On the mat in front of the window, two father and son sat opposite each other.
His Majesty Li Er frowned, looked at the prince in front of him, and asked: "Are you saying that you want to cancel the ban on child slaves for your father, and even allow him to open a palace and enter the Shangshu Province?"
The prince's eyebrows were honest, he nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
His Majesty Li Er pondered deeply and did not speak for a while.
He was a little unsure of the prince's thoughts. Now everyone in the government and the public knew that once the King of Jin regained his freedom, he would immediately become the most powerful contender for the throne. The prince's status was precarious and crumbling. Logically speaking, shouldn't the prince at this moment be
Is it because he is in panic all day long, trying every means to prevent the lifting of the ban on confinement, and locking Prince Jin in the palace?
Now it is actually doing the opposite...
"Tell me what you really think."
Unable to understand, His Majesty Li Er simply asked bluntly. This eldest son had always been obedient in front of him, and even he would not dare to make up lies to deceive him.
Li Chengqian was very calm and said slowly: "My son is not stupid and knows nothing about my father's thoughts. It's just that the young slave is my brother. How can I do it just because I am afraid that he will compete with me for the heirloom?"
Do you have the heart to let him be imprisoned in the palace for the rest of his life and never see the light of day? The father should know the temperament of his son, and he cannot do such a cruel thing."
When he said these words, his eyes were clear and his expression was calm, without any trace of panic.
Although the meeting with his father was planned by several team members, in fact the direction and purpose were in line with Li Chengqian's temperament. He cared about the brotherhood and could not bear to have his child slave imprisoned at a young age and spend his whole life like a caged bird.
Not seeing the light of day.
His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard, said oh, and nodded, indicating that he recognized Li Chengqian's words.
He knows his son better than his father. He is very clear about his son's temperament. He is indeed not a cruel person, let alone facing his brothers who share the same mother.
After thinking about it, he asked again: "Even so, aren't you worried that the child slaves will threaten your position as the crown prince? Or, in other words, you don't take the crown prince's position to heart?"
Li Chengqian's heart tightened, knowing that this was the most important moment, enough for his father to make a choice in his heart. He did not dare to be careless at all. He took a breath, met His Majesty Li Er's eyes, and said in a deep voice: "When my son is eight years old,
He was canonized as a prince by his father, and invited famous ministers and scholars to the East Palace to teach his sons the art of dealing with others and the king's decision-making skills. The sons and ministers studied tirelessly all the time with the consciousness of the heir to the empire, just to one day inherit his father's throne.
The emperor's ambitions have made our Tang Empire prosperous forever, making the country that the father built with his own hands even more beautiful and prosperous. When my son enters the Ancestral Temple in the future, he will be able to kneel down in front of his father without any shame and say,
"My child has lived up to his trust and fulfilled his mission!"
Having said this, Li Chengqian stood up, lifted up his robe, knelt in front of His Majesty Li Er, paused his head on the ground, and said loudly: "For more than ten years, I have regarded myself as a prince every day, and I have demanded myself as a prince all the time.
If you dare to slack off, how can you not care about the position of the crown prince? It's just that this country was won by the father. Whoever the father wants to leave this country to, as a son, he will accept the order cautiously and dare not complain or be dissatisfied at all.
Today, my father has the intention of making a fool of himself. It is because my father has not done well enough, which makes my father feel that it is difficult for him to inherit your family business. The fault lies with him. Therefore, I sincerely ask my father to forgive me.
If he is guilty, he will be allowed to enter the central government to handle the government affairs. I will put everything I have learned over the years into practice and present it to my father. Whether I can or cannot be done will be decided by my father. No matter what the outcome, I will never complain.
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These words were impassioned and full of momentum, and the echoes lingered in the hall.
His Majesty Li Er was a little stunned, as if he no longer recognized the person in front of him... Is this the same prince who only knew how to be obedient, but was actually extremely weak?
Ever since he was a child, this kid has never dared to speak like this in front of me!
Are you brave enough to eat a leopard today?
After calming down his mind, His Majesty Li Er thought about it carefully and finally understood the prince's trick...
There was some displeasure on his face, and he snorted and said: "These words were taught to you by Fang Jun's stick, right? Mother! You are good at not learning, but you insist on following that bastard's trick of confusing people! Give it to me
Tell me, did that fellow Fang Jun teach you that as long as the King of Jin enters the Shangshu Province and participates in government affairs, you will privately hinder him and make him continue to make mistakes, and then I will naturally be disappointed with him, you, the prince.
Is your position considered to be completely saved?"
After all, His Majesty Li Er is a wise and powerful man. Apart from having difficulty accepting the change in Li Chengqian's personality and having some doubts at the beginning, when he calmed down, he immediately saw through what tricks Li Chengqian was playing.
Li Chengqian was suddenly sweating profusely and feeling extremely stressed...
Fortunately, he had predicted that such tricks would be seen through by his father, so he mustered up the courage at this moment, paused, and said loudly: "Father, you have made me a prince, and I am the crown prince of the country.
, but have you suffered from such overt and covert attacks in recent years? In the court, one person is inferior to thousands of people. With such a status, it is inevitable to face those who are fighting openly and secretly. Only if you can overcome all obstacles and move forward indomitably can you be considered qualified.
The crown prince of the country, otherwise even if he has the love of his father and the emperor, he will be fettered by people's calculations and trapped in interest disputes, what good will it do to the country?"
This is the bright charter.
If you say I can’t do it, I won’t accept it; if you say I can do it, I won’t be angry!
Who is good and who is not? Let's take it out for a while. You are the emperor and you have the final say to whom the country will be given. But if I win, you can depose me as the crown prince, but you can no longer say that I am not good!
His Majesty Li Er was a little stunned, and the expression on his face was wonderful.
Hey!
How many years have passed, how could this obedient son dare to argue so hard in front of him?
After enduring it, His Majesty Li Er still couldn't hold it back. A smile appeared on his lips, but then quickly disappeared...
This was the first time that he felt the prince's energy, which made his father very happy.
How can the leader of a country only know how to be gentle, thrifty, kind and benevolent? As the prince said just now, when you are in the court, you will inevitably get involved in interests, and face conspiracies and intrigues every day.
Not enough, let alone the emperor!
Of those ministers in the court, who could stand out among hundreds of millions of common people and become one of the most powerful figures in the world, was it for nothing? These people have already honed their intrigues to perfection on the road to promotion. If not,
How can one be the master of the world and the nine-five supreme being with self-confidence, no spirit, and no tit-for-tat tactics?
Once suppressed by the ministers, he can only be a puppet...
This has always been what His Majesty Li Er has been most dissatisfied with the Crown Prince about. As a prince, he has no strong temper at all. How can he control the personal spirits in the court? He doesn't want the country he has worked so hard to win to end up in ruins.
In the hands of a submissive and weak son.
Today I finally got to see the prince's temper. He was obviously very dissatisfied with his tendency to store things easily from time to time, and he had deep grudges.
Well, that's good.
His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard, with a calm expression on his face, and said casually: "What are you kneeling for? You and I, father and son, should work together as one. This routine of kneeling back and forth all day long is really the most useless thing.
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"Here!"
Li Chengqian got up from the ground, not daring to wipe the sweat off his forehead. His legs were a little weak, but he managed to calmly return to His Majesty Li Er and sit down obediently.
His Majesty Li Er looked kindly and said: "Don't blame my father. My father is not dissatisfied with you, but that as the prince, you have to perform better. Not only can my father be able to control this country with peace of mind,
As well as entrusting the entire Li Tang royal family to you, you must make the civil servants and military generals above the court sincerely convinced by you, otherwise the hearts of the people will be unstable and disaster is not far away!"
This is indeed what I say from the bottom of my heart.
He has always been a strong person, and his requirements for his heirs are naturally very strict, let alone the prince who will inherit the throne of emperor in the future? He is not dissatisfied with the prince, but he has too high requirements for the prince.
But since he is the prince who will inherit the throne in the future, how can he not have high requirements for him?
Li Chengqian said hurriedly: "My son has never complained at all! My father gave me my life, and I gave you these fine clothes and food. I can't repay you with the grass and rings. How dare I complain about my father? Nine years of Wude.
At that time, you were forced to have no choice but to lead the entire Tiance Mansion to fight back against the Xuanwu Sect. At that time, the Queen Mother was holding her children, Li Zhi, and a group of brothers in the palace of Qin Prince. Xue Wanche led his troops to kill
When you arrived at the gate of the mansion, you threatened to kill everyone in the mansion. You were so frightened that Qingque and the third brother cried loudly. We all thought that we were going to die. When you returned victorious and appeared in the mansion covered in blood, your sons and ministers will
You are regarded as an unparalleled hero, because I understand how bad the situation is that you came back to win! Without my father, I would not be able to come to this world, let alone live now! So even if my father lets me die
, I have absolutely no complaints and obey my orders happily..."