Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 24: Become a king? What a bullshit!

Li Shimin's expression was somewhat confused:

"What did you say?"

"I want to resign, Your Majesty." Li Ming spoke each word with increasing agitation:
"Resign, leave, quit, pack up, I'm going to fire you!"

He didn't care whether the other party could understand him or not, and just threw a string of words at the dragon couch.

Li Shimin's face was as gloomy as water.

Although he only partially understood what was said, his son's attitude spoke for itself.

"What position do you want to resign from?" Li Shimin's voice was low, like an angry lion.

"What position can you, a useless little beast, quit?"

Facing the impending storm, Li Ming smiled easily.

"Of course it's the throne of the prince, your majesty."

Li Shimin's pupils shrank and his body couldn't help but tremble with anger.

"You don't recognize me as your father?"

"No, you're a good man trying to be a good father."

"So you want to die?"

Li Ming shook his head sadly: "No, I want to live.

"It is precisely because I want to live that I cannot continue to be a prince."

Li Shimin's breathing suddenly became heavy.

He himself came to power through a palace coup, so he naturally understood the amount of information contained in this sentence.

"You brothers have gotten to this point? No, this shouldn't be the case." Li Shimin immediately denied this speculation.

"Except for Cheng Qian and Qing Que, what conflicts could there be among the others? Not to mention you?"

The general who always loses and ranks last in the list says he is being suspected? That's enough.

Having come to this point, Li Ming had nothing to hide and just laid it bare:

"What if I say that I dreamed that my brothers and I were killed by your favorite ministers and concubines?"

Li Shimin sneered:
"I'd better ask the imperial physician to prescribe some medicine for you, and then go to Hongfu Temple to chant sutras to exorcise the evil spirits for you."

Li Ming sighed softly.

He didn't expect Li Shimin to believe it, and he wouldn't believe it either if he were in his place.

But this conversation also tested Li Shimin's true attitude:

The Emperor knew everything about the harem and the princes, but that was all.

He doesn't understand or care what his family is thinking or worrying about.

"You just want to tell me that you are going to sever the father-son relationship with me because of a nightmare?" Li Shimin raised the corners of his mouth without a smile.

Li Ming looked up at him and suddenly asked:
"Did you know that Li Ling was crying?"

Li Shimin thought for a second or two before picking out his eldest daughter, who was actually born to his younger brother Li Yuanji, from among his thirty or forty children.

"It's normal for a little girl to cry. Do you have to report this to me?" He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and unconsciously put on the airs of an emperor.

"You brothers and sisters all quarreled with me after receiving the rewards. How did Yang teach you?"

Li Ming was somewhat disappointed:

"Your Majesty, don't you want to know why she is crying?"

"why?"

"Because she's upset."

"Why, is she also vying for the throne?"

"Because His Majesty ordered her to marry a bastard she had never met. It is said that a woman's marriage is like a second life. How can she feel at ease?"

Li Shimin was finally touched.

That night, he repeatedly assured Yang that he would treat her daughters as his own.

As a result, she was given the title of County Princess according to the standards for the prince's children, rather than the title of Princess of the Emperor's daughter.

And the Pei Chonghui she married was indeed... not that good.

Li Ming continued:
"Your Majesty, do you know? My mother is also very uneasy."

Li Shimin turned his eyes away:

"She has nothing to be upset about..."

"Mother cannot leave the harem, the palace is her entire world, and Your Majesty is her heaven.

"How can she feel at ease if your majesty doesn't come to the harem and she never sees the sun?"

"There are always rules in the palace..." Li Shimin muttered in a low voice, not very confident.

Because his queen, Zhangsun, was not subject to the restrictions of Yongxiang, the Lizheng Hall where she and Li Shimin lived was outside the harem, making it convenient for Li Shimin to receive foreign officials.

The difference between inside and outside is obvious.

"Besides..." Li Ming hesitated for a while, but finally said it.

"In the darkness without sunlight, she didn't know if there would be a day, perhaps after a court meeting, when soldiers would suddenly rush into the Lide Hall, kill her son, and banish her daughter to the palace."

Li Shimin trembled all over as if he was bitten by a snake, and his face immediately turned red, like a volcano about to erupt.

Because that was how he treated his younger brother Li Yuanji at that time - he killed all of his brother's five sons, who were also his nephews, and imprisoned his daughter in the palace.

It was not until Li Ming was born that they were released, or rather, transferred to Lide Hall for imprisonment.

This is one of the rare stains in Li Shimin's life.

How dare the rebellious son expose his wounds so blatantly!

Li Ming looked at the furious emperor calmly, curled his lips, and lowered his voice mysteriously:

"Your Majesty, do you know who is the most uneasy in the palace?"

Li Shimin's anger, which was about to be vented, came to an abrupt end.

Under Li Ming's guidance, he finally began to think from his sons' perspective:

"You mean... Cheng Qian?"

Li Ming's tone was full of pity:

"Living in a palace that doesn't feel like home, his closest relatives are either trying to use him or kill him. His heartstrings have long been broken, and he will go crazy sooner or later if this continues.

"Do you want to make your heir a useless person?"

Honestly speaking, Li Ming didn't hate the prince whose body and mind were twisted, he just felt pity for him.

With the mind of an adult, the identity of a marginal prince, and the personality of a naughty child, he had only been in the palace for a few short years, but he was tortured by suspicion.

What’s more, the prince has been at the center of controversy since he was a child.

As the target of public criticism, there are so many powerful forces that want to bring down Li Chengqian.

For example, another legitimate son who has recently been favored by Li Shimin, Prince Wei Li Tai.

If we put ourselves in Li Ming's shoes, if he were in Li Chengqian's position, he would probably become even more perverted.

"What do you want to say?" Li Shimin's voice trembled, and he tried to maintain his dignity:

"Is it my fault that you are afraid of this and that?" "No." Li Ming shook his head, "But it's all because of you.

"Because you are the emperor, and the emperor is a lonely man."

Li Shimin's face turned pale, his pupils lost focus for a moment, and he slumped on the dragon couch like a puppet.

In just a brief moment, his father Li Yuan, who was forced to abdicate by him, his two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who were killed by him, and his ten nephews whom he ordered to be wiped out, appeared in front of his eyes for no reason.

But only for a moment.

His face quickly turned the color of liver, and his anger broke through the threshold of reason, erupting like a tsunami:

"The treacherous son with a bad heart and a dog's heart! The treacherous son!!!"

The roar was like a dragon roaring through the sky, making the eunuchs and palace maids all kneel on the ground and tremble, wishing they had ears. Even the elite guards "Hundred Riders" who had experienced many battles were moved.

The god of war who almost single-handedly unified China and wiped out the Eastern Turks, the wise ruler who created a peaceful world, was actually angered like this by a little kid...

"Your food, clothing, shelter and transportation are all mine, and you still say I am not! You even want to make me a king? Bullshit! If I make you the King of Cao, I will take your surname!"

Li Shimin was so angry that he stood up from the dragon couch, pacing back and forth, pointing his finger at Li Ming.

"I don't want to see you, get out of here! No, wouldn't it be in your best interest if I asked you to get out? Get back to Lide Hall and let your mother give you a good spanking!

"No, don't move. Sit still and I will personally enforce the family rules!"

He rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Li Ming.

Li Ming looked at the king calmly: "Your Majesty..."

"Fuck you! I'm your father!"

Li Shimin stopped pretending.

He must beat this kid up in class today to vent his anger!
Looking at the approaching General Tiance, Li Ming finally began to get scared:

"No, everyone is still watching, and there are daily records..."

"Seeing you, a brat with weak arms, pretending to be awesome makes me angry! Even if I am criticized by future generations for thousands of years, I will still beat you up!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Ah!
Chu Suiliang, the attendant who witnessed the whole incident, was so excited that he could hardly hold his pen.

From then on, there was an additional line of records in the history books written in trembling handwriting:

The emperor was furious (crossed out). He loved his son so much that he cursed and beat Ming.

…………

Li Ming covered his buttocks and was carried back by the old eunuch who was shaking like a sieve.

What did he do? Why did his butt hurt after attending court... The old eunuch couldn't bear to think about it.

Li Shimin sat cross-legged and muttered angrily:
"Unfilial son! Beast... No, you're scolding me too. It would be better to give birth to a lamb leg than him!

"No, I can't be the only one angry!"

He felt unsatisfied and decided to call someone to curse together.

"Call the gatekeeper over here! Yes, the one with the surname Wei!"

Soon, Wei Daijia, the Right Gate Guard General, knelt in front of the palace and trembled.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon couch with an aggressive look on his face, and without any politeness, he started to criticize directly:
"What the hell are you guarding? You can't even guard a little kid!"

Your Majesty's wrath frightened Wei Daijia out of his wits.

He thought that it was because of his negligence that the naughty "that" prince met with an accident.

Just when Wei Daijia was thinking about his last words, Li Shimin spoke:

"If you can't even see a broken door, you'd better quit the army.

"You go to Cao Wangfu for me... Bah, that bullshit Cao Wangfu... You follow that bastard Li Ming closely and act as a signatory or something. Report to me everything that bastard does!"

Wei Daijia was so mad that he lost consciousness:

"I deserve a thousand punishments... eh?"

Li Shimin looked at the boy with disdain:
"If you can't even guard the door, don't even follow closely. Get out!"

Wei Daijia's head was full of question marks and exclamation marks, and he rolled his eyes.

Li Shimin's anger finally subsided a little, but he still felt unsatisfied.

Suddenly I remembered an old friend.

"How could I forget about him? All the troubles during this period were caused by that old guy.

"Someone, come here, Xuanfang Xuanling!"

Fang Xuanling arrived soon and bowed calmly:
"Your Highness, I, Xuanling, pay my respects to your Majesty."

Li Shimin got straight to the point:
"I'll fine you one year's salary."

Fang Xuanling was not surprised that his salary was deducted for no reason.

Most likely it was because he was the one who took the lead in opposing His Majesty in the Hou Junji case.

But as long as it can help His Highness Li Ming to take a step further...

"I fined you because you challenged me on the Hou Junji case. It has nothing to do with your education of Li Ming."

Hmm? Ah? That's not right?
Your Majesty's words made Fang Xuanling feel helpless.

According to the principle that "only what is officially denied is the truth", Your Majesty is blaming himself for not teaching His Highness Li Ming well.

But why?
Your Highness has behaved impeccably during this period and is about to be crowned king. How has he offended His Majesty?

Fang Xuanling asked tentatively:
"Your Majesty, may His Royal Highness Prince Cao..."

"There is no such thing as King Cao!" Li Shimin angrily swore, "If I make that kid King Cao again, I will have the same last name as him!"

Fang Xuanling: ???

Aren’t both of you surnamed Li?

Lao Fang didn't dare to complain.

Something is wrong!

How come in just the blink of an eye, His Highness Li Ming turned a promising future into a bleak one?
Isn't he talented and virtuous?
Did you put all your skill points into committing suicide?

I have just bet the future of my entire family on him!
For the first time in his life, Fang Xuanling doubted his investment vision and left Liangyi Hall in a trance.

…………

"call!"

After beheading two generals in a row, Li Shimin finally felt relieved and was able to think calmly.

He was not really "angry" with Li Ming, he was just simply "annoyed".

This military-born king was the type whose temper came as fast as a tornado.

Plus years of training from well-known trolls like Tang Jian and Wei Zheng.

As long as it does not involve rebellion and does not touch the bottom line, and once his anger has subsided, Li Shimin is actually quite easy to talk to.

He savored Li Ming's heartfelt words and said thoughtfully:
“Father, family…

"Well, it's time to go see 'him'..."

　Thanks to the book friend 20201201211217531 for the reward! The boss is generous! The boss is rich!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)