"You can't have both, can you?"

"That's not necessarily, no one can say for sure about the temple, everything is a power struggle, maybe both are true, Your Majesty just wants to see the two factions of Buddhism fight to the death, and I'm happy to see it."

"According to me, what Your Majesty does is reasonable, and it is all for the sake of ensuring a better life for our people in the future."

"Anyway, I don't believe in Buddhism, nor do I believe in Taoism, I only believe in Your Majesty and the imperial court."

"It makes me feel like I'm sudden. Yes, it is not as good to believe in anything as your Majesty, who is faithful and honest.

When we were hurt, it was His Majesty who protected us and starved, and it was His Majesty who gave us food, what does it have to do with the bald donkey Taoist? ”

For a while, all the people were talking, almost everyone was discussing Buddhism and Taoism, and at the same time, there was a burst of remarks that they did not believe in Buddhism, did not believe in Taoism, and only believed in the court and believed in the emperor.

After Li Xingchen learned the news, he was very surprised, and then suddenly realized that faith does not stipulate what must be believed, it can be a Buddha, it can be a Tao, it can be any demons and monsters, so why can't it be an emperor?

Regarding the second news, Li Xingchen generally understood and did not interfere.

First of all, there is freedom of speech, and people have not said anything excessive, and he has no reason to interfere.

The second is that he needs to know what the people are really thinking.

…

In the past two days, the government affairs of the imperial court have been dealt with.

Today, Li Xingchen wants to meet the two former princes.

The last time he captured the two from the Turks, he didn't have time to greet them properly.

The two are nominally half-brothers, and since they have been demoted to commoners, they should not meet in the imperial study, they have to find a suitable place.

After thinking about it, Li Xingchen decided to set up a family banquet in the back garden, and then asked people to bring the two former princes.

Soon, at noon, the Imperial Garden.

The two former princes arrived, and after saluting, Li Xingchen asked them to sit down.

After not seeing each other for several years, the two former princes have undergone earth-shaking changes.

The former prince bearded Raza, like a decadent middle-aged man. The changes in the first two princes are more obvious, at least they have to lose dozens of pounds, which is in strong contrast with the previous fat appearance.

Li Xingchen was shocked when he saw it.

"Second brother, you've lost weight."

He looked the former second prince up and down.

The first two princes smiled from ear to ear.

"Lose weight. When I was wandering, I often had to run to various places to fight crickets, and it was too fat to walk, so I lost it. ”

He was originally a smiling tiger, but when he was a prince before, his smile was mostly hypocritical.

After Li Xingchen ascended the throne, they were stripped of their imperial status and demoted to commoners, but the side of Zhencheng came out.

The former second prince has had a really hard time in recent years, but fortunately, he has become accustomed to it.

I thought that it would be impossible to return to the capital in this life, but I entrusted the blessing of the Turks and captured them to the Turks to be the king.

Later, he was arrested by the Great Wei and sent back to the capital, and he came and went, and some things were like this.

On the other hand, the former prince was much more miserable, and he was assigned to work on the frontier, when he was still a cripple, and there was only one cronie by his side who would not leave him, not only to work for him, but also to serve him and support him.

After a few years of this life, he was also captured by the Turks and taken into a fief as a prince with no real power, and his leg was cured.

I thought that good days were coming, but it turned out to be like this... He was very unwilling.

He is the crown prince, and the whole world should be his, why, why did everything become like this?

Chu Li looked at his indifferent and rejecting Yu Qianli, and sighed.

Back then, the prince pursued Chu Li a lot, time was in a hurry, everyone was not young, and if they wanted to say hello, they didn't know what to ask when they opened their mouths.

In this family banquet, Dugu Ling did not participate due to pregnancy, and Yang Liu has not been given a title so far, so he has not participated, only Li Xingchen and Chu Li received the two brothers.

Li Xingchen kept looking at the two former princes.

The first second prince is okay, it seems to be put down, but the former prince seems to be accumulating strength and wants to fight back, which is not a good phenomenon.

Originally, before his brothers, he could consider restoring the royal status of the two and giving him a fief to be an idle prince.

But the attitude of the former prince immediately dispelled his thoughts.

At this time, the former second prince took out some kiwi fruits from his cloth bag.

"Your Majesty, Mother. This is a Turkic specialty, and it is very delicious, so you can taste it. ”

He smiled and took one out and ate it to himself.

Li Xingchen also took one, and he couldn't tell what kind of fruit it was, so he wiped it and ate it.

"Your Majesty, don't you wash it?" The former second prince hurriedly stopped him, and a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes.

They are all from the royal family, not stupid, and they immediately understood that Li Xingchen proved that he trusted his second brother with practical actions.

"You don't need to wipe it, I went on the Eastern Expedition to the Northern Expedition, there are not so many rules, sometimes the conditions are limited, and the grain is eaten raw. However, the queen's physique is not good, so she still has to wash it before eating. Li Xingchen said with a smile.

In the process of biting the fruit, he always paid attention to the expression of the former second prince, and found that there was nothing unusual, so he completely bit it.

This person can rest assured.

The former prince was in a bad mood, which made Li Xingchen feel guilty.

I don't understand the truth of success and defeat, and my heart is so big?

If Li Zhen gave him the throne at the beginning, the Great Wei might not last long before it would perish.

Li Xingchen asked faintly: "Is it hard for the eldest brother to work hard in the frontier?" ”

The former prince's face stiffened, it was a humiliation that he didn't want to look back on for the rest of his life, but Li Xingchen deliberately mentioned it.

It's on purpose, this mongrel is on purpose.

Suddenly, the former prince's eyes were red, and he tried his best to suppress his anger and nodded, "It's okay." ”

Li Xingchen's eyes were cold, "Let's eat." ”

The banquet was okay, although there weren't many words during the meal, the first two princes were quite harmonious with a smile on their faces.

As for the former prince, he has always had a stiff face, there is a problem, and it is worth guarding against.

After eating and drinking, the former prince still sat and drank stuffy, and the first second prince was very anxious when he saw him like this, and he didn't understand what was wrong with him.

Is it the loser who makes him feel inferior, or does he simply dislike Li Xingchen?

After the end, after Li Xingchen sent the two former houses out of the palace, the former second prince asked sullenly: "Big brother, what did you keep putting on a stinky face just now?" In case you anger Your Majesty, have you thought about the consequences? ”

"What are you rambling about? Do you want to take care of it? The former prince sneered, squinted his eyes, and said something full of anger, as if he wanted to roll up his sleeves and beat the former second prince.

"Big brother, what do you mean?" The first second prince twisted his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Can't you be a little more open-minded?" “

"Mind? Hehe, second brother, do you think that if I lose, I will lick Li Xingchen, right? Is it still comfortable to lick just now? The former prince raised his voice, he was already mad, and he didn't care how many people outside the palace gate were.

"You..."The former second prince was annoyed.