Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

Empress Zhangsun's silence caused Li Tai's forehead to twitch slightly.

Tang Jian and Li Tai kept a distance of at least ten meters, cautiously glancing at the carriage that could be used as cover.

Only then did they open the imperial edict.

"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."

"Since my ascension to the throne, I have been diligent day and night, with the well-being of the people and the peace of the nation in mind. Now, due to the busy affairs of state, I need to go to the frontier to quell the rebellion and secure the country. However, the country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and the government cannot be without a leader for a day. After careful consideration, I have decided to appoint my beloved son, Prince Li Tai of Wei, to temporarily oversee the country on my behalf."

"Li Tai, my eldest son, is a man of both talent and virtue, skilled in both literature and martial arts, and renowned for his wisdom. From a young age, he was intelligent and studious, widely read, and deeply knowledgeable in the art of governance. Inheriting the virtues of his elder brother, he is proficient in both literature and martial arts. Furthermore, he has been instrumental in the reforms of Luoyang..."

"Oh, Your Highness, I haven't finished reading yet, you..."

Li Tai turned around and charged towards his mount without hesitation.

Hearing the exclamations of Tang Jian and the others behind him.

He turned around and let out a loud curse.

"Screw the regent! Let Li Shimin go play with firecrackers!"

"Everyone, follow me back to Luoyang immediately!"

He skillfully turned his horse around and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, several figures suddenly rushed in from all directions, each one clad in fine steel armor and even wearing masks.

With his whip in hand, they instantly grabbed him and his horse, holding them firmly in their grasp.

"Your Highness, I have offended you!"

"Yuchi Baoqi! You son of a bitch! Let me go!!"

"Your Highness, even if you kill me today, I cannot let you go! His Majesty has already issued the decree, and the people have already fled. If you leave, Chang'an will truly be leaderless!"

"What does this have to do with me! Tang Jian! Duan Lun! Ma Zhou! You actually plotted against me!"

Li Tai struggled angrily, but despite his daily practice of martial arts and his nightly medicinal baths, he was now powerless to reverse the situation.

In no time at all, Yuchi Baoqi led the Imperial Guards to the scene.

It was sent to the palace.

"Hey......"

Ganlu Temple.

Looking at her second son, she saw that he had even become indifferent to her, his mother.

Without even giving her a chance to persuade her, Empress Zhangsun simply turned her back to her, and sighed.

He waved his hand.

A fragrant aroma filled the air as steaming hot food was brought in.

"Qingque, your mother knows you're upset... but you can't go hungry..."

Before Empress Zhangsun could finish speaking, she saw Li Tai turn around and, without even needing the eunuchs and maids to serve him, pick up his bowl and chopsticks and began to eat heartily.

He opened his mouth, but in the end, he just sat silently to the side and watched Li Tai wolf down his food.

Clearly, he was kept in the dark and barely ate anything along the way, his only thought being to kill Li Yuanjing.

Eat and drink enough.

Li Tai saw that his mother was about to speak, but instead raised her hand.

"Your Majesty, please stop talking. Governing the country is the emperor's responsibility. We sons have already shared so much of the burden with him. I would never agree to the task of overseeing the country!"

He pointed to the imperial kitchen dishes on the table.

"Leave the sugar coating behind..."

He then casually tossed the imperial regent's certificate into the wastepaper basket beside him.

"Take it all away with the shell!"

Empress Zhangsun: "..."

When Empress Zhangsun walked out of Ganlu Palace.

Tang Jian, Duan Lun, Ma Zhou, and several other ministers who were still capable in Chang'an and had been waiting at the door for a long time hurriedly came forward.

"Your Majesty, how is it? Has His Highness Prince Wei agreed?"

Empress Zhangsun sighed and shook her head.

“Qingque didn’t even give me a chance to speak… His attitude was very firm, and I could tell that this child really didn’t want to oversee the country.”

Duan Lun and the others exchanged glances.

There's no way he'd want to oversee the country!

"Alas, if this is the case, what should we do? A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. There are so many government affairs to handle in Chang'an every day. Even if we can share the burden, ultimately, a person who makes the decisions is needed..."

"Your Majesty, can't you try to persuade me again?"

Everyone was anxious, and many were already cursing the Zhenguan Emperor, who had supposedly "swimmed into the sea," to the point of being furious.

"Hahahaha! Some dragons are destined to be untamed! Just like me, General Li Shimin!"

"Hahahaha! Xuanling, Keming, do you agree with what I said?"

"Uh huh!!!"

Li Shimin started from Luoyang, traveled along the Luo River, and landed in Yanshi, where he transferred to a horse-drawn carriage.

At this moment, he is dressed as a dashing young swordsman.

He held a precious sword that he had worn when he was still the General of Tian Ce.

Inside the carriage, he was laughing triumphantly, but what he faced were two figures with their mouths gagged with strips of cloth and bound with rope.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glared angrily: "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"

"Xuanling, Xuanling, look at you all, you've been clever for most of your lives, but you've never thought... Cheng Yaojin and those guys are already on their way to war. If I want to personally lead the army, how can I not have someone to assist me?"

"You really think I'd let you retire in Taiyuan? How naive! Hahahaha!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's eyes blazed with fury: "(v) Ugh (|) Ugh (v) Ugh (-)!!"

"You don't need to glare at me so angrily. We have already passed Yanshi. After traveling a bit further, we will turn onto the Yellow River and enter Henan Province to reach Xingyang. My Xuanjia Army is already waiting there with provisions and supplies."

"After that, we just need to take the Bian River and head south, taking a detour, and we'll be able to enter Jiannan Road!"

Li Shimin put his sword aside and picked up a copy of the "Great Tang New Gazette" delivered by the Hundred Cavalry Commandery, which was several days late. He noticed that Fang Xuanling and the other man had puzzled looks in their eyes.

He chuckled softly twice.

"You want to ask what I'm going to Jiannan Circuit for, right?"

"Hmph! The situation in Goguryeo is complicated right now. If I were to lead the Youzhou garrison on a large-scale attack, I would surely be reprimanded by that rebellious Crown Prince."

"We can't go east, and the Tibetans to the west and the Turks to the north have already been taken for granted by that rebellious son. I can only break through from the south!"

Li Shimin reached out and pointed to a small geomantic map hanging in the carriage.

He pointed to the southwestern border of Jiannan Road.

His face was full of a knowing smile.

"Currently, the six Zhao tribes are engaged in open and covert struggles, and Jiannan Circuit has repeatedly reported to me that they are on the verge of a major war. This has given me an opportunity to make some plans..."

He twirled a strand of his beard.

"That rebellious son Li Chengqian can subdue those nomadic tribes like the Turks and Uyghurs. I will subdue the tribes to the south. Hmph, let me sit obediently on the throne in Chang'an... Who do you think you are!"

As he spoke, his expression suddenly turned serious, and he looked solemnly at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in front of him.

"Xuanling, Keming, I need your help."

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, however, were even more enraged: "(v) Ugh (|) Ugh (v) Ugh (-)!!!"

Are you kidding me? !

Are the foreign tribes to the north and to the south the same thing?!

The north is flat and open, and the Tang Dynasty has muskets and iron cavalry; as long as supplies are maintained, they can sweep across the land.

To the south lie either towering mountains or desolate wilderness, with the jungle teeming with miasma and poisonous insects.

What the hell is the difference between this and exile?!

Seeing that the two men remained unchanged, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh.

Suddenly, he patted the carriage behind him.

"Junxian, what do you think about pairing Xuanling and Keming each with a beauty from Jiannan Road? I've heard that the women there are quite feisty. I wonder how their feistiness compares to that of their wives..."

"If they had a son or daughter..."

Li Junxian, who was driving the carriage, immediately looked annoyed.

Why is it that His Majesty the Emperor is always able to break new ground in pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable?

Upon hearing Li Shimin's words, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, seeing that Li Shimin didn't seem to be joking at all, couldn't help but imagine a scene.

My body shuddered.

"Uh huh!!!"

"Are you willing to help me conquer the Six Zhao?" Li Shimin asked with a half-smile.

Fang Xuanling and the other man nodded, tears welling in their eyes, "Mmm!"

"But besides wanting to conquer the Six Zhao, I also covet the Kingdom of Linyi. This place has already imported over a million shi of grain into our Great Tang. Xuanling, can you help me?"

Fang Xuanling and his companion: "..."

This is fucking a death wish – they're just going to let them grow old and die in the south!

Seeing this shameless and despicable emperor, whose eyes were darting around as if he were about to hatch some wicked scheme against them again.

With tears in their eyes, Fang Xuanling and his companion bid farewell to their retirement days, which they believed might only exist in their fantasies for the rest of their lives...

"Hahaha! Look at you two, Xuanling and Keming. I knew long ago that you were loyal to me, especially Keming. You're the most stubborn one who refuses to grow old!"

Du Ruhui: "..."

He gritted his teeth.

Now that things have come to this point, he might as well just give up and go all out.

Li Shimin didn't care about the dignity of a monarch, so what did he care about? Anyway, the other party couldn't possibly kill him.

"Your Majesty is in the prime of life, while I will at most live for another ten or twenty years. What about Your Majesty?"

"I wonder if His Highness the Crown Prince will allow His Majesty to retire in peace?"

Li Shimin: "!!!"

Seeing Li Shimin's drastically changed expression, Fang Xuanling seemed to have instantly grasped some opening for a counterattack.

A smug smile appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty, your good fortune is yet to come!"

Taiyuan Prefecture.

Li Chengqian looked at the urgent report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard in his hand.

He gasped for breath, as if he had a toothache.

Beside her, Qian Yingying shook her head with a wry smile.

"Your Highness, this time, your defeat is not unjust... Who would have thought that His Majesty would go to such lengths to leave Chang'an, without even the Empress and the others knowing?"

Li Chengqian was also helpless.

He could almost picture his younger brother writhing in agony in Chang'an.

.......

"Your Highness! We mustn't bomb them! We really mustn't bomb them! The Taiji Hall and Ganlu Hall are symbols of imperial power. If they are destroyed, the people's hearts will be unsettled!"

"That's exactly what makes it unstable! It's because the country has been peaceful and prosperous for too long. Otherwise, why would your emperor be thinking of fleeing? Nobody stop me, or don't blame me for having explosives in my hands that have no eyes!"

Yuchi Baoqi simply knelt down before this Prince Wei.

He clung tightly to the other person's waist, his heart filled with regret.

why!

Why was it that only the eldest brother, Yuchi Baolin, could go to war with their father?

But I, Yuchi Baoqi, have to stay in Chang'an to deal with all this mess!

"Your Highness, I, Yuchi Baoqi, am begging you! If you blow up the Taiji Palace, we'll all lose our heads! Waaah!"

"Stop crying! Screw your mother's balls! Instead of blocking my way, hurry up and bring your emperor back! Let go! Or don't blame me for blowing you up too!"

Fan Qi ran over to the palace, completely out of breath.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! His Highness Prince Wei, His Highness Prince Wei is going to blow up Taiji Palace!"

Empress Zhangsun: "......"