The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Don't think that Li Shimin has a good temper. Anyone who leads troops to fight and has a long military career has no good temper.

Li Shimin is the same.

He has a bad temper, but as long as it is for the good of the Tang Dynasty, the suggestions he puts forward are good, or in other words, he himself is indeed lacking in some aspects, then he will tolerate the harsh words in the imperial censor.

But for someone like Pei Ji, who takes the interests of the old ministers of Wude as the starting point and ignores the interests of the country, his temper is not much better.

Now he just doesn't have the power to fight with the old nobles. When Li Shimin accumulates enough power, even if the emperor stands behind Pei Ji, he can't protect Pei Ji.

In the evening, Xiao Tao brought tea to Li Fu's study.

"My dear, rest early today, we will return to Chang'an tomorrow." Xiao Tao urged.

Li Fu took the tea Xiao Tao brought and took a sip.

"It's okay. Anyway, I can't sleep now. I'll go to sleep when I feel sleepy." Li Fu said.

"But you drank tea, wouldn't it be more difficult to fall asleep?"

The tea was brewed by Xiao Tao at Li Fu's request.

"It's not a problem." Li Fu said with a smile: "When will I wake up tomorrow and when will I set off? There's no rush."

Let's let the things in the palace develop first and see how Pei Ji and the others talk to the emperor.

At this time, the more Pei Ji and his gang of old ministers talk, the bigger the flaws they reveal. If you want to deal with them, you have to grasp their omissions.

Now there are fewer people in the house, and the guards have all gone to Jinyang. At night, the house seems much quieter than before.

Li Fu asked Xiao Tao to help clean up the study and put all the important things in boxes.

The next morning, Li Fu slept until he woke up naturally. After waking up and having dinner, he took Xiao Tao and Wu Liangye and others back to Chang'an in a carriage.

After he returned to Chang'an, he entered the palace without stopping.

If you go to the palace now, you will probably meet Pei Ji.

Even if Li Yuan does not summon Pei Ji, Pei Ji will take the initiative to approach him, and will find various excuses to stay by Li Yuan's side and keep meeting with Li Yuan. After all, the court's next move is related to the interests of these people. If they do not push the emperor to come forward, how can they confront the current emperor in terms of interests?

But Li Fu did not want to see Pei Ji.

There is not much meaning in arguing with Pei Ji. The important thing is to let Li Yuan understand that blindly caring about those old ministers of Wude is not good for the old Li family.

After Li Fu entered the palace, he went to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was discussing state affairs with Fang Xuanling and others in private. It was not easy to leave at this time. He knew why Li Fu entered the palace.

So he sent the eunuchs around him to see Li Fu. No matter what the problem was, just ask him, he knew it.

In the side hall, Li Fu was waiting here. The eunuch beside Li Shimin came in and saluted Li Fu.

"Prince, His Majesty is discussing matters with several court officials. You cannot see the Prince now. If you have any questions, just ask me." The eunuch lowered his head and said.

"Is Prime Minister Pei still in Liangyi Hall now?" Li Fu asked.

"Yes." The eunuch responded.

"Gone early in the morning?"

"Yes, it has been like this for the past two days." The eunuch said.

"What did he say to the emperor in Liangyi Hall?"

"They were still talking about the dismissal of palace maids in the inner court. Although the emperor abdicated, he is still the emperor after all, and he cannot be without people to serve him. In addition, the concubines around the emperor all have official titles, and they also cannot be without people to serve them.

Not only did Prime Minister Pei go to the emperor, but the ladies around the emperor also went to the queen, but the queen persuaded them to go back."

"What did the emperor say?"

"The emperor comforted those ladies and said that he would not let them lack people to serve them. After all, the official titles are there. If no one serves them, the so-called official titles will become empty, right?"

"So, the emperor now leans towards what Prime Minister Pei said?" Li Fu asked.

"That's what he meant." The eunuch responded.

"I'll wait here for now. When Prime Minister Pei leaves Liangyi Hall, I'll go over to see the retired emperor. Or you can think of a way." Li Fu said with a smile.

The eunuch bowed his head.

Find a way to get Pei Ji to leave Liangyi Hall?

This is not a simple question for the eunuchs.

Perhaps Pei Ji will stay with the retired emperor in Liangyi Hall until the evening.

However, they can't do anything. Your Majesty, there will be a way.

The eunuch responded and then left the side hall.

Returning to Li Shimin, in front of Li Shimin,Li Shimin whispered a few words in his ear.

"Well, go to Liangyi Hall and ask Pei Ji to come to me. I want to ask him how he talked to the emperor." Li Shimin said.

"Yes." The eunuch responded.

The eunuch first went to the side hall to inform Li Fu of the news, and then went to Liangyi Hall with Li Shimin's oral order.

Li Fu also went.

Li Shimin summoned Pei Ji, and Pei Ji dared not not go.

At the entrance of Liangyi Hall, the two met.

"Prince Jingyang, are you here to visit the emperor again?" Pei Ji looked at Li Fu with a fake smile.

"As the junior of the emperor, it's my duty to visit the emperor."

Li Fu couldn't stand Pei Ji's old face. He spoke in a weird way, so Li Fu was more weird than Pei Ji.

"Alas, but I am still not as good as Prime Minister Pei. As a junior, I am ashamed of myself."

"Haha." Pei Ji laughed twice: "After all, I have been friends with the emperor for so many years. Now, I am honored as a minister to be able to accompany him from time to time so that he will not feel lonely. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future."

"So, the emperor is lucky to have a minister like Prime Minister Pei?"

"No, no, no, no, I dare not say that. It should be us, the ministers. It is our luck to have the emperor." Pei Ji quickly retorted: "Your Highness, the Prince said that. We, the ministers, can't bear it."

"Hehehe." Li Fu also smiled on the surface: "I hope that Prime Minister Pei really wants to accompany the emperor. In this way, the emperor will be happy, and Prime Minister Pei will be happy too."

After saying that, Li Fu arched his hands, ignored Pei Ji, and walked towards the Liangyi Hall.

After Pei Ji and Li Fu passed by, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

"Prime Minister Pei, don't keep His Majesty waiting for a long time." The eunuch beside Li Shimin reminded.

"Okay, okay." Pei Ji responded quickly.

Whether it was meeting Li Fu or Li Shimin asking him to go over now, he was unhappy in his heart.