Chapter 69: The Transformation of Xuanwu Sect II (The next few chapters are transitional chapters, don’t be too embarrassed!)
The advice of his subordinates and generals made Li Shimin waver in his heart.
He knew that as long as he took this step, there would be no turning back.
Back in the backyard, Princess Qin was taking care of several children.
The eldest son Li Chengqian is only seven years old this year, which is the age of a child. The eldest daughter Li Lizhi is only five years old, and the other children are still young.
"Father, father!" As Li Shimin's favorite eldest daughter, Li Lizhi usually regarded her as the apple of his eye. When she saw her father, she rushed towards Li Shimin.
"Oh, slow down, slow down, be careful of falling!" Li Shimin quickly stepped forward and picked up his precious daughter.
Li Chengqian was very envious when he saw his sister's behavior, but thinking of the normal teachings of his father, the queen and his mother, he resisted the impulse in his heart.
As the eldest son of his father and the eldest brother of his brothers and sisters, he must be strong.
"They are all gone?" Seeing that Li Shimin's expression was not very good, Changsun Wugou stepped forward and took his daughter over and handed it to the maid nearby, and asked Li Chengqian to take his younger brothers and sisters down.
"Guanyin, what do you think I should do? They all forced me, my eldest brother forced me, my father forced me, and now even my uncle and the others are forcing me. What should I do now?"
Li Shimin's emotions were a little out of control at this time. The pressure of these days made it difficult for the Tang Dynasty's generals to bear it.
"Erlang, no matter what decision you make, the children and I will support you.
But I hope you'll give some thought to me and the kids before you make a decision. They're still young, okay? " Changsun Wugou looked at Li Shimin pleadingly.
Li Shimin hugged his eldest grandson Wugou tightly, nodded fiercely and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I, Li Shimin, will never fail, absolutely not, I promise you!"
"I believe you!" The two hugged each other tightly, as if they would never be separated.
Li Shimin gently stroked his eldest grandson's back. He knew that he had no way out. If he wanted his family to be safe, he had to move forward bravely.
On the second day, Li Shimin summoned several close friends to discuss matters.
After everyone arrived, Li Shimin got straight to the point and said, "I agreed to what happened yesterday."
When everyone heard this answer, they immediately beamed with joy, and finally had something in their hearts.
As the absolute confidants of King Qin, they would never have a good life if King Qin fell.
Those who have issues with them will never let them go, but as they are subordinates of King Qin, if King Qin does not nod, then whatever they do will be clear as to whether it is right or not.
Now that King Qin nods, they have a backbone, and everyone under King Qin will be able to work together.
"But!" Li Shimin looked at everyone expressionlessly and said suddenly.
"You also have to promise the lonely king something. If you can't do it, then you just pretended to be the lonely king and didn't say anything." Li Shimin continued.
"Please show me your Majesty!" Everyone bowed.
"Nothing can happen to the prince and his heirs!" Li Shimin said word by word as he looked at everyone.
"No, Your Majesty!" Everyone was anxious and urged.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is wise!" But amidst the voices of everyone admonishing, a different voice sounded, and everyone looked at him angrily.
"Keming, what do you mean?" Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji asked in confusion when they saw it was Du Ruhui.
Du Ruhui looked at them without showing any signs of weakness and said, "Do you remember the story the king told us last year?"
"You mean?" Fang Xuanling said with a breath of air. "Yes, although this story is simple, the truth in it is very important. We are doing it simply now, but that will definitely lead to endless disasters!" Du Ruhui said.
"Then what should we do? You have to know that to cut the grass, you have to get rid of the roots!" Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong also stepped forward to Qin Qiong stood aside and said nothing.
"Shubao, what do you think?" Li Shimin said to Qin Qiong.
"I will obey your Majesty in everything." After saying that, he stopped saying anything.
At this time, the hall had completely quieted down, and they also began to echo the story told by King Qin last year.
All of you sitting here are the elites of this era. When you calm down, they also understand King Qin's concerns.
In their opinion, one only cares about the present, while the latter is standing in the future and has a much better reputation.
But things are never that simple. We still don’t know whether things will work out now. It’s too early to consider that.
But judging from King Qin’s intention, he must definitely protect them.
"Your Majesty, last time I asked who wrote the story, your Majesty was silent. Now that we have reached a critical juncture, do you still want to hide it from us?" Fang Xuanling stepped forward and said.
"I can tell you, but you must keep it secret." Li Shimin did not refuse. He knew that it would be impossible not to tell you now, otherwise he would not be convincing at all.
"Actually, you also know that person?"
"Do we know each other?" Everyone felt confused and began to think about who among the people they knew could see so far, and they started to prepare for a rainy day a year ago.
But according to what the king meant, they all knew each other, so the scope was narrowed down a lot.
"We all know each other, and no one among us can be trusted by the King of Qin so much." Cheng Yaojin murmured to himself, thinking about one person after another in his mind.
"Ha! I know who it is!" Cheng Yaojin looked at everyone with a arrogant look, as if to say, everyone here is a bunch of scum.
"Ahem! Yaojin, stop showing off and tell me quickly!" Qin Qiong couldn't stand it anymore and said to Cheng Yaojin speechlessly.
"Second brother, you actually know this guy too," Cheng Yaojin said.
Looking at the confused second brother, Cheng Yaojin said again: "Do you remember that young man?"
"What? You mean Brother Song? How is that possible?" Qin Qiong said in surprise.
"That's right, Zhijie is right. It's the Ji Song who said, 'Looking back at dusk, that person is in the dim light.'" Li Shimin directly told the truth.
"It's actually him?" Everyone was surprised, but they had no doubts, because at this time, it was impossible for King Qin to deceive everyone with such a ridiculous thing.
"Do you still remember the funds I raised from you in the seventh year of Wude? Do you know what I did with it?" Li Shimin continued.
"Aren't you going to build a papermaking workshop? Is there anything else?" Yuchi said in a respectful voice.
"Keming, you answer everyone's questions." Li Shimin did not answer, but asked the question to Du Ruhui, who was in charge of the money and food of Tiance Mansion.
"No!" Du Ruhui said respectfully.
"Back then, the King of Qin raised [-] yuan from you on the pretext of building a paper workshop.
Changsun Wuji has three thousand guan, Fang Xuanling has one thousand guan, Cheng Yaojin has two thousand guan, Yuchi Gong has one thousand guan, Qin Qiong has one thousand guan, and I have one thousand guan. In addition to the five thousand gu from others, the remaining [-] gu were contributed in the name of Princess Qin. Am I right? Du Ruhui said.
(End of this chapter)
