In the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Li You was twenty-eight years old... At this time, Li You had four children, and had a beard, wearing white stair armor, riding on a maroon war horse, and behind him was the Hu Ben Company, where Qin Shaoyu was the general of the company.

At this time, Li You received the will of Li Shimin, so he rushed to Zhongnan Mountain. You must know that Li Shimin had not been in Chang'an City for a long time.

In the 21st year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin was in poor health and rebuilt Jiucheng Palace. After completion, he changed his name to Cuiwei Palace. Cuiwei Palace was "Longshan is the Garden", the main hall was named Yunxia Palace, the court hall was Cuiwei Palace, and the sleeping hall was named Hanfeng Palace. Next to it was the Prince's Palace, named Anxi Palace. From then on, Li Shimin worked and lived here until his death.

Li Zhi was also accompanied by others and never returned to Chang'an City once. However, Li Mingda has always been in Chang'an City, protecting Dunhuafang and Qinglongfang.

Li Zhi has been taking good care of Li Shimin during this period, and during this period, Li Shimin gave everything he had to Li Zhi. Among them is a book written by Li Shimin himself, called "Emperor Fan", as the name implies, it is the way to be an emperor.

Li Shimin also told Li Zhi: "You should take ancient sages and wise kings as your teacher, and don't learn from me. Learn from the best, only gain the most, only gain the most."

In other words, my success cannot be copied. Because I am a genius, one of them has been produced in hundreds of years, but you cannot do it. Why should I take the "Sage, Sage, Sage, and Sage" as my teacher? Because these wise kings are generally the kings who are successful, not the masters of pioneering. As long as Li Zhi follows the steps and does not make big mistakes, and has the resources of the middle-aged man, he can maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi's life in Zhongnan Mountain was actually quite easy. Although he did not have the company of his fifth brother Li You, Li Zhi found another sustenance, that is, Wu Meiniang. With Wu Meiniang, Li Zhi persisted during this period.

However, although Wu Meiniang had a crush on Li Zhi, the two were not far behind.

Because Wu Mei later usurped the Tang Dynasty, later historians slandered it and said that Wu Mei and Li Zhi were flirting with each other in front of Li Shimin's sick bed, and that's it.

Because it is impossible to think of it with your toes. Not to mention that Li Shimin would not tolerate this, even Li Zhi and Wu Mei were not idiots, they dared not. The reason why Li Shimin was able to successfully launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident was that he falsely accused Li Jiancheng of the harem of licentiousness to Li Yuan, which led to Li Yuan's agreement to confront him in court the next day, which gave Li Shimin a peerless opportunity.

It can be seen that "the filthy harem" is a taboo for the prince. As long as the prince's mind is not kicked into a ball of paste, he will not do this.

Although Wu Zetian was not liked by Li Shimin, Li Shimin still recognized her intelligence, so she would let Wu Zetian stay by her side. At that time, Li Shimin was tired in her later years and wanted to find a relaxed person to live a few days, so she was closer to Xu Hui, a talented man who was gentle, elegant and beautiful, and able to write poetry.

The relationship between Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang is limited to this. It is said that it is based on emotions and stops in etiquette, and there is no way to further deviate behavior.

It was not until Li Zhi became the emperor and went to Ganying Temple to burn incense that the two made substantial progress. Wu Mei was pregnant at that time. If the two had something to do in the first place, you would have been so many eunuchs and maids in the palace who had no eyes. You should know that when the concubines contacted men, they had to file with the eunuchs in charge. There were people around them every move. Do you think you and your girlfriend were going to go to the woods.

In addition, the bad guys had already reported the news of Li Zhi's frequent contact with Wu Mei very early. In fact, Li Zhi's every move, every word and every action during his tenure as an agent was under the control of Li Shimin.

So Li Shimin told Wu Mei to serve in Cuiwei Palace, which led to the rumors that the two of them were flirting with each other in front of the sickbed. Li Zhi was short of Wu Mei, a decisive person, so Li Shimin created an opportunity for them to contact, and in fact, it was also a close investigation of whether Wu Mei and Li Zhi were a golden partner.

Later, Wu Zetian told the court officials that when Emperor Taizong was seriously ill, he gave me to the late emperor (Li Zhi had already died when he said this, so he was called the late emperor).

It is unclear whether Empress Wu’s words are true or false. Because there is no evidence of death, the parties involved (Li Shimin and Li Zhi) were all dead. However, when Li Shimin was seriously ill, he did not allow Xu Hui, who was deeply in love, but he allowed Wu Mei, who was already estranged, to serve him. There must be a lot of meaning in it.

Li Shimin made too many plans, especially for a while before his death, he made a lot of preparations for his son.

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"Fifth Brother..." In front of Cuiwei Palace, after seeing Li You, Li Zhi, who is now adult, rushed towards Li You as before, and hugged Li You tightly with dismounted Li You.

After Li Zhi raised his head, tears were already filled with tears in Li Zhi's eyes: "Father is no longer able to do it. Let me welcome you into the palace immediately now. He has something to say to you."

"Let's go..." Li You hugged Li Zhi directly, and then walked towards Hanfeng Palace with Li Zhi.

"Wait a minute..." Suddenly, Changsun Wuji shouted: "The prince can enter the palace, but the prince's private soldiers cannot enter the palace..." Then the Jinwu Guard directly blocked Li You's in Guilian outside the palace gate.

Li You smiled faintly, then said to Qin Shaoyu behind him: "Liu Gui Lian is on standby...!"

After saying that, he didn't even look at Changsun Wuji. He directly supported the crying Li Zhi and walked towards Hanfeng Hall. When he arrived in front of Hanfeng Hall, Chu Suiliang stood respectfully outside the door.

Just now, Li Shimin had already finished entrusting his son, Chu Suiliang and Changsun Wuji. Seeing Li You coming over, Chu Suiliang always felt indescribable. Seeing Li Zhi and Li You coming together, Chu Suiliang bowed and said, "Your Highness, King Qi, your Majesty let you go in alone."

"Can't I go in with my fifth brother to see my father?" Li Zhi was a little worried.

Chu Suiliang shook his head, "No, this is Your Majesty's imperial edict. Please do not resist the imperial edict..."

Li Zhi looked at Li You worriedly, and Li You smiled and comforted Li Zhi: "I don't need to be honest, my father won't harm me... Let me go in alone, maybe there is something important to explain. If you stay here with peace of mind, I will come back soon."

"Fifth Brother..." Li Zhi nodded reluctantly.

Then Li You pushed open the gate of Hanfeng Hall, and Li You walked in alone. At this time, the main hall of Hanfeng Hall was dark, and the black cloth made the hall shine with no light. On the right side of the bedroom, there was a bed with candles in front and behind the bed. Li Shimin was lying on the bed, beside Li Shimin, Yang Qu served on the left and right with tears in his eyes.

Just when Li You walked to Li Shimin's bed, he saw a different Li Shimin. At this time, Li Shimin was already so angry that he was very thin. It turned out that Li Shimin, who was full of energy every time he saw, was no longer there, and the rest was an old man in his twilight years.

However, Li Shimin had a good hearing. As soon as Li You came to the bed, he heard Li Shimin say a little: "Wulang, you have finally arrived..."
Chapter completed!