Chapter 442 Threatening the eldest grandson Wuji
As soon as Li Chengqian said, everyone in the hall was shocked.
How could a little talent offend the crown prince and ask Li Chengqian to ask His Majesty to kill her in public?
Before anyone could react, Li Zhi couldn't sit still. He suddenly stood up, his forehead was full of blue veins, he looked at Li Chengqian with anger, and he roared loudly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to kill someone - he will kill my brother, why do you want to kill Wu Cairen?"
Li Chengqian just sneered at this and ignored Li Zhi.
But others, especially Li Shimin, were surprised to see Li Zhi, who had always been well-behaved, suddenly showing such a hideous face.
Soon, Li Zhi also realized his incompetence and hurriedly got up and ran to Li Shimin a few days ago to kneel down, shouting loudly: "Father is the Holy Emperor who cannot kill innocent people, and Wu Cairen cannot kill easily..."
"Stop!" Li Shimin shouted angrily at the incompetent Li Zhi, then looked at Li Chengqian with a serious expression and said, "Chengqian, tell me what's going on?"
Li Chengqian reached out and pointed at Li Zhi who was still lying on the ground and said, "Father, I saw it, and the King of Jin protected this martial arts talent very much."
Li Shimin glanced at Li Zhi and said nothing.
However, Changsun Wuji smiled and continued: "The King of Jin is not young anymore. If there is anything wrong, just give this martial arts talent to the King of Jin."
Seeing that Li Shimin did not hesitate to give Wu Cairen to Li Chengqian, he said so when he knew that this woman was not in Li Shimin's heart.
Li Shimin still didn't speak, just looked at Li Chengqian quietly.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian said confidently: "I told my father that the reason why the King of Jin protected the Wu Cairen was not because the Wu Cairen was beautiful, but because this Wu Cairen was familiar with the classics and history since childhood, was quite strategic and ambitious, and seemed to be trying to disrupt the court.
The Ninth Brother’s actions these days are all about this woman’s guidance behind her back, and asking her father to pardon her uncle and return to the court was the idea of this martial artist.”
Li Chengqian guessed half of what he said, but he didn't expect that he guessed it right.
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji were shocked at the same time when they heard this. They were both extremely conceited top people, and they were both macho people, and they never took any woman seriously.
"Chengqian, are you saying true?" Li Shimin disbelief.
"Don't you know what the father looks like when King Jin is?" Li Chengqian said directly.
When Li Shimin lowered his head, he saw that Li Zhi was pale, and he was obviously convinced by Li Chengqian.
Li Shimin thought that Li Zhi, who had always been obedient, was seduced and taught to be badly scattered by Wu Cairen, and his murderous intent in his heart was like a flood that broke through the gate. He didn't even pursue how Li Chengqian knew what he was doing.
He stood up suddenly and issued an order loudly: "Comeone, I will pass on my will. Wu Cairen is nothave in a bad manner and is ill-intentioned. He will be sentenced to death immediately and will not be delayed."
"Abide by the order!"
The eunuch who served Li Shimin went to pass the imperial edict and sentenced him.
"Father, don't! My son, please take your life back." Li Zhi said and then he fell to the ground and cried.
When Li Chengqian saw this, he sneered in his heart. Li Zhi was just begging and didn't even dare to say a word for the crimes of Wu Cairen. He was really not responsible at all.
Li Chengqian slowly walked out to Li Shimin and said with a smile: "Since the father has issued an order to kill Wu Cairen, it will be fine, there is no need to be angry."
Li Chengqian said as he held Li Shimin's arm with both hands and asked him to sit down. He turned around and glanced at Changsun Wuji with murderous intent.
Changsun Wuji felt Li Chengqian's gaze and was shocked.
Changsun Wuji felt this gaze just now. He didn't take it seriously at that time. At this moment, Li Shimin had just ordered the death of Wu Cairen, and Li Chengqian looked at him with this kind of eyes...
Li Shimin sat down and saw Li Zhi still lying on the ground crying, and sighed heavily, but it had not yet occurred.
Then Li Chengqian said, "His Highness of Jin is unable to drink, so help him to rest in the side hall!"
After saying that, he glanced at the eunuch who followed him. The eunuch walked out knowingly and helped Li Zhi out with another eunuch in the hall.
Li Chengqian walked back slowly, picked up a glass of wine and smiled, and said, "My son has disturbed his father's fun, so I wish him a glass of wine here."
Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and smiled reluctantly, raised his glass and suffocated.
Seeing this, the others in the hall were ready to leave.
Li Chengqian glanced at Changsun Wuji and thought to himself that this old fox was really hard to deal with, so he should add another fire.
He stood up with a smile and said, "How about the fun of me, I wrote a poem for my father?"
Li Chengqian's poetry and calligraphy are both famous all over the world. Li Shimin often takes this as he likes Li Chengqian.
When Li Shimin heard that Li Chengqian wanted to write poems to cheer him up, he was really happy and reached out to point Li Chengqian and said, "You can do it."
Li Chengqian stood up and walked to the middle with a glass of wine, pondered slightly, and said in a clear voice: "It is difficult to walk, come back! Don't wash the Yingchuan water with ears, and don't eat the Shouyang fern. It contains light and is of no fame. Why do you use loneliness and highness to compare with the moon in the clouds?"
Changsun Wuji was stunned when he heard this and thought to himself: What does this mean?
What Li Chengqian recited was Li Bai's "The Difficulty in Walking". The first five sentences mean: Yingchuan's ear washing refers to Xu You who heard Yao's words: He wanted to pass the throne to him. He felt that he was polluted and went to Yingchuan's water to wash his ears.
Shouyang Fern means that after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the righteous man Boyi Shuqi was ashamed to not eat Zhou grain, so he went to Shouyang Mountain to pick ferns for a living, and later he was starved to death on Shouyang Mountain.
Xu You and Boyi and Shuqi were both noble people. This poem advised people not to learn from them and to live well in the world as they go with the flow.
Therefore, Changsun Wuji felt strange.
Li Chengqian ignored the strange gaze of Changsun Wuji and continued to chant: "I have seen that since ancient times, wise men died even after all their successes. After Zixu abandoned Wujiang, Qu Yuan finally joined the Xiang River. How could Lu Jixiong protect himself? Li Si was not too late to drive his taxes. Can the cranes in Huating be heard? How can I tell you about Cai Cangying?" After chanting, Li Chengqian turned around and looked at Changsun Wuji and finished the last four sentences.
"Didn't you see Zhang Han in Wu say that he is Dasheng? The autumn wind suddenly remembers the journey to the east of the Yangtze River. I'm happy to have a glass of wine before my life, why do you need a thousand years of fame behind you?"
After reciting a poem, Li Chengqian raised his glass and drank the wine in the glass with ease.
Changsun Wuji immediately understood when he heard the last four sentences. Li Chengqian was not chanting poems for Li Shimin, but was using poems to persuade him to withdraw from the court. If he didn't retreat, the Wu Cairen who had just died, would be his appearance?
When Changsun Wuji was shocked and confused, he heard Li Shimin say unhappily: "Chengqian, you wrote this poem, but how could you just say these people who have no end?"
Zixu was Wu Zixu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He once assisted Wu to destroy Chu, and Yue was finally killed by the King of Wu.
Everyone knows Qu Yuan’s story.
Lu Ji was a native of the Western Jin Dynasty. He was born in the Lu family in Jiangdong. After the Eastern Wu was destroyed, Lu Ji went to Luoyang to be an official, but later he was trapped and beheaded. Before he died, he said that he wanted to hear the sound of the cranes in his hometown, but of course he did not hear it.
Li Si was the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. He was framed to death by Zhao Gao. When he was dying, he said that he wanted to go back to his hometown and lead hunting dogs and goshawks out of the city to hunt with his sons every day.
Of course, none of their wishes came true.
If this poem had not been chanted by Li Chengqian, Li Shimin would have thought it was ridiculing him.
Li Chengqian quickly smiled and said, "It's my son who has made a mistake, so he will be fined a drink."
As the eunuch came up to pour a glass of wine, Li Chengqian raised his neck and drank it all.
Li Shimin didn't care when he saw Li Chengqian punishing himself.
He also drank a glass of wine and then sighed: "The Western Jin Dynasty ruled the traitor. Zhang Han could see the crisis in advance. He left Luoyang with the reason that the sea bass was fat and had to go back to Jiangdong to eat water shield stewed sea bass. It was not easy for him to protect himself!"
This is how epic poetry is, different people sound completely different.
When Changsun Wuji heard this poem, and Li Chengqian looked at him repeatedly with implicit murderous intent, he concluded that it was a poem by Li Chengqian who persuaded him to retire.
To Li Shimin, if a minister wrote such a poem, it would be a scolding him, but it would be meaningless to write it by Li Chengqian, because Li Chengqian would never be able to retire.
After hearing Li Shimin's praise for resigning from office in time, Zhang Han wisely saved his life. Changsun Wuji and Yuchi Gong were mixed with feelings. Yuchi Gong poured himself a bowl of wine and thought to accompany His Majesty to the east to go to Goguryeo, and immediately went home to practice Taoism.
However, Changsun Wuji...
"What my father saw is so good, I don't know what my uncle thinks?" Li Chengqian asked with a smile.
Li Shimin also turned to Changsun Wuji, wanting to hear his opinion.
Changsun Wuji's face froze after hearing Li Chengqian's words. Seeing that everyone seemed to be watching, he hurriedly picked up the wine glass to cover it up.
Changsun Wuji drank a glass of wine, his face had returned to normal, and he said calmly: "The ministers in the poems mentioned by His Highness the Crown Prince met with all the foolish kings. The King of Wu killed Wu Zixu, and the Wu Kingdom was destroyed; Qu Zi threw himself into the Miluo River, and the Chu Kingdom was destroyed; Li Si was beheaded, and Qin was destroyed; after Lu Ji's death, the Western Jin Dynasty was also destroyed.
In today's world, Your Majesty is wise, and this will not happen to me in the Tang Dynasty."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Li Shimin burst into laughter, raised his glass and took a sip, which made him feel very happy.
Li Chengqian smiled slightly, raised his glass to Changsun Wuji and said, "What my uncle said makes sense."
He thought to himself: Li Taibai is still unwilling to give up. This poem is explicitly to persuade people to retreat, but in fact it is to let the king keep him.
"I've drunk too much, I'm going to rest."
If Li Shimin still couldn't see that Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji were fighting each other, he would be really drunk.
But Li Shimin didn't want to make it clear at this time, so he pretended to be drunk and helped the eunuch leave.
"My son is respectful to send his father to the emperor."
Li Chengqian stood up and bowed to Li Shimin's back, then stood up and said to the eunuch: "The lonely king hasn't seen the King of Jin for many days and misses him. Take the King of Jin back to the palace."
After saying that, he ignored the others and left Du He.
"I respectfully send you to the Crown Prince." Changsun Wuji led the way and saluted Li Chengqian's back.
When Li Chengqian walked away, Cheng Yaojin came to Changsun Wuji and asked deliberately: "Uncle Changsun, what does the poem of His Highness the Crown Prince mean?"
"you!"
Changsun Wuji's face flashed with a slight aura and wanted to curse her.
Cheng Yaojin looked at Changsun Wuji's ugly face and smiled with a simple face, "I'm a rough man who doesn't understand these things, so I asked you for advice?"
"snort!"
Changsun Wuji was so angry that he shook his sleeves and left. Cheng Yaojin's silly laughter came from behind, and he whispered angrily: "Old monster, if you don't even understand these things, you will have died long ago."
Chapter completed!