Ji Tang

Chapter 881 The Opportunity Has Been Given To You

No matter what Xie Lian thought, he definitely didn't dare to say anything outside at this time. It was good to try to figure out the emperor's thoughts, but it didn't matter when or what happened!
If the evil emperor is not careful, the good case may be dismissed from office, and the serious case may not be an easy end.

Li Shimin still came back, but for some reason, he was delayed a lot of time along the way, as if he wasn't in a hurry.Fang Xuanling saw all this, but never said anything or tried to dissuade him. He just accompanied the emperor leisurely on his way to Chang'an.

But the journey must be completed. On this day, the self-proclaimed prince Li Chengqian, who had been in the East Palace for more than half a month, came with all the civil and military officials to the east gate of Chang'an to welcome the emperor's triumphant return. All the officials who could be arranged by the chief were all absent. All are here.

For a time, the Chunming Gate in Chang'an was overcrowded, and many people wanted to see the sky, so the official road at the gate of the city was tightly blocked.

Tap, tap!
There was a sudden sound of horse hoofbeats, and Li Chengqian, who was standing at the head, hurriedly looked up and saw a team headed by a man not far away, accompanied by thousands of cavalry, rushing towards this direction!

"Shut up!"

Li Shimin tightened the reins, and the BMW immediately stopped.

"My son, together with all the civil and military officials, respectfully welcome my father on his triumphant return, my father will live forever!"

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. Congratulations to Your Majesty for your victory over Goguryeo, your humiliation, and your triumphant return!"

Li Shimin sat on his horse, looked around, and finally stopped for a while on the prince, and then said loudly: "Everyone is equal!"

"Thank you, Father!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The Imperial City, the political center of the Tang Dynasty, once again welcomed its master. Queen Sun Wugou, the eldest son of the Empress, took the concubines of the harem, and many princes and grandsons to welcome the return of the Emperor in front of the Taiji Gate.

"I respectfully welcome your Majesty back to the palace!"

The eldest grandson Wugou and many concubines, princes and princesses paid their respects.

"Get up!"

Li Shimin smiled and stepped forward to help the queen up, and then said to the other concubines!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You take the children back first, and I'll come find you after I've taken care of things here!"

Li Shimin said softly.

The eldest grandson smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to think about me. You have just returned to the palace and you must have a lot of things to deal with. I won't cause any trouble to your majesty!"

Li Shimin nodded and said nothing more!
In the Tai Chi Hall, when Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair again, looking at the civil and military officials suddenly seemed like yesterday!

It was too dangerous this time. If Xue Li hadn't shot those three arrows, he might never have been able to come back.

"Prince!"

Li Chengqian stood at the first place of His Majesty Dan, before all the ministers. Hearing the emperor's summons, he quickly came out!

"My son is here!"

Seeing Prince Li Shimin nodding with satisfaction, the prince did not let him down, let alone get carried away. He never lost his duty as a prince and a minister.

Especially when he later enshrined himself in the East Palace and handed over all government affairs to the Queen and Fang Xuanling. He stayed out of the storm. This was the finishing touch and won the hearts of most of the courtiers. What else could such a prince not do? satisfied?
"While I was on the expedition, the prince was supervising the country. You did a good job during this period. I am very pleased!"

Even though he had expected it, Li Chengqian still felt a little excited, but now was not the time to be happy. His troubles were not over yet!
He knelt down directly on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty has betrayed my son and ministers. The princes and lords are so treasonous that they even attempted to rebel. Fortunately, the capable ministers and generals and the old princes stopped them in time. Otherwise, the crime of my sons and ministers would have been too great. Mr. Hou." Ji is the father of my son and minister’s concubine, but I was unable to detect and stop him in time, which led to such a riot. My son and minister were unable to share the worries of my father, and my subordinates were unable to control my relatives. I really failed to live up to my father’s teachings!”

"I also ask my father to remove his son from the position of prince and establish a virtuous man in his place."

"To shut up!"

Before Li Chengqian could finish speaking, Li Shimin said angrily: "It's just nonsense!"

Fang Xuanling and many ministers were also shocked. No one expected that the prince would come back. The prince is the foundation of the country. How can the prince of a country be changed just by changing him?

What's more, everyone is seeing this, and it has nothing to do with the prince. If Hou Junji is removed from the prince's position because he is the prince's father-in-law, how can he convince the public?
"As the crown prince, how can you be so childish?"

Li Shimin was originally quite angry, but when he saw the prince kneeling down, he really couldn't say anything serious.

His wife's father, his child's grandfather, and his father-in-law actually rebelled, and openly said that he was following the prince's orders. If it weren't for Hou Junji's conspiracy, which Li Chengqian flatly rejected at the last moment, as long as there was a slight hesitation or a heartbeat, he would have been killed. It's a catastrophic disaster.

Li Shimin understood that this was because the prince was afraid, and there was no way to explain the matter clearly. If he hadn't sealed himself in the East Palace in the end, sat back and waited to show that he was not involved, and blocked most people's mouths, I don't know what would have happened next. So!

"Get up quickly!"

Li Shimin sighed, stepped forward to help the prince up, and said, "My father understands your intentions. This matter has nothing to do with you from beginning to end!"

"Hou Junji was in vain for the country's favor, launched a coup for his own selfish interests, and even wanted to drag the prince into trouble. Such a vicious, evil and cunning person, how can he not die?"

He said categorically: "This matter has nothing to do with the prince. No matter who it is from now on, if anyone dares to attack the prince with this matter, I will never forgive him!"

"Chen Shou delivers the decree!"

"It's Your Majesty!"

Chen Shou took out the imperial edict and read it loudly: "During the period when the prince supervised the country, the country's administration was smooth and effective. I am very pleased!"

"I was very tired during the expedition to Liao. During my recuperation, the prince continued to supervise the country. If there is anything, I want to show it to the prince in advance. If it is a major matter, I can discuss it with Fang Qing and others. If the discussion fails, I will be informed. If it is not necessary, I will not be informed. Please interrupt my meditation, thank you for this!"

"Your Majesty's order is to be obeyed!"

But Li Chengqian said with some fear: "Father, no!"

"Now that my father has returned to the palace, he should be in charge of the affairs of the government again. If the virtues of his sons and ministers are not as good as those of his father, how can they manage the affairs of the government if they are not able to recruit enough ministers?"

"Please, Father, please take back your life!"

"My son, I bowed my head and paid homage!"

Li Shimin looked at the prince with a smile in his eyes, but then disappeared and said loudly: "I have made up my mind on this matter, and there is no need to discuss it further!"

"Retreat!"

The emperor left, but Li Chengqian was a little confused and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Prince, please get up quickly, His Majesty has already left!"

Fang Xuanling stepped forward and helped Li Chengqian up. When he saw the prince's expression, he comforted him: "Hou Junji committed many unjust acts and committed suicide. Prince, don't worry about it!"

"Since Your Majesty will continue to hand over the government affairs to His Highness, I definitely have no intention of blaming His Highness. I hope Your Highness will not think too much!"

Li Chengqian nodded blankly, looked at Du Ruhui and said, "Hello, Mr. Du!"

Du Ruhui hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness has embarrassed me, I am all well!"

Li Chengqian nodded and looked back, as if he was looking for someone? "Huh? Why didn't Hao Jiehou come back?"

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling looked at each other and saw the smiles in their hearts. Du Ruhui stepped forward and said, "Prince, don't be anxious!"

"The Marquis of Hao was left in Liaodong by His Majesty to deal with the follow-up matters. He will come back after the processing is completed. If nothing happens, it shouldn't take long!"

"Oh!"

Li Chengqian said a little disappointed.

But then he hurriedly said: "My father has handed over the government to Gu, but now there are so many things going on, and the rebellion of Hou Junji has not been dealt with yet, so I still want to ask the prime minister, Prime Minister Du, to teach Gu!"

After saying that, he bowed and clasped his fists in a salute, which was very respectful!

"Your Highness, you don't have to be like this!"

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Your Highness needs to understand this matter himself. The matter of Hou Junji is just a trivial matter to Your Majesty, and how the Prince handles this matter is what Your Majesty wants to see most. Your Highness, please make your own decision and don’t care about what others say!”

After saying that, he saluted Li Chengqian, turned around and left with Du Ruhui, leaving only Li Chengqian alone in the hall.

After walking out of the hall, Fang Xuanling said with some emotion: "Your Majesty has good intentions and deliberately left Ji Song in Liaodong. You don't want him to get involved, because your Majesty knows that once Ji Song comes back, he will definitely give advice to the prince." , this is not his original intention.”

"This matter may seem tricky, but as long as it is done well, it may not be an opportunity to consolidate the prince's prestige and impress these veterans?"

Du Ruhui also said with emotion: "Okay, since His Majesty wants to personally test the prince, we'd better not get involved."

"But this time the prince has an expert planning behind him. He has appointed himself in the East Palace. This is really the finishing touch. Otherwise, the prince would not be able to clean himself up by jumping into the Yellow River this time. Even if your majesty believes it, there will definitely be rumors."

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he glanced at Du Ruhui, which made Old Du feel angry and said angrily: "If you have anything to say, just say it. What do you want me to do?"

But then he said in surprise: "You are not doubting me, are you?"

"I don't know anything about this, so don't make random guesses!"

Du Ruhui quickly denied it.

Fang Xuanling rolled her eyes and said, "Who said it was you? Just you? It's not even close!"

How infuriating is this?Who are you looking down on?

"I don't believe you can't guess? That boy has a falcon to deliver the news. I don't believe he can just sit back and watch something happen to the prince?"

Du Ruhui was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, laughed bitterly, waved to Fang Xuanling, turned and left.

Of course that boy knows. I'm afraid he already knew that Hou Junji'ao was rebelling. If he didn't pave the way for the prince in advance, I'm afraid your majesty wouldn't be able to spare him.

After Li Shimin returned to the harem, he came to the Qinzheng Hall, and the eldest grandson had already prepared meals and took Jinyang to wait for the emperor!
Jinyang has been doing pretty well during this time. There are many classmates in the college who are pampering me, which is a great pleasure!
Everyone should know about this child's condition. He is kind-hearted and loved by everyone. Whenever this child is unhappy, everyone will think of ways to make him happy.

I don't know if it was because I was in a good mood or something, but I rarely got sick during this period, and I even ate more. This made the eldest grandson overjoyed, and he rewarded the academy with something as a way to repay their kindness for accompanying the child.

Soon, they heard the sound of footsteps. Jinyang's eyes lit up and he trotted out quickly.

"You slow down!"

The eldest grandson was shocked and hurriedly chased after him. Sun Daozhang had already said that this child should not exercise strenuously. If he is not careful, he will have big problems.

As soon as Li Shimin walked outside the Qinzheng Hall, he saw a little man running towards him. When he saw the person clearly, he was overjoyed!

But then he thought of something and rushed to greet him!

"Father's little sweetie, slow down, slow down!"

"Father!"

Jin Yang jumped into Li Shimin's arms and said happily: "Father, I miss you!"

Li Shimin's heart almost melted at this time, and there was a rare trace of warmth in his eyes. He said warmly: "Good boy, he is really a good boy of my father!"

The eldest grandson rushed out, and when he saw the appearance of the father and daughter, he quickly waved everyone away, and he waited aside!

"How long do you two want to get tired of it? Why don't I, my concubine, stay away? So as not to disturb your father and daughter's reminiscing about the past?"

Hearing his mother's words, little Jinyang suddenly felt a little shy, and quickly got into Li Shimin's arms and acted like an ostrich!
"What's wrong? Just leave if you don't want to see it. You'll scare my Jinyang!"

Li Shimin said unhappily.

"Okay, father and daughter, if you continue, isn't it enough for me to avoid you? Humph!"

The eldest grandson rolled his eyes, turned around and entered the main hall. Out of sight, out of mind!
Li Shimin chuckled, held Jin Yang's little hand, and said, "My good daughter, are you hungry? Let's have a meal with our father!"

When he brought Jin Yang in, there was only Changsun in the hall, and the others had already been driven away!

After drinking and eating, Jinyang, who was already in poor health, felt a little sleepy, so the eldest grandson arranged for the maid to take him to the rest area!
"Your Majesty scared me to death this time. If you had one, how would I live?"

The eldest grandson cried for a moment when he thought of the danger this time. This was rare!

"alright, alright!"

He quickly stepped forward and hugged his eldest grandson, comforting him and saying, "Isn't this okay? Stop crying now and let the children see if it's okay!"

When the eldest grandson heard this, he said angrily: "I'm just crying. That's what you are. You, an emperor, actually charge into battle. If it weren't for Brother Qing'er and the others this time, I'd be a concubine!"

Seeing the queen's appearance, Li Shimin pretended not to be moved. He could only continue to comfort him: "Okay, everything is over. I promise you there will be no next time!"

"And next time?"

The eldest grandson's eyebrows stood up, looking like he would never give up until he was given an explanation!
Li Shimin smiled bitterly in his heart, what's the matter!
After a while, the eldest grandson calmed down and pushed away the emperor's mischievous hand. His face was a little red with embarrassment and he said angrily: "I'm on business with you!"

Li Shimin chuckled and said: "I have handed over the government affairs to Cheng Qian, and I can finally have some leisure time in the future!"

The eldest grandson was stunned, then thought of something, frowned, and said: "Logically speaking, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but you are setting Cheng Qian on fire!"

"Humph!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Don't think that I don't know that the boy Ji Song is giving him advice from behind? This time I specially left that boy in Liaodong and brought back all the falcons. I just want to see how Cheng Qian is going to handle this matter!"

"As a king, if you are not ready to take on the important responsibilities of the world, you might as well be a rich prince."

"That kid Ji Song can help him for a while, but can he help him for the rest of his life?"

Finally, he sighed and said warmly to the queen: "But isn't this an opportunity for him? An opportunity to conquer those veterans? It's not easy for these old foxes to owe the prince a favor."

"I've given him the opportunity, it's up to him to see if he can seize it!"

The eldest grandson breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but began to worry about his son again.
(End of this chapter)