bastard seizes tang

Chapter 597 After the Banquet
It was night, and the sky was getting dark. Wei Wang Li Tai sat on the carriage back home, his eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

Yan Wan, who was sitting in the carriage beside him, looked at Li Tai who was beside him, and asked, "What is your Highness thinking about? But you are still thinking about the things in the palace?"

Li Tai slowly opened his eyes, and at some point there were some red threads on his eyeballs, and asked Yan Wan: "Do you think the poems that the prince wrote in the palace just now were written by the prince himself?"

Li Tai's words seem to doubt the authenticity of Li Ke's poem. After all, the poem is too delicate to break Shen Ke. Li Tai is unwilling to believe that this poem was written by Li Ke, a warrior. out.

Yan Wan thought for a while and replied: "Just looking at the prince's handwriting, it has the taste of Wang Xizhi, and it is still quite hot. Without more than ten years of immersion, it is impossible to have such words. From this we can see The prince is by no means an ordinary military official. And just as His Highness said, the poem by the prince is so exquisite that even if it was a ghostwriter, it might be hard to find for a while."

Li Taidao: "Where is Cen Wenwen? Cen Wenwen is so talented that his father and all the officials praised him unanimously. If he wrote it for him, it would be fine."

As Li Tai said that, he stopped talking. Cen Wenwen's writings are overwhelming, and even the great Confucian Yan Shigu is ashamed of himself, but he has read Cen Wenwen's article, and Li Ke's poem is simply It's not Cen Wenwen's style of writing, not to mention that Cen Wenwen is a pure and careless son of a Jiangnan family, so there is no reason why he can write such a poem.

Where did Li Ke's poems come from? Li Tai couldn't figure out where Li Ke's poems came from. who.

Li Tai sighed suddenly and said: "Perhaps I am narrow-minded. The Lingyan Pavilion discussion has only been held for a few days. Where can such a person come up to write for the prince? Moreover, although this poem is written in response to the situation, it has already been written. No matter who comes up with this poem, it will become famous all over the world within a few days, and even establish a sect, and whoever will give up such an opportunity to others."

Yan Wan looked at Li Tai's unwillingness, and said to Li Tai: "Your Highness, why worry, Your Highness's "Lingyan Pavilion Fu" was also appreciated by the Emperor Father, this time His Highness lost, and next time he wins back."

Yan Wan's words were mostly comforting Li Tai, but after listening to Yan Wan's words, Li Tai gave a wry smile and said, "Win? What will I use to win? This prince's poem has been deliberated over and over again. You can't even change the words, the prince is much better than me with just this poem."

Although Li Tai and Li Ke are at odds, he is also serious about his studies. Good is good, and bad is bad. In the face of excellent works, Li Tai still has this capacity, and he will not deny it to death.

It's just that Li Tai's mood is extremely depressed now. Compared with Li Ke in the past, Li Tai was far inferior to Li Ke in terms of martial arts. The only thing Li Tai felt that he could beat Li Ke was his literary talent, but now looking at it , Li Taiwen is not as good as Li Ke, both civil and military are suppressed by Li Ke, so what will he use to compete with Li Ke who is already the prince?
Yan Wan asked Li Tai: "Then what is your Highness's plan after today?"

Li Tai dared to compete with Li Ke for the heir, relying on his literary name and status as the son of the first son. Although Li Chengqian is abolished now, Li Ke is the eldest son, and Li Tai is only the second son. As for the literary name, Li Tai will not be as good after today. What Wan wants to ask is naturally Li Tai's thoughts and attitudes towards seizing the crown.

In fact, although Yan Wan is not very opposed to Li Tai's fight for the heir, she does not support her in her heart. Li Tai is a son-in-law. As long as he can be his prince of Taiping, Li Ke has no need to embarrass him. It is not necessary for Li Tai to seek wealth. The hard part, what Yan Wan is most worried about is that Li Tai will fight Li Ke to save the position, and in the end it will hurt herself, and she also hopes that Li Tai will give up.

But today's defeat is just today's loss, but Li Tai never gave up on his dream of being an emperor. Li Tai thought for a while and replied: "Today's matter can only be let go, and the rest will be decided in the future."

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Just as Li Tai and Yan Wan were returning to the Wei Palace from the palace in a carriage, the Donggong carriage and Wei Shi who were carrying Li Ke and Wu Meiniang were also on their way back to the palace.

"Sanlang has a good literary talent. When today's poem comes out, it will amaze everyone. I'm afraid King Wei won't be able to sleep tonight." Wu Meiniang smiled at Li Ke, leaning on Li Ke's arm in the East Palace carriage.

Li Ke said with a smile: "It's just a short poem, it's nothing. If the king of Wei didn't make an excuse, I wouldn't want to stand out as a husband."

Although Li Ke's poems are good and can show off his literary talents, the content of the poems also has a warlike meaning. Li Ke was also afraid of Wei Zheng's involvement, for fear that Wei Zheng would make things difficult for him again, but fortunately Wei Zheng I still know the general idea, and there was no trouble during the meeting.

Wu Meiniang said: "The King of Wei looks like a dun Confucian, but he is actually very ambitious. He is eyeing on Sanlang's crown prince. If he is not told to retreat today, there will be plenty of places for him to show off his might in the future."

Li Ke said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of him showing off his prestige, no matter how pretentious he is, he's still the fourth son. As long as Li Chengqian and I are here, he will never have a chance."

Wu Meiniang said: "It's a pity that Emperor Father dotes on him so much that he refuses to let him go, otherwise there would be so many troubles."

Li Ke nodded and said: "That's right, we can't move him right now. The crown prince has just been exiled for a long time, and the father is more and more reluctant to let Li Tai go away. At this time, if Li Tai is in trouble, the father will only protect him."

Wu Meiniang also agreed with Li Kezhi's words: "Sanlang is very true, the father and the emperor love to protect the son, it is really inappropriate to do anything to the king of Wei at the moment, it is better to take steps at every step."

Listening to Wu Meiniang's words, Li Ke seemed to have already made plans, Li Ke asked, "What can Meiniang do?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "Li Tai's stay in Chang'an is nothing more than using the minions of the imperial court in Beijing to help him succeed. We can't touch Li Tai, but we can move his minions. The most secure way at the moment is Slowly cut off his party members in the court."

Li Tai is different from Li Ke, Li Tai relied on Li Shimin's favor and never left the capital, so Li Tai's local roots are not deep, and he put all his energy on winning courtiers, and he is quite powerful in the court.

Although he has great influence in the court, he can directly go to Datian Ting, and even influence the court affairs to a certain extent, but he also has his disadvantages, that is, the foundation is unstable.

Li Ke's roots are in Yangzhou, followed by Taiyuan. Even if Li Ke loses power in the court one day, Li Ke can still use the local government to counter the court and exert influence, but Li Tai can't. The forces in the court are just castles in the air, once they lose power, there is no possibility of turning back.

Li Ke asked: "Li Tai has a lot of party members, who does Meiniang want to move first?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "Although there are many courtiers who are close to Prince Wei's mansion, the highest officials are only Wang Gui and Wei Ting. Wang Gui's reputation is too heavy to move easily. How about Wei Ting?"

Wei Ting is the official censor and also an important minister in the court, if Wei Ting can be removed from his official position, it will be tantamount to breaking Li Tai's arm.

Wu Meiniang's words are reasonable, but Li Ke thought about it, but said: "No, there is another person before Wei Ting, I want to move Liu Ji first."

(End of this chapter)