Li Chengqian's carriage drove up again. When he arrived ten miles from Luoyang, Li Chengqian rode a horse far away and saw a cluster of people facing him. The most conspicuous one was the emperor's dragon flag umbrella floating in the air.

Since Li Chengqian has found a way to deal with Li Shimin, he will naturally not cause trouble at the banquet that welcomes his victory. Li Chengqian himself may not care about the celebration banquet, but the generals will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Li Chengqian thought about these things and decided to dismount and salute when he was ten steps away from Li Shimin. It was also a reward for his departure from the city ten miles away.

Li Chengqian's team continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to Li Shimin's carriage. The civil and military officials following him dismounted and walked one after another. He rode one by one and stood out.

As we were leaving, we saw Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong walking towards each other from left to right.

Both of them were born with a tiger-backed and bear-bearing waist. They walked over and walked five steps away from Li Chengqian's war horse and bowed and said, "My minister Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong will join the crown prince."

Li Chengqian grabbed the war horse and raised his whip with a calm expression and said, "The two families of you are calm, and follow the orphan king to meet Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty ordered me to come and lead the horse to the Crown Prince!" Cheng Yaojin said, without saying a word, walked to Li Chengqian's war horse with a smile. Regardless of whether Li Chengqian agreed or not, he directly took Li Chengqian's war horse reins.

Li Chengqian did not expect that Li Shimin would send two founding heroes to the Duke of the dynasty to lead him. This was to show Li Chengqian and the people of the world that he had no intention of changing the prince.

But this made Li Chengqian a little embarrassed. If he accepted it calmly, someone would think he was entrusted. After all, these two were the heroes who followed Li Shimin to fight in the south and north. If he dismounted, it would not be in line with his identity as the crown prince.

Li Chengqian gently stroked the neck of the war horse, preventing the war horse from moving forward, and asked lightly: "The two Qing families are the heroes of the father and the Tang Dynasty. Is it inappropriate to accept such a polite king?"

Li Chengqian has some special mention in terms of title, calling Li Shimin "Father Emperor" instead of "Your Majesty". He used what King Cheng of Zhou said to Duke Zhou: You and my father's ministers, as my son, I dare not treat you as ministers.

It means I can’t afford you, you can go home to take care of your old age.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and the ministers are the ministers of Your Highness. It is a matter of holding a horse and falling stirrup for Your Highness." Yuchi Gong said seriously.

This statement puts your position very correctly, which also explains to Li Chengqian that the crown prince is also the monarch, and the minister is your subject.

Cheng Yaojin quickly interrupted with a smile: "Does the prince think that I am old, Cheng is not willing to use me to lead a horse and fall into stirrups?"

"Then I'll have to ask the two Qing families." Li Chengqian didn't want to say much to them.

Li Shimin watched Li Chengqian walk slowly surrounded by civil and military ministers, nodded slightly, and said in his heart: With Chengqian's ability to be with the current Tang Dynasty, I will not return it for three to five years and there will be no accident in the court.

When Li Chengqian was ten steps away from Li Shimin, he was helped off his war horse by Cheng Yaojin, and slowly walked to Li Shimin five steps away and bowed to the ground.

"My son pays homage to the father."

"I'm here to pay homage to Your Majesty!" All the ministers behind Li Chengqian also bowed to the ground.

Li Shimin smiled and walked a few steps quickly to help Li Chengqian up with both hands, then waved his hand and said loudly: "Everyone is calm."

"Thank you Your Majesty!" The officials said thanking and stood up.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Today, Chengqian returned from victory. I will hold a banquet in Luoyang City to celebrate the merits. All the people will go together."

After saying that, they held Li Chengqian's arm and walked onto his jade car together.

"I will issue an edict to call your uncle back. This time it's your uncle's idea."

After the two sat down, Li Shimin said frankly to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian's face was slightly dark and he didn't say anything, thinking that he had indeed met an opponent.

When Li Shimin saw this, he continued, "I have already told your uncle that no matter what happens in the future, I will pass on the Tang Dynasty to you."

After Li Shimin said that, he looked straight at Li Chengqian and waited for him to answer.

Li Chengqian thought about it and said with a slight angrily: "The father is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and everything is decided by the father."

Li Shimin heard that although Li Chengqian felt a little awkward, he was still very pleased to see that Li Chengqian did not shout as fiercely as before.

He patted Li Chengqian on the shoulder with a smile and said, "I am very happy that you can be sensible."

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian talked about it all the way in the car, but did not mention Li Zhi. Only when Li Shimin got off the car, he said lightly: "If the slaughter is old, you can't stay with me all the time. I plan to let him go to Jinyang next year."

Jinyang?

If Li Chengqian was killed, he didn't believe that if he asked Li Zhi to go to Jinyang, he would be able to stay in Jinyang honestly.

Li Chengqian didn't plan to say anything more at this time, because Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin would not listen to him if he said anything.

The celebration banquet was very lively, and it can be seen that Li Shimin attaches great importance to this matter. Needless to say, Li Chengqian understood, he was just giving him face.

However, Li Chengqian always looked faint at the banquet, which made Li Shimin feel a little uncomfortable. After the banquet, he didn't say anything to Li Chengqian anymore.

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Walking in Li Shimin's bedroom.

"Has Chengqian told you something?" Li Shimin said with a depressed expression.

Ma Zhou hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Highness, you understand the righteousness deeply, naturally understand Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, but you are a little dissatisfied with Zhou Jin's pursuit of the title."

Li Shimin nodded slowly when he heard this and said, "Zhou Jin was promoted by Chengqian and died for Chengqian. On that day, I only posthumously awarded Zhou Jin to the fifth rank, so that Chengqian would leave room for Chengqian. In the future, Chengqian would add some gifts to Zhou Jin, which would not be a big deal."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Ma Zhou said.

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Because the Luoyang Imperial Palace has not been built yet, Li Shimin is not living in a big place now, so Li Shimin arranged another manor for Li Chengqian in the city to serve as Li Chengqian's palace.

On that day, Li Chengqian lived in Luoyang and ordered his soldiers to take turns to rest within three days. Three days later, he would lead all civil and military officials to preside over Zhou Jin's funeral outside Luoyang City.

With Li Chengqian's order, the entire Eastern Palace, including the Luoyang officialdom, was panicked. The emperor and the prince did not preside over the funeral of their ministers, and at most they would go to their homes to pay tribute.

Some ministers instinctively wanted to write a letter to persuade Li Chengqian not to go. Officials from the Eastern Palace, such as Wang Fangyi, knew Li Chengqian's personality and knew that Li Chengqian must go this time, so they could only prepare for Li Chengqian in advance.

On the morning of the next day, Wang Fangyi went to Zhou Jinting’s White Horse Temple to check it out to see what else needs to be prepared?

This is like modern times. The funeral specifications will be prepared to the extent of the leader of the level. Although there is no precedent for the crown prince to attend funerals for his ministers, he can definitely prepare for it higher.

"Your Highness, I have already gone to White Horse Temple to see Lord Zhou's coffin. It is of high-quality fir wood. Since Your Highness personally presided over me, I will go and find another pair of nanmu?" Wang Fangyi came back and suggested when he saw Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian asked in surprise when he heard this, "Fang Yi, aren't you resting today?"

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, you are going to preside over Zhou Jin's funeral. I am afraid that the people below will not do it well, so I go and see it myself." Wang Fangyi said.

Li Chengqian's face turned warmer and he said calmly: "No need to prepare anything. The Zhou Jin family has no money, and his official position was not very high during his lifetime. The funeral should not be held too luxuriously."

Wang Fangyi was speechless for a moment and stopped for a moment before looking at Li Chengqian and said, "But your prince, you want to preside over the funeral for Lord Zhou in person. If the funeral is not a show, I am afraid that outsiders will say that Your prince is treating his subordinates with a little gift."

Originally, the fir wood was already over the standard. If Li Chengqian just went to the White Horse Temple to pay tribute, the people in the world would not pay attention to this. However, Li Chengqian led all officials to preside over the funeral, and the whole world was shocked. If the funeral was not held, someone might really say that Li Chengqian was a little merchandise.

"It's okay, Zhou Jin's funeral is simple, and it's a serious matter to educate his descendants."

Li Chengqian also thought of this when he heard this, but if he wanted to use this to slap Li Shimin in the face, he would do something unexpected.

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Li Chengqian wanted to lead all officials to attend Zhou Jin's funeral. Li Shimin, who was in Luoyang, naturally knew about such a big event.

"Your Majesty, why don't you talk to the Crown Prince and don't preside over Zhou Jin's funeral?" Liu Shi said embarrassedly.

Li Shimin could see that Liu Shi was afraid that he would be angry with Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin laughed and said generously: "Chengqian is angry, let him go!"
Chapter completed!