Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Li Chengqian cleared his mind before speaking:

"Tenth brother, Aye just told me that he will pass the throne to me in a few years, and told me not to be anxious and to stay calm.

I thought about it and wondered if Aye was afraid that I would have other ideas or if he had other intentions.

You always say that a bystander can see things more clearly, but I am an insider, so I can’t see clearly.”

Li Chengqian told Li Shen what Li Shimin had said, and Li Shimin said at that time that as long as Li Chengqian was ready, he would pass the throne to him.

Tell him not to worry.

Li Shen was stunned after hearing this. He didn't know why the father and son would discuss the issue of succession. However, Li Chengqian didn't say anything and Li Shen didn't ask.

"Tenth brother, what do you think Aye meant by this?"

Seeing that Li Shen didn't say anything, Li Chengqian asked again.

Li Shen raised his eyelids and answered very easily:

"What do you mean? Big brother, I don't know. Aye is afraid that you will rush to the top and rebel."

"Treason?" Li Chengqian's voice rose a few notches.

"Yes, of course I am afraid that you will rebel. Brother, you should be thirty years old after the Yuanzheng period. I am afraid that you will be anxious to become the emperor.

You are very good, and Aye doesn't want you to make mistakes, so he reminds you to stay calm and cultivate your own confidants first."

Li Shen nodded gently and spoke very casually, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

"Is that what you mean?" Li Chengqian frowned, wondering whether what Li Shen said was right.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem, but his thinking may be a little too complicated.

"That must be what he meant, so don't be anxious, brother." Li Shen said affirmatively.

"Tenth brother, how could I rebel? My position as the crown prince is so stable now, this country will be mine sooner or later.

Why should I rebel? Why should I rebel? It is just a matter of time.

What's more, I have been the regent for several years, and I have been in charge of all the affairs of the court. Father never asks about it, and I have already exercised the power of an emperor.

I have no reason to rebel."

Li Chengqian was still somewhat unwilling to believe it. This was too direct. How could his father say it so directly?

When he was a child, his father always spoke in a roundabout way.

"Brother, is this so hard to understand? In my opinion, you are just thinking too much, and Aye is just reminding you.

After all, brother, you are thirty years old, at the age of thirty, so it is normal for Aye to be worried that you will lose your patience.

So don't think too much, it's not as complicated as you think.

Just monitor your country well. If you don't know how to do it, go and ask Aye. If he doesn't ask now, when will you ask?

Waiting for Aye to return.... ahem, drink tea, that big brother is drinking tea, the tea is cold. "

Li Shen raised his teacup to ease his regret for what he had just said.

Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled bitterly. This younger brother was indeed unscrupulous and dared to say anything.

"Brother, you are not here to see me just because of this, right? If so, I really suspect that you came to my Prince Ji's mansion on purpose to eat for free."

After taking a sip of tea, Li Shen put down the teacup and continued asking.

Li Shen thought this was also a trivial matter.

"Indeed, there is one more thing. Before I left, Aye said one last thing to me.

He said he didn't mind my many tricks because I was going to be the emperor.

To be honest with you, I do have some tricks that are unknown to outsiders, but they are also for my own protection. I have never thought of doing anything wrong.

Is Aye blaming me or warning me when he said this?

This is also what Li Chengqian is worried about. Li Shimin also has some means in secret, which may be the Yulin Guard or the Baiqi Division.

But the Hundred Cavalry Division is very large. Although it is said to have a hundred people, the number of guards around it is more than a hundred.

Just like Li Shen also has his own methods, sharp blade is one of them,

As the crown prince, Li Chengqian naturally had some too.

Li Shen certainly knew this, and he could also roughly guess what method Li Chengqian was talking about, which should be related to intelligence.

All the great nobles, including dukes, princes, and county kings, all of them have secret networks for gathering intelligence.

It’s just that Li Chengqian’s identity is a little special.

Li Shen replied without thinking:

"Brother, in my opinion, this is neither a warning nor a blame."

"Oh? What is this?" Li Chengqian asked puzzledly.

"This is easy. Grandpa is telling you that Grandpa knows all your tricks. You don't need to hide them.

I also want to tell you that Aye doesn't mind, because if you want to be the emperor, it's not a bad thing to have more means.

Do you understand?" Li Shen felt that Li Chengqian was somewhat mentally retarded, as he couldn't even figure out such a simple question.

"Is it that simple?" Li Chengqian asked.

"It's that simple." Li Shen nodded.

Li Shen knew that Li Chengqian was probably the one who was bewitched by the authorities, and many people would be like this.

This has something to do with Li Chengqian's early experiences. At that time, he was persecuted and suppressed by his father, which tempered his willpower.

This caused the child to suffer from paranoia.

After thinking for a while, Li Chengqian said:

"But since Aye agreed that I had the means, why did he expose it to my face? Wasn't it to shock me? Tell me that he knew everything."

You think I'm doing the right thing, why do you still say it?

Li Shen smiled slightly:

"Brother, this is exactly what I am curious about. Why did Aye say this to you? How did people know about your methods?

You must have done something, right?" Li Shen smiled meaningfully.

He knew that there must be other things happening before this incident, and Li Shimin would not say this for no reason.

It’s just that Li Chengqian didn’t mention what happened before. He didn’t say it, but Li Shen was curious and asked directly.

Li Chengqian took a sip of tea and said calmly:

"It's nothing, Aye just said it unintentionally when we were chatting."

Li Chengqian did not tell anyone what he knew about Xizhou and simply responded with a single sentence.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was unwilling to say, Li Shen did not ask any more questions. Sometimes, not knowing is a blessing.

“By the way, you just said that you told half of the story with Old Nine. I heard from my mother that you entered the palace today to be punished.

But they didn’t say the specific situation, what exactly is it like?”

Li Chengqian changed the subject and asked about what happened to Li Shen this afternoon.

Li Shen took a sip of tea and said:

"It's nothing. I had some unpleasantness with Brother Jiu yesterday, so today he called me and Brother Jiu to confess our sins.

Aye hopes that we brothers will not kill each other and that we will have deep brotherly love.

Then we were punished separately.”

Li Shen had nothing to hide, but his tone was a little weird.

(You may think that Li Chengqian is mentally retarded and can’t understand what he says, but sometimes when you are in a situation, you really think a lot.

Not long ago, I went to do some work and asked a friend who is a leader. He told me to go find someone.

He said that just go to him and it will be fine if you follow the rules, because everyone else does it that way.

At that time, I had a lot of thoughts in my mind. What were the rules? Did I need to use connections or something? Did I need to use that or anything else?

I thought about it for a whole day, and when I went the next day, I just had to take the documents and process it. It wasn't that complicated at all.

This is a true story.)