Will Ming

Chapter 680 IX Replacing Wine With Tea

It had been raining all night and half a day, and the weather outside was as cold as late autumn.The window of the imperial study room was closed, and the humid and cool air outside could not get in, but there was no doubt that there was no trace of boredom and heat in the room.

Li Yuan asked Li Chengde a word, do you want to live like this for the rest of your life?

As soon as these words were uttered, the room was not only cool, but the air was stiff, and Li Chengde's heart felt as if he had fallen into a large piece of ice, which made him shiver uncontrollably.

In any case, in this period, he has this identity again, this sentence is indeed too scary.

"Grandson..."

Li Chengde opened his mouth, but his mouth was full of bitterness and he couldn't utter a single word.Although he is cowardly, he is definitely not an idiot.The meaning in Li Yuan's words was not cryptic, and one didn't need to be too smart to detect something strange from it.Li Chengde heard it clearly, and understood it clearly... But at this moment, he would rather be an idiot than not hear a word.

"What a hero your father is!"

Li Yuan glared at him, and said with hatred: "Our Li family, although we acted cautiously before turning our family into a country, there is no one who is cowardly and timid in our bones. I don't know that you are so timid in your temperament Where did it come from!"

"Grandson knows he's wrong!"

Li Chengde bowed his head respectfully, not daring to argue.It's just that he couldn't help a wry smile in his heart. In his current position, how could he have any courage to speak of?Flirting and flirting with court ladies every day is a day of doing nothing, although he looks useless, he is romantic and happy anyway.If he really had any bold ideas, he would know how sharp the black knife in his uncle's hand could kill people.

Cowardly... He wished he could be more cowardly.He only hoped that on the day when King Yan wanted to return the throne, he would be thankful that he would not end up in the same fate as the two brothers, Emperor Tai and Emperor Yining of the Sui Dynasty.Both Yang Jiong and Yang Tong were sent to the Underworld by a cup of poisoned wine to meet Yang Guang's ancestors and grandchildren.

But looking at this posture now, it seems that his grandfather is forcing himself to die earlier than him.

"You know what's wrong?"

Li Yuan smiled coldly and asked, "Then tell me, where is your mistake?"

"The fault is..."

Li Chengde was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't think of anything to answer.

Seeing that he didn't dare to speak, Li Yuan looked at him sternly and said, "Your fault lies in your fault. Like Liu Chan, the Empress of Shu, you don't have the slightest male blood at all. I know that you are in your current position. Every day It's like walking on thin ice... It is precisely because of this that I came to you today."

Li Yuan looked at the empty desk case, then sighed and said, "Not many days ago, this desk was full of memorials. Zhen..."

He paused, a little annoyed at the word "zhen" that came out of his mouth naturally.As soon as he uttered this word, he felt that Li Xian slapped him hard on the face again.

"If I slack off a little bit and be lazy, the memorials for the second day can be stacked up to half a person's height! Look at you again, what are you doing all day long!"

"Grandson... the grandson is blessed. With the king of Yan to share the worries, it is very safe to hand over the power of the government to the king of Yan. Today, in the Tang Dynasty, there are millions of soldiers, and now more than half of them are the Yanyun army of the king of Yan..."

Li Chengde couldn't help reminding him.

Li Yuan was slightly taken aback, the anger in his heart almost burned out.

"He is a minister, after all, he is only a minister!"

Li Yuan looked into Li Chengde's eyes and said word by word: "I came today because I didn't intend to hide anything. After all, you are also Jian Jiancheng's heir and my grandson. It is not difficult to accept that the throne is passed on to you." But if you continue to be so muddled, there is no guarantee that the mountains and rivers that I have worked so hard to conquer will fall into the hands of others!"

Li Yuan stood up, walked to Li Chengde and said, "If you are afraid of what you said today, you can tell Li Xian immediately after I leave. I can't blame you for protecting yourself in this way. But you want to Clearly, I... your grandfather, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is the only one who can help you secure your throne. Not a puppet that does not live up to the name like now, but a real emperor!"

"Grandson dare not!"

Li Chengde took a step back in fright, not daring to look up into Li Yuan's eyes.

"Don't dare to do anything?"

Li Yuan took a step forward, still staring into Li Chengde's eyes and asked: "Do you dare not betray me, or do you dare not think about being an emperor who truly stands at the pinnacle of power? Dare not dare to think about being a famous emperor who will go down in history? No Dare to think about holding this huge empire firmly in your own hands?"

After asking this sentence, the atmosphere in the room was almost frozen.

Ni Huatian, who was standing guard at the door, looked back at the grandfather and grandson and quickly left. He was standing at the door of the imperial study with a few guards, and the others could not approach at all, and in this heavy rainy weather , and no one will come to the imperial study.

"I won't ask you to answer now. If you think it over, you can find a confidant to tell Ni Huatian, I hope you won't let me down. You are my grandson, the emperor of Tang Dynasty, Don't insult the blood that runs in your bones."

After saying this, Li Yuan turned around and walked out of the imperial study room.Ni Huatian quickly opened the oil-paper umbrella and respectfully followed behind Li Yuan.Li Chengde had met Gao Liansheng and Wu Yinghai. When these two eunuchs were by Li Yuan's side, he had an illusion.That is, the two chief servants before and after were like a loyal dog when they were by Li Yuan's side.

However, Gao Liansheng was a loyal dog and was beaten to death by King Yan without any mercy.

Wu Yinghai was a vicious dog, but he didn't make up his mind to bite back.

The current Ni Huatian is Li Yuan's dog.

When Li Yuan's back disappeared from sight, Li Chengde slumped down on the ground, his clothes were soaked with sweat on his back, and his whole body lost all strength.

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Songbai Building

It was still in the innermost private room on the third floor.

Li Xian looked at the table full of dishes in front of him, couldn't help but smiled and said to Pei Ji: "Before no one knows that this building is yours, no one here will renege on it. Even if you come alone, I have never owed money for a meal...But now that the court is full of civil and military officials, how many people don't know that the Songbai Building is your property? Now everyone knows, if you come to eat again, you have to be polite, or you can avoid it. money, or less money, and I don’t know how much less money I will earn in the long run.”

Pei Ji smiled and said freely: "Actually, I still made a profit."

"Why?"

Li Xian asked.

"If I spread the news that my lord, you often entertain ministers and others in Songbai Tower, I don't know how many people will squeeze in just to see you from a distance. At that time, even if the business of Songbai Tower is not well thought out, it will not work." ...the money is rolling in."

"Ha ha!"

Li Xian couldn't help laughing loudly, the first time he found out that Pei Ji was a wonderful person when he didn't speak seriously.

"In this case, Gu is going to draw a bonus!"

Li Xian said with a smile.

"If it's not a bribe, I'd be very happy."

Anyway, everyone already knew about Songbailou, and Pei Ji, who let go, spoke more and more naturally.And he has already planned that after a while, he will retire after completing that major event. Even if he doesn't find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to be a farmer, it is always possible to be a rich man.

And since these days, he has gained a new understanding of Yan Wang Li Xian's temperament.When we were not familiar with each other in the past, we felt that there was an iceberg between the two of us.Now he felt that the new master of the empire was easier to get along with than the founding emperor.

Speaking of which, after Li Yuan ascended the throne and before ascending the throne, Li Yuan was completely different.

"Since we have told the people below that drinking is not allowed at noon today, we naturally can't break the rules."

Li Xian smiled and said, "Remove all the wine."

Xiao Ben, who has been sitting by the side without saying a word, intends to watch with cold eyes. It is not uncommon for him to know about the affair between King Yan and Pei Ji in Songbailou last time. King Yan invited everyone but left him alone. The meaning of it is self-evident.So his resentment and loathing towards Li Xian became stronger, and he didn't intend to speak today, but when he heard Li Xian asked to withdraw the wine, he said with a slightly sarcasm: "If I don't say anything, naturally no one will know. Wouldn't it be boring to have good food without good wine?"

Li Xian glanced at him and said, "What's the difference between this and stealing the bell?"

"Up is not upright but down, and the officials below look at the faces of the above and act. Today you and I sit here drinking, and tomorrow someone will follow suit. Today you say this to Gu, and tomorrow when you are respected at the banquet, there will naturally be others." Say these words to you. If things go on like this, the government will die."

"The minister is terrified"

Xiao slightly lowered his head and said, he didn't expect Li Xian to take such a trivial matter so seriously, he just persuaded him just to see Li Xian's joke.If Li Xian listened to his persuasion and drank, then everyone present would naturally have some thoughts in their hearts.

"You don't need to panic."

Li Xian looked at Xiao and said seriously: "A few days ago, I invited many people here to have a drink. They are all veterans of the imperial court. Nine out of ten people present were there that day, but you are missing... Do you know why?"

Before Xiao could speak, Li Xian continued, "Because Gu doesn't like you."

As soon as these words were uttered, the atmosphere of the meeting changed suddenly.

But Li Xian's words immediately made everyone stand in awe.

"Invite them that day