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Chapter 579: Repaying Grievances with Virtue and Repaying Virtue with Grievances

Li Huining's words pierced into Li Shimin's heart like a knife, and he was angry, on the verge of exploding with anger, but after all, it still didn't break out. Li Huining's words did not make him feel comfortable listening to them, but there was no doubt that none of them were unbelievable. Only then did Li Shimin know that he had unconsciously changed from the position of grasping the initiative to the most passive one.

His transformation was not just because he killed his eldest grandson Shunde, but because he suddenly discovered that what he had been relying on was the connivance of his father Li Yuan in addition to military exploits. And compared to His Majesty the Tang Emperor, those military exploits are really not worth mentioning. If the emperor is willing, he can erase all the credit with a casual sentence, and even declare him a sinner, which is not a matter of harming the national body for the Tang Dynasty!

Some people may regret it, but naturally some people will be happy.

Because Li Yuan is the emperor and the one who makes the rules. And Li Shimin found that he still has no ability to break free from the shackles of that rule, unless he ...... Unless he didn't want to think about it, he could only endure it.

After Li Huining walked out of his military tent, Li Jing walked in, looking at Li Shimin's uncertain face, Li Jing didn't say anything, just stood silently beside Li Shimin, this matter is a state affair of the Tang Dynasty, but in the final analysis, it is still a private matter of the Li family, since it is a private matter, Li Jing knows that if Li Shimin does not take the initiative to mention it, he must not take the initiative to say anything. The royal family affairs are the most distressing and distressing. People who get involved for no reason are stupid.

I don't know how long I sat like this, Li Shimin breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Li Jing and asked, "If it comes to the day when you have to do it, what should you do?" If not, what are the odds? ”

"No, one percent."

Li Jing lowered his head and replied.

Although Li Shimin did not say what it was, Li Jing knew very well what Li Shimin was asking. Because of this question, Li Jing's face changed involuntarily, and he finally understood how entangled and sad His Royal Highness King Qin was at this time. In fact, whoever this matter is changed will be angry, no matter how high he is praised, he is just a foil for the prince. The emperor only needed one word to give him a high enough status to even threaten that chair. But the same emperor can easily take everything from him with just one sentence and turn him into a complete joke.

"Isn't there one?"

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. The tea has cooled through, and it looks even colder in the mouth during this cold season. But drinking it in the mouth not only makes the teeth hurt, but also makes the fire in the heart dissipate a little. Li Shimin felt a little better in spirit, rubbed his frowning brows and whispered: "Originally, I thought that as long as I did well enough, I would be able to get everything I won." Now it seems that the person who fights is far less than the person who does not have to fight, because that thing belongs to him, as long as he does not make mistakes, he will become, and he will be alone...... You have to be good enough to be successful. ”

But even then, it couldn't impress the man who made the rules. It didn't make sense to set up this rule, and the man's chair was even more unreasonable. ”

Li Jing was silent for a while and said, "Because I want to fight...... You can't be reasonable. ”

Li Shimin's expression changed, and he raised his head sharply and asked, "Didn't you say that there is no chance of winning?" ”

Li Jing said in a flat tone: "No matter how you look at it, Your Highness, you really don't even have a chance of winning." But the advantage of Your Highness is that who would dare, who would have thought that Your Highness, you would have such an idea? ”

Li Shimin understood the meaning of Li Jing's words, so his face became a little excited.

"You mean, because no one would have thought of it, Lone still has a chance, because everyone thinks that Lone would never dare to do that?"

"In fact"

Li Jing said word by word: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the opportunity, he will never hesitate." But he doesn't need to create opportunities himself, he just needs to wait for them. Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that sooner or later he will inherit the one in the world, and when that day comes, no matter what he does, who will dare to stop him? He doesn't even need any excuse or any reason, he just needs to say a word to do it. ”

"But your Highness is different, and I forgive you for saying something offensive. Your Highness, you are not qualified to wait for the opportunity, so you can only look for it yourself. If you can't find it, make your own. ”

"Princess Pingyang has long regarded herself as an outsider, although she has great prestige in the army, she will never interfere in the matter of who will inherit the throne, because they are all members of the Li family, and she does not need to participate. But Your Highness, you are indeed a little out of shape today, so that Princess Pingyang is on guard. ”

"His Royal Highness King Qi has always stood on the side of the crown prince, and it has never changed before or after you returned to Taiyuan. It is said that King Qi is a frivolous and stupid person, but in the eyes of the ministers, King Qi is a person with great wisdom. He didn't fight because he knew he would never fight. He stood on the prince's side because he knew that the prince didn't need to fight at all, and as long as the prince ascended the throne, he would have great merit, at least the throne of King Qi was as solid as the city wall of the eastern capital. ”

"As for Yan Wang Li Xian...... This man is a variable person, and Your Highness, you have been doing a good job before, trying to pull this person over to help. And you really didn't do anything wrong, but Li Xian didn't seem to be willing to stand up at all. If it weren't for the fact that he also wanted to fight, then he saw that it was easy for the prince to gain a foothold. So, it doesn't seem like you really have a chance of winning. ”

"They all think so, that's why they are so confident."

After listening to Li Jing's analysis, Li Shimin immediately sighed and said: "Lost alone in the old house in Longxi for more than ten years!" It's not as good as being alone! ”

"Your Highness loses at the start, so it's too late to fight for anything when you reach the end, because no matter how much you chase, you're not as fast as others. So if you want to win, you can only win halfway. ”

"Winning halfway"

Li Shimin muttered and repeated, thoughtful.

……

……

"You seem to be warmer here than you are over there."

Li Huining sat down on the chair, rubbed her hands and looked at Li Xian, who was fiddling with the brazier, and said softly.

"Oh?"

Li Xian raised his head and glanced at Li Huining, and said with a smile: "Only three or twenty miles apart, God will never favor one over the other." If you really feel that I am warmer here, maybe it is because I am a person who makes people feel comfortable to watch? But speaking of which, even I feel comfortable looking at myself. ”

"You're still so ......"

Li Huining paused, unable to find the right words to describe it. Maybe I found it, but I was too embarrassed to say it directly.

Li Xian smiled and sat down on the chair, looked at Li Huining and said, "Don't feel warm so early, I just poured you a cup of tea and added some charcoal to the brazier, if you roast meat for you once, wouldn't you feel warm in your heart?" ”

"Then you can try."

Li Huining said.

"Try it, I'm afraid of you?"

Li Xian pouted, and then at this time, the big tent was opened, and a few soldiers walked in with a plate of mutton that had been worn, and it was rare that there were still fresh fish in this cold winter, as well as a few steaming delicate stir-fries, and a large pot of old wine that was boiling. The things were placed on the table, Li Xian rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands, then sat down by the brazier and set up the iron net.

"I said it smells a little different, you just added fruit charcoal?"

Li Huining asked with a smile.

Seeing Li Xian nodding, she said with some emotion: "What I'm thinking about now is, how good does a person have to be to bring fruit charcoal when he goes out to conquer, just to barbecue meat to comfort his mouth in his spare time?" ”

"It's delicious, nothing ......"

Li Xian brushed the oil on the iron net, put the meat skewers away, and said: "It's delicious and not lazy, what an admirable and beautiful character." ”

He filled the iron net with a layer of meat skewers, and then looked intently at the gradually changing color of the meat, and brushed the spice he had prepared himself from the small basin, his movements were gentle and soothing, not like he was roasting meat, but waving a Danqing pen on the paper. Li Huining looked at his barbecue so intently, and suddenly found that he had always had this picture in his memory, starting from Poyang Lake. That day, a fish and half a pot of wine made her remember this clean and handsome face and the boy who specialized in barbecue.

"I'm ...... this time"

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Li Xian waving his hand: "What are you going to do this time, can you talk about it later?" Don't you want to have a solid meal? You're not going to say any kind of punch line with wine, and if you say it, it won't even smell good. ”

"Good"

Li Huining nodded and said, "Let's talk about it after eating!" ”

He bakes, she eats.

A pot of old wine was drunk, the delicate stir-fry also saw the bottom of the plate, and the roasted meat was eaten clean by two people, Li Huining patted his slightly bulging stomach and sighed comfortably, and then suddenly remembered something, glared at Li Xian with some annoyance and complained: "Can't you not bake it so delicious?" ”

Li Xian immediately understood what she meant, and said in his heart that this love of beauty and the uncontrollable thing do not seem to be the unique qualities of modern women.

"You have the strength to speak unless you feel that you can convince me with very few words today. Sometimes speaking is also extremely physically demanding, such as today. ”

Li Xian said seriously.

Li Huining was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Since you guessed what I was talking about, why do you have to use barbecue to gag my mouth?" ”

"I'm not gagging, I'm giving you strength."

Li Huining looked at Li Xian's scoundrel and shook his head, and then said very solemnly: "I have something to tell you before I talk about the topic...... Although I know that according to your nature, I am saying nothing, but I still have to say ...... No matter what Shimin does, he is your brother after all...... Since he has the same blood in his bones, I hope that if you have the opportunity in the future, can you let him go once? ”

Li Xian didn't answer, but smiled and asked, "Have you ever asked Li Shimin the same thing?" ”

"Nope"

"Why don't you ask?"

Li Huining was speechless.

Li Xian sighed and said: "Because you know that asking is also asking in vain, if I fall into his hands in the future, he will never let me go once, not half a time, so you don't ask." Instead, he came to me and asked, don't you think it's a bit excessive? I don't know the story of the farmer and the snake, but I can tell you that if the farmer doesn't die, he will definitely meet one and kill the other. Of course, if he dies, then he is a fool, knowing that it is a poisonous snake and still doing that, it is completely unworthy of pity and pity, not to mention that sympathy is the cheapest and useless thing. ”

"You're telling me that, you're forcing me to be a fool?"

"Gentleman...... Repay grievances with virtue......"

Li Huining felt bitter in her mouth, and muttered a few words, but she couldn't even convince herself.

"Gentleman?"

Li Xian sneered: "Where do I look like a gentleman? Is there a gentleman in this world? Again...... Why don't you say it all? How to repay virtue with virtue? Confucius, how did he answer? Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue. There are very few people in this world who can repay virtue with virtue, and most of them are repaying virtue with grievances! But you came to ask me to repay my grievances with virtue...... Who will repay me with virtue? ”