bastard seizes tang

Chapter 4 Yi Jue
Li Shimin stayed at Concubine Yang's place for a stick of incense before leaving.

Ever since Li Shimin was registered as the crown prince, Emperor Li Yuan issued an edict: "From now on, military and state affairs, no matter how big or small, shall be decided by the crown prince, and then the emperor will hear about it."

Although today's Li Shimin is called the prince, he is in charge of the power of the emperor, and naturally he is taking care of everything.What's more, the enthronement ceremony is coming soon, and there are still many important matters in the court waiting for him to decide.

"Chang Tu, do you think Gu used to be too alienated from Hutou?" Li Shimin came out of Concubine Yang's side hall, and suddenly said this sentence.

Chang Tu is Li Shimin's close attendant, and he followed Li Shimin when he and Li Shimin were young, and the two have a very close relationship.

In the first year of Wude, Chang Tu followed Li Shimin to fight against Xue Ju in Longxi, defended Li Shimin from an arrow in the battle of Qianshuiyuan, and suffered from a hidden disease.

Chang Tu had the grace to save Li Shimin's life, and Li Shimin also treated Chang Tu very kindly, unlike ordinary masters and servants, but with such a relationship, Chang Tu did not dare to speak nonsense when faced with Li Shimin's questions.

As a close minister of the Tian family, how could Chang Tu not be cautious in everything.

Chang Tu paused before replying: "This is the prince's family business, and the slave is an outsider, how dare he say anything at will."

Chang Tu has always been careful in dealing with things, and Li Shimin expected him to say this, which is why Li Shimin trusts Chang Tu so much.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Forget it, you have always been used to being careful, so Gu will not embarrass you."

Hearing this, Chang Tu's expression became much more relaxed, and he leaned over and said, "Thank you, Prince, for your understanding."

Li Shimin is quite satisfied that Chang Tu is careful and does not get involved in the prince's affairs, but since Li Shimin came up with this idea, it is naturally not groundless.

Li Ke is his own son. Li Ke was affected by the Xuanwumen incident and almost died. It stands to reason that no matter whether Yang Ning is accomplices or not, Li Shimin will be the king of the imperial city and dig out all the remnants of the abolished prince to prevent future troubles.

But now Li Shimin's enthronement ceremony is coming soon, and there is absolutely no chaos inside and outside the palace, so Li Shimin can only hold back and put the matter on hold for the time being.But in this way, Li Ke was wronged.Today Li Shimin saw that Li Ke was so cute and smart, and for a while Li Shimin felt a little indebted to him.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment thoughtfully, and suddenly he spoke to Chang Tu and said: "Hutou and Qingque are both orphaned children, how can orphans favor one over the other. Send someone to pass the order to Keming immediately, Hutou's The title should not be reduced, it should be the same system as the blue sparrow."

Chang Tu's expression froze when he heard Li Shimin's words, and many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

The enthronement ceremony is approaching, and Li Ke's reward is suddenly raised at this moment. What does it mean?
Chang Tu asked cautiously: "I don't know if I need to inform the elder Sun of this matter?"

The day before yesterday, Li Shimin had a secret meeting with several assistant ministers of the East Palace to discuss the matter of enthronement and rewards.When it comes to the titles granted by the princes after ascending to the throne, it was Changsun Wuji who, on the grounds of the difference between concubines and concubines, insisted that Li Ke's title be lowered by half a rank, slightly inferior to Li Tai.

Li Shimin also agreed to Changsun Wuji's proposal at the time, but he suddenly changed his mind after meeting Li Ke today.

Li Shimin shook his head, and replied: "No need, just let Keming draw up the decree."

"promise."

When Chang Tu got the order, he immediately sent someone to Du Ruhui's place in Zhongshu Province to deliver the edict.

Chang Tu was able to gain such trust from Li Shimin, so he was naturally an extremely astute person, the prince was in his prime of life, in the prime of his life, the future was uncertain.

Chang Tu knew that once this happened, the princes above the court would be in trouble again.

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After Li Shimin left, Li Ke wanted to go to the study to study, but was stopped by Concubine Yang.

Concubine Yang took Li Ke's hand and led Li Ke straight to the inner room of the side hall.

In the inner room, Concubine Yang's second son, Li Ke's younger brother, four-year-old Li Yin was lying on a soft nap under a brocade quilt.

Li Yin was young, just at the age of sleepiness, he was small and obediently lying on the brocade bed, his pink nose opened and closed with his breath, it was really cute.

But Concubine Yang didn't take care of Li Yin's thoughts on this matter. When she went to the inner room, she first carefully closed all the doors and windows, and then ordered her trusted maid Ping'er to stand outside the door and watch the wind, obviously she had something important to tell Li Ke.

Seeing Concubine Yang's cautious look, Li Ke also had doubts in his heart. Could it be that his words and deeds just now were so abnormal that A Niang could see it?
Standing on the side, Li Ke was thinking uneasily, while watching Concubine Yang walk into the wooden box in the inner room, and took out a thin ledger from the bottom of the box.

"This is the account book of property that my mother has accumulated since she was entrusted with the title. Just take a look." Concubine Yang handed the account book to Li Ke.

Li Ke opened the account book in bewilderment, and only briefly glanced at it, but his heart was shocked.

"In March of the ninth year of Daye, 1000 yuan was deposited in the two major industries. In November 11, three Dendrobiums were invested in pearls, and a house was built. In August of the 12th year of Daye, [-] mu of fertile land was invested. In May of the third year of Wude, two Chang'an pavement place."

While flipping through the account book in his hand, Li Ke's expression of astonishment became more and more serious. There was no other reason, but the number recorded in the account book was too astonishing.

"Aniang, what is this?" Li Ke looked down at the account book in his hand, wondering how Concubine Yang, a prince and side concubine, got so much money, and asked inexplicably.

Concubine Yang looked at Li Ke's shocked appearance, and explained: "Mother is the emperor's daughter of the former dynasty. Since she was conferred the title of princess when she was a child, she has been with the late emperor and often received rewards. Mother often seals these rewards, and it has been a long time. The present situation has come to this. Mother is the clan of the former dynasty, and the reward from the first emperor should have been recovered, but your father thought that mother was an orphan girl who died in the country, so he felt sorry for her, so he decided to leave these private things of mother without touching her. I will pass it on to you and Min'er in the future."

After listening to A Niang's words, Li Ke finally understood where the money came from, but the doubts on Li Ke's face did not diminish in the slightest.

Concubine Yang showed this book to Li Ke, but it was not for showing off, she must have other intentions.

Li Ke asked: "Since my mother has accumulated these properties in the past, it is easy to keep them. Why do you suddenly show them to Ke'er? Ke'er is still young and doesn't need them."

Concubine Yang didn't answer Li Ke's words, but instead asked, "Aniang named you 'Ke', do you know the meaning behind it?"

Li Ke originally had some doubts in his heart, but now that Concubine Yang said this, Li Ke suddenly understood.

The so-called "ke" means respect and keeping one's heart. Concubine Yang must have noticed the clues of Li Ke's words and deeds in front of Li Shimin today, and Concubine Yang wanted to remind him.

Such an intelligent woman, Concubine Yang is worthy of being the former emperor's daughter. Li Ke only showed a few signs before she discovered her.

"Aniang must have felt that Ke'er did a poor job today." Li Ke understood, and said to Concubine Yang.

Concubine Yang looked at Li Ke's appearance and knew that although he said so, he obviously didn't listen to her words in his heart.

Concubine Yang persuaded: "After you are the prince, when the prince ascends the throne, you will be the prince, with countless rewards, and the mother will leave all these things outside of you to you. Worrying about being rich and honored all your life, why do you have to fight for that position."

Li Ke looked at A Niang's appearance, and felt a sudden grief in his heart. This is the case for all mothers in the world, not to mention Concubine Yang who was once the princess of the previous dynasty.She has seen too much strife for the throne and fratricide, and she would have the heart for Li Ke to repeat those mistakes again.

But no matter how smart Concubine Yang is, how would she know Li Ke's worries, when will the battle for the throne be left to him?

Li Ke did not directly refute Concubine Yang's words, but was silent for a moment and asked, "Does Aunt want Ke'er to become a royal playboy?"

Concubine Yang didn't expect Li Ke to ask such a question, she was stunned for a while, and then said: "Mother doesn't care about these false names, she only hopes that my son will live a happy life."

Li Ke raised his head and looked at Concubine Yang's eyes as gentle as autumn water. Li Ke couldn't bear to reject her from the bottom of his heart, and didn't want to make his mother who loved him so much sad.But Li Ke also has his own difficulties, which are things that he can't talk about to others no matter what.

Li Ke didn't want to hurt Concubine Yang, but he couldn't confide in his heart. After thinking about it, he could only ask: "The former Sui Shu Wang Xiu was Uncle A Niang, so why did he miss anything? In the end, what happened?" What a fate."

Concubine Yang didn't expect Li Ke to say that, and she was stunned all of a sudden.

Although Concubine Yang was born late, how could she not know about her own family affairs? Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, was the fourth son of Emperor Wen. People, and finally lost their lives in a daze.

Li Ke watched Concubine Yang sitting beside him blankly, and he knew that Concubine Yang had already understood what he meant.

He stood up, gently grasped Concubine Yang's cold hand like a little adult, glanced at Li Yin who was sleeping beside him, and said slowly: "Since Ke'er was born into the emperor's family, he will fight or die. There is no other way. The only thing Ke'er can do is to overcome obstacles and climb up to the ninth-fifth position, so as to protect A Niang and Brother Min well."

Concubine Yang was stunned when she heard Li Ke's words. What Li Ke said did not look like a child who was only eight years old. Say something.

Coincidentally at this time, Li Yin, who was sleeping soundly beside him, was also awakened by Li Ke's voice, turned over, and yawned several times with his small mouth.

Concubine Yang looked at Li Ke who was standing in front of her, and then at Li Min who was sleeping beside her, and finally sighed after a while: "When you were in a coma, your mother went to Xuandu to observe and make a wish, now that you are in good health , tomorrow I will go with my mother and fulfill my wish."

(End of this chapter)