"Once King Qin takes the throne, with his talents, he will definitely pose a threat to our family."
"When the time comes, will he still listen to me?"
Someone stood up and objected: "If King Qin does not have enough power, then even if we guide him to decipher the secret, he will not be able to complete it."
"I think it's better to let King Qin control some forces."
The old man snorted and continued: "Don't forget, the forces of the former Sui Dynasty are still there. That old man, Yang Guang, has been hiding outside the territory to develop his forces. We have no news about him in these years."
"Why is he hiding? It's because he has laid out the plan in advance. The chosen son now is his grandson. Once Yang Guang hands over the power of the former Sui Dynasty to Qin King Li Ke, plus some traitors from various schools of thought, and Li Yuan And the strength Li Shimin has accumulated over the years..."
"After all this, do you still think that King Qin can control it?"
Everyone was silent. These aristocratic families were strong enough and had enough masters, but each of them had their own plans, and they were not of the same mind at all.
Once King Qin ascends the throne, controls many forces, and then defeats the hidden families one by one, they will really capsize in the gutter.
One of the old women said: "It's too early for you to argue about these matters. The chosen one is seventeen years old this year, and the woman is already married. But according to the intelligence, the woman named Li Shuwan has not been pregnant for a long time. This is a big deal."
Everyone was also awakened immediately. They almost forgot about this matter. According to the secret passed down by their ancestors, opening the seal only requires the blood of the chosen one, but the winner of the decryption needs a sacrifice, and the best sacrifice is The son of the Chosen One.
"Our hidden family has many girls with outstanding looks and abilities. How about we send a woman from each family to get close to the chosen son, marry him, and let them give birth to a son as soon as possible..."
"That's all it can do, I can't afford to wait!"
"Okay, I have a granddaughter who will turn eighteen this year. She is both civilized and martial, and has outstanding appearance. I will let her go to the Western Regions as soon as possible."
"I have a granddaughter who can also be sent there."
"Okay, send one or two women from each family there. I still don't believe it. They can't give birth to children."
Several old people discussed for a while, and finally decided that King Qin could not ascend the throne and control more power, but should control it within the scope of their control.
Also look for the former Sui forces and kill them all.
There is also the idea of sending the children of the hidden family to assist the former crown prince Li Chengqian and Wu King Li Tai, so that they can grow up and restrain the King of Qin.
In the end, several of their families and hundreds of other schools of thought sent masters to the Western Regions, asking the four forces in the Western Regions to voluntarily withdraw from the Western Regions or directly join the Central Plains families, otherwise they would be completely destroyed.
In the eyes of this group of people, any benefit is insignificant in front of the winner.
Their families and sects have been lurking for generations, and have despaired of their ancestors for generations. Finally, in their generation, they have waited for the Chosen Son. This means that they have waited for the opportunity of eternal life. How can they let the forces outside the region share it?
At this moment, a woman in red suddenly appeared deep in the underground palace, knelt on the ground and said: "Family heads, there is good news from Chang'an."
This woman was specially selected by several families and hundreds of scholars to be an intelligence agent lurking in Chang'an City, mainly monitoring the relatives and bloodline of the Chosen Son.
"The King of Qin's concubine is happy!"
When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed. It seemed that they were one step closer to being the winner of the decryption, and they seemed to have seen the dawn of eternal life.
"Hahaha……"
The laughter of a group of old men came from the underground palace, and finally Lao Shu ordered: "You must monitor Li Shuwan's movements at all times. You must protect this woman and child and don't let them make mistakes. Otherwise, you will not be able to atone for your sins even if you die ten thousand times." .”
The woman knelt on the ground and lowered her head almost to the ground: "I accept your order, slave."
After the woman left, Laoshu said to a group of old men: "I investigated the Chosen Son and found that this man is a person who values friendship. In fact, we don't have to worry about him being disobedient. We only need to control his relatives. He will be obedient."
"Especially, now that his princess is pregnant, once the offspring is born, it will be good for us regardless of whether it can be used as a sacrifice."
"But we don't know whether Li Shuwan will give birth to a son or a daughter. You'd better send the woman out as soon as possible."
Everyone nodded, feeling that Lao Shu was right.
After Yuan Tiangang left Jixia Academy, he rushed to Chang'an in just two days and reported the hidden family's intentions to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin also did not expect that the Hidden Family would do as he said and would really help the Tang Dynasty to destroy the Ashina family of the Western Turks and wipe out many forces in the Western Regions.
Although he didn't know what interests were involved behind this, it was currently the most beneficial to Datang.
If you want to fight against the hidden family, then the Western Region must be stabilized.
As long as the Western Region is stable, Datang's business will be unprecedentedly prosperous, its economy will take off, and the country will have money, and it will finally be able to fight these people.
"Come here, prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones..."
Li Shimin began to write a secret edict, informing King Qin that the hidden family in the Central Plains was going to the Western Regions, expelling the Ashina family and wiping out the rest of the forces in the Western Regions, and asked him to use this opportunity to stabilize the Western Regions and firmly control them no matter what. In the hands of Tang Dynasty.
In the end, Li Shimin kept an eye on it and told King Qin Li Ke to win over the masters of many forces in the Western Regions and take them for his own use to fight against the hidden families in the Central Plains in the future.
"Master Yuan, this secret decree is very important, and I need to trouble you to go there in person."
"We must not fall into the hands of the hidden family."
Yuan Tiangang bowed to accept the order. He actually wanted to visit the Western Regions and did not want to stay in Chang'an City.
"I obey."
As soon as Yuan Tiangang left, Li Tai came to the Tai Chi Palace and passed by Yuan Tiangang.
Li Tai has been very proud of himself recently. His boss was deposed and now he and the little widow opened a wonton restaurant and lived an ordinary life. The boss is no longer a threat to him.
Lao San, who was a threat to him, went to the Western Regions. Hearing that the war situation in the Western Regions was not optimistic, Lao San went to the Western Regions this time. Even if he could come back, he would return in failure.
Although he is not the prince at present, he is fulfilling the obligations of the prince and helping Li Shimin handle some government affairs. At the same time, he has also been promoted to the governor of Chang'an City.
Although he does not control the military, he controls everything in Chang'an City.
He felt that he was already very close to the crown prince's position.
Even if nothing happens to the third child this time, he will not be able to compete with him for the crown prince position when he comes back.
"My son has met my father."
"Qingque is here? How did you go about what I told you?" Li Shimin looked up and asked.
Recently, this son has become a lot more settled, and he is doing things with ease. In terms of handling government affairs, he is indeed much better than the former prince.
Li Tai bowed and said: "Father, don't worry, I have made all arrangements. All the grains shipped from the south will be shipped to the Western Regions without leaving a single grain."
"So good!"
Li Shimin stood up and said: "It's okay for you brothers to be noisy at ordinary times. In the face of national events, you must unite and never be careless."
"There are hundreds of thousands of my troops in the Western Region, which means hundreds of thousands of lives. If something goes wrong, I will never miss the love between father and son." ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
Li Tai: "..."
Li Tai felt that his father's words were meant for him, but he, Li Tai, was definitely not such a person. He could still tell the difference between good and bad in big events.
He very much hoped that Lao San would die in the Western Regions, but he definitely did not want Datang's hundreds of thousands of troops to die in the Western Regions.
"Father, in ten days it will be your birthday. Let me leave this matter to you!"
Li Shimin was stunned. He almost forgot his birthday. His face was full of joy and he smiled: "Don't be extravagant and wasteful. Just have a meal together as a family."
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