I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

In ancient feudal society, laws were meant to protect those in power and the privileged class.

It is a tool created by those in power and the privileged class in order to better restrain the people.

Let the lower class people live within the rules they set and have better control.

Li Shimin's worries were not unreasonable. There had always been a struggle between the officials and the royal family represented by the emperor.

Both sides are fighting for greater rights and greater voice.

At the beginning, Wang Gui had taken a step ahead when he asked Li Tai to become his disciple and perform the kneeling ceremony.

Later, Wang Gui asked the princess to marry and kneel down to her parents-in-law in order to win another round, but Li Shen suddenly appeared.

Wang Gui was so scared that he almost wet his pants.

Wei Zheng followed the advice and advised that there was no need to perform grand ceremony when meeting a prince, and that since ancient times the three dukes were above the king.

It was Li Shen who came out to disrupt the situation and acted unreasonably, which prevented Sangong from succeeding.

Otherwise, the prince would only be able to sit in the second row during court sessions.

Today, Li Shen beat up an imperial official for no reason, but he got away with it, which means the royal family won.

Officials are likely to recommend changes to the law.

Seeing his father's worried look, Li Shen smiled and comforted him;

"Don't worry, Aye. They won't propose changing the law."

"Oh? Why are you so sure?"

"Aye, amending the law is no small matter. It requires all-round consideration.

They couldn't have added laws only to restrict the royal family, right?

Who dares to say such a thing? Isn't he afraid that Aye will kill him?

If they want to change, they must need an excuse, and if they change, they must change as a whole.

We can't just reduce the rights of our princes while not reducing the rights of officials, right?

As long as the overall situation is lowered, no matter how it is adjusted, our royal family will be nobler than theirs, and their privileges will become lower and lower.

They are not so stupid. They will not do anything that would hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt themselves by twelve thousand.

They can only think of ways to make me afraid to hit them."

Li Shen could fully imagine that the thoughts of these people were actually similar to his own, hating Li Shen's privileges.

However, the privileges cannot be eliminated, otherwise they will have no privileges.

After listening to this, Li Shimin nodded. What Li Shen said did make some sense. His son really understood human nature.

"But what if they really use today's events as an excuse to add some laws specifically?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Shen and asked.

"Then, Father, you can appoint me as the Minister of Chancellery, and I will block the city gates every day and beat them up one by one.

Keep beating them until they include the officials, the noble families, and the wealthy businessmen."

"puff!"

Wang De couldn't help laughing out loud. This Prince Ji was too mean.

But he is quick-witted and extremely intelligent.

As soon as His Majesty raised the question, Prince Ji thought of a solution, although this solution sounded a little unreliable.

"Asshole, do you treat the imperial court as a joke?

And they made you the Minister of Chancellery? Why don't you just say they'll make you the emperor?"

"I don't want to be emperor." Li Shen muttered.

"What did you say!!!"

Li Shimin suddenly shouted angrily.

"That... that Aye, calm down. I mean, this is just a fantasy. According to my judgment, they will not do this.

Otherwise, if they can change, why can't we?

By then we will change all the privileges of officials and literati, and everyone will be in trouble.

But no matter what, we are still the royal family."

Li Shen said fiercely.

"Okay, let's end this matter here. You have finally vented your anger for your guard.

Don’t do anything else.”

Li Shimin didn't want to listen to Li Shen's nonsense anymore. What he said was just angry words, without considering the stability of the country and the court.

"Um... Um, Aye, I was just venting my anger on this matter. I even did a small thing for the guards."

Li Shen stretched out two fingers to measure and said unconfidently.

"What? What did you do again?"

"It's really nothing, just small things."

"A small matter? I don't think it's a small matter at all. What you did today was not a small matter either.

That's not right. Aren't you under house arrest? You dared to disobey the order and leave the palace on the first day. This is the greatest disrespect among the ten evils.

Hey? Don't run away. Today I will let you know what is unforgivable.

Stop right there~~~!"

When Li Shen heard the word "house arrest", Li Shen turned around and ran. When Li Shimin chased him with a ruler, it was too late.

He could only stand at the gate and yell at Li Shen's back.

Only after seeing Li Shen run away did Li Shimin return to his seats.

"This bastard runs pretty fast. It seems I am getting old."

"Your Majesty is now in the prime of life, there is no sign of aging, Your Majesty loves His Royal Highness Prince Ji, otherwise he would not let Prince Ji run away."

Wang De handed the tea to Li Shimin with a smile on his face.

"You old dog, you've learned all these slick words from Old Ten over the years, can't you learn something good from him?

No, don't learn from him, there is nothing good about him."

Li Shimin took the tea and took a sip.

"Your Majesty, you can't say that. If there is no good in His Royal Highness Prince Ji, why does Your Majesty like him so much?

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is envious."

Talking about Prince Ji, Wang De became bolder.

"Humph, what's so good about him? As long as he doesn't make me angry to death, I'm already satisfied."

Li Shimin snorted.

At this time, Wang De waved to the maids and eunuchs on his left and right, and everyone withdrew.

"Your Majesty, Li Jingmen has sent back news."

Wang De whispered.

"Where's the news?"

"It's news from Qinghai Road."

"Go to the study and talk."

Upon hearing the news from Qinghai Road, Li Shimin stood up and walked towards the study.

After entering the study, Wang De closed the door, came to Li Shimin and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Li Jingmen sent back news that the clues have been cut off."

"Elaborate."

Li Shimin frowned and waited for what happened next.

“Your Majesty, a few months ago, Your Majesty asked Li Jingmen to investigate the assassination of Your Majesty and the siege of Qinghai Road.

At that time, Your Majesty suspected that there was a rift in Chang'an, but from what Prince Ji said, it should be related to smuggling.

Li Jingmen searched Chang'an City for a while, including in the army, but found nothing.

So they started investigating the smuggling and found some clues in a county north of Shanzhou Prefecture.

Merchants also once saw a large number of carriages and horses coming from the north, where there were few people and it was not easy to attract other people's attention.

Based on this clue, Li Jingmen made secret visits everywhere and went deep into Tubo to inquire with the caravan.

Finally, the approximate hideout was determined.

However, when they arrived, they found a large number of bones not far from the hideout. It seemed that the hideout had been vacant for a long time and no one had been there.

Judging from the remaining items and bone scars, these people were laborers in their previous lives.

They must have been the civilians responsible for the smuggling and transportation, and they were all killed in the end."