Will Ming

Chapter 620 What is the Son of Heaven?

The night was surprisingly quiet, walking along the flat brick road, the two of them still kept a distance of about two meters and walked unhurriedly, and there seemed to be no topic after the short conversation before.Perhaps Li Yuan originally had a lot to say, so the accompanying servants followed from a long distance away.But Li Xian's somewhat cold tone before made him lose interest in the conversation, and his face became even more gloomy.

Li Xian couldn't see his face, but he could guess that the old man with all white hair walking in front must have a bad face.Looking at the slow-paced figure in front of him, the corners of Li Xian's mouth rose slightly.He looked at the Tai Chi Palace in the night with great interest, and suddenly found that the palace city at night looked very lonely.After thinking for a while, he finally understood what was going on. Because of the emptiness, there was no trace of fireworks in the palace city, and it seemed even more deserted at night.

The patrolling guards saluted the emperor as they passed by, and then secretly glanced at the young man following the emperor with some curiosity.They knew that this was King Yan, and they also knew how important King Yan was to Datang.When the Yanyun army was included in the Tang Empire, it added forty counties and tens of thousands of miles of territory to the empire. Speaking of this credit, no one in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty can match it.Even the king of Qin, who has made great military exploits, seems to be a little worse than him.

Staying in Miyagi, this honor seems to be enjoyed by only this King Yan since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.King Qin, King Qi, including the emperor's concubine children, have not stayed in the palace city since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.This huge Miyagi seems to belong only to the emperor forever, but today is an exception.

Li Yuan walked in front, and Li Xian followed unhurriedly behind.He is not an idiot, so he naturally knows who Li Yuan is going to take him to meet.Li Xian was also a little curious about that woman.I heard that since years ago, I have often lost my sanity, and I can't recognize who the people around me are in a daze.I don't know what obsession this woman still can't let go of, but she has survived for so long.

Thinking of meeting that woman, Li Xian's good mood for looking at the scenery was gone.He sighed softly, and looked back from those magnificent buildings.

When he was about to reach Chengtianmen, Li Yuan stopped again and waited for Li Xian.

"You were sighing just now?"

he asks.

Li Xian nodded and answered with one word: "Yes."

"Why sigh?"

"This palace city is too big, so it looks a bit desolate."

"desolate?"

Li Yuan frowned slightly, it was the first time he heard someone describe Datang's Miyagi as desolate.This palace can be said to be the largest building in the world today. There are more than 600 guards on duty in the palace city every day, and more than 200 palace ladies and eunuchs. The number of people will exceed 4000, and he actually said that this palace is too desolate!

"It's quiet at night, it's inevitable that you will feel a little deserted when you enter the palace for the first time."

He made a correction, deserted, not desolate.

Li Xian shook his head and said nothing, but he said in his heart that he had watched a lot of court dramas in his previous life, so there is nothing mysterious about this imperial palace to me.To put it simply, the house is bigger and the yard is bigger.You, the emperor, can't feel the desolation in the palace.

"Tell me, you escorted Princess Pingyang back to Chang'an, why didn't you follow her into the palace to see me."

Li Yuan stood on the stone bridge and asked.

Li Xian thought for a while and replied seriously: "It's not the time."

"Oh?"

Although the answer was still very simple, Li Yuan's expression softened a lot.He seemed to be very satisfied with the words "not the right time", so he nodded, and then shook his head again: "If I hadn't noticed it a long time ago, the people of the world would have been able to break through the Xuanwu Gate that day. If so, how can I stand today?" Talking to you calmly here? Haven't you ever thought that the only ones who could save me at that time might be the ones in your hands?"

"thought"

"Why don't you come?"

"Because it's not necessary."

Li Xian said in a flat tone: "How can there be so many ifs in this world? Ifs are all in the emotion after the event has passed. Maybe it is regret, maybe it is luck, maybe it is reminiscence, if there are no more ifs after the thing happened. What do you mean, the reason why there are ifs is because the people who say ifs are unwilling and dissatisfied."

This is the passage with the most words that Li Xian said today, and it undoubtedly aroused Li Yuan's interest.

"Something interesting."

Li Yuan twitched his lips, looked back at Li Xian and asked, "Why are you so confident in me?"

Li Xian said calmly: "Because you are the emperor."

That's the reason, that's the whole reason?

Li Yuan was slightly surprised, but immediately understood the meaning, so the mood that had just eased became cold again. In any case, because you are the emperor, there is no kind and praiseful meaning in these six words.Because he is the emperor, he does not allow others to grab his rights.No matter who is allowed, whoever comes to snatch him will be destroyed.Even though he knew Li Shimin's plan in advance, he still didn't break it out in advance, but used this incident to wipe out all the unstable factors in the court.

In any case, if he didn't have a sufficiently cold heart, it would be impossible for him to take the opportunity to eliminate some hidden dangers when his son rebelled.

"Are you mocking me?"

Li Yuan asked coldly.

"Not sarcasm."

Li Xian looked at the auspicious beasts on the eaves of the buildings in the palace city, and was a little dazed. He was silent for a while and said, "It's fear."

He smiled in his heart, saying that you must love to hear it.

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No matter how cold and strong he behaves, he is still weak in front of my father.Hearing the word "fear", Li Yuan had such an idea in his heart.He understood the meaning of the three words "fear", and he also knew why he was afraid.

"Is this why you have been refusing to come back to me?"

he asks.

"I am a person who is afraid of death. I have always been afraid of death since I was a child. When I grow up, I find that it is not easy to live these years, so I am even more afraid of death."

Li Xian's answer seemed a bit wrong.

Li Yuan was slightly taken aback, and his face softened again: "I know that you experienced too much suffering when you were young, from Chang'an to Jiangnan, from Jiangnan to Hebei, from Hebei to Liaoxi, from Liaoxi to Saibei... How can you survive in such an environment?" I survived and fought hard to achieve today's achievements... Very good, I... I am very pleased. When I think about you occasionally, I can't help but wonder, if I have the experience like you, will it be better than what you do? better?"

His tone slowed down: "I don't know, but I can appreciate the hard work involved."

He looked at Li Xian and said seriously: "Since I can appreciate your hard work, how can I do anything to you? You know, I have always wanted you to come back since I found you. But I can't make things too clear , Changsun Wuji went to see you three times before and after. You should understand what I mean. So you don’t need to be afraid of anything. If I treat you like an outsider, why should I wait patiently for you all the time? Although the Tang Dynasty has just established a country, it is still not some reckless rivers and lakes It can influence my thoughts.”

These words are arrogant and conceited, but the Emperor of Tang Dynasty seems to have the confidence.

This made Li Xian feel a little uncomfortable, but he did not refute: "Only I know what I want. I have known what I want since I could walk... Living is more important than anything else." What I want is to live. So no matter what kind of means, small means, big means, bright, dark, or even dirty and shameless means, as long as they can ensure my survival, I will hold them tightly in my hands. Only hands There are so many means in my hands that I no longer worry about whether I can survive, so I can sleep more peacefully."

Li Yuan looked at him, thought for a while and said: "Your things are yours, and I will not take them away. But you should also know... I trust you, and those courtiers who don't know your identity may not all trust you. You already have a lot of methods in your hands, if you can use these methods to make more contributions to the Tang Dynasty, when those courtiers speak nonsense again, I will have something to stop their mouths."

"for example?"

Li Xian asked two words very disrespectfully.

"Dongdu is a bit too special, you can let it go if you can... I sent Li Daozong to take Dongdu and destroy Wang Shichong. It is not difficult. You should know that if Dongdu falls into your hands, the courtiers will feel a little uneasy. They I think you can guess what I will say... I can defend you, but you have to be more cautious yourself."

"You mean you want me to beat Dou Jiande?"

"I told you you're not an idiot."

Li Yuan looked at the sky and said helplessly: "Before I established the Tang Dynasty, I never thought that the emperor would work so hard. Your affairs are family affairs, but since I became the emperor, I have no family affairs. Big or small, it's all a matter of state... Now there is only Dou Jiande in the world, and Luo Yi has too few soldiers, and his troops can't leave easily in Zhuojun's important land. If Dou Jiande can be wiped out, he can fight with Zhuojun and even Zhuojun. Liaoxi has been practiced together, and the Great Tang is the real Great Tang. If you wiped out Dou Jiande and removed this last obstacle for the Great Tang to unify the world, who would dare to underestimate this credit?"

He looked back from the sky and looked at Li Xian and said: "With this credit, you leave what you have in your hands, and those courtiers have nothing to say, and I have an excuse to help you."

Li Xian sighed in his heart, and thought that Li Yuan was really not ordinary shameless.You want to use me as a knife to beat Dou Jiande, but you find a bunch of reasons that sound like you are thinking of me.Do you really think that I will believe your words, and you will keep everything for me after Dou Jiande is destroyed?There is no strong enemy outside, and the knife must be sheathed.Dou is really going to be killed