"See Your Highness...!"

In front of the Mingde Gate in Chang'an, Cen Wenben bowed slightly in front of a carriage with tears in his eyes. Soon, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open, and a jade-like young man walked out of it, the King of Wu Li Ke.

After seeing Cen Wenben bowing, Li Ke immediately jumped out of the carriage, supported Cen Wenben and said, "Teacher...please get up..."

Following the teacher and students, they were full of emotion.

As we all know, there were too many famous ministers during the Zhenguan period. It was this group of people who led by Li Shimin that China ushered in an unprecedented period of strength.

Compared with Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Li Jing's dazzling names, Cen Wenben is indeed not that famous. According to historical records, he is a person who is not very talkative, but his literary talent is very outstanding, so he was given the attention of Li Shimin and was arranged to draft various edicts around him. Although his official position is not high, he is easily promoted because he is directly with the emperor. It is a good job. Cen Wenben himself did a very good job, so he was promoted one after another.

In addition to his outstanding literary talent, Cen Wenben's loving people's mind and noble morality have become a highlight of him. Although he became a high-ranking official, Cen Wenben still lives a simple life and is very filial to his mother. Even those old friends Cen Wenben who are not doing well have never treated them badly, and they are very considerate in their etiquette.

Moreover, when he was following Xiao Xian, he advised Xiao Xian to surrender to the Tang army to avoid casualties, and when the Tang army was preparing to loot the people, he advised the commander of the Tang army not to let the soldiers plunder the people, so that the local people would be spared from difficulties.

At the same time, Cen Wenben never flatters the powerful and nobles. Even the King of Wei, who was deeply favored at the time, dared to speak out and accuse him of being extravagant.

He was very upright and worked diligently in handling affairs, so he was appreciated by Li Shimin. You should know that although the official was not of high rank, he was responsible for writing edicts and following the emperor, so he was a beautiful woman. Yan Shigu, a descendant of the famous Confucian scholar at that time, attached great importance to this position and hoped to be activated. However, Li Shimin personally promoted Cen Wenben to be responsible for this position.

Cen Wenben did not do anything worse than Yan Shigu, and even surpassed Yan Shigu in terms of intelligence, so he was appreciated by Li Shimin and was soon promoted to the Secretariat Order.

Cen Wenben has always been a loyal supporter of Li Ke. In order to help Li Ke ascend the throne, he even put down his dignity as a scholar and "resist the power" to loyal to the King of Wei to gain trust, and gave him a fatal blow at the last moment. Why can Cen Wenben work so hard for Li Ke?

First of all, Cen Wenben was Li Ke's teacher. He grew up watching Li Ke since childhood and put a lot of effort into Li Ke. In addition, Li Ke's mother, Concubine Yang and his mentor also entrusted him with this hope that he could take care of Li Ke. Then both of them were descendants of the Sui Dynasty. From this point of view, their interests were common. Unlike the old ministers of the Qin King like Changsun Wuji and others at that time, they could only gather together if they wanted to get more benefits.

Therefore, Cen Wenben is very loyal to Li Ke and sacrifices his reputation to join Li Tai to rule out the influence of Li Tai on Li Ke.

Another point is that Cen Wenben believes that Li Ke is the emperor's material. Whether it is literary or martial arts, Li Ke is better than other princes. Cen Wenben also looks down on Li Zhi and thinks that Li Zhi is too indecisive.

Facts have also proved that Li Zhi's personality was too weak, which led to Wu Zetian's successful seizure of power.

Originally, he killed Li Chengqian and exposed Li Tai. Cen Wenben thought that Li Ke had a chance, but he didn't know that Li Shimin actually established the cowardly Li Zhi, which made Cen Wenben extremely helpless.

Fortunately, there is another chance now. Li Ke has returned to Chang'an. Although it only took a year, it was enough. As long as Li Ke can gain more recognition from ministers in a year, there will be a chance for everything. After all, Li Shimin is still in full swing now, and the prince can still be replaced.

"Brother...Master Cen, hello...!"

Just as Cen Wenben and Li Ke were moved to each other, another carriage came over and lifted the curtains of their carriage. A man who was four-slightly similar to Li Ke but had a slightly frivolous face and greeted him with a smile.

"Your Highness of the King of Shu..." Cen Wenben hurriedly bowed again when he saw the other party.

"Brother...!" Li Ke also smiled.

"Haha...you two big men are really spectacular, okay, I won't disturb your ambitions. I want to go to Pingkangfang first. Hehe, I want to take a good look at the girls there. If I don't go, those girls shouldn't know how much I missed me... And my little Yiyi, hehe...!"

As he said that, Li Yan shouted: "Let's go... to Pingkangfang directly..."

Li Ke hurriedly wanted to stop him, but Cen Wenben grabbed him and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about King Shu, let him make trouble... Let's go back to the mansion first. I will tell you in detail what happened in Chang'an City at this time, and follow you to the palace to see the empress."

"But Brother Jing also wants to see his mother, otherwise he will be worried..." Li Ke stepped forward again to stop Li Jing's carriage, but it was too late, and Li Jing's carriage had already galloped away.

Looking at the carriage that had already gone away, Li Ke frowned, but Cen Wenben urged: "Let's go... he's that way, your highness would better draw a clear line..."

But what Cen Wenben said was simple, but Li Ke could not give up Li Yan because Li Yan was Li Ke's younger brother...!

At the same time, Zhang Liang came to Dingzhou and issued an order to Li You, Li Zhi and Li Mingda to let the three of them go back to Chang'an and not stay in Dingzhou anymore. Li Zhi returned to Chang'an and studied government affairs with Fang Xuanling. However, after Li You returned to Chang'an, he immediately removed all his positions and thoroughly reflected on himself, and was not allowed to go to court again.

This is Li Shimin's punishment for Li You, because Li You killed too heavily in Lingnan and Dingzhou, so he had to give him the punishment.

This is the punishment for Li You. Li Zhi and Li Mingda quickly wanted to defend Li You, but were stopped by Li You. Li You knelt on the ground sincerely, saying that he would reflect seriously and thank Li Shimin for his magnanimity towards him.

Li You had already predicted this result, so Li You did not resist too much, nor did he let his younger brother and sister argue too much. Li You knew that the result was the best now.

As long as you can go back to Chang'an, everything will be in Li You's plan. This is already very good. Because of this, a month later, in November of the Zhenguan year, Li You, Li Zhi and Li Mingda returned to Chang'an, and Fang Xuanling led all officials to welcome him.

Of course, this is what welcoming Prince Li Zhi, and it has nothing to do with Li You.

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Chapter completed!