After the important civil and military officials left, Li Shimin stood up and moved around.
"Where are Cheng Sanlang and King Wu?"
The imperial guard thought of the news he received from the guard at the back gate of Jinyang Palace today, and bowed respectfully to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, they have already left the back door of Jinyang Palace with the Supreme Emperor early this morning. I am afraid they should be at Tangquan."
After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but roll his eyes and uttered angrily.
"...these two boys are so good that they were fooled into becoming a bathing place."
"Let's go, I'll go over and have a look."
"..."
"Your Majesty, can we behave more authentically? We are just playing cards. Is it necessary to have such a strong competitive spirit?"
Cheng Chubi looked at the cards in his hand and earnestly advised the Supreme Emperor, who was wearing a bathrobe and had a dark face.
Li Ke, who was standing next to him with a big belly, also nodded in agreement, but after taking a look at his grandfather's face and then at the gambling money he won, he didn't dare to say anything.
"Hmph, I'm having a hard time with my hand today, so I won't fight anymore. I'll continue with you another day...forget it this last one."
Li Yuan helplessly threw the bad cards in his hand on the small table between the three of them, picked up the wine glass on the side, and took a sip happily.
Then he pulled up the bathrobe on his body and slid into the hot spring pool not far away with his white flesh on his head.
I comfortably got into the hot spring with a temperature of over forty degrees, and let out a groan that sounded like pain and comfort.
"It's not like you can't afford to lose. You even squandered the gambling money of the younger generation, haha..."
Cheng Chubi murmured bitterly in a low voice, and handed the dozen or so Yin Tong Bao he won to Deng Chengxin who was standing aside, asking him to keep them.
This was like the bathrobe on my body, which was also very silky and slipped into the steaming hot spring.
The slightly hot spring is very relaxing.
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After Cheng Chubi and Li Ke arrived at Jinyang Palace, they were completely detained in Jinyang Palace for the first two days and had no freedom.
Fortunately, the back door of Jinyang Palace leads directly into the mountains. There is a hot spring there. The spring water is not big. In the past, it was just used as a scenic spot.
After Cheng Chubi arrived, he thought there was no point in just admiring the hot springs.
Especially since the Emperor is already old, regular bathing in hot springs can prolong his life.
Nowadays, Li Yuan, who is living a very prosperous life and can eat and drink, listened to Cheng Sanlang's words and thought of the comfortable days in Lishan Tangquan Palace in the past.
Naturally, he half-heartedly agreed to Cheng Sanlang's plan, so the hot spring that was originally used for enjoying the scenery has now become the royal hot spring for His Majesty the Emperor.
After Cheng Chubi arrived at Jinyang Palace, he felt as if he and Li Ke had been abandoned by His Majesty.
The main thing is that for the matters that His Majesty is handling, he does not consult himself, a young and talented person with a smooth mouth and a solid work, but discusses plans with those important ministers.
Since there was nothing to do, Cheng Chubi went to the hot springs with the Emperor, on the pretext that he wanted to improve the food for the Emperor and make some special flavors.
Just like after coming out today, Cheng Chubi specially brought over several lotus leaf chickens that had been prepared and marinated to taste.
A pit was dug, and after the lotus leaf chickens that had been wrapped in mud were buried shallowly, a bonfire was set up on top and started to burn. The bonfire was just perfect for roasting some mutton skewers and the like.
As for lotus leaf chickens, they develop silently under the ground. When they are fully mature, they will become very appetizing lotus leaf chickens.
When Li Shimin strolled over and was still some distance away, he smelled an alluring fragrance. He sniffed hard and subconsciously speeded up his pace.
Soon, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty began to happily chew on the tempting lotus leaf chicken, and from time to time he would take a sip of wine.
Cheng Chubi and Li Ke looked at His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty with dark faces.
"My father-in-law, my son-in-law and His Highness the King of Wu are going to follow you, right?"
"How could it not be helpful? My dear son-in-law, you are the order of Luoyang. You know the inside and outside of Luoyang City better than anyone else."
"What's more, after you left quietly, the Luoyang order has been replaced. As for Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, they have also been dismissed from their posts."
"Instead of a talented person from the Zheng family in Xingyang, haha..."
Having said this, Li Shimin smiled, but his smile looked a little gloomy.
Cheng Chubi couldn't help but frown, although he didn't say hello to Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong when he left.
But these two people must be able to hear the rumors that he left Luoyang. They can be regarded as his loyal followers and confidants.
Cheng Chubi was not surprised that they were dismissed from their positions. People from aristocratic families only dismissed them from their posts.
They were not killed directly. It seemed that they did not understand the destructive power of these two traitorous officials.
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"Erlang, have you decided to go back to Luoyang?"
Li Yuan, who was beside him, stroked his long beard and looked at his own son who was so cruel to him that he could even pretend to be like Bai Xi.
I have to admire his decisiveness in acting and not being sloppy at all. In this regard, he is more like his wife Dou, who died of illness long ago.
"Yes, father. Now that the masterminds behind the scenes have emerged one after another, the child cannot continue to stay in Jinyang Palace thousands of miles away."
"But we should see that the place close to Luoyang will also help Hai'er coordinate the overall situation and command the armies to suppress it."
"In the days to come, my father will have to work hard to take charge of the overall situation."
Looking at Feishuang on the temples, although he is still middle-aged, the wrinkles on his forehead and the Sichuan pattern between his eyebrows suggest that he is his own son Li Erlang who is a little deeper than himself.
Li Yuan sighed deeply, slowly and heavily.
"Don't worry, as my father is here, nothing will happen to him."
"Erlang, you really need to take care of your body and bones..."
"Father, don't worry. Don't worry, my child. This time, no matter what, I have to let those aristocratic families understand.
The Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty of my Li family, and it cannot be controlled by the evil men like them using some clandestine means."
Looking at the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who looked haggard but still looked high-spirited, Cheng Chubi nodded in agreement.
Since he ascended the throne, his father-in-law has begun to make arrangements for the family and curb the barbaric development of the family.
Pushing forward further, it is not wrong to say that the Sui Dynasty was brought down by aristocratic families.
But without the Aristocratic Family, Datang would have faced the embarrassing situation of having no one available in the first few years.
Chapter completed!