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Chapter 40: Farewell Gift

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty told the world:

The Qin King Shimin did not understand the grace of the emperor, and the lower was disregarded the righteousness of brothers and feet. He was bewitched by the generals of Tiance Prefecture, Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin, and tried to murder the prince. Fortunately, the prince was kind and kind, and was protected by God, so he escaped and dragged this disaster. What Shimin did, I was so cold! I originally wanted to kill Shimin to correct the rules and regulations and understand the law, but the prince Jiancheng asked me hard, and said that he could not bear to be tragic to each other. I am grateful to the prince's heart. I am abolished Shimin, and now abolished his title of Qin and changed his title of repentance. I hope that he could truly repent. All the titles of the son received by the prince were abolished! His General Tiance and all the positions in the court were abolished, and Tiance Prefecture was disbanded, and he ordered him to repent in Yunzhou and never leave Yunzhou for his whole life!

I'm so proud of this!

The content of this imperial edict has been determined since the palace was interrupted the day before yesterday. Although the imperial edict agreed by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng had some self-destruction of family scandals, it also dispelled the possibility of Li Shimin making a comeback. As soon as this imperial edict was issued, Li Shimin completely lost the hearts of the people in the world and had no chance of turning around.

Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin were indeed as missing as Li Haochen had expected. The emperor had already sent another arrest document to capture the two, but Li Haochen also knew that the possibility of catching these two people was slim.

Li Haochen finally safely survived his first dangerous disaster after traveling through time. Not only that, he also saved Li Jiancheng's life. Li Jiancheng now admires him more and discusses some big and small matters with him.

Time flies very quickly, and it is the day when Li Shimin was escorted to Yunzhou. On that day, Li Jiancheng sent someone to rumor Li Haochen and asked him to accompany him to see Li Shimin off. Li Haochen didn't want to go, but he had to go either by the prince's summons, so he still accompanied Li Jiancheng and waited outside the southern gate of Chang'an to escort Li Shimin's family.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, I heard the squeaking sound of a carriage, slowly driving towards the city gate from far to near.

Although Li Shimin made a mistake and was dismissed from office and was suspended from office, he was the son of Emperor Li Yuan and did not take a prison cart. Instead, a not luxurious carriage carried their family, and a team of imperial guards were guarded by him and escorted to Yunzhou.

Seeing Li Jiancheng and Li Haochen on the side of the road, Li Shimin asked the driver to stop the carriage, then got up and got out of the carriage, and said to Li Jiancheng: "Brother Jiancheng, I didn't expect you to come and see me off!" Li Shimin said with some emotion.

Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Shimin, you are my younger brother after all. Although I know you have the desire to be an emperor, no matter what you say to your brother, I can't do anything to harm your brothers. I hope you can really calm down this time and think about your own mistakes. Don't cause trouble again! Otherwise, neither my father nor me will be able to protect you!" Li Jiancheng said sincerely.

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Brother, you are wrong! I have the desire of an emperor. If you don't kill me today, I will definitely not be ruthless in the future. But haha, do I still have a chance?" Li Shimin looked at the gray sky with some sadness, as if it was a portrayal of his current mood. After a while, Li Shimin lowered his head and continued, "Brother, don't think you won. You only won once, or because of him!" As he said, he pointed to Li Haochen, and then continued, "I haven't lost completely yet. At least my life is still there. Brother, you are good at everything, but you are too kind to your opponent! Take care! Brother! I hope you can beat me next time!" As he said that, he clasped his fists at Li Jiancheng.

Li Haochen could feel that Li Shimin said this very sincerely and from the heart. But judging from Li Shimin's meaning, these brothers are probably destined that sooner or later one person will die at the hands of another.

Li Jiancheng listened to Li Shimin's unrepentant words and his tone was so sincere. Li Jiancheng knew that Li Shimin would not really calm down. He didn't know what it felt like now. However, Li Jiancheng knew one thing in his heart, that is, he could not kill Li Shimin, and he couldn't do that. Li Jiancheng could only comfort himself, thinking in his heart, but ask for a clear conscience!

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng also clasped his fists at Li Shimin and said, "Shimin is going well! Yunzhou is very close to the north, so you should get used to life there!"

Li Shimin nodded to Li Jiancheng, turned to look at Li Haochen and said, "General Zhongwu, I really underestimate you! You call Li Haochen, right? I remember you! I will ask you for advice next time. I will give you some small gifts before leaving. I hope you can take them! I can wait until we meet next time! There is another thing to tell you that there is no problem in helping the prince, but please remember that I am also the emperor's son!" After saying that, Li Shimin bowed and without waiting for Li Haochen to react, he got on the carriage and asked the coachman to drive away.

Li Haochen stood there, thinking about Li Shimin's words, and felt a premonition in his heart that something was about to happen.

At this time, an eunuch came hurriedly with the imperial edict in his hand, followed by a team of imperial guards. When Li Haochen saw this posture, he thought with his feet that he might have come to arrest people. Just when he was still wondering who he was going to arrest, the eunuch had already come to him and raised the imperial edict and said: "General Zhongwu Li Haochen obeyed the imperial edict!" Li Haochen's body was slightly shocked, and cold sweat came out in an instant, but at this moment he had no choice but to kneel down properly and said: "General Zhongwu, Li Haochen accepts the imperial edict!"

The eunuch cleared his throat and said, "From the heavenly inheritance, the emperor ordered that it was confirmed that General Zhongwu Li Haochen, suspected of privately transferring troops into Xuanwu Gate, intending to rebel! He was specially removed from his position as General Zhongwu and transferred to Dali Temple for crimes and was punished! I respect this!"

Li Haochen knelt down and bowed to the great ceremony, saying thanking the Lord Long's kindness. The eunuch snorted coldly and said, "Take it away!" A group of soldiers rushed forward and escorted Li Haochen, wanting to walk towards the Dali Temple prison.

At this moment, Li Jiancheng said and stopped them and said, "This is really the will of the father. Haochen only made merit in the Xuanwu Gate's affairs, but never before! Why did the father issue an order to arrest him?"

When the eunuch saw that it was the prince, he did not dare to offend him, so he honestly said, "Your Highness, the prince, this decree is indeed from His Majesty the Emperor. As for why, the young one doesn't know, the young one just obeys the order, and the rest are not known!"

Li Jiancheng walked towards Li Haochen and said, "Haochen, you feel wronged first. I will go to the palace immediately, find my father, and ask him what happened to him, and see if there is any misunderstanding. You feel wronged in it first. Don't worry, you will be my loyal minister in the future, and I will definitely not let you have any trouble!"

Li Haochen sighed and said, "Your Highness, you don't have to worry. As the saying goes, life and death are destined, wealth and honor are in heaven. Even if Your Majesty the Emperor wants to kill me today, I have no complaints! The Prince cannot enter the palace at this moment to avoid angering Your Majesty!"

Li Jiancheng ignored Li Haochen's words at all, and rushed towards the Taiji Hall of Xuanwu Gate.
Chapter completed!
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