Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 6

The eunuch brought mats to Zhao Jie, spread them on the floor, put a piece of food in front of the mats, and brought tea and some snacks to Li Chengqian and Zhao Jie respectively.

Li Chengqian frowned as he looked at the so-called tea in the bowl in front of him, but Zhao Jie drank it with gusto.

The tea in the Tang Dynasty was different from the tea in later generations. It was a tea soup made by brewing tea leaves with boiling water.

Tea drinking in the Tang Dynasty was to chop the prepared tea cakes and grind them into powder. After passing the "Luo", they were added to boiling water to make a paste.

At the same time, salt, onion, ginger, orange peel, mint, etc. must be added to it, which is similar to a terrible "hu spicy soup", which is terrible.

Li Chengqian can't drink this kind of tea soup, although this kind of tea is not something ordinary people can afford.

Only aristocrats can afford such a high-end drink, and ordinary people dare not even think about it.

"Prince, why don't you drink it?" Zhao Jie asked, shaking the tea soup in the bowl with one hand, eating the pastry over and over, seeing that Li Chengqian didn't seem to want to drink at all.

"It's not to your liking!" Li Chengqian said, "Don't talk about that, I have something to tell you."

Zhao Jie hastily took another sip of the tea soup, put down the tea bowl, clapped his hands and hurriedly stated: "Prince, what's the matter, you can just say it, I, Zhao Jie, will do it for the prince even if I try my best."

"Chengji, you wait outside the hall, and no one is allowed to come in without my order." Li Chengqian said to Hegan Chengji who was beside him.

"No!" He Gan Chengji took the order, and walked out of the hall without saying a word.

Li Chengqian winked at Wang Quan, telling him to go out too and keep an eye on him.

Zhao Jie saw that Li Chengqian was so cautiously moving around, obviously he didn't want to hear what happened next except for them.

"Zhao Jie, this time we are planning a big event, but you agree with me?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The crown prince and I are naturally of the same heart. We have sworn blood, drank blood wine, and sworn poisonous oaths. Could it be that the crown prince has forgotten it?" Zhao Jie said.

"Of course I haven't forgotten. After much deliberation, the planning of this major event is still a bit too hasty and insufficiently prepared. We'd better not act rashly during this time." Li Chengqian said.

Since Li Chengqian intends not to embark on the path of rebellion, he must appease the group of people under him, otherwise, no one knows what will happen.

Will there be any leaks? If Li Er finds out something, it is very likely that he will reveal his secrets once he checks it out.

Therefore, Li Chengqian must eliminate this unstable factor, that is, let them suspend their actions of conspiracy first.

This is also an important reason why he called Zhao Jie over, and he hoped to convey it to others through Zhao Jie.

The reason why he didn't call them all was that Li Chengqian was afraid that people would talk too much and attract others' attention.

"Your Highness! Why is this? We have prepared for a long time to start an incident. Inside the palace, we have Zuo Tun Wei Zhonglang, Li Anyan, as our internal support, and outside the palace, there are Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Guogong, and Hou Junji, as foreign aid."

"With the two of them here, and our loyal service to His Highness, His Highness can enter the palace as long as he gives an order. Following the example of His Majesty back then, we can accomplish great things." Zhao Jie said.

Zhao Jie didn't understand why the prince became timid at this juncture.

Because of Li Chengqian's experience in his previous life, he understood many things better than they did. Rebellion was not the only way out, and he had to do it only as a last resort.

But even if they succeed in their rebellion, so what, Li Anyan and Hou Junji alone can't suppress the scene at all.

The current situation is different from the situation when Li Yuan was in power.

Li Chengqian's current strength can't be compared with that of Li Er back then, even Li Jiancheng, the hidden prince back then, is stronger than Li Chengqian now.

What's more, the current Li Erke is much stronger than the original Li Yuan, and his ability to control the situation is several blocks away from Li Yuan.

Therefore, the top priority now is not thinking about how to rebel, but how to strengthen yourself.

"The current situation is completely incomparable with when the father was the King of Qin. After all, our strength is still too weak. If we force it, we will only be smashed to pieces. Therefore, we can only take it slowly." Li Chengqian said.

"But Your Highness! Even if we can wait, can King Wei and the others wait? King Wei never wants to replace His Highness!" Zhao Jie said.

Zhao Jie didn't need to remind him of this, Li Chengqian knew it very well.

The conflict between him and Li Tai has reached the point of irreconcilability, and Li Er has to bear a lot of responsibility for this situation.

Li Tai is brilliant, extremely intelligent, and deeply favored by Li Er, which makes Li Tai have ideas about the throne and the heart to seize the throne.

This was feared by Li Chengqian at the time, so Li Chengqian sent Hegan Chengji to assassinate Li Tai.

Unexpectedly, Hegan Chengji was not good at doing things, he failed to kill Li Tai, and almost confessed himself.

Since then, the two brothers have become inseparable.

"I know all of this, you don't need to remind me, you don't have to worry about Wei Wang's affairs! I have my own way to deal with it, the most important thing now is not Wei Wangtai."

"Remember it! I want you to contact Hou Junji and the others, and make sure they burn all the correspondence with me without leaving any traces. You must handle this matter properly." Li Chengqian said categorically.

He did not allow Zhao Jie to have the slightest doubt, otherwise it would be detrimental to his next plan.

"Understood!" Seeing that Li Chengqian didn't seem to be joking, Zhao Jie nodded in response.

"I want you to understand that this is for our future, so we can rest easy! From now on, you will be in charge of contacting Hou Junji, Li Anyan and others."

"In the future, if it is not necessary, it is better for me and them not to meet easily, lest all previous efforts be wasted." Li Chengqian said.

Zhao Jun nodded. The prince had already said that, so he didn't have much to say. Since the prince was not in a hurry, why was he in a hurry.

"By the way, Zhao Jie, do you still remember Princess Tong'an?" Li Chengqian asked suddenly.

"Remember, this aunt is amazing! When I was young, I was taught many times by her, and every time I mentioned her, I was terrified! How could Your Highness suddenly mention this aunt?" Zhao Jie said with lingering fear.

I really don't understand what happened to the prince today. First, he stopped the big event of rebellion, and now he suddenly mentioned this powerful aunt.

Princess Tong'an is Li Yuan's same mother and sister, and is Li Chengqian's grandma in terms of seniority.

"That's because you always made him angry when you were young. If you don't clean up, who are you going to deal with?"

"Grandma named her grandson Wang Fangyi, did you know?" Li Chengqian asked.

"It seems that there is such a person, but he and his mother seemed to be kicked out of the house by the aunt, and now they don't know where they are. How could the prince think of this person?" Zhao Jie asked curiously.

Wang Fangyi, courtesy name Zhongxiang, was born in Bingzhou Qi, a famous general during the period of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. He lost his father in his early years. At the beginning, because of the power of Princess Tong'an, he rejected his mother Li, so Wang Fangyi and his mother moved to Fengquan Villa.

It was not until the death of Princess Tong'an that Wang Fangyi returned to Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)