Li Junxian would normally serve as Li Shimin's personal guard.
At this moment, his reaction was very fast. He reacted almost instantly. He leaped out and caught the jade pendant that was about to fall to the ground in midair.
If he had been a little slower, the jade pendant might have been shattered.
"Jun-Junxian, give me the jade pendant, quick!”
Li Shi Min was very excited. Seeing his expression, the ministers were all stunned. But Zhangsun Wuji, who was a bit closer to Li Junxian, saw the jade pendant in his hand and paled, as if he had suddenly thought of something.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Li Junxian respectfully nodded and gently handed the jade pendant to Li Shiming.
Li Shiming took the jade pendant from Li Junxian, his emotions surging. Looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Li Shiming's hands were trembling.
His eyes were red, and after a long time, drops of tears rolled down his cheeks.
Everyone was shocked. Li Shi Min was crying?
"That's right, this is it. This is the jade pendant.”
Li Shiming was agitated. His hands trembled as he caressed the Tang character on the jade pendant. He would never forget this jade pendant for the rest of his life.
"Your Majesty, could this be?"
Zhangsun Wuji asked in a deep voice, his eyes filled with excitement.
"That's right, this is Tang 'er's jade pendant. When he was born, he asked the sculptor in the palace, Eunuch Chen, to personally make it.”
Li Shi Min seemed to have thought of something and shouted.
"Wang Sheng, quickly call Eunuch Chen over.”
Not long after, an old eunuch arrived at Hanyuan Palace under Wang Sheng's lead.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
The old eunuch hurriedly bowed. Before entering the palace, he was a famous carving master. When the eldest son of the King of Qin was born, Li Yuan was so happy that he named the country Tang.
Then, he had Eunuch Chen personally select a piece of white jade of excellent quality from the royal palace's treasure vault and carve the character 'Tang' on it.
The patterns and words on it all came from Eunuch Chen.
"Eunuch Chen, quickly take a look. Is this jade pendant yours?”
Li Shi Min asked excitedly, then handed the jade pendant to Eunuch Chen.
Eunuch Chen had carved countless sculptures in his life. However, when he took the jade pendant, his expression changed drastically.
"This, this is the First Prince's jade pendant? This old servant wouldn't be mistaken, because this Heaven Mountain White Jade is probably the only one in the world. It was also collected by Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty.”
"Back then, the Retired Emperor ordered this old servant to use this piece of jade to forge a jade pendant for the First Prince, so this old servant couldn't have mistaken it. Regardless of whether it was the uniqueness of the jade or the carving technique, this old servant was certain.”
Eunuch Chen said excitedly. He still remembered the events of that year.
When the First Prince was born, Li Yuan happily named him Li Tang. This was because the First Prince had been born with a strange phenomenon. He had turned clouds into dragons, symbolizing the rise of the Great Tang.
It took him a month to forge this jade pendant. Then, on the day of the First Prince's one-month-old birthday, that incident happened. The remnants of the previous dynasty had actually attacked the Heavenly Policy Manor.
Although they did not harm the Emperor, they did abduct the First Prince. In the end, he was thrown into the Wei River in front of the Tang soldiers and Li Shiming, and no one knew if he was still alive.
He had never thought that after nine years, he would actually see this jade pendant again today. It was a jade pendant that he had personally forged. Could it be that the First Prince had returned?
"Is it really Tang 'er?"
Li Shi Min sat down on the dragon throne. At this moment, the officials in the court all knew about what had happened back then through whispering.
Everyone knew that Li Shi Min actually had a son above Li Cheng Xin. He was also the son of Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun, the true eldest son of the Tang Empire.
It was just that he died early because of the remnants of the previous dynasty.
He had never thought that he would find out today that the First Prince had not died, and that he might even be the red-robed general who had saved the Great Tang.
"Your Majesty, if you think about it this way, that red-robed general was indeed very close to the First Prince in age.”
"If this jade pendant appears on anyone, it might not be able to prove that the person is the First Prince. However, if it appeared on the red-robed general, it might be the First Prince.”
Fang Xuanling said solemnly.
Everyone looked at him. What did he mean?
Fang Xuanling continued.
"First of all, that red-robed general is extremely powerful. According to General Qin and the others, even if dozens of generals of the Great Tang attacked together, they wouldn't be a match for that red-robed general.”
"Therefore, this red-robed general must have come from a famous master, or even an immortal.”
"That year, a one-month-old baby was thrown into Weishui River. The only explanation was that the First Prince had been saved by an otherworldly expert.”
"After so many years of learning, he just so happened to save the Great Tang and His Majesty on the banks of the Wei River.”
Fang Xuanling's imagination was quite amazing. He directly imagined the cause and effect of this matter.
However, everyone agreed with his guess. This was because Tang Tian's combat strength on the battlefield was not something that could be found in the mortal world.
Only when he was saved by an immortal back then and even accepted as a disciple could it be explained.
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