Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

As a group of prime ministers followed Li Shimin out of the Taiji Hall, the remaining civil and military officials instantly showed expressions of confusion on their faces.

After Li Chengqian, Li Jing and others left one after another, these ministers gathered in groups of three or four and inquired about the news from each other.

"Is there something big happening again?"

"Why did His Majesty summon all the ministers to the Liangyi Palace to discuss matters?"

"Mr. Gao, you are from the Secretariat and serve His Majesty on a daily basis. Do you know what happened?"

"Zhao Jieshizhong, has the Ministry of Personnel had any important memorials to review recently?"

"Cui Zuosi Langzhong, has your Shangshu Province made any major moves recently?"

Zhongshu Sheren Gao Ji Fu, Jieshi Zhong Zhao Hongzhi, Zuosi Langzhong Cui Yixuan were surrounded by this group of officials, and various problems occurred one after another.

The reason why these officials are so concerned is not just out of curiosity, but more because they want to know whether these major events will implicate themselves.

Gao Ji Fu, Zhao Hong Zhi and doctor Cui Yi Xuan also shook their heads in confusion.

The officials could not get any useful information from these three people, so they turned to ask other people.

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Inside the Liangyi Hall.

Different from the lively atmosphere in Taiji Hall, Liangyi Hall was extremely quiet at this moment. Apart from the heavy breathing, there was no other noise.

A long letter was being circulated among the ministers.

Du He looked at the memorial written by Li Tai and found that this little fat boy was really talented. His writing was elegant and his handwriting was beautiful.

But the content of the performance is somewhat laughable.

The fat boy Li Tai actually said that Princess Yan Wande was immoral, scheming and causing unrest in the Prince Wei's mansion, and was not a good match for him, the Prince Wei.

The Yin family has a daughter, Yin Yushan, who is generous, well-educated, virtuous, and elegant. She is his perfect match.

Li Tai begged Li Shimin to let him make Yin Yushan the princess and Yan Wan the concubine instead.

About half a quarter of an hour passed.

The letter was already in the hands of a group of ministers and had been circulated among them.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "My dear ministers, the king of Wei's changing his queen is a family affair of the royal family, but the queen of Wei, Yan Wan, is virtuous and virtuous, and is the perfect match I have chosen for the king of Wei."

"Now the King of Wei has accused Yan Wan of bad behavior and wants to make Yin Yushan the princess. I really can't make up my mind."

"Those involved are confused, but those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly. I am the person involved, so I would like to ask you, my dear ministers, to give me some opinions and suggestions!"

After hearing what Li Shimin said, these important officials looked at each other, and many of them lowered their heads as if thinking.

They could hear that His Majesty did not want to reject his beloved son's proposal out of hand, so as not to hurt his son's feelings.

At the same time, he didn't want to disappoint Yan Lide and Yan Liben. After all, they were the ones who followed Li Shimin to build the empire a long time ago.

Now, His Majesty has called these people here to make them the bad guys.

A moment of silence.

Chu Suiliang, the Minister of Rites, was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, the King of Wei's decision to change his queen is well-founded and will not affect the stability of the court. I think the King of Wei's wish can be fulfilled."

"After all, the King of Wei is now in his fiefdom. If the princess does not stick with the King of Wei, it will be difficult to manage the palace well."

Chu Suiliang's words touched Li Shimin's heart.

He would not think about the problem from Yan Wan's perspective. He only thought about his precious son and whether his life was good or not.

After all, in the current Tang Dynasty, the status of women is not high.

Most women from wealthy families would be used for marriage alliances by their families and as tools to safeguard the family's interests.

The reason why Li Shimin asked Li Tai to make Yan Wan his queen was to thank the Yan family for their strong support.

Immediately afterwards, the attendant Liu Li also clasped his fists and said to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I also think this is not a big deal. It is in accordance with etiquette that the King of Wei wants to change the Queen."

"And according to what King Wei wrote in the memorial, Yan Wan is narrow-minded and indeed unfit to be the princess."

"I think Your Majesty can agree to the King of Wei's request."

For Liu Li, Yan Wan's role as a princess is far more important than Yin Yushan's.

Because Yan Wan's family was quite powerful and could be of great help to King Wei, while Yin Yushan was the daughter of a death row prisoner and could not be of any help to King Wei at all.

In this way, the King of Wei's deterrent power over the prince was greatly reduced, which also helped to stabilize the Tang Dynasty.

It has to be said that the thinking of these ministers is not as simple as it seems.

Immediately afterwards, five people including Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Hou Junji, Zhang Shigui and Gao Shilian also expressed their opinions.

The five of them shared the same opinion as Chu Suiliang and Liu Li, and they all agreed with Li Tai's decision to change the queen.

In their eyes, it was nothing for a favored prince who was serving in a remote fiefdom to be a little willful occasionally.

Just when Li Shimin was about to make a decision, Xiao Yu, with a serious expression, suddenly spoke in a deep voice.

"I think it's not possible!"

Hearing that Xiao Yu expressed a different opinion, Li Shimin and a group of ministers who supported him all focused their attention on him.

Even Du He, who had remained silent, had a hint of curiosity on his face.

Du He originally thought that Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang would dissuade Li Shimin from allowing Li Tai to change the princess so willfully in order to preserve the reputation of the royal family.

Unexpectedly, it was the unexpected person, Xiao Yu, who raised objections.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Xiao Aiqing, tell me what you think!"

Xiao Yu said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, how can we listen to the words of the King of Wei and depose the Queen of Wei?"

"What if the King of Wei's memorial was all fabricated to deceive Your Majesty and the court officials?"

"I think we should send someone to Xiangzhou to find out the final truth before taking any action!"

Hey!

When the prime ministers in the hall heard Xiao Yu questioning the King of Wei, they all showed surprised expressions on their faces.

As expected of Xiao Yu, a stubborn person, he actually spoke so frankly that he completely revealed the fig leaf.

Everyone noticed that Li Shimin's face had become gloomy at some point.

Li Shimin asked in a deep voice: "My dear Xiao, do you suspect that the King of Wei is lying?"

Xiao Yu responded directly: "Your Majesty, I am questioning whether the King of Wei is lying!"

this...

Now, not only the old ministers, but even Du He was impressed by Xiao Yu's stubborn courage.

No wonder Xiao Yu was able to be appointed as prime minister six times and dismissed six times. Just based on his suicidal attitude, only Li Shimin could tolerate his bad temper.

"call!"

Li Shimin took a long breath, comforted himself in his heart, and then spoke calmly.

"My dear Xiao, the King of Wei is well-behaved and sensible, and has a straightforward personality. How could he deceive me with such a thing?"

"You're worrying too much!"

Most ministers would not continue to speak stubbornly after seeing Li Shimin take the initiative to give way.

However, Xiao Yu, who could not tolerate any sand in his eyes, did not go down the stairs, but continued to stick to his principles and spoke.

"Your Majesty, I cannot agree with what you said!"