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Chapter 579: Repaying grudges with kindness

Li Huining's words pierced into Li Shimin's heart like a knife. He was angry, and anger on the verge of explosion, but it still didn't burst out. No word of Li Huining's words made him feel comfortable when he heard it, but there was no doubt that no word was talking nonsense. Li Shimin realized that he had unknowingly changed from the position of taking the initiative to the most passive one.

The change was not only because he killed Changsun Shunde, but because he suddenly realized that what he had always relied on was his father Li Yuan's indulgence. Compared with His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, those military achievements were really not worth mentioning. If the emperor was willing, he could wipe out all the contributions in just one sentence, and even declare him a sinner would not be considered a matter of harming the national system for the Tang Dynasty!

Perhaps some people feel sorry, and naturally some people are happy.

Because Li Yuan is the emperor and the person who sets the rules. Li Shimin found that he still has no ability to break free from the constraints of the rules, unless... unless he is unwilling to think about this, so he can only endure it.

After Li Huining walked out of his military tent, Li Jing walked in, looking at Li Shimin's uncertain face, Li Jing said nothing, but just stood silently beside Li Shimin. This matter seemed to be a state affairs of the Tang Dynasty, but the root of it was the private affairs of the Li family. Since it was a private matter, Li Jing knew that if Li Shimin did not mention it on his own initiative, he would never say anything. The royal family affairs were the most distressing. Those who participated in it for no reason were extremely stupid.

I don’t know how long I had just sat there, but Li Shimin breathed a long sigh and turned to look at Li Jing and asked, “What should I do if it’s a forced day? If it’s wrong, how likely is it to win?”

"Not in one hundred years."

Li Jing replied with his head down.

Although Li Shimin did not say what it was, Li Jing knew very well what Li Shimin asked. Because of this question, Li Jing's face changed involuntarily, and finally he understood how entangled and sad His Highness the King of Qin was at this time. In fact, anyone would be angry when he said this. No matter how high he was praised, it was just a foil for the prince. The emperor gave him a high enough position in just one sentence, and even threatened the chair. But the emperor could easily take away everything from him in just one sentence, making him a complete joke.

"Isn't there any in 100?"

Li Shimin smiled bitterly, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. The tea was already cold, and it seemed even colder to drink it in this cold season. But in addition to making teeth hurt, the anger in his heart also dissipated a little. Li Shimin felt better, and rubbed his frown and frown and whispered: "I originally thought that as long as I did well enough, I could get everything I won. Now it seems that those who fight were far less than those who didn't have to fight, because that thing belonged to him, as long as he didn't make mistakes, he would be successful, and I... I must be excellent enough to be successful."

"But even so, it is impossible to impress the person who sets the rules. It makes no sense to set the rules well, and the person and the chair makes no sense."

Li Jing was silent for a while and said, "Because you have to fight... you can't reason."

Li Shimin's expression changed, and he raised his head suddenly and asked, "Didn't you say there is no chance of winning?"

Li Jing said in a plain tone: "No matter how you look at it, you really don't even have a 10% chance of winning. But your highness's advantage lies in whoever dares, who would have thought that you, Your Highness, actually had this idea?"

Li Shimin understood what Li Jing meant, so his face became a little excited.

"You mean, just because no one would think that there is still a chance for me, because everyone thinks that I will never dare to do that?"

“In fact”

Li Jing said word by word: "If His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince has a chance, he will never hesitate. But he doesn't need to create opportunities by himself. He just needs to wait for the opportunity to be done. Because His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince knows that sooner or later he will inherit the world. No matter what he does, who will dare to stop him? He doesn't even need any excuses or reasons, he can do it with just a word."

"But you are different, Your Highness, I'm sorry to say something offensive. Your Highness, you are not qualified to wait for the opportunity, so you can only find the opportunity yourself. If you can't find it, then make one yourself."

"Princess Pingyang has long regarded herself as an outsider. Although she has great prestige in the army, she will never interfere with who will inherit the throne, because she does not need to participate in it. But your highness, you are indeed a little out of composure today, which makes Princess Pingyang look alert."

"His Highness of the King of Qi has always been on the side of the prince. Whether you have returned to Taiyuan or since you have never changed. It is said that the King of Qi is a frivolous and stupid person, but in my opinion, the King of Qi is a truly wise man. He does not fight because he knows that he will never fight. He stands on the side of the prince because he knows that the prince does not need to fight at all, and as long as the prince ascends the throne, he will have great contributions. At least the position of the King of Qi is as solid as the city wall of the Eastern Capital."

"As for King Yan Li Xian... this person was originally a variable. Your Highness, you have been doing a good job before, trying to pull this person over to help. And you did not do anything wrong, but Li Xian seemed to be unwilling to stand up at all. If it weren't for him who wanted to fight, then he would have seen that the prince would easily gain a foothold. So, you really don't have a chance of winning."

"They all think this is how they feel."

After listening to Li Jing's analysis, Li Shimin sighed and said, "I lost in the past ten years in the old house in Longxi! Instead of being alone, I am not as good as others!"

"Your Highness loses at the beginning, so it will be too late to fight for anything at the end, because no matter how you chase, you are not as fast as others. So if you want to win, you can only win halfway."

"Win halfway"

Li Shimin murmured and repeated a while, thinking.

...

...

"You seem to be warmer here than there."

Li Huining sat down on the chair, rubbed her hands and looked at Li Xian who was fiddling with the brazier and said softly.

"oh?"

Li Xian raised his head and looked at Li Huining, smiled and said, "It's only thirty or twenty miles apart. God will never favor one or the other. If you really feel that I am warmer here, maybe it's because I am a person that makes people feel comfortable when I see you? But speaking of it, even I feel comfortable when I look at myself."

"You are still like this..."

Li Huining paused for a moment and couldn't find a suitable word to describe it. Maybe he found it, but he was embarrassed to say it directly.

Li Xian sat down on the chair with a smile, looked at Li Huining and said, "Don't feel warm so early. I just poured you a cup of tea and added some charcoal to the brazier. If you roast meat for you once, wouldn't you feel warm to your heart?"

"Then you can try it."

Li Huining said.

"Just try it, am I afraid of you?"

Li Xian curled his lips, and then the big tent was lifted open. Several personal soldiers walked in with a plate of dressed mutton. What is rare is that there are fresh fish in this cold winter, some exquisite fried fried food, and a large pot of hot old wine. The things were placed on the table. Li Xian rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands, and sat down by the brazier, and set up the iron net.

"I said why does it smell a little different? Did you just add fruit charcoal?"

Li Huining asked with a smile.

Seeing Li Xian nodding, she said with some emotion: "What I am thinking now is how delicious a person should be to bring fruit charcoal when he is sending troops to conquer, just to comfort his mouth with barbecue in his spare time?"

“It’s nothing to taste good…”

Li Xian brushed oil on the iron net, put the meat skewers and said, "What an admirable and beautiful character."

He filled the iron net with a layer of meat skewers, then looked at the meat that had gradually changed color with a focused expression, brushing the seasonings he had prepared with his own hands from a small basin. His movements were gentle and soothing, not like he was barbecuing meat, but rather wielding a beautiful painting brush on the paper. Li Huining looked at his barbecue so focused, and suddenly realized that this picture had always been there in his memory, which began in Poyang Lake. That day, a fish and half a pot of wine made her remember this clean and handsome face and the boy who was monographing barbecue.

"I'm..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Li Xian: "What are you doing this time? Can you say it later? Don't you want to have a down-to-earth meal? What you want to say is not a witty word for wine. If you say it at this time, it will not even smell the meat."

"good"

Li Huining nodded and said, "Let's talk about it after you finish eating!"

He roasted, she ate.

After drinking a pot of old wine, the delicate stir-fry was seen on the bottom of the plate, and the roasted meat was eaten by the two of them. Li Huining patted her slightly bulging belly and sighed comfortably, then suddenly remembered something, glared at Li Xian with some annoyance and complained: "You can't just not bake it so delicious?"

Li Xian immediately understood what she meant, and said that this love of beauty and the inability to control her mouth seemed to be definitely not unique to modern women.

"You can only have the strength to speak if you eat a little bit, unless you think you can convince me with very little words today. Sometimes speaking is also extremely physically exhausting, such as today."

Li Xian said seriously.

Li Huining was stunned, then nodded and said, "Since you guessed what I was talking about, why do you have to use barbecue to block my mouth?"

"I said it wasn't a gagging, it was to replenish your energy."

Li Huining looked at Li Xian's rogue appearance and shook her head, then said solemnly and seriously: "Before I talk about it, there is something else to tell you... Although I know that according to your temperament, I will say it in vain, but I still want to say... No matter what Shimin did, he is your younger brother after all... Since there is the same blood in my bones, I hope that if you have the chance in the future, can you let him go once?"

Li Xian did not answer, but smiled and asked, "Have you ever asked Li Shimin the same thing?"

"No"

“Why don’t you ask?”

Li Huining was speechless.

Li Xian sighed and said, "Because you know that it is a waste of asking. If I fall into his hands in the future, he will never let me go once, nor will he do it half time, so you don't ask. Instead, come and ask me, don't you think it's a bit too much? I don't know whether you know the story of the farmer and the snake, but I can tell you that if the farmer doesn't die, he will definitely kill one after another. Of course, if he dies, then he is a fool. He knows that it is a poisonous snake and does it. It is not worth sympathizing with pity, let alone pity being the cheapest and useless thing."

"You told me like this, are you forcing me to be a fool-poss?"

"A gentleman... repays his grievances with kindness..."

Li Huining felt bitter in her mouth, and murmured a few words but couldn't even convince herself.

"A gentleman?"

Li Xian sneered, "Where do I look like a gentleman? Is there a gentleman in this world? Besides... why don't you say everything? How can you repay kindness with kindness? How did Confucius answer? Repay grudges with straightforwardness and repay kindness with kindness. There are very few people in this world who can repay kindness with kindness, and most of them are repaying kindness with grudges! But you come to ask me to repay kindness with kindness... Who will repay me with kindness?"
Chapter completed!