Li Xiu thought about the last time he sent Li Yuanji's letter to Li Yuan, and finally came to Da'an Palace to visit Li Yuan, but what he didn't expect was that when he saw Li Yuan sitting in the water corridor playing chess, and opposite him, there was an acquaintance of Li Xiu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I saw Li Xiu striding forward, and after saluting Li Yuan first, he smiled at the person beside Li Yuan: "I didn't expect Pei Gong to come today, I haven't seen you for many days, Pei Gong, your demeanor is still the same!" ”

The person sitting next to Li Yuan was Pei Lone, but since the last outbreak of smallpox, Li Xiu had never seen him again, and this could not be blamed on him, as soon as his family moved to Chang'an City after the smallpox outbreak, Pei Lone didn't have time to move away, and then Li Xiu was so busy that he didn't have time to visit Pei Lone.

"Haha, I really mean Cao Cao, Cao Cao, just now I was chatting with Your Majesty about you, a great hero in the treatment of smallpox, but I didn't expect you to really come, hurry up and sit down to accompany the Emperor Taishang for a few games, I will lose miserably!" Pei Lin couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Xiu, and then pulled Li Xiu to play chess instead of him, he was really not very good at this new type of chess.

"Eunuch Pei, don't let Li Xiu come to play, his chess skills are not as good as yours!" At this time, without waiting for Li Xiu to resign, Li Yuan on the opposite side was already dissatisfied and shouted, Li Xiu's chess skills stink, except for the last time he lost to Li Xiu absent-mindedly, he had never lost at all at other times.

"Look, Gong Pei, the emperor thinks my level is too low, so you should sit down!" Li Xiu heard Li Yuan's words and it was also in line with him, after all, he didn't have a hobby of being abused, so he hurriedly helped Pei Lian to sit down again.

Hearing Li Yuan say this, Pei Lian also glanced at Li Xiu a little helplessly, if it was Go, he was not afraid of Li Yuan, but he had just come into contact with this chess, and it was very awkward to play, unlike Li Yuan who had been playing for a long time, so he naturally lost every time.

"Emperor Taishang, Li Xiu and I are both poor in chess, why don't we work together to play a few games with you?" Although Pei Lin sat down, he was still unwilling to say, his chess skills were obviously too different from Li Yuan, and he really didn't want to lose again, so he made such a request.

"Haha~, I didn't expect Pei Jian to be a fool of you, but I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, Li Xiu's chess skills are not ordinarily bad, since the two of you want to join forces, then let's compare!" Li Yuan knew that Li Xiu had a few catties and taels, so he nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Seeing Li Yuan's arrogant appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help but be a little annoyed, chess is indeed not what he is good at, but this is also normal, everyone has something they are not good at, there is a kind of let's play backgammon, he picks Li Yuan two!

Of course, the above words can only be thought about in my heart, and Li Yuan is rarely so happy, so Li Xiu also sat next to Pei Lian, and the two worked together to fight Li Yuan, but chess is really not something that can be won by relying on a large number of people, and the two stinky chess baskets together can only become a bigger stinky chess basket, and because of disagreements, the chess path is even more chaotic, and there is no rule at all.

"Emperor Taishang, you better spare us, there is no way to play this chess!" Pei Lin lost in the end, and immediately pushed the chessboard and directly admitted defeat, Li Yuan is simply bullying, and he didn't give them two stinky chess baskets a way to live at all.

"Haha~, if you don't play, you won't play, but Pei Jian, you have to think about your chess skills when you go back, and I will wait for you to be my opponent in the future!" Li Yuan also won the physical and mental happiness, and put down the chess pieces very happily at the moment, he was already a wasted person, and only in such a trivial matter as playing chess could he get a little illusory sense of achievement.

Li Xiu doesn't care, so he is used to losing, and he is a junior, even if he loses, there is no psychological burden, when he is happy with Li Yuan, of course, it is best not to play, so he also immediately put away the chess, speaking of which Li Yuan is really extravagant, after liking chess, he actually let the craftsman make a pair of chess with good white jade, the words on it are gilded, and the chessboard is also jade, sometimes he does not dare to use force when he falls, for fear of breaking this priceless chess piece.

At this time, it was not early, Li Yuan asked people to prepare wine and food, Pei Lin and Li Xiu sat here to eat and chat with him, speaking of which Li Yuan is really pitiful, usually except for Li Xiu and Pei Lin and Pei Lian, few people come to visit him again, as for his children, most of them went to the fiefdom, and those who did not marry stayed in the palace, and occasionally came to see him, but they couldn't accompany him to say something in their hearts.

"Eunuch Pei, I heard that Erlang divided the world into ten provinces and merged many state capitals, thereby reducing the number of officials, is this true?" Just halfway through dinner, Li Yuan suddenly asked Pei Lin such a question, which made Pei Lin and Li Xiu both stunned, because this kind of government affairs is really not what Li Yuan should ask about now.

"Emperor Qiyu, the ministers have also heard about this matter, because my Tang Dynasty has a vast territory and many state capitals in the world, which leads to the need for many officials to govern, so His Majesty divided the world into ten provinces, each with a number of state capitals, and many state capitals have been merged because of this, thus reducing the number of officials, so that it is convenient to manage, and the expenditure on government affairs is reduced!" Pei Lin quickly reacted, and then replied honestly.

"Well, that's a good idea, I had the intention at the beginning, but it's a pity ......" Li Yuan said at the end, but suddenly sighed and shook his head, then reached out and took the wine glass and drank it all.

When Li Xiu and Pei Lin saw this, they all showed solemn expressions, and after glancing at each other, they didn't speak, but sat there silently, unable to even eat, because they felt that Li Yuan's performance today was really a bit abnormal.

Fortunately, Li Yuan didn't ask anything related to government affairs, which also made Li Xiu and Pei Lin breathe a sigh of relief, and after dinner, the two of them immediately got up to say goodbye, and Li Yuan also personally sent them to the gate of the inner palace, which was also his biggest range of activities, and when Li Xiu and Pei Lin walked far away, they also found Li Yuan standing alone on the palace gate and waving to them.

"Pei Gong, what did the Emperor Taishang mean by that, why did he suddenly care about the government?" As soon as he left Da'an Palace, Li Xiu immediately asked Pei Lin with some concern.

"I also want to ask you what's going on, I couldn't enter the city because of smallpox before, and I couldn't visit Your Majesty, but the first time I came today, I found that there was something wrong with the Emperor, and during this period, only you and the princess have seen Your Majesty, so I was still thinking that the changes in Your Majesty should be related to you or the princess!" Pei Lin also stared at Li Xiudao very seriously at this time.

"What's wrong with the Emperor?" Li Xiu was also stunned when he heard Pei Lian's words, and then hurriedly asked, his intuition told him that the changes in Li Yuan's body should be related to Li Yuanji's letter last time.

"Alas, just now the Emperor actually asked about the affairs of the court, you also saw this, but before you came, the Emperor Taishang actually asked me about the whereabouts of some old ministers, such as Wu Shi Tong and others, and asked in special detail, I felt that something was wrong at that time, until he asked about the government just now, with my understanding of him, I am afraid he ......" Pei Lin suddenly stopped saying at the end, but Li Xiu also guessed what Pei Lin was going to say, I am afraid that Li Yuan has already had a mind that he should not have.

Li Xiu couldn't help but be silent when he heard this, because he didn't know whether he should tell Pei Lin about Li Yuanji's letter to Li Yuan, although he believed that Pei Lin would never tell others, but this matter was too important, so he didn't want too many people to know, for example, now even Princess Pingyang didn't know about it.

"Li Xiu, the Emperor Taishang has abdicated, and the Tang Dynasty has finally settled down, if he really has any thoughts that he shouldn't have, then I'm afraid it's not a good thing for any of us, if you know anything, you must tell me!" Pei Lin is a good person, he has already guessed something from the expression on Li Xiu's face, and said with a solemn face.

Hearing this, Li Xiu could only smile helplessly, hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Okay, since the matter has come to this point, I also hide it from Duke Pei, before my uncle came back from the Americas, and brought back some letters, one of which was written by the King of Qi to the Emperor Taishang, I thought that their father and son were far away from each other, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to see each other again in this life, so I quietly sent the letter of King Qi to the Emperor Taishang!" ”

"What is written in the letter?" Pei Lin was also taken aback when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then asked anxiously.

"I don't know, I didn't read the letter at all, but the emperor's expression after reading it was a little strange, first excited and then calm, and then swallowed the letter paper and the envelope into his stomach, and also said that if Li Yuanji has another letter in the future, there is no need to risk bringing it to him." Li Xiu spread his hands at this time, and at this time he also regretted a little, why didn't he read Li Yuanji's letter first and then give it to Li Yuan, so that he would have a score in his heart, instead of guessing blindly like now.

"You...... Alas~" Pei Lin heard that Li Xiu didn't even know what Li Yuanji had written, which made him angry and anxious, although there was no direct evidence, but his intuition told him that Li Yuan's abnormality must be related to Li Yuanji's letter, but unfortunately he didn't know the content of the letter, but this couldn't be blamed on Li Xiu.

"Gong Pei, if the Emperor really has thoughts that he shouldn't have, what should we do?" Li Xiu also said a little anxiously at this time.

When Li Yuan was first imprisoned, he was also very unwilling in his heart, and it was Pei Lin who made him dispel those thoughts, otherwise he didn't know what would happen? From this point of view, Pei Lin has also helped Li Shimin a lot, which is one of the main reasons why Pei Lin can be an An Le Gong now.