When Li Shimin walked into the side hall of Shujing Hall, he heard thunderous snoring. His steps immediately slowed down. He was thinking about whether to go out and wait, but he heard Li Yuan's soft call.
"Erlang is here."
Li Shimin took a few steps quickly and stepped forward to help Li Yuan, who was getting up. "Is father okay?"
"Fortunately, fortunately, Huairen came in time." Li Yuan made a gesture to lower his voice and pointed to the soft couch behind him.
Li Shanzheng was lying on the soft couch without any manners and was fast asleep. He was half sideways with his legs spread wide apart, which made Li Shimin speechless.
Before entering the palace, Li Shimin also thought about what Li Shan would say when he accompanied his father, and whether his father would ask him all his secrets, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
Princess Qin, who came in later, was also speechless. Her snoring was so loud... she was definitely not pretending!
"For two days and one night, I only slept for less than an hour. I was extremely tired and my eyes were bloodshot."
Li Chengqian, Prince of Zhongshan County, and Wu Ke, Prince of Hanzhong County, walked quietly to the soft couch and looked curiously at Li Shan, whose nostrils were opening and closing... Well, Li Chengqian still wanted to stretch out his hand, but he didn't know what he wanted to do, but he was stopped by Princess Qin. Pulled him back.
"Huairen likes to play with children the most." Li Yuan couldn't help laughing, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper. "It was not easy to get close to him in the past. Let Huairen get closer to him in the future."
Princess Qin hesitated a little, and Li Shimin suppressed a smile and said in a low voice: "Third sister has mentioned it several times, Huairen led the Chai family's eldest son astray."
"Not only the eldest son of the Pingyang family, the eleventh son was also led astray." Li Yuan pointed to the outside of the palace, "Go and talk outside."
Walking out of the side hall, Li Shimin suddenly whispered: "I still remember that in the 12th year of Sui Dynasty, the child woke up in the middle of the night and saw his father sitting beside the couch."
"Yes, the time when we attacked Li Shanfei." Li Yuan sighed: "At that time, Erlang showed his bravery and suffered numerous injuries. After returning to the camp, he fell asleep from exhaustion."
It was Li Shimin's first battle as a fledgling. Li Yuan fell into the formation. Li Shimin led an elite cavalry assault and rescued Li Yuan from thousands of troops. He also commanded the infantry to follow up and defeated Li Shanfei. Li Shimin was only sixteen years old that year.
After looking at his son carefully, Li Yuan asked in a low voice: "How is the injury?"
"Don't worry, father, it won't be a problem."
"You have been fighting on the battlefield since you were young, and you have suffered many injuries. You should not ignore it." Li Yuan said sternly: "Let the doctors from the Imperial Medical Office come and take a look later."
"For such a traumatic injury, it's better to wait until Huairen wakes up to check it out."
"That's what Erlang said." Li Yuan smiled and asked Li Shimin about everything that happened that day and night.
"Yes, the fire was set by Huairen's personal guards. The East Palace had manpower deployed at Baqiao and Changlepo, but they had no choice but to set fire at Yongchangfang as a warning."
"If it weren't for Huairen this time..." Li Shimin hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Did Huairen enter the palace through the Xuanwu Gate?"
"Well, there is a bumpy path from Sun Moon Lake to the Forbidden Garden. It takes more than an hour of trekking to reach Xuanwu Gate." Li Yuan thought for a while and advised: "Erlang, don't be too harsh. Huairen also knows that he violates taboos and is ready to move."
"Don't worry, father." Li Shimin shook his head, "There is no need to move. In the future, the Forbidden Army can be stationed in the Forbidden Garden."
Li Yuan nodded in agreement. Previously, because the Changlin Army was in the Forbidden Garden, the Beiya Forbidden Army did not send troops to garrison, and the Xuanwumen garrison actually had a lot of troops.
After hesitating for a while, Li Shimin whispered: "Brother..."
"You have to blame yourself." Li Yuan's face turned cold, "Erlang has the sense. Even if he takes charge of the East Palace and ascends the throne as emperor one day, he will not kill everyone... He actually conspired to rebel. This is his own fault!"
Li Shimin remained silent. He did have the strength, but if there was no rebellion in the East Palace and he just entered the East Palace through normal means, he might not be at ease.
Although he deeply hated them, they were father and son after all. Li Yuan didn't want to mention it anymore, so he asked instead: "Pei Ji, Pei Hongda, and Yang Gongren are imprisoned in Linzhao Palace. The East Palace has a strong foundation in the court. How are Erlang going to deal with it?"
On the way from Tiance Mansion to the palace, Li Shimin was also thinking about this issue, "The war in Hedong is raging, the war in Lingzhou is stalemate, the younger brothers of Huaiyang King and Rencheng King are trapped in Bingzhou, Cao Guogong and Yiyang County Duke are imprisoned. The division is in Shuozhou, so it is not appropriate to start a big war."
Li Yuan nodded slightly in agreement, "Erlang has prestige both in the army and in the court. We should put an end to the chaos as soon as possible."
"yes."
Li Yuan and Li Shimin exchanged opinions on the handling of several key figures in the East Palace. Some people cannot be pardoned, but some people can be lenient. After all, not all officials under the East Palace are involved in the conspiracy, and among them there are also Considering the influence of aristocratic families, it is very complicated.
After the discussion came up with a general idea, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Erlang is injured..."
Li Shimin heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and asked with a smile: "Does father want to use Huairen?"
Li Shimin was covered with many wounds, he also had to take charge of the important task of quelling the chaos in the DPRK, and was about to take over the East Palace. Under such circumstances, it was unlikely to continue the Hedong expedition.
It is very rare for the Prince of the East Palace to be the chief general. The reason why Li Shimin was able to preside over the Central Plains War as the chief general was because he had Zhuyu from the Battle of Qianshuiyuan and the Battle of Baibi first, but it was also because Li Jiancheng had been canonized as the Prince of the East Palace.
You must know that before Li Yuan ascended the throne and founded the country, a large army once went south to attack Wang Shichong, but that time Li Jiancheng was the coach and Li Shimin was only the deputy coach.
Therefore, Li Shimin guessed that Li Yuan wanted to use Li Shan to lead his troops to Hedong.
"What do you think, Erlang?"
Li Shimin said with a smile: "Just now my father praised the child for his intelligence."
Li Yuan also smiled, "My father asked me last night why Huairen should be killed... Huairen is quite prestigious in Dai Dynasty, Su Dingfang is a famous general, and Zhang Zhongjian is in charge of the Lingzhou Army. Wouldn't it be great if we could persuade him to surrender?"
The muscles on Li Shimin's cheeks jumped... He immediately judged that his father still didn't know about the grudge between Li Shan and Pei Shiju.
What Pei Shiju wants is Li Shan's head.
Perhaps Li Shan should be allowed to find a reason to be honest... Now there is no longer much need to hide it.
Li Yuan continued: "He also said frankly that it would be difficult to conquer heroes like Huairen..."
Li Shimin made another judgment through this sentence. Li Jiancheng, whose head was chopped off, did not know the relationship between Pei Shiju and Li Shan.
"Erlang has this kind of heart and ability." Li Yuan said with a smile: "Huairen has great merit, but he is not as high as Erlang. Huairen has prestige in the army, but he is not as good as Erlang. There are also famous generals around Huairen. But why are there so many famous generals in Tiance Mansion?"
"He doesn't dare to use it, but Erlang should dare to use it."
Li Shimin was dumbfounded. Huairen rescued him three times in a row... His father was just like the third sister, asking for a guarantee from him.
