256. Competing for Favor (II)
And her son Li Ke undoubtedly carries the character of these two generations of emperors at the same time, he is smart, talented, diligent and studious, and at the same time his personality is also flamboyant......
But Ke'er, you don't have the capital to show off at present.
Concubine Yang Shufei thought of Emperor Yang of Sui from her son, and from her father to her son, her mood fluctuated, and a pair of good-looking Emei couldn't help but frown.
She hopes that her son will be outstanding, that he will be treated differently by the emperor, and that the ministers can see her son's goodness, but she doesn't want her son to be too sharp and not competitive in everything.
He is neither a concubine, nor a long man, if he is competitive everywhere, and wants to suppress the prince everywhere, let alone say it, it is unknown whether he can die in peace in the end.
"Niangniang, Niangniang......" Lan Yi suddenly became distracted when she saw Yang Shufei talking, and she didn't respond to her call for a long time, so she couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
"I'm fine, I'm just remembering some of the past." Yang Shufei came back to her senses and waved her hand.
Don't talk about Yang Shufei's thoughts, but when it comes to Zhao Wang Li Tai, his mood at this time is really not very good.
Since the first year of Zhenguan, he and the prince had a fight outside the school, and after being called by his mother to teach him a lesson, Li Tai and the prince have been safe for more than a year.
During the period when Empress Changsun was grounded, the relationship between the brothers reached a united front and became unprecedentedly harmonious.
But it is difficult for princes to maintain a relationship with each other all the time, especially for princes like them, who are not much different in age and are all descendants.
The spirit of comparison and competition is like an innate instinct, deeply rooted in their hearts.
Li Tai has been wise since childhood, less than eleven years old, four books and five classics, poems and songs, he has memorized melons and songs well, in addition, many historical records and miscellaneous talks, he has also read a lot, words and articles, has been able to come easily.
In his opinion, among the princes of his father, no one can stand out in terms of talent alone, everyone is a prince, how can the father and the queen mother be so favored by the prince?
Although it is a rule set by the ancestors to establish a long heir, but his father is not a long, he has not ascended to the throne?
To put it bluntly, the person who can sit on the throne is not necessarily the eldest son, but depends on whether he has real ability.
His father can ascend to the throne, that is, his means are higher than that of King Xi, and his ability is stronger than that of King Xi, Li Tai, who is not yet eleven years old, saw that the prince's brother was arranged by his father to go to the grain and grass camp to follow his uncle's eldest grandson Wuji to experience, and his mentality became unprecedentedly unbalanced.
If he used to be only a little dissatisfied with the prince in his heart, but now he is aroused by strong unwillingness, he is obviously no worse than his eldest brother in all aspects, just because he is a year younger than him, he will be suppressed everywhere, this feeling makes him very uncomfortable and unwilling.
However, this child is a smart child in the end, no matter how unwilling he is, he also knows that it is extremely stupid to openly provoke the crown prince, or to provoke in front of his father and queen mother, and to tell right and wrong.
Such an act will not only not affect the status of the crown prince, but will make him less and less likeable, and the father and queen mother will never like a son who provokes right and wrong and makes something out of nothing.
You can't stir up right and wrong, and you can't slander the prince's brother out of nothing, what should I do? Well, the only way at the moment is to brush up on your presence in front of your father and mother, and express yourself more in front of them.
Li Tai, who was only a little more than ten years old, had not yet opened a mansion at this time, and there was nothing to do with him, and there were people like staff officers, so he wanted to compete for favor, so he could only rely on himself, thinking about it, and finally only found such a way.
So, since the crown prince Li Chengqian went to the grain and grass camp, Li Tai ran extremely diligently to the palace of the eldest grandson empress.
Every day after school, he would go to the Lizheng Palace for an hour, and play with his younger brother from time to time, that is, all kinds of interesting things outside the palace would be told to the eldest grandson queen.
Li Shimin came to the Lizheng Hall several times, and saw his wife and young son being amused by the fourth son, which made Li Shimin, who originally liked Li Tai, more and more satisfied with this son.
As an emperor, Li Shimin will inevitably take the school examination as soon as he is happy, and in the face of his examination, Li Tai can always answer the questions fluently.
Even if Li Shimin occasionally asked about the Northern Expedition, this young man who was not yet eleven years old could give a few insightful insights.
"Yes, yes, Qingque, you and Ke'er have made great progress recently, and your attainments in literature and history have made many people who have won the lift a little out of reach." After Li Shimin heard this, he was very happy and couldn't help but praise again and again.
Recently, his sons have been studying very hard, and every time they take the school examination, it is obvious that they have made great progress compared to before, among which Li Ke and Li Tai have made the most obvious progress, and Li Shimin is deeply gratified by this.
He himself is a very conceited and talented person, and he thinks that he is a dragon and a phoenix, so he naturally doesn't like the son he gave birth to is a fool.
For this reason, the more outstanding the sons, the more happy Li Shimin's heart is, and his heart is different from the eldest grandson queen, she first saw Li Tailai Lizheng Hall so diligently, every time she came to stay for a long time, before reluctantly leaving, her heart was quite moved.
She thought that the second son was getting older and more sensible, and seeing that the prince's brother went to the grain and grass camp and couldn't always be filial in front of her, he took on more responsibilities and spent more time with himself and his younger brother.
But then she found that as long as the emperor came, Li Tai's attention would immediately shift to Li Shimin. After doing this a few times, even if she didn't want to think about it, her son was so scheming at a young age.
But she couldn't fool herself, she knew that the second son's performance during this period was deliberately currying favor with herself and the emperor.
And why did he do this, the matter is very simple, because the prince was sent to the grain and grass camp for training, this kid is not angry, he wants to prove that he is no worse than the prince, not only is he not angry, Lanxiu Palace and Zhixi Palace are afraid that they are not very comfortable in their hearts.
Throughout the ages, the position of the prince can be said to be the most difficult position to sit on, and throughout the ages, there are only a handful of princes who can successfully ascend to the throne.
Not only do they have to face the open guns and hidden swords of their brothers, even if they are brothers of the same mother, when they grow up, there are not a few who kill each other for the throne.
Gao Ming was made the crown prince early, whether it was a blessing or a curse, it is really hard to say.
It's just that this kind of thought can only be suppressed in her heart, and she can't reveal it to the outside world, including her husband.
"Qinglan, when Qingque comes to ask for peace again in the future, he will take the pheasant slave out, and let him go back after asking for peace." One day at the end of September, after the second son and her husband left with a happy smile, Empress Changsun lightly instructed Qinglan.
"Mother, what are you?" Qinglan was taken aback.
"Nothing, just do what I tell you to." Empress Eldest Sun didn't explain much.