After saying these words, Li Jue turned and left. It wasn't until a while later that Li Shimin realized what had happened, and immediately glared at Zhang Anan beside him with displeasure.

"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and chase after them!"

"well!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan immediately ran out to chase after him, but Li Jue was determined to go to Xueyantuo to fight, and Zhang Anan could not persuade him otherwise.

Just as Zhang Anan was at his wit's end, Li Shimin caught up and grabbed Li Jue.

"Nonsense!"

"What's the point of you going to Xueyantuo? You'll only get yourself into trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue gave Li Er a cold look.

"Nonsense?"

"I'm going to be silly!"

"Even if I lose everything, it's still better than being constantly doubted by you!"

"Also, don't pass your throne to me. You'd better sit on it for the rest of your life, until the end of time!"

Li Shimin couldn't control himself after hearing this and slapped Li Jue across the face.

However, Li Jue simply touched his face and, seeing that it wasn't swollen yet, continued to output damage.

"What's wrong? Did I hit a sore spot?"

"You're the one who caused Uncle Nine's current predicament!"

"You used me to keep Uncle Nine in check, just like you used Uncle Four to keep my father in check back then!"

"If you hadn't forced me step by step, how could my Ninth Uncle have taken such a risk and gotten mixed up with a group of foreign merchants!"

"you!"

Li Shimin was so rebuffed by Li Jue's rapid-fire words that he had to retreat repeatedly, eventually collapsing to the ground, clutching his chest.

"You unfilial grandson!"

"I love you so much, and yet you treat me like this!"

"I'm going to depose you!"

"I……"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he felt a darkness before his eyes and then collapsed heavily to the ground.

However, when he woke up again, the first person he called out to was still Li Jue.

"Li Jue!"

"My eldest grandson...where is my eldest grandson?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan, Li Jing, and the others silently lowered their heads, none daring to meet Li Shimin's gaze.

"Speak up! Where is my eldest grandson?"

"I'm dying, I need to make my final arrangements..."

"If I were to die in Shuozhou, you...you are not allowed to hold a funeral. You must escort my eldest grandson back to Chang'an, so that he...he can ascend the throne in the Taiji Palace, and then...then you can handle my funeral arrangements..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan immediately burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson has gone to Xueyantuo..."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin was so angry that he sat up abruptly and slapped Zhang Anan across the face.

"Are you dead? Why didn't you stop them?"

"And you, Li Jing, you are Li Jue's master, how could you bear to send him to his death!"

Li Jing lowered his head guiltily upon hearing this.

Actually, this matter was not his fault at all. By the time he learned of it, Li Jue had already left Shuozhou with his men.

He wanted to send someone to follow, but without His Majesty's order, which of the troops in Shuozhou would dare to move?

"Your Majesty, I am indeed guilty of this matter. However, the most urgent task is to send General Yuchi to pursue them at full speed and bring the eldest grandson back before he reaches Xueyantuo!"

"Even if... even if we're a step too late, with our massive army pressing in, we can still make the Xueyantuo hesitate to act!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin was so angry that he cried.

"You unfilial grandson!"

"I only said a few words to him, how dare he... Waaah..."

"Guards! Quickly order Yuchi Jingde to lead troops to catch up with that rebellious grandson and bring him back to me!"

Yuchi Jingde was already waiting at the door, and upon hearing this, he hurriedly went in to receive the order.

"Your Majesty, I obey your command and request the Tiger Tally!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately took the tiger tally from his belt and threw it to Yuchi Jingde, who was kneeling in front of the bed.

However, when Yuchi Jingde went to pick up the tiger tally, Li Shimin grabbed Yuchi Jingde's hand tightly.

"Yuchi Jingde, Li Jue is the hope of our Great Tang Dynasty, and he is my most favored crown prince. You must bring him back!"

Upon hearing this, Yuchi Jingde's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, even if I have to tie him up, I will bring your eldest grandson back to you!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin finally lay down with a sigh of relief, but tears streamed down his face uncontrollably, quickly soaking his pillow.

"I...I...I'm so angry, waaaaah..."

"That unfilial grandson, why is he so troublesome!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan wiped away his tears while secretly glaring at Li Shimin, thinking to himself, "If you hadn't been so suspicious of this and that, my eldest grandson wouldn't be angry with you!"

These words could only be kept to oneself. If one spoke them aloud, it didn't matter whether one would be sentenced to death or not; the key concern was that one might anger His Majesty and cause him harm.

Yuchi Jingde seized the tiger tally and rushed out, then mustered his troops and left Shuozhou City to pursue Li Jue.

Although he moved quickly, Li Jue was even faster, and it took him three days to catch up with Li Jue.

But by then it was too late to catch up, because the Xueyantuo camp was right ahead...

Xueyantuo attacked and destroyed the Khan's camp.

That afternoon, Ba Zhuo was taking a nap in his tent when he suddenly heard his personal guards come in to report.

"Khan, there is someone outside the camp claiming to be the eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty, saying he wants to negotiate peace with you?"

"who?"

Upon hearing this, Ba Zhuo scratched his ears vigorously, thinking he was hallucinating.

In his view, the Emperor of Tang would never send his eldest grandson to negotiate peace; all that awaited him was the Tang army.

"Reporting to the Khan, the visitor claims to be the eldest grandson of the Great Tang Dynasty..."

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