Chapter 68 Some people are happy while others are worried
Li Tai's guess was correct. After Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he sent the maids and eunuchs away and stayed alone in the house.
Bang!
"Obviously I am the crown prince, why do you still reward Qingque so generously?" Li Chengqian shouted angrily.
The maids and eunuchs outside were very silent. After the prince came back, he started throwing things and his words were very disrespectful to His Majesty.
If it reaches His Majesty's ears, it will be troublesome. If Li Chengqian is punished, the people who serve him will not end well.
But they are just servants. They know their master's character and they can't persuade him at all.
At this moment, Du He came over, looked at the palace maids and eunuchs gathered around, and shouted: "What are you all doing here? Go ahead and do what you have to do."
Du He shouted away the palace maid and eunuch, without saying a word, he opened the door and walked in.
Almost everything in the room was smashed to pieces by Li Chengqian, and everything that couldn't be thrown was pushed to the ground. This shows how angry Li Chengqian is.
Li Chengqian sat on the ground with disheveled hair, no longer as gentle as before.
Du He frowned slightly, walked up to Li Chengqian, bowed and saluted, "His Royal Highness."
"Prince? Humph, I may not be the prince in a while." Li Chengqian sneered.
Du He was startled and said quickly: "Your Highness, please be careful what you say."
"What are you afraid of? My father loves Qingque so much. How long do you think Gu can be the crown prince? Gu finally understands that my father wants to depose Gu and make Li Tai the crown prince." Li Chengqian said angrily.
Du He became a little anxious and said in a more serious tone: "His Royal Highness, it will be troublesome if these words of yours reach His Majesty's ears."
"What are you afraid of? Just spread the news. What's the point of being a prince?" Li Chengqian said angrily.
This has been pressing in his heart for a long time. He has been enduring it and pretending to be brothers and sisters in front of Li Shimin. At this moment, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Du He felt a little anxious when he saw that Li Chengqian was starting to give up on himself.
He has taken refuge with Li Chengqian. If Li Chengqian loses his position as crown prince to Li Tai, what will happen to him?
We have to find a way to restore Li Chengqian's confidence.
"Your Highness, are you willing?" Du He asked.
Are you willing?
Of course Li Chengqian was not willing to give in, but Li Shimin was so fond of Li Tai, what could he do.
"So what if you don't want to be alone?" Li Chengqian said a little decadently.
Du He said quickly: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince is unwilling to give in, we should fight for it."
"Oh, fight? Why fight?" Li Chengqian said with a sneer.
"Your Highness, if Lin Xuan can advise you, it will not be easy to deal with King Wei." Du He said.
Lin Xuan made the family have to provide food, and Du He admired him very much.
He felt that if Lin Xuan could assist Li Chengqian, it would not be difficult to deal with the King of Wei.
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, then dimmed, and said, "It's useless. Gu tried to win over him, but he didn't agree. Maybe he doesn't like Gu either."
Du He didn't think so and said: "His Royal Highness, you failed to win him over. Didn't King Wei also win over him? I think Lin Xuan is waiting for a price. The reason why His Highness the Crown Prince failed to win over him should be His Highness the Crown Prince."
Nothing was given to make his heart beat."
Li Chengqian was stunned and said, "I am just a prince, what can I give him?"
The prince may seem noble, but he has no real power, and he cannot interfere with the local army.
Moreover, it is not as convenient as Li Tailai to do anything with his hands tied.
Du He said: "Men are nothing more than money, power and sex. Lin Xuan is not short of money, so he can only start with powerful beauties. As long as he likes her, are we afraid that he will not work for His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Li Chengqian thought about it and realized that Lin Xuan was already an earl, and he could not raise him to a higher rank.
As for beauties, Li Chengqian suddenly thought that Lin Xuan liked his sister Li Lizhi.
"I have a solution." Li Chengqian said in surprise.
"What solution did His Royal Highness come up with?" Du He asked.
"Lin Xuan seems to like beauty." Li Chengqian said.
If it weren't for his identity, Du He would have wanted to pry open Li Chengqian's head to see what he was thinking.
Can the prince alone make the final decision on the princess's engagement?
"Your Highness, we can't interfere in Princess Changle's marriage." Du He said helplessly.
"Of course Gu knows, but Gu can help match up. If Lin Xuan knows, can he not be grateful to Gu?" Li Chengqian said.
Du He was stunned for a moment and felt that what Li Chengqian said made sense.
"Your Highness, how are you going to match up?" Du He asked.
"This matter needs to be taken slowly. I am going to see Chang Le first." Li Chengqian said.
Li Chengqian had been doing it before to bring Lin Xuan and Li Lizhi together. Before, it was for his sister's happiness, but now he is doing it for himself.
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Queen Changsun was very anxious when she heard about Li Shimin's generous reward to Li Tai.
After waiting for a long time in the Li Zheng Hall, Li Shimin did not come. Empress Changsun went directly to Li Shimin's study.
"Guanyin maid, you are pregnant. Why are you running here?" Li Shimin saw Empress Changsun coming and quickly stood up and helped her sit down.
"Your Majesty, you reward Qingque so generously, what does Gao Ming think?" Queen Changsun asked.
Empress Changsun has always adhered to the ancestral precept that the harem should not be involved in politics, but now that it concerns her two sons, she can't help it.
"If Gao Ming doesn't even have this kind of courage, how can I hand over the world to him?" Li Shimin said.
"But His Majesty is not worried about them..."
Empress Changsun stopped here. Although they had a good relationship as husband and wife, she knew that Xuanwu Gate was a pain in Li Shimin's heart.
Li Shimin knew what Queen Changsun meant. He set a bad start for future generations. He was also afraid that future generations would imitate him, so he established Li Chengqian as the crown prince early.
He also wanted Li Chengqian to succeed to the throne and get on the right track.
But the Xuanwu Gate incident has been lingering in his mind.
Li Shimin rewarded Li Tai generously, partly because of his love, and partly because he wanted to test Li Chengqian's prowess.
Historically, after a prince ascended the throne, he attacked many of his brothers. If Li Chengqian couldn't tolerate others, he would have to consider replacing him with someone who could tolerate others.
He didn't want brothers fighting each other to happen to his descendants.
It was not easy for him to tell Queen Changsun about these things.
Li Shimin comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Guanyin Maid. I understand that you are worried and it won't happen."
Li Shimin comforted her for a long time, and then Queen Changsun felt relieved.
After Queen Changsun left, Li Mu walked in and told Li Shimin what happened in the East Palace.
Li Shimin arranged an informant in the East Palace, and Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace to throw things and complained about it. He couldn't hide it at all.
But Li Shimin didn't know what Du He said after he entered.
"Gao Ming, I hope you won't disappoint me." Li Shimin murmured to himself.
Li Chengqian complained that he was not surprised. He mainly wanted to see what Li Chengqian would do.
He knew that Li Chengqian had some dead soldiers under him, so he wanted to see if Li Chengqian would take action against Li Tai.