My father, Li Shimin, requests Your Majesty to become the Retired Emperor.

Xu Hui looked at Li Shimin with her beautiful eyes full of concern: "Your Majesty, there are some things I don't know whether I should say or not."

"There are no outsiders here, so say whatever you want to say." Li Shimin sat down in a chair at the table, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.

"Your Majesty, I know you are a very magnanimous person. You may have taken in some women for various reasons."

But did those women really love you?

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin frowned: "What do you mean by that?"

"For example, Lady Yang, the wife of Prince Chao, was originally Li Yuanji's woman. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Yuanji died."

You took Lady Yang into your harem, and you two had a son, Li Ming.

It stands to reason,

This was originally a good thing.

However, some people noticed that Lady Yang often wept in front of Li Yuanji's mourning hall. So, why do you think Lady Yang did that?

What kind of feelings did she have for Li Yuanji?

Li Shimin, however, disagreed: "If Lady Yang really did that, it just proves that she is a person of great loyalty and righteousness."

What's wrong with that?

Isn't this exactly what we should be advocating?

Do you really want all the women I choose to be heartless and ungrateful?

"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood me."

What I mean is that Princess Yang, the wife of Prince Chao, still has feelings for Li Yuanji.

Could she do something to harm you?

Li Shimin waved his hand and laughed, "How could there be such a foolish woman in the world?"

As you just mentioned, I already have a son, Li Ming, with her.

If he were to harm me, wouldn't that mean Li Ming would lose his father?

I believe there is no woman in this world that is so stupid.

Upon hearing this, Xu Hui's heart stirred; she wanted to ask Li Shimin...

Is Li Ming your son or Li Yuanji's son?

However, she couldn't bring herself to say these words in front of Li Shimin.

"Alright, then let's talk about Consort Yang again."

Consort Yang was originally the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui, a princess of the Sui Dynasty, and of noble status.

However, she seems to have some reservations about our Great Tang Dynasty.

Because in her mind, she always believed that the Li family had taken away the Yang family's power.

For example, she wants to live in Jiucheng Palace. What are her reasons?

"She said that Jiucheng Palace was formerly Renshou Palace, and Renshou Palace belonged to her grandfather," Li Shimin replied.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please consider what was in Consort Yang's mind when she said such things?"

In other words, in her mind, she still believed that it was our Great Tang Dynasty that seized the throne from the Sui Dynasty.

She never imagined that Emperor Yang of Sui had committed such heinous crimes in order to satisfy his personal desires.

The Sui Dynasty issued an edict to endlessly construct Xianren Palace and Jiangdu Palace, and to excavate the Grand Canal. The number of laborers who died or were injured was in the millions.

The common people were suffering terribly and were driven to desperation, which is why they gathered together for the Wagang Uprising.

However, it was obvious that Consort Yang did not believe that her father had done anything wrong.

The last time Chang'an was besieged, everyone was worried about the safety of His Majesty and the Empress.

However, she wrote to Li Ke, telling him not to bring troops back to rescue Chang'an.

Consort Yang is mentally prepared to die with you.

"Your Majesty, is this her way of showing love for you?"

In fact, Li Shimin was also quite displeased about the previous letter from Consort Yang.

However, he had a long-standing relationship with Consort Yang, and they had two sons, Prince Li Ke and Prince Li Yin.

Does that mean Yang Shufei should be punished just because of that letter?

This also makes me seem rather narrow-minded.