"Where is the Great Emperor?"
On the east side of the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin was swaying around, somewhat undecided about whether to go to the Tai Chi Hall.
To put it bluntly, I am still afraid of meeting my father.
After all, I used to be scared of being beaten, but now every time I go to the Tai Chi Hall, I really don’t dare to go if I’m not mentally prepared.
"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor has been sitting outside the palace gate since he came back."
"Sitting outside the palace gate?"
Li Shimin's eyebrows froze, and even with his usually decisive demeanor, he was a little confused for a while.
It's such a cold day. Is your father too angry?
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Emperor has been sitting there for half an hour and has never moved."
At this time, a little waiter hurried over from around the corner.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin waved his hand boredly, and the little waiter quickly stood up and said.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor said that if Your Majesty comes, he will ask you to come over -"
After saying that, the little chamberlain looked at Li Shimin carefully.
Li Shimin was stunned, and he was thinking a lot about why his father suddenly called him over...
"Your Majesty—Your Majesty—?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but came to his senses when the old chamberlain behind him reminded him softly.
He waved his hand: "You guys, please step back and I'll go there myself."
Until the servants who followed him retreated.
Li Shimin took a deep breath, straightened his robes, and then walked towards the north side of Tai Chi Hall.
…
"Come here, sit with me—"
The cold wind blew through people's clothes.
Perhaps Li Yuan felt someone behind him. Li Yuan gently patted the steps beside him with his old hand and sighed in an old voice.
When Li Shimin walked to the main entrance of Tai Chi Hall, he found his father Li Yuan sitting on the steps of the huge hall.
Looking at the silver-clad scenery directly opposite Tai Chi Palace, my eyes are filled with confusion...
Li Shimin took a look and saw that the once majestic back also looked a bit older.
He walked forward slowly, not even sweeping away the snowflakes on the steps with his sleeves, and sat down directly.
However, Li Yuan tilted his head slightly and gave a cold voice with some displeasure.
"I am a man-eating beast, why are I sitting so far away?"
Li Shimin then slowly came closer with a stiff expression.
Until now, the father and son are still separated by a physical distance...
After Li Shimin moved, he turned around and spoke.
"Father, why are you sitting here for so long and you might catch the cold? Why don't you go to the hall first?"
Chengqing Hall has a stove that Tang Sufan sent before.
The old chamberlain in the palace has always been used to lighting up the coals, and Li Shimin has long been accustomed to wearing less underwear.
Now that I have been outside for a long time, my neck feels a little cold.
"What about the tens of thousands of people outside the city who are moaning in the cold wind? You, the emperor, can't bear the cold wind?"
Li Yuan also had a bad look on Li Shimin's kind words, and threw them back with a cold remark.
Li Shimin could only laugh along and replied happily.
"No, I'm just worried about my father."
"If my old bones freeze to death, wouldn't it be like your wish?"
Li Yuan sarcastically blocked Li Shimin's next words.
Li Shimin could only smile bitterly to himself and quietly tightened his clothes.
Li Yuan naturally noticed Li Shimin's little move.
After all, he also has a stove installed in his palace, how could he not know that?
Isn't Li Shimin's appearance in front of Li Yuan now just like Li Chengqian's appearance in front of Li Shimin?
For a moment, the father and son were speechless.
Quietly watching the wind and snow falling everywhere -
I don't know whether it was because Li Yuan was not interested or what, but after a while, Li Shimin's body was almost numb from the cold, and Li Yuan didn't speak.
"Needless to say, you also know who I went out to meet today, right? Don't worry, it's just an old man named Dou who has retired from the government."
Regarding Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin smiled dryly and nodded.
Li Yuan naturally knew that his son could not let him out with complete peace of mind.
The reason why he was willing to let go was that he already had enough confidence and foundation.
The father and son only had a tacit understanding.
Li Yuan also knew after chatting with Pei Ji for a long time.
In just three years, the court has changed a lot. Li Yuan thinks he is quite successful with this traitor's methods——
That's why this traitor now dares to let himself out for some air.
"The old man Tang Sufan has also considered it. Yes, he is a good match for that girl Rou'er. He has an extraordinary temperament and a modest reputation. If you use him properly, he will be a good helper for you."
Seeing that he finally had something to talk about, and it was about this boy, Li Shimin quickly continued.
"Yes, this boy's character is also forward-looking. He is a little bit arrogant, but it doesn't hurt."
"As for scoundrels, how can I compare to you, Li Shimin?"
All in all, Li Shimin is used to it.
This is much better than the countless yelling in the past three years.
Somehow, I always feel that when my father goes out for a trip, even though his attitude is sarcastic, I am willing to talk to him.
Could it be that that kid used some magic trick?
The father and son were silent again, and the atmosphere was full of weirdness.
Li Yuan finally took a deep breath, his eyes far away, as if he was telling someone else's story.
asked——
"Back then, when you were seriously ill, you must have been secretly plotted to drink a poisonous bar?"
Li Shimin's eyebrows suddenly condensed like a steep peak, and his expression was filled with disbelief for a moment.
"Father...how did the emperor know?"
Under Li Shimin's surprised gaze, Li Yuan glanced deeply, understood in his heart, and said nothing.
Li Shimin reacted immediately.
It was probably that boy who told his father...
After all, that boy's unpredictable ability, although it was surprising, had a reason.
That's fine, my father can believe it from other people's mouth.
It is too late to say whether you believe it or not after hearing it from your own mouth.
Li Yuan's old eyes hid a trace of grayness, and he pretended that nothing happened.
"Why didn't you say it back then?"
With eyes full of sorrow, Li Shimin glanced at Li Yuan beside him, finally sighed deeply and spoke slowly.
"Father, the dispute between my son and Prince Yin back then was not a secret."
"Back then, the Crown Prince's Mansion led Tai Lieutenant Chen Zhu to entertain his ministers at a banquet in Renshou Palace. After the plan was exposed, his ministers were lucky enough to survive."
"At that time, the Prince's Palace was very powerful in Chang'an, and the five families in Guanzhong did their best, and the people in the court responded, and the Prince of Qin's Palace was first established..."
"That year, Guanyin had just given birth to Changle, and that winter she almost died from a sudden illness due to the murder of her son..."
"My son knows that, if he declares it, so what?"
"Prince Yin has his own way of catching thieves when they shout. If he had broken his face that year, he would have been no more brilliant than a toddler, the green bird was still in his infancy, and Changle had just been born——"
"This time it's my son, what about next time? So, my son has no choice but to choose to endure-"
"To this day, even if I say it, the world will just laugh at my clever words to avoid taboos. Oh, what's the point..."
Li Shimin smiled with a lonely look and spoke for a long time, recalling too many things from that year.
The cold wind was so severe that the entire Tai Chi Hall was covered with unchanging white snow.
The figures of the father and son became desolate and desolate.
This is also the home of an emperor. It is extremely cold at high places, and that coldness can also penetrate into the very bones of the human heart...
After Li Shimin's words, no one mentioned anything else, and the two of them understood each other tacitly.
Li Yuan sighed deeply, looking at the snowflakes suddenly falling all over the sky, and the hot white air was flowing.
There was a hint of self-mockery in those gray old eyes.
Ridiculous, ridiculous--
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