Chapter 44: I wish I would never live again in the imperial family
Hearing that Li Yuan wanted to punish King Qi, Pei Ji thought for a while and reminded him tactfully: "Your Majesty, King Qin has passed away and the government is unstable. It is not appropriate to start a war at this time. Moreover, King Qi and the prince..."
Pei Ji originally thought that Li Yuan still favored his son and would not punish King Qi. Now seeing that Li Yuan seemed really angry, he quickly tried to persuade him.
The relationship between King Qi and the Crown Prince is well known to everyone. If King Qi is punished, what will the Crown Prince think?
Originally, the death of King Qin left a scar between the saint and the prince. If King Qi was punished this time, would it make the prince suspect that the saint was planning to attack him?
All this is hard to say.
Li Yuan understood Pei Ji's vague reminder. So, he hesitated again.
The best way to describe Li Yuan is to be unhesitating in situations. When he does things, he always seems hesitant at critical moments.
"No matter what, Liu Wenjing must bear the responsibility. He failed to defend Shuozhou and caused the Turks to move south. He cannot escape the blame!"
Hearing this, Pei Ji became consummated.
"Your Majesty said exactly what he said."
If the army is defeated, someone must take the blame. Since the King of Qin is dead, Liu Wenjing must take the blame.
In fact, this is easy to understand. Compared with King Qi, Liu Wenjing is not loved by Li Yuan either personally or in official matters. It is reasonable and reasonable for him to take the blame. More importantly, Li Yuan also wants to use this to suppress the prince.
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He will not allow Liu Wenjing to return to court.
Especially, now that the King of Qin has passed away, we must not let the prince's family dominate.
Previously, Li Yuan was worried that the prince would mutiny, but now that the army for the expedition has been properly arranged, the initiative has returned to Li Yuan, and he does not need to be cautious in doing things.
Chu Palace.
After Li Zhiyun returned, he simply freshened up and went directly to Princess Chu's room to visit his son without having time to rest.
When Mrs. Yang saw her husband's haggard look, she felt both pity and emotion in her heart. She felt sorry for her husband's hard work in keeping vigil, and was moved by her husband to see her as soon as possible after he returned home.
Li Zhiyun hugged his fourth son and looked at his wrinkled little face, feeling happy in his heart. This expedition was full of dangers. He had to defeat foreign enemies and find ways to implement the prince's plan. In his heart,
He spent nearly a year in tangle. During this year, he thought hard about how to defeat Dou Jiande, repel Shibobi, wait for the death of King Qin, support Bingzhou, and force Jieli to retreat. It can be said that his brain cells were dead.
How much do you know?
When I returned to Chang'an, I was worried that the conflict between the prince and Lao Li would break out and start a fight. I really felt like I was mentally and physically exhausted.
Fortunately, the war went well, the plan went well, the aftermath went well, everything went well.
Now that I see my wife giving birth to a son as she wished, I feel quite relieved that all the hardships have been overcome and the future will be smooth.
"Alang, you came back from the expedition and were saddened by King Qin's death. You must have been keeping vigil for several days. It must have been very hard. Go back and rest early. Can you come back to see the child tomorrow?"
She looked at her husband's thin cheeks, whose contours were as sharp as a knife or an axe, and felt pity for him.
"It's okay." Li Zhiyun smiled, the dark circles under his eyes seemed a bit heavy. He hugged his son and looked at the soft and graceful lady, "Madam, you have worked hard."
"I don't have to work hard." Yang stretched out her hand to hold Li Zhiyun's palm and said with a smile: "I got what I wanted, so why bother?"
Li Zhiyun smiled slightly, took his wife's palm and placed it on his son's delicate fleshy hand, and then held their mother and son's hands with his big hand.
The couple looked at each other, full of affection.
"Alang, have you decided on a name for the child?" Princess Chu was a little nervous, because naming the child could reveal her husband's expectations for the child's future.
Except for the eldest son Chengjing, whose name is relatively ordinary, the second son Chengyan and the third son Chenglie all have good names.
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun felt heroic and held the palms of his wife and children with slight force.
"I once heard that there is a saying in "Poetry·Daya·Yunhan": The clouds and Hanzhuo will return to the sky. I also heard that "Chu Ci·Dazhao" has a saying: Youth is thanked, the day is shining, the spring energy is vigorous, and all things are rushing.
Mencius also once said: A wise man uses his enlightenment to make others enlightened. Therefore, Shi Lang is famous for his enlightenment.
"Zhao" means "Ming" and "Xian". "The Book of Songs·Daya·Yu" once said: "Kong Zhao in Haotian can be used as light or Yang!"
"Zhao'er." Yang murmured slightly, and immediately a joyful expression appeared on her face, and she held Li Chengzhao's little hand tightly, "Zhao'er, Zhao'er."
"Wow!"
Xiao Chengzhao opened his eyes and looked at Ye Ye, opened his mouth wide and made a sound. He didn't cry or laugh, and seemed to be able to accept this name.
"Zhao'er, you also like this name, right? I know it, you must like it." Li Zhiyun hugged his son gently, unable to hide the smile on his lips.
The birth of his fourth son seemed to represent the affirmation of his previous efforts.
After teasing Zhao'er for a while, Li Zhiyun was really tired, so he lay down next to his wife and fell asleep.
Yang looked at Zhao'er in her arms and then at her husband beside her, feeling that she was already content with her life.
She once envied Huaiyang and others for giving birth to children. She once waited in panic when Li Zhiyun went on an expedition. She once felt anxious when she heard that the Turks were marching south.
Now, everything is calm.
Her husband returned to her, and she also had Zhaoer.
Some are happy and some are sad.
Mrs. Dou, I am very worried now.
Dou Kang came back, full of regrets, angry at the death of King Qin, and even discouraged.
"Master, what should we do now?" Dou Kang looked at Dou Wei who was lying in bed with a bitter look on his face.
King Qin's death was unclear, Dou's early support and investment were in vain, and now Dou Kang is extremely confused.
The feeling is like watching a tree that you carefully planted suddenly die suddenly. It is indescribable.
Since Dugu Zhen's death, Dou Wei's health has deteriorated day by day and he has been bedridden for many days. He knows that his time is running out.
But he didn't expect that before he died, King Qin would take one step ahead of him.
After a long silence, Dou Wei said: "Just do whatever you want. You have to know that the King of Qin is the King of Qin, and the Dou family is the Dou family. The two cannot be compared. You must keep this in mind at all times."
"But Shimin is ours..."
"But he is already dead!" Dou Wei blushed, "No matter how optimistic we were about King Qin in the past, he is already dead. Death is like a lamp going out. Do you understand?"
"...Yes." Dou Kang closed his eyes unwillingly.
Dou Wei reminded: "Don't think about doing other things, they are all useless. Now that King Qin is dead, no matter what we do is meaningless. Even if there is a hidden meaning in King Qin's death, it is meaningless to us.
.Even if you can find a flaw, King Qin cannot be resurrected. The Dou family supports King Qin just for future benefits.
Now that King Qin is dead, it is useless for us to investigate the existence of doubts. What you should do now is to protect the Dou family and survive the possible suppression in the future."
"Suppress?" Dou Kang was startled, and then he said in confusion: "What does the head of the family mean, is the imperial court going to take action against the Dou family in the future?"
Dou Wei nodded and said: "We support King Qin. The prince has long been dissatisfied. If the prince ascends the throne in the future, the Dou family will definitely be ostracized by him."
Dou Kang was silent. He was focused on King Qin's affairs and never thought about Li Jiancheng's accession to the throne in the future.
Now that King Qin is dead, the prince's position is completely stable and no one can challenge him.
Could it be that the Dou family will really fall into a trough in the future?
Thinking of this, Dou Kang felt an inexplicable chill all over his body.