"Although Hou Junji made great contributions to Gaochang this expedition, he also committed great demerits, so I decided to temporarily dismiss the military and then ......"

Looking at the enthusiastic civil and military officials, Li Shimin finally made up his mind and prepared to arrest Hou Junji and put him in prison first, and then convict him after interrogation. However, before he finished his words, he saw Li Su below suddenly stand up, take a few steps forward and say: "Father is angry, Erchen thinks that although General Hou is at fault, it is also excusable, after all, Xizhou and Tingzhou are far away from the Central Plains, and it is easy to have the problem of unstable military morale. ”

Seeing Li Su intercede for Hou Junji, not only Li Shimin was stunned, but the other civil and military officials were also very surprised, because Li Su rarely took the initiative to express his opinions on these military and political affairs, unless Li Shimin asked him, and he and Hou Junji were simply people who couldn't fight together, and now they suddenly came forward to intercede for him, which made everyone a little surprised.

In fact, Li Su was also smiling bitterly in his heart, because he knew that it was precisely because of this incident that Hou Junji was convicted and imprisoned, although he was later exonerated from the crime, but he did not get any promotion, which made him very dissatisfied, and later he came together with the prince Li Chengqian, and the reason why Li Chengqian had so much courage to rebel was precisely because of Hou Junji's biggest reliance.

Although the relationship between Li Su and Li Chengqian is not good, and even the last time Li Su's reputation was damaged, the other party was still in a downhill, so it can be said that the two are still in an opposing position. But despite this. Li Su also doesn't want to see the other party exiled for rebellion, it's not that he wants to be a bad person, but he doesn't want the Tang Dynasty's regime to fluctuate too much, after all, if Li Chengqian rebels, a large number of people will definitely be implicated, the situation will also be violently turbulent, and even his development plan will be affected, so if the possibility of Li Chengqian's rebellion can be reduced, then he will try his best to try.

However, Li Shimin also moved the real fire this time, and after being poked out by the Confucian newspaper. The whole world knows that if Hou Junji is not punished, I am afraid that the majesty of the court will not be shown, so in the end he still did not agree to Li Su's plea. still opened his mouth and said: "King Qi, you don't have to excuse Hou Junji anymore, I have made up my mind, and I will immediately send someone to escort Hou Junji back to Chang'an!" ”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe, announced his retreat from the dynasty, and then turned around and left the Taiji Palace. As soon as the civil and military officials below saw His Majesty leaving, they immediately gathered in groups of three or five, discussing today's events as they walked out. Li Yu's strange reaction today also aroused the curiosity of many people, such as Xiao Yu, Xu Jingzong and other close ministers. At this time, they all found Li Su and wanted to ask for an explanation, but unfortunately Li Su didn't know how to explain at all, so he had to vaguely fool around.

Finally sent Xiao Yu and the others away, Li Yu wiped his sweat and was about to leave, but as soon as he walked out of the gate of the Taiji Palace, a person came out next to him and grabbed his arm and said: "Liulang, you must have another meaning for Hou Junji to intercede today, right?" ”

Li Su turned around to take a look, but found that the person who grabbed him was Li Jing, the Duke of Wei. This old man and Hou Junji are not on the right path, but today he behaved very gentlemanly in the court, and he did not make any moves. Li Su looked at the other party's smiling appearance, and immediately made a puzzled look and asked: "Duke Wei, the junior just feels that General Hou is a little aggrieved." Where else can there be any meaning? ”

"Hehe, lying to an elder. This is not a gentleman's doing! Li Jing obviously found something, and the smile on his face looked so insidious.

Looking at the other party's expression, Li Su was also surprised, could it be that Li Jing, the old fox, had already guessed something? Thinking of this, he hesitated and asked, "Gong Wei, the kid really doesn't understand what you're talking about?" ”…,

Although Li Su was still denying, Li Jing was not angry at all, let go of his arm and said with a smile: "Liulang, do you want to save Hou Junji's life?" ”

"What does Wei Gong mean by this, although General Hou made a big mistake, he will not die yet, right?" Li Su is still pretending to be stupid.

"Hehe, why should Liulang pretend to be confused, although Hou Junji will be fine this time, but with his temperament, he will inevitably be dissatisfied with His Majesty, and as long as he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely make some unwise moves, so the old man concludes that as long as he doesn't change his temperament, he will definitely not escape!" Li Jing no longer talked around with Li Su, and directly stated his conjectures.

Li Jing also felt a pang in his heart after hearing this, he really knew himself best and was still his enemy, Li Jing had already guessed the final fate of the other party with his understanding of Hou Junji's character. However, it is a pity that no matter how vicious Li Jing's eyes are, he will definitely not guess that in the end, Hou Jun will gather and Li Chengqian to collude together to rebel, and as a result, not only will he be ruined, but also many people will be implicated.

"Gong Wei has good eyesight, the younger generation really can't bear to see my Datang lose a general!" Li Su said smoothly, anyway, he still lacks a reason to fool others, and it just so happens that the one sent by Li Jing is relatively good.

"Hehe, Liulang, don't be sorry, our military academy is about to start, and under the teaching of the old man and the king of Hejian, I don't know how many future famous generals will graduate from there, so there is no need to bother for a Hou Junji!" Li Jing saw Li Su nodding, and couldn't help but say very complacently, this old man really thought that he had guessed all the thoughts of the other party.

Hearing the other party mention the military school, Li Su couldn't help but have some expectations in his heart, some time ago because of the autumn harvest, so the construction of the military school was affected a little, but now the progress of the project has been accelerated, and strive to be completed before the year, and then the official opening of the school will be opened after the New Year, and whether it is a teacher or a student, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing have already been prepared, and have begun to start preliminary teaching in a temporary place, I heard that the effect is not bad.

After chatting with Li Jing about the military academy again, Li Su said goodbye, but he did not go home, but went to where Concubine Yang was, because the day after tomorrow is the full moon period of Shengping, this little guy, and then Li Shimin will not only feast the ministers, but also tell the world the call of Shengping, so Li Su wants to go to see the little guy first.

Concubine Yang has not yet been confined, she is still living in the maternity pavilion, when Li Su entered, she found that the maternity pavilion was very lively, and several young princes and princesses such as the son, Li Zhi and Qinghe were all there, playing with Xiao Shengping in the crib. And Concubine Yang leaned on the bed, looking at it with a smile and not speaking.

Li Zhi's attention was all on Shengping, and they didn't notice Li Su coming in at first. And Li Su didn't remind them, he walked over lightly, looked at the little guys, and found that the son and his sister Xincheng were dangling a rattle on Shengping's face, and Shengping's little guy stretched out his white and tender little hands, seemingly trying to grab the rattle in the hands of the two sisters, but her hands didn't listen to the call at all, and there was no point in the left and right, so clumsy, they naturally provoked the sons and daughters to laugh.

Li Su watched it interesting in the back, walked over and snatched the two rattles from behind the son and Xincheng, and then stuffed them into Shengping's hands, but the little girl shook twice, and found that she could find a crisp sound, so she was even more excited, and waved her little arms while opening her toothless mouth and laughing.

"Sixth brother, you are so bad, as soon as you come, you will rob your son and sister of things!" The son turned his head and saw that it was Li Su, and immediately pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly. This year, my son is five years old, although he is only a little taller, but he looks a lot more sensible, but when facing the sixth brother who loves her the most, he still likes to be coquettish very much. …,

"Hello Sixth Brother, I want to eat!" Xincheng was originally Li Shimin's youngest daughter, but now this title has been Shengping, and she has finally become a sister, but this Shengping's young sister is only three years old.

"Haha, don't make a fuss about the two of you, sixth brother, I brought you a new snack today, let's see if you like it?" Li Su said, taking out a glass jar from his cuff, and there were some small round balls in it.

"Sixth brother, what is this, it looks pretty beautiful, but can you eat it?" Li Zhi walked over and took a look, and found that the small round ball inside looked like a glass bead, but it was translucent, and it looked like it was stone sugar, but it was much more beautiful than stone sugar.

"Hehe, this thing is actually similar to the stone honey you have eaten, it is made from the juice of a plant called sugarcane, but the one in my hand is called fruit candy, which is made after decolorization, and then added to various fruit juices to prepare crystals, you can taste the difference?" Li Su said as he opened the lid and handed out a candy to each person. The kind of stone honey he mentioned was actually a sucrose block that came from the Indian peninsula, that is, the flake sugar of later generations.

"Mother, you can taste it too, this one tastes good!" After Li Su gave them to his son, he walked to Concubine Yang with a smile, took out a piece and said, by the way, put the sugar jar at the head of her bed.

"You, you don't do your job all day long, but you are very good at eating and drinking!" Concubine Yang opened her mouth to put the sugar in her mouth, but she still didn't forget to count the two sentences of Li Su.

"Hey, my candy actually smells like oranges!" At this moment, Gao Yang, who was already a big girl, was the first to shout.

"Son, this one is apple-flavored!" The son's eyes lit up, and he rushed to Concubine Yang's side while shouting, looking like he wanted to ask Concubine Yang for a few more.

"Grapes! Grape! "This little girl in Xincheng also ran over with her sister.

"Phew, sixth brother, why is this one I ate so sour, is it already broken?" Li Zhi, a guy who has never had much to eat, spit out candy and said while inhaling cool air, it seems that his teeth are about to be soured. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )