Chapter 625 What is the Emperor

The night was surprisingly quiet and walked along the flat brick road. The two of them were still walking slowly at about two meters. After a brief conversation, there seemed to be no topic. Perhaps Li Yuan had a lot to say, so the servants who accompanied him followed him far away. But Li Xian's previous cold and hard tone made him lose the interest in talking, and his face became even colder and colder.

Li Xian couldn't see his face, but he could guess that the face of the old man with all white hair walking in front must be beautiful and couldn't see anywhere. Looking at the slow-moving back in front, the corner of Li Xian's mouth rose slightly. He looked at the Tai Chi Palace in the night lights with interest, and suddenly found that the palace city at night seemed particularly lonely. After thinking for a while, he realized what was going on. Because of the emptiness, there was no trace of fireworks in the palace city, and it seemed even more deserted at night.

When the patrolling guards passed by, they saluted the emperor, and then curiously glanced at the young man following the emperor. They knew that this was the King of Yan and how important the King of Yan was to the Tang Dynasty. The Yan Yun army added 40 counties and thousands of miles of territory to the empire. In terms of this contribution, none of the civil and military officials in the court could match it. Even the King of Qin, who had great military achievements, seemed to be worse than that.

Stay in the palace city. It seems that only this King of Yan has enjoyed this glory since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The King of Qin, King of Qi, and other illegitimate children of the emperor, have not been staying in the palace city since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. This huge palace city seems to belong to the emperor forever, but today it is a case of failure.

Li Yuan walked in front, and Li Xian followed slowly behind. He was not an idiot, so he naturally knew who Li Yuan was going to take him to meet. Li Xian was also a little curious about that woman. I heard that he had often lost his mind since the New Year and was confused and could not recognize who the people around him were. I don’t know what obsession this woman still has in her heart, but she had to live for so long.

When Li Xian thought of seeing that woman, he was completely in a good mood to see the scenery. He sighed softly and his eyes were taken back from the magnificent buildings.

When he was about to reach Chengtian Gate, Li Yuan stopped again and waited for Li Xian.

"Are you sighing just now?"

He asked.

Li Xian nodded and answered a word: "Yes"

"Why sigh?"

"This palace is too big, so it looks a bit desolate."

"desolate?"

Li Yuan frowned slightly. This was the first time he heard someone use desolation to describe the palace city of the Tang Dynasty. This imperial palace can be said to be the largest building in the world today. There are more than 600 guards, more than 1,200 palace maids and eunuchs. If the number of imperial guards in this palace every day is more than 4,000, he actually said that this imperial palace is too desolate!

"It's quiet at night, and it's inevitable that you will feel a little deserted for the first time you enter the palace."

He made corrections, it was deserted, not desolate.

Li Xian shook his head without saying anything, but he said in his heart that he had watched many palace dramas in his previous life. There is no mysterious place for me in this palace. It means that the house is bigger and the yard is bigger. The desolate meaning in this palace is naturally not something you can feel as an emperor.

"Tell me, you escort Princess Pingyang back to Chang'an, why don't you follow her into the palace to see me?"

Li Yuan asked while standing on the stone bridge.

Li Xian thought about it and replied seriously: "It's not the time."

"oh?"

Although the answer was still very simple, Li Yuan's face eased a lot. He seemed to be very satisfied with the four words "Not the Time", so he nodded and shook his head: "If I hadn't noticed it, Shimin would have been able to break through the Xuanwu Gate that day. If that were the case, how could I stand here and talk to you calmly? Haven't you ever thought that it might be the only ones in your hands that might have saved me at that time?"

"Thinking"

"Why don't you come?"

“Because it’s not necessary.”

Li Xian said in a plain tone: "There are so many ifs in this world. If they all exist in the feelings after the things have passed. Maybe it is regret, maybe it is happiness, maybe it is remembrance, maybe it is remembrance, no matter how many things happen, there is no meaning. The reason why there are ifs is because people who say something are unwilling to be dissatisfied."

This is the most words that Li Xian said today, which undoubtedly aroused Li Yuan's interest.

"Something."

Li Yuan picked up the corner of his mouth, looked back at Li Xian and asked, "Why are you so confident in me?"

Li Xian said calmly: "Because you are the emperor."

That's the reason, that's the whole reason?

Li Yuan was slightly surprised and then understood the meaning, so his mood that had just calmed down became colder again. In any case, because you are the emperor, there is no meaning of kindness and praise in the six words "You are the emperor". Because he is the emperor, he does not allow others to steal his rights. No one is allowed, and whoever robs him will destroy anyone. Even if he knew Li Shimin's plan in advance, he still did not point it out in advance, but used this matter to erase all the unstable factors in the court.

In any case, if you don’t have a cold and hard heart, you will not have the intention to take the opportunity to eliminate some hidden dangers when your son is rebelling.

"Are you mocking me?"

Li Yuan asked in a cold voice.

"Not irony."

Li Xian looked at the auspicious beasts on the eaves of the palace buildings and was a little tragic, and was silent for a while and said, "It's fear."

But he smiled in his heart, and he said this to you must like to hear it very much, right?

...

...

No matter how cold and strong he acted, he was still weak in front of me, his father. When he heard the words "fear" and Li Yuan had such thoughts in his mind. He understood the meaning of the words "fear" and knew why he was afraid.

"Is this why you have been reluctant to come back to me?"

He asked.

"I am a person who is afraid of death. I have been afraid of death since I was a child. When I grew up, I found that it was not easy to live for these years, so I was even more afraid of death."

Li Xian's answer seems to be somewhat incorrect.

Li Yuan was slightly stunned, and his face calmed down again: "I know that you experienced too much suffering and torture when you were young, from Chang'an to Jiangnan, from Jiangnan to Hebei, from Hebei to western Liaoning, from western Liaoning to northern Seychelles... You can survive in such an environment, fight for the achievements you have today... It's very good, I... I'm very pleased. I occasionally think about you and I can't help but wonder, would it be better if I had the experience of you?"

He slowed down and said, "I don't know, but I can understand the hard work."

He looked at Li Xianji and said seriously: "Since I can understand your hard work, how can I treat you? You know, I have always hoped you will come back since I found you. But I can't tell you too clearly. Changsun Wuji went to see you three times before and after, and you should be able to understand my feelings. So you don't need to be afraid of anything. If I treat you like an outsider, why should I wait patiently for you? Although the Tang Dynasty was established, it is still not something that can control my thoughts by the wild gangsters."

This is arrogant and conceited, but the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty seems to have the confidence.

Li Xian felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this, but he did not refute: "Only I know what I want. From the beginning of my ability to walk, I know what I want... Living is more important than anything else. So no matter what means, small means, big means, bright, dark, or even dirty and shameless means, as long as I can ensure that I can survive, I will hold it tightly in my hands. Only when I hold it in my hands so that I no longer worry about whether I can live, can I sleep more peacefully."

Li Yuan looked at him and thought for a while and said, "Your things are yours, and I will not take them away. But you should also know... I can trust you. The ministers in the court who do not know your identity may not trust you. You have many methods in your hands. If you can use these methods to make some contributions to the Tang Dynasty, no matter how loud the ministers speak loudly, I will have something to block their mouths."

"for example?"

Li Xian asked two words disrespectfully.

"Dongdu is a bit too special. If you can let go, just let it go... I sent Li Daozong over there. It is not difficult to take down Dongdu and destroy Wang Shichong. You should know that if Dongdu falls into your hands, the court officials will feel a little uneasy. What they will say, I think you can guess... I can protect you, but you must be more cautious."

"You mean to let me hit Dou Jiande?"

"I said you're not a fool."

Li Yuan looked at Tiankong and said helplessly: "Before I established the Tang Dynasty, I never thought that the emperor would be so hard. Your business was originally a family matter, but since I became an emperor, I would have no family matters. Everything is fine, all of them are state affairs... If only Dou Jiande has not been settled today, Luo Yi has too few soldiers, and Zhuo County needs land, so his men and horses cannot leave easily. If Dou Jiande can be wiped out, he can become a group with Zhuo County and even Liaoxi, and the Tang Dynasty is the real Tang Dynasty. If you wiped out Dou Jiande and remove this last obstacle for the Tang Dynasty to unify the world, who dares to underestimate this contribution?"

He took his eyes back from the sky and looked at Li Xian and said, "With this credit, if you leave what you have in your hands, those ministers will have nothing to say, and I have an excuse to help you."

Li Xian sighed in his heart, thinking that Li Yuan was indeed shameless. You wanted to use me as a knife to hit Dou Jiande, but found a lot of reasons, but it sounded like I was thinking about me. Do you really think I would believe you, and after you destroy Dou Jiande, you will keep everything for me? There is no strong enemy outside, and the knife will be sheathed. If Dou Jiande is really going to Chang'an City next time, I am afraid I will never think of this city again.

Li Yuan's mood improved a lot, so he talked more: "You should know that I was in charge of grain in western Liaoning. Yang Guang threw a million troops into Goguryeo three times but failed. The Yang family's world was in chaos, but instead let Goguryeo take the opportunity to fight the Liaoshui River. The Liaoshui River line was lost, and Yuyang and other counties were in danger. If the civil strife in the Central Plains cannot be ended as soon as possible, the entire western Liaoshui will fall into the hands of the Goguryeo people in two or three years."

"Although I have many people around me now, and there are many people who are good at using troops than you, my attitude towards you and towards them is naturally different. If I can leave this matter to you, I will not leave it to others. When you pacify Hebei and destroy Dou Jiande, I will also personally conquer Goguryeo, and I will take you as the pioneer at that time... You have left a great reputation in Liaodong. Do you want to defend the thousands of miles of territory for me?"

He actually made such a promise that as long as Goguryeo is destroyed, Li Xian will lead his army to lead Liaodong!

Li Xian wanted to laugh in his heart. Looking at Li Yuan's solemn expression, he always felt that he had been born in the wrong era. If Li Yuan was born in modern times, he would definitely not have to do anything to win the Oscars.

"I am indeed too strict with my children on weekdays, but you are different... I know that I still owe you a lot, so I can give you more if I can. But I don't give you what I want... Don't even think about it. Your identity is still like this for the time being, and I hope you can understand."

He looked at Li Xian and said word by word: "I have twenty-three sons, but now I still allow you to command the soldiers. If your identity becomes clear, I have to take back your military power. This is not what you want to see, nor is it what I want to see... Lead the troops well, and don't be afraid of anything with me support you."

Li Xian looked at the amiable face and suddenly realized that his understanding of the emperor was still too shallow and simple. Seeing Li Yuan, he understood why the emperor was called the emperor... because he was not a human being.

"how?"

Li Yuan asked.

“Sounds beautiful”

Li Xian responded in contemplatively.

Li Yuan said huh, and then felt relieved, but he didn't understand why his answer was not very good, but beautiful?
Chapter completed!