Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 174

Many people have a bottom line of their own, and this bottom line is not allowed to be touched by anyone, otherwise the fish will die. We call this bottom line "Ni Lin".

However, everyone's negative scales are different. Some people care about feelings, while others care more about money.

However, for an emperor, he has only one reverse scale, and that is the throne!
Everything else is easy to talk about, except for the throne, not even his lover and children.

And Li Shimin is such an emperor!
In order to ascend to the throne of God, Li Shimin even dared to rebel against his own father Li Yuan, which shows how much he values ​​the throne, and after Li You's rebellion failed, Li Shimin was almost killed by the enraged Li Shimin, if it wasn't for Gao Ming's intercession , Li You's grave may have already grown grass.

What happened to Li You gave Li Shimin a big blow, and now he has become more suspicious than before. If there is someone he trusts in the palace, then this person is smart, because Gao Ming is the only one other than Empress Changsun. Besides, the only one who recognized the Xuanwumen mutiny from the bottom of his heart.

Recognizing the Xuanwumen mutiny is tantamount to recognizing Li Shimin!
Most importantly, based on Li Shimin's many years of experience in seeing people, he can completely see that Gao Ming really has no interest in his throne, which makes Li Shimin satisfied but also a little puzzled.

"I care so much about the throne, why doesn't Gao Ming care about it? And he used to be very passionate about the throne, why did he change all of a sudden?"

In fact, it is normal for Li Shimin to have such doubts. After all, Gao Ming was just a nerd before time travelling. It took him a lot of time to adapt to the status of prince, let alone desire for the throne.

In addition, every time Gao Ming saw Li Shimin, he found that Li Shimin was either in the court or in the imperial study to deal with government affairs. To put it bluntly, he is a good emperor who strives to govern, but to put it bluntly, isn't he a workaholic?

Gao Ming didn't want to be a foolish king, nor a workaholic, and he was already satisfied with the position of prince, so he didn't want to go any further for the time being.

In Gao Ming's view, power is just like money, as long as it is enough, it doesn't mean much if it is too much.

As the saying goes, "If you don't want to be strong", Gao Ming didn't have much interest in the throne, and he knew that as long as he didn't go too far, Li Shimin wouldn't do anything to him. Under such circumstances, he naturally didn't have much respect for Li Shimin, and he was often angry. The latter was furious.

But Gao Ming didn't know that the more he was like this, the more Li Shimin felt at ease with him, because in Li Shimin's view, among all his sons, Gao Ming was special and different from others.

Li Shimin trusts Gao Ming very much. Even after the oolong incident in which Gao Ming misidentified Li Tai last time, Li Shimin's trust in Gao Ming is still the same. Under such circumstances, when Gao Ming said that Wu Mei has the emperor's life , Li Shimin's face suddenly changed.

"Gao Ming, do you know what you're talking about?"

Looking at Li Shimin with a serious face, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"Of course I know. Based on what you know about me, do you think I'll joke with you about this?"

As soon as Gao Ming said this, Li Shimin's face suddenly became more solemn.

Of course Li Shimin knew that Gao Ming would not joke about this matter, but this matter sounded too ridiculous. If this matter were changed, Li Shimin would definitely beat him up in the name of spreading rumors and causing trouble so that he could not take care of himself.

It's a pity that the person who said this was Gao Ming, which made Li Shimin's heart full of contradictions.

"Gao Ming, this Wu Mei is a woman, did she offend you somewhere?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin stared at Gao Ming's face intently, trying to see something from the expression on his face.

At this moment, Li Shimin really hoped that Gao Ming would admit that he was joking, but unfortunately, he was still disappointed. At this time, Gao Ming's expression was still the same as before, even more dignified than before.

"I said, I won't joke about this, don't say that Wu Mei didn't offend me, even if she offended me, I'll hang her up and beat her up, there's no need to frame her in this way, besides What happened to the woman? Didn’t there still be Lu Zhi in the Han Dynasty?”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin fell silent immediately.

Li Shimin knew that Gao Ming was telling the truth. After all, even Li Tai, the king of Wei, Gao Ming dared to be hung up and beaten with thirty lashes.

Most importantly, Li Shimin feels that Wu Mei is not an easy woman, and she does have a different desire for power than ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin frowned all of a sudden.

"How do you know that Wu Mei has the emperor's life? Don't you still think about it?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming squatted on the ground with his head in his arms.

"Damn, I knew you would ask this a long time ago. This is what worries me the most. I don't even know how to explain it to you!"

Seeing Gao Ming's troubled look, Li Shimin frowned again.

"If you have anything to say, you can say what you want. Even if you say you can read pictures, I won't say anything."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming raised his head in surprise.

"Then I said I will see and believe you?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin shook his head decisively.

"Do not believe!"

"..."

Gao Ming fell silent again, and Li Shimin didn't speak, but just looked at Gao Ming with a calm face, and the imperial study room suddenly fell silent.

After a while, Gao Ming let out a long sigh.

"Well, it seems that I have to say, in fact, after I passed out last time, I had a dream."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin was immediately puzzled.

"Dream? What dream? Could it be that your dream has something to do with this incident?"

"Correct!"

Gao Ming nodded immediately, and then looked at Li Shimin solemnly.

"In my dream, I went to another world, where it is the same as here, not only there is Tang, but also you and me."

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Li Shimin immediately became interested.

"Oh? There is such a thing, then you continue to talk!"

When he said this, although Li Shimin still had a serious look on his face, he had already scolded Gao Ming in his heart.

"This scoundrel, I know he's talking nonsense. Fortunately, I believed it just now. I'd like to see what other tricks you can come up with."

Gao Ming didn't know what was going on in Li Shimin's mind, and when he heard Li Shimin's question, he said it according to the words he had prepared before.

"In the dream, I dreamed that I rebelled because I was worried that Li Tai would snatch my throne."

Gao Ming's words were obviously beyond Li Shimin's expectation, so he was stunned for a moment.

"You said you rebelled in your dream? Does that mean you succeeded in rebelling and became emperor?"

When he said this, Li Shimin's face was already a bit angry, as if Gao Ming's rebellion in his dream was also a big treason.

Seeing Li Shimin's sullen expression, Gao Ming shook his head with a wry smile.

"No, you guessed wrong. Although I rebelled in the dream, I didn't succeed, because after Li You failed to rebel, my rebellion was exposed. As a result, Li Yin and Hou Junji were executed. And I was demoted to a commoner and expelled from Chang'an!"

What Gao Ming was talking about was naturally not his dream, but the original history of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Ming just used the dream as an excuse to tell it, and it was because of this that it seemed very real.

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes widened.

"You mean, you dreamed that Li You rebelled in your dream? You said that Hou Junji was executed. Could it be that in your dream, Hou Junji rebelled with you?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly showed a look of enlightenment.

"Before you sent people directly to investigate Li You, and even started to deal with Hou Junji, it turned out that it was all because of this dream. Am I right?"

Seeing that Li Shimin analyzed so many things in just a few words, Gao Ming couldn't help giving him a thumbs up.

"Of course you're right. You can even guess this. You're worthy of being the mighty, unparalleled, wise and brave Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Amazing!"

Hearing Gao Ming's praise, a smile appeared on Li Shimin's face, but in an instant he glared at Gao Ming again.

"Stop flattering me, I won't accept your tricks, tell me quickly, what happened next?"

Facing the duplicity of Li Shimin, Gao Ming shrugged helplessly.

"After I was expelled from Chang'an, I was impoverished, and finally died in a foreign land. After I died, the pheasant slave succeeded to the crown prince. In the 23rd year of Zhenguan, old man, you died suddenly because you took a lot of elixir. Then the pheasant slave ascended the throne and became the emperor."

When Gao Ming said this, Li Shimin's eyes widened again.

"I see. No wonder you poisoned my great general with the golden elixir. So you already knew it was poisonous. Uh... no, didn't you say you were dead? Then how did you know that I took the elixir? Killed by drugs?"

Seeing the tangled expression on Li Shimin's face, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

"Didn't I just say that? I was dreaming. In the dream, I was like a bystander, watching everything that happened inside. Otherwise, how could it be called a dream?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin nodded in a sudden realization.

"Dream? Oh, so that's the case, but your dream is not ordinary. If it weren't for your dream, maybe I would really die on that harmful pill in the future."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly had a feeling of escape from death. At this time, he no longer had the indifferent attitude before, and his expression became serious. Even the way he looked at Gao Ming became different. .

"Gao Ming, you said that the pheasant slave became the emperor in the end, so what happened afterwards?"

Looking at Li Shimin's slightly grateful eyes, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"In my dream, after you passed away, old man, except for those concubines who had already used their children, all other women were sent to become monks, and after the pheasant slave became the throne, he chose a woman from those concubines who became monks Come out, who do you think this woman is?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes widened again.

"Could it be..."

(End of this chapter)