Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not leave the palace overnight, but outside the palace was a lot of waves because of him, although it was curfew time, but all the squares and courtyards were full of lights, and the atmosphere of the carp fishing was the most hot, and even the Mickey Restaurant, which had no guests at night, was crowded, chatting about the prince's entry into the palace today.

The two forces began to collide, the people of the King of Wei and the King of Wu were talking about the prince's outside, and a wave of people who were satisfied with the arrangement were saying good things about the prince, and the voices of the two groups of people reached the ears of the ministers of the court and the central government through the mouths of countless people.

The next morning, Li Chengqian really received an admonition from the official, bluntly saying that the prince was too full, did not think about it, and even missed the king, causing the king of Wu to be seriously injured, and asked His Majesty to punish him.

Li Shimin did not cover Li Chengqian, "The prince remembers yesterday's mistakes in my heart, but the New Year is approaching, and the spring festival is also close at hand, and the prince has been closed for three months after the spring festival, and this matter is over!" ”

Although the ministers still wanted to say something, seeing that Li Shimin directly pronounced the verdict on Li Chengqian's crime, Li Chengqian had no intention of refuting it, so he gave up.

But the military generals did not agree, Cheng Yanjin was the first to stand up, "Your Majesty, the minister has also heard about yesterday's incident, in the minister's opinion, the prince is not at fault in this matter, although there is no merit and no reward, but it should not be punished!" ”

The generals on the side echoed one after another, Li Shimin was a little surprised, although he knew that his brothers were towards Li Chengqian, but they would never participate in these petty fights, and he had already said that the matter would be stopped, and the punishment for Li Chengqian was just a grounding, and the time of the grounding was the time of training for the hundred horses, and he also wanted Li Chengqian to take a closer look.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian with puzzled eyes, Li Chengqian also looked puzzled and didn't know what was going on, for himself, the thing that did not affect Chunqiu was only grounded for three months, which was completely irrelevant, and yesterday his father also told him that he wanted to train Baiqi in these three months.

There was an embarrassment in the court, and Li Shimin saw that Li Chengqian didn't know about this matter, so he had to say: "Cheng Biting Jin, I said that this matter is over, where do you come from to express your thoughts?" ”

Cheng Yanjin was neither humble nor arrogant, kneeling down on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, when the first minister followed the emperor to fight the world, he valued the fact that you loved soldiers like sons, and the prince's actions yesterday were to love soldiers like sons, and love the people like sons, this move spread to the army and made the soldiers burst into tears. ”

Cheng Yanjin said and pointed to the ministers behind him, "Your Majesty, although Wenchen ······ That one. ”

"Wenchen rules the world." Li Tao's voice reached Cheng Yanjin's ears out of nowhere.

"Although Wenchen ruled the world, but you look at the past so many years, it is our brothers who are guarding the country, if the Tatars come to change the country tomorrow, this group of sour rot is afraid that they will go to another door, and please Your Majesty do not chill the hearts of the soldiers!"

As soon as Cheng Biting Jin finished saying this, the Wenchen behind him did it, kneeling and kowtowing one by one and saying heartily, Li Shimin also had a headache, although the civil and military factions above the court have been arguing for a long time, but the scene that broke out like today will only appear when the two countries are at war, but at this time, seeing the appearance of the generals, I am afraid that this matter will not end well.

Li Shimin glanced at the old eunuch beside him, and the old eunuch also understood, and said loudly, "Silence!" ”

Seeing that the courtiers were no longer talking, Li Shimin spoke, "Cheng Biting Jin, what should you do with your prince!" ”

Cheng Yanjin stood up and muttered, "This matter is not my business, my lines are finished!" ”

Then he coughed twice, "Your Majesty, the family has family rules and national laws, this matter is the emperor's family affair, and it is also our state affair, and I ask the emperor to decide, the old minister will not say it again." ”

After speaking, Cheng Yanjin retreated into the crowd, he thought that he couldn't see Li Shimin, Li Shimin couldn't see him, but his huge figure was obvious even if he couldn't see his face in the crowd.

Li Shimin looked at Cheng Biting Jin who was hiding hatefully, thinking that at this time, I had already made up my mind, it was because you didn't want the prince to be punished that you came out to muddy the water, and now if you muddy the water, it is nothing.

sighed and remembered what Cheng Biting Jin said just now, looked at the kneeling generals on the side and said that there is always a head in this group of people, Li Jing is now squatting at home and not going out, Qin Qiong has not been injured and has not been well, and he does not participate in the affairs of the court, this matter must be Li Tao's head, thinking of this, he asked: "Does the military department have any opinions?" ”

Li Tao saw that Li Shimin finally remembered that he slowly stood up, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not wrong in this matter, and I hope Your Majesty will not punish the prince, as for the reward, although there is no mistake and no merit, the reward is not necessary!" ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and his hand on the dragon chair tightened, he didn't like the feeling of being led away, "Then according to Aiqing's construction, this incident should not have happened, right?" ”

Li Tao also looked directly at Li Shimin. Since he chose the prince's lineage, he will do this well, he has been by Li Shimin's side for so many years, and he understands his temper very well, since he guessed that Li Shimin intends to let Li Chengqian succeed to the throne, it would be good to let him do it, "Emperor Qiqi, of course this matter cannot be regarded as not happening, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been living in the palace since he was assassinated when he was young, and the prince's left and right mansions are just empty decorations, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to restore the prince to the appearance of the previous dynasties, each with five hundred soldiers, if there is a war, this thousand soldiers is the prince's will, The meritorious prince leads, and the prince is punished! ”

Li Shimin's eyes were a little more unhappy, the prince's leading of the troops is a big deal, Li Chengqian's current situation is not suitable, but Li Tao and his party have obvious opinions, and he has no reason to refuse, after all, the prince's mansions of all dynasties have government soldiers, and Li Chengqian has been in his care because he was frightened before, he himself has not mentioned this matter, and this matter has not been mentioned, but today Li Tao brought up this matter again, I am afraid that he will really divide the soldiers to the prince.

Li Chengqian was also panicked, although he knew that Li Tao was for his own good, but he never thought about the use of leading the troops, at this moment Li Tao gave himself the right to fight with King Wu and King Wei, although this is an opportunity and a warning, yesterday King Wu and King Wei dared to be cautious in front of the emperor, and tomorrow he may find someone to assassinate him, thinking of the words of shirk here or not spoken.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian, who was trembling but didn't speak, and also understood his thoughts, and sighed, "What Aiqing said is extremely true, since there is no objection, then the prince will lead the mansion to restore the former station, and Li Tao, the secretary of the military department, will handle this matter, from the selection of troops to the selection of places, I will have a military parade!" ”

King Wei's face changed again and again, and he thought that today's events would make Li Chengqian's prestige drop again and again, but what he didn't expect was that this group of generals who did not participate in the affairs of the court would openly support the crown prince, which is a big taboo, and it is really strange that the father did not say anything.

The old eunuch also saw that Li Shimin's face was not very good, and said: "If there is something to do, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

King Wei didn't want to stand up much, "Father, King Wu was checked by the imperial doctor yesterday and confirmed that his life was fine, but his leg bones were slightly injured, and there were several bones in his chest fractured, and he couldn't recover without a year and a half!" ”

Li Shimin's face was also a little unsightly, he thought that yesterday's events would be forgotten, but he didn't expect King Wei to come again to add to the fire, King Wu fell down by himself, although he knew King Wu's intentions, but after thinking about it, leaving King Wu in Beijing was not necessarily all bad, so the figure that wanted to leave turned back, "King Wu is injured, and he is ordered to postpone the day of returning to the station, and he will go back when he is well!" ”

King Wei's face returned to his former smiling appearance, but Li Chengqian's face with his head down changed and changed, he had never understood his father's thoughts, since he knew that King Wu's intention to fall down was to stay in the palace and reorganize the throne himself, why did he let him stay. Li Chengqian believes that he will always be the first in Li Shimin's heart, but he doesn't know whether Li Shimin has a second or third place in his heart.

The people in the court gradually left, Li Chengqian walked out in a daze, Li Tao didn't know when he walked to his side, "Prince, but I'm worried about recruiting soldiers, it's just a thousand people, it's enough to go to any Zhuangzi to recruit people!" ”

Li Chengqian was stunned, and then he saw Li Tao on the side, and said with some confusion: "Didn't you send me the soldiers selected from your various departments?" ”

Li Tao patted Li Chengqian's shoulder, "What kind of joke is the prince doing, who are you asking for soldiers, who can give it to you, this group of old horsemen treat the group of people under their hands as a treasure, and send you two young generals at most, it is estimated that they are here to promote the official relationship, and the left and right leading government wants to give Lao Cheng a position, but I promised him, and he agreed to come out!" ”

Li Chengqian's mind was full of question marks, but there was no trace of Li Tao, thinking that it was not easy to recruit his thousands of soldiers and horses, and he had to ask Xiangxin about this matter and listen to his opinions more.

Of course, Li Tao didn't think of this move by himself, or he heard the words of his subordinates and went to the court to ask for his life, the main reason was that he came to the door with the pregnant princess to make Li Tao make up his mind.

At this time, Xiangxin was still eating fruits in the princess's recuperation house, these were all sent to the princess in the palace to recuperate, but most of them fell into the mouth of Xiangxin, and Xiangxin was eating the soft peach at this time while saying reassuring words to the princess, "Sister, don't worry, even if Li Chengqian is really dead, you and the child in your belly can live a life safely, don't worry!" ”