If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 73 Father, You Are Still Too Emotional
Li Shimin sat in the imperial study, neither speaking nor moving for a long time.

Zhang Ananda stood outside the door and looked at the emperor in such a state, and couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

He had served Li Shimin for many years, and had only seen the emperor react and behave like this once in his life.

That time was the eve of the Xuanwu Gate Incident!
Li Shimin seemed magnanimous and even had a childish temper on weekdays. Sometimes when he was happy, he would even slam the table, laugh and make noise, and smash wine jars with his generals and heroes!
However, when he was really angry, he remained silent!

Before the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Crown Prince Jiancheng had already forced Li Shimin into a corner.

Many of Li Shimin's trusted generals and heroes who had helped him build the country were either demoted or driven out of the power centers, and some were even thrown into prison.

Founding hero Liu Wenjing was even sentenced to death by Li Yuan!
Later, Crown Prince Jiancheng and Yuanji invited Li Shimin to drink, but they poisoned the wine. As a result, Li Shimin vomited several buckets of blood after returning and almost died!
If Li Shimin doesn't take action, it will be completely over!
It was on the eve of the Xuanwu Gate Incident that Li Shimin sat alone in the room for a long time without saying a word, just like today!
Zhang Ananda couldn't help but sweat.

I was worried about someone in Chang'an Prefecture!

But after a while, Li Shimin slowly stood up, walked to the portrait of Empress Chang Sun, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the cheek of Empress Chang Sun in the painting.

After a long time, a long sigh!
When Zhang Ananda heard this long sigh, he also couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Some people's heads were saved!

……

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

Zhang Ananda personally took the imperial edict and rode to the Duke of Zhao's mansion on horseback.

Seeing Zhang Ananda coming, Changsun Wuji's face changed, but a stone in his heart was quietly put down.

His Majesty has issued an imperial decree, but it is not to take my head!
Your Majesty is indeed wise!

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: The Duke of Zhao, Grandson Wuji, indulged his servants, occupied the land of good people, and even allowed his servants to commit crimes in the streets. He is guilty of not managing his family properly! In addition, the Duke of Zhao has been raising money for the expedition against the Turks for many days, but has not yet completed it. He is guilty of not raising money effectively!"

"I will now remove the responsibility of raising food and fodder for the expedition against the Turks and managing logistics and military equipment from the Duke of Zhao, and hand it over to the Duke of Song, Xiao Yu!"

"Duke Zhao is not strict in his rule. He will be fined half a year's salary and his evil servants will be beaten to death!"

After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, Changsun Wuji remained silent for a long time before he knelt down to express his gratitude.

Li Shimin did not vent his anger on him.
However, I also knew his feelings for Li An.

Therefore, the so-called half-year salary deduction and beating of domestic slaves were basically warnings.

For Guanyinbi's sake, I can let you go.

However, you should not worry about the logistics such as food, fodder, armaments, etc. for the expedition against the Turks.

So that you don’t have to give my son any more trouble!
After Zhang Ananda left, Changsun Wuji returned to his study in silence and sat on the chair for a long time without getting up.

After a long time, he sighed:
"Lost!"

"I lost this round miserably!"

Although Li An did not send the living Night Crow to Li Shimin, he still made Li Shimin more vigilant towards Zhangsun Wuji.

The former grace and trust will inevitably produce many cracks!

Moreover, he was no longer responsible for the logistics of the expedition against the Turks, so he had completely lost the opportunity to trip up Li An.

This Sixth Prince is so accurate and ruthless when he attacks!

……

In the Hua'e Xianghui Tower, Li An was sitting on a chair, letting Wu Zhao massage his legs and Qin Miao massage his shoulders comfortably.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from outside the door:
"The imperial edict has arrived!"

He quickly jumped up from the two beauties and walked quickly to the lobby.

The person who came to issue the imperial eunuch was Li Shimin's personal eunuch, who was Zhang Annan's assistant.

Seeing the young eunuch, Li An immediately smiled:

"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his smile froze on his face.

The little eunuch has nothing in his hands!
Where is the imperial edict? The young eunuch smiled and said:

"It's His Majesty's order, just kneel down and accept it!"

Li An suddenly realized and knelt down facing the imperial palace.

The young eunuch waited for him to kneel down and then read aloud:

"The Emperor's oral instructions..."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, and suddenly said angrily:

"You little brat, don't think I don't know what you're thinking and what you've done!"

"I saw those dozen corpses, so what!"

"Hurry up and prepare your expedition against the Turks. If you continue to mess around, I'll send you back to Lingnan!"

"Appreciate this!"

Finally, the young eunuch drew out the sound and put a period to the oral instruction.

Li An couldn't help but be stunned.

This young eunuch was issuing the oral order in exactly the same tone as Li Shimin, and it sounded as if Li Shimin was scolding him on the spot.

Is this also called an imperial edict?
Before the time travel, the imperial decrees issued on TV were always extremely solemn and the wording was extremely elegant.

After traveling through time, the imperial edicts he received were all very solemn, and even quoted from scriptures.

It was the first time that he received such a unique imperial edict!

Seeing that he was in a daze, the young eunuch smiled again:
"Don't be surprised, Your Highness. This is the first time I have delivered this oral order. His Majesty asked me to convey it to you verbatim, so I had no choice but to do as I was told!"

Only then did Li An understand that the tone of voice used by the young eunuch just now was an exact replica of the way Li Shimin spoke.

Good guy,
Love has fax these days!

"Your Highness, when His Majesty scolds you, it actually means he loves you. If he talks to you seriously, then you should be careful!"

The young eunuch added with a smile.

Li An nodded.

He deeply agreed with this statement.

When Li Shimin was glaring at him, he was actually not afraid at all.

When a father and his son behave like this, doesn't it prove that there is no distance between them?

But if the person who issues the imperial edict is serious and has the imperial cavalry following him, then you need to be careful!

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly, took out a stack of gold leaves from his arms and stuffed them into the little eunuch's arms.

The young eunuch smiled brightly:

"Your Highness, I can't do that. How can I accept this..."

Although he said no, his actions were very honest and he half-heartedly stuffed the gold leaf into his arms.

"In addition to this oral decree, has your Majesty issued any other imperial edicts?"

Li An immediately inquired about it.

The young eunuch smiled and said:

"There was another imperial edict, which was delivered by Eunuch Zhang in person to the mansion of Duke Zhao. The content of the imperial edict was to remove Duke Zhao from the charge of the money and grain affairs of the expedition against the Turkic army and hand it over to Duke Song to handle. He also beat to death several of his slaves who took advantage of their power to bully others!"

Hearing this, Li An couldn't help scratching his head, and then sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, it was just as I expected.

Father, you are still too emotional!
Don't you know that no matter whether it is Li Zhi who succeeds to the throne or me, Li An, a powerful minister like Changsun Wuji will eventually become a mountain that is difficult to move?
It seems that Empress Changsun still holds a very high position in your heart.

You are worthy of being the white moonlight in your heart!
(End of this chapter)