Just as the gate of Huangzhuang was slowly closing, a knight galloped out from a side door of Huangzhuang, and headed towards Luoyang at full speed.

After entering the city, he rushed straight to where the embroidered clothes government office was located. After a short while, the embroidered clothes envoy left quickly and headed straight for the palace.

After entering the Wencheng Hall, he stayed for about two quarters of an hour before quietly leaving...

Along the way, Li Chengqian urged on, and finally entered the palace gate before dark.

At this moment, Li Shimin was pacing slowly in the Wencheng Hall, while Zhao Kun stood proudly, standing aside, his figure as straight as a javelin.

However, his gaze has been following the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty has been wandering here for a long time.

His brows were deeply furrowed, as if he was having difficulty making up his mind about any major event.

"Zhao Kun, you also know that the crown prince is benevolent, filial and respectful, and has a modest personality. Tell me, what if the crown prince is allowed to deal with the sixth prince?"

"Your Majesty asked the minister?" Zhao Kun was dumbfounded, pointing his finger at his nose.

Please, this minister is at most half a roundworm in your stomach, Your Majesty, and I'm not familiar with His Royal Highness, okay? I don't know how His Highness will deal with it, let alone whether it is appropriate to do so.

Glancing at Zhao Kun's stunned look, Li Shimin, who knew he had asked the wrong person, but couldn't find anyone who could discuss the matter, sighed helplessly.

Until this time, a report from the **** came from outside the palace, and His Royal Highness asked to see him.

Li Shimin clenched his hands into fists, let out a mouthful of foul air, and finally made up his mind.

"Let the prince enter the palace."

Not long after, Li Chengqian stepped into the hall and saluted Li Shimin who had sat back behind the imperial case.

"My son sees his father. He has gone to Huangzhuang by his father's order and met his sixth brother."

Hearing the title of sixth brother, Zhao Kun's eyelids twitched slightly. He couldn't help but think of the question His Majesty asked him just now.

"Well, you come to sit down, how is he?" Li Shimin nodded slightly, and motioned Li Chengqian to sit down.

Li Chengqian recalled the scene when he first met Li You in Huangzhuang, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Then, after arriving at Huangzhuang, he narrated everything that happened after meeting Li You.

Li Shimin tapped the table lightly with his fingers, pursed his lips, and didn't speak until Li Chengqian finished speaking, then he spoke slowly.

"Chengqian, what is Liu Lang's temperament, as a father, he knows better than you."

Looking at his father who was frowning deeply, although Li Chengqian had a lot to say, he also knew that now was not the time, so he could only keep silent for the time being.

Li Shimin raised his head, looked at the eldest son who had also experienced many ups and downs, and said with a sigh.

"As a father, I am getting older and older, and my energy is getting weaker and weaker. I don't know if I can support it for a few more years..."

"…Father."

"Let's just listen to what my father has to say." Li Shimin raised his hand, signaling Li Chengqian not to speak.

"As a father, I know that you are humble and tolerant, but to be an emperor, you must not only have a broad mind, but also have a sharp edge..."

Li Chengqian stared blankly at his father, Li Shimin, who was talking so much, feeling a sense of panic in his heart for no reason.

I don't quite understand why what my father said today is like explaining the funeral.

Afterwards, he saw his father, sat upright proudly, and looked towards himself.

"Li You, as a prince, is always bewitched by evil words, trying to prolong Yi's calamity in order to bring about his destruction.

Forgetting loyalty and forgetting filial piety, as the saying goes, if you go to the city of Wei, you will be in danger of accumulating wages, destroying the foundation of the rock, and provoking a war..."

"He disobeyed propriety and violated righteousness, heaven and earth will not tolerate him, abandoning his father without a king, all gods and men are outraged. He used to be my son, but now he is the king of the country..."

Li Chengqian's face suddenly turned pale, and the words in his father's mouth were so serious that they had never been seen before.

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"...Father, father can't do this, he is your child after all, the baby's own brother, please spare the sixth brother, father..."

Li Chengqian burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Shut up, shut up!" Li Shimin sternly shouted as he slammed his big hand on the table with his face livid.

"Chengqian, have you forgotten what you told me just now?"

"Father, I don't dare to forget, but the sixth brother has also deeply realized his mistakes, so I ask father to watch over..."

"Enough! I don't want to listen to your explanation anymore. Don't forget that you are the prince and the master of the Tang Dynasty in the future."

Li Shimin stood up, looked at Li Chengqian who was in front of him with an anxious face and tears in his eyes, and suppressed the ups and downs of emotion.

With a gloomy face, his big hands landed heavily on Li Chengqian's shoulders, saying every word.

"Prince, I hope you will not disappoint me."

After throwing down such a sentence, Li Shimin strode quickly towards the gate of the palace without hesitation.

Even though Li Chengqian was calling behind him, there was no delay in his footsteps.

Zhao Kun, whose expression was so shocked that he couldn't help himself, glanced at Li Chengqian, gritted his teeth, and hurriedly followed His Majesty's pace.

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Li Shimin had just stepped out of Wencheng Hall, when he saw the Guanyin servant girl standing there not far away, but looked a little pale at the moment, he couldn't help being taken aback.

After reluctantly smiling faintly at Empress Changsun, and whispering a few more instructions to Zhao Kun, Li Shimin quickly walked towards Empress Changsun.

By the time Li Chengqian rushed out staggeringly, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun had already disappeared outside the door.

"Where is my father, where is my father?!" Li Chengqian glanced at the guards, and then noticed that Zhao Kun had not left, and immediately asked him.

Looking at the extremely angry Crown Prince in front of him, Zhao Kun saluted Li Chengqian respectfully.

"Your Majesty is ill and has gone back to the bedroom to rest."

"I'm going to see my father, General Zhao, what do you mean?" Li Chengqian was about to move forward, but Zhao Kun raised his hand to stop him after only two steps~lightnovelpub.net~.

"Please don't embarrass the minister, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Zhao Kun cupped his fists at Li Chengqian with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty still has an oral order to let the minister tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

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Li Chengqian couldn't remember how he left Wencheng Hall, his head was buzzing, and even when he was going down the steps, his feet were unstable and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Ning Zhong helped him in time, so he didn't lose his composure.

Standing at the bottom of the steps, Li Chengqian turned his head and glanced at Wencheng Palace again, then walked slowly towards the palace gate with slow steps.

Until this time, Li Shimin, who had not actually left, silently watched his son's back as he drifted away, his eyes full of distress and entanglement.

"Husband, I need an explanation." Empress Changsun's voice came from behind.

"..."