As a thank you, Fan'er suggested that she keep Li Xiu for dinner, which is what the nanny in the air meant, but she was embarrassed to say it. However, Li Xiu hesitated for a moment but shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but Yue Chan and the others made me their favorite dumplings today, and now they are waiting for me to go back to eat, so I won't disturb you!"

Li Xiu was mainly worried that it was too embarrassing to sit with the lady. Thinking about the scene where the two of them sat opposite each other but had nothing to say, it was no longer awkward to describe, so he would not bother them.

When the lady Yi heard that Li Xiu did not agree, she suddenly felt relieved. Although she was very grateful for Li Xiu's help, she still felt very embarrassed when facing Li Xiu. It is estimated that neither of them will be able to face each other in this life.

Li Xiu said goodbye and left, and it was almost noon. His clothes were dirty, so he had no choice but to go home. As soon as he entered the door, Yue Chan was startled by his bloody appearance. He thought he had killed someone outside. Li Xiu hurriedly explained to relieve Yue Chan.

I did make dumplings for lunch today, because today is the last solar term of the year, which is the Great Cold. Although it is not as valued as the Winter Solstice, Yuechan still made dumplings that Li Xiu likes to eat. However, when Li Xiu was eating, the flour suddenly brought a bowl of cooked mutton, which was today's thanks. Li Xiu had to accept it with a smile and asked her to bring two bowls of dumplings back. This was also a formal relationship between the two families.

In the next few days, Li Xiu did not deliberately inquire about the situation in Chang'an City, but Ma Ye often came to him to chat. The main reason was that Ma Ye was too bored, and the only person who could say his thoughts was Li Xiu. Moreover, he was very interested in the spin-off of Tiance Mansion and wanted to hear Li Xiu's opinions on this, so Li Xiu knew the movements of Chang'an City.

Chang'an City can be described as chaos these days. Of course, this chaos may not have much impact on ordinary people, but it is disastrous for officials in the court. More than a dozen officials were transferred out of the capital, including civil officials and military generals, and more officials' positions have changed, some have been promoted and some have been demoted. However, careful people can find that most of the officials who were transferred out of the capital or demoted are related to the King of Qin.

Faced with the joint suppression of his father and brother, although Li Shimin was unwilling to give up, he even secretly made some small moves to restrain the court. Unfortunately, under the general trend, he did not dare to go against Li Yuan openly, and in the end he could not stop the decision to split the Tiance Prefecture. Among them, part of the military power of the northern border army was taken back, and several important generals of the Tiance Prefecture were transferred from afar. As a result, Li Shimin's control over the army was suddenly reduced a lot.

What's worse is that the above are just the beginning, and the court will further split the Tiance Mansion until the military power of the Tiance Mansion is completely taken back. In this way, Li Shimin lost his greatest support and finally became an ordinary prince who once made a lot of contributions.

Li Xiu was not surprised by the above situations. In fact, this incident was also running along the original historical trajectory. It was precisely because the power of the Tiance Mansion was gradually split, which forced Li Shimin to fight hard and launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident. It can be said that he was also taking risks at that time. As long as there was a slight mistake, the history of later generations might change, and there would be no Tian Khan in later generations.

It is precisely because of this that what Li Xiu was most worried about was that Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng forced Li Shimin too hard, so that he might launch a coup in advance. However, Li Yuan was not a fool, and he would definitely take care of Li Shimin's emotions. Therefore, the process of splitting the Tiance Mansion would definitely be very slow, just like boiling a frog in warm water, but Li Shimin's frog is not easy to cook. Maybe before the water heats up, he would react and launch a counterattack.

"Boy, you see, the Qin King is in a desperate situation now. Although he still has a lot of military power, according to my estimate, within one or two years, Your Majesty will deprive all the military power in his hands. At that time, the King of Qin has no support. Don't get too close to him, so as not to be implicated in the future!" After talking about the changes in Chang'an City that day, Ma Master warned Li Xiu again that Li Shimin came to find Li Xiu frequently, and even his son learned from Li Xiu, so Ma Master was a little worried that Li Xiu would be implicated in this way.

"Uncle Ma, don't worry, I'm just an idle person who does nothing. Even if the prince really defeats the King of Qin, he won't do anything to me!" Li Xiu smiled indifferently. Li Shimin is willing to come, but he can't drive the other party out. Moreover, according to his observation, Li Jiancheng is not a slim person, otherwise he would not attract so many ministers to support him, let alone Princess Pingyang, so as long as he doesn't take the initiative to get involved, Li Jiancheng will not do anything to him.

"You must be careful. The throne dispute has always been the most cruel. Thinking about the lessons from the former Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang's prince died at the hands of his brothers, and even Yang Guang's father Yang Jian died inexplicably. The relationship between father and son is like this, let alone outsiders!" Ma Ye taught a lesson with a heavy expression.

It is said that in order to seize the throne, Yang Guang faked his elder brother Yang Yong and imprisoned Yang Jian, who was not dead at the time. As a result, Yang Jian died bizarrely. If he compared him with Li Shimin, he would find that the two of them had surprisingly similar experiences ascending the throne. Li Xiu even suspected that Li Shimin might have learned from Yang Guang.

"Thank you for Uncle Ma's reminder. I will pay attention in the future!" Thinking of the above, Li Xiu finally said seriously that the dispute between the crown prince cannot be inferred based on common sense. Human nature has been twisted here. He, an irrelevant person, must also be careful. As for the ministers in the court, they may have to ask for more blessings.

Seeing that Li Xiu finally began to pay attention to this matter, Ma Ye nodded with confidence, then chatted with him for a while, then said goodbye and left, and Li Xiu personally sent him outside the gate.

It was getting late at this time, and the sky was covered with thick dark clouds. It seemed that another heavy snow was approaching. Speaking of which, this winter was particularly cold, but it also fell very frequently. It seemed to be to make up for the drought in spring and summer. However, this is also a good thing, at least there is no need to water the ground in the beginning of spring next year.

Li Xiu was about to turn around and go home, but at this moment, suddenly there was a burst of rapid horse hooves coming from the road behind him, and then a familiar cavalry rushed towards him with a "boom"! (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!