Chapter 82: Wounded, Degraded, and Punished

Everyone looked forward to the bow competition for a whole year, no one expected it to be so "wonderful", bow injuries were a common thing, but with the princes' noble bodies, plus this group of people's riding skills are not bad, only minor injuries, over the years there has never been a situation where two horses rampage into each other, and they threw people into a coma.

Li Ke was carefully carried to the cool place on the stands, and woke up after a coma of tea, and after being examined by the imperial doctor, he twisted his waist and scratched some of his face, fortunately the grass was soft and did not hurt his bones, but the person woke up and his face was still a little confused, looked back and forth, and asked vaguely:

Brother... How is the fourth brother? ”

Hearing his voice, most of the people around him were mild, and they secretly sighed in their hearts that the third prince could still worry about this at this time, which was really rare.

"You kid, what do you say about your mother, you have fallen like this and care about others," Concubine Yang took the teacup handed by the palace man and brought it to his mouth with pain and pity, "Drink a few sips of water and slowly strengthen." ”

Li Ke shook his head lightly, raised his hand to support the back of his head, and frowned, "What's wrong with the fourth brother, didn't you fall?" ”

Li Shimin listened to his questions twice in a row, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he thought in his heart, but his face couldn't help but soften from the talented Tie Qing, and said, "Don't worry, he's fine." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head, lowered his face, and raised his voice: "What about Li Tairen?" ”

It is said that Yiyu was almost frightened by the scene of Li Tai hitting the horse, and pulled someone to check it carefully, afraid that he would hide the pain, and pinched his wrist and pinched the pulse, when Li Shimin wanted to find Li Tai, everyone looked around, and saw two figures on the edge of the racecourse coming from afar, and Li Ke's first sentence when he woke up was to ask Li Tai, he was not in a hurry, and it was inevitable that he would be criticized, and when he was close, the neat and uninjured appearance was in stark contrast with Li Ke.

"Father." The crowd naturally dispersed, Li Tai stepped forward, Yi Yu hesitated, thinking of what he had just confessed, so he obediently stopped and stood on the side, not following.

Li Shimin glanced him up and down, snorted coldly, and there was still the gentleness of laughing with Li Tai when he came in the morning, "You are really good." ”

People with ears can hear that this is sarcasm, Li Tai did not refute, Yi Yu listened to Li Shimin's first sentence, and looked at Li Tai's unique figure, and felt that his heart was sour and swollen as if someone had put a piece of yeast.

No one squeaked around, but Concubine Yang broke the peace by opening her mouth, she was helped up by Gong E, looked at Li Tai, and a trace of anger appeared on her face, and said:

"You are trying to be happy for a while, but you just hit that moment, if your imperial brother has three long and two short, you, you-"

"Ahem," Li Ke interrupted Concubine Yang's words with a cough, causing everyone to turn back, "Actually, it's not about the fourth brother, it's because I panicked for a while that I didn't dodge, the fourth brother's feather is a famous fast horse, and he was already in front of him, and he didn't have time to stop the horse, so he would collide with me, cough..."

"It's too late," Li Chen couldn't help but speak, glared at Li Tai fiercely, and said, "Brother, you don't know, after you were knocked out, he didn't even look at you, he drove the horse forward, and hit the ball straight out, all of which were at that moment, and he was still thinking about winning."

Yi Yu stared at Li Ke with cold eyes, then lowered his head, and secretly ridiculed, this Wu Wang's acting skills are really not bad, and he smeared Li Tai in a few words, who still remembers Fang Cai at this time The two horses collided and left, but Li Ke fell away with "good luck", and Li Tai stood firm "unlucky".

"Don't say it," Li Ke showed a headache expression, looked up at Li Shimin with his eyebrows twisted, and said softly, "Father, it's the son's poor riding skills, which has disturbed everyone's interest, this matter has nothing to do with the fourth brother, please don't blame." ”

Li Shimin didn't respond to him, his head moved, and he swept everyone present, and then asked a group of courtiers to bow their heads weakly, push back a few steps, and didn't dare to show the slightest abnormality.

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and then Fang said: "Come on, help King Wu to go down and rest." ”

Concubine Yang immediately changed color, "Your Majesty, how can you just forget it-" Li Shimin's eyes made her brain excited, and she knew that she was going to step on the bottom line if she turned her head again, so she cut off the conversation, pulled the hem of her sleeves, and instantly put on a supple appearance, "The concubine will accompany the emperor." ”

Li Shimin waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

So, the matter was already obvious in everyone's hearts, King Wu fell, Concubine Yang felt sorry for her son, and wanted to turn her face with King Wei, but she had to see if Li Shimin gave her this opportunity.

Li Chen is reckless, but he is not very stupid, looking at this situation, he knows that his third brother has suffered for nothing, lost the ball, and can't even breathe in front of so many people, Yu Guang looked at the sympathetic eyes of everyone, thinking of the rumors, his brain was excited, so he rushed to Li Tai in two steps regardless of it, gritted his teeth, his face was gloomy, he pointed at Li Tai with one hand, and said loudly to Li Shimin:

"Father, how can you be so partial, what kind of spoiled him, you can help wipe out his crime of stealing the library, he almost killed the third brother, you are not even willing to say a heavy word, you are unwilling"

Li Chen's sudden frenzy caught everyone by surprise, seeing him yelling at Li Shimin, a group of people were dumbfounded, and Yi Yu was also stunned for a moment, knowing that he had a temper, but he didn't know that he was so stupid.

"Sixth brother" Li Ke pushed away the support of the palace people, stepped forward and pulled Li Chen with a vague footstep, Concubine Yang only glanced at Li Shimin's uncertain face, and her heart was tight, not sleeping together every day, but for more than 20 years, how did she not know that this man with a generous surface hated people the most, and immediately knelt down at him, and said in a panic:

"The emperor forgives the sin, Ze'an has no intention of contradicting it, and he is quick to speak without hindrance."

"Father's forgiveness." Li Ke pulled Li Chen to kneel down, a touch of annoyance flashed on his face before he lowered his head, and everyone around him took a few steps back, most of them turned around to avoid suspicion.

Today's weather is really good, people who can't open their eyes in the noon sun, even if they stay in the stands with the roof of the shed, they can also feel that the corners of their eyes are full of dazzling light, Yu Yu lowered his head, his eyes glanced up, from the motionless Li Tai, moved to the monarch, and saw Li Shimin with his back to her, as if he looked at the mother and son kneeling on the ground a few times, and then opened his mouth in a frightening silence:

"Li Chen, how many years has it been since your official left Beijing?"

Li Chen was pinched by Li Ke's wrist behind his back, his face was strained, and he replied reluctantly, "Erchen left Beijing in the eighth year of Zhenguan. ”

"In this way, it has been four years," Li Shimin's voice seemed to be muttering to everyone's ears, and he was thinking about what to do, when he heard the temperature in his voice drop suddenly, and said coldly:

"Then do you know how many local documents I have read in the past four years, accusing you of working hard and hurting money, doing evil, hunting excessively, and not avoiding crops?"

Li Shimin has always been humble in front of people, and rarely gets angry and angry, but this anger makes people tremble just by listening to the voice, Li Chen was the first to be attacked by his might, and the stubborn temper just now disappeared, stiffened from head to toe, and I don't know when I found my voice, but it didn't look like his own:

"Then, that's what they falsely accused, and they falsely accused their sons..."

"Framed?" Li Shimin took a step forward, his voice lowered.

"Yes, yes, it was those damn villains who framed their sons"

Concubine Yang was speechless by Li Shimin's cold voice, Li Ke raised his head, only glanced at Li Shimin's face, and then lowered it again, he knew that at this time, he was sleeping and talking a lot, that is, he was rushing to hit the muzzle, although he was angry, but after all, what could he do.

"What a frame-up," Li Shimin shook his head, "I originally thought that they were exaggerating, but recently Fang personally sent someone to investigate, and the truth I know is better than those who are presented to you, I don't have the face to tell you one by one, I want to slowly teach you, but Li Chen, Li Chen," a cold light narrowed in his eyes, his tone was hidden anger, and his words were like a slap on Li Chen's face:

"Beasts can be tamed to man; Iron and stone engraving, can be a square and round vessel. As for those who are stunned, you should not do it if you were not as good as the governor of Yizhou, who was not as good as beasts and iron stones, and you will not be allowed to return to Beijing without my permission."

"Bang" This is Concubine Yang fainted on the ground, Li Ke and Gong'e went to help in a panic, and Li Chen knelt down two steps in horror and hugged Li Shimin's calf:

"Father, don't let your sons go to Yuzhou"

"Pull him away." Li Shimin ordered with an iron face, and immediately a guard ran up to pull Li Ke away, he turned around, glanced at the people who were hanging their heads and pretending to be deaf and dumb, and said: "Let's go here today, there is a wine banquet in the Qinglu Palace, I am tired, you drink by yourself." His eyes fell on Li Tai again, and his voice was indistinguishable from anger:

"I'm not mistaken, you're going to get married next month, don't enter the palace again for a while, and the court meeting will be temporarily exempted, go back and copy the Tao Te Ching ten times, and send it to the palace at the end of the month."

"The retainers obey."

After saying that, with a wave of his sleeves, Li Shimin strode away surrounded by guards and palace people, and a group of courtiers called for him.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty."

On March 3, the spring day, a bow was blown, a prince was injured, a prince was degraded, and a prince was punished.

Under the towering city wall again, Yi Yu followed behind Li Tai, stepped out of the huge city gate, and felt the sense of urgency pressed on her head for a morning dissipated, she looked up at Li Tai, who was silent, and only after being far away from the palace gate did she walk quickly to his side, grabbed his big hand hanging by his side and shook it, and walked side by side with him on the quiet street of the imperial city.

"Do you have time to copy the book, why don't I help you write it, well, it shouldn't be a problem for me to learn your words, and I guess the emperor won't read it carefully."

Li Tai listened to her pretended relaxed tone, turned his head to look at her face, found the melancholy in his smile, palpitated lightly in his heart, and with a turn of his palm, he clasped her soft five fingers, tightened it, and said in a low voice:

"No, you don't have to prepare a dowry."