"No one except you have ever given me this feeling. I have indeed checked your origin. I have been curious. For a while, I even felt that you had ulterior motives when you came to the Tang Dynasty. If someone like you wanted to rebel, who could stop you?" Li Er said.

"I also know that you check me, and I have been checking for many years." Gu Qing looked at Wang Qin beside him.

Li Er nodded, "You and I know everything. I won't say much. I hope you can teach Li Xiang well, and I hope you can let him sit on the throne."

"Then I have no choice?" Gu Qing confronted Li Er.

"You have a choice." Li Er said, "I am old. If I am leaving one day, my decree will also allow Cheng Qian to give another decree. If Li Xiang is not Xiao in the future, you Gu Qing can replace him! I will tell all the powerful people in Chang'an."

"This burden is too heavy for me, I'm afraid I can't bear it." Gu Qing shook his head.

Li Er patted Gu Qing's shoulder, "Aren't your shoulders very upright? I can count the number of times you see me salute."

"I don't want to be Zhuge Kongming, you shouldn't issue this order."

Wang Qin took out a roll of yellow cloth from the side and handed it to Gu Qing, "I'd like to ask the marquis to take a look."

In front of Li Er, Gu Qing opened and looked at Huang Juan's cloth with the decree written on the ground, which was written on it as what Li Er had just said.

"Actually, Your Majesty has already made a plan. His Majesty fell ill and wrote this decree next to the bed, and stamped the national seal. With this decree, Li Chengqian would not accept it." Wang Qin whispered.

"So you have already been prepared." Gu Qing nodded and looked at Li Er.

"I didn't consider your ideas, don't blame me." Li Er said, "Li Tang's country is very heavy. I have been carrying it on my shoulders for the past few years. I can't find a second person except you. Fang Xuanling said that you are a strange person, good at money and kind-hearted, and know that kind of gratitude. Yuchi Gong said that you, Gu Qing, had a compassionate expression on the battlefield, and Cheng Yaojin said that you, Gu Qing, was a bit naughty but also sensible."

"I know that you are not a good person, and there is no perfect person in this world. Everyone has shortcomings. Compared to good people and like bad people, you Gu Qing is a bad person. If you want to say bad people, you are even worse than Changsun Wuji. Among all the bad people, I am the most optimistic about you is you."

"Why do I seem to be reluctant to listen to you?"

"Who made this world have only one Gu Qing?" Li Er said with a smile.

"That's true." Gu Qing touched his nose.

"Forgive me for writing this decree by myself without discussing with you. I have no choice." Li Er said.

"Okay, but I agreed in advance. If Li Xiang's ability is not enough to be an emperor, I will not let him become an emperor." Gu Qing said.

Li Er smiled, not shaking his head or nodding.

"Goodbye." Gu Qing put down Huang Juanbu in his hand and left, singing lyrics that Li Er could not hear along the way.

Wang Qin and Li Er listened to Gu Qing's singing, and this tone was very nice and clear, but there was never a place in Guanzhong or outside Guan.

"That's what this is the word?" Li Er whispered.

"Your Majesty, he still didn't take this." Wang Qin picked up the decree on the side.

Li Er took it and held it in his hand, "I have no choice, Gu Qing has a choice, it's ridiculous."

"Your Majesty, I'm talking too much. Mr. Gu can trust him, but the one in the palace may not trust him." Wang Qin said.

"I know, let's arrange for him to come." Li Er said.

"Yes." Wang Qin bowed and agreed.

Gu Qing returned home and sat alone in the study room, repeatedly flipping through the ancient books in his hand and putting them down again and again. What are you doing? You are so tired that you might as well go fishing. After thinking about it, you can pick up the bamboo poles at home and walk to the river.

At night, Wu Mei noticed that Gu Qing was restless and whispered: "What's wrong?"

"Li Shimin asked me to be Zhuge Kongming." Gu Qing said sadly: "But I don't want to do it."

Wu Mei also fell into silence.

Early the next morning, Gu Qing held a fishing rod and continued fishing. When he caught a crucian carp in a river, he saw a shadow around him. When he looked back, he saw Li Chengqian.

"Why are you here?" Gu Qing said as he withdrew his gaze, put the fish he caught in a bamboo basket and threw the hook into the river again.

"Your life is really leisurely." Li Chengqian sat aside and looked at the calm river. "Today, my father asked me to come, and he said a lot to me."

"What does it have to do with me?" Gu Qing said.

"Yes, what did I say to my father have to do with you, but I can't avoid you in everything. I feel a little pity for you. The more you want to escape from some things, the more you want to avoid them."

"I also pity you. Several years have passed. You have not made any progress at all and are still so small. If I want to usurp the throne, can you, Li Chengqian, stop me now?" Gu Qing said.

"Can't you let go of your past grudges?" Li Chengqian said.

"I'm really sorry. Gu Qing is not as noble as this. I am a petty person. And I'm worried. I'm afraid that if I let go of my vigilance, you will chop me up. It's great for us to do this now. You hate me, I hate you." Gu Qing said.

Li Chengqian smiled helplessly, "On the day you leave the position of prime minister, I will sing and dance in the palace to celebrate again."

Gu Qing also said: "If you abdicate one day, I will definitely hold a banquet at home for three days and three nights!"

The breeze blew across the river, and a few leaves fell on the calm river surface to create a wave.

"teacher!"

Hearing the shouts, he looked sideways and saw Li Xiang and Gu Xiao come together.

Li Xiang ran closer and saw Li Chengqian not coming back to her senses for a moment.

"How are you doing recently?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Xiang and said with his eyes looking at Gu Xiao beside him.

"I've seen my father and I'm pretty good." Li Xiang seemed a little panicked.

Gu Xiao did not salute but was also observing Li Chengqian.

"That's good. I'll go back first if there is something important in the court."

"Slow down!" Gu Qing said.

Li Chengqian stopped stiffly.

Gu Qing handed the bamboo basket to Li Chengqian and said, "I'm giving this fish to you. I'll go back and stew it for fish soup."

"Thank you." Li Chengqian then turned around and left with a dark face.

Li Xiang stood there and watched his father leave. Seeing that he had only such a simple greeting, he clenched his small hands and fists.

Gu Xiao asked Gu Qing in a low voice, "That person is Li Xiang's father, the current emperor."

"Yes." Gu Qingdi nodded and said.

"It's not that bad. It's just two ears, one nose, one mouth, and one eyeball." Gu Xiao muttered.
Chapter completed!