[Rebirth] Anecdote of Li Tang

When Li Shimin called out Fang Xuanling's name when drafting the imperial edict for the third time, the shrewd and capable emperor became angry.He threw down the pen in his hand, and went to Xu's palace to find comfort with his stomach full of anger.

Xu's palace is like her people, standing in a secluded place.Li Shimin walked all the way, looking at the deep scenery, his depressed mood calmed down a lot.

He didn't disturb anyone, but quietly walked into the inner room.For a moment, Li Shimin was in a daze.The woman in the room was kneeling with her back to him, she looked very much like a person in terms of dress and posture.

A person who has passed away.

Li Shimin couldn't help but said: "Guanyin maidservant..."

The woman turned around in astonishment when she heard the voice.At that moment, Li Shimin realized that it was Xu, not the old man in his memory.

Looking back on the past, it is inevitable to be melancholy, but the beautiful woman looked at me with pitiful eyes, and Li Shimin could only force himself to smile: "Perhaps you have something magical and special here, I always come to you without knowing it It's..."

Mrs. Xu gave Li Shimin a gentle smile and let Li Shimin take his seat.Li Shimin saw the teacup and tea in front of him, and asked with great interest, "Is this making tea?"

Xu replied: "Exactly. Your Majesty, try it. Does the tea cooked by my concubine still suit your taste?"

Li Shimin took the tea bowl, tasted it briefly, his hands trembled, and almost knocked the tea bowl down.When he put down the tea bowl and looked at Mrs. Xu again, his gaze was a bit unkind.

Mrs. Xu was taken aback for a moment, and after a while, she cautiously asked: "Your Majesty... what's the matter? Is it not to your taste?"

Li Shimin kept staring at her, trying to see something from that confused expression.

But unfortunately, Xu does seem to be ignorant.

It is not so much that the tea she cooks is not suitable for the taste, it is better to say that her craftsmanship is in the hands of Li Shimin.It is really a miracle that there is a woman in this world who can make tea with the same taste as Changsun's.

Li Shimin looked at the demure Xu, and felt that she was his compensation from God.Every time he looked at her, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of his wife who had left him.

By coincidence, Changsun's breathless voice occupied Li Shimin's mind before he died.

"I pray to Your Majesty, to ensure the safety and joy of Qian's life..."

Peace...joy...

Li Shimin closed his eyes and unconsciously clenched his fists.

This is the first time Li Shimin walked into the gate of the East Palace after the Dongchuang incident.All the palace people in the East Palace knew that something had happened in the palace, and each of them subconsciously held their breath and focused on their work, and walked lightly.

Li Shimin walked into Li Chengqian's bedroom lightly, and as soon as he entered, he was attracted by something in the hall.

It was a painting spread out on the table case. Li Chengqian had already fallen asleep lying on the table case. Only that painting stimulated Li Shimin's eyeballs.

There is a tower standing on the screen, and there is a man on the tower, looking at the scenery in the distance against the wind.Li Shimin watched, tears slipped down unexpectedly and wet the paper.

He recognized the scene the man was looking at intently, which was the tomb of Empress Changsun——Zhaoling.

Needless to say, the lonely man standing on the tower is Li Shimin himself.

Li Shimin brushed the picture with trembling hands. He didn't know when Li Chengqian saw such a fragile self, and what kind of mood he recorded this picture.

Li Shimin's actions woke up the young man who had been sleeping lightly.Li Chengqian rubbed his eyes, and when he saw the person coming, he couldn't help but wondered: "Father...how did you come..."

Only now did Li Shimin see Li Chengqian's red eyes clearly.

"Crying?" Li Shimin asked, but didn't want an answer.

Li Chengqian silently lowered his head and did not answer.From the beginning to the end, he did not argue for himself.He clearly knew that as long as he said that the story was false and someone else was spreading rumors, Xin and Fang's family would be exonerated, and he could also get rid of this passive suffering, but he didn't say a word.

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly felt that he had really doted on Li Chengqian so much all this time, that he had spoiled him so innocently.He thought that as long as he gritted his teeth and competed with himself, he would let go and agree to their ridiculous things. Who gave him the courage!

But in the next second, Li Chengqian suddenly raised his eyes, and Li Shimin was stabbed by the pain in those eyes.The aloof emperor felt short of breath for a moment, and he urgently needed to say something to divert his attention.

"Why did you draw this picture?" Li Shimin asked a somewhat abrupt question.

Li Chengqian's eyes moved down slowly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips. Instead of answering Li Shimin's question directly, he asked instead: "Father, do you really want to know?"

Seeing Li Shimin frown, Li Chengqian said: "I just feel that my situation is very similar to the man on the tower. I am yearning for a small farmhouse and a long stream of water, but now I can only meet my lover in my dream... ..”

Li Shimin trembled all over, and looked at Li Chengqian in disbelief.

Without any warning, Li Chengqian knelt down in front of Li Shimin, but his eyes were blank and he didn't know where to look: "My son can go to the father and cry loudly and hysterically, and he can also try his best to plead for Fang Yi. In the past, my son might have done this, but since that day when he saw his father gazing at Zhaoling from the tower, his son suddenly understood that as a king, he has too many things to do..."

Li Chengqian spoke word by word, with a distressing vibrato.Li Shimin didn't know why, but he didn't want to interrupt.

Li Chengqian continued: "Later, Wei Zheng was the first to discover the secret of his father, and warned his father that Mingjun should not be burdened by his children's private affairs. The king of a country always looks at the queen's tomb from that tower. How is it proper... .. Father ordered people to tear down that tower..."

When Li Chengqian said the word "tear down", Li Shimin's body trembled suddenly, almost unable to stand up.

"Father, my son is trying very hard to make himself forget about the relationship between his son and his daughter. The son wants to follow his father as a role model, but his heart hurts so much that I can't do it. My son loves Fang Yizhi just like the father loves his mother. ..." When Li Chengqian said this, he was already sobbing.His snot and tears were rubbing against the hem of Li Shimin's clothes. Both father and son were in a state of disarray and had no image at all.

Li Shimin's heart was shaken, he suddenly remembered Changsun's last wish.

Peace and joy?

Is Li Chengqian happy?Obviously not!

Is Li Chengqian happy?No!

Li Shimin suddenly felt it was ridiculous, he really wanted to tell Li Chengqian that the father is not worthy of being such a role model, because the father did not even fulfill your mother's last wish.

It is said that when a person gets old, no matter how hard his heart is, it will become soft.Li Shimin felt that he was really old. He always thought of the days when the eldest grandson was still there.

Wen Neng raised the pen to calm the world, Wu Neng immediately settled the world, but when he finally looked back, he realized that what he had been chasing for a long time was just a smile from that person's heart.

Li Shimin's heart, which was originally wrapped in solid ice, melted into a puddle of water at that moment.He forcefully lifted Li Chengqian up, and raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face.

"Stupid boy, is he that good? Is it really worth your persistence?" Li Shimin couldn't say any more heartless words at this moment.The son he has always loved, just like this, made Li Shimin feel helpless, but at the same time, he felt a little bit of a taste.

Like an ordinary old father, Li Shimin had a lot of thoughts, and he had already made up his mind that Fang Yi had to pass five hurdles and kill six generals in order to gain his approval.

Li Chengqian wanted to say something, but he stopped him by raising his hand.

In the depths of the dungeon, Yi Xin sat in a cell full of rats and ants, but her mood was surprisingly calm.

The past with Li Chengqian turned into scenes, flashing like a revolving lantern in his mind.He never regretted reliving and loving again, but he was a little regretful that he still couldn't formally say goodbye to Li Chengqian in the end.

He hoped that in this life, his status as a prime minister could bring him a decent white silk, at least not leaving behind a mutilated corpse and a bloody face.

Otherwise, how sad Li Chengqian would be, and whether those who were left behind in the mortal world would be awakened by the nightmare when he dreamed back at midnight.The thoughts in Xin Xin's mind jumped out of the complicated, but suddenly he heard a sound from outside the fence.

Come so fast!

Xinxin opened her eyes in surprise, but first saw a touch of yellow, which was the color used by the Queen.

Yi Xin shuddered all over, her gaze touched the cheek of the visitor, and a trace of astonishment finally appeared on her indifferent face.

With shackles on his hands and feet, the young man with limited mobility is quite considerate.He knelt down on both knees, in the posture of bowing to the high hall, but there was no groom beside him.

Li Shimin found that he still couldn't look directly at Fang Yizhi's face calmly.So he said angrily: "If it weren't for you, Chengqian would have a beautiful and dignified queen, and intelligent heirs..."

"The minister is guilty..." Cheng Xin didn't argue.When Li Shimin talked to him, he always felt powerless as if his fist hit the cotton.

"Of course you are guilty, your crime is unpardonable, you deserve death..." Li Shimin was in a panic and cursed.

Xinxin endured it silently, enduring Li Shimin's repeated pacing by his side.

"Let's go..." He heard Li Shimin say: "Leave the capital with all the money... and never come back... As long as you are willing to let Chengqian go, what do you want? Give you all."

Satisfied but did not move, and finally waited until Li Shimin finished speaking, he smiled miserably: "What is the use of my money? Now I only have this life left. If His Majesty wants my life, I have nothing to say. If you survive, let me save this life to make amends."

Li Shimin seemed a little unbelievable, and asked again: "Aren't you leaving?"

"Go? Where are you going? Where is the crown prince, I will be there. Whether it is a handyman in the palace, or a pile of loess in the flower bed of the East Palace, I will never leave His Highness..."