Long live Emperor Wu!

Wu Rou looked at him and smiled. Instead of exposing his lie, she said directly:

"It's only two days' journey from here to Chang'an with a lot of stopping. His Highness Prince Pu must already know the current situation in Chang'an City."

Li Tai looked at her sideways and said nothing.

Wu Rou continued:

"Several princesses and princes have been involved in the rebellion. Once convicted, the power of the royal family will suffer heavy losses. Your Majesty needs the royal family surnamed Li to compete with the power of the meritorious veterans, and the stability of the Tang Dynasty also needs them.

Therefore, His Highness Prince Pu is needed to step forward and turn the tide to save them. "

When Li Tai heard what she said, he felt it was extremely ridiculous. His slender eyes turned into slits when he smiled, and he said sarcastically:

"You need me to step forward and save them? What does it have to do with me?"

Wu Rou had expected that he would say this, so she took out a roll from her sleeve, opened it, pinched the edge with one hand, raised her hand to throw it away, and raised it in the direction of Li Tai.

Li Tai squinted his eyes slightly, and suddenly saw his name on the piece of paper, as well as the words "enthroned as emperor".

His face suddenly froze, and he looked at Wu Rou with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Wu Rou slowly placed the piece of paper on the table next to her easily, with a gentle and elegant gesture like putting down a light feather, and said:

"Your Highness, don't be nervous. This is a copy. The original is still in the hands of His Majesty Taiji Palace. Therefore, Your Highness must take action in this matter."

Li Tai's eyes flashed and he asked warily:

"What do you want me to do?"

Wu Rou turned to look at him and said seriously and directly:

"His Highness pleads guilty and surrenders, restores the truth of the matter, rescues those who should not be affected, and restores their innocence."

When Li Tai heard this, he frowned, as if he couldn't understand, and felt that Wu Rou was very stupid, and said loudly:

"I plead guilty?! This is a capital crime! You asked me to plead guilty and die to save those irrelevant people. Am I crazy or are you crazy?! If you want to kill me, you can just send people to arrest me. Why bother? This time out!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally even raised his arms.

Wu Rou shook her head and said:

"Your Majesty wants to protect you. As long as you plead guilty, Your Majesty will be given a lighter sentence. Changsun Wuji will definitely be willing to help His Majesty and save His Majesty's life."

"Save me a life? Relegate me to a commoner, like Li Chengqian, and die in poverty? Then I might as well go to Chang'an and die happily! I wonder if he spares my life?!"

Li Tai put his arms on the desk, leaned forward with his fat body, frowned and said impatiently:

"Stop talking nonsense here! I'm waiting for Li Shan to send troops to kill me."

Then, he suddenly smiled insidiously and said with malicious pleasure:

"Besides, don't even think about saving anyone. How do you determine who is innocent?

Perhaps they just felt that Li Shan was incompetent and not qualified to be emperor, so they all started to rebel? Kill them all, kill them all. "

Wu Rou sat sideways, listened to what he said, and immediately retorted:

"He is not qualified to be emperor. Who is qualified? Is it you?... Yes, the late emperor praised your calligraphy and articles and gave you generous rewards.

The courtiers also praised you for your literary talents and praised you very much. But when you come here, there is no one who supports you as emperor. "

Li Tai was stabbed in a painful spot and punched the table angrily:

"That's all because my father wanted to save Li Chengqian's life! He was confused!"

Wu Rou narrowed her eyes slightly, her sharp eyes were very tough and firm, and she said loudly:

"Whoever is confused, Emperor Taizong will not be confused! He has long seen that you are selfish and immoral, and it is difficult to unite people's hearts. If the Tang Dynasty is handed over to you, it will fall apart sooner or later, so he chose the current His Majesty, who is more popular." You are talking nonsense!!!" Li Tai was extremely angry.

The shadow of being abandoned and rejected has been with him all his life. This time, his father and the emperor did not choose him, and the officials did not choose him. He was abandoned again. He was very sad, resentful, and unwilling. He was almost in tears.

Li Xiangyun looked at Li Tai's collapse and was really afraid of the next moment. He ordered the palace guards to come in and chop the two of them into pieces. His face was tense and he was trying to stay calm. In fact, there was no sweat on his forehead. Coming down soon.

But Wu Rou had no intention of letting him go at all, and then said in a pleasant voice, word by sentence:

"Why are you talking nonsense? The facts are right in front of you. Fang Yiai ran for His Highness and was imprisoned. In order to protect His Highness's safety, he killed His Highness. It must be to promote Jing Wang Li Yuanjing.

The rest of the people who were good friends with the Fang family were all accused of helping each other in rebellion by Changsun Wuji because of their close contacts. The sky in Chang'an was almost half collapsed, all because of you, Your Highness.

But what is His Highness King Pu doing now? Hiding peacefully in the palace, drinking and doing nothing.

Even if you lead troops into Chang'an City and vigorously rescue them, that's fine.

But you didn't...you asked, if you were them, how would you view yourself?

Is it possible that they will swear allegiance to you and support you to the end because you are a talented writer and can write a good inscription for them? "

Li Xiangyun looked at Li Tai in panic, secretly touched Wu Rou's back with his hand, and almost pulled her.

She couldn't help but scream in her heart: What are you doing? There are only two of us. Let's forget it if we don't speak tactfully. There is no need to be so vicious, right? !

Are you still trying to encourage him to lead a rebellion? ! ...It’s really a shame.

Li Tai looked at Wu Rou blankly, his face turned pale.

Wu Rou stopped talking and smiled gently at him, quite a bit like Li Shan's tolerance and peace. In line with her performance just now, she was as irritating as possible.

There was a suffocating silence in the house for a while.

But Wu Rou picked up the tea bowl next to her and drank slowly, as if she was thirsty after talking too much just now.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Tai suddenly laughed softly, feeling quite sad and pathos. He smiled and then cried.

他 说:

"Yes... yes... I often think about myself. I have read all the principles in the book, and my father has such a living example right in front of me.

If you want to be an emperor, you can't just think about yourself. Even if you are pretending, you must pretend to be righteous, sacrifice yourself for others, and make suggestions.

But I always think about myself, and I can't help it. I only think about myself, and I don't have the energy to think about others. "

He looked into the void like a child, tilting his head slightly. The images of his father and Li Shan appeared in front of his eyes. Thinking about the past, he murmured:

"I'm not as good as my father, and I'm not as good as Xiaojiu... It turns out it's because of this, it turns out it's because of this..."

As he spoke, he laughed miserably, seemingly with endless remorse and regret.

This time, his tears really came down, leaving a glimmer of water on his face...

(End of this chapter)