Since the funeral of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin has not been in the court, and he has no intention of reading even the chapter, standing in the Taiji Palace all day long and looking in the direction of Empress Changsun's mausoleum, although he can't see it at all, he still has to look in that direction, no one knows what he is thinking, anyway, it must be related to Empress Changsun.

I have to admit that Li Shimin's infatuation with Empress Changsun is extraordinary, which also shows that Li Shimin is a good man who values affection, but it is a pity that he is an emperor, as an emperor, he can't spend too much time wasting his feelings, because there are countless military affairs that he needs to deal with, hundreds of millions of people are like babies waiting to be fed, and the burden on his body is too heavy, and now he is so decadent because of the death of Empress Changsun, it will attract the dissatisfaction of the courtiers.

The patience of the ministers is limited, and in February, there were three imperial historians who asked Li Shimin to temporarily endure the pain of losing his wife and handle the government with his heart, but Li Shimin did not respond, and continued to immerse himself in sorrow every day and be a quiet beautiful man.

In mid-February, Wei Zheng, a servant of the door, wrote a book, the content was basically the same as those imperial histories, but the tone was much tougher, as if it had been agreed, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling also began to write at this time to persuade Li Shimin, and above the court, many people began to be impetuous.

At the end of February, the crown prince Li Chengqian begged to see Li Shimin, and frankly advised him face-to-face, so that his father and emperor could extricate themselves from their grief and put the country's society first.

In fact, Li Shimin's heart is like a mirror, the reason why he is so sinking is because of guilt, because he knows that in fact, the eldest grandson queen didn't have to die, she blamed herself for many things, and changed Li Hao's prescription, although Li Hao took the blame for him, but he couldn't pass this hurdle.

During these days, he thought about it a lot, and he was sad enough, he knew that Empress Changsun was a woman who understood righteousness, and she definitely didn't want to see herself so decadent.

On the first day of the first month of March, Li Shimin came to the court again, and he was busy reviewing the chapters again in the Liangyi Hall and the Ganlu Palace.

At the court meeting on March 15, the crown prince Li Chengqian played a concert to ask Li Shimin to forgive Li Hao's crimes, if it was someone else's intercession, it would not be convincing, but Li Chengqian was different, he was the crown prince, and the eldest grandson queen was his biological mother, which showed that he understood the righteousness.

However, as soon as Li Chengqian exonerated Li Hao, Li Tai, the king of Wei, jumped out to oppose it, shouting that it was Li Hao who killed the eldest grandson empress, and he should be beheaded for public display, and the lightest should be copied and distributed, so the two of them argued in court, each insisting on one word, and not giving in to each other.

Although Li Chengqian and Li Tai have not dealt with each other much for a long time, it is the first time that they have argued in public, and the cause of the dispute is actually a seventeen-year-old boy - Li Hao. Only then did the ministers discover that this Li Hao was really not simple, and he actually caused the two princes to openly tear apart in the court.

The two argued for a long time, Wu King Li Ke suddenly came out of the queue and interceded for Li Hao, Li Chengqian was immediately surprised, he had a general friendship with Li Ke, and he didn't smile when he greeted him, how could he suddenly help himself? With Li Chengqian's IQ, he naturally couldn't think of a reason, but the eldest grandson Wuji on the side slowly frowned, he knew that it seemed that other people had begun to notice Li Hao's extraordinary, and the person who pointed out Li Ke also knew that it must be Quan Wanji.

The three princes quarreled over Li Hao, which Li Shimin did not expect, to be honest, Li Shimin originally planned to let Li Hao out next month, since the topic was brought up by the three sons, it was better to ask the courtiers first, so he asked casually: "Since the dispute between the crown prince King Wu and the King of Wei is difficult to resolve, then Zhu Qing might as well say, whether this Li Hao is guilty or not?" ”

Everyone buried their heads one after another, no one was willing to take the initiative to take this hot potato, Li Shimin was so bad that he actually asked Li Hao if he was guilty, hehe, what do you do about him, who dares to say that he is not guilty.

Fang Xuanling was still very powerful, and I saw him slowly stepping out of the ranks, bowing and saluting: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Hao is guilty." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "Fang Aiqing thinks this Li Hao should die?" ”

"Definitely." Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Although Li Hao is guilty, his guilt does not lead to death. ”

Sure enough, it was Fang Xuanling, who was skillful in speaking, Li Shimin had already guessed what he was going to say, but he still spread his hands and said, "Fang Qing will talk about it carefully." ”

"Yes." Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, the eldest grandson queen has suffered from qi disease for many years, as early as three years ago, the Tai Hospital once said that the queen's qi disease is a stubborn disease in the world, and there is no medicine to treat, all the doctors can do is to suppress it and do their best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

When he said this, he stopped, and the meaning in his words was obvious, that is to say, Empress Changsun's illness was originally a terminal illness, and the funeral was expected to have nothing to do with Li Hao.

Li Shimin nodded and sighed when he heard this: "It is true that the Tai Hospital said so, I remember that I was furious and angrily reprimanded the hospital. ”

Seeing that Li Shimin cooperated with Fang Xuanling so much, everyone's hearts suddenly brightened, it turned out that Li Shimin didn't want to punish Li Hao at all.

I only heard Fang Xuanling continue: "The queen's funeral, the fault is not Li Hao, but when Li Hao offered the medicine, he threatened that his medicine could cure the queen's qi disease, this is a lie, and the crime is not light, however, the minister implores His Majesty to remember that he is young and ignorant, and has repeatedly performed miraculous achievements, and he will be lightly dismissed to avoid the loss of my talent in the Tang Dynasty." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side came out of the queue, stood beside Fang Xuanling, and saluted Li Shimin: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

The two most powerful bigwigs in the court interceded for Li Hao, everyone knew that Li Hao was fine, Li Tai's face became very ugly, as if he had eaten two catties of hot shit, he was unwilling, and wanted to come forward to argue, suddenly saw Du Chuke closing his eyes and shaking his head at him, the meaning was very clear, let him give up, although Du Chuke's official position is not high, but his name is not small, he is still Du Ruhui's younger brother, Li Tai has always been obedient to him, although he was carried away by anger at the moment, but Du Chuke reminded him in a timely manner, Li Tai is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart, He also knew that it was impossible to kill Li Hao this time, so he could only grit his teeth and clench his fists secretly, and talk about it later.

Li Shimin pretended to think about it, and then nodded and said: "What Zhong Aiqing said is very true, young people just like to make mistakes, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, I heard that this Li Hao loves money like his life, and is extremely stingy, since this is the case, then let him fine 100,000 yuan, just buy his life, and the money will be released immediately when the money arrives in the treasury." ”

"100,000!" Everyone present glared and exclaimed, many people even thought that Li Shimin was deliberately embarrassing Li Hao, what kind of joke, among the officials present, there can be a few who have a family property of more than 100,000 yuan, and let a teenage boy in cloth pay a fine of 100,000 yuan, which is clearly reaching out to the eldest girl to have a child, which is embarrassing.

Cheng Yanjin couldn't help grinning after hearing this punishment, others didn't know Li Hao's family property, but he knew very well that Li Hao was very profitable, and there were 20,000 yuan in dividends from the restaurant every year, and the honeycomb coal business in winter could earn more than 40,000 yuan, as for spirits, it was more, at least more than 70,000 yuan in dividends for spirits a year, and he earned 50,000 yuan a day when he got married, plus Li Hao also had business cooperation with the eldest grandson's family, it is said that the annual income is calculated in units of 10,000 yuan, so it is calculated, Now Li Hao's assets are more than 200,000 yuan.

At this moment, Li Hao was playing cards with a few jailers in the prison leisurely, completely unaware that he had caused an uproar in the court again, and in the afternoon, a jailer suddenly ran in in a hurry, shouting while running: "Stop playing, stop playing, Lu Guogong is here!" ”

All the prison guards were suddenly frightened, and they got up and escaped from the cell, took out the key and locked the door.

Cheng Yanjin's attention was all on Li Hao, and he didn't notice that the prison guards looked very flustered, he walked to the cell door and pulled the chain, and suddenly smiled: "Boy, the old man brought you two news, one good and one bad, which one do you want to listen to first?" ”

Li Hao didn't even think about it: "Let's listen to the bad news first, those who hear the good news first are stupid." ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded: "Then I'll tell you the good news first." ”

Li Hao: ......

"Congratulations, Li Hao, Your Majesty is ready to release you."

"And what about the bad news?" Li Hao asked with a wink.

"The bad news is ...... You're going to break the bank. Cheng Yanjin suddenly laughed badly, very thief, very undisciplined.

As soon as Li Hao saw Cheng Biting Jin's smile, his heart suddenly chuckled, and he frowned and asked, "I am bankrupt, so who will be rich?" ”

"Your Majesty, of course." Cheng Yanjin said with a smile, "Your Majesty said, the money and silver will be released immediately when the money arrives at the treasury." ”

"It turned out to be bail money." Li Hao nodded, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking, "How much money do I want to break?" ”

"Not much." Cheng Biting Jin raised his eyebrows and smiled, "One hundred thousand." ”

Li Hao suddenly fell on the bunk, covered the quilt and said, "You go and tell Your Majesty, I think it's good to go to prison, and I don't want to go out." ”

"Don't make a fuss, Your Majesty will chop you up."

Li Hao sat up with a bone: "Then I have to pay this 100,000 yuan?" ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled and nodded: "You have to pay it." ”

Li Hao fell down again, covered the quilt, and muttered: "Actually, it's nothing to cut off the head, the pain will pass, and the head will be a big scar......"

Cheng Biting Jin's eyebrows jumped, and he turned to the jailer next to him and said, "Go, take a whip, the strongest one, the kind that won't break if you smoke a thousand whips, and then open the prison door......"

Hearing this, Li Hao sat up again, jumped to the ground, shook his head sadly and sighed: "Alas, the world is cold, the world is cold, the cell boss, open the door, I want to get out of prison." ”

The cell boss was stunned: "But didn't Your Majesty say that you can only be released when the money and silver arrive at the treasury?" ”

Li Hao glanced at him with stupid eyes and asked, "Then may I ask you, I am locked up in prison, how can I give money?" ”

The cell boss was so embarrassed, Cheng Biting Jin waved his hand: "Open the door, I'll pay for this 100,000 yuan!" ”

Li Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted excitedly: "Uncle, you are my own uncle!" ”

"Huh." Cheng Yanjin sneered, "Take a pen and paper and let him make an IOU!" ”

Li Hao: ......