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The population of Datang today is not much, except for Chang'an City, which is the only big city with a population of more than one million, the rest of the cities are small cities with a population of hundreds of thousands or even tens of thousands, and the city construction is also very bad.

Of course, the reason for not wanting to leave Chang'an is not only because of eating, drinking and having fun, for some princes, leaving Chang'an means staying away from the center of power, but any prince who has a trace of ambition for the position of the East Palace does not want to leave, leaving means that he has completely lost the opportunity to fight for the East Palace......

All the princes gathered in Taiji Palace, crying and making trouble, and the fleshy sycophants were so numb that they even wanted to vomit, but Li Shimin seemed to have an iron heart, and drove these uncompetitive princes out of the palace without moving, and ordered them to leave Chang'an for a limited time to go to the place.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

The decision to expel the prince shocked the Chang'an government and the opposition, this was the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that the adult prince was driven out of Chang'an City at the same time on such a large scale, and Li Shimin's decision was unprecedented.

When Li Zhi heard the news, he was stunned.

For Li Zhi, who is firmly determined to compete for the position of the East Palace, this news is undoubtedly a disaster.

Sitting alone for a long time with a dull gaze, Li Zhi suddenly jumped up, rushed to the outside of the palace gate and casually put on a pair of clogs and ran out, and several eunuch guards hurriedly followed behind, and the group ran out of the palace gate and got on the horse, and hurried towards Taiping Village.

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When I arrived at the door of Li Su's house, it was already noon.

The subordinates at the door already knew Li Zhi and saluted him one after another, but Li Zhi didn't care about the etiquette, and even waived the notification procedure, and ran into the door.

Li Su is cooking in the back kitchen.

The cook lady in the family has now fulfilled Li Su's true biography, and Li Su rarely cooks by himself now, but today is an exception.

A live sea bass is scaled, cut open, cut on both sides with a regular lattice-like knife edge, smeared with salt and covered with the mouth of the bowl, left for an hour, then taken out, put ginger slices on the bottom of the plate, a small cup of spirits, and finally put it in a steamer to steam for half an hour.

When Li Zhi ran to the back kitchen, a plate of freshly made steamed sea bass happened to be out of the cage, steaming with an attractive fragrance.

"Brother Zizheng, it's not good!" Li Zhi roared urgently.

"No fart! Did you come to my house in broad daylight to report the funeral? Li Su didn't raise his head, his eyes only stared at the perch in front of him, looked carefully, and his expression was a little dissatisfied, and he always felt that something was missing......

This is the second experiment, and the first steamed fish is even more unsuccessful.

Seeing Li Su's focused appearance, Li Zhi couldn't help but feel a little injured.

I'm also a prince anyway, why can't I even be as good as a fish?

Taking a few deep breaths, Li Zhi tried to calm down his emotions, trying to calm himself down, calm down, and not let Li Su take it lightly, thinking that he was flustered and overwhelmed by his heavy responsibilities.

"Brother Zizheng...... What about fish? Li Zhi said a word of nonsense.

Li Su was lazy, and he didn't even bother to say a monosyllabic response this time.

"This time it's steamed fish, I don't know how it tastes, last time your chef made a good braised fish, and I still have a good aftertaste......" Li Zhi licked his lips, infinitely fascinated.

"Hmm." Li Su was finally reluctant to reply, a very perfunctory monosyllable sounded carelessly from his nostrils, but his eyes were still staring at the plate of fish in front of him.

Seem...... There are defects, I should have put some soy sauce and green onions to reconcile the color and taste, and I was worried that I would rob the freshness of the sea bass, which would be self-defeating and indecent, but now the steamed sea bass is much worse than the imaginary steamed sea bass, and this immature semi-finished product is really not qualified to serve it on the Li family's table.

"Do you like fish? Steamed fish. Li Su suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Zhi expectantly.

"Huh?" Li Zhi was stunned.

Li Su was unhappy: "This kid, why is he getting more and more stupid?" What about you, do you like to eat steamed fish? ”

Li Zhi nodded stupidly: "It's still ...... Not bad. ”

Li Su handed the plate in his hand forward and said with a smile: "Come, eat it, don't waste ......"

Li Zhi reluctantly said: "This ...... Was it made for me? ”

Li Suzheng said: "I knew you would come, I made it two hours in advance, just waiting for you to enjoy it, is His Royal Highness King Jin happy?" Surprise or not? ”

“…… Surprise. ”

Li Zhi is very good at eating fish, and the first chopsticks are aimed at the most tender fish belly, and the tip of the chopsticks is gently pulled, picking up a piece of thornless tender white fish meat and sending it into his mouth.

"How? Is it tasty? Li Su looked at him expectantly.

Li Zhi's expression was a little uncomfortable: "...... Do you want to hear the truth or falsehood? ”

"What's nice?"

"Of course it's a lie."

Li Su said without hesitation: "Then tell a lie, quickly, use all your rhetoric to praise it." ”

Li Zhi: "............"

Why...... Don't play according to the routine? It's tiring to talk to this kind of person, do you know?

Li Zhi refused to take the second chopsticks after eating one chopstick, and put down the chopsticks to get down to business.

Li Su looked at the fish with a missing belly on the plate, and his expression was very entangled.

Anything imperfect can't stand it......

Stopping Li Zhi's words, Li Su pointed to the fish.

"You can't waste food in big things, food is a gift from God, waste will be struck by lightning, I am so close to you, to be honest, I am a little worried, I am afraid that the thunder in the sky will accidentally split the wrong ......"

Li Zhi was also very entangled, looked at the fish on the plate, and sighed: "So, what should I do?" ”

"Two plans, one is to eat it up, and the other is to spend money to eliminate the disaster, give me ten times the money, you secretly throw away the fish, I don't see it. Take your pick. ”

Li Zhi said without thinking: "I'll choose the second one." ”

"Happy, give money."

Li Zhi brought his entourage and gave the money very happily.

It feels very good to be wronged, knowing Li Zhi is really the best thing in life, Li Su, who got the money, is in a very happy mood, and the more he looks at Li Zhi, the more pleasing it is, this kid, except for being a little stupid, is basically full of advantages......

"Why did Brother Zizheng suddenly cook by himself today?" When Li Zhi and Li Su are together, they always like to ask all kinds of questions, although some of the questions are all nonsense.

Li Su sighed and said: "My wife doesn't know what happened these days, her appetite is very bad, she says she doesn't like to eat anything she sees, and some things can't even smell the taste, so I have to cook it myself, I hope she can like it." ”

Li Zhi looked at him like a monster, for a long time, and sighed: "It has always been the lady who serves her husband, and Zhi has never heard a man take the initiative to cook for his wife, Brother Zizheng, you are really a very special person......

Li Su glanced at him: "Cooking a dish for my mother-in-law is called 'special'?" Men of your age are really like living in a dream, and in another thousand years, not to mention that men will cook for their mothers-in-law, all their monthly income will be honestly handed over to their wives, at most they will leave some pocket money for themselves, and occasionally go out with friends for a little wine, and when they come home, they will rack their brains and think about how to repay the bills. If the lady is unhappy, the man has to kneel down and ask for guilt in a proper manner, and if the attitude is slightly improper, he will be kicked by the lady, and from then on, they will be separated from each other, and everyone will be happy......"

Li Zhi was surprised: "How is it possible! A man after a thousand years is so miserable? What's the point of being alive? ”

Li Su said quietly: "There are more wolves and less meat, more men and fewer women, what do you say about men?" They are also desperate...... life is simple, if you want to live a good life, of course you have to find an aunt, you have to be wronged, and it doesn't matter if you live a little bit. ”

Li Zhi still shook his head in disbelief: "I'd rather die." ”

Li Su squinted at him.

Man, from eight years old to eighty years old, he has a hard mouth, don't look at the appearance of this guy in front of him with an iron-blooded man, if the historical trajectory has not changed, within ten years, he will know what he has become in front of Wu Zetian, and he is so angry that people are angry.

Li Su said disdainfully: "Okay, let's get down to business, don't just know how to open your mouth...... Back to the way you hurriedly reported the funeral just now, what's wrong? ”

The topic diverged too far, Li Zhi didn't come back to his senses for a while, he was stunned for a long time and suddenly slapped his leg heavily, and sure enough, he returned to the appearance of mourning just now.

"Brother Zizheng, it's not good! My father wants to drive me out of Chang'an City and go to Bingzhou to be the governor of ......," Li Zhi said angrily.

Li Su was stunned.

The news of what happened in the morning had not yet reached Taiping Village, and Li Su was caught off guard by the news.

"What's going on? Say it carefully! For no reason, why did your father drive you to Bingzhou? Are you in trouble? Li Su said in a deep voice.

Li Zhi shook his head with a sad face: "Fei Ye, it is a superintendent named Feng Du in the court, I don't know what went crazy, and suddenly said that the adult prince of his father should fulfill the responsibility of a son of man and guard the world for his father, but all adults must go out of Beijing to take up the place, and what official position was awarded when the kings were divided into kings, such as me, Zhenguan was named the governor of the state for ten years, and he must immediately leave Chang'an City to take office in the state......"

Li Su's face became more and more solemn: "What is the origin of that person named Feng Du?" What's behind him? ”

Li Zhi smiled bitterly: "How do I know? Maybe he thought it was inappropriate that he went up, wasn't Wei Zheng the same before? ”

Li Su sneered: "If there is no one behind him, I will cut off his head and kick it for you...... Think about it, now is the critical juncture of the struggle for the crown, those contradictions hidden in the shadows are already about to come out, just waiting for a suitable opportunity, at this time, someone suddenly said that he would drive all the adult princes out of Beijing, do you think that the person named Feng Du has the courage to do this? If I had to prove it, I'll just ask you one question...... Wei Wangtai can be in the list of the prince's departure from Beijing this time? ”

Li Zhi was stunned, and then sighed gloomily: "Brother Wei Wang is not allowed to be an official due to physical reasons, and he is the only exception......"

Li Su said with a smile: "All the adult princes have left Beijing, leaving the King of Wei alone to stay in Chang'an, with the ability of the King of Wei, he naturally frequently enters and exits the palace, and reports to your father early and late, all kinds of filial piety and well-behaved, with an innocent and honest face to the favor of your father, looking at the entire Chang'an, there is no prince competing with him for favor, and in the end, the position of the East Palace must be him, there is no suspense." ”

Li Zhi was anxious when he heard this.

If he didn't have the ambition to be a prince at the beginning, it doesn't matter to him who is the prince, anyway, he is just a carefree prince who eats and waits for death.

But later, after Li Su analyzed the situation with him in detail, Li Zhi was shocked to realize that he had to fight for the position of the crown prince, because if he didn't fight, he would die.

No matter who becomes the crown prince and succeeds to the emperor in the future, the first person to be killed is Li Zhi, for no other reason, there is only one most fatal reason, because Li Zhi is the son-in-law, and the identity of the son-in-law means that he is qualified to succeed to the throne, and he is a potential threat to the emperor's throne, and in order to get rid of the troubles forever, Li Zhi must die.

Either the emperor or the dead end, for Li Zhi, this is a very cruel and simple choice at the same time.

Li Zhi decisively chose to fight for the position of the prince, the reason is that the ambition that is about to move accounts for a part, and in order to save his life, he must fight for the position of the prince, and he must win, losing means death.

Today, if Li Shimin's will is more serious, it can be said that it has pushed Li Zhi to a dead end.

Leaving Chang'an and leaving Li Shimin's side, does he have a chance of winning the crown prince?

Li Su's heart also sank.

Now the relationship between him and Li Zhi is not just friends, the interests of the two are also tightly tied together, and both are lost, Li Zhi can't fight for the crown prince, and Li Tai is replaced, and his Li Su's fate is not much better, and the way of death is different.

"Let's talk about it carefully, after that person named Feng Du went up, what was the reaction of the ministers in the court?" Li Su said in a deep voice.

Li Zhi thought for a while, and said: "First of all, Feng Du is alone in the sparse, the father did not take it to heart, Feng Du's performance was left in the middle of the sparse, the next day, there are three more imperial histories seconded Feng Du, and at the same time, the emperor asked the father to send the adult prince to the post, the father still ignored it, and finally for some reason, more than half of the imperial history in the court was sparse, and the content was to second Feng Du, and the father paid attention to it, and after discussing with his uncle, Fang Xiang, and other important ministers, he made this decision......

"What is your uncle's attitude towards this?" Li Su's eyes flashed.

Li Zhi smiled bitterly: "My uncle didn't express his position, this decision was made by my father himself." ”

Li Su sneered.

This old fox is really not shallow, and he did things without saying anything.

Li Zhi said with a sad face: "Brother Zizheng, help me find a way, if I go to the state and merge with the state, it will definitely be a dead end in the future, if Brother Wei becomes the prince, my life will be suspended!" ”

Li Su said angrily: "Of course I know, I can be sure that this incident has nothing to do with King Wei, only by driving all of you princes out of Chang'an, he will have the confidence to become the crown prince......"

After pondering for a long time, Li Su muttered: "It's really fast enough to make a move, and he took the initiative without making a sound, forcing His Majesty to make this decision, his chances of winning are getting bigger and bigger, and he is almost half a step away from success......"

Li Zhi said tentatively: "Why don't you ...... I went into the palace to beg my father? I am the same as Brother Wei Wang, my father will be reluctant to let me leave his side, and my father loves me the most, if I ask him, maybe he can agree......"

Li Su shook his head: "The will has been made, there is no reason to take it back, your father and emperor included your sister-in-law before making this decision, which means that he has thought it through and feels that you should leave Beijing, or rather, you must leave Beijing, and it is impossible to change the result by begging him." ”

Li Zhi was stunned: "Why does my father think that I must leave Beijing?" ”

Li Su glanced at him and sighed: "Because your father wants to serve the public, he wants to show the people of the world, and tell the people of the world that the princes of your Li family are treated equally, and the princes of noble status are no exception, so the word 'fairness' in the world has a little more weight, which is very important for the rule of the society, and the royal family must establish such prestige, understand?" ”

"Of course, at the same time, it is also for the courtiers to see, and even the son-in-law is willing to throw it to the state, what other people and things can be an exception? Invisibly, His Majesty's prestige in the hearts of the courtiers is also higher, and there are more and more courtiers who are willing to serve the Tang Dynasty to the death, this is a good thing to win people's hearts, and the price paid is to throw a sister-in-law out, in exchange for you, do you think this deal is cost-effective? ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Of course it's cost-effective, it's very reasonable, but it's not reasonable, does the emperor have to face such a cruel deal?" ”

Li Su nodded: "If you become the emperor, you will definitely encounter many similar choices in this life, this is unavoidable, many contradictions that are not too sharp, but once you reach the heavens, this contradiction is already very serious, so serious that it cannot be resolved, you can only choose the lesser of two harms, the one who should be sacrificed, who should be an abandoned son, no matter how reluctant it is, after all, it is still necessary to give it up, the so-called' The emperor is ruthless', it's just that the emperor has experienced too many people and things that he must give up, and gradually becomes hard-hearted, and there is no one and nothing in the world that can make him 'reluctant'......"

Li Zhi hung his head in despair and sighed: "What does it mean to be such an emperor?" I now wonder if my decision to become the crown prince was right or wrong. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "You can be a clear stream in the imperial world, reluctance is reluctance, if you want to stay, you can stay, and the things you throw out are always things you don't like, if anyone is not convinced, just one word, 'kill him'." ”

Looking at Li Zhi's collapsed expression, Li Su said leisurely: "It seems that you regret it?" Do you regret fighting for this prince? It doesn't matter, you can quit at any time, as soon as you quit, I will hug King Wei's thigh as soon as possible, he values me very much, and he must be happy to explode on the spot with my abandonment, and I will still live a smooth life in my life......"

Li Zhi came back to his senses, his face was a little dark: "Who regretted it?" Also, what does it mean to 'abandon darkness and turn to light'? Where is my great husband, who is so sunny and cheerful and open-minded? ”