, after all, the Da'an Palace where he lived was a little far from here, so he needed a vehicle to go back and forth.

Li Xiu looked at Li Yuan's drunken appearance, he thought that he would fall asleep soon after getting in the car, so that he could get off the car early to find Wei Zheng, but he didn't expect that after Li Yuan got into the carriage, he first poured himself a large cup of strong tea, and his spirit was better.

"Don Ma, this time you can destroy the Turks, it can be said that the merit is in the present generation, and the benefit is in the future, in addition, this also proves that Erlang is indeed a good emperor, and now his throne is finally completely secured, and no one can shake it anymore!" At this moment, Li Yuan suddenly said such a sentence coldly, which made Li Xiu sit up straight all of a sudden, and then looked up at Li Yuan without speaking, because he couldn't figure out what Li Yuan was trying to say.

Li Yuan didn't seem to notice Li Xiu's abnormality, and then he took a sip of the teacup again, and said slowly: "Erlang doesn't have to worry about his throne, Chengdao They are much less of a threat to him, do you think it is possible for them to come back?" ”

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Xiu's face immediately froze, and after a while, he smiled helplessly and said: "Emperor Qiyu, Your Majesty's mind can't guess it, but I think it's better for them to stay in the Americas than to risk coming back!" ”

"Really?" Li Yuan sighed when he heard Li Xiu's answer, and after a while, he muttered to himself again, "They are all my descendants, but some people have to suffer thousands of miles away, and they may not even be able to guarantee food, how can this make my heart not hurt?" ”

When Li Yuan said the end, his face also showed a lonely expression, and then Li Xiu suddenly found that in just a few years, Li Yuan's whole person looked older, his hair was more than half white, and the wrinkles on his face were much deeper.

"The Emperor doesn't have to worry too much, there are abundant products in the Americas, and not only are they there, but even my uncle and his people are also there, and their usual life must be guaranteed, and as Your Majesty grows older, maybe one day in the future he will be willing to call them back!" Li Xiu saw Li Yuan's lonely appearance, and could only open his mouth to comfort him.

"I hope so!" Li Yuan sighed again at this time, closed his eyes after speaking, and didn't seem to want to speak again, Li Xiu didn't know what to say at this time, and as a result, the carriage also fell into an awkward silence, and finally arrived at Da'an Palace, Li Xiu helped Li Yuan get out of the car, and then sent him back to the bedroom to rest.

Seeing Li Yuan lying down on the bed, Li Xiu said goodbye and left, and when he got out of Da'an Palace, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at this Da'an Palace, when Li Yuan first moved in, Da'an Palace had not been fully completed, a few years have passed, and now Da'an Palace has already been completed, and Li Shimin in order to please Li Yuan, and later added a lot of buildings, making Da'an Palace look more luxurious and extravagant.

It's just that in Li Xiu's eyes, this Da'an Palace is actually more like a luxurious cage, and the person imprisoned in it has changed from an emperor to a dying old man, and he has to spend his last days here until he dies in this palace, and everything outside has nothing to do with him, and even his most beloved grandson may be difficult to see again.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh again, then shook his head and turned to leave, he couldn't help Li Yuan, and he didn't want to get involved in the grievances between Li Yuan's father and son, and Li Yuan's current fate was also related to what he did at the beginning, so he didn't deserve sympathy.

When Li Xiu returned to the Taiji Palace, he found that the banquet here had also been carried out to the end, the civil and military officials at the banquet were all drunk and red-faced, and there were many people who went crazy with the strength of the wine, some danced, some sang, and there were even more generals wrestling bare-chested directly on the main hall, Li Shimin was not drunk, but he did not stop the courtiers from messing around, but watched happily, and raised his wine glass from time to time to persuade him to drink, causing the drunk to get more and more drunk, and there were almost few sober people in the whole hall.

Li Xiu looked in the crowd, but he didn't see Wei Zheng's figure, which made him a little strange, and asked someone at the moment, only to find out that Wei Zheng seemed to have gone outside the palace, so he could only go out of the palace to look for it again, but just a few steps out, he only heard a violent quarrel in front of him.