My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 49 Is there a Crown Prince in the world who has been a Prince for forty years?
The next day, East Palace.

Du He felt helpless.

He heard the news that the prince had quarreled with His Majesty again, so he hurried to the East Palace early this morning.

In the morning, Li Chengqian was performing martial arts.

This has become his daily routine, and he performs in front of the guards every day.

The guards cheered as usual.

Although the prince's power is no longer as shocking as it was at the beginning, it has completely penetrated into people's hearts.

Seeing that riding and shooting were as easy for the prince as eating and drinking, the guards also practiced hard, wanting to catch up with the prince.

Recently, someone in the East Palace vaguely said that he wanted to follow the prince to fight on the battlefield.

No one knew where it came from, maybe it was the imagination of a certain guard, but many guards felt as if it was real.

But now that the Tang Dynasty is at peace, how can there be any war?

The guards' desire was destined to be fruitless.

Naturally, these words were secretly spread by Li Chengqian through the eunuch Wen Zhong.

After all, these guards of the Eastern Palace are the force that truly belongs to him.

This is the power that can really help him make a comeback.

It was also the capital for being called out outside Xuanwu Gate in the future.

After Bing Si started making money, Li Chengqian asked the Prince's servants to add meat to the guards' meals.

The amount of training is large, so you naturally have to eat well.

Du He stood beside the parade ground, watching the prince riding his horse across the field.

He asked the eunuch Wen Zhong in a daze, "Is this really the prince? I am not seeing things, I am hallucinating."

Hearing the news and seeing it with your own eyes are two completely different things.

This kind of shocking feeling that is directly presented to your eyes cannot be expressed in just a few words.

Wen Zhong replied, "Your Highness will practice martial arts in the parade ground every morning. If Prince Consort Du is interested, he can follow His Highness."

As he was speaking, Du He happened to see the prince drawing his Juque Tiangong bow and drawing his arrow, shooting it straight through the target.

This is not a bow and arrow, it's clearly a human-shaped crossbow.

Under such force, the armor was like paper.

After the martial arts performance, Li Chengqian came to Du He.

"Wait for me in the main hall. I'm sweating all over. I'll go take a shower first."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Du He's tone became more respectful.

No one can treat such a humanoid beast with a normal attitude.

Du He only found out today that the prince had such a hidden trick. It was truly horrifying.

After a stick of incense.

main hall.

Li Chengqian, who was sitting in the wheelchair, was completely different from the person he was just now.

"Is there something urgent that requires you to come here so early in the morning?"

While they were talking, the palace maids brought in breakfast one after another.

Du He hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that His Highness and His Majesty had another conflict yesterday."

Originally, Du He came here with the intention of bringing some troops to hold someone accountable.

But after what happened this morning, I couldn't hold on any longer.

"You have heard that the King of Wei stayed at the Taiji Palace, and His Majesty also appointed Prime Minister Fang as the Grand Secretary of the King of Wei's Academy of Literature."

"Should I not have any reaction when I hear such news? How will the officials in the court and the people of the world view me?"

"Their crown prince is so spineless that when faced with something like this, he just hides like a turtle in the East Palace?"

Du He advised, "Your Highness has directly offended His Majesty like this, and it has brought shame to His Majesty. Wouldn't that make His Majesty even more displeased with you?" Li Chengqian didn't care at all. He ate his mutton pancake and replied, "The crying child gets the milk. If I let His Majesty do this, I'm afraid His Majesty will get worse."

"I am the crown prince. As long as your majesty does not depose me, I will be the crown prince."

"I want His Majesty to know that there are some things that he cannot do as he pleases."

"At least next time he favors the King of Wei, he should always consider my feelings."

After listening to this, Du He hesitated for a while before saying, "Your Majesty has other deep meanings in appointing Lord Fang as the Grand Secretary of the Wei Wang Academy of Literature."

"Mr. Fang was born in the Qinghe Fang family. His ancestors had also intermarried with the Qinghe Cui family. Although there are some conflicts, they are still connected."

"This is also a test from your majesty to Lord Fang."

The fact that the Five Surnames and Seven Families supported the King of Wei was no longer a secret in the upper circles of the court.

In recent years, Your Majesty has been continuously weakening the power of the Five Surnames and Seven Aristocrats.

The reason why Fang Xuanling served as the Grand Secretary of Wei Wang's Academy of Literature was precisely for this purpose.

Li Chengqian said: "Yes, but this move is also to strengthen the power of King Wei."

"Can His Majesty really control everything? Will his plan succeed?"

“The lesson of history is that people never learn from history.”

"My grandfather also had the same idea back then. He wanted Your Majesty to compete with my uncle, so that both the Guanlong and Shandong clans would suffer losses, and our Tang Dynasty would become stronger."

"As for the final result, you can see it now. He failed."

"What is His Majesty doing? He is doing the same thing as my grandfather did. Maybe he has some other ideas, but will he surpass my grandfather? I don't think so."

"The Five Surnames and Seven Families, these aristocratic families, also know your majesty's plan, but they still choose to support the King of Wei."

"They failed once and lost their voice in the court. Now they want to win it all back through the King of Wei."

"This time, you tell me, will they lose or win?"

Du He said firmly: "They will lose, Your Highness, they can't win."

Li Chengqian put down the Hu Bing in his hand and sighed, "Yes, they will lose, but the winner may not be me."

"I am not just dealing with the King of Wei. Perhaps I have never dealt with the King of Wei."

Du He was silent.

The prince was deeper and more than he thought.

There is actually not much meaning in challenging the King of Wei.

If you lose, the prince will be replaced.

Even if he wins, the prince is still the prince, and it seems like he didn't gain anything.

The one standing in front of the prince has never been the King of Wei, but Your Majesty.

If there was no King of Wei, if Your Majesty did not favor and pamper King of Wei so much.

Aren't there these waves?

The answer is yes.

No one knows where the future is headed. Your Majesty is now in his prime, and it won’t be difficult for him to live to seventy or eighty.

The crown prince has been the crown prince for ten years. If he waits another thirty years, how can there be a crown prince for forty years in this world?

"Your Highness." Du He's voice was a little hoarse.

Li Chengqian said calmly: "Go and arrange to spread rumors in Chang'an City."

"Your Majesty has agreed yesterday to let Su Dingfang serve as the General of the Jinwu Guard. We now have our own people in Chang'an City."

"Let's make this matter known as soon as possible. Let the whole city know about it. Let the officials of the court and the people of the Tang Dynasty realize the threat of Goryeo."

"We have to fight this battle."

"Conquering Goryeo is our chance."

“It’s also the best opportunity.”

(End of this chapter)