I have already established my power and prestige, so how did Li Shimin come back to life?

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Hou Junji who was kneeling on the ground.

"Hou Junji, do you think that now that you're here, away from Chang'an, and with your new achievements, no one can control you?"

Li Shimin said in a low voice.

"Want to throw a tantrum and show off in Xianyang City?"

Hou Junji gritted his teeth and responded, "Your Majesty...I don't have any..."

His voice trembled slightly, and he had just carefully thought over all the heroes of the Tang Dynasty in his mind.

But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out who was so important that people outside could treat him with such respect.

Only at this moment did he suddenly realize what was going on, and he thought to himself that it was Li Shimin who was in person, and he was completely unaware of it.

Although he was a bit reckless in his daily life, he was by no means stupid, and his mind was working rapidly.

No wonder those people outside were acting so strangely. It turned out that they were pretending to be ignorant and only kept him in the dark!

He had been full of doubts before, wondering why His Majesty would send all the little princes and princesses in the harem to Xianyang.

The city of Xianyang has no respected elders among the royal family to take good care of it, and it is also prone to rumors among the royal family, which is neither reasonable nor moral.

Now that Li Shimin is here, everything has an answer.

No wonder!

That’s not surprising!

Li Shimin glanced at Hou Junji coldly and said slowly.

"Stand up, I'm not your Majesty anymore, just call me General."

"Thank you... Thank you, Your Majesty... General!"

Hou Junji stood up slowly from the ground as if he had been pardoned.

Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji's appearance and the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

After all, although Hou Junji was sometimes arrogant and unreasonable, he fought for the Tang Dynasty and had made great military achievements. He was an extremely important general under his command.

"Jun Ji, we are the king and his subject. I have never said these words to you before."

Li Shimin's tone became slightly softer, but still serious.

"But I want to tell you today that Xianyang is not like Chang'an. Everything here, no matter what it is, is stricter than in Chang'an."

"You have a hot temper and are arrogant. No matter how you restrain yourself in Chang'an, you must restrain yourself even more here."

"There are far more Jinyiwei here than in Chang'an."

"If you ever commit a crime and are captured by the Jinyiwei in Xianyang, I won't be able to save you even if I lose face. You know Cheng Qian's temper."

Hearing Li Shimin's earnest consolation, Hou Junji felt a warm current surge in his heart, his eyes turned slightly red, and he took Li Shimin's words deeply into his heart.

"General, I am truly ashamed!"

Hou Junji raised his hands to cover his face, as if he was too embarrassed to see Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin patted Hou Junji's shoulder gently and said generously, "We are all brothers."

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the door, and Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde and other old ministers walked in.

Just as Li Shimin was about to speak, he was interrupted by Li Jiming's clear and loud voice.

"Aye, aye, you lied again! You clearly said you were here to retire now! You wouldn't be busy anymore! Why are you doing this again?"

Li Jiming pouted, his face full of unhappiness.

"You said that after you put down your luggage, you would take me and Da Sizi out to play!"

Li Shimin looked at his daughters' coquettish looks and showed a helpless smile on his face. After all, he was the one who promised his two daughters in person.

"Okay, okay, Aye was wrong. I get it. I won't bother with that anymore. I'll take you guys out to play right now!"

Li Shimin turned to look at Li Jing and said, "I'll host you all tonight. Come and have dinner. I'll treat all of you brothers to dinner. Let's have a good time together."

"Now I'm going shopping with my two daughters. Don't cause any trouble in Xianyang."

"I can't explain this to His Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, everyone bowed and saluted, and responded in unison: "Yes, General."