"Sage, the prince stationing troops in the East Palace may not be just for evil intentions!"
An old man in purple robes clasped his hands and said very sincerely.
"Nowadays, the Turks often move south. The prince is recruiting new troops to resist the Turks, so he borrowed Turks from Luo Yi who are familiar with the Turks' fighting methods. It is probably also for training needs..."
"Yeah?"
His Majesty Li Yuan, with a radiant face, sat behind the desk, leaning on the cushions, holding the dragon's blood cup with his hands while supporting his aching waist, drinking Sanle juice with his head lowered, and speaking in a non-yinful tone.
Not Yang.
"What you are saying, Qing Feng, is that the prince's move is not only blameless, but actually meritorious, right?"
"No, no, no..."
Feng Deyi quickly waved his hands to Li Yuan, indicating that he didn't mean it that way.
"No matter what the prince's intentions are, he must have made a mistake by secretly ambushing troops in the East Palace. But how big of a mistake is this? Do you think, saint, that you just want to reprimand the prince and let him correct himself? Or do you think, saint, that you have been very disappointed with the prince and decided to appoint another prince?
?”
Feng Deyi secretly glanced at His Majesty Li Yuan's face, thought about it secretly, and decisively released his winning hand.
"I think that if you, the saint, have no intention of replacing the prince, you can just give him a light punishment. Otherwise, if the prince is imprisoned for a long time and his prestige is gone, he will inevitably attract people to covet him. Sui Yin can learn from this matter."
, please ask the sage to observe clearly!"
"hehe……"
Li Yuan put down the dragon blood cup in his hand and smiled at Feng Deyi.
"Feng Qing is a mature and prudent person. It is indeed a sign of seeking the country. I understand. Is there anything else about the Qing family?"
Feng Deyi opened his mouth again, wanting to tell the story about the King of Qin's inner circle among Changlin's soldiers, but after the words rolled around his mouth twice, he swallowed them down decisively.
He cupped his hands into fists and bowed tremblingly.
"Old minister, I have nothing to say!"
"Well……"
Li Yuan lowered his head, picked up the dragon blood cup again, tapped his waist with his hand, and waved his hand.
"If nothing is wrong, Feng Qing, just step back!"
By the time Feng Deyi left the Zhaode Hall with a smile on his face, it was almost noon, and the sun was shining slantingly from the sky. He squinted his eyes, and a heroic face appeared in his eyes.
"Your Highness King Qin, what are you..."
"It's Qing Feng..."
After seeing Feng Deyi, Li Shimin carefully placed the earthen jar he was holding on the ground next to him, then stood up and raised his hand to salute Feng Deyi.
"When Gu and Aye went to Qingwei to build an aerial courtyard for Yuanzu before, Aye tasted a dish called Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, which was very good, so during this period Gu copied it himself, and finally he was able to imitate it eight or nine times.
It looked similar, so I brought it here while it was still hot and wanted Aye to taste it."
"Oops..."
When Feng Deyi heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately expressed admiration and raised his hands in praise.
"The King of Qin even cooked for the saint himself. How benevolent and filial he is!"
"where……"
Li Shimin waved his hand modestly and then asked.
"Qing Feng asked Aye today. Is it because of Dalang's affairs?"
"good!"
Feng Deyi looked left and right, then lowered his head and spoke to Li Shimin cautiously.
"Just now I wanted to persuade the saint to reestablish the crown prince, but as soon as I started, I felt that the saint seemed to be very unhappy. It seems that the saint had been thinking about it all night, and now he has suspected that King Qin is behind this matter..."
"This matter is driven by a single person..."
Li Shimin waved his hand very boldly.
"I don't know about Da Lang's recruitment of Chang Lin soldiers. He did it himself when he went to Ping Liu Heitai in Hebei to recruit people from Luo Yi. What does it have to do with Gu? We can't say that Da Lang did it."
If something is wrong, my younger brother will not be able to say anything about it!"
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Feng Deyi, who was still twitching his beard and smiling, instantly felt a chill in his heart.
I don’t know about Dalang’s recruitment of Changlin soldiers...
etc!
Since you don’t know, how did you get in?
So you didn’t actually arrange any internal affairs, so what you said before was just to test me? Because as long as I leak this matter to the saint, the saint will definitely investigate the affairs of Chang Lin Bing’s internal affairs...
At this moment, Feng Deyi silently pressed his hand on his heart.
Fortunately, I was more alert and was not fooled!
The two exchanged some pleasantries and separated from each other. Feng Deyi continued to walk towards the outer court tremblingly as before, while Li Shimin looked at his movements steadily, then leaned over and continued to pick him up.
I picked up the earthen jar filled with two layers of velvet for thermal insulation and continued walking towards Zhaode Hall.
As soon as he entered the Zhaode Hall, Li Shimin handed the earthen jar to the servants on the side and asked them to try it first, and then bowed down in front of Li Yuan with a cordial expression.
"Aye worked so hard that my son went to the kitchen and stewed a pot of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall when Qingwei was in Yunzhong City. He came to invite Aye to taste it."
"oh!"
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan raised his head in surprise and looked at his good son.
"It's hard for Erlang to think of Aye. Where is the thing?"
Upon hearing Li Yuan's inquiry, Li Shimin quickly explained.
"It has been handed over to the chamberlain for inspection..."
Li Yuan immediately shook his head, laughed, and waved his hand.
"They are really too careful. Could it be that my Qilin'er would harm his own father?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the cases on the other side.
"Erlang, sit down and talk!"
"yes!"
Li Shimin respectfully agreed, then walked behind the desk, lifted his robe, and knelt down to sit down.
Not long after, after tasting and testing with silver needles, the jar of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall that Li Shimin brought in was placed in a small bowl and brought in.
"Come, let me see Erlang's craftsmanship."
Li Yuan picked up the spoon with a smile, scooped up a spoonful of Buddha Jumping over the Wall and put it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and a surprised smile suddenly broke out on his face.
"It's very good. It's exactly the same as what I had in Qingwei. Erlang is really interested!"
"If Aye likes it, that would be the best!"
Li Shimin also had an admiring smile on his face and said to Li Yuan.
"My child's work has not been in vain..."
"very good……"
Li Yuan nodded and continued to eat the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall sent by Li Shimin. While Li Shimin was smiling and watching Li Yuan eat, the hand placed under the counters on the other hand moved under the table of the counters.
Soon, his fingertips came across a long, hard object stuck in the corner of the desk.
Click!
After an inaudible sound, Li Shimin took off the thing and put it into his sleeve.
The "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" sent by Li Shimin was indeed very similar to the original version. Li Yuan had a huge appetite and actually ate two bowls in one go before he put down the spoon in his hand without finishing.
"My Qilin'er is indeed capable of both civil and military skills. He can even do such small things as a cook so well."
"Aye praised me!"
Li Shimin raised his hand and bowed in thanks with a flattered look on his face.
"My child just saw Aye working hard every day, so he worked hard."
"All right……"
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes in relief.
"Erlang, besides sending Buddha to jump over the wall, do you have anything else to do today? Taking advantage of my good mood today, no matter what you say, Erlang, I will allow you, how about that?"
After hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Shimin suddenly felt his heart jump, and he almost spoke directly.
"Okay, then Aye, just follow what we agreed back then and make me the prince!"
But Li Erfeng was Li Erfeng after all. After his heart beat for a while, he still forced himself to calm down and touched the hard thing he had just put into his sleeve with his hand, and calmed down.
"Thank you Aye, but after thinking about it, I don't seem to have anything else to do now. I came to the palace today just to give Aye a Buddha Jumping Over the Wall. Why don't you keep this condition for me first!"
"Really? Erlang, you came to the palace this time just to deliver food. You have no other meaning? Haha..."
Li Yuan raised his head and said meaningfully to Li Shimin.
"It seems that I really wronged you before! But as the saying goes, things have changed, so there is no reason to keep the conditions. If you miss it, you just missed it. You can go down!"
"yes!"
Although Li Shimin didn't understand what Li Yuan meant, he still stood up seriously and bowed to Li Yuan before retreating.
Watching Li Shimin leave, Li Yuan picked up the dragon's blood cup and took another sip of Sanle pulp. Then he bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the table.
"Erlang still understands the general situation, unlike the third child, huh!"
After snorting, Li Yuan slightly raised his voice and said to the chamberlain standing aside.
"Preach my will and bring Pei Ji to see me!"
"yes!"
When Li Shimin walked out of the Zhaode Hall, left the Inner Imperial City as before, and arrived at his carriage outside Changle Gate, Fang Xuanling and others who had been waiting outside immediately swarmed over to greet him.
"Your Majesty, how is it?"
Li Shimin looked left and right, and nodded imperceptibly.
"Bring it back, no one should notice it!"
"call……"
After hearing his words, Fang Xuanling and others immediately let out a sigh of relief. Then the group followed Li Shimin and got into his carriage. Because the space inside was not too big, it was a bit crowded.
.
Then, Li Shimin took out the thing he just took out from Zhaode Hall from his sleeve.
It was a gray pen that looked like something from a thousand years later...
"Come, let's use this artifact given by our distant ancestors to listen to what the people who met with Aye alone today think about Dalang's affairs, and what Aye himself thinks.