early morning,

Under the rising red sun, a cavalry team came running.

The ones leading the way were actually General Yunhui and Baiqi Commander Xu Luoren.

The emperor has arrived.

Wu Huaiyu was arranging for people to pack the prince's luggage in the manor. Hearing that the emperor had arrived, he was very surprised and hurriedly went out with Qin Qiong to greet him.

The emperor arrived with only five hundred imperial cavalry,

The tall golden Kangju horse, the emperor dressed in military uniform,

The emperor personally came to take the prince back to Beijing.

"I'm here to take Qian back to Beijing."

The prince came a step late and just heard this when he walked out of the door. His eyes were wet with excitement. Li Shimin saw Cheng Qian walking out without any support or crutches. He strode over without any inconvenience.

The eye sockets are also red,

"Slow down, your foot is just fine."

"Father, my legs have fully recovered,"

Li Shimin quickly stepped forward to support Cheng Qian, looked left and right, and finally squatted down and lifted Cheng Qian's robe and trouser legs to look at the scars on his legs.

"Are you not feeling any discomfort at all? Will it still hurt?"

"Everything is healed. Only this scar is left. I used the teacher's scar removal plaster and it is getting lighter and lighter." Cheng Qian raised his leg and made movements.

"That's good,"

Li Shimin stood up and took Huaiyu's hand, "I really want to thank you and reward you heavily. What do you want?"

"I was just trying to atone for my sins. I was not well-protected that day. Fortunately, thanks to the blessings of my ancestors and the great blessings of the saints, His Highness recovered."

Li Shimin laughed.

"It seems that the insect bone soup can indeed strengthen the muscles and bones, so let's go hunt some more and drink more, Prince."

The emperor just said a word, and I don’t know how many tigers would be unlucky.

Li Shimin held Cheng Qian in his left hand and Huai Yu in his right hand. He held the two of them affectionately and entered the manor with Qin Qiong. Also coming with the emperor were the uncle of the state, Changsun Wuji, the Minister of War, Zhou Shaofan, the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Crown Prince.

Zhan Shi, Tang Jian, and Li Daozong, the Minister of Criminal Affairs of Jiangxia County.

The emperor has not had breakfast yet,

Seeing that the prince was recovering so well, Li Shimin had a great appetite.

Gu Louzi stuffed with a pound of mutton stuffing, I ate two of them in one go.

After breakfast, the emperor was in no hurry to take the prince back to Chang'an. The sky was a little gloomy and the sun looked pale and weak.

"Wait until the sun gets warmer and the wind subsides later before leaving,"

After walking around the White Deer Manor, the emperor also inspected the archery skills of Lu Ben and the East Palace guards, and rewarded those who performed well.

Back to the courtyard,

"Let's play chess."

Li Shimin asked someone to fetch Go, and he played it with Huaiyu first. Wu Huaiyu was not bad at chess. He used to play with the old Taoist when they were in the mountains. Later, he took Runniang as his concubine, and his chess skills improved again. Runniang used to play in Yongkang.

The official's name is Siqi, and he is very good at chess.

But playing chess with the emperor is a test of skill. You can neither beat the emperor nor appear weak. You have to find a way to make the emperor feel just a little better than you.

Wu Huaiyu racked his brains and even broke out in a sweat, and finally lost his son.

Li Shimin was very happy to win this set and was very happy.

"Replace Sima,"

Li Shimin called Tang Jian,

Tang Jian smiled and sat down opposite the emperor, and took the initiative to choose Heizi, who would go first.

The emperor is very happy today. He just won another very exciting game of chess, especially the big dragon escaped, and finally won half the game.

It will be easier to get off with Tang Jian,

Tang Jian played chess very quickly.

Tang Jian and the emperor were old chess friends. When they were in Taiyuan in their early years, Tang Jian and Li Shimin played very well. Although they were 20 years younger in age,

Tang Jian's great-grandfather was once a Zuopushe of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and his grandfather was a Youpushe of the Northern Qi Dynasty. When his father was the governor of the Sui Dynasty, he also served as a guard general with Li Yuan. The two had a very good relationship.

Both of them are familiar with each other's chess moves and can play quickly.

The emperor was playing chess and chatting,

Before I knew it, the chessboard was almost full.

The emperor held white, Tang Jian held black,

Tang Jian forcefully broke the eye and kept sealing it. White could not get out and the eye could never be made.

White's life hangs on a thread, but Black refuses to give in.

Make a fatal move to kill the dragon,

In the end, White lost.

Li Shimin held a white chess piece in his hand, but he had already lost.

The emperor's face was gloomy and ugly,

How happy I was to win in the last round, and how miserable I am to lose in this round.

A dragon-slaying game,

Li Shimin looked at Tang Jian, picked up the ivory dial, brushed all the chess pieces to the ground, and then said to Tang Jian, "Back off."

Tang Jian often played chess with the emperor before, and it was not that he had never won the emperor's game, but he rarely saw the emperor look so ugly after losing.

Is this something you can’t afford to lose?

Tang Jian resigned angrily, feeling a little regretful in his heart. It was all because Wu Huaiyu played a game of chess with the emperor in the beginning. He played too well and aroused his interest. In the end, he didn't stop and killed the emperor's dragon.

After Tang Jian left, the emperor lost interest in playing chess.

Then he asked the ministers to retreat,

But Wu Huaiyu, Changsun Wuji and Su Lie were left behind.

Li Shimin got up and walked around the hall,

After a long while, he said, "Tang Jian was rude and rude to me. I want to kill him."

"Su Lie, after you return to Chang'an, when you go to court tomorrow, your Majesty will testify that Tang Jian had evil intentions, deceived the emperor, and slandered the court."

Su Lie stood there stunned,

After hesitating again and again, he said, "Your Majesty, Tang Jian is presumptuous and disrespectful of Your Majesty. All he needs to do is deal with him according to the laws of the court. He will not be punished until death."

"I ask you to come forward and testify. Just do it. When the matter is completed, I will grant you the governorship of Yaozhou and reward you with half of Tang Jian's property."

"I forgive you for not being able to do this. I don't know that Tang Jian has evil intentions, so I can't come forward to testify against him."

Su Dingfang thought about it again and again and said.

Li Shimin stared,

"You dare to disobey me?"

"I just don't dare to make things out of thin air. If Tang Jian really has evil intentions, Your Majesty can ask someone to investigate and collect evidence. If you ask me to come forward to testify, I really can't do that."

"You don't want to be the governor of Yaozhou anymore?"

"If you help me handle this matter, I can reward you with Tang Jian's Dukedom of Ju."

Su Lie still shook his head, "I know that Tang Jian offered advice to Taiyuan and had meritorious service in the uprising. Later, he exposed Dugu Huaien's conspiracy to rebel against the country. After that, he served as the Minister of Huangmen, the Minister of Rites, the Sima of Tiance Mansion, or as the governor of foreign affairs.

, or sent several missions to the Turks, etc., all of them were loyal and loyal.

Although he was a little presumptuous just now, he is a hero of the country after all. Now he is also the Duke of Ju and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If he wins a game of chess with His Majesty just because of his presumptuousness, he wants to kill him. I cannot agree with this.

Your Majesty, please calm down."

"I didn't want to kill him because of this game of chess. Someone reported that Tang Jian had evil intentions and deceived the emperor."

"Then please let your majesty leave it to the Three Law Departments to handle it impartially."

"It is not convenient for the matter to be handed over to the Three Law Departments. I want your Majesty to come forward and testify in public,"

"I can't."

The emperor suppressed Su Lie,

He was even tempted by promotions, but Su Lie remained unmoved.

Wu Huaiyu and Changsun Wuji knelt down and sat aside.
To be continued...