The person who came was exact, Emperor Li Yuan!

Guo Ye had seen Li Yuan at the imperial banquet in the palace, when Li Yuan was sitting with His Majesty Li Er, the current saint, because of the distance from the position, Guo Ye did not have the opportunity to get in close contact with him.

But Li Yuan's appearance Guo Ye was very impressive, after all, he was a famous king in history, Guo Ye took a special look.

At the imperial banquet that day, Li Yuan was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, although he was old and white-haired, he did not lose his majesty, and he talked and laughed with a group of old ministers.

However, today Li Yuan appeared in front of Guo Ye again, the founder of the Tang Empire, who gave Guo Ye a different feeling.

The old man is no different from an old man at dusk.

If it weren't for the support of King Jing and King Daoxiao, and the corresponding foil, Guo Ye really couldn't believe that the drooping old man in front of him would be the founder of the Tang Dynasty, the current Emperor Taishang - Li Yuan.

Guo Ye immediately got up and stepped forward to greet him: "Weichen Guo Ye, meet the Emperor!" ”

"Guo Aiqing is exempt!"

Li Yuan motioned for his two sons to let go of him, and then personally stretched out his hands to help Guo Ye up, and said enthusiastically: "Haha, the widow has heard of Guo Qing for a long time, and it has always been a pity that he has never had the opportunity to meet Qing. Taking this opportunity today, I also have a chance to get close, haha, Guo Qing, please take a seat! ”

Good guy, Guo Ye's words are so careful that his liver is puffing, where do you dare to sit down?

I saw that he hurriedly clenched his fists and made a big swing, shouting: "The Emperor Taishang doesn't want to say that, Guo Yecheng is terrified." ”

"Haha, Guo Qing, you are too modest!"

Emperor Taishang's face full of ravines and wrinkles was a little more rosy, and he said with a smile: "Okay, Guo Qing and sit down and talk, there is no need to be so restrained." Today, let the three brothers Yuanqing and Yuanfang invite you to come over, which is also the meaning of widowhood. Sit down, sit down and talk. ”

Guo Ye sighed, bowed again, and waited for Li Yuan to sit down, and then he sat down on Li Yuan's next stone bench, half of his butt stood on the stone bench, and half of his butt was empty, as a sign of respect.

This subtle change naturally fell into Li Yuan's eyes, and he stroked his beard with satisfaction and secretly praised it.

Afterwards, Li Yuancai waved his hand to Li Yuanqing, the king of Lu, and ordered: "Yuanqing, you and Yuanxiang go down first, and there is Yuanfang to accompany your father." ”

King Jing Li Yuanxiang was a little unhappy when he heard it, just now King Lu was talking about Guo Ye secretly and did not let him be present; Now the father wants to talk to Guo Ye, but he doesn't let him be there.

Dare to really be the king of soy sauce?

Immediately, he arched his hand and asked Li Yuan: "Father, the sons are also waiting for you by your side, right?" Hey, hey, anyway......"

"Stand down!"

Li Yuan's face suddenly changed, he scolded King Jing, and then glanced at Li Yuanqing, King of Lu.

King Lu understood, and immediately stepped forward and whispered in King Jing's ear: "Yuanxiang, don't make your father angry, let's go, let's go to the garden and wait." Recently, Brother Wang and I asked people to transplant a camellia from Lingnan, it is said that there is also a nickname called 'Eighteen Bachelors', go, and accompany Brother Wang to enjoy the flowers. ”

After saying that, he dragged Jing Wangsheng down and withdrew from the pavilion.

Without waiting for King Jing to go away, Li Yuan's tense old face slowly relaxed again, and he smiled at Li Yuanfang, the king of Daoxiao beside him, and said, "Yuanfang, you also sit down, just sit opposite your father." ”

"Yes, Father."

Li Yuanfang nodded at Guo Ye, sat down by himself, and picked up an empty cup again to pour a full glass of wine for Li Yuan, and moved to Li Yuan.

Guo Ye looked at Li Yuan's expression change, and said secretly in his heart, it seems that he really can't judge people by his appearance, although the lion is old, he is still an out-and-out lion, although Li Yuan retired to the emperor, he is still accumulating.

Seeing that he blew away King Lu and King Jing, he left King Daoxiao by his side. Obviously, Li Yuanfang, the Taoist filial piety king who was known for his resourcefulness and among the three kings, had a significantly stronger status in Li Yuan's mind than his two brothers.

Li Yuan, Li Yuanfang, this father and son are really not easy to deal with, and they are definitely not as easy to fool as King Lu.

I saw Li Yuan take a sip of the cup by himself, and then squinted at Guo Ye and smiled: "Guo Aiqing, let me tell you the truth, it is the intention of the widow to let my grandson Chengqian be reinstated." Hehe, there are no two days in the sky, there are no two monarchs in the country, and in the same way, Datang can't always hang the position of the prince. I wonder if Guo Qing agrees with this principle? ”

Guo Ye nodded slightly in agreement.

He absolutely agrees with this, and if the court has a prince, it can at least take precautions. For example, when His Majesty Li Er traveled around the country, the crown prince and prince served as the supervisor of the country and temporarily presided over the government, which was not only a kind of exercise for the heir to the throne, but also to make the court stable, so that there would be no crumbs to take advantage of the situation and corrupt the dynasty.

Moreover, if His Majesty Li Er has a good one, it will not be that the princes of the royal family will fight for the throne because of it, causing turmoil in the imperial court and indirectly endangering the stability of the country.

Of course, in history, His Majesty Li Er has been the emperor for more than 20 years, and there seems to have been no accidents during this period.

However, Guo Ye's approval of the canonization of the crown prince and the establishment of the prince does not mean that he agrees with Li Chengqian's reinstatement, this kid is by no means an ideal heir to the emperor.

Li Yuan mistakenly thought that Guo Ye agreed with his proposal, and then nodded and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Guo Qing, although the widow has abdicated for many years, he has always paid attention to the political affairs of the court. During the years of Shimin's reign, he has indeed made great achievements in Datang, whether it is for foreign policies or for the people's livelihood in the country, he has done better than the widows. Therefore, he was a competent emperor, and the widow was very pleased and very satisfied. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Yuan did not forget to add: "If Shimin is not a good emperor, there will be no young and promising courtiers like Guo Qing who have sprung up and made great contributions to my Tang Dynasty." ”

Guo Ye immediately got up and humbly arched his hand: "The emperor is too arrogant, and the ministers dare not be ashamed!" ”

However, he also added in his heart, looking at this posture and praising His Majesty Li Er's great achievements, he should start counting down.

Sure enough, I only listened to Li Yuan's words, and said: "It's just that the people of the world are also very dissatisfied with what they have done in some places, no, they should be very dissatisfied." Alas, my son, he was too hasty in everything, just like the Xuanwumen tragedy back then, so anxious that the whole person went mad and lost his heart. ”

As soon as the three words Xuanwumen were mentioned, Guo Ye could clearly feel that the frequency of Li Yuan's chest rising and falling accelerated, and even the sound of breathing became heavier. Obviously, the Xuanwumen Incident back then has always been the thorn in Li Yuan's heart.

However, Guo Ye did not behave abnormally, and continued to pretend to be dumb and listen silently.

I only heard Li Yuan continue: "The widow left him a group of auxiliary ministers, and he all blasted out of the court and degraded the poor mountains and rivers thousands of miles away, which is simply not a son of man!" ”

Guo Ye knew that what Li Yuan said about these old ministers was Pei Lian, Xiao Yu and other former ministers of Wude who were sent by His Majesty Li Er to Lingnan to plant lychees, and he seemed to have participated in the plan to drive the old ministers of Wude away from the court.

Li Yuan continued to take care of himself and said: "Also, although my grandson Chengqian does not want to grow up, and occasionally makes mistakes, he can be ruthless to depose him, and he will not even give this child a chance to make corrections. Where is this instructive teaching? Once the prince said that he would be abolished, he didn't even listen to the advice of the courtiers, and acted arbitrarily, which was simply not a father. In case something happens to him, the Tang Dynasty throne is bound to fall into a scramble. When the time comes, it will definitely hurt the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and the foundation of the dynasty. On this point, the people of the world did not think about it, and letting the crown prince's position vacant for a long time was definitely not what an enlightened king should do. And ......"

Li Yuan pointed to Li Yuanfang, the king of Daoxiao beside him, and said, "For the sake of the throne, he actually slaughtered two brothers of the same mother with his own hands, so I will no longer comment on him." However, this matter has been criticized by the world. The widow believes that in the future, there will be a heavy stroke of his killing of his brother in the history books. For half-brothers such as Yuan Qing and Yuan Fang, he has always been suspicious and vigilant, and he has always refused to reuse them. They all have the blood of widows in their bodies, how can they be so dehuman, regardless of brotherhood? ”

"Father!"

Li Yuanfang took the opportunity to say: "I heard that the Holy Lord has already explained to Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia of Zongzheng Temple, that he will prepare to reduce the annual income of the people in the imperial family from next year. I, Brother Lu, and Brother Jing were the first to bear the brunt. Moreover, starting next year, the Holy Lord will take back several of our imperial estates outside Chang'an City. They want to confine us in the Imperial City for the rest of our lives until we die of old age! ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Li Yuan was excited when he heard this, coughed violently, and gasped: "Listen, Guo Aiqing, that's how Shimin treats his siblings." Do you say that the widow has no problem with him? Whether it's him, or Yuan Qing and Yuan Fang, they are all the heirs of widows. Even Cheng Qian is my Li Yuan's grandson. A person can be so ruthless to his brothers and heirs who are related by blood, do you think he can be a good king of a country in the future? ”

Guo Ye frowned more and more when he heard this, and secretly said in his heart, Is His Majesty Li Er so unbearable? Whether it is the Xuanwumen Incident or the abolition of Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince, this is all for a reason, Guo Ye said that he fully understands.

But for Li Yuanfang to say these words, he really couldn't believe that this was not His Majesty Li Er's style of acting at all. That's right, as an emperor, he will definitely be wary of those factors that affect the stability of his throne, but Li Yuanfang said that this move is obviously that His Majesty Li Er has given people a tongue, and he will not do it so stupidly.

Could it be that Li Yuanfang and his three brothers made something out of nothing?

Could it be that Li Yuan was fooled by Li Yuanfang and his three brothers and used as a gunman?

Suddenly, he thought that King Lu had just said that re-establishing Li Chengqian and reinstating him was the first step in the plan, so the entire plan that followed was aimed at His Majesty Li Er?

Conspiracy!

Suddenly, these two words came to his mind.

Guo Ye looked at Li Yuan, who was angry and white-bearded, and then looked at Li Yuanfang, who was calm and calm, and secretly said in his heart, if he guessed correctly, this is a huge conspiracy brewed by Li Yuanfang and other royal princes against His Majesty Li Er!