Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 461 Confronting the Prince
Li Chengqian was imprisoned in the East Palace. With the arrival of Li Shimin and Li Tai, almost everyone in the East Palace was trembling.

Although they haven't been sentenced yet, they also know that at the moment of Li Chengqian's failure, they were just death reprieve.

They would be executed by the furious Li Shimin at any time, but they had no chance to escape.

And Li Tai came to Li Chengqian's usual living room, surrounded by soldiers stationed, and saw that the clothes on them belonged to the Xuanjia Army, and they were the only pro-army under Li Shimin's direct control.

"I have met the saint, King Wei!" The soldiers of the Xuanjia Army saluted Li Shimin and Li Tai when they saw their arrival.

"Has Chengqian eaten?" Li Shimin asked the soldier.

"The prince didn't touch the food given to the prince!" the soldier said seriously.

"Well! Open the door, I'll go see him!" Li Shimin nodded, apparently in a bad mood.

The Xuanjia army didn't hesitate at all, and immediately opened the door of Li Chengqian's room and let them in.

When Li Tai and Li Shimin entered inside, Li Chengqian was sitting upright, seeing Li Tai and Li Shimin coming in, he calmly said,
"Finally thought of dealing with me, Aye! Did you bring Qing Que along to appreciate his defeat!"

Li Tai glanced at Li Chengqian. Although it sounded like he hadn't eaten for a day, Li Chengqian seemed in good spirits.

Taking another look at the untouched food, it was obvious that Li Chengqian knew that there would be no way out for him if he failed in rebellion, and he was already prepared to die.

Although there is no chance of winning, it is quite free and easy when you lose.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian sadly, and said in a deep voice, "You still don't admit your mistake?!"

"Wrong?" Li Chengqian glanced at Li Shimin, turned his gaze to Li Tai, and gritted his teeth.
"When you chose Qingque, it wasn't my fault. I just want to get back what I deserve. What was wrong with me? Where did I go wrong!"

Li Tai looked at Li Chengqian, and complained silently in his heart: "Don't spout blood, if I were the crown prince, there would be nothing wrong with you!"

"Are you still so stubborn!" Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and said very sadly,
"Did Qingque make you rebel? Or did I make you rebel? You still can't face up to your mistakes!
Do you know how many courtiers have been implicated because of you, and how many soldiers need to be killed because of you.

Don't these make you half regret!Especially me, do you know how heartbroken I am! "

Li Chengqian listened to Li Shimin's words, but with a somewhat sad smile, he said,
"They fought against me, and if we succeed, we will share wealth, and if we fail, we will all be implicated. This is something they have long known.

As for you, if you didn't put all your love on Qing Que, how could I be where I am today.
Today, you took Qing Que to look at me who is so down and out with the attitude of a winner, okay, really good father! "

"Ridiculous!" Li Shimin shouted after hearing Li Chengqian's words, "Why are you obsessed so deeply!"

"It's not that my obsession is so deep, but you tell me, don't you really think about letting Qingque inherit your position!
Haven't you, Qingque, thought about moving my mountain away and becoming the future master of the world! "

Li Chengqian suddenly became angry at this moment, looked at Li Shimin and roared, "You force me, Qingque forces me, everyone forces me!

In the end, I won as you wished, and now you still want to come to the East Palace to taunt me as a winner!
If you die, you die, anyway, I want to die a long time ago! "

At this time, Li Chengqian turned his gaze to one side and remained silent, as if Li Tai, who thought he was an invisible man, sneered and said,

"And Qingque, you dare to ask yourself, don't you never think about being a prince!"

"Of course I never thought about it!" Li Tai replied firmly, without any hesitation.

After all, I want to be emperor.

To be honest, with Li Tai's clean and neat attitude, both Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were a little dazed at the moment.

At this moment, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sneered and said, "How hypocritical you are, you dare not tell the truth to your loser until now!

Up and down Datang, besides me, who else will be your opponent, who else will be your opponent!

I never thought, what is the purpose of the agricultural school, what is the reason for you to become a senior official, and what is the reason for your accumulation of fame.

I have already lost today, don't you dare to tell me the truth!

If you weren't for my crown prince, then I would have become the Supreme Saint, and you would be able to survive! "

At this time, Li Shimin kept silent, because even he thought that Li Tai was going to compete with Li Chengqian for the crown prince.

It's just that Li Chengqian was so disappointing that he didn't even have the slightest awareness to accept failure.

After a little setback, he lost the courage to continue to compete with Li Tai, chose to take risks, and walked his own way to death.

Li Tai looked at Li Chengqian and said calmly, "Whether you believe it or not, I have never coveted your crown prince.

As for my future, you still remember the enfeoffment mentioned by Aye! "

"Separation?!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Chengqian was slightly taken aback, he really didn't expect this.

In other words, Li Chengqian was not considered a supporter of Li Shimin's enfeoffment plan.

Because there is nothing wrong with having the power in the world in your own hands, why do you want to divide it up, why do you want to share your rights and land with others, is it to cultivate opponents! ?

Therefore, although Li Chengqian knew that both Li Shimin and Li Tai were engaged in enfeoffment, what did it have to do with him.

Even if the population explodes in the future, it's not because the population explodes in my own hands, and it's enough to make the later generations of Datang a headache!

And Li Tai looked at Li Chengqian, stepped forward, clenched his fists and said with tears in his eyes:
"Brother, you say that I will establish an agricultural college, you say that I will be kind to the people, and you even say that I will hand over the military power.

Because I saw from Aye's enfeoffment plan a plan to prevent our brothers from fighting each other and killing each other.

At that time, you will be the emperor of Zhou, and I will be the head of the princes. You will sit in the Tang Dynasty, and I will go west to the Western Regions, or go south to the South China Sea. The world is not only the Central Plains, but there will be a place for me in the end!

For a long time, Aye has never compromised even in the face of the officials and wanted to give up the title.

Could it be that he wants to avoid the fratricide between us, and avoid the gap between you and my brother for the position of the prince!

Brother~ why don't you understand father's painstaking efforts! "

"This...is the reason for my entrustment plan?" Li Shimin couldn't help being stunned for a moment when he heard Li Tai's words.

But looking at Li Tai's true feelings at this moment, and thinking carefully about Li Tai's behavior of supporting his plan all the time, it seems that there is some truth to it.

No!It makes so much sense.

Why did Li Tai go to Youzhou as the main force to develop the navigation industry, and now he can even reach Jiaozhou, because Li Tai has a plan to go south to the South China Sea to find fiefdoms for himself.

Why is Li Tai willing to place the academy soldiers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and even advocate the reconstruction of the Silk Road, because Qingque really has a reason to go to the west of the Western Regions to find his fiefdom.

For a moment, Li Shimin didn't understand that Li Tai did many things that seemed to be long-term, but only benefited Tang Dynasty, and even he didn't benefit at all.

But now listening to Li Tai and Li Chengqian's words, Li Shimin's eyes can't help but get wet, Qingque loyal minister!
Although Li Tai's ability is indeed very strong, he still abides by the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, and in the current environment of Datang, he tried his best to open up a path that would not hurt the relationship with Chengqian, but also preserve himself as much as possible.

It's just that this road is a bit hard for Qingque,

Li Chengqian listened to Li Tai's passionate words, as if his words just now had caused him a great insult, Li Chengqian couldn't help being stunned.

Even Li Chengqian himself felt a bit shaken. Li Chengqian always thought that Li Tai's purpose was to get his crown prince's position, but until now, he was the only one making trouble for no reason...

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin, and murmured, "Aye, what Qingque said is true, you really don't want him to be the prince, you really want to pass on the position of prince to me..."

"Hey..." Li Shimin's face turned from memory to grief, and his eyes turned from kindness to disappointment.

The emotion at that moment, even though he hadn't spoken yet, just sighed deeply, made Li Chengqian a little unsteady.

"The reason why Aye supports Qingque is because Qingque understands Aye's painstaking efforts.

At the beginning, Qingque was entrusted to Youzhou, so he considered entrusting Qingque after defeating Goguryeo. "

Li Shimin took Li Tai's words decisively, and joked that his enfeoffment plan was because he sympathized with the heroes, and then he came up with a plan in his head?

Certainly not!
The first is to prevent the population of Datang from overthrowing Datang due to land annexation one day, and the second is the mistake I made in the Xuanwu Gate Change. I thought of the method of enfeoffment to ease the conflict between my sons as much as possible!
It's just that Qingque's comprehension ability is relatively high, so she realized this since she was a child, and worked hard to become a qualified prince.

But Li Chengqian's words... Forget it, if he had half the intelligence of Qingque, he wouldn't be able to take such a path.

Li Shimin said, "Later, Qingque came up with the grass seed plan, which was essentially for his future use to educate the people in the fiefdom.

Later, whether it was shipping, or the Silk Road, or even the generals who made friends with Qingque, they were all placed in the border areas.

Because Qingque understands what I mean, and he is also concentrating on preparing for the future closure of the country! "

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether this matter is true or not, compared to making Li Chengqian hate himself, at least this has a perfect explanation.

Li Shimin sighed, "It's just that I didn't expect that this would cause you to misunderstand..."

"Aye... Am I really wrong!"

There was a bit of disbelief on Li Chengqian's face, and it even became a bit distorted with this disbelief.

Is what I have been chasing all this time always in my own hands?
As long as I don't raise my troops to rebel, will the Tang Dynasty be in my hands when Li Shimin dies?

What on earth have I been doing these days, have I lost something that originally belonged to me?

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, woo woo woo..."

At this time, Li Chengqian usually yelled "I don't believe it", but he knelt down involuntarily while shouting, and began to cry, full of orz atmosphere.

Li Tai looked at Li Chengqian in front of him, and retreated involuntarily.

No matter how you say it, Li Chengqian is just kneeling here now, what are you doing here as a younger brother?

Who do you think you are, you can't accept the prince's kneeling.

On the other side, Li Tai also planned to give Li Shimin and Li Chengqian some space, maybe they wanted to have a good talk.

Even if Li Chengqian wants to violently kill people, facing Li Shimin, it is not certain who will kill who.

Of course, if Li Chengqian really did a one-for-one exchange, Li Tai said that he seemed to have lost ten years of struggle.

Li Tai stood at the door, looking up at the bright stars in the sky, feeling somewhat emotional in his heart.

Li Tai always speculates about Li Chengqian with the worst attitude. Although he rebelled, he is his own son in Li Shimin's heart, so the power of his retaliation before death is still so terrifying that Li Tai feels a little dread.

Why did you rebel when you were young, because of the king of Wei, why did you rebel against the Tang Dynasty, because of the king of Wei, why did you rebel, because of the king of Wei...

For Li Chengqian, no matter what the reason is, it's all about pushing it on himself.

Therefore, Li Tai had prepared his words a long time ago. You said that you formed a party for personal gain, ah, yes, yes, it was for future distribution.

You said that you are trying to gain fame, ah, yes, yes, it is for future entrustment.

You said that you were plotting to spy on the prince, that's really not true, I'm doing it for the position of chief prince!
Since the sage wants to enfeoff, it is normal to have a prince.

As the king of Wei, the second son of Empress Changsun, I don't peep at the prince's position, it's reasonable for me to peek at the princes.

Why did I support Aye's enfeoffment plan so much all the way? Isn't it just because of the position of the princes!
In an instant, the logic closed loop.

I really don't know how to play tricks, and I don't think about why the sage and empress Changsun knew about the things you did when you were young.

Why do you think your handwriting is better than mine? Isn’t it because when you were young, you were punished to copy twice as much as I did.

Li Tai looked at the sky above his head, feeling relaxed and happy for a moment.

No matter how you say it, I have passed most of this level.

This time Li Shimin asked him to come here, and one of the most important reasons was that he wanted to confront Li Chengqian in person to see if he really wanted to take the position of the crown prince.

Even though he is the best candidate for the prince now, Li Shimin still wants to try it out.

Oh, the emperor.

And Li Tai didn't wait long, but saw the door of this room was opened.

Li Shimin came out, his eyes were red as if he had cried.

Li Shimin sighed somewhat, "Qingque, do you think Chengqian can survive!"

"Aye, do you know Cai Guo!" Li Tai said in a deep voice when he heard Li Shimin's words.

　One more, don't wait any longer, I'm going to deal with my own affairs next.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)