The capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an.

Tai Chi Palace.

Until it was dark and the candles in the palace were lit, Li Shimin was still reviewing the memorial. The emperor refused to get off work, so naturally others did not dare to leave, and there was no telling how many people were waiting quietly around him.

"call……"

After finally approving the last memorial, Li Shimin let out a long breath while throwing down his brush.

I have some pain in my waist and my neck is sore.

Even though he is only thirty-four years old and has always been in good health, he still feels very tired after kneeling and sitting for a long time. Therefore, after handling political affairs, his whole body suddenly became sore.

However, the thought of hard work passed by briefly and soon disappeared.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, especially an emperor who was not so justly appointed to the throne, Li Shimin always had great pressure in his heart: If he does well, it is a matter of course.

Li Yuan was imprisoned on the grounds that he was more suitable to be emperor; and if he failed, Li Shimin could almost imagine what those people would say and guess what would be recorded in the history books!

so……

“Every day of the year, don’t slack off!”

Looking at the last sunset outside the palace, Li Shimin's expression quickly became determined.

After a little exercise, His Majesty the Emperor drove to the palace. The Queen is now pregnant again, and Li Shimin is about to welcome his and his eldest grandson's sixth child, which makes him quite excited. Therefore, as long as he feels a little tired at night, or if he is not

Whenever I am interested in something, I usually go to sleep with the queen.

In mid-September, Chang'an City gets cooler every day.

But as soon as he left the main hall, he heard someone whispering next to him: "Your Majesty, Li Gan has asked to see you and said that he has something important to report!"

"Li Kan?"

After hearing this name, he subconsciously stopped. Li Shimin frowned and said, "Let him come in... Well, let him come over."

"Your Majesty, Li Kan, is here to see you!"

Soon a middle-aged man about forty years old came to Li Shimin's side and saluted respectfully.

"No courtesy. Let's go, let's talk as we go."

The emperor's footsteps showed no intention of stopping, so after Li Gan finished his salute, he immediately followed him in small steps, always keeping one step just one step away from Li Shimin's level. His body seemed to have never been completely straightened.

"Why are you entering the palace so late? What's the important thing?"

Li Shimin was still walking forward step by step, and Li Shimin was not too anxious. After a busy day, walking slowly around the palace has always been one of the ways for him to relax.

Not daring to waste the emperor's time, Li Kan immediately replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty... King Feng has passed away."

"What?!"

Stopping suddenly, Li Shimin turned to look at Li Kan, like a lion staring at its prey!

"Your Majesty, King Feng has passed away."

"Prince Feng... Yuanheng has gone?"

After a moment of confusion, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but have a strange look flash in his eyes. After seeing Li Shimin's strange look, Li Kan's head lowered lower in an instant, and at the same time he whispered: "Your Majesty.

,Please grief."

"Um."

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin waved his hand and said nothing more.

After hearing this understatement of "hmm", Li Kan's body trembled inexplicably, and he felt a chill in his bones!

Li Yuanheng, the king of Feng, was the eighth son of the Supreme Emperor and Li Shimin's half-brother. In the second year of Zhenguan, he was named the governor of Jinzhou. Li Shimin, the vassal queen, still took pity on his young age and sent people to express his condolences several times. Once, he even gave him a gift.

Jinzhan entertained him...

From everyone's perspective, His Majesty the Emperor loves this brother very much!

But Li Kan knew that it was only in the eyes of outsiders.

Li Yuanheng's mother was Concubine Yin, one of the most favored concubines in the imperial family. It was Concubine Yin who relied on the favor of the Supreme Emperor and Zhang Jieyu to collude with Jiancheng and Yuanji to slander Li Shimin.

It has only been six years since the Xuanwu Gate incident, but Li Kan dare not forget it.

He remembered that Concubine Yin Defi gave the emperor a lot of trouble back then, and the one who impressed him the most was Concubine Yin De's father, Yin Ashu, who was extremely arrogant and domineering. He once beat up Li Shimin's right-hand man Du Ruhui just because he didn't dismount his horse when passing by his house.

, and even broke one of his fingers! Moreover, Concubine Yin De complained first, causing the Supreme Emperor to angrily scold Li Shimin, "You, your right and left, have deceived my concubine's family. How much more can you do to the common people!"

So after Xuanwu Gate, both Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu disappeared.

However, the prince Li Yuanheng left behind by Concubine Yin De was named the governor of Jinzhou in the second year of Zhenguan. The emperor still "felt pity for his young child, thought about him, sent envoys several times to inquire about him, and gave him Jinzhan for entertainment." However,

Li Kan knew very well what the so-called labor and rewards were, and he also knew how depressed King Feng was in Jinzhou and how anxious he was every day...

Again, those are just for others to see.

So at this moment, after reporting the news of King Feng's death to the emperor, and noticing Li Shimin's reaction, the only thing Li Kan could do besides lowering his head the whole time was to shut his mouth tightly, and then he wanted to put his two

Also plug up your ears with something to prevent you from seeing or hearing anything!

"Tap, step, step..."

At this time, the only thing left in my ears was the sound of people stepping forward.

I don't know how long it took before Li Kan heard the emperor suddenly ask again: "Li Kan, is there anything else about my brothers?"

That cold and cold voice almost made Li Kan shiver again.

"Gudong!"

After swallowing in a voice that only he could hear, Li Kan quickly replied: "Your Majesty, all the kings of the vassal have been as usual, and the two kings of the vassal this year, King Zheng, did not behave abnormally after arriving in Zhengzhou.

Only Wang...According to the news from Luzhou, Wang's behavior seems a little strange."

"Weird? What's so weird?"

After hearing Li Kan's words, he was slightly startled. Li Shimin's handsome and indifferent face soon appeared in front of his eyes.

Li Yuanjia, born of Yuwen Zhaoyi, Li Shimin has of course seen it many times. To be honest, Li Shimin doesn't have much feeling for that little guy, because apart from being favored by his father when he was young, he seems to have lost it when he grows up.

What a sense of presence, especially after entering Zhenguan, the performance is even more low-key.

Li Shimin was quite satisfied with Li Yuanjia...or Yuwen Zhaoyi and Yuwen Shiji.

Know how to advance and retreat, know what to choose.

That's why we can raise a little guy like Li Yuanjia. I heard that besides writing and painting, he likes collecting books the most. In just a few years, the collection of books at home has exceeded 10,000 volumes. For a prince, what does it mean to like to read books?

However, Li Kan said that the boy behaved strangely, which surprised Li Shimin.

After thinking about the words, Li Kan immediately replied: "Your Majesty, not long after Wang Gang arrived in Luzhou, he found Chen Zhi, a soldier in Sicang, and asked him for a thousand kilograms of iron..."

"Iron material? A thousand catties? What does he need so much iron material for?"

Before Li Kan could finish speaking, Li Shimin's face quickly turned cold.

"this……"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Kan said very tangledly: "I don't know very well, because according to the news, Wang first asked the blacksmiths in the house to build a few iron pots, and then asked them to build a briquette stove.

...I really don’t know what a briquette stove is!”

"Iron pot? Coal briquette stove?"
Chapter completed!