"You...... Do you still hate me? I don't know how long it took, Da Zhou Tianzi asked on the dragon couch, and Li Shou's answer did not pause at all.

"Hate!"

"......" Listening to the undignified answer, Li Ji, the Son of Heaven, looked at the youngest son in front of him again.

It's okay, and I've finally calmed down......

patted the edge of the dragon couch, and Li Ji, the son of heaven, said softly, "Come and sit here!" ”

"......" Li Shou frowned and looked at his biological father, a hint of unwillingness to cooperate flashed in his eyes, but in the end he did not refuse, walked in front of Li Ji, and sat on the edge of the dragon couch.

From beginning to end, Li Ji has been paying attention to the eyes of his youngest son.

He could see that his youngest son had an inexplicable resistance to him, as if he hated him, but as if he wasn't.

If Xie An was here, he might be the best able to grasp Li Shou's mood at the moment.

Li Shou has a strong hatred in his heart for the biological father in front of him who almost abandoned him and ignored him, but if this hatred is elaborated, it is not jealousy of the lack of a father?

But Li Shou's character is destined to make him unable to let go of this father-son relationship whose blood is thicker than water, although he hates his biological father in front of him very much, but when he sees his father so old in front of him, he also has a faint pain in his heart and can't bear to refuse.

A very contradictory, but not difficult to understand.

And Li Ji has been the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty for thirty years, and he has read countless people, and he seems to be vaguely aware of the complicated mood in the heart of his youngest son Li Shou, and sighed secretly, then glanced at Li Shou, and asked inexplicably, "Xiao Jiu, just outside the Heart Cultivation Palace." Have you met the third child? ”

"Third brother?" Li Shou frowned, then nodded.

"What did he talk to?" Li Ji asked lightly.

Secretly raised his head and glanced at his biological father's face, Li Shou said in a low voice, "The third brother said that the father intends to pass on the throne to his sons, so the third brother asked the sons and daughters to help him arrange it, and he will be crowned as the king, and be a rich and noble prince who has no worries about food and clothing......"

"......" Li Ji closed his eyes slightly when he heard this.

Did you decide to do it in the end?

Shen Er...... O my most forbearant son!

Since ancient times. The royal family's seizure of the throne is a political game to test the ability of the princes, and in this palace forcing incident, the outstanding performance of the crown prince Li Wei has undoubtedly become a lingering scene in Li Ji's heart for a long time.

not only forgave his own brother Li Cheng for framing him. And he was willing to give up the throne to him, and even, for his sake of being willing to kill the monarch and kill his father, such a heavy act of affection and righteousness, even in the hundreds of years of the Great Zhou Li family, there has never been one, even. Li Ji, who is called his father, is a little jealous, after all, the actions of the crown prince Li Wei have shown that between his father and his younger brother, he chose the latter.

And except for the crown prince Li Wei. There is another person whose performance is imprinted into Li Ji's mind, and that is the third prince Li Shen.

The third son of the emperor judged the situation and knew that he could not do anything. also tried his best to create the best way out for himself, he knew that once the crown prince Li Wei and the two brothers won the throne. He will die without a place to be buried, so he simply withdrew from the battle for succession, and secretly helped his youngest brother Li Shou, after all, Li Shou has not yet been weakened this year, and he is ruthless in terms of power and strategy, and he cannot be compared with the two brothers of the crown prince Li Wei.

The third prince, Li Shen, in the face of the fatal temptation of the Great Zhou Emperor, was still able to put on a correct attitude, not be tempted by interests, and in addition to the life-threatening misfortune, he sorted out the stakes of this matter, and chose the most beneficial way to retreat for himself.

Because of this, Li Ji, the son of heaven, secretly gave the third prince Li Shen a high evaluation of the crown prince Li Wei.

Through the last conversation with the third prince Li Shen, it is not difficult for Li Ji to guess the future plans of the third son, he clearly wants to follow the example of the ancients, abandon everything in Jijing, go to the border to rebuild his own power, and make a comeback.

Shen Sheng is in danger at home, and his ears are safe outside, many people understand this truth, but not everyone can do it, and only a forbearant hero like Li Shen who can ruthlessly abandon everything in Jijing can have the confidence to make a comeback in the border.

Ah, people who don't have great perseverance will never have the confidence to do such a thing!

Compared with the crown prince Li Wei and the third prince Li Shen, Li Cheng, the fifth prince who is the mastermind behind this palace attack, seems insignificant in Li Ji's heart, not to mention Li Shou, who has almost no contribution in this matter?

Good luck......

This is Li Ji's only evaluation of his youngest son Li Shou.

In Li Ji's view, a person's life always needs the support of a nobleman, and Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple in the court, who has not yet been weakened, is the noble man of his youngest son Li Shou in front of him.

That Xie An got acquainted with Liang Qiu Wu, got acquainted with the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and he himself was a scholar in the palace, and slowly embarked on a career in office, and even Li Shou gradually increased his power, and finally created the current good situation.

If it weren't for that Xie An, my youngest son would probably still be just King Anle......

Anle Wang......

[Your Majesty, the slave maid does not ask him to be rich and rich in this life, but only to have peace in his life, and I ask Your Majesty to ......]

Vaguely, Li Shou couldn't help but think of the appearance of the well-behaved palace maid in his mind, and couldn't help but think of her gentleness.

Since ancient times, all the palace maids in the palace have regarded self-recommendation to the emperor as the best way to change their fate, so they serve them wholeheartedly.

But for the emperors of the past dynasties, when they did not summon their concubines to sleep, it meant that they were engaged in government affairs, or they were tired, and how could they have any energy to pay attention to the palace maids who served beside them?

At that time, the emperor needed to be quiet, not beautiful, and think about it, as the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, would Li Ji be short of women?

It's a pity that there are not many smart women in the palace, or rather, there are too many women who want to ascend to the sky in one step......

However, in the midst of that, Li Ji met a [quiet] palace maid, and when he was watching the recital under the candlestick in the Hall of Cultivating Hearts, the palace maid would kneel quietly on the dragon couch, except for adding lamp oil to him, there would hardly be any movement, even if sometimes Li Ji took the initiative to complain to her about court affairs, she only smiled. Never express your opinion without permission.

Ah, generally at this time, what Li Ji needs is just a person who can listen to his complaints, not a person who will make ideas for him, he is the emperor of the Great Zhou, the lord of the world, and needs someone else to make ideas for him?

For a year and a half, the palace maid slept beside Li Ji. is more than those concubines in the harem, and in the end, the palace maid was also named a maid by Li Ji, that is, Li Shou's biological mother, a Jiangnan woman surnamed Wei. Because of her background, she doesn't have an official name, so Li Ji calls her so.

Wei Ni!

……

……

"Father? Father? Seeing his biological father Li Ji staring at him blankly and not speaking for a long time, Li Shou's eyes showed some doubts.

"Huh?" After being called by his youngest son, Li Ji came back to his senses and coughed to hide his gaffe. He asked in a deep voice, "Hmm, Fang Cai, have you ever met the third child outside the Heart Cultivation Palace?" ”

"......" fools can see that Da Zhou Tianzi is absent-minded at the moment. What's more, it's Li Shou, after thinking about it, Li Shou said in a low voice, "I just met ...... outside the hall."

Looking at the strange expression of the youngest son. Only then did Li Ji realize that he had asked this question before. Coughing, he asked quietly, "What do you think of the third child's petition?" - Tell the truth! ”

Li Shou was slightly shocked when he heard this, and said tentatively, "The third brother has turned the tide this time, and this credit is enough to crown the king......"

"Hey!" Li Ji snorted, without commenting on the praise, and after glancing at Li Shou, he said lightly, "Didn't the girl from the eldest grandson's family remind you?" ”

Li Shou was stunned, only then did he realize the deep meaning of his biological father's words, and he was silent.

Seeing this, Li Ji straightened up, lowered his voice and said, "That girl has already reminded you, making the third child the king is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles in the future!" -- But what do you think, you seem to be advocating for him to do the work on his behalf? Tell me about it! ”

"I ...... I think the third brother has really contributed a lot this time......" Li Shou opened his mouth and stammered, after all, he was squeezed by the words of the third prince Li Shen, so he agreed to this matter, instead of looking at things from the perspective of interests like Li Ji and the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

"......" Li Ji frowned when he heard this, lay back on the dragon couch again, and said lightly, "Stupid!" ”

When Li Shou came to complain a lot about his biological father, he was even more unhappy when he heard this, and asked without thinking, "What about my father's intentions?" ”

"......" didn't seem to expect Li Shou to have the courage to refute him, Li Ji was stunned when he heard this, then thought about it carefully, sighed and said, "This is really asking ...... of me" Saying, he raised his head, looked at Li Shou and said in a deep voice, "Don't you regret it?" - Maybe one day, you will regret the decision you made today! ”

As if he understood the deep meaning of Li Ji's words, Li Shou Zhengse said, "Xie An once said to his son, even if sometimes you clearly know that a person is about to commit a crime, but before this person does commit a crime, you have no right to arrest him, and you are not qualified to accuse him. On the contrary, it is his fault! -- You are not responsible for others, but for you! Speaking of this, he raised his head to look at Li Ji and said in a deep voice, "Erchen is different from his father, he will not harm others because of some signs!" ”

"Heh, but sometimes, it's necessary to plan ahead, and when it really rains heavily, it's too late for anything......"

"At least I have a clear conscience!"

"......" Li Ji couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, and looked at Li Shou unexpectedly, looking at the extremely obvious displeasure on his face.

Li Ji vaguely realized that his youngest son seemed to be a blank slate, and had never experienced the gloomy rendering of the world, in other words, he was in the most crucial stage of his life, and he was easily influenced by the people around him.

In fact, it is extremely dangerous to ask the youngest son who is at this stage of his life to take over the throne, because he may lead the Great Zhou Sheji to the end of the catastrophe, but the current situation does not allow him to think too much.

Li Ji knows very well that at the moment when the crown prince Li Wei and the five princes have fallen one after another, the third prince Li Shen has withdrawn from the battle for the crown prince, and the eighth prince Li Xian is unconscious, his youngest son Li Shou has been transformed into the most effective candidate for the crown prince, after all, he has the support of many Jijing factions behind him.

Of course, Li Ji can also immediately summon the fourth prince Li Mao back to Beijing, but the problem is. The side that supports Li Shou has controlled most of the forces in Jijing, and furthermore, there is the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Wu has Liangqiu Wu, and there is Xie An, Li Shou has gathered some young talents around him, and more importantly, because of Xie An's relationship. The Liangqiu family, the eldest grandson family, and the Lu family will help each other, relatively speaking, Li Mao, the fourth prince who has lived in the border for many years, has not received the support of many families in Jijing, because of the prince who is upright and conceited by nature. used to offend many young generations of the Jijing family when they were young, and now, the sons of the family who cried and begged for mercy under Li Mao's fist have also grown up......

Thinking about the many concerns in his heart, Li Ji had an idea in his heart, sighed lightly, and deliberately sighed in an unexpected tone. "However, it really surprised me, in the end, it was my Li Ji's most unsuccessful son who took the ...... of the situation."

As Li Ji expected. Li Shou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and there was a bit of anger in his eyes, but he gritted his teeth and kept silent.

See here. Li Ji smiled slightly in his heart, with a bit of mockery. He continued, "Is luck also a talent? ”

“……”

"Isn't it?" Looking at Li Shou, Li Ji said sarcastically, "From beginning to end, have you done anything?" - The rebellion in the western realm is all up to Xie An and the girl from the eldest grandson's family, you are just sitting back and enjoying the credit! - This forced palace change also depends on the plan of the girl of the eldest grandson's family, with the help of the eastern army of the girl of the Liangqiu family, with the help of Xun Zheng of Weiwei Temple, even the third brother who you don't like to be in danger the most on weekdays, this time he also entered a dangerous situation and got rid of the prince for you, and you? What did you do? ”

"......" Li Shou opened his mouth and was speechless, after all, he really didn't do anything.

"I remember, you have a lot of complaints about me, don't you?"

“……”

"What did I say then? ――I ascended the throne in my twenties, and I drove several times before and after, swept the barbarians in the north, and overthrew the former Tang Dynasty in the south, more than doubling the territory of my Great Zhou Dynasty. - What is there to praise about you as my son? Why do you dare to point fingers at me? ”

"......" Li Shou's chest rose and fell when he heard this, and you can imagine the anger in his heart.

Seeing this, Li Ji sneered and said lightly, "It's not your turn to wait for the juniors to point fingers!" - If you want to evaluate me, first weigh yourself and see if you are qualified to evaluate me! -- And right now, you don't have that qualification! When Shuo arrived here, Li Ji looked up at Li Shou and said slowly, "Are you not convinced?" If you are not convinced, you can't change the fact that I am the most wise and martial emperor in the Great Zhou Dynasty! ”

Li Shou gritted his teeth when he heard this, and said slightly angrily, "He is also the most conceited and arrogant emperor!" ”

"......" Li Ji was stunned when he heard this, then laughed, looked at Li Shou and said sarcastically, "Conceited? Arrogant? Interesting...... As I have already said, you are not qualified to judge me! - Unless you do better than me! ”

Li Shou's chest rose and fell, and when he heard this, he said angrily, "I will do it!" - When the time comes, I will engrave the above words on the mausoleum of my father! ”

"Hahaha, hahahaha!" Li Ji raised his head and laughed, and said lightly, "If you can do it, just try it!" Speaking of this, he closed a smile on his face, looked at Li Shou and said in a deep voice, "After I die, you will be my Emperor of the Great Zhou!" ”

Li Shou was shocked when he heard this, although he had vaguely noticed it before, but when his biological father Li Ji said these words in person, the impact on him was still so great.

"Stand down! - I'm tired of talking to an unbearable son like you! ”

For Li Ji Fangcai to pass the throne to himself, Li Shoulai has changed his opinion of his biological father a little, at least, he wants to be closer to him a little, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but become angry again, and said coldly, "In this case, the son-in-law will not disturb his father's rest, and the son-in-law will retire!" With that, he flicked his sleeves and turned away.

Looking at the back of his youngest son Li Shou leaving, the face of Li Ji, the son of heaven, became more and more sickly flushed, and suddenly coughed a few times and coughed out a mouthful of blood.

When Wang Ying, the old eunuch next to the dragon couch, saw it, his face was shocked, and he hurriedly went to summon the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital, but was stopped by Li Ji.

"Forget it, now that the gods have descended into the world, they can't save me......"

"Your Majesty," the old eunuch's eyes showed a little reluctance, and he choked up and said, "Why does Your Majesty want to drink His Royal Highness?" Your Majesty invites His Highness this time, isn't it just ......"

Waving his hand to interrupt the old eunuch's words, Li Ji said with a chuckle. "I don't want to expose my sons to my sons before I die, and I'm going to make them laugh...... Xiao Wang, you summoned Liangqiu Gong and Yingong for me, and I have to entrust some things! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The old eunuch nodded, and was about to turn around, when he suddenly seemed to think of something, and said hesitantly, "Doesn't Your Majesty summon Xie An and Xie Shaoqing?" ”

Li Ji was stunned when he heard this. After taking a deep look at Eunuch Wang, he thought of the deep meaning of his words, and said with a chuckle, "What do you want to say?" ”

I saw that Eunuch Wang hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice. "The old slave thinks that if His Majesty intends to pass on the throne to His Royal Highness Shou, he must not check and balance that Xie Shaoqing, otherwise, I am afraid that the imperial power will be unstable in ......the future."

"You mean, then Xie An may cover the sky in the middle of the court, or even harm my Great Zhou Sheji?" Li Ji said with a smile.

The old eunuch bowed his head. "The old slave is just worried about ......"

Nodding, Li Ji said calmly, "Then Xie An." It is indeed a noble person in Xiao Jiu's life, without him, Xiao Jiugen would not be able to come to this day, and make friends in adversity like this. How precious! - Just like the Duke of Yin, who I assisted back then, the crown prince...... Chin next to the crown prince. Speaking of which, the kid in the family is indeed quite courageous and loyal, Wei'er only said that he forced the palace, so he didn't say a word, and led the northern army to attack the palace, like Qin, like Xie An, this is the courtier that my Great Zhou Emperor needs, not a gentleman who is tired of fame! -- Write down, this time the Guanglu Temple Qingqin will not be held accountable, nor will he be held accountable, so that Naqin will think about it, and the official will be reinstated in three days, and the rest of the things will ...... I'll leave it to my little son to deal with! ”

"Yes......"

"As for that Xie An...... the corners of Li Ji's mouth raised a little inexplicable smile, and said lightly, "This son has already tied himself to the rope, and he married the girl from the Liangqiu family, so there is no need for me to do more, this woman will discipline her husband in the future...... In addition, Xie An is a person who values love and righteousness, and he will be good at assisting Xiao Jiu, relatively speaking, I am quite worried about the girl of the eldest grandson's family, I heard that this woman actually borrowed the troops of her husband Xie An to surround the mansion of my sons, hehehe, if I don't pass the throne to Xiao Jiu, maybe the next time I force the palace, it will be her...... But now it is as she wishes, her husband Xie An will definitely be a first-class minister in the DPRK in the future, and he will not do anything in the future...... However, in order to ensure that this woman will not have any extraneous branches, well, in the name of me, I will give her a first-class wife, even if it is to commend her for her meritorious planning! ”

"This ......," the old eunuch Wang said in surprise when he heard this, "The honorary title of this Pinfu Army has always been only obtained by the eldest wife of the main room, and according to the old slave's understanding, Xie Shaoqing's wife is the general of Liangqiu Wu, who is ......."

"Ah, I know!" Li Ji smiled when he heard this, and said in an inexplicable tone, "In this way, that girl's mind will probably not pay attention to other things...... It can be regarded as thinking about the love between father and son, so let's help the third child! - If that girl is trying to deal with the third child, no matter how deep the third city is, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the ascension to heaven! ”

"Yes, the old slave wrote it down, I don't know what else Your Majesty has to order?"

Li Ji was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then asked, "Has Concubine Chen ever come to the Heart Cultivation Hall today?" ”

The old eunuch shook his head.

Li Ji was stunned and asked in surprise, "She didn't come?" ”

"No," the old eunuch shook his head and said in a low voice, "As far as the old slave knows, Chen Guifei seems to have gone to the Great Prison Temple......

"......" Li Ji opened his mouth when he heard this, and then his face tightened, and he said urgently, "Quick, quickly call someone to Jingren Palace......"

Before the words fell, a palace maid hurriedly rushed into the hall, kneeling on the ground and crying, "Your Majesty, something is wrong, the noble concubine Niangniang, the noble concubine Niangniang committed suicide by drinking poisonous wine in the dormitory......"

Li Ji heard a sickly flush on his face, covered his mouth with his left hand, and coughed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty?" Seeing this, the old eunuch hurriedly supported Li Ji.

After coughing continuously, Li Ji stabilized, glanced at the red blood on the left heart of his left hand, let out a long sigh, waved his hand and said to the palace maid, "I know, you should retreat first!" ”

"Yes......"

Looking at the back of the palace maid leaving, Li Ji's face was even more old, and he muttered, "Call the people from the imperial tomb to ......."

The old eunuch was slightly startled when he heard this, and asked tentatively, "What does Your Majesty mean...... Imperial Tomb Dragon Guard? ”

Nodding, Li Ji sighed and muttered, "Concubine Chen's meaning is clearly that she wants to exchange her death for the life of the fifth child, and I can't bear to give up after many years of husband and wife...... Calling people to draft an edict: Li Cheng, the fifth son of the emperor, plotted to rebel, the sin is not forgiven, read his final repentance, and his mother and brother died one after another, leaving one of his lives, removing his status as a prince, degrading to the common people, to my Great Zhou Li Emperor's Mausoleum to guard the tomb, and not to step out of the imperial mausoleum for the rest of his life, if this decree is violated, he shall not be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death, and his name will be removed from the imperial pedigree of my Great Zhou Li family! ”

"Yes......"

"Go, summon Liang Qiu Gong and Yin Gong to come, my time is running out......"

"Yes, Your Majesty......"

On February 1, the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Ji, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, urgently summoned the Duke of Liangqiu and the Prime Minister of the Eastern Kingdom to entrust the affairs of the future.

Around the time of the day, the Great Zhou Emperor Li Ji died at the age of fifty-six, nicknamed [Emperor Chongwuren of the Great Zhou], and passed the throne to the ninth son of the emperor and Li Shou, the king of Anping, before his death.

After the death of the noble concubine Chen, she was posthumously honored as the queen, and her name was [Empress Xiaoren of the Great Zhou Duande], and her son Li Wei pursued [Mourning King], and was buried in the imperial mausoleum with his father and mother.