Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Then isn't Li Mingchang very dangerous?"

"Father, please don't use this kind of idiot question to test the school officials." Li Zhen unceremoniously exposed Li Shimin's thoughts, and said: "You really can't understand such a question? What is the most important thing? It is not to overthrow the imperial court, but to hide it and slowly develop its power. The ministers had fought with them once before, which has destroyed their decades-old layout and forced their power away from Nanyang. Loss Seriously, at this time their most important thing is to recuperate, so how can they do useless work?

So what if he killed Li Mingchang?At most, it's just a sigh of relief, but the death of a Marquis, and we already know their existence, the court is going to investigate thoroughly.When the time comes, they will face a big raid in Chang'an City. Where do you think they can hide?Instead of killing Li Mingchang to vent his anger, it would be better to take advantage of this time to transfer more new troops. "

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded, and then looked at Li Zhen: "Zhen'er, you are more considerate of the overall situation than I imagined. This is very good, and my father is very pleased."

"Father is too much." This time it was Li Zhen's turn to be modest: "Compared with father, my son still lacks a lot, and I still have a lot to learn from you."

"Hehe, don't talk about these scenes between us." Li Shimin handed Li Zhao to the nurse who was waiting beside him, and waved them down.

Li Zhen knew that Li Shimin had something to say to herself, so she also looked sullen: "Father, what's the matter?"

"You..." Li Shimin hesitated to speak, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Have you really met the descendants of King Xi?"

Li Zhen nodded and said: "I am very sure of this. We really met face to face. At that time, Erchen was almost burned to death on the mountain by him. You should know about this, Father. I’ve seen a portrait of King Xi there. Speaking of which, Locke and King Xi are really similar. At that time, I thought he looked familiar, as if I had seen him somewhere, but I just couldn’t remember where I saw him. But I have been troubled for a long time."

The so-called descendant of Queen Xi is naturally the son of Prince Yin Li Jiancheng living among the people, that is, the Locke who almost burned Li Zhen to death on the mountain when he was in Linyi last year.

Originally, Li Zhen didn't connect him with King Xi, but just today, Marquis Chang Xin came to visit him and talked about this matter.

Not long after Li Zhen returned to Chang'an, Locke approached Chang Xinhou's mansion, revealed his identity, and told Chang Xinhou that they were planning to sabotage the upcoming prisoner offering ceremony, which would embarrass Li Shimin. I hope to get Li Mingchang's help, but Li Mingchang told Li Zhen about the matter when he turned around, and then it is now.

At the beginning, Li Zhen didn't connect this person with the previous Locke, but then he remembered one thing, that is, when he saw Locke, he always felt that Locke was very familiar, and always felt that Locke was very familiar. Where have I seen him.But how to think, just can't remember.

However, when he walked into the palace, Li Zhen finally remembered that he had never seen Locke, but he had seen Li Jiancheng—of course, this is impossible, and I can't forget that when Li Zhen was born, the Xuanwu Gate had already happened. In the past, Li Jiancheng had been buried long ago.

But he did have an impression of Li Jiancheng, because when Li Zhen was with Li Yuan, he saw Li Jiancheng's portrait, and Li Yuan blatantly hung it on the wall of his bedroom. A silent protest.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Shimin doesn't visit Li Yuan often - originally, this incident was his fault, but now when he goes to Li Yuan's place, he has to face Xi Wang Li Jiancheng. As time goes by, he doesn't go there much, and even if he does, he just sits outside and never goes inside.

Li Shimin nodded and approved Li Zhen's words: "That's right, that's right. His real name should be Li Chengke, and his mother should be Luo Shuyuan who was by King Xi's side. The emperor still finds it strange, but now that I think about it, Luo Shuyuan should have been pregnant with a child back then and was sent away by King Xi as a way out."

Knowing the identity of Li Chengke, that is, Locke, Li Shimin's mood became even more depressed: "Do you think the father will compensate the child now, will he accept it?"

"Father, don't be naive. Unless you pass the throne to him, how can he be reconciled? Besides, even if you pass the throne to him, our family will not survive long." Li Zhen shook her head, a little I understand Li Shimin's feelings. After all, he had no choice but to fight with Li Jiancheng back then, because no matter which of the two of them was in power at the time, they would not allow the other to live. If they don't fight, they will die.

Although Li Shimin won in the end, he regretted it very much. In the early years, he often had nightmares because of it. He had to have Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong as guards to sleep.

The situation is different now, Li Shimin has secured his position, and no one can threaten his throne, so Li Shimin is unwilling to see brothers fighting each other, bloodshed by relatives, and hopes to resolve this matter peacefully.

But Li Zhen knew that Li Shimin's idea was doomed to be impossible - Li Shimin wanted to calm down, but Locke, who had a vengeance with Li Shimin for killing his father, didn't have this idea. If he surrendered to Datang, it would mean that his ten The efforts of the past few years will be in vain, and the painstaking efforts of more than ten years will also be used to make wedding dresses for others. How can this make him reconciled?

What's more, he has been in business for so many years and has countless heroes under his command. These people are deeply hostile to Datang. Even if Locke wants to return to Tang, these people will probably not agree.

"That's right, that's all, life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, let you decide these things yourself, I don't care about it." Li Shimin didn't know what was going on today, he seemed so decadent that he didn't even say such words. Speak up.

In the end, perhaps realizing that his tone was inappropriate, Li Shimin cheered up and said, "But I hope that you, Zhen'er, will promise my father one thing."

"But according to my father's orders."

"I hope that after you catch Locke in the future, you don't kill him and leave him a way to survive." He sighed again.Li Shimin continued: "At that time, the father was young and vigorous, and he didn't leave a descendant for King Xi. Every time I think about it, I feel regretful. Now I'm fine. I didn't expect King Xi to have descendants among the people. I don't want He died."

"This is easy." Li Zhen said with a smile: "If I can really capture him alive, I will exile him to a certain deserted island, and just don't ask for his name."

"It's so good." With Li Zhen's promise, Li Shimin was also very satisfied, and the gloom on his face finally dissipated, which showed that the guilt in his heart before was true.

Chapter 694 Get Ready

Chapter 57 Get ready

"If the emperor has nothing else to do, I will leave." After standing for a while, Li Zhen saw that Li Shimin had no intention of speaking, so she offered to come.

"Wait a minute." Li Shimin called out to stop Li Zhen.

"What other orders does the emperor have?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhen, thought for a while, and said, "In another month, the prisoner offering ceremony will begin. After the prisoner offering ceremony, your mother and concubine will be conferred, and after that... the imperial edict will be issued in two days. You, also prepare in advance..."

"...Yes, thank you for giving me this opportunity." Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed. Although Li Shimin didn't say it clearly, the meaning was already very clear.

First is the ceremony of presenting the prisoners, and then the ceremony of conferring the empress...

There are not many things that can compare with these two things in terms of importance, and there is only one thing related to Li Zhen...

That is - the registered prince.

Since Li Chengqian was deposed, the position of prince has been vacant.

Although everyone knew that Fei Lizhen was the vacant crown prince, but Li Shimin had never made a statement, so this kind of thing was always talked about in private, and no one dared to say it in public.

But now Li Shimin has finally expressed his opinion.

Li Zhen is the next prince.

It's already done.

As long as the Concubine Yan's conferment ceremony is over and Li Zhen's status changes from a concubine to a concubine, it will be a matter of course to be canonized as the prince. Li Zhen will become the second prince of the Zhenguan Dynasty, and it is very likely to be the last. A prince—that is, the next emperor.

After more than ten years of painstaking planning, the first victory is finally about to be received now. Even with Li Zhen's prudence, she can't help feeling a little out of control.

"You don't need to thank me, this is what you deserve. If you hadn't worked hard enough, how could I have entrusted you with this important task?" Li Shimin seemed to let go of his thoughts, and finally showed a smile on his face: "Zhen'er , Father, I hope you can remember that the crown prince is different from the king of Yue. As a prince, you can go wild without any scruples, but the crown prince is the crown prince of a country and a model for the world... I know that you don't stick to etiquette, even Zhou Li I hate it very much, but I still hope that you will restrain yourself a bit in the future, and don't go too far."

"I'm wronged, when did my son go too far?" Li Zhen felt aggrieved when she heard this, "It's true that my son doesn't like Confucianism, but my son has never done anything that does not abide by etiquette. Who spread the rumors? Father, you tell my son, and my son wants to talk to him."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who said it." A big drop of sweat dripped from Li Shimin's forehead: "But Father wants you to remember, no matter whether you have done such a thing before, Father wants you Can pay attention, the identity is different, the responsibility is different, and the people who follow you are also different.

In the past, you were just a prince, and only a small number of people would pay attention to you, but once your status changes, countless people will start to pay attention to you. Like a fly, it will fly on it, and will not give up unless it causes you some trouble - that's how the father came here back then, you should take it as a warning. "

Li Zhen said with a smile: "My father, please rest assured that my son is not the kind of person who forgets his will when he succeeds. At least until his revenge is realized, his son will not be greedy for pleasure. As long as he does it himself If you are sitting upright, are you afraid that others will cause trouble for your son?"

"That's good." Li Shimin didn't ask what Li Zhen's revenge was, but he could guess it—you know, even if he swept across Nanyang, Li Zhen didn't satisfy Li Zhen, so it is conceivable that his ambition is just as big as it is. No matter how big it is, it might unify the whole of Asia, and it might just allow Li Zhen to stretch her ambition a little bit.

"Okay, I have nothing to do with you here, go see your mother and concubine." After saying this, Li Shimin started to chase people away.

"Yes, Erchen retire."

Harem, Legislative Hall.

This was originally the residence of Empress Changsun, but since Empress Changsun passed away a few years ago, it has become empty.

However, since Concubine Yan was canonized, although the canonization ceremony has not yet been held, but the imperial edict has been issued, Concubine Yan is already Li Shimin's legal queen, so she lived here half a year ago.

"I've seen my mother... empress." Li Zhen was not used to it. After all, she had been called concubine mother for more than ten years. Now she had to change her name, and it was difficult to adapt for a while.

"Zhen'er is here, come quickly." Concubine Yan was sitting next to the cradle, humming a lullaby, and she seemed to be coaxing Li Huang to sleep. When she saw Li Zhen, she quickly beckoned him over: "What mother is not a mother? Do you two still care about this? Zhen'er, you can call yourself whatever you used to be called now, the mother and concubine don't care."

"Yes, concubine mother." Li Zhen immediately changed his words according to her intentions. He himself felt that it was a bit too extravagant to be called empress mother, because before Concubine Yan, this title was called eldest grandson.