"Princess, go to the treasure house, choose two pieces of fine jewelry to wear, and follow me into the palace to attend the dinner." ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz
"Husband, you are from the Western Region. Would you like to select a few things from the treasure house and send them to the palace?"
Li Ke nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine! You can take care of these courtesy matters."
"I will go to the study to prepare some things. We will enter the palace later."
the other side.
The palace of the King of Yue.
Compared with Li Ke's Prince of Shu's Mansion, the Prince of Yue's Mansion was much shabbier. After all, the Prince of Yue did not have as much money power as Li Ke. Sometimes, he even wanted to break off a penny and use it.
Although the Palace of the Prince of Yue was extremely shabby, since the prince was deposed, the threshold of the shabby palace of the Prince of Yue has been stepped down. Unfortunately, the Prince of Yue is not in the capital, and no one dares to accept the gifts he sent.
There are businessmen and aristocratic families among them, but most of them are officials from the DPRK and China, and they have begun to align themselves again.
In the living room of Prince Yue's Mansion.
Li Tai was wearing a brocade robe, and his body was a little fatter, revealing a little belly, but he looked very determined, especially his deep eyes. Most people would never be able to tell what he was thinking?
"The prince has been deposed, and His Majesty has not held a court meeting for half a month. Many major national affairs and policy decisions are discussed internally by the three provinces and then reported to His Majesty."
"A country cannot live without a king for a day. The prince's position is also very important. In this case, if your majesty is ill, the prince can supervise the country."
"What the imperial censor said is right. I don't know what my eldest brother is thinking. He gave up the title of prince for the sake of a woman."
"It's so sad..."
Wei Ting, the imperial censor, whispered: "Except for the old prince, His Highness is the only legal heir."
"If Your Highness needs me, I will do my best and die."
"Master Wei, what are you doing?"
Li Tai was overjoyed and quickly stood up to help him.
Jingzhao Weishi should not be underestimated, especially in the previous dynasty. Jingzhao Weishi could be said to be prosperous, with talents emerging in large numbers, and had considerable power in the previous dynasty.
In the short thirty years of the Sui Dynasty, there was one official, Da Sikong, seven ministers, ministers, and nine ministers, and more than ten officials of various sizes in the province of ministers.
In the military, there are three generals who have reached the level of general.
Locally, there are eight people at the governor level.
According to their titles, there are five people in Zhuguo and twelve princes.
It's a pity that God was not kind and the Sui Dynasty fell!
But for the aristocratic family, it was just a change of emperor, and they could still do things for the new court.
No, after Li Yuan became emperor, Jingzhao Weishi fully supported the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and even his own daughter married Qi King Li Yuanji and became the princess.
Later, when the princeling party and the King of Qin's party were fighting each other, they, Jingzhao Weishi, went directly to the throne and put all their wealth and life on the prince.
Just when Jingzhao Webster thought his hand was stable again, Li Jiancheng was defeated by Li Shimin.
At this moment, Jingzhao Weishi immediately became numb.
Of course, after Li Shimin came to power, he began to liquidate.
Jingzhao Weishi suffered extremely heavy losses, but Li Tai didn't know what promise Jingzhao Weishi made to his father back then that allowed Jingzhao Weishi to survive.
Today in the Tang Dynasty, Jingzhao Weishi still has a place in the court, and Wei Ting is just a representative.
Li Tai took a sip of tea, played with the jade beads in his hand, and sighed: "Actually, I have no intention of becoming the prince."
"Master Wei also knows that I have liked reading and writing, collecting, and writing some books since I was a child..."
"No, no, my incompetent eldest brother gave up his job."
"Your Highness, apart from the old prince, you are the legitimate successor to the throne of prince."
Li Tai smiled deliberately and said: "Where is my third brother? The third brother is both civil and military. He has everything he wants. The most important thing is that he is ambitious. I think my third brother is more suitable to be the prince."
Wei Ting bowed and said: "Your Highness, the King of Shu wants to be the crown prince, unless all our censors are dead. Even if the censors are dead, the nobles and princes in the court are still alive."
"It is absolutely impossible for the third prince, the King of Shu, to obtain the position of crown prince. Even if His Royal Highness the King of Yue has no intention of taking the position of prince, it will not be the King of Shu's turn to take it."
"To tell you the truth, Your Highness, in the entire court, not more than 10% of you dare to vouch for the King of Shu being the crown prince."
Li Tai narrowed his eyes slightly. I'm afraid it didn't stop. The news he got was that at least 30% of the civil and military ministers agreed that Li Ke would become the prince and be very close to the Shu Palace.
"Master Wei, you might as well tell me and let me have some fun too. The eldest brother has just lost his position as the crown prince. Unexpectedly, the third brother can't sit still."
Wei Ting thought for a moment, bowed and said: "The people in the court who are close to the King of Shu include Li Jing, Wang Jian, and Wang Gui. Of course, I don't know much about the generals."
At this time, Wang Tao appeared next to Li Tai and whispered: "Your Majesty, Shanxi merchant Hu Qian wants to see you."
Li Tai was very unhappy and yelled: "Didn't you see that this king is talking to Mr. Wei?"
"What a disappointment. He's just a businessman."
Wei Ting knew that Shanxi merchants were more than just merchants. Shanxi merchants were the merchants who helped Li Yuan conquer the country. The imperial court was very friendly to Shanxi merchants.
In particular, behind the Shanxi merchants, they were actually representatives of the alliance of the entire northern gentry. Behind them were the Cui family, the Li family, the Lu family and other big families.
Shanxi merchants are the name given to merchants north of the Yellow River.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late. I'll take my leave now. When Your Majesty has time, I'll let you know."
Li Tai stood up to see him off. He had no connections in the court, and Wei Ting was the imperial censor, so he could fill this gap.
"Wang Tao, do you think this person may have a big responsibility?"
Wang Tao shook his head and said with a smile: "If we really want to have a fight with the King of Shu, this person can only be used as cannon fodder."
"Then, among the ministers in the court, who do you think is more reliable and can arm-wrestle with the King of Shu in the court?"
"Zhongshu Province, Zhongshu Ling Wen Yanbo."
Li Tai was silent for a moment and then said: "This person is an old stubborn and unreasonable."
Wang Tao smiled and said: "Your Highness is wrong. It is only because you are stubborn that you can compete with the King of Shu."
"Your Highness, except for the deposed prince, the crown prince's position can fall into the hands of you or the King of Jin, but not the King of Shu."
"These old guys will never allow the child born to the previous princess to become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty."
"Except for these old stubborns, I feel that those in the royal family are even less likely to agree to let the King of Shu be the crown prince."
Li Tai nodded. He felt that this was a safe decision. The position of prince was already beckoning to him.
It's just that he really doesn't want to sit in the crown prince's position now. Who knows what kind of evil the deposed prince is holding in his heart?
Especially his uncle Changsun Wuji. He knew very well what his uncle was like, and he was very sinister.
It is absolutely impossible for Changsun Wuji to ask Changsun Wuji to assist him, because he is not controlled by others, and Changsun Wuji likes to control people.
Therefore, it is incredible that the prince was deposed because of a widow.
"Your Highness, the prince is here."
Li Tai rolled his eyes and said immediately: "Please go to the living room, I will be here soon."
in the living room.
Wang De raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty has spoken, please ask the King of Yue to accept the order."
"My sons and ministers accept the order."
"Your Majesty is hosting a family banquet in the palace. King Wang Yue will attend the banquet on time tonight."
Wang De glanced at Li Tai and said, "We have to go to deliver the message, so I'll take my leave first."
Li Tai looked at Wang De walking away and wondered why his father wanted to hold a family banquet when his mother's illness had just eased.
When it comes to his mother's illness, Li Tai is also very conflicted. It can be said that his mother's survival is all due to the miraculous medicine of the King of Shu.
At this moment, he loves and hates Li Ke.
Li Ke took the magic medicine and saved his mother. In the eyes of his father, Li Ke was a filial son. In the heart of his mother, he owed a huge favor.
From then on, Li Ke was probably more important than himself in the eyes of his father, emperor and mother.
Now that the crown prince has been deposed, who will become the new crown prince is something that your Majesty will consider, as well as the entire court.
In the eyes of everyone in the court, the King of Shu may not be able to become the prince, but in the eyes of his father, this is not the case. The King of Shu is so outstanding that even the old man, the Supreme Emperor, strongly supports the King of Shu to become the prince.
Tonight's dinner may not be simple.
Li Shimin will test him and the King of Shu.
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