My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 68 Let's see if they dare to come to Gudong Palace to arrest people
"Nonsense, Your Majesty is just being ridiculous."

"If I remember correctly, the Crown Prince's East Palace doesn't have so many war horses."

"What is Qingque's intention in raising so many Tiqi? Your Majesty, don't you know?"

"I haven't been to court for a long time. I never thought that Your Majesty would do such a ridiculous thing."

"Today I will go to the Taiji Palace to ask Your Majesty why you are so biased."

Now that Li Xiang had spoken, Li Chengqian naturally had no way of hiding it anymore.

So he told him the whole story of the confrontation with the King of Wei a few days ago.

After hearing this, Gao Shilian became very angry and banged the ground with his cane.

"Uncle, please don't get upset because of this little thing of mine."

Li Chengqian hurriedly persuaded.

Gao Shilian blew his beard and glared: "How can this be a trivial matter?"

He wanted to say a few more words, but Gao Shilian felt that it would be inappropriate to talk about what happened in the past.

So he said, "Have someone prepare the horse. I will go to the palace right away."

Li Chengqian naturally didn't want Gao Shilian to go to the palace to find Li Shimin at this time.

So after much persuasion, he finally calmed down.

Gao Shilian gradually calmed down under Li Chengqian's persuasion.

It was indeed inappropriate for him to go to Taiji Palace so rashly.

And although he believed in the prince, he also needed to investigate previous events.

After all, Qingque is his great-grandson, so we can't just listen to the prince's one-sided statement.

On the way back to the East Palace.

Li Xiang couldn't help but ask, "Father, great uncle, will you really help us?"

Li Chengqian patted his son's head and said, "Your father is the crown prince, so you are naturally orthodox."

"Your Majesty favors the King of Wei, which has caused the ministers to be suspicious. This is something your great uncle does not want to see."

"That's how your majesty acted back then, but no one wants to see turmoil in the court, understand?"

Li Xiang replied, not quite understanding, "I understand, kid."

Li Chengqian patted Li Xiang on the shoulder and said, "You are a smart child. I will never let you suffer the same pain that your father has suffered."

"Thank you father."
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After returning to the Eastern Palace, Li Chengqian asked Li Xiang to practice riding and archery with the guards.

Recently he was preparing to ask Su Dingfang to teach Li Xiang the art of war.

Although doing so seems likely to lead to returning to my old ways.

But Li Chengqian still has enough confidence in himself.

His gaze was not limited to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

With gunpowder in hand, expanding territory is a piece of cake.

"Your Highness, General Su Dingfang's subordinate, Cang Cao Assistant General Pei Xingjian requests to see you."

"Tell him to wait in the side hall. I will be there right away."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Li Chengqian had known about Pei Xingjian's news for a long time, and Su Dingfang had even recommended him to him.

However, Pei Xingjian has not yet fully grown up and is currently learning the art of war from Su Dingfang.

For this reason, Li Chengqian came up with the idea of ​​letting Li Xiang learn military tactics with him.

When it comes to leading troops in battle, Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian are both among the most famous generals in the Tang Dynasty.

He is no worse than the famous generals in Lingyan Pavilion. What he lacks now is only timing and opportunity.

Besides, the average age of the famous generals in Lingyan Pavilion is over 50 years old.

The oldest, Li Jing, is now 71 years old, and the youngest, Li Ji, is 49 years old.

Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Jingde are all in their fifties.

The reason why Li Shimin did not kill his meritorious officials has a lot to do with his age. He is 44 years old this year, and he can live longer than these founding heroes in any way.

Li Chengqian thought, it's time to find Xue Rengui.

Unlike Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui came from the aristocratic Xue family in Hedong. Although his family had fallen on hard times, he was very hardworking since childhood and taught himself military books and martial arts.

In addition, he was born with outstanding arm strength and an amazing appetite. He was already very mature in all aspects and could be used directly. However, he had never had the opportunity and had always been farming at home, living a dull farm life.

After Helan Chushi, the position of Right Internal Officer of the Eastern Palace became vacant, which was just right for Xue Rengui, who was directly labeled as a member of the Eastern Palace.

Thinking of this, Chen Yunchao pushed his wheelchair to the side hall.

When walking daily, Li Chengqian sits in a wheelchair, which is quite comfortable.

No one would look down on the prince because of his wheelchair. After all, the prince riding on a horse is a real god of war.

Besides, wheelchairs only appeared for the first time in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no stereotype of wheelchair-bound people in later generations.

For the common people of the Tang Dynasty, only the nobles could sit in wheelchairs, and the feeling of wheelchairs was almost the same as that of sedan chairs.

There is not much difference between lifting and pushing.

"Left Jinwu Guard Warehouse Assistant General Pei Xingjian pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Pei Xingjian bowed with a little nervousness.

"Shou Yue came to see me specially, but what's the matter?"

Li Chengqian spoke in a gentle tone, calling Pei Xingjian by his courtesy name. After all, he would be his capable right-hand man in the future.

There is no need to worry about betrayal. As Su Dingfang's apprentice and subordinate, Pei Xingjian has already been labeled as the crown prince.

As long as it is not treason, betraying the prince is tantamount to betraying the Tang Dynasty and cutting off one's own life.

"General Su asked me to come here to tell you something. Perhaps Your Highness would be interested."

"It's about the Cui family of Qinghe."

Hearing the prince's kindness to him, Pei Xingjian immediately relaxed a lot, and then told him the purpose of his visit.

"Oh, tell me about it."

When he heard that it was related to the Cui family of Qinghe, Li Chengqian immediately became interested.

Pei Xingjian said: "Cui had a daughter named Fengzhu"

This is a love story between a rich girl and a poor boy. Cui Fengzhu, the legitimate daughter of Qinghe Cui family, accidentally met Wu Ziqing, a poor student.

The two soon fell in love and decided to spend their lives together.

Wu Ziqing's ancestors were also a famous family, but they have been in decline for many years.

Since Wu Ziqing was favored by Cui's legitimate daughter, he must have been handsome and talented in both civil and military affairs.

But unfortunately, the five surnames and seven families did not intermarry with outsiders, and the marriage of the children in the family was arranged by themselves. If you were not a member of the seven families, even the prime minister and the emperor could not grant the marriage.

Not to mention Wu Ziqing, a southern scholar who came here to study.

Although the southern gentry moved south during the Western Jin Dynasty and their roots are in the north, the northern gentry today have always looked down on the southern gentry.

The development of the southern gentry gradually grew stronger after the Anshi Rebellion and the end of the Northern Song Dynasty when they migrated south twice.

Cui Fengzhu knew that she could not convince her tribe members and did not even dare to mention it.

The two negotiated privately and finally decided to elope.

However, the power of the Five Surnames and Seven Families was so huge that the two men's hiding places were discovered many times. If someone had not tipped off Cui Fengzhu and allowed them to escape in advance, they would have been caught long ago.

After many twists and turns, the two finally escaped to Chang'an.

But as soon as he entered Chang'an, he was caught up by members of the Cui family.

Naturally, the two men refused and fought desperately, which attracted the attention of the Jinwu Guards.

In the Chang'an Street and Big and Small Quarters of the Wuhoupu Branch, when they saw someone forcibly abducting a woman in broad daylight, how could they let him go?

It was funny, but there was nothing wrong with it. The tribe member brought up the name of the Qinghe Cui family and tried to scare the Jinwu Guards.

The Jinwu Guard came with Su Dingfang. When they heard the name of Qinghe Cui family, they immediately controlled the person and reported the news.

Su Dingfang met the two men in person and after asking about the situation, he asked Pei Xingjian to come to the Eastern Palace to report.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "You do have some knowledge."

With regard to the current situation in the world, Chang'an City is the place where the power of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans is the weakest.

If it were somewhere else, there would really be someone who would give face to the Qinghe Cui family and hand the person over.

"What does Your Highness mean?" Pei Xingjian asked tentatively.

Li Chengqian said, "Send them to the East Palace. I will see if this Qinghe Cui family dares to come to my East Palace to ask for someone."

(End of this chapter)