The main hall of Da'an Palace.
Li Yuan sat in the main seat.
Li Shimin sat next to Xia Shou.
Neither father nor son spoke first.
Just use the teacup to cover up your embarrassment.
After a long time, Li Yuan smiled and said, "Erlang has a good boy, and Qian'er is really good."
"Father loves me so much."
"This kid is better when he's not naughty."
"When you are really naughty, you can make people angry to death."
Li Shimin put down his tea cup and looked at Li Yuan.
He hasn't been here for a long time.
Li Yuan's old face had many wrinkles.
This inevitably made Li Shimin feel a little uncomfortable.
After all, he is not a real bad guy, nor is he truly ruthless.
"Everyone is naughty sometimes."
Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin with a smile: "When you were naughty when you were a child, you were also the one who went to the house to reveal the tiles."
Hearing this, Li Shimin also lowered his head in embarrassment.
Li Yuan continued: "Has the candidate for the crown prince been decided yet?"
"It's settled."
"But this kid doesn't want to."
There was a hint of helplessness in Li Shimin's smile.
You can let Li Chengqian do anything, but you can't let him be the prince.
This really made Li Shimin very helpless.
Li Yuan didn't know the inside story and asked doubtfully: "Are you talking about Qian'er?"
"Exactly."
"He doesn't want to be the prince?"
"Yes."
Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said: "In the past few years, I have wanted to appoint him as my heir apparent more than once, but he always refused in a playful manner."
"Weird."
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It's strange that there are still people in this world who don't want to be emperor."
That's right.
Who doesn't want to be an emperor in this world?
Li Shimin also wanted to be emperor at first.
Li Yuan also promised to make him emperor.
But what about the end?
He became the king of Qin, and Li Jiancheng became the prince.
He also thought that he would not fight anymore and serve Datang wholeheartedly.
But what about the ending?
He was suppressed and excluded by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji everywhere.
Li Shimin really wanted to ask Li Yuan personally.
He is also your son, why can you watch Li Jiancheng suppress me.
But you can't look at me. What about countering Li Jiancheng?
If it weren't for his connivance at the beginning.
Perhaps the three brothers Jiancheng, Shimin, and Yuanji would not cause trouble to the point of killing people.
Of course, Li Shimin would not say this.
Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Have you thought of a solution?"
"Of course I thought about it."
Li Shimin said: "When I returned to Beijing from the border, I discussed it with my closest officials."
"Without exception, these people asked me to forcefully establish the crown prince and throw him directly to the East Palace."
"From what I know about this kid, if he is forced to become a crown prince, he may be tempted to run away from home."
"In that case, I'm thinking of making him a prince first, so that I can ask him to attend court."
Li Chengqian was not wrong either.
Li Shimin did not make him a prince, but instead made him a prince, which was indeed unkind.
Because the prince needs to go to the court to listen to the court every day, just like the ministers.
In this way, whether Li Chengqian wants to enter the political circle or not, he has to enter.
Hearing these words, Li Yuan also smiled.
"You have gone to great lengths for him."
"There's nothing we can do about it, who calls him excellent?"
Li Shimin stood up slowly: "Nothing's wrong, I'll leave first."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Li Yuan nodded and stood up: "I'll see you off."
"No need, Father, please have a good rest."
After Li Shimin saluted, he turned around and walked out.
When he was almost at the door, Li Yuan suddenly asked: "Will you come again in the future?"
Li Shimin stopped and said, "Father, do you want me to come?"
"Of course I hope."
Li Yuan looked straight at Li Shimin.
Li Shimin also looked at him.
After a long time, Li Yuan finally spoke: "I'm getting older, and I always like to think about the past."
"But what I think about the most is about you."
"I thought of you when you were a child, and also when you went to the battlefield."
"Our Li family has worked hard for the Tang Dynasty, but you have always been the one who sweated the most."
"Sometimes when I think about it, I realized that dad did treat you badly and made you suffer a lot."
"There is something that dad actually wanted to say a long time ago. It was dad who was wrong about what happened in the first place. Don't forget to hate dad."
Li Yuan's eyes were filled with tears and he forced a smile to look at Li Shimin.
God knows how long Li Shimin has been waiting for this sentence.
The moment tears were about to burst out of his eyes, Li Shimin turned around quickly.
His voice was trembling: "Dad, it was Erlang who was wrong all along. Erlang will definitely visit you often in the future."
After saying that, he walked directly out of the main hall.
Li Yuan in the hall looked at his back and laughed, tears of laughter falling down his cheeks...
…
Two days later.
Eunuch Zhou came to the Zhongshan Palace with Li Shimin's imperial edict.
"The king of Zhongshan inherited the Qian Dynasty. He lived in the land and was the eldest son. He has a majestic appearance, benevolence and filial piety, has a prosperous career, and has heard of sage wisdom for a long time..."
This is an imperial edict.
To put it bluntly, it is a high-sounding toy.
What I wrote before is nothing more than praising Li Chengqian.
Then there was the fiefdom, which state or state.
Li Chengqian almost fell asleep listening to it.
He was not interested in how many fiefs there were.
The only thing he was interested in was whether the old man really gave up on being the prince.
While Li Chengqian was distracted, Eunuch Zhou had already finished reciting the imperial edict.
Seeing that Li Chengqian was unmoved, he couldn't help but remind him: "Your Highness, King Qin, accept the order."
"My son, please accept the order and thank me."
Li Chengqian came to his senses and took the imperial edict with both hands.
After reading it carefully, I was sure that the person I named myself was the King of Qin, not the Crown Prince.
He was really relieved.
very nice.
I don’t have to eat the three-hit combo meal anymore.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also asked me to send a message to remind you."
"Starting tomorrow, you will go to the court."
Before Li Chengqian could be happy for a while, Eunuch Zhou suddenly said this.
"What?"
"Listen to...Ting Chao?"
Li Chengqian's brows raised and lowered.
"I'm not the prince, why should I go to court?"
Eunuch Zhou smiled and said: "Your Highness, according to the rules, the prince must also obey the court."
At that moment, Li Chengqian, who had been happy just now, felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
This old man really thought of a way to harm himself.
First, make yourself a prince, and then let yourself attend the court.
Didn’t he make it clear to everyone that he was going to start studying court affairs and prepare to become a prince...
Thinking about the future, I will have to go to the court to light the candle every day.
Listening to those ministers talking nonsense next to his ears, Li Chengqian felt itchy with hatred.
Looking at Li Chengqian's expression, Eunuch Zhou understood what he was thinking.
Suddenly I felt funny.
But he didn't dare to laugh out loud.
So he saluted Li Chengqian.
"Your Highness King Qin, if nothing happens, I will take the first step."
Li Chengqian said quickly: "I'll see you off."
"No need, I can just leave by myself."
After saying that, Eunuch Zhou turned and left.
Li Chengqian looked at the imperial edict in his hand and couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Old man, you have so many sons, why are you targeting me..."
