Xue Wanshu knew that there would be endless troubles when he said this, but he had to tell the truth. Emperor Taizong left a way for his family to survive, and Xue Wanshu could not do ungrateful things. At the same time, Xue Wanshu had reservations about the Emperor Li Kuan.
The words spoken without evidence are like the splashed water cannot be recovered, let alone Li Kuan will not bypass him, even the current emperor will hate him deeply. After all, the relationship between their father and son is like sailing against the current.
Xue Wanshu was taken away by the imperial guards and sent to the Dali Temple Prison for temporary detention. He will be exiled in Jiaozhou tomorrow to make atonement for what he has done.
The restless Li Shimin walked out of the Ganlu Hall. As for the memorials on the desk, he ignored them. He was accompanied by Duke Wu to the northeast corner of Taiji Palace. There is a small building next to Sanqing Hall. There are three buildings in this building. Floor.
Looking up, the plaque reads "Lingyan Pavilion" in three large characters, and under the plaque there is the inscription "Chu Suiliang" in lower case. Emperor Taizong Li Shimin looked up for a moment, ordered everyone to wait outside, and walked in alone.
The Lingyan Pavilion was proposed by Li Shimin in the early February of the 17th year of Zhenguan, and ordered Yan Liben to stand in the pavilion based on the paintings of the ministers who followed him on the battlefield and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. The portraits are in proportion to the real person, and they are as lifelike as life. Real people.
At this time, the first two floors of Lingyan Pavilion were empty, without any portraits. Because the paintings on the first floor are the other heroes, the second layer is the ministers of the princes, and the last floor is the minister of the Zaifu, who is the famous twenty-four heroes.
When Lingyan Pavilion was completed, the portraits of the twenty-four heroes were also drawn. Li Shimin only came to appreciate it when he was upset and missed the years. As he grew older, Li Shimin's heart became more and more benevolent, and he was no longer the previous ninety-five supreme who was decisive and decisive.
Since the first two floors were vacant, Li Shimin went directly to the top floor. In this order, there are twenty-four people including Zhao Guogong eldest Sun Wuji, Hejian county king Li Xiaogong, and even the portrait of Chen Guogong and Hou Junji.
Each portrait faces the north, and when Li Shimin comes, it is like greeting the emperor respectfully. Some of the twenty-four portraits of heroes are no longer there, such as Yu Guogong Liu Zhenghui, Tan Guogong Zhang Gongjin, Hu Guogong Qin Qiong and others.
Li Shimin glanced around and walked to the portrait of Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling, looking at the compliment written in his own handwriting below: "Able to have both words, thoughts and thoughts." Now it is more like a kind of irony, his eyes look again. To Zheng Guogong Wei Zheng and Lai Guogong Du Ruhui and others, he sighed in a sense of loss, as if there was an unspeakable depression in his heart.
"Your Majesty!" The familiar voice remembered in Li Shimin's ears, pulling his thoughts back, turning around and looking at the slowly coming Empress Longsun, reluctantly squeezing a smile, and whispered: "Queen, why are you here? ?"
"The concubines missed your Majesty, so I went to the Ganlu Hall to invite your majesty to sit in the Hall of the Concubines!"
Empress Changsun certainly wouldn’t tell the truth. She was invited by Duke Wu and didn’t ask what happened. But Empress Changsun had already come when she spoke. Standing behind Li Shimin, she looked at Li Shimin’s loneliness and loneliness. Back, her face was filled with unresolved sorrow, her heart twitched fiercely, and then she whispered.
"The queen is right, I was so busy these days that I almost ignored the queen!"
Seeing a bit of resentment in Empress Changsun’s tone, Li Shimin laughed dumbly. Her previous irritability gradually improved a lot. Empress Changsun gave a strange look. Upon closer inspection, she could still see the bitterness behind her smile, and asked softly: "The emperor. What's bothering me?"
"Ugh!"
The distraught Li Shimin sighed a long sigh. The couple had known their roots for more than 20 years. Empress Li Shimin waited for Li Shimin’s answer. She did not continue to ask questions. It was not that she was unwilling but knew that Li Shimin would tell her. .
After sighing, the melancholy Li Shimin said bitterly: "Perhaps the tragedy of the year will happen again!"
"What does your Majesty mean by this?"
Empress Changsun’s heart burst and she was shocked. What Li Shimin fears most is siblings. This is how he came here, but he is not only a son today, but also a father. Naturally, he doesn’t want to see the tragedy on him. Happens to children.
"I underestimated him!" Li Shimin felt resentment, hatred, and a bit of helplessness, and smiled bitterly: "Perhaps his intention was to let me taste the pain of the past!"
Empress Changsun said in surprise: "Emperor Gaozu?"
Li Shimin did not admit or deny, and continued: "Now even I can't see through him. I don't know what he is hiding in his hands. If it weren't for them to push too hard, maybe he didn't even use any means. Will take this path, just like me back then."
"Now it's too late for me to regret, but I am forced to choose in desperation. The environment he is now out of is just like me back then. He is also excluded and framed by others, but he takes advantage of the trend and gives without a trace. The fatal blow is indeed better than blue."
Empress Changsun was completely stupid, and she was taken aback for a moment: "It's about King Chu?"
Li Shimin nodded and admitted for the first time, and said with a complicated expression: "Queen, do you know what happened in the battle of Xue Yantuo?"
Empress Changsun ignores and will not interfere in the affairs of the state, so she shook her head and said, "Is there anything else going on in it?"
"This battle is a full victory for Datang. Xue Yantuo no longer exists!" Li Shimin stopped suddenly and said with difficulty: "I almost lost him too. He was trapped and almost died in the Xiongnu River. He followed him. Except for Qin Shandao, none of the soldiers in the past survived, and I didn't know the specific process until not long ago."
"Who dares to be so daring to undermine the current prince?" Empress Changsun was also furious. She was completely angry and knew the danger at that time even if she didn't participate in the government. Li Kuanneng's return was completely a fluke, or he suffered a lot. The price was only exchanged.
"Does the queen think that those people deserve to die too?" Li Shimin asked suddenly, and the empress Changsun said without hesitation: "Of course he deserves to die!"
Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and said with difficulty, "What if the participants have bluebirds?"
Suddenly, Empress Changsun opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She didn't believe that her son Li Tai would actually be involved. Li Shimin didn't tell her the truth, because the person involved in this incident was more than Li Tai, but he couldn't continue to say it. If we continue to talk about it, she is afraid that the grandson empress will not be able to withstand such a heavy blow.
From the beginning to the end, Li Kuan believed that Li Shimin did not know the specific circumstances of the battle on the Xiongnu River. In fact, when the king of Wu Li Ke asked to leave the capital, he had told him all about it. Afterwards, Li Shimin asked Li Daozong alone. Li Daozong saw that the matter had been explained, so he simply included what he knew explain clearly.
Li Shimin learned that what happened was like being held down by a large mountain in his heart, and his breathing was a little unsmooth. Although he knew some but not all, when he knew that the shock in his heart would be unbearable for him, he realized the seriousness of the problem Beyond his control, I know that his children are still following the example of his father on the road of fratricide. (End of this chapter)