Wang Xiaoyang turned around and said with a smile: "Can the King of Wei hide his thoughts from others? Can he hide his thoughts from me?"
Li Tai saw him fighting again and said angrily: "You don't have to guess what I'm thinking. From now on, you should stay less involved in our brothers' affairs."
"Okay, I don't want to take such a big risk by not being allowed to participate. However, you have to thank me, right? I don't know how uncomfortable the prince is in Tai Chi Palace right now."
"Not necessarily. It is reasonable for the prince to be afraid of long nights and dreams. He is the emperor's son. What can the emperor do to him if he is angry again?"
Li Tai said, wishing in his heart that Li Shimin would depose Li Chengqian as the crown prince.
Wang Xiaoyang asked him with his small eyes open: "Should I go and inquire?"
"No need, what happens between them has nothing to do with me."
"Are you telling the truth again? King Wei, I know you don't trust me. Since I am my own, I will naturally be loyal and good to you."
Li Tai saw that he was not finished and said: "If anyone wants to alienate the relationship between our brothers, I will never be lenient."
Wang Xiaoyang shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "Good intentions have been treated as a donkey's liver and lungs."
Li Tai didn't want an intimate person to help him, but there were so many people in the palace who could treat him sincerely. At that time, Zhang Qiuhua was wanted by the prince. He asked the inner palace for someone, and the inner palace sent him one.
Wang Xiaoyang is such a thing.
Where did he come from? He didn't know that if he was a spy placed by Li Shimin, wouldn't he have fallen into the trap himself?
After a few days, everything was calm.
Li Tai was very disappointed, but he couldn't show it.
Wang Xiaoyang did not expect that things would turn out like this. He originally thought that the palace would definitely collapse this time.
"How could this happen? The prince's move is really against common sense, but the emperor doesn't pursue it?"
Li Tai looked at him coldly and asked, "No one knows that it was you who spread the news, right?"
The more peaceful the palace became like a pool of stagnant water, the more unhappy he felt.
What he was worried about was whether Li Chengqian would turn him in. After all, Wang Xiaoyang was his personal eunuch.
After a few days like this, Li Tai couldn't help but went to Tai Chi Palace.
Accepting letters from carrier pigeons cost him the opportunity to go to court with the emperor and empress. Every time Li Shimin's letters were filled with words of concern.
He doesn't care about such honor, he wants something genuine.
Queen Changsun looked much better. After Li Tai said hello, he offered to give her regular massages.
Empress Changsun said gently: "No need, I know my mother's health myself. The biggest thing for our Li family now is to hold a happy event for your brother."
"He wants to get married? Isn't it inappropriate at this time? There are constant wars on the border."
"It is precisely because of this that our family has to hold happy events to offset this bad luck."
It's ridiculous, the Luojia Kingdom is preparing to invade the Central Plains, but they are singing and dancing in peace.
"Mother, have you agreed to my going on an expedition? How about you organize your happy event and I take care of your worries?"
"Tai'er, why is the queen mother willing to let you go to the battlefield at a young age? There are so many generals in the court who are not in your turn. If you get hurt, we will feel bad? Especially your father, he said that all the princes
You are the most similar to him among us, and I want you to assist the prince in the future."
Seeing Queen Changsun's sincere expression, Li Tai was a little moved.
On second thought, it still doesn't work. How can I show my ability without fighting and making meritorious deeds?
"Mother, please have a good talk with your father. I'm not young anymore and can share your worries."
Empress Changsun touched his head lovingly and said, "I can speak for you, but you have to promise to come back safely."
"Mother, my son is going to perform meritorious service, not to die. Besides, I will not bear to die before I have fulfilled my filial piety to you."
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps from outside, and Li Shimin's voice came: "Who is talking about death here? It's so outrageous, to say such unlucky words at such a young age."
Li Tai saluted hurriedly.
Li Shimin said lovingly: "Forgive me. Is the King of Wei bothering the Queen again about the expedition?"
"Father, I haven't seen you issue an order for so many days. My child is very flustered and has come here to ask for your permission."
Li Shimin patted the chair next to him, pulled him to sit down, and said sincerely: "It's not that my father won't give you the chance to make meritorious deeds, it's just that you are still too young. The battlefield is full of swords and arrows without eyes. If you get hurt, you will be in trouble."
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"How can I fight without getting hurt? I don't want to be a flower in the greenhouse. Father, I have never left Chang'an City in my entire life. I have to go and experience it."
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said, "Well, since you must go, my father will help you. However, you must take this carrier pigeon with you and give me information every day."
When Li Tai heard this, he agreed and kowtowed in thanks.
"You are not here for the prince's wedding. Go and say goodbye to the prince."
Li Shimin still looked worried, and Empress Changsun was even sad.
What's wrong with her? She's not like this in the TV series. She has the same mind as a man.
"Mother, you don't have to worry, my son and I will definitely come back victorious."
Empress Changsun forced a smile and said: "Good men are everywhere. It is a good thing that you are willing to share my father's worries, but, alas..."
"Mother, when I'm not in the palace, I still have the prince and younger brother Li Zhi. On the prince's wedding, you have a daughter-in-law, so you won't be short of me."
"Can this be the same? You are going to the battlefield at such a young age. Can you, a mother, rest assured?"
Li Shimin advised her: "Queen, there is no need to be sad, you should be happy."
"Okay, I'm happy, Tai'er. There's something I want to ask you."
Queen Changsun's expression became solemn as he spoke. Was he going to ask Li Chengqian about finding someone to tell his fortune? If he really asked, how would he answer?
"Mother, please speak."
Queen Changsun said: "Recently there is a rumor in the palace that the prince is asking a fortune teller to tell him when he will become the emperor. Do you know?"
"Mother, you know, the prince brother asked me to help him find it. I left the palace once to find Yuan Shoucheng, who told the fortune of the Dragon King of Jinghe."
Li Shimin asked: "Have you found it?"
Li Tai replied: "I found it. I originally wanted to go back to the palace to go with the prince's brother, but he refused and said he wanted to leave Chang'an City."
"This Yuan Shoucheng is so courageous. Doesn't he know that you are the prince? How dare he refuse you?"
"He has such advanced skills, so he naturally knows my identity. I even invited him to live in Prince Wei's Mansion, but he refused and said something very strange. I'm afraid my father wouldn't be happy to hear it."
Li Shimin's brows knitted into a knot and he said, "But it doesn't matter. I've heard all kinds of unpleasant things, so why are you afraid of this?"
Li Tai paused and said, "He said the smell of blood in the palace was too strong and he couldn't smell it."
After saying that, he lowered his head and waited to see Li Shimin get angry.