Tang Dynasty

Li Jiancheng leaned his back against the wall, his brows were tightly drawn, his drooping long eyelashes trembled slightly under the impact, his expression was a little blurred and absent-minded.

Feeling the opponent's hand clasped tightly on his shoulder, Li Shimin knew that he was holding back.It was already half of the night, but he was still enduring it.

Brother, how long can you bear it?Where is your limit?

Looking at him fixedly, Li Shimin suddenly stood up and buried himself in the opponent's body again for the first time and in several postures this night.Then, in this posture, he leaned forward and held the opponent's eyes.

Under the heavy blow, Li Jiancheng's body trembled again, and he couldn't help panting, and the force of holding the opponent suddenly increased a bit.

Li Shimin slid the kiss down, blocked his breathing, bit and kissed hard.

But during the long kiss, the strength of Li Jiancheng's fingertips slowly loosened, and in the end it just rested weakly on his shoulders.

Li Shimin raised his face slightly, stared at him almost breathlessly, and called softly, "Brother?"

Li Jiancheng still didn't look at him, and after a long time, he said very slowly: "That's enough..." His voice was low and hoarse, even trembling.

Li Shimin knew that since the eldest brother had opened his mouth, he was reaching his limit.However, for some reason, at this moment, my heart felt a burst of joy.

"No, it's not enough." He smiled softly, pressed the other person, slowly pulled himself away, paused for a while, and completely submerged again, "Brother, how can I..."

Li Jiancheng snorted, lowered his head, a drop of liquid fell from his messy hair, it was clearly visible, but he didn't know if it was sweat or...

The injury on the right shoulder was caught by the other party as if it was burning, but on the contrary, the desire in the whole body was aroused more and more hot. Li Shimin laughed, and hit it again and again like a slap in the face.He wished he could tear this person apart and fuse him into one, so that he would no longer be able to ignore himself like this, and would no longer be able to easily say things like "everything ends here".

I don't know how long it took, until the dark morning light came out of the window, Li Shimin vented in the opponent's body for the last time, and was finally exhausted.

And Li Jiancheng lowered his head, resting his forehead on his chest, silently, there had been no movement for a long time.

Withdrew himself, Li Shimin smiled bitterly silently, then changed his posture, embraced him in his arms, and slowly leaned against the wall.

The wound on the right shoulder was bleeding like a river, and the blood on the ground was almost solidified.The whole night of madness made the wound almost numb, but at this moment when he woke up, the pain gradually became more severe.

Li Shimin raised his face, and in the pain like a knife, he suddenly remembered the first time between him and his elder brother.

At that time, with the ignorant desire of a teenager, I took this person as my own without knowing life or death.Under the darkness of night at that time, the elder brother's cold gaze and forbearing expression are still fresh in his memory.

In fact, every time after that time, every detail, he can remember clearly, and he can clearly feel that his eldest brother is gradually becoming different.

His eyes will also be full of lust, his kisses will also become lingering, his body will also be extremely hot, and even sometimes it is not completely unflattering...

But this time, everything seems to be back to the original point.

Could it be...was I wrong again...

After that first time, the eldest brother pretended that nothing happened and avoided seeing him for several days.

And this time, how long?

Looking forward numbly, Li Shimin laughed self-deprecatingly, but felt the person in his arms struggling vaguely. He knew that his elder brother was probably leaving.But at this time, he was seriously injured and out of strength, and he was even powerless to stop it.

Only fixedly looked at each other.

Watching him stand up with difficulty, watching him pick up the scattered inner and outer robes, watching him put them on slowly and tremblingly, watching him turn around and leave step by step.

Between the intertwining of limbs, most of his body, even his face was already covered with bloodstains, looking from his thin back, it was a kind of desolate fragility.

A needle can be heard in the room, filled with suffocating silence and depression.

When he walked to the door, Li Jiancheng trembled slightly, his body was obviously a little unstable.Li Shimin instinctively endured the pain and sat up, but the other party had already held on to the door frame and staggered away without stopping any longer.

From the beginning to the end, Li Jiancheng never said a word, or even looked at him, as if he was not in the room.

"Big brother..."

Li Shimin leaned back against the wall dejectedly, and after a long time, he called out to the empty room.

He raised his face, stretched out his hand and covered his eyes with the palm of his hand, and remained silent for a long time.

Only the wound on the right arm was torn open again due to sitting up just now.The blood slowly slid down along the dried up traces, dripping silently and very slowly to the ground.

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After dawn, Li Shimin walked out of the room slowly, clutching his injured arm.The wound had been bandaged up indiscriminately by him, but there were faint traces of bright red.When he walked to the courtyard, he suddenly stopped, looked back, and finally smiled at himself, and left desolately.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng walked out slowly from behind the corridor.Leaning himself against the porch pillar, he also laughed silently and laughed at himself.

He understood that Li Shimin complained that he buried his thoughts too deeply, and that he refused any possible reliance.But why not himself?

No matter what kind of desperate situation you fall into, you can find your way to salvation by yourself.Is this... something that is shared in the blood of the Li family?

In the final analysis, the two of them will never mess up because of any one of them.

That's fine too.Cut off the entanglement, from now on... there is no need to worry anymore.

Lowering his eyes, Li Jiancheng laughed softly, making his whole body tremble.

But gradually, he felt suffocated and felt the tearing pain.It was clearly not the time for the onset of illness, yet it struck so suddenly.

This pain seemed to open a floodgate, and all the pains that had been endured just now rushed out.All over the body, from the inside to the outside, there is no place that is not cut by a knife.Reaching out his hands to fasten the skirt of his chest, Li Jiancheng slowly turned around and walked towards the room with difficulty.

However, at this moment, a voice sounded behind him: "Your Highness."

Li Jiancheng's body shook slightly, without turning his head, he just supported Hong Zhu beside him, and said in a low voice, "Sir... how long have you been here?"

"Since King Qin entered the gate, the minister has been in the courtyard."

It was last night...is it here?Li Jiancheng smiled silently and said, "Why...in the courtyard?"

"Shouldn't listen to, shouldn't look at, I won't overstep the rules." Wei Zheng's voice gradually grew louder, and finally stopped behind him, with a rare solemnity in his voice.

"However, what Mister knows is probably the same." Li Jiancheng shook his head, tried his best to calm his voice, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Mr. Yu shouldn't have concealed this matter, but this situation is a What you see, Mr., is really a bit embarrassing..."

You don't need to look in the mirror to see the ubiquitous bruises on your face and neck, not to mention the blood stains on your clothes.

Wei Zheng stepped forward, looked down at his description, paused slightly, and said, "Your Highness, this blood..."

Li Jiancheng didn't meet his gaze, but just looked down at his blood-stained left hand in his sleeve, shook his head and said, "It's not mine, sir, don't worry..."

The fingertips and palms were almost soaked in blood, a dark red mark, which had dried up a little at this moment, leaving only a little fishy smell.In this way, it is not difficult to imagine the pain when he buckles the opponent's wound.

Seriously...it is very tragic...

Li Jiancheng clenched his left hand into a fist and let out a long sigh.However, due to the severe pain in his chest, even the breath he exhaled seemed to tremble a little.

Wei Zheng seemed to feel a little strange, turned his head and called "Your Highness", and the next moment, Li Jiancheng suddenly stretched out his blood-stained hand, and grabbed his sleeve tightly.

"Help me back to my room..." It was extremely difficult to say every word, as if exhausting all the strength in my body.

Beads of sweat were already oozing from his forehead, Wei Zheng hesitated for a while, and finally put his arms around his waist.Li Jiancheng completely attached himself to him as if he had no bones, but while trembling, he held him tighter and tighter.

Wei Zheng didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly led him back to the room.He didn't dare to pay more attention to the mess left in the room, he just helped him to the collapse.

"Your Highness is unwell? I will call the doctor here..."

"No need, medicine..." Li Jiancheng leaned on the couch and interrupted softly, even his voice was trembling.

Wei Zheng was startled, and quickly realized what he was doing, and followed the other party's instructions to find the familiar small porcelain bottle in the cabinet.

Taking the porcelain bottle, Li Jiancheng poured out the pills tremblingly but deftly, and swallowed the tea that Wei Zheng handed over in one gulp.

After a while, his voice obviously calmed down, he closed his eyes, and sighed lightly.

"Please sir, call the doctor for me..."

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Wei Zheng stood outside the door, watching the servants come in and out.After a while, the door opened from the inside, and the doctor walked out slowly.

Wei Zheng greeted him, and was about to say something, but the doctor hurriedly said: "The prescription has been given to the servants in the mansion. The prince has no external injuries, but his body is a little weak. He should be treated with medicine for ten days, and he should be fine. The rest... Prince Guan, sir, don’t ask any more questions, even if I ask, I can only keep my mouth shut.”

Slightly startled, Wei Zheng immediately understood the meaning of his words, and cupped his hands and said, "Then I will thank you doctor."

In fact, even if he asked, it was nothing more than that. What else did he not know about yesterday?

only one thing...

Thinking so, Wei Zheng pushed open the door and walked in gently.

The room was filled with the smell of medicine, and Li Jiancheng was lying on the bed, sipping the medicine with his head down.Hearing the sound, he raised his head and glanced at Wei Zheng, and then ordered his servants: "You all go back first."

The servants left at the sound, and there were only two of them left in the room.

Wei Zheng stepped forward, cupped his hands in a salute, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Li Jiancheng: "Sir, you don't need to be too polite, just come and sit by the bed."

Wei Zheng hesitated for a while, but finally followed his words.

Li Jiancheng lowered his head and drank the concoction in the bowl slowly. After a long while, he raised his hand and put the bowl aside, and then said to him: "To tell the truth, sir, Jiancheng has a chronic illness of heartache. end."

Wei Zheng suddenly raised his eyes, but saw that after half a day of treatment and grooming, he had already returned to his previous description.Except that his complexion was slightly pale, his expression was as calm as usual.

Looking away, he smiled and said, "Your Highness really guessed the purpose of the minister's visit. But, this matter...why didn't people know about it?" He raised his eyes to meet Li Jiancheng's gaze, but smiled again, "The minister is stupid No, it shouldn't be a question."

Having witnessed Li Jiancheng's situation yesterday, he already understood that this was undoubtedly his fatal weakness.

Suddenly, Wei Zheng said, "King Qin...does he know about this?"

Li Jiancheng's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Other than Mr. Que, he is the only one."

Wei Zheng raised his eyes and looked at him, pondered for a long time, and didn't ask any further questions, only said: "Your Highness... has made up his mind this time?"

Li Jiancheng looked at him, his expression slowly becoming solemn.Then, he looked away, looked out the window, and said, "Of course... I won't look back."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng got up suddenly, bowed deeply and said, "I will follow Your Highness around, and I will never leave."

Li Jiancheng turned his head, looked at him and smiled, just nodded and stopped answering.

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It has been three days since Li Shimin went to court again.

No matter how experienced he is in hundreds of battles, he is still no match for the knife piercing his shoulder.He was ill and recuperated in the mansion for a few days. Hearing that the war in Henan had resumed, even though his right arm was still unable to move freely, he had to go to court with the injury.

After entering the court hall, all the ministers immediately gathered to greet him with greetings and greetings.Li Shimin suddenly felt that with the addition of the title of "Admiral Tiance", there are too many unspeakable things, and they have already followed.At the same time, something seems to be slowly moving away...

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of Shan Shan late from the corner of his eye, and kept looking at him, unable to look away.

Li Jiancheng was wearing a gorgeous and slightly oversized court dress, and after not seeing him for a few days, he seemed pale and thinner for some reason.He walked into the hall slowly, and when he passed Li Shimin's place, he glanced over here lightly.

The surrounding courtiers bowed their hands and greeted him one after another.He showed a faint smile, nodded slightly, and then left without stopping.

From the beginning to the end, his eyes never turned to his side.

Just now, in the gossip with everyone, he has heard that Li Jiancheng is as usual whether he is going to court or governing, and he has never been vacant for a day.

That day's relentless attack, the other party's fragile forbearance still clearly remains in his mind...

——Brother, in your heart, are these really nothing?

——If you really can erase everything, if you can really pretend that nothing...has never happened?

Li Shimin's heart suddenly ached, and he almost wanted to push away the crowd and rush towards him.However, after hesitating for a while, he finally clenched his fists and suppressed the impulse in his heart.

Soon after, Li Yuan was promoted to court.Li Shimin hurriedly returned to his seat with the crowd, but his eyes were always locked on Li Jiancheng's back, and he couldn't move away.

Above the court, he handed over the battle report in his hand to all the ministers for reading, and said: "The mere remnant of Dou Jiande raised the flag of rebellion and defeated our Heavenly Soldiers in a row. Let's wait and see, but what should we do?"

What he was referring to was Liu Heita, king of the Eastern Han Dynasty.Liu Heita was originally a subordinate of Dou Jiande. After Dou Jiande was defeated by Li Shimin, Liu Heita and some of the remnants rose up because they were dissatisfied with Li Shimin's beheading of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong's many subordinates.Liu Heitai proclaimed himself King of the Eastern Han Dynasty and fought against Li Tang.

Li Yuan once sent Li Shentong, King of Huai'an, Li Yi, Governor of Youzhou, Xu Shiji, Xue Wanjun and other generals to meet the enemy, but none of them won.After several defeats, most of Hebei has been occupied by him, and the situation is critical.

When everyone heard the words, they expressed their opinions one after another, expressing their opinions.However, in the words of the words, they all recommended Li Shimin, who is now the King of Qin and Admiral Tiance, to lead the army to suppress the rebellion.

Under the many victories and feats, after the accumulation of favor and honor, the three words Li Shimin seem to have become an undefeated trump card, and likewise, they are also the object of courtiers' intentional or unintentional flattery.

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin when he heard the words, but the other party lowered his head slightly, but he seemed calm.

Listening to the continuation of the words of the courtiers, Li Yuan secretly raised his brows without moving his expression.Calling the courtiers to discuss this matter this time, in fact, there is no shortage of their own plans in mind.Only this time, the candidate he had in mind was not Li Shimin.

As a father, he is very clear about his two legitimate sons.Even though Li Shimin is talented and brilliant, no one understands better than the emperor himself the principle of great achievements.He knew that if the balance in his heart were to tip down again, the consequences would definitely be something he didn't want to see.

Admiral Tiance has already given him the greatest degree of indulgence within the scope of his preference.

After a moment of silence, he turned to Li Jiancheng and said, "What does the crown prince think about this matter?"

He thinks the meaning of the words is very obvious, and Li Jiancheng is very intelligent, so he will not understand.

However, when Li Jiancheng heard the words and came out of the queue, he cupped his hands and said, "Royal father, I have no objection to what your lords said just now. My ministers think that the task of destroying Liu Heitai belongs to the King of Qin."