With the passage of time, Li Shimin's body finally slowly recovered, and Li Chengqian's rebellion case finally began to be formally handled, Zhao Jie, Du He, Li Yuanchang and others were all sentenced to death, among which Du He is also Li Shimin's quasi-son-in-law, and his father Du Ruhui is also Li Shimin's most powerful assistant, and he has just died, Li Shimin did not want to sentence Du He to death, but many ministers are resolutely opposed, and finally Li Shimin had to sentence Du He to death, and the princess is looking for another horse.

In addition to Du He, there is another person who makes Li Shimin even more embarrassed, that is, Hou Junji, although the other party betrayed him, but Li Shimin is a person with great feelings, and thinking that Hou Junji has made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and now he ordered to kill Hou Junji, and he couldn't do it for a while.

However, Hou Junji committed a heinous crime after all, even if Li Shimin didn't want to kill him, the ministers below would not agree, especially when Hou Junji was usually harsh and narrow-minded, and he had offended many people, for example, he once studied the art of war with Li Jing, but he actually complained to Li Shimin in private, saying that Li Jing refused to teach him in the art of war.

In the past, Hou Junji was the founder of the country, and he was very valued by Li Shimin, so others couldn't do anything about him, but now Hou Junji was a prisoner under the ranks, and many people immediately fell into the well, and strongly demanded that Hou Junji be sentenced to death, and in the end Li Shimin couldn't help it, after all, he even killed his son-in-law, and it was impossible to spare Hou Junji alone, so he could only sentence him to death.

However, on the night of the execution of Hou Junji, Li Shimin went out of the palace to Dali Temple and personally visited Hou Junji, it is said that Hou Junji also pleaded with Li Shimin to spare his wife and children before he died, and Li Shimin also agreed, after all, according to the law, such a serious crime as rebellion, even the family will be implicated, and the family will be robbed at the lightest, and the family will be beheaded at the worst.

On the second day after Li Shimin visited Hou Junji, Zhao Jie, Du He and Hou Junji were all beheaded, as for Hou Junji's family, they moved to the south to live according to Hou Junji's wishes, noting that the migration was not exile, which was very different from Cui Gan's family, and Li Shimin even sent someone to escort Hou Junji's family out of Chang'an.

The reason why Hou Junji let his family go to the south was actually out of helplessness, because he knew that he had offended too many people, and if his family remained in Chang'an after his death, he was afraid that he would be hit harder, so it was better to go far, and the south was a good place to go.

In the past, the ministers of the Tang Dynasty were all arguing about the life and death of Du He, Hou Junji and others, but after these people were executed, only Li Chengqian, the main culprit, was left to live and die, but these ministers all closed their mouths and pretended to be dumb, and no one dared to express any opinion on how to deal with Li Chengqian.

In fact, it is not to blame that these ministers do not open their mouths, because they are also in a dilemma about how to deal with Li Chengqian, if they say that they want to execute Li Chengqian, I am afraid that Li Shimin will be the first to refuse, and take a step back, even if Li Shimin agrees now, what if he regrets it when he kills Li Chengqian, then he will definitely blame those ministers who said they want to kill Li Chengqian.

Of course, if Li Shimin is persuaded not to kill Li Chengqian, it will not work, because even Du He, these accomplices, have been executed, if Li Chengqian, the main culprit, survives, then where is the law of the Tang Dynasty?

It is precisely because of the above considerations that when it was Li Chengqian's turn to deal with him, all the civil and military officials in the court pretended to be deaf and dumb, and pushed the matter in front of Li Shimin again, anyway, whether Li Chengqian lived or died, it was Li Shimin's own decision, and even if Li Shimin regretted it in the future, he could not blame them.

In the face of the silence of the hundred officials, Li Shimin was also very embarrassed, from the heart, he naturally wanted to leave his son's life, but he had executed Hou Junji and others before, and now let him open his mouth to leave Li Chengqian's life, he couldn't open this mouth for a while, so he was also very embarrassed.

But later, someone stood up to help Li Shimin solve this problem, this person's official position is not high, just a general, named Laiji, but this person's background is very big, his father is the former Sui famous General Zuo Yiwei Lai Hu'er, Qin Qiong and Ma Ye used to serve under Lai'er.

This Laiji said something when Li Shimin was in a dilemma, that is, "Your Majesty is a loving father, and if you live all your days, you will be good", and it was this sentence that finally gave Li Shimin an excuse to save Li Chengqian's life, so he announced on the spot that Li Chengqian would be deposed as a concubine and exiled to Quzhou, which was Quzhou, Zhejiang in later generations.

In fact, in the original history, Li Chengqian was exiled to Qianzhou after being deposed, that is, the border area of Hubei, Hunan, and Chongqing in later generations, although Li Xiu's crossing failed to change the fate of Li Chengqian's depose, but there are still some influences, such as Li Chengqian's place of exile has changed, and Li Chengqian's mentality seems to be different from history, if he can really let go, he should not die of depression after two years like in the original history.

Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince was finally forgotten, and many people inside and outside the court were relieved, especially the people on Li Tai's side, who were so excited that they almost ran to tell each other, but it may have been Li Shimin's warning before, so that Li Tai's side could still calm down, and no one in the court mentioned the matter of setting up another prince.

However, no one mentioned it not that there is no concern, in fact, everyone knows that the matter of setting up a new prince is also imminent, firstly, the prince is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, if there is no prince, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not very stable, and secondly, Li Shimin is getting older, and his health is getting worse and worse.

It is precisely because of knowing the above that the people below are waiting for Li Shimin to personally propose the establishment of another prince, only when Li Shimin proposes it, they dare to discuss it openly, especially Li Tai is the most anxious, but no matter how anxious he is, he has to wait, and because Li Zhi is also back, he is worried that Li Zhi will compete with him for favor, so he also runs to the palace every day during this time.

However, to everyone's surprise, Li Shimin was very calm about the matter of setting up another prince, although Li Tai and Li Zhicheng walked around in front of him all day, but he did not have the slightest intention of choosing one of them, but also let the deposed Li Chengqian temporarily live in the East Palace, because Li Chengqian was going to Quzhou, although he was about to leave, but it would take a while to pack up his things.

Just after the curtain came down on Li Chengqian's side, Li Xiu also wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect to suddenly receive a letter from the south, and when he saw the content of the letter, he locked himself in the study alone and didn't come out for a long time.

The letter was written by Li Chengdao himself, and when Li Xiu received Li Chengqian's letter in the past, he would be very happy, but this time he couldn't be happy anyway, because Li Chengqian's letter told him two bad news, the first was after Pei Lian's death, and Li Yuan, who was ill again, finally failed to survive, and died in the winter of last year.

For Li Yuan's death, although Li Xiu was sad in his heart, he was also mentally prepared, so he could bear it, but the second news made him cry, because the bearded guest also died a month after Li Yuan's death, although the bearded guest and Li Xiu did not get along for a long time, but for this proud uncle, Li Xiu has always been very respectful, before Li Chengdao said that his health was not very good, but he didn't expect the bearded guest to die so suddenly.

The sudden death of the bearded guest made Li Xiu also very sad, so he locked himself in the study for several days and did not come out, Princess Pingyang and others didn't know what was going on at first, and Li Xiu couldn't tell them about Li Yuan, so they only said about the death of the bearded guest, which made Princess Pingyang and others also show sad expressions, but they still persuaded Li Xiu to think about it and not hurt their bodies because of grief.

"Boy, people can't be resurrected after death, don't be too sad, speaking of the hero of the first generation of bearded people, if he hadn't given up the country at the beginning, I'm afraid the Central Plains would not have been unified so soon." On this day, Ma Ye also came to persuade Li Xiu in person, his health was not very good, and he was about to hand over the Feinu Division to Zhao Deyan, so he was busier than usual, but when he heard that something happened to Li Xiu, he hurriedly threw down what he was doing and ran to comfort him.

"Well, Uncle Ma, you don't have to worry, I just couldn't accept the news for a while, and now it's much better!" Li Xiu forced a laugh at this time and said, he didn't think about tea and dinner in the past few days, and he didn't rest well, so the whole person looked a lot haggard.

"When people are old, it is inevitable that there will be a day when they leave, this time it is a bearded guest, maybe next time it will be me as an old man, then you don't cry like a girl, otherwise I will have to jump out of the coffin and kick you a few times!" Ma Ye said half-jokingly and half-seriously at this time, he used to refuse to accept his fate and disobey his old age, but in the past few years, he has not been able to accept it.

"Uncle Ma, don't say that, aren't you still waiting for Ping An Lang and them to get married, and then give you a few great-grandchildren to play?" Li Xiu also immediately persuaded Ma Ye when he heard Ma Ye's words, he really felt the horror of his relatives dying now, so Ma Ye's words also made him feel very uncomfortable.

Ma Ye seemed to be able to feel Li Xiu's thoughts, and he smiled at the moment and rarely didn't argue with Li Xiu, but at this time, he suddenly thought of something, so he spoke again: "By the way, do Li Jing and his wife know about the death of the bearded guest, the Americas are so far away, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to get the news over there, right?" ”

I saw that Li Xiu smiled bitterly when he heard Ma Ye's words, and then reached out and picked up something from the table and said, "They shouldn't know yet, and now I'm also worried about how to send this thing?" ”