Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

In fact, there are people who dare to think about things that Han Wei dare not think about.

After Dou Shilun personally killed Dou Wei and his son who had crossed the border in front of the elders of the Dou clan from Hebei in Weizhou, he reiterated to them the original rules when the family was divided: as long as it was not detrimental to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, both parties could still help each other, otherwise, don't blame him, Dou Shilun, for being ruthless!

Even though the elders of the Dou family in Hebei were resentful, they were still aware of the old lady's methods in the past, so no one dared to stand up and sing a different tune, so...

While Dou Shilun was rushing to Chang'an without stopping, a secret letter written by the elders of the Dou family in Hebei to Emperor Li II was also sent to Chang'an at the same time.

The content above is also very simple: Dou Wei and his son unfortunately died of illness. Your Majesty is requested to choose one person from the list of suitable people as the new head of the Dou family in Hebei.

It has to be said that Dou Shilun's move completely controlled Emperor Li II.

It is true that he murdered the person. Whether this is reasonable or not is not important. What is important is that Dou Shilun made Dou Wei and his son "die of illness", and no one in the Dou family in Hebei dared to let Dou Wei and his son die in any other way.

But at the same time, Dou Shilun gave Emperor Li II a way out: It is true that I killed the head of the family, but Your Majesty can re-designate a new head of the Hebei Dou family - from now on, the Hebei Dou family will officially become your running dogs, it is their choice, and I have no objection to it.

After a beating, give him a date - Dou Shilun used the method that Emperor Li II was best at and slapped back the slap that he was about to give to His Royal Highness the King of Chu!

And this is not the end of the story.

As the situation had begun to become serious as the old lady had expected, Dou Shilun followed the old lady's instructions before her death and, on behalf of the old lady, recruited Pei Xingyan as a retainer of the Dou family.

At the same time, he also asked Zhong Hui, who was following him, and Zhang Jue, the unexpected surprise who grew up in Gao Shilian's mansion, to head north when he returned to Chang'an, to contact Pei Xingyan who was cruising in the northwest, and hand over the identity token of Dou's family servants to him. At the same time, he also asked them to go to the undefined "Songzhou" as quickly as possible to attack the head of the Shiwei people's Zhangyu family, who was actually thousands of miles away.

It has to be said that Dou Shilun was really worried about His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

Therefore, when His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was preparing to meet Pei Xingyan, Dou Shilun, who had already rushed back to Chang'an at the same time, the first thing he had to do was to fulfill the "important task" of rescuing Hong San, which was the letter he had received from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu when he was in Weizhou.

But this matter was simpler than he thought.

Before he even arrived at the Ministry of Justice, Hong San was released by order of Emperor Li II.

Before this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had just come out of the Zongzheng Temple, had pleaded for mercy several times, but all were rejected on the spot by His Majesty Li II.

"Mr. Dou, Your Majesty is not going to show any mercy at all..." - In front of the prison of the Ministry of Justice, Hong San, dressed in plain clothes, said to Mr. Dou who came to rescue him in a dusty manner: "Speaking of which... His Majesty the King of Chu should also face reality..."

"Mr. Hong, you have suffered a lot." Dou Shilun felt some sympathy for Hong San after hearing his words: "Don't worry, the Dou family will never mistreat their own people..."

"Mr. Dou, you misunderstood my intention." Hong San was stunned when he heard this, then he slowly shook his head and said, "I, Hong San, am just a eunuch. Apart from His Majesty the Prince of Chu, who else would take me seriously? When I said before that Your Majesty was unsympathetic, it was not because I was angry about myself - who am I, worthy of Your Majesty's sympathy? What I meant was - the prince begged Your Majesty before, and Your Majesty had no intention of releasing me, but as soon as you, Mr. Dou, returned to Chang'an, he ordered me to be released - this was actually a gesture of appeasement, but Mr. Dou... all of Your Majesty's actions now are based on his own interests, which is the most normal thing for an emperor... But Your Majesty the Prince of Chu... really needs to realize his own crisis..."

Hong San said this, and seeing Dou Shilun fall into deep thought, he couldn't help but sigh silently: "It was Yun Shang who told me about the prince's plea for me when she came to visit me, but now I think...I was able to know this, isn't it your Majesty's secret approval or even instruction behind it? The supreme imperial power is too terrible...It can not only dominate the future destiny of millions of people, it can also make a living person cruel and ruthless. During this period of time, I thought about it for a long time in prison, not for anything else, I just wanted to know what His Royal Highness the King of Chu did wrong. But now...I have the answer..."

"His Highness the Prince of Chu is wrong because he is too outstanding and the family fortune left to him by the old lady is too strong. If it was only one of these two things, then perhaps Your Majesty could tolerate it or even be happy about it, but when both are added together... then..." Dou Shilun now admired the old lady's vision even more: "No wonder the old lady made so many preparations at the beginning. She actually predicted a situation like today..."

"After all, he is my grandson, so I know His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu best." Hong San also respected Empress Taimu very much. "But right now, under the calm surface of Chang'an, there are countless undercurrents. The people of the Five Surnames and Seven Families are all waiting to see the show. So... if what Yun Shang said is true, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu really intends to 'suppress the rebellion', then let him stay outside for a while..."

"That's right," Dou Shilun nodded after hearing this: "If we come back now... I'm afraid things will only get worse..."

Obviously, Dou Shilun understood the King of Chu.

He knew that given the hot temper of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, he would most likely drag his brothers and sisters, as well as a group of unfortunate historians, to the Xian Mausoleum to have a good cry.

Of course, if His Majesty Li II punished him, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu would most likely disobey his order - at worst he would go straight back to the palace to find the retired emperor, pour a few glasses of wine for his royal grandfather, and wait until his grandfather was satisfied, and then tell him about the grievances he had suffered and the punishment imposed on him by His Majesty Li II.

Turn disadvantages into advantages, consolidate advantages and create victory - this will be a real killer move!

His Majesty Li II, who already felt guilty, would certainly not escape the beating from the retired emperor. But after the retired emperor finished beating him... it was hard to say whether His Majesty Li II would still feel guilty.

After all, the emperor took the initiative to beat his son. This should be regarded as "the left and right have nothing to do, so why not give this rebellious son a beating?"

But if the Supreme Emperor only took action to teach Emperor Li II a lesson after being instigated by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu.

Then the nature of the matter will become very different - the father-son relationship between His Majesty Li II and His Royal Highness the King of Chu may really reach a real freezing point because of the former's "face-saving" and "inability to afford to play".