Whether in the palace or in the palace, Empress Changsun has always hid in the deep courtyard and does not like to show her head, but the heavy blow of her son who is about to be a hostage makes her unable to calm down, and the two came to Chengqing Hall together to plead with her husband.

Li Shimin became angry as soon as he heard their words: "He is the son of the Son of Heaven, and he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he is the ruler of the Tang Dynasty in the future. ”

Empress Changsun didn't expect Li Shimin to be so ruthless, but after thinking about how he did to Li Ke before, he didn't expect that he would do the same to his son now, Empress Changsun knew that Li Shimin was determined to let her son be a hostage, but she didn't give up a chance, so she begged: "Your Majesty, the concubine begs you, Qian'er finally accompanied you to work hard, and finally was named the prince, can you bear it?" ”

Concubine Shu also said: "Your Majesty, the concubine also begged you for the queen's sister, Qian'er was named the crown prince a while ago, but you have to send him to someone's sword, not to mention the queen's sister, even the concubine can't bear it." ”

Li Shimin said angrily: "Okay, queen! You actually brought Concubine Shu here! Do you know what you're doing? You are called harem interference, and I will never allow such a bad example from me! ”

Concubine Shu coughed for a while, Li Shimin looked at her pale face, his heart softened, and he said in a different tone: "Don't talk about this matter, and I won't change my mind if I say it!" ”

Li Chengqian also got the news, he hurriedly ran to the Hongwen Palace, found his uncle Changsun Wuji, who was handling official business there, and pulled him outside the house and begged: "Uncle, my father wants me to go to Li Yijun to be a hostage, and he didn't let go even when his mother went to plead. Uncle, Li Yi is a demon king who kills people without blinking, you have to save me! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned, he had heard that Feng Deyi had successfully persuaded Li Yi to accept the appeasement, but because there were too many things in his hands, he didn't ask in detail, and he didn't know that there was such a condition attached to this appeasement.

"Li Yi never mentioned this article before, why is there more of this one this time? Isn't it ......" Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes flashed Feng Deyi's face, which was always as heavy as water, and seemed to smell something, he glanced at Li Chengqian and said: "Chengqian, you are the prince, at this time, it's time to do something for the country!" Go and tell your father that Li Yi's camp is even if it is a sea of swords and fire, an abyss, for the sake of the eternal foundation of the Tang Dynasty, you have to break through! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji thought of Feng Deyi at this time, and when he thought of Li Ke, he felt that the sense of crisis brought to him by this child was too strong, and he was sent by Li Shimin to serve in front of Li Jing's tent a while ago, this kind of approach is not a slap in the face of the current prince, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty will know the king of Chu Li Ke, but not the prince, so the eldest grandson Wuji feels that he should give his nephew a chance to Bo, Li Chengqian almost cried: "Uncle, I really don't dare to go!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glared at him and said loudly: "Prince, what do you look like?" Where do you look like a prince above and under one person in the Tang Dynasty? Either puff up your chest, take out the appearance of a man, and say these words to the emperor, or you will always be your nest, don't say that you are from my eldest grandson's family when you go out in the future, and the Li family can't afford to lose your face. Where is the reason for the great enemy to be afraid or not? The voice of the eldest grandson Wuji was categorical, his uncle had always had prestige in front of his nephew, Li Chengqian was coerced by his arrow-like gaze, and a fear was born in his heart, and finally turned around and walked towards Chengqing Hall step by step.

When Li Chengqian walked into the Chengqing Palace, Li Shimin was sitting on a dragon chair with an angry face, Empress Changsun was kneeling on the ground and weeping, and Concubine Shu was lying on a chaise longue covered with a quilt, still begging the emperor to change his mind. "Father!"

Li Shimin looked up and saw that it was his son standing at the door tremblingly, his face sank, and he said angrily: "What are you doing here?" Without waiting for Li Chengqian to speak, Empress Changsun waved and shouted: "Qian'er, come and kneel down quickly, and ask your father to give you a way to live!" Li Chengqian walked forward and fell to his knees. Li Shimin stood up angrily, and stared at his son with a torch: "You-"

Li Chengqian's heart was crossed, and he trembled according to the instructions of the eldest grandson Wuji: "Father, the son is the prince, and he will be the ruler of the Tang Dynasty in the future, it's time to do something for this country!" Li Yi's camp is even if it is a sea of swords and fires, an abyss, for the sake of the eternal foundation of the Tang Dynasty, the sons and daughters have to break through! Li Shimin was stunned, looked at his son for a long time, but he didn't expect such words to come out of this child's mouth, he suddenly stood up and stepped forward, stretched out his hands to help Li Chengqian, and smashed his shoulder socket with a punch: "Qian'er, you did the right thing!" This is like my son Li Shimin, like my son Li Shimin! ”

Empress Eldest Sun was struck by lightning, she pounced on Li Chengqian and hugged him tightly and cried: "Qian'er, why are you so stupid!" ”

Li Shimin stopped the queen loudly and said, "Queen! When the national disaster is at hand, why are you not as good as a child? Go and get ready for Qian'er to get ready for the road early! Empress Changsun held back her sorrow, Li Chengqian knelt down and kowtowed to Li Shimin, and left with the queen and others, Li Shimin looked at their backs and fell into deep sadness.

On the same day, Li Chengqian went to Jingzhou under the escort of Chang Sheng, and he didn't know that Liu Er, the henchman of the eldest grandson Wuji, had already taken a secret letter and a generous gift and rode north on a fast horse. Liu Er's trip was to meet Li Yi's subordinate general Yang Qi, this person and Chang He have an old relationship, the two of them had been built together with Prince Yin to conquer Liu Heimin, and Chang He still had a life-saving grace for him.

That generous gift is very special, nothing else, it is a recommendation form for a three-grade official with an empty name, and the eldest grandson Wuji promised that as long as Yang Qi saves Li Chengqian's life, Yang Qi can fill in his name.

The letter written in the name of Chang He stated to Yang Qi that he had received a rich reward after defecting to the eldest grandson Wuji, and asked him not to give up such an opportunity to return to the glory of the Anguang Sect.

Chang He can only write two words, one is Chang and the other is He, the letter was written by the eldest grandson Wuji, and finally Chang He grabbed the pen like a ghost and signed his name. Chang He said, don't look at this word very well, but Yang Qi must buy it.

Two days later, Jieli's rear team arrived one after another, and the Tuli Department also arrived at Wugong, and Qibi He Li camped in Gaoling. The main force of the Jieli army, which had been suspended for many days, began to attack eastward, and they first approached Jingyang, and captured the city in less than an hour. This caused a lot of panic in Chang'an City.

Taizong led a group of ministers to inspect the city, Feng Deyi said to Li Shimin with a heavy heart: "Your Majesty, don't talk about this martial arts, Jingyang City is still quite strong, Chang'an City Wall has been war-torn for a long time, dilapidated, since Jingyang City Defense is so unhelpful, Chang'an is afraid that it will not be easy to defend it." Feng Deyi, who is the right servant, is in charge of military affairs in the prime minister, so he naturally has to say a few more words on such a matter.

At this time, Li Jing's reinforcements were still three days away from Chang'an, Jieli had already put on a three-sided encirclement of Chang'an, Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, and said to the ministers: "I really didn't expect that the combat strength of Jieli's army has been so greatly improved, in recent years, the imperial court has attacked the south and defended in the north, busy pacifying the chaos in the Central Plains, fighting six big battles in the south, and taking a defensive position against the Turks, I don't know much." Now that they are pouring out of the nest, what our army lacks the most is someone who understands their reality and reality. That's the most worrying thing right now. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji took over the conversation and said: "There is a person who is quite familiar with the situation of the Ashina clan, and it is most suitable for him to be the squire of the military department and the military aircraft, but I don't know if Your Majesty dares to reuse him?" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand: "As long as he has real skills, I don't dare to use it?" Tell me, who is this man? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at Li Shimin and spit out a few words: "Shi Fanxin, the head of the palace of the former crown prince Yin." Li Shimin's face changed, this Fan Xin had led troops in Yunzhong and Mayi for many years a few years ago, and he knew the situation of the Jieli Department well, but this person was from a low background, had been a horse slave, and had always been discriminated against in the court. And speaking of which, this person still has some "criminal record", and if he is used, it will inevitably cause a controversy.

Sure enough, as soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's voice fell, Feng Deyi said slowly and logically on the side: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate, this person is in the hands of the Emperor Taishang, in the second year of Wude, he beat Pei Lin in Luoyang, Emperor Wude remembered that he had made meritorious contributions to the war for many years, did not kill him, and exiled him to the border of Mayi." Using him as the chief of the palace of the hidden prince, there are already a lot of objections in the court, if he is allowed to be the squire of the military department, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to convince the public! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji sneered at each other: "Lord Feng, when it comes to old things, I have to say a few words, if Pei Lin hadn't put on the shelf of the scholar clan back then, and didn't listen to Fan Xin's advice, 5,000 soldiers died in vain under Wang Shichong's ambush, would Fan Xin disobey his boss?" But afterwards, the court investigated Fan Xin for the crime, but no one stood up and said that Pei Lian's crime of defeating the army should also be investigated, to put it bluntly, isn't it because Pei Lin is a prominent scholar and Fan Xin was born poor? ”

Feng Deyi: "Since the eldest grandson said this, then I have nothing to hide, there is a way that is the best grade without a cold door, the rules of the scholar clan have lasted for three hundred years, these three hundred years, which dynasty the son of heaven is not the scholar family, the emperor is newly unified, and he urgently needs to recruit the world's talents, the eldest grandson holds Fan Xin such a stubborn stone so high, is he not afraid that those Jingshan jades among the children of the scholar clan will abandon my master?" Your Majesty must think twice about this! A group of ministers echoed one after another, saying that they were ashamed to be with Fan Xin and others, and the city was in chaos.

The eldest grandson Wuji was a little anxious, and his eyes glared: "What, there are many people, it makes sense?" ”

Li Shimin frowned and shouted: "Eldest grandson Wuji!" ”

The head of the city suddenly fell silent, and the eyes of all the ministers looked at Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji.