As the night deepened, Li Jiancheng closed his eyes with a lot of concern, and the East Palace was silent, only the stars and candles were shining brightly in the winter night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tonight's Chang'an City is not peaceful, not far from the palace of the Qin Wangfu, one after another figures shuttle through the back door, the outside of the palace is calm as usual, but the interior of the palace is brightly lit, illuminating the simple Qin Wangfu.

Li Shimin was wearing an ordinary robe, sitting upright, looking at the stove in front of him without saying a word. The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and it seemed that it would swallow everything at any time, just like Li Shimin's anger was now suppressed.

"The prince came out of the palace, and the king learned that he had returned to Chang'an." Li Shimin has been killed for a long time, and he has long ceased to look like a gentleman, and his words are a little more cold: "Someone risked death to send the news to the Qin Palace, guess it, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince appear in Chang'an City?" ”

There were five people kneeling in the room, including strategists who exuded an elegant atmosphere, and generals who had murderous eyes in their eyes.

"Count the days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should have already broken through Jiangling City." Someone replied: "It's just that he didn't stay in Gangneung to appease the local people, why did he suddenly return to Beijing?" ”

"I don't think so." A strategist shook his head and said: "Xiao Mo has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince conquers Jiangling City, there are still many things to do, besides, if he really captures Jiangling City, he will definitely escort Xiao Mo back." Several others bowed their heads, thinking that this person had a point.

"Xiao Mo has long been like a lost dog, could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can still be defeated?" The person who spoke before frowned, paused, he arched his hand towards Li Shimin, and asked, "Please also ask His Royal Highness King Qin to make it clear." ”

"Xuanba went to Gangneung City." Li Shimin did not answer the man's question directly, but said something thoughtlessly.

A few people in the audience fell silent, they were all very smart people, and they quickly reacted.

In front of them, Li Xuanba can only be regarded as a child, but no one really dares to think like this, especially what Li Xuanba has done in the past two years, there is every reason for them to be vigilant against him.

"Since Nan Sui rashly intervened in the affairs of Jiangling, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince naturally could only withdraw with hatred." Someone broke the silence and shook his head: "This time was originally an opportunity for King Qin, but unfortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reacted extremely quickly, and rushed to the palace to meet His Majesty." He didn't speculate on the result of Li Jiancheng's face saint, because Li Shimin's face already said everything.

"In vain, why don't I wait for the prince to be in front of His Majesty?" The military general said gloomily: "Even if you can't change Your Majesty's mind for the time being, you can make the prince lose some face." ”

"General Hou, don't." As soon as Hou Junji's words fell, two voices sounded at the same time, they glanced at each other, and at the same time turned their eyes to Li Shimin, seeing that Li Shimin's face was calm, knowing that he had already made up his mind, so he stopped.

"What happened in the palace, we don't know, if my father doesn't intend to blame the prince, someone will anger my father." Li Shimin's tone returned to flatness, he looked at Hou Junji and said, "Maybe my father hasn't gone to bed yet, and he is waiting for this king or courtiers to enter the palace to face the saint." ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng returned to Chang'an, Li Shimin knew everything and entered the palace to face the saint, which can explain many problems, not to mention whether Li Yuan can punish Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin's intentions and well-informed information alone are enough to make Li Yuan jealous, so Li Shimin can't do anything now.

This time was an excellent opportunity to reduce Li Jiancheng's prestige, but Li Jiancheng dealt with it too decisively and did not give Li Shimin any chance. When those people heard Li Shimin's words, they understood that he would not be impulsive, and they immediately relieved themselves.

"In any case, the crown prince will return in vain after all, even if the courtiers dare not laugh at him in person, but his actions will definitely attract the contempt of others, so in order to divert the attention of others, he may persuade his father to use troops abroad." Regarding the current situation and the personalities of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin analyzed it very accurately.

"What His Royal Highness King Qin said is very true." Someone answered: "The Tang army is invincible and invincible, and this retreat from Jiangling will inevitably affect the morale of the army, and if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince proposes to conquer the Northern Sui, His Majesty will definitely not object." ”

"If it's really like what Lord Xiao said, how should His Royal Highness King Qin deal with it?" The young general, who had been quiet among the several people, said nervously: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has just eliminated Great Qin, and the army is resting, and the crown prince may take advantage of this to make His Royal Highness the King of Qin not lead the troops." ”

"Zhixuan, you don't have to worry about this." Xiao Yu smiled and said: "The Northern Sui is not as good as the Great Liang, its soldiers are all people who can fight well, even if the prince asks for his life, His Majesty will not rest assured that he will lead the army alone, the third princess and the concubine are leading the army to guard against the Turks, and the court can only let His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the prince jointly lead the army." ”

"He is the crown prince, and the position of the commander of the three armies is naturally his, if the Northern Sui is destroyed, won't the credit fall on him?" Hou Junji said dishappily: "His Royal Highness King Qin, you might as well not go!" ”

"Why not?" Li Shimin smiled and said: "General Hou, for this king, the most important thing is that the Tang Dynasty is strong, so this king is happy to assist the prince in attacking Northern Sui." ”

After chatting for a long time, Li Shimin was no longer angry about Li Jiancheng not being punished, and he was more concerned about the future.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, tomorrow morning, you must not be the first to mention the crusade against the Northern Sui." For the sake of prudence, Xiao Yu reminded: "You can bear the defeat of the prince, if you make a mistake in the court, it is easy to make Your Majesty suspicious." ”

The Tang army was still on the way back to Beijing, and Li Shimin should not have mentioned attacking Luoyang before learning about it, otherwise in Li Yuan's heart, either Li Shimin was extremely stupid, or Li Shimin knew about Jiangling first.

Li Yuan had just received the news at night, and as a result, Li Shimin proposed a crusade against the Northern Sui the next day, and the meaning of it was self-evident.

"Thank you, Lord Xiao, for reminding me." Li Shimin arched his hand and said: "It's getting late, Lord Xiao will also go to the court tomorrow, it is inconvenient for you to enter the palace with this king, so you can only bother to go home late at night." ”

"That's how it should be." Xiao Yu nodded disapprovingly, got up to say goodbye, Li Shimin and others got up to see him off, and sent him out of the yard all the time.

"It's cold outside, King Qin and you, please stay." Xiao Yu turned around and arched his hand: "Tomorrow morning, the lower officials will remind a few adults to act when they have the opportunity, and I hope that King Qin can calm down." ”

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The time has come, the palace is quiet as usual, Li Yuan in the imperial study smiled self-deprecatingly, and secretly said that he was thinking too much.

Several of his sons are too good, which is a joy in itself, but as an emperor, it is worrying.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are fighting openly and secretly, how could Li Yuan not know? Li Xuanba is in Nansui, and he only has the name of father and son, Li Yuanji is brave, but his personality is very violent, thinking of all kinds of things, how can Li Yuan still be in the mood to review and review?

"Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou, among my sons, there are several of them!" Li Yuan said with a wry smile to himself. The eunuch standing beside him did not say a word, as if he were asleep. (To be continued.) )