Du He is waiting for Li Chengqian to return and wants to know the outcome in the court.
When he saw Li Chengqian returning, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Your Highness, how is it?"
Li Chengqian did not answer in a hurry. After sending the waiters away, he said: "My father has given an order for King Wei to go to the fiefdom and declare vassal status in half a year."
"Half a year is too long. What if King Wei gets sick again?" Du He said anxiously.
Although there is no evidence, Du He feels that Li Tai's illness is too coincidental and there are big problems in it.
Half a year is too long. If Li Tai gets sick again, will it take another half a year?
Li Chengqian naturally knew that there were too many changes in half a year, and he felt a little irritable. Now he heard Du He's words and became even more irritated. He said impatiently: "What can I do if my father gives me an order from the emperor?"
Du He also knew that there was no other way now, but he couldn't accept this result.
Du He's mind started to spin, thinking about whether there were any other ways.
Suddenly, Du He's eyes lit up and he said, "Your Highness, actually we have all fallen into a misunderstanding."
Li Chengqian looked at Du He with some confusion, not knowing what he meant by the misunderstanding.
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei's threat to His Highness the Crown Prince is not that he will become a vassal if he doesn't go, but because of His Majesty's love for him." Du He said with a smile.
Li Chengqian felt that what Du He said was nonsense. It was because Li Shimin doted on Li Tai that he felt threatened, so he wanted Li Tai to join the feudal clan.
He didn't care at all that Li You had granted vassal status before, and Li Shimin didn't like Li You very much anyway.
If Li Shimin treated Li Tai and other princes equally, he wouldn't care at all whether Li Tai stayed in Chang'an or not.
It would be better for him to stay under his nose. After all, they have no real power at all in Chang'an, they just have a prince.
"King Wei's threat to His Highness comes from His Majesty's favor. Even if he goes to the fiefdom, that favor will still be there. On the contrary, if he loses his favor, King Wei will also lose the threat." Du He looked like he had a pearl of wisdom in his hand.
Li Chengqian almost cursed when he saw that he hadn't said anything useful after talking for a long time.
Taking a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, Li Chengqian looked at Du He calmly.
Du He was not aware of Li Chengqian's impatience at all, but felt as if his father had made suggestions for Li Shimin.
Although he had never seen Du Ruhui provide advice to Li Shimin, there was still a rumor that "Fang planned Du Duan", and Li Shimin would ask Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui about many national events.
When Du Ruhui died, Li Shimin was very sad and said that he had lost an arm.
He felt that he was also Li Chengqian's arm now. When Li Chengqian succeeded to the throne, he might not be able to become the ruler of the court and regain the glory of the Du family.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has issued a decree, so there is absolutely no possibility of changing this matter. When the time comes, King Wei will have to go to the vassal, unless King Wei pretends to be ill again. There were many doubts about King Wei's illness last time. If he pretends again,
Whether the illness is real or fake, Your Majesty will suspect that he is faking it. What Your Majesty hates most is deception, and he will definitely hate His Highness King Wei when the time comes." Du He said slowly.
After saying that, he looked at Li Chengqian excitedly, as if he was about to praise me.
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up and he felt that what Du He said made sense.
Does Li Shimin hate deception?
No, he doesn't hate it.
When you become an emperor, you are destined to hear mostly lies.
But Li Tai and those ministers are different. As the saying goes, love is deep and responsibility is deep. Li Shimin likes Li Tai so much. If he knew that Li Tai had lied to him, he would definitely be disappointed in Li Tai.
Du He said he hated Li Tai, and Li Chengqian thought the possibility was low, but disappointment was enough.
"Yes, now Gu is in an invincible position, haha." Li Chengqian said with a cheerful smile.
He felt that the pressure Li Tai had brought to him completely disappeared at this moment.
Du He originally thought that Li Chengqian would praise his son's wife or something, but he didn't expect that Li Chengqian didn't praise him at all, so he was a little disappointed. However, seeing how happy Li Chengqian was, he still smiled and said: "Congratulations, Your Highness."
Li Chengqian patted Du He on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I will remember your merits and achievements and you will never forget them."
"Thank you, Your Highness. It's just a small contribution."
Although he said this, Du He's expression showed a hint of pride.
Li Chengqian smiled and said nothing more. If he really didn't care, would he say some small merit? Just say that he had no merit.
However, Du He still has some abilities, and there is a government official behind him.
Even though Du Ruhui is dead, many of his closest friends are still there, as are the people he promoted in the past.
Those people have high official positions now. Although it is impossible for them to fall in love with him because of Du He, they must be relatively close to him because of the Du family's reputation.
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Furong Garden
During this period, in order to show that his health was not fully recovered, Li Tai stayed in the main hall of the bedroom and never went out.
Even so, he was very aware of what was going on outside.
When he learned that Li Shimin had ordered him to join the feudal clan in six months, he immediately called Han Wen over.
"I have met Your Highness." Han Wen bowed.
Li Tai waved his hand and said with a gloomy expression: "I almost lost my life in order to pretend to be sick, so I stayed in Chang'an. Now my father has decreed that I will become a vassal in half a year. Could it be that I risked my life?
Just to stay here for half a year?"
"Your Majesty is now at the peak of his power. Even if His Majesty tries every means, how long can he stay? Ten years or twenty years? We will still have to settle for the vassal, unless His Majesty considers the suggestions made by his subordinates before." Han Wen said.
Li Tai's eyes turned cold and he said coldly: "Are you threatening me?"
"Your Highness has misunderstood. What I said is the truth. Your Highness's intelligence will naturally make it clear."
Han Wen was not afraid at all. Li Chengqian was the prince, and he had not won over many ministers, let alone Li Tai, the prince.
Li Tai is already at a disadvantage in terms of status. If he loses the support of the family again, he will have no chance at all.
"Why didn't the noble family come forward to help me during the court meeting this morning?" Li Tai asked.
"This has been the case since ancient times when the prince comes of age. If the noble family helps your highness, even a fool will know about the relationship between your highness and the noble family. Your Majesty's attitude towards the noble family should be very clear to you. Once your majesty knows about the relationship between your highness and the noble family, I'm afraid..."
I'm afraid of something, even though the Korean didn't say it, Li Tai understood it.
Once Li Shimin finds out about his relationship with the aristocratic family, he may not be able to win the throne.
"Then what do you think we should do now? Is it possible that we will go to join the feudal clan in half a year? Or will we be pretending to be ill then?" Li Tai said with red eyes.
"I'm afraid it's impossible for His Highness to pretend to be sick. He always gets sick when he is about to leave the vassal. Even if His Majesty loves His Highness, he will still become suspicious," Han Wen said.
"This won't work, that won't work either, so what's the point of asking me to pretend to be sick?" Li Tai said coldly.
He really loves and hates the aristocratic family. With the aristocratic family, he has the opportunity to seize the throne, but the strength of the aristocratic family is too great, and he cannot fully control it.
Rather than saying that the aristocratic family relied on him, it would be better to say that they cooperated with each other.
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. Isn't there still half a year? The family is working on a way for Your Highness to stay in Chang'an. But this time cannot be too long. It will take two or three years at most. Please do it early."
Plan." Han Wen said.
"I hope that the aristocratic family will keep their word. Otherwise, even if I cannot become the prince, I will still be a prince, but the aristocratic family will be in vain." Li Tai said coldly.
"Your Highness, don't worry." Han Wen said with a smile.