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Chapter 863 One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers

Hou Junji was immediately surprised and said, "Your Highness's idea is really incredible. Jie Li believes it now?"

"Of course not. Jie Li is not an ordinary person. How could he trust me so easily?"

Li Yan said angrily, "Jie Li asked me a lot about the Li family, including the situation of the upper-class families in Chang'an, and I knew all about them and answered them fluently. In addition, I said that I was the illegitimate son of Li Jiancheng born in Taiyuan before the Li family started the rebellion."

"Jie Li was half-believing and half-doubting. I don't know why he kept me here?"

"Humph"

Hou Junji slammed his fist on the table. "Jie Li, this old villain, has Sima Zhao's intentions, and everyone in the world knows it. He must want to use this identity to support Your Highness as a puppet in the future to overthrow the Tang Dynasty?"

"But it's fortunate that His Highness said so. This identity not only reasonably explains why His Highness appeared there at that time, but also gives Jie Li great value for his use. That's why he spared His Highness's life."

Li Yan nodded silently. "Then, he took me back to Mobei. The situation in Mobei was very worrying at the time. Those tribes wanted to break away from Jie Li and establish themselves. In order to survive, I had no choice but to start the journey of suppressing the rebellion with Jie Li."

"After years of fighting, I used my talent and martial arts to start as a soldier, picking up swords and guns, trying to make a living on the battlefield, living in the flames of war all day long, and fortunately relying on God's protection."

"After countless near-death experiences, I finally fought my way out."

"Turks don't care about their origins on the battlefield, they only care about their achievements. After many years of fighting, I also made countless military achievements and assisted Jie Li in suppressing the rebellion. I finally climbed up the ranks and finally became the Right Wise King of the Turks."

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Hou Junji froze in shock, his mind was in a mess: "What? Your Highness means that Your Highness is the Turkic Right Sage King who is said to be cruel and ruthless, and is called a demon by the grassland people?"

Li Yan looked at Hou Junji with a little surprise: "I struggled hard among the wolves. The Turks believe in force. If I had been lenient, my body would have turned to ashes now. Is there anything wrong with what I did?"

"Uh, no."

Seeing Li Yan's displeasure, Hou Junji exuded a murderous aura from a long-time battlefield. He quickly restrained his expression and said, "Your Highness is a Central Plains person. It is not easy for you to survive on the grassland. No matter what method you use, it is what you deserve."

"only."

"Your Highness, you know that the Emperor and several important officials in the court are very afraid of the Right Wise King of the Turkic people. This time, they even issued a death order to surround and kill the Right Wise King. For this purpose, they did not hesitate to mobilize 200,000 troops and also transferred 30,000 Flying Tigers from Dingxiang."

"Lead by Yuchi Gong, we must keep the Right Wise King in Liaodong."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan snorted coldly, "Of course I know this. Moreover, I also know that it was Jie Li who leaked my fabricated identity to the Tang Dynasty in order to remove obstacles for the Crown Prince Shi Luodie, hoping to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

"Why, didn't Changsun Wuji tell you the reason behind this?"

When Hou Junji heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then he realized that Changsun Wuji did not tell him the whole truth.

Hou Junji's face darkened. "Zhangsun Wuji did not tell me that the Right Wise King was Li Jiancheng's eldest son. He only said that the Right Wise King was powerful and posed a greater threat to the Central Plains than the aging Jie Li and the useless Shi Luodie. We must eliminate this potential scourge of the Right Wise King."

"I think neither the Emperor nor Zhangsun Wuji knows the true identity of Your Highness, otherwise this would not have happened."

At this point, Hou Junji said excitedly: "Now it's all right, the Right Wise King is actually His Highness, so this is all a misunderstanding. Your Highness, please come with me to meet Lord Changsun and Lord Tang. They will be very happy to know the truth."

Li Yan's face was solemn as he slowly shook his head: "No, father-in-law, I can't go back now."

"how?"

Hou Junji immediately stood up and said urgently: "Your Highness, do you know that the position of crown prince is vacant and the country is unstable? I don't know how many people are plotting against you. The King of Shu and the King of Wei are jumping up and down, and they want to replace you every day."

"The Emperor and the Empress also miss Your Highness very much."

"Also, do you know that Haitang gave birth to a prince for you? He is five years old this year, but he has never seen his father since he was born. Don't you want to go back and see your child?"

Seeing Hou Junji's anxious face, Li Yan said slowly: "Father-in-law, please calm down. If I go back now, I will be dead. Not only will I lose my position as the crown prince, but I may also be killed."

"How can this be?"

Hou Junji was in disbelief. He couldn't understand the logic behind this. He didn't understand why Li Yan would give up his position as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and stay outside?
"Father-in-law, after hearing what you said about the situation in Chang'an, I know that I can't go back in a short time." Li Yan looked worried. Without waiting for Hou Junji to ask, he explained, "According to what you said, I have the original Eastern Palace faction in the court, Ashina Yun's group of servants in Mobei, and officials from the grassland faction in the court. They all stand on the side of the Eastern Palace."

"In addition, you are the Right Guard General who commands half of the Imperial Guards, and there is also Zhangsun Wuji who is the Right Prime Minister, Fang Xuanling who is inclined towards the Eastern Palace, and the support of my mother."

"If I return to Chang'an, I will have the strength to launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident again."

"Father-in-law, there can't be two tigers on one mountain, and Chang'an City can't accommodate two real dragons. Father is the emperor first, and then the father. Facing such a powerful force of the Eastern Palace, if you were your father, what would you choose?"

As Li Yan described, Hou Junji was also shocked. He originally thought that the Eastern Palace was torn apart and the people were divided because of the lack of a crown prince. But now it seems that the power of the Eastern Palace is not only strong, but has reached the point of threatening the imperial power.

It is because the prince is not here that the group cannot form a whole.

But if the prince returns to the capital safely, these scattered forces will instantly be re-condensed because of this core, and their power will be so huge that they can almost catch up with the emperor. In this case, can Li Shimin still sit on the throne safely?

Li Shimin would inevitably greatly weaken the power of the Eastern Palace faction and strengthen other princes to serve as a check and balance.

And would the crown prince, who holds great power in Mobei and has experienced many battles, be willing to return to the position of crown prince who was timid and had no real power?

If the prince was unwilling, there would inevitably be a fierce conflict between him and the emperor. When two tigers fight, one will be injured. As Li Shimin's trusted minister and the prince's father-in-law, he would be caught in the middle, and it would be difficult to decide who to help and who not to help.

When he thought about how serious this was, Hou Junji slowly calmed down, and he looked embarrassed.

Seeing that Hou Junji had figured it out, Li Yan said, "Father is currently carrying out internal reforms, and we must not be distracted. The grassland outside is not stable either. Jie Li is constantly expanding, and the Fu Bi He Li and Yi Nan in Mobei are ready to make a move."

"With internal and external troubles, if I add another difficulty to him, I'm afraid the Tang Dynasty will face a catastrophe."

"Actually, when I came to Liaodong this time, I wanted to return to the Tang Dynasty. After learning about the real situation in the Tang Dynasty and what you just said, I know that the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, under the difficult management of my father, has maintained a delicate balance and has adapted to the situation without me."

Li Yan had an awkward expression on his face: "I also want to go back, but my crabapple blossoms are still waiting for me like a husband-waiting stone. If I go back now, it will definitely disrupt his deployment, and it may even be completely out of control."

"Father-in-law, can we afford the consequences?"

After saying this, Li Yan had a look of grief and annoyance on his face, as if he was extremely unwilling but had to stay out of it.

"What should I do?"

Hou Junji was good at fighting, but he was not very familiar with the political situation in the court. Although he didn't understand it very well, he knew that what Li Yan said made sense, and he was at a loss for a moment: "You are the prince, you can't never go back, right?"

"Of course I have to go back. I am the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future emperor. That is my power, as well as my responsibility and obligation."

Li Yan patted his chest passionately, and then said calmly: "It's just that the timing is not right now, and my father is in his prime now, with all the power in his hands, and he really doesn't need a successor yet."

"In the past five years, it can be seen from the fact that my father has not appointed a new crown prince that he does not want to share his power with others."

"In that case, I won't go back yet."

"As long as I don't show up, no matter how powerful the Eastern Palace is, Father will not be afraid. From a certain perspective, the Eastern Palace without the crown prince is actually Father's own power. And I am not without any role in the Turks. This time, I used the Turkish troops to help the Tang Dynasty take over the Three Kingdoms of Korea without bloodshed. Isn't that my role?"

Hou Junji was immediately surprised: "Your Highness, are you saying that this agreement between Jie Li and the Tang Dynasty was led by your Highness behind the scenes?"

"Of course. Originally, Jie Li wanted to attack the Shibi tribe this time, but I convinced Jie Li by supporting Shiluo Die to inherit the Khan's throne, so he turned south."

Li Yan showed a smug look: "Why else do you think Jie Li would be so kind, and give the land and city to the Tang Dynasty even though he lost his own men in the war. The Tang Dynasty solved a problem that the former Sui Dynasty could not solve without spending a single soldier?"

"Do you really think Jie Li is a fool?"

Hou Junji took a deep breath and murmured, "No wonder I said that there were many unreasonable aspects in Jie Li's invasion of the south. No wonder Zhang Sun Wuji said that it seemed as if the heavens were helping the Tang Dynasty. It turned out that it was Your Highness who was in charge of it."

"If that's the case, everything can be explained."

(End of this chapter)