Li Yuan had drunk too much and was hallucinating, thinking that Li Zhao was Li Yuanba.
Li Zhao was slightly moved, but he didn't say anything. He pretended to be Li Yuanba and listened to Li Yuan's grievances.
"Jiancheng is the eldest son. Since ancient times, the crown prince has always been the eldest son. Jiancheng has not made any major mistakes, so I have no reason to abolish him.”
"But Shimin has made great contributions to the war. He conquered more than half of the Great Tang, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he founded the Great Tang.”
"But there can only be one Crown Prince, and there can only be one future Emperor. What can I do? Do you want me to make them all Crown Princes?”
"Zhen also wanted Shimin to go to Luoyang and establish the banner of the Son of Heaven, but he wouldn't allow it. He said that if Shimin went to Luoyang, he could raise his arms and declare himself Emperor.”
"Zhen does not want the Great Tang to split, and even more so, I do not want to see them kill each other.”
Li Yuan cried and wept. He was extremely sad, like an old man who was about to die. Seeing the two brothers fight for the family property, he felt both sad and helpless.
"If that's the case, why did Your Majesty allow them to fight back then?”
Li Zhao sighed and asked.
"I was muddle-headed, I was incompetent, I couldn't control the two brothers, it was all my fault.”
"Now that you're back, Yuan Ba, you've been on good terms with your two brothers since you were young. Help me persuade them to change their minds.”
"Yuan Ba, if you don't make a move, our family will be finished…"
Li Yuan rambled on and on, his voice getting weaker and weaker, and his eyelids drooping. Finally, he fell asleep on the table.
Li Zhao let out a light breath and helped Li Yuan to lie down on the brick bed. He carefully covered the overly sad old man with a blanket.
When he walked out of the house, it was already the time when the moon was bright and the stars were few.
"Li Lang, how is His Majesty?"
Xiao Yu saw him come out and quickly came up to him to ask.
"His Majesty drank too much and has passed out. I have already helped him to sleep, so Duke Song need not worry.”
Li Zhao consoled.
"That's good, that's good." Xiao Yu heaved a sigh of relief, but then sighed."His Majesty hasn't been drunk for many years. Li Lang, it seems that His Majesty and you hit it off very well.”
"Your Majesty, why did you keep calling me Yuan Ba?”
Li Zhao asked the obvious, wanting to hear more about the Li family from Xiao Yu.
"Perhaps it's because you possess an unworldly martial art and resemble the late Prince Zhao that His Majesty was distracted and mistook you for someone else." Xiao Yu sighed.”
"I see." Li Zhao nodded." When His Majesty was drunk just now, he kept asking me to dissuade the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, saying that only I could stop their internal strife. What's going on?”
Xiao Yu's expression changed slightly, and fear appeared in his eyes.
After all, although everyone in the court knew about the internal strife between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, the ministers could only pretend that such a thing did not exist. No one dared to easily expose it.
"Why? Is there something that State Duke Song can't say?”Li Zhao glared at him and asked.
Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment before sighing bitterly."This kind of thing shouldn't be discussed by a subject like me, but Li Lang saved my life. Moreover, you're frank and don't have any selfish motives, so there's no need for me to hide anything from you.”
"The Crown Prince and the King of Qin have been fighting for the throne for many years. His Majesty has tried all kinds of methods to balance and ease the conflict between the two brothers, but it has never been effective.”
"The King of Zhao is different. He is simple and honest, only obsessed with martial arts, and has no ambition for power. Therefore, be it the Crown Prince or the King of Qin, they were especially close to him back then.”
"That's why His Majesty thought that if the King of Zhao was still around, he might be able to stop the fight between the two brothers by relying on his relationship with the Crown Prince and the King of Qin.”
"Moreover, King Zhao is born with divine strength. He can suppress the fierce generals of the Eastern Palace and King Qin's Mansion by himself. Even if the Crown Prince and King Qin do not care about their brotherhood, they would not dare to act rashly because of King Zhao's martial arts.”
Xiao Yu's eloquent speech explained the reason.
In the end, Xiao Yu sighed regretfully,"It's a pity that the King of Zhao died early. His Majesty is already old and powerless. Seeing his two sons fighting like this, other than complaining to us old ministers and telling us about the bitterness in his heart, there's nothing else he can do. Sigh ~~"
Li Zhao quietly listened to Xiao Yu's story and turned to look at the old man sleeping in the room.
That grandfather who was related to him by blood, that helpless old man who missed his son, one could imagine what kind of torture he was experiencing in his heart.
Li Zhao raised his head and looked at the bright moon above him. At a certain moment, he made up his mind.
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