In the East Palace, Li Shimin was still sitting as steady as Mount Tai, the expression on his face was light and calm, and the power of the emperor was not diminished in the slightest. Whether he was fearless or forced to be calm, only he knew.

Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang was originally a little nervous, but under the influence of Li Shimin, she also became very relaxed, and there was even a faint smile on her face.

This kind of reaction mentor made Li Chengqian a little nervous, his father obviously understood what he wanted to do, but he was still so calm, without the slightest surprise and panic, but it made people feel a little hairy.

"Hou Junji, you can!" Li Shimin bypassed Li Chengqian first, and said coldly, like a mockery or a question.

"Your Majesty, the minister is also forced to do so, Your Majesty forgive me." In the end, it is a monarch and a minister, there is some old love, and Hou Junji is inevitably a little embarrassed.

"Is it because of Gaochang's grudge? Remembering the grudge and not rewarding you for meritorious deeds, but punishing you, right? Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "I originally hoped that you would reflect on it at home, but I didn't want you to ......."

"Your Majesty, the minister is a dull person, I don't understand Your Majesty's good intentions, the minister only knows who is good to me since I was a child, and I should repay my kindness." Hou Junji said: "The minister is consciously worthy of His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty, in the desert Gobi, in the Western Regions Gaochang, after several life and death for the Tang Dynasty, but in the end he ended up as a prisoner under the stairs, the minister doesn't understand, and can't figure it out......

In those days, apart from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who cared about the safety of the ministers? It's still the same sentence, I, Hou Junji, am a rough person, and the grievances are clear......"

After a few words, complaints and even hatred were revealed, and at this point, Hou Junji obviously had no scruples.

"That's right, your expedition to Gaochang is a meritorious service, but you are looting and slaughtering in Gaochang. It has ruined the reputation of my Datang for being friendly to the western tribes, which makes the neighbors of Datang panic, and if it is not done well, war will break out, and the peace of the frontier that my Datang soldiers have paid countless blood and lives for will be gone. ”

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "I won't dispose of you, and I won't give an explanation to the tribes of the neighboring countries, okay?" You think it's because you've blasphemed a treasure. Occupy the daughter of a Gaochang clan, so treat you harshly? ”

Hou Junji felt a wave in his heart, the so-called overall situation he originally had gained, but when his own interests were affected, he was still not very happy. Since the emperor wants to cut himself so that he can give an explanation to the neighboring countries and tribes, from the perspective of the king and the dynasty, it is true, but has he ever cared about himself as a meritorious general?

At least before doing so, His Majesty the Emperor should not talk to himself. How about giving yourself peace of mind and compensating you afterwards? But the emperor didn't say a word, probably didn't bother to say anything to himself, and didn't care about his feelings at all.

Now that the matter has come to this, what is there to talk about? The emperor only cares about the country, just his reputation and status in the world.

Therefore, Hou Junji was completely disapproving of this, and still said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's far-sighted ministers don't understand, and the ministers are short-sighted. I can only see what I am looking for, and I only know how to repay my kindness. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been gracious to me. Now that His Highness is in danger, the ministers should do their best to protect it. ”

"What a thanksgiving!" Li Shimin is probably also a little cold and angry, and probably a little remorseful. regrets that he overestimated Hou Junji's insight and open-mindedness, and some of his words may have been explained earlier, otherwise he might not have come to this point.

After all, he is a veteran who has followed him for decades, but now he is fighting each other. The detached monarchs and ministers from morality are inevitably a little embarrassing. Li Shimin sighed secretly, turned to stare at Li Chengqian, and said, "I didn't see it in the past, you still have such a means to win people's hearts!" ”

"The father praised it falsely, how did the little tricks of the sons and daughters get into the eyes of the father?" Li Chengqian said: "Such a move. But it is also helpless, if it weren't for the father's step-by-step pressing, why would the son be like this? ”

"You also resent me?" Although this is the case, Li Shimin seems to be a little unwilling, and he still can't help but ask, wanting to hear the answer of his eldest son with his own ears.

"Yes, to this day, Erchen has nothing to hide!" Li Chengqian's eyes were resolute, his expression was cold, and he did not have the slightest intention of avoiding taboos and retreating.

"Okay, it's rare for you and my father and son to have such a calm relationship, but you can tell me, where am I sorry for you?" Li Shimin coughed violently a few times, the words of his eldest son stimulated him a little, even if he was determined, he couldn't help but be excited at the moment. Seeing this situation, Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang, hurriedly stepped forward to beat Li Shimin's back, her eyes full of concern.

Hearing this question, Li Chengqian couldn't help sneering and said: "Father, I am your eldest son, you made me the crown prince, but you especially favored Li Tai and Li Ke, and even let them do it, a prince has surpassed me as a prince, dare to ask my father, what kind of heart do you have?" If you don't like me, just abolish me, why torture me so much? ”

"Waste prince, are you sure that I have the heart to abolish you? In your heart, am I such a father? When Li Shimin heard this, he felt a faint feeling of blood in his heart, and he seemed to be very uncomfortable.

Li Shimin said: "You are my eldest son, since you were a child, you and your mother have been very fond of you, spoiled and favored, and invited you to teach famous teachers, I hope you will become a talent."

You have to behave also made me very pleased, since you were a child, you were well-behaved and intelligent, when you were eight years old, I made you the prince, and cultivated you carefully, hoping that you can take on the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and inherit the country.

You did well in those years, and everyone said you were a good prince, and I always thought so. But in the last few years, what have you done? How many princes are there? Whether I am satisfied or not, whether I can convince the world is a big question. ”

"Yes, I have disappointed my father over the years, but have you thought about it, if it weren't for you, why would I be where I am today? It's nothing for you to pamper the young slave and Jinyang, the queen mother went early, they are still young, you should raise and take care of it personally, but it's a pity that Li Tai? ”

Li Chengqian said loudly: "It's nothing for my father to favor him, but he has become more and more unscrupulous because of your favor, and he has delusions, and he has long wanted to replace my son, and then enter this East Palace." Didn't you see it, Father? Obviously not, how can Your Majesty the Emperor not see that you are a wise and martial emperor?

You deliberately couldn't see it, and then your favor for Li Tai became more and more excessive. You exempted Yankangfang from taxes, you gave him Wei Wangchi in Luoyang, and even let him study in the Wude Palace, his fief is so wide, his status and honor guard are about to surpass me.

It was your deliberate connivance that nurtured Li Tai's ambitions. It gave him the heart to win the heir, and made me feel uneasy all day long. He then took the opportunity to compile the "Chronicles of the Universe" to recruit talents, gather party henchmen, and constantly stumble on the East Palace openly and secretly.

As for you, Father, you obviously see it in your eyes, but you don't care about it at all, you will only continue to connive at Li Tai, have you ever given me a little comfort and help? ”

Li Chengqian's voice became louder and louder. Obviously, it seems that he has been greatly wronged, which makes him extremely uncomfortable. In the past, these words had no chance to be spoken, but today the skylight has been opened anyway, and there is nothing to hide, and in a moment, it erupted like a cannon, saying all the grievances and grievances.

Li Shimin was a little silent, and then sneered, he found for the first time that the gap between father and son was so big. The son has so much resentment and dissatisfaction with himself, and the father and son have never communicated. Not to mention understanding.

There is no doubt that His Majesty Li Er must have remorse in his heart, but so what? At this point, what else could he do, especially when he meant it to be......

"Do you only have resentment in your heart? Haven't you thought about your own problems, Prince? Is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty easy to be? You need to keep experiencing and growing, if you don't have the stimulation of a few brothers, you will have a crisis, will you continue to grow? ”

Li Shimin said: "In order for you to grow." I deliberately support Li Tai, hoping to stimulate you to grow and become stronger. But what about you? I only see that I love Li Tai, but I can't see my intentions at all, and you can't see the meaning of competition for you, you just resent me for being biased, and even gave up on yourself because of this, what have you done?

But it is not without results, and if you dare to act like this today, it can be seen that your courage and mind have grown greatly, but it is a pity that you have become cold and cruel, and you have completely used the wrong direction. ”

"It turns out that my father is so well-intentioned? But it's really wholeheartedly for us, do you also have a plan, if I don't succeed, I will replace me with Li Tai? ”

Li Chengqian sneered: "Father, you still prefer Li Tai more, or don't want to believe in your son, Huayin attacked and killed Li You didn't do it at all, but my father didn't believe it and was suspicious of me." Let Li You and Yin Hongzhi wronged me, and also took Su Gan Chengji to Dali Temple, making it clear that they wanted to abolish me on this ground. ”

"So you preemptively want to kill the king and kill the father, and ascend the throne and become the emperor, right?" Li Shimin snorted coldly and asked sharply.

Li Chengqian was a little stunned, and after subconsciously retreating half a step, he stood up straight and said in a loud voice: "That's right, I also learned from your father, no, today's situation is completely caused by my father himself."

If you hadn't made some precedent in Xuanwumen to grow up with young generations, and you were too fond of Li Tai and them, why would your sons have come to this point? ”

mentioned the change in Xuanwumen, and then saw his son's face, Li Shimin was really played, coughing violently, and almost vomited blood on the spot.

Princess Jinyang on the side couldn't help but be very anxious, patted her father and queen on the back, and shouted: "Brother Huang, don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Son, you're a girl, you don't understand...... But fortunately, you're a girl, so you don't have to worry a lot. Li Chengqian sighed: "You shouldn't have come today, since you came...... Anyway, as long as you are obedient, the royal brother will let you go, and you will still be spoiled in the future, and you are still the most noble princess of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Fortunately, the conscience has not been completely extinguished!" Hearing Li Chengqian's words about letting go of his little daughter, Li Shimin was somewhat comforted.

"Hmph...... If my father had believed in me earlier, why would he have done this! Li Chengqian snorted coldly, noncommittal, it really takes great courage to do it to his biological father and brother.

"Huayin's matter is not your doing, Li You and Yin Hongzhi swear, but there are also many suspicions, which are necessary for investigation. If you don't investigate clearly, the East Palace will always be suspicious, how should you face the world with dignity when the time comes? ”

Li Shimin said: "Sun Fujia and Xie Yi are trying hard to help you clear your name, but you are not willing to wait for half a day, Li You and Yin Hongzhi have already confessed that they are framing you." ”

"Confess? They confessed? Li Chengqian was a little surprised, and his face was full of wry smiles. After being wronged for a long time and completely driving himself to a dead end, it seems that it is too late to say that the misunderstanding has been clarified, and it seems that there is no point anymore.

Li Shimin's expression became very relaxed, and it could even be said that the clouds were strong and the wind was light, and the anger just now had calmed down a lot, and he said without hesitation: "Su Gan Chengji also confessed, saying that you had the intention of rebellion, I was still a little unconvinced, and I wanted to come to the East Palace to see if you really lost your conscience."

If you don't do it today, I can even act as if nothing happened, after all, you can be regarded as growing, even if the means and heart are ruthless, I feel that you are just confused for a while, and your nature is not bad. I gave you a chance, but you ......"

Li Shimin had a completely distressed expression, as if he was very sorry and sad.

As soon as these words came out, Li Chengqian and Hou Junji's expressions changed a little, and Su Gan Chengji explained in Dali Temple? My father knew everything, he knew his intention to invite him to the East Palace, but he still came without hesitation, what does this mean?

Li Chengqian inexplicably seemed to experience a trace of fatherly love, but he was so sad, and more frightened. Today's move was risky, and it took a lot of courage to make up his mind, and he didn't even dare to think much about the consequences, especially what the consequences would be if he failed.

Now that my father has clearly told himself that everything has been understood, what are his chances of winning? It's all over.

Hou Junji on the side said: "Your Majesty, isn't it forced to calm down and justify your stumble in front of the horse?" ”

Li Chengqian's brows moved, but he didn't dare to agree, although his father could force his composure, but Princess Jinyang was still young, where could he pretend to be so calm. Therefore, it should be certain that the father is an unfathomable person, who plans and then acts, and dares to risk his life, there must be a perfect arrangement.

In an instant, the thoughts in Li Chengqian's heart almost collapsed, and he began to be a little afraid, a little trembling, and he didn't know what to do next.

Hou Junji on the side was accustomed to seeing the wind and waves on the battlefield, but he said calmly: "Your Highness, don't worry, as long as Your Majesty is still in the East Palace, we still have a chance of winning!" ”

As soon as he said this, the cronies of the East Palace drew their swords one after another, and the old eunuch also ordered the few guards to be thousands for a while, protecting Li Shimin and Princess Jinyang in the middle.

The conflict of blood and light is on the verge of breaking out...... (To be continued.) )