Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 440 Li Shimin's Temptation

Chapter 440 Qin Huaidao took Li Chengqian to the stoves and watched. At this moment, Li Shimin was treating Fang Xuanling to dinner, with most vegetables.

"Come on, try these fresh vegetables, which Xian'er sent them!" Li Shimin greeted Fang Xuanling for dinner.

"Your Majesty, the greenhouse in Qin Mansion is really great. Princess Chengyang also gave some to the mansion before, especially the cucumber. Oh, cold cucumbers are delicious!" Fang Xuanling looked at the dishes and said happily.

At this time, it is definitely more pleasant to invite someone to have a vegetable meal than to have a meat dish.

"I heard that this girl is now selling her vegetables to the Qinfu Restaurant. The business is so booming?" Li Shimin asked with a smile as he looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Isn't it? This winter, no one wants to have a bite of fresh vegetables. Even I can't help but go there twice. Although Princess Chengyang also gave some, there are many people in the mansion, so they can't resist robbing them!" Fang Xuanling nodded with a smile.

"This girl brought more than 10 kilograms of vegetables to the palace every day, and even gave me some to the East Palace for food for me and the concubines in the harem." Li Shimin laughed when he heard this.

Now Qin Huaidao is not in the mansion, and Li Lixian is the one who is in charge of the family affairs. Li Shimin also knows that almost every day, Li Lixian will send it to the palace, the East Palace, the Duke of E, and the Duke of Lu. This is the case every day.

Other dukes will also send them, but not every morning, but occasionally. After all, Duke Lu and Duke E, Qin Huaidao are regarded as their uncles, while Duke Lu and Duke E have always protected Qin Huaidao, and Qin Huaidao has always been very grateful.

"Come on, please try it! The way to cook this vegetable was handed over to the imperial chef by Lixian and the chef. He said that it would be a bit wasteful if it was not cooked, so he taught me." Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling with a smile.

"Well, there is nothing to say about the dishes in Qin Mansion. Old minister will try them?" Fang Xuanling smiled and picked up the chopsticks and said.

"Taste, taste!" Li Shimin was very happy.

After dinner, Li Shimin took Fang Xuanling to the tea room in Ganlu Hall.

"Your Majesty must have something to summon the old ministers." Fang Xuanling sat down and asked Li Shimin.

"Well, there is something, I believe you know the rumors about Ke'er now." Li Shimin nodded and looked at Fang Xuanling and said,

Fang Xuanling also nodded. Of course he knew about such rumors.

"I am also hesitating whether to let him stay in the capital." Li Shimin sat there and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you must not do it!" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin very seriously and said.

"Oh, let's talk about it?" Li Shimin knew that Fang Xuanling and the others would object. He invited Fang Xuanling today to see his attitude.

"Your Majesty, there will be no two crown princes in a court. When your Majesty moves the King of Wu back, it will cause His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the officials of the Tang Dynasty to misunderstand, thinking that you are interested in His Royal Highness the King of Wu, which will make the officials of the Tang Dynasty anxious.

Should they stand on the side of the prince or the King of Wu? In addition, the King of Wu is indeed excellent, and I admit it, but His Highness is His Majesty's eldest son, and His Highness himself has done a very good job,

In the past two years, Your Highness has not had any bad rumors or bad behavior. With such a crown prince, all the civil and military officials in the court are actually relieved. But now that Your Majesty has transferred the King of Wu back, will the ministers not know if Your Majesty is dissatisfied with Your Highness? Or do you intend to replace Your Highness?" Fang Xuanling sat there, looking at Li Shimin and said.

"I don't plan to replace Gao Ming's one. Gao Ming did a good job!" Li Shimin said very seriously at Fang Xuanling.

"Why do you want the King of Wu to come back?" Fang Xuanling asked back,

Li Shimin heard it and was silent for a while.

Fang Xuanling continued to speak, "Your Majesty, I know that your idea is nothing more than to temper Your Highness the Crown Prince. At the same time, in order to kill the aristocratic family, the Crown Prince is now steady and does not need such tempering.

And aristocratic families can take their time. Now those aristocratic families cannot make any troubles. Your Majesty, you shouldn’t use the country’s foundation. The two crown princes will increase the internal struggles of officials in the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty has experienced such a thing before."

"Yes!" Li Shimin nodded, still hesitating in his heart. He did not expect Fang Xuanling to object so firmly. Now he also knew that Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing, and Cheng Yaojin would definitely object.

"Your Majesty, you can't hesitate. The King of Wu returned to Beijing to visit Concubine Yang. It's nothing wrong. As a child, he should be filial, but he shouldn't stay in the capital." Fang Xuanling bowed to Li Shimin again and said.

"I want to suppress all the bad signs of the aristocratic family. Kill them a few more times and they will be honest. It's not possible yet. They are still in contact now." Li Shimin sat there, looking at Fang Xuanling and said.

"You can kill without the need for King Wu!" Fang Xuanling continued to retort.

"Now they are very cautious. They know that they can't go against me, so that I won't be ruthless in the way of attacking them. Therefore, I need to give them some hope and make them think there is a chance so that I can take action." Li Shimin stared at Fang Xuanling and said.

"But if this is the case, what should the prince do?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin very anxiously and asked.

"Well, this is also a test for him. I believe he can do it." Li Shimin sat there, thought for a while, and said as he looked at Fang Xuanling.

"I still can't agree. Your Majesty can summon other princes to come back, but the King of Wu cannot!" Fang Xuanling still didn't want the King of Wu to stand up.

"But other princes, people from the aristocratic families will not be fooled, nor will they fully support them. Recently, you have also seen the support of the aristocratic families for the King of Wei, which has significantly weakened.

Many officials were not by the King of Wei at critical moments. It can be seen that the aristocratic family wanted to give up the Qingque. Without a big enough temptation, the people of the aristocratic family would not be fooled!" Li Shimin sat there and continued to speak.

Fang Xuanling was very worried. He really didn't want King Wu to come back. No one knew what would happen then. It was not impossible to have another Xuanwu Gate change.

King Li Ke of Wu was so outstanding that many people said it was good. Of course, there were also problems, but he always made public his problems, liked women and gambling, and the people in the entire capital knew this.

"Your Majesty, I don't agree. I believe many generals will not agree." Fang Xuanling sat there, looking at Li Shimin and said.

"I know, I hope to convince you and convince those generals at that time. I know that you are worried that the King of Wu will have a chance to become the crown prince. Don't worry, I won't really give it to him." Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and said,

Fang Xuanling didn't believe that people would change. Li Ke was better than Li Chengqian. This is a fact. In addition, Empress Changsun is gone now, Changsun Wuji has lost power. The two biggest helps around the prince have disappeared. Li Chengqian may not be Li Ke's opponent.

"But, Your Majesty, Your Majesty really needs to consider this matter seriously!" Fang Xuanling stared at Li Shimin and said.

"Well, I have asked the auxiliary machine to serve as the right servant, so I will take over your previous position, but okay, maybe I feel relieved?" Li Shimin stared at Fang Xuanling and asked.

"It's not that the auxiliary machine serves as the right servant. It's right, your majesty, I'm worried that this internal friction will cause chaos in the Tang Dynasty." Fang Xuanling was so anxious.

From now on, Li Shimin insisted on keeping the King of Wu, and he also knew that many officials from aristocratic families wrote letters saying that the King of Wu was so good and hoped to stay in the capital. These are also the trend.

"It won't be messy. Now Boping has made food and the people are not messy, so it's okay." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, not afraid of this.

"Your Majesty, are you insisting on keeping the King of Wu?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help asking.

"Well, keep him and let him bring all the people from the aristocratic family to his side. I will find the mistakes they have made and then kill them." Li Shimin nodded and said affirmatively.

"I am very optimistic that I am opposing. If Your Majesty insists on staying, I have no choice." Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin.

"Well, I will consider your opinions. It's too early to say this now. Let's talk about it after the New Year. Come and have a tea!" Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling with a smile. He knew that there would be great opposition to staying King Wu. He was not in a hurry and slowly convinced the ministers.

On Qin Huaidao's side, Qin Huaidao also invited Li Chengqian to have dinner in his tent. Cheng Chusi and the others knew that Li Chengqian must have something to do with Qin Huaidao, so they didn't come here.

Outside the tent was the prince's guards protecting him, and inside were Qin Huaidao and Li Chengqian. Qin Huaidao filled Li Chengqian with wine.

"Come to Your Highness, the conditions here are difficult, I hope your Highness won't blame you!" Qin Huaidao picked up the wine glass and said to Li Chengqian.

"No wonder, I can't afford to endure such hardships for my Tang Dynasty. The conditions are indeed a little worse. Those houses will be moved in soon, right?" Li Chengqian looked at the tent and asked at Qin Huaidao.

"Well, it will be enough in three to five days. Come and eat food!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Yes, please!" Li Chengqian nodded happily and started eating with the vegetables.

"Your Highness must be here for something." After drinking for three rounds, Qin Huaidao asked Li Chengqian.

"Well, let you see that recently, I, ha, after thinking about it, still want to come over and ask for your suggestions. Recently, my father moved my third brother back, which is Li Ke, the King of Wu. He is very outstanding, better than me." Li Chengqian looked at Qin Huaidao with a wry smile and said, "Better than you?" Qin Huaidao heard it, and looked at Li Chengqian with a smile and asked.

"Yes, I admit this, it's indeed better than me!" Li Chengqian nodded and admitted again.

"Then he is not as good as you!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile, and said indifferently while eating.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next