Prince of Tang Dynasty

Qiaogu's posture was very low and her attitude was very respectful, but she arrived at the door and did not let Li Shimin enter the hall.

"Your Majesty, the Empress has been tired all day and has already fallen asleep. You'd better come back tomorrow."

Li Shimin really wanted to go into the hall to see, but seeing Qiao Gu blocking the door to prevent him from entering, he couldn't let Qiao Gu roll down, so he just opened the door and went in.Because he knew in his heart that it was Empress Changsun's intention that Qiaogu blocked him at the door.

"You take good care of the empress, I will come to visit the empress tomorrow." Li Shimin said loudly on purpose, so that the eldest grandson empress in the palace could hear.

Qiaogu: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin didn't leave right away, but waited for a while at the gate of the hall, but seeing that Empress Changsun hadn't responded, he had no choice but to turn around and leave.

"The servant sends the emperor respectfully."

Walking out of Yiyuan Hall, Feng Yong asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, are we going back to the Hall of Eternal Life?" The Hall of Eternal Life is Li Shimin's bedroom.

Li Shimin stopped suddenly, looked thoughtful, and then changed direction: "Go to the Tongxin Hall." Li Shimin decided to ask Li Yu and the others for help, hoping that the three children could help him calm down the eldest grandson empress.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin walked in front with his hands behind his back, sighing as he walked.Feng Yong, who was following him, heard Li Shimin's sigh, and also sighed in his heart: Your Majesty, you really made the empress angry this time.

"Feng Yong, did I do something wrong?"

Of course Feng Yong didn't dare to say directly, "Your Majesty, you did something wrong." He didn't have the courage to say that, so he could only say mildly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Wei are brothers of the same mother."

Hearing Feng Yong's words, Li Shimin fell into silence.

Seeing that Li Shimin suddenly stopped talking, Feng Yong thought that he was talking too much and was about to apologize when he heard Li Shimin say: "I did something wrong." After hearing this, he felt a long sigh in his heart I breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's right, Gao Ming and Qing Que are brothers of the same mother, the sons of Zhen and Guanyin's maidservant."

This time, Feng Yong did not respond to Li Shimin's words.As a slave, he is not qualified to respond to these words.

Li Shimin's footsteps suddenly became a little anxious, which made Feng Yong unable to keep up with him, so he could only trot behind Li Shimin.

After a while, Li Shimin took Feng Yong to the Tongxin Hall.

"Slave to see the emperor!"

"Where is King Rui, are you asleep?"

Kneeling on the ground on Monday, Zhou Yi replied respectfully: "If you go back to the emperor, Your Highness and the others are not in the Tongxin Hall."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows: "Not in the Hall of Concentric Heart, where are they?"

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, they are in the Queen's Palace."

In the Hall of Yiyuan? ! ,

Li Shimin thinks about it, Xiao Yu'er and the others are not in his Tongxin Hall, but only in the Yiyuan Hall of Guanyin Maid.

Li Yu and the others were not in Tongxin Hall, so Li Shimin had no choice but to go back first.

"Your Majesty, shall we go back to the Palace of Eternal Life next?"

"Go back." With Xiao Yu'er and the others accompanying Guanyin's servant girl, Li Shimin felt relieved.Xiao Yu'er can make people happy, and with him around, Guanyin's servant girl should be in a better mood.He will come to visit Guanyin's maidservant after the court tomorrow, and then he will make amends to her.

After Li Shimin left, the Duanyang Festival dinner ended.

Wei Wang Li Tai and Crown Prince Li Chengqian were both interested in holding the "Chang'an Cup". After the dinner, they each returned to their respective palaces to gather the ministers around them to discuss how to obtain the right to host the "Chang'an Cup".

As soon as Prince Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he sent someone to invite Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji came to the East Palace "sneaky" and first saluted Prince Li Chengqian.

Prince Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to support his eldest grandson Wuji, and immediately invited his uncle to sit down.After his uncle was seated, he said straight to the point: "Uncle, we must obtain the right to hold the [Chang'an Cup]."

Changsun Wuji nodded lightly: "Naturally, King Wei must not be allowed to do this matter."

When mentioning Wei Wang Li Tai, Prince Li Chengqian frowned, and said with an uneasy expression: "I'm just worried that my father will give the [Chang'an Cup] to my fourth brother." Before that, Li Shimin asked Wei Wang Li Tai to go to Hongwen Hall, This made Prince Li Chengqian very dissatisfied and worried.He was really afraid that Li Shimin would hand over the [Chang'an Cup] to Wei Wang Li Tai again this time.

Changsun Wuji looked pensive, stroked his beard and said, "With the means His Majesty wants to check and balance, it is very likely that the [Chang'an Cup] will be handed over to King Wei."

Prince Li Chengqian also understood this, so he was not convinced.

"I have never understood why my father treated me like this?" Since he was named the crown prince, he has been serious and cautious in doing things.Even so, the emperor was still suspicious and guarded against him.

Changsun Wuji could take it easy, he smiled comfortingly at Prince Li Chengqian: "It's just the emperor's suspicion."

"I know." Prince Li Chengqian didn't know that this was the emperor's suspicion, "If it were the third brother, I wouldn't have any complaints, but I don't understand why it is the fourth brother. The fourth brother and I are brothers of the same mother. , Father is doing this to let our brothers kill each other?"

"Your Highness, be careful." Changsun Wuji understood the dissatisfaction and complaints in Prince Li Chengqian's heart, but the prince has been guarded by the emperor since ancient times.In order to control the power of the prince, the emperor will use checks and balances.If the prince's power is too strong, it will be a very big threat to the emperor, and it will make the emperor sleepless.However, if there is a faction in the court that can compete with the prince's power and pose a huge threat to the prince, then the emperor will feel at ease.

"Uncle, anyone is fine, but the fourth brother, I can't accept it." Prince Li Chengqian was wronged in his heart, but he couldn't say this kind of wronged.

"Your Highness, no one can compete with you, only King Wei can." Changsun Wuji said, "King Wei and you are siblings from the same mother, both are sons of His Majesty and the Queen's Empress, both are descendants, and their identities are very different. Noble. As for the king of Shu, he is impossible."

"Why is it impossible for the third brother? The talent of the third brother is not inferior to that of me and the fourth brother." Apart from other things, Prince Li Chengqian recognized the talent of the third brother, King Shu.

"Because he has the blood of the Yang family in the previous dynasty, and many ministers in the court opposed him, so he can't pose a fatal threat to you." Although Changsun Wuji said so, he was always on guard against Shu King Li Ke in his heart.Because just like the prince Li Chengqian said, Li Ke, the king of Shu, is very talented.Moreover, among His Majesty's many sons, Shu Wang Li Ke's temperament and talent are the most similar to His Majesty's.

Hearing what Changsun Wuji said, Prince Li Chengqian fell silent.

"Your Highness, there is a key person who can help us with this matter."

"Who?"

"His Royal Highness, the [Datang Cup] and [Chang'an Cup] were both proposed by him, and His Majesty will not let him hold them in person because he is too young." Changsun Wuji said with a smile, "His Royal Highness has been quietly The purpose of preparing for the Cuju competition is to make money from the Cuju competition, and he proposed to hold the [Changan Cup] just to make money."

When mentioning Li Yu, the young brother, Prince Li Chengqian couldn't help showing a smile on his face: "Uncle, what do you think Xiao Yuer thinks, to think of such a way to make money." And the pork before, Xiao Yu Son is really too smart.

"Your Highness, let me tell you something you don't like to hear. His Royal Highness King Rui is the smartest and cleverest of all His Majesty's sons. This is even inferior to His Royal Highness King Wei." For Xiao Yuer, the little nephew, the eldest grandson Wuji is I like it very much, "With Xiaoyu'er's temperament, I don't want to hand over the [Chang'an Cup] to other people."

"What's the use if he doesn't agree, I hope Xiao Yu'er can hold the [Chang'an Cup]." For Crown Prince Li Chengqian, as long as it's not Wei Wang Li Tai to hold the [Chang'an Cup], anyone can.

"His Highness King Rui is too young, it is impossible for the emperor to entrust him with holding the [Changan Cup], otherwise His Highness King Rui will be swallowed alive by those people." Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty loves King Rui very much. Your Highness, if His Highness King Rui makes a scene with His Majesty, His Majesty probably won't hand over the [Chang'an Cup] to King Wei."

"Father won't let Xiao Yu'er mess with such a big matter, will he?"

"Your Highness, don't underestimate His Highness King Rui's disturbance." Changsun Wuji smiled meaningfully, "His Highness Rui's quarrel with His Majesty is not a nonsense, but a very scheming and measured one. Your Majesty has to compromise with him."

Prince Li Chengqian was surprised by what Changsun Wuji said: "How do you say it?"

"Hitting a snake and hitting seven inches, His Royal Highness King Rui knows very well where His Majesty's weakness is, and he also knows where His Majesty's bottom line is, so he always makes trouble at His Majesty's weakness." Changsun Wuji explained, "Don't look at it every time. Your Majesty was scolded by His Highness King Rui, but His Majesty was actually happy."

Prince Li Chengqian thought about it carefully and found that it was true.

"For His Highness Rui, both His Majesty and the Empress have a sense of guilt and distress, and they are very tolerant of His Highness." Changsun Wuji said, "His Royal Highness has been weak since he was a child, and he almost collapsed several times. However, this made the emperor and the queen empress love and tolerate him very much."

Prince Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Not only the father and queen mother are like this, but I am also like this." For Xiao Yu'er, the younger brother, Prince Li Chengqian will love him unconsciously.

"Your Highness, let's give up the [Chang'an Cup]." Changsun Wuji also wanted the right to hold the [Chang'an Cup], but he knew it was impossible. "With His Majesty's temperament, he will not entrust the [Chang'an Cup] to you."

"If we don't fight for it, the father will directly give it to the fourth brother, what should we do?"

"We ask His Royal Highness Rui Wang to persuade His Majesty not to hand over the [Chang'an Cup] to King Wei." Changsun Wuji's eyes flashed brightly, "Your Highness, secretly we invite His Royal Highness Rui Wang. On the bright side , you go and suggest to His Majesty that the [Chang'an Cup] be handed over to the King of Shu."

"Third brother?" Prince Li Chengqian nodded slightly, "Okay, I propose to my father that the third brother will make the [Changan Cup]." Compared with the fourth brother, he would rather the third brother make the [Changan Cup].

"His Royal Highness King Rui is here to let the minister speak."

"Uncle, let me tell the story."

"Your Highness, tell me, if His Majesty finds out, His Majesty will be angry with you." Changsun Wuji said with a serious face, "What His Majesty hates most is that your brothers form cliques. His Highness King Rui is young and He is His Majesty's most beloved youngest son, Your Highness, you'd better not do this."

Prince Li Chengqian nodded in understanding: "Then I will trouble uncle."

Changsun Wuji talked nonsense with Prince Li Chengqian again, and then quietly left the East Palace.

The palace of Prince Wei was also very lively. Li Tai called the ministers who supported him to discuss holding the [Chang'an Cup].

After returning to the mansion, Changsun Wuji called Changsun Jing to the study and told Changsun Jing to go to Li Yu and ask Li Yu for help.

"Father, don't worry, Xiao Yu'er will not let His Majesty hand over the [Chang'an Cup] to King Wei." Changsun Jing said with a smile, "What Xiao Yu'er usually dislikes the most is King Wei. Maybe let His Majesty entrust King Wei with his magic weapon to make money."

"Xiao Yu'er doesn't like King Wei?"

"I don't like it, I don't like it very much. Xiao Yu'er often says that King Wei is too scheming and too pretentious." Changsun Jing told his father all the things Li Yu usually complained about King Wei.

Changsun Wuji didn't expect Li Yu to dislike King Wei so much, which surprised him a little: "What does Xiao Yuer think of the prince?"

"Xiao Yu'er thinks that the eldest brother His Highness the Crown Prince is very nice. He seems to like the eldest brother the Crown Prince very much. I haven't heard him say anything about His Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing what his son said, Changsun Wuji felt relieved.

"Father, if you are worried, then I will go to the palace tomorrow to find Xiao Yu'er and tell him about it."

Changsun Wuji nodded lightly: "That's it."

The holding of the [Datang Cup] and [Chang'an Cup], except for the crown prince Li Chengqian and the king of Wei Li Tai, knew about it, but the king of Shu, Li Ke, did not know about it.

At the same time, Li Shimin in the Palace of Eternal Life had a nightmare. In the dream, the hidden prince and the others asked him for his life. The Supreme Emperor Li Yuan reprimanded him, saying that the tragedy that happened to you is not enough, and you want your brothers to kill each other. Did this happen to his son?

The author has something to say: Li Er: I know I was wrong.

Empress Changsun: Your Majesty is right, how could His Majesty be wrong, the one who is wrong is the concubine.

Li Er: Maid of Guanyin, I really know I was wrong.

Carp: Old Li deserves it!