Chapter 0371 The hard-working Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong
Li Shimin's people didn't move because of Li Shimin, which is understandable.
The military ministers under Li Jiancheng only had three or two kittens. Even if they moved, it would be difficult to achieve much. Therefore, it is understandable that Li Jiancheng's people did not move.
However, the number of military ministers under Li Yuan is not small, and some of them are 'brothers' who started the business together with Li Yuan and have been together for many years.
None of them moved, which is intriguing.
"Lord, Lord, they are probably entangled in some trivial matter."
Pei Ji was very unconfident in justifying a group of old guys.
Li Yuan smiled coldly, "Do you believe this?"
Before Pei Ji could say anything, Li Yuan sneered again: "I'm afraid they have already gone to my sons' mansion to pay homage to the mountain gate."
Pei Jiqiang swallowed his saliva and did not dare to answer any more words.
Li Yuan's words were like saying, 'I'm not dead yet, and they are eager to find a new home. Who do they think I am?'
Pei Ji really didn't dare to accept this.
Because he is also one of the people looking for a new home.
If he dares to sever ties with the people looking for a new home now, then the people looking for a new home will dare to isolate him.
Although he was deeply favored and trusted by Li Yuan, he did not dare to offend everyone who was looking for a new home and turn himself into a lonely minister.
His writings were not as good as those of Li Gang, Pei Ju, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu and others, and Wu was even less ranked in the Tang Dynasty.
The reason why he was able to hold the position of prime minister was that he was good at dancing and could cater to Li Yuan's wishes.
If he becomes a lonely minister, half of his power will be wasted, and he will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the court.
"Why are not you talking?"
Li Yuan suddenly looked at Pei Ji and asked.
Pei Ji said with a bitter look on his face: "The life or death of His Highness is unknown at the moment, and I have no time to think about anything else."
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly, "Yes, Erlang's life and death are uncertain now. It's really not suitable to think about other things. Let's just pretend that nothing happened.
However, every one of the soldiers guarding the city tonight should be sent to guard the border.
I don’t hope that the next time someone comes to the city, the soldiers guarding the city will still be like this."
Pei Ji nodded without hesitation.
This makes sense.
Even if Li Yuan didn't say anything, he would invite Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu to report the matter later.
The first task of the soldiers guarding the palace city is to guard Li Yuan's safety, and the second is the safety of the palace city.
When Li Yuanji came to the palace, they did nothing, which was dereliction of duty.
That is to say, Li Yuanji came to seek justice for Li Shimin. If he came for other purposes, then the slackness and hesitation of the soldiers on the palace city would most likely be an opportunity that Li Yuanji could take advantage of.
machine.
Although this kind of thing has not happened, we have to guard against it and we have to think deeply about it.
Li Yuan saw Li Yuanji leading his men very arrogantly and killing Quchi in a mighty manner, and he shouted angrily and funny, "There is also this treacherous son, I must not spare him lightly!"
Pei Ji hurriedly bent down and said, "I wonder how the Lord plans to punish His Highness the Fourth?"
Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said viciously: "When the people of the world are no longer in trouble, I will cut off his title, take away his son's title, and let him drink the northwest wind.
By the way, he asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to suspend the salaries of all the people in the six Tongjun Mansion.
I just want to see how he can lead them everywhere to show off their power without salary and all the people under his command are starving to the point of being soft-legged shrimps."
Li Yuan talked for a long time, but still did not touch Li Yuanji's foundation.
Pei Ji also understood that Li Yuan only wanted to make things difficult for Li Yuanji, but did not really want to punish Li Yuanji.
Pei Ji is sure that as long as Li Yuanji admits his mistake and shouts a few words about his fault afterwards, Li Yuan will give Li Yuanji nothing less and even more.
This is Li Yuan. If it were any other emperor, if his son dared to do this, it didn't matter whether he was a concubine or a concubine, his head would have to be hung on the flagpole.
"Send someone to urge Sun Simiao and Cao Jiucheng again."
After persuading Li Yuanji to retreat, Li Yuan's heart turned to Li Shimin again.
Seeing that Li Yuanji was causing a scene at the palace gate, and Sun Simiao and Cao Jiucheng hadn't arrived yet, Li Yuan became even more anxious.
Liu Jun quickly agreed and sent a team of people to urge him.
Li Yuan took Pei Ji and others and hurried back to Chengqing Hall.
Not long after Li Yuanji and Li Yuan left, Qu Tutong and others hurried to the palace gate with sweat pouring from their heads.
I saw that the entrance to the palace was as usual, eerily quiet, no one was around, and everyone had a blank expression on their faces.
"Where are the people?"
Wu Heita asked blankly.
Qu Tutong glared at Wu Heita and said angrily: "Who are you? Do you really want His Highness King Qi to make some noise?"
Wu Heitai opened his mouth. He didn't know how to refute, and he didn't dare to refute.
Although Qu Tutong is not as valued by Li Shimin as before, he is still the second in command of Tiance Mansion.
In the absence of Li Shimin, the entire Tiance Mansion would be headed by him.
When Qu Tutong criticized him, it was like a superior quarreling with a subordinate, and he did not dare to speak back.
"Hehe, I actually think it would be good if His Highness Prince Qi could make some noise."
Cheng Yaojin suddenly grinned.
Qu Tutong glared at Cheng Yaojin again and asked: "What's better? Your Highness's life and death are unknown now. Your Highness, King Qi, has really made some noise. What can you and I do?"
The smile on Cheng Yaojin's face froze instantly.
If Li Yuanji really made some noise, they would be unable to do anything but rush to Tai Chi Palace with Bu Qu to escort him.
Without Li Shimin to support them from the front, they would not have much say or autonomy in the face of things like Li Yuanji leading troops to attack the palace city.
In this type of thing, those who act arbitrarily or recklessly can easily be characterized as having ulterior motives afterwards.
So Qu Tutong was right, if Li Yuanji really made a fuss, there would be nothing they could do.
"Let's wait until we are free to discuss these things. Let's talk about what we should do now, shall we?"
Li Junxian is more concerned about some substantive issues.
For example, they are standing stupidly in front of the palace gate now, which is really unsightly.
After a long time, others thought they were up to no good.
Qu Tutong frowned and said: "Find a place to sit down and wait. Wait until Xuan Ling and the auxiliary machine invite Mr. Sun and Mr. Cao back before making a decision."
Everyone nodded in unison, immediately left the palace gate, and found a room to stay in the nearby Fangshi. After roughly driving Fang Zheng out, they occupied the room.
Not long after, a horse rushed to the palace gate.
Qu Tutong and others all stretched out their heads to take a look.
Niu Jinda's sharp eyes saw clearly the outline of the person's face through the moonlight, and he immediately said: "It's Princess Pingyang."
Li Junxian also saw it clearly and sighed: "I think it was because I was worried about His Highness that I came all the way to Chang'an City."
Zhang Gongjin hesitated and said: "Should we go out and meet?"
Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes at Zhang Gongjin, "How did you meet? What did you say when you met? We don't know what your highness's situation is now."
Zhang Gongjin looked embarrassed.
While several people were talking, Li Xiuning had already started shouting at the palace wall with a look of grief and anger, "Open the door for me!"
The soldiers on the palace wall, after much hesitation, hurriedly got off the palace wall and opened the palace door to Li Xiuning.
Li Xiuning rode his horse and rushed into the palace gate like a gust of wind.
Seeing this, Qu Tutong and others all withdrew their gazes.
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Quchi.
After Li Yuanji led the crowd to surround Quchi, he soon discovered Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong who had been "imprisoned" by Li Jiancheng.
The two people were 'imprisoned' on the second floor of Sanshui Palace, looking very panicked.
"This is what you are doing?"
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong trembling in panic, not knowing what to say.
"Quick, find us some clothes!"
"How is the situation of Shimin?"
When Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong saw Li Yuanji, they were like seeing a savior. In their excitement, one asked for clothes and the other asked about Li Shimin's situation.
Li Yuanji ordered people to go to the first floor and pull out some clothes from the people left by Li Jiancheng, and handed them to Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong.
After the two of them put on their clothes, they stopped shivering.
Li Xiaogong asked again, "How is Shimin's mood?"
Li Yuanji said truthfully: "The person who sent me the message said that he is alive and dead."
Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong's faces instantly turned pale.
Li Shentong wailed: "What do you guess next time, can you tell me clearly? Can you tell me clearly?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shentong and was speechless.
How to tell the story about things recorded in history books?
Besides, you, Li Shentong, are not honest or sincere enough to me, so why should I be frank and sincere to you?
"Yuanji, the saint didn't anger us because of this, did he?"
Li Xiaogong asked with trembling lips.
He was more concerned about whether Li Yuan blamed them for this.
Li Yuanji slowly shook his head, "That's not true. At least so far, I haven't heard that my father mentioned you."
Li Xiaogong breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Shentong still has a sad face.
Li Yuanji asked angrily: "Speaking of which, why are you two here? And you were locked up. If Kan Leng hadn't found someone guarding the wooden ladder when he was inspecting this place, I wouldn't have done it.
I know there are people on the second floor."
Li Xiaogong said with a bitter face: "It's hard to explain in one sentence."
Li Shentong had already begun to lament his experience.
After Li Yuanji listened to Li Shentong's story, he stared in astonishment.
Although he had long known the purpose of Li Jiancheng inviting Li Shimin to the banquet, he had also long known the consequences.
But after listening to Li Shentong's story, he still couldn't believe it.
He originally thought that Li Jiancheng's use of beauty to seduce Li Shimin was just a pretense.
I didn’t expect Li Jiancheng to actually do this.
It really made Zheng Guanyin personally perform a dance for Li Shimin, and it was still the kind of naked body.
What's more important is that Li Jiancheng actually brought a group of confidants to watch together.
Does Li Jiancheng love the country more than beauty, or is his heart too big?
Or maybe it's just a joke?
That was Zheng Guanyin, the Crown Princess, currently one of the most noble women in the Tang Dynasty.
How dare Li Jiancheng let her go out in person to entertain people with sex?