Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 144 Li Tai Enters the Palace

The fat man that Gao Ming said had a grudge against him was none other than Wei Wang Li Tai, and at this moment, he was walking towards the Forbidden Garden with Changsun Wuji.

The reason why Li Tai and Changsun Wuji came to see Li Shimin together was not because Li Tai wanted to come to see Li Shimin on his own initiative, but because he had to.

Before, he first asked Zheng Yunyin to deal with Gao Ming, and then let the rumors seriously injure the two of them. Although Gao Ming deciphered them one by one, some interested people also saw the clues.

There is no shortage of smart people in the Tang Dynasty, let alone smart people who are politically sensitive. Changsun Wuji is one of them.

Changsun Wuji knew that Li Tai had always had ideas about the crown prince, and this idea gradually turned into ambition under Li Shimin's concern for him. Under such circumstances, Li Tai seems to have regarded the crown prince as his own.

In the past few years, Li Tai has not gone to his fief, and tried his best to stay in Chang'an. The purpose is because he is waiting, waiting for a chance for Li Chengqian to make a big mistake, and then he can smoothly replace him.

Li Tai's idea is very good, but unfortunately, in the process of waiting patiently for Li Chengqian to die, Gao Ming has replaced Li Chengqian without anyone noticing, so Li Tai is destined to be disappointed.

In the past two months, Gao Ming's performance has been getting better and better, and the crown prince's position has become more and more stable, but when Li Tai realized this, it was already too late.

Li Tai found sadly that at this time Gao Ming not only gained the favor of many ministers in the court, but also won the support of Li Shimin. Even the officials he sent out to discredit Gao Ming were beaten to death by Liu Bing in the hall. outside.

Such a result made Li Tai unacceptable.

"No, I can't just admit defeat like this, I have to fight again!"

As the saying goes, "Grit your teeth and give it a try, and a bicycle becomes a motorcycle", but unfortunately, Datang has no bicycles, let alone motorcycles, and Li Tai failed again.

Although the officials he sent to attack Gao Ming survived this time, they were stripped of their official uniforms and driven out of Chang'an. This incident also caused the officials to have a deep fear of Gao Ming. Li Tai, who regarded them as abandoned sons, developed distrust.

Apparently, the officials were unwilling to make pawns for Li Tai anymore, not because of losing their titles, but because apart from losing their titles, they might also lose their lives.

Under such circumstances, Li Tai could only target other ministers.

A military general is obviously not good, and the incident with Li You has just passed less than a month. If Li Shimin knew that he and the general were so close, there might be something serious going on.

Although Li Tai likes to play tricks, it doesn't mean he likes to play tricks, so he can only target civil servants.

Nowadays, there are actually not many influential civil servants in the court, they are nothing more than Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Liubu Shangshu. As for the others, they are soft-spoken, so Li Tai resolutely gave up on them.

Li Tai didn't go to look for Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, because he knew that it was useless to look for them. They are old foxes who have gone through two dynasties, and it is impossible for him to use them as gunmen, so he can only look for a few. A Shangshu.

However, the six ministers are also smart people, otherwise they would not be able to get into the position of the third rank. When they saw Li Tai, they would understand what Li Tai was thinking.

Everyone was very cautious when facing the problem of standing in line. After all, it involved a battle between the princes. If one failed, it would be fatal, so everyone politely declined Li Tai. Only one person agreed, and that person was Zheng Yunyin.

Zheng Yunyin is the minister of the Ministry of Justice, and also a direct descendant of the Zheng family in Xingyang, so he is quite arrogant.

In fact, Zheng Yunyin was very dissatisfied with the fact that Gao Ming married Zhou Zheng's daughter and released Zhou Zheng back to Jinzhou, so after Li Tai promised him a lot of benefits, he agreed to Li Tai's request and prepared to join hands Dig a hole and bury Gao Ming.

But what Zheng Yunyin didn't expect was that he had just dug the hole, and before Gao Ming fell in, Gao Ming had already kicked him into the hole.

Of course, it is normal for political battles to be won and won, so this is not what Zheng Yunyin is most angry about. He was an outcast.

Simply deceiving too much!
Zheng Yunyin must not be able to bear it, but Gao Ming and Li Tai couldn't afford to offend him, so after he climbed out of the pit, he had to fill the pit himself.

"Isn't it okay if I don't play with you?"

Obviously, this is not acceptable. In many cases, the game is destined to not be allowed to quit halfway from the beginning. If you do not have the strength to break the rules, then you can only play honestly according to the rules of the game.

Zheng Yunyin thought he was someone who could break the rules, but in fact he overestimated himself, so Gao Ming and Li Tai were not happy about it.

Gao Ming sent Hegan Chengji to investigate, the purpose was to dig up the hole that Zheng Yunyin had filled, and then bury Zheng Yunyin in it, and Li Tai also sent people out to spread rumors, the purpose was to dig the hole that Zheng Yunyin had filled, for the purpose It is to bury both Gao Ming and Zheng Yunyin.

Facts have proved that Gao Mingqi played brilliantly. Not only did he successfully bury Zheng Yunyin in the pit, but he also spared Li Tai's face, making him ashamed.

Although until now Gao Ming didn't know that the "dead fat man" was Li Tai, but through the two men's tricks, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and many other ministers who were interested saw the clue of the whole matter.

Others can stand by and watch jokes, but Zhangsun Wuji can't, because in terms of blood, he is the uncle of Gao Ming and Li Tai. You can't just watch Li Tai sink deeper and deeper.

So when the battle between Gao Ming and Li Tai was decided, Changsun Wuji immediately found Li Tai and confronted him about the matter.

"His Royal Highness, I already know about you and His Highness the Crown Prince. Not only I know, but His Majesty probably also knows."

As soon as Li Tai heard Changsun Wuji's words, he became anxious immediately.

"Uncle, what should I do?"

Hearing Li Tai's "uncle", Changsun Wuji sighed helplessly.

"Ah... Qing Que, you and Gao Ming grew up under the watchful eye of this old man, and this old man can't bear to watch your brothers jump over the wall. It's your fault. As long as you enter the palace and admit your mistake to His Majesty, then you can submit to Gao Ming. Be soft, and this will pass.”

Li Tai gritted his teeth unwillingly when he heard that Changsun Wuji told him to admit his mistake.

"What if I don't go?"

Changsun Wuji had already expected Li Tai's reaction, so he shook his head helplessly again.

"If you don't go, your majesty won't punish you because of this, but because of this, you will leave a bad impression on your majesty, Qing Que, do you think it's worth it?"

As a prince, the most important thing is not talent, but his father's love and trust. Li Tai knows this better than anyone else, so when he heard Changsun Wuji's words, Li Tai was immediately moved.

His expression changed several times in a row, and finally he made up his mind.

"Okay, I'll go!"

(End of this chapter)