Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2306 Love?cowardly?
The sun is shining brightly today, and the bright sunlight slanted in from the windows of the main hall, drawing a straight line of light and shadow in the darkness, and the dust that usually hides in the Sumeru has nothing to hide under the light and shadow, flying and floating slightly .

In the hall, father and son sat facing each other, and all the maids in the palace were excluded from the hall.

It has been a long time since this pair of supreme father and son chatted so closely. The estrangement between them seems to be dissipating quickly, but the topic is a bit heavy...

The Li royal family is bathed in the supreme glory of being king, but they can never really lie down and enjoy the supreme power. They must be tense all the time, guarding against ubiquitous subversion and rebellion from all directions inside and outside the court.

His Majesty Li Er won the country wrongly, and gave people too much unwillingness and coveting.

Even the Great Sui Dynasty, which has long since disappeared, because it was once unprecedentedly prosperous, after the fall of its peak, there are still countless powers left behind, mixed and hidden in the Great Tang Dynasty. Whenever there is an opportunity, it will be unwilling to be annihilated and revived.

Since he ascended the throne, His Majesty Li Er has been sleeping long and hard, trying his best to govern, and he has not relaxed for a while. He even sleeps with one eye open, lest he will be taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives behind him, ruining his wealth and life. It's Li Shi Guozuo...

As time passed, Li's family became more and more stable, and His Majesty Li Er's throne was also rock-solid.

However, Li Chengqian suddenly discovered that under the prosperous age of flowers and brocades, an unprecedented crisis had already shrouded the inside and outside of the court...

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His Majesty Li Er looked at the prince in front of him, his tone was gentle, but his voice was slightly low: "You are the eldest son of the Li family. Except for the time of fear when you were young, you have been well-clothed and well-fed since you were sensible. , I have never seen the warmth and coldness of the world, and the various states of the world. Human nature is complicated and difficult to fathom. There has never been a distinction between good and evil in an absolute sense. In this world, everyone is involuntary, and right and wrong, good and evil are no longer the standard for measuring what one does, and only gains and losses and pros and cons dominate everything."

He felt that the prince lived in rich clothes and fine food, surrounded by compliments and flattery. Those great Confucians had instilled benevolence, righteousness and morality in the prince all day long, and told the prince to love the people like a son, but they never taught the prince how to kill the strong and kill the weak. reason.

The hall was empty, His Majesty Li Er's voice was a little low, but there was still an echo, which kept echoing in Li Chengqian's ears.

Li Chengqian was sweating profusely and was at a loss.

What does the emperor mean by this?
Is it possible to really imply to me that the incident of Xuanwu Sect may happen again in the future, and that between myself and my brothers, I will either live or die, and fight each other in battle?
He felt parched and couldn't accept it for a while, subconsciously said: "Father is worrying too much, there is love and brotherhood between my ministers and my brothers, what benefits can beat blood relationship? Such things will never happen.”

"madness!"

His Majesty Li Er yelled angrily, staring at the prince with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What you bear is not only the survival of the Tang Dynasty, but also the life and death of your brothers and sisters. If one day, you will have to make a choice between benevolence, justice, morality and life and death." Make a decision, I hope you can be the same as your father, even if you are slandered by the world, even if you bear the infamy for a hundred generations, you must keep the existence of Li Tang Jiangshan and the lives of your brothers and sisters."

"If one person dies, it can bring peace to the world. Even the most beloved relatives, friends, brothers and sisters should be cut off immediately. There is absolutely no woman's kindness!"

Li Chengqian's face turned pale with fright, utterly horrified.

From childhood to adulthood, he was full of admiration and admiration for this wise and powerful father, but more of it was fear and admiration.

Often when I do something wrong, as long as my father looks over, I can scare him out of my wits, let alone such stern scolding and cursing?

only……

He gritted his teeth, suppressed the fear in his heart, left the chair and knelt down at the feet of His Majesty Li Er, and said with a trembling voice: "My son is not a weapon, and as the eldest son, he will inherit the Jiangshan family of the emperor." However, I know that I can't be as wise and powerful as my father, who can shine thousands of miles away. I can only work hard, be strict with myself, and dare not waste my father's hard work, and dare not disappoint Li's family. Family love and the continuation of the bloodline are the most important things in life, as long as brothers are loving and brotherly love is deep, even if the sons and ministers need to sacrifice their lives to maintain them, the sons and ministers will never hesitate."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and bravely said: "Father, the emperor is mighty in the world, far surpassing the Qin Emperor and Hanwu, and my son and minister can't match it. Brothers are also smart, wise, and talented, and they are not comparable to my son's dullness. Brothers want to be crowned princes, sons and ministers are willing to give up virtuous men, and they will never do such things as brother-in-law and brother-in-law!"

He didn't know if his father's words were sincere, or if he was just testing him.

But these are not important. In Li Chengqian's heart, if he was not afraid that if he lost the crown prince, the entire East Palace would end badly.

But if the change of Xuanwumen happened again among his brothers in the future, he would definitely not be able to make the choice his father made back then.

Even if he committed suicide by drinking poison, he would not be able to do such cruel things as killing the brothers who grew up together and were connected by blood, and then exterminating the whole family...

It's not that he questioned his father's cruelty back then, but that in terms of character, he was too weak to do anything.

Just think about the scene when Qing Que and Zhi Nu followed behind me shouting one after another when they were young, and I took them to play around...

He felt that it was okay for him to die, but he couldn't attack his brother.

There is endless depression in his heart, he is so cowardly, and he is absolutely not half-hearted in killing and decisively, he is more like a cowardly and benevolent woman, maybe he really does not have the qualifications to inherit the throne of emperor...

Moreover, his words were suspected of questioning his father.

He is well aware of his father's strong temper, even though he has expressed his regret for the change of Xuanwu Sect countless times, he will never allow anyone to mention it in front of him.

But he was so bold that he said that he would not make the same choice as the Xuanwumen incident, and that he would definitely anger his father, and what would follow would be a monstrous rage that could swallow him up, and even under his father's rage, some Possibly dethrone his crown prince...

Li Chengqian himself also believes that such a weak personality like his indecisiveness and benevolence is definitely not a qualified emperor.

But I have such a temper, what can I do?
For the sake of the throne, for the sake of his family and life, and even for the sake of the so-called Great Tang Guozuo, how can he attack his brother, who is a compatriot of the same mother, and destroy his family and family?

It was hard for him to imagine what kind of state he was in when his father and emperor killed Li Jiancheng's family, and how he felt in his heart when his young nephews begged for "uncle, forgive me" like weeping blood.

He also hated his own weakness, and wanted to be as fierce and resolute as his father, but he couldn't do it...

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His Majesty Li Er only felt a surge of anger in his heart, almost bursting out of the sky.

As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, in the future, he will be the Ninth Five-Year Supreme who will sit on thousands of miles of land and mountains. In his eyes, he should own the country, the community, and the well-being of the people. What is all personal emotions in front of the country?
If you can't put all your emotions aside when necessary, how can you be worthy of sitting on the throne of the supreme under heaven, how can you be worthy of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and hundreds of millions of people?
However, when he saw the tearful face of the prince, he touched the tears in the prince's eyes that were mixed with self-blame, frustration, and determination...

It shocked him.

The so-called knowing son is like a father, how much his son is afraid of him, of course His Majesty Li Er knows it all too well, usually as long as he scolds him neither serious nor salty, he can scare the eldest son trembling and submissive.

But now, while kneeling in front of him and crying bitterly, he didn't feel too much fear.

It can be seen that the crown prince would rather die than attack his brother...

In the eyes of His Majesty Li Er, this is simply an unforgivable woman's benevolence!

Indeed, one of the reasons why he changed his mind and annihilated Yi Chu's thoughts was that the prince Zhai was kind-hearted and his brothers were respectful. Once he ascended the throne, he would not kill all brothers who threatened the throne.

But if any son has the desire to usurp, and intends to imitate the ambition of usurping after the Xuanwumen's rebellion, then what kind of heart is needed, what kind of brothers and friends are respected?
If you don't kill him, how can you stabilize the court, and how can you make Li Tang Guozuo last forever?
The emperor is the supreme, the body belongs to the world, at the critical moment, you have to be clear about the importance, see the trade-offs clearly, and you can't tolerate the slightest personal affair!

But seeing the firmness revealed in the crown prince's weeping and cowardice, His Majesty Li Er suddenly felt that he seemed to be too demanding of the crown prince...

(End of this chapter)