Greed, everyone has it, but it is difficult to control it.

He even dared to bet that after today's banquet, Li Er would send someone to inquire about the strength of the surrounding countries.

As the saying goes, a common man is not guilty of having a jade in his possession!

"Then what do you mean by 'good' you just said?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"That's the literal meaning." Fang Xuanling said, picked up a glass of wine by herself, and drank it down in one gulp.

Wen Yanbo was a little puzzled. In terms of politics, there was still a slight gap between him and Fang Xuanling.

Immediately he fell into deep thought alone.

On the other side, Wang Dequan looked at the reactions of the officials in the hall, and he was also silently reflecting.

He could feel that there was a clear difference in everyone's reaction today compared to last year.

Although he didn't know the meaning, he did notice it.

Especially those civil servants, the eyes that looked at me seemed to have a different flavor.

As for the generals, they were as enthusiastic as ever.

Even Li Xiaogong, who had detained him before, smiled and had a drink with him.

"Is there something rash about me today?" Wang Dequan asked the person accompanying him in a low voice.

The person accompanying him bowed and said: "No, I think Lang Jun is quite majestic today. As soon as the sand table appeared, Lang Jun became the focus of the entire banquet. When His Majesty was looking around the sand table, he followed His Majesty.

Among the people around me, Lang Jun is the first one, even the house servant is half shorter than him."

"Is it possible that I am a little arrogant?" Wang Dequan was a little confused.

"Isn't it possible?" said the person accompanying him, "At that time, only Langjun could answer your Majesty's questions, so it is reasonable for him to accompany you, right?"

Wang Dequan shook his head. Until now, he still hadn't noticed what the problem was. Then he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I just hope it doesn't cause any trouble to His Highness."

After that, Wang Dequan began to look at the whole place. Although he didn't think about it anymore, he also wanted to know where the problem was.

Also depressed was Li Ke.

At this moment, Li Ke had no intention of watching any singing and dancing. He was thinking about Li Chengqian's sand table, and his whole head was buzzing.

His reaction was unusual among the princes, attracting countless people to look at him.

Li Tai, who originally didn't want to get involved in these things, saw this and immediately came over and said: "Second brother, don't think about it. Everyone is looking over here. Today is my father's birthday banquet. Be happy. Come,

Have a drink."

After hearing what Li Tai said, Li Ke came back to his senses and immediately picked up a glass of wine. With a grateful look on his face, without saying much, he drank the glass in one gulp.

He knew that he was distracted just now. As a prince and the eldest son of a concubine, his every word and deed attracted much attention, not to mention that this was Li Er's birthday party.

Li Tai doesn't have this kind of trouble. Although he is unwilling to do so, he really can't do anything now.

If he wants to match Li Chengqian in terms of ability, he can't do it, but he still has this self-knowledge.

Of course, he would not persuade Li Ke and let Li Ke try it.

It didn't have much impact on him anyway.

"Qingque, what do you want to do in the future?" Li Ke asked with a smile after coming back to his senses.

Li Tai smiled and said: "What I can do, of course, is to be a happy prince. Now my father is protecting us, and in the future, my elder brother will protect us. Of course, we can be happy as long as we are happy."

By the way, let me tell you a secret, but you must never tell anyone else."

"Secret?" Li Ke was stunned and asked, "What secret?"

Li Tai then leaned next to Li Ke's ear and whispered.

"What!" Li Ke shouted in disbelief upon hearing this.

This sound attracted the attention of many people.

When Li Er saw this, he pretended to be displeased and said, "You are a prince, how can you behave like this?"

"I know my crime." Li Ke quickly stood up and said.

In fact, Li Er was not really angry, and he was in a good mood today. He waved his hand and said, "Now that Gao Ming is not in Chang'an, you are the eldest brother, and the eldest brother must behave like an eldest brother."

"My son, I know."

After waving his hand, Li Er stopped caring about them and immediately started whispering with Empress Changsun.

As soon as Li Ke sat down, he asked impatiently: "Are you serious?"

"Nonsense." Li Tai said, "Second brother, do you think I lied to you?"

"If your father finds out about this, you will feel better!" Even at this time, Li Ke was a little unbelievable.

"Then I can't control that much." Li Tai said with a smile, "I can't help it. Prince Taiping's background is too strong. As long as I don't mess around, neither my father nor my eldest brother can do anything to me.

Third brother, let me tell you, you are the only one who knows about this matter. If my father knew about it in advance, I would definitely think that you were the one who told the secret, and I would not be done with you then."

Hearing what Li Tai said, Li Ke was a little suspicious.

He still couldn't believe it.

Did Li Tai really give up?

No, this cannot be said to be true giving up, but complete giving up!

But now that my father is in his prime, is it too early to give up now?

Even if he avoids his sharp edge now, will Li Chengqian still be able to show his sharp edge ten or twenty years from now?

"Don't worry, you don't know who the second brother is?" Although he couldn't believe it, Li Ke still agreed.

In fact, there is no need to agree. Whatever Li Tai wants to do, he supports it with both hands!

"Then second brother, do you want to support me a little?" Li Tai said with an honest face, "You also know that my Yue Prince's family has almost been wiped out by me."

"I was just wondering why you suddenly told me." Li Ke smiled and said, "So you are waiting for me here?

OK, no problem, my second brother still has some wealth in his house, I will send someone to deliver it to you tonight."

"Then thank you, second brother." Li Tai immediately picked up another glass of wine and said with a smile.

Li Er saw the two brothers talking and laughing, and he smiled and said, "Look at Qing Que and Ke'er. Ever since they went on a mission to Riyue Mountain together, the relationship between the brothers has obviously improved a lot."

As the initiator of the Xuanwu Gate Revolution, what Li Er fears most now is that his son will follow in his footsteps. Seeing Li Tai and Li Ke as brothers and sisters, it gave him some comfort.

Perhaps this scene made him happier than any other birthday gift.

"I'm sorry for that child Gao Ming." Queen Changsun heard this and said with some sadness, "This is the third year that Gao Ming has spent away from home. The child took Chang Le alone and struggled alone in the bitter cold land of the northwest.

To survive, I have to endure a lot of hardships."

Speaking of Li Chengqian, Li Er also sighed.

Although the current Li Chengqian is indeed the overlord, that is also the current Li Chengqian.

When a dynasty's hegemony first begins, it must have gone through many obstacles.

Suffering is inevitable.

"If you want Changle, I will send someone to bring her back." Li Er sighed and said, "This girl is very pitiful. She wandered away with her brother when she was only a few years old."

Although they all know that whether it is Li Chengqian or Chang Le, these two guys are living a happy life outside, but as parents, there is always a little bit of concern.

"Okay." Queen Changsun said, "Last time Changle came back, I didn't see you keeping her, so you didn't let her go. That Nizi, when she left, she tried not to cry.

I heard that on the way back, she comforted the woman from the Wu family.

Little Changle has grown up too."

The eldest grandson is still the eldest grandson. He asked Li Chengqian to take Changle away in the first place because he didn't want Li Chengqian to forget his family ties on the way to achieving his own hegemony.

Now, she also hopes that Changle can stop Yier when the inevitable conflict occurs between Li Er and Li Chengqian, and at least give the two a chance to talk calmly.

Maybe this is a mother's helplessness.

"Yes, they have all grown up. Look at Qingque and the others. Which one has not grown up?" Li Er said with a smile, "Time flies so fast. Who would have thought that the little guy who was crawling all over the floor before would become so big in a blink of an eye?"

He has become the overlord of one side."
Chapter completed!