Chapter 248: Plea

Li Chengqian didn't know how to comfort Xiao Yu. After all, he was driven out of Chang'an at such an old age.

Although Li Er later regretted it after his anger subsided! He issued an edict to restore Xiao Yu's title, and he also called him back and granted him the title of Jin Zi Guang Lu Doctor.

Xiao Yu's demotion indirectly dealt a heavy blow to his sister, Empress Xiao, who fell ill and died in the 22nd year of Zhenguan. Three months later, Xiao Yu also died in Yuhua Palace.

The two of them remained silent. After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yu finally stood up and said goodbye: "I am sorry to bother you! Your Majesty has demoted me to Shangzhou, and I need to go back to pack my luggage. I bid farewell to the Crown Prince!"

Xiao Yu finished speaking and walked out with a staggering step. Looking at the old figure, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel sympathy.

"Wait a minute, cousin grandfather!" Li Chengqian shouted, and stood up and walked in front of Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu turned around, bowed and asked, "I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has any other instructions?"

"The journey to Shangzhou is long, and you are old. I am worried that you will be exhausted from all the travel."

"If your cousin's grandfather trusts Cheng Qian, you might as well ask Cheng Qian to ask for you in front of the emperor and let you stay in Chang'an." Li Chengqian said.

Xiao Yu was stunned!

He never thought that at this last moment, when everyone was avoiding him, the crown prince would actually stand up for him.

Of course, this was also because of Xiao Yu's style of doing things, which made the ministers in the court isolate him, so when he was banished from Chang'an by the emperor, no one was willing to stand up and say a few words for him.

This is really because Xiao Yu has a bad relationship with people. There are not many people who can get along with him, but they have all left this world before him. In addition,

Xiao Yu is too old now, and everyone thinks that Xiao Yu has no chance of making a comeback, so there is no need to say anything more. As

for Li Chengqian, it was completely out of sympathy. After all, Xiao Yu is already over 70 years old!

In his old age, he was driven out of the place where he had lived all his life.

Seeing that Xiao Yu did not speak for a long time, Li Chengqian continued: "Even if you don't consider yourself! Even if you don't consider your wife, concubines and children, you should consider your sister Xiao Hou, who is now over 80 years old!"

"If you are demoted from Chang'an, how sad she will be, and what a heavy blow it will be to her."

"This old minister... this old minister thanks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"As long as this old minister can stay in Chang'an, even if Your Majesty deprives this old minister of everything, this old minister will have no regrets!" Xiao Yu choked.

Yes! If he leaves Chang'an, how sad his sister will be, and at her age now, she may even die!

No matter what, he must accompany his sister for the last journey. After sending his sister away, let alone demoting him to Shangzhou, even if he was demoted to a farther place, he would be willing.

Xiao Yu now placed all his hopes on Li Chengqian.

"Don't worry! I will do my best to deal with you! Although Chengqian dare not say that he will succeed! But he will definitely do his best!" Li Chengqian said.

"No matter what the result is in the end! This old minister will be grateful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xiao Yu said.

"My cousin grandfather, you go back first, I will go to see my father now!" Li Chengqian finished speaking and said to Wang Quan: "You send the old Duke back to the mansion!"

"Yes!" Wang Quan accepted the order and sent Xiao Yu back.

Li Chengqian left the East Palace and went to the palace to meet Li Er. He first went to the Taiji Hall, and then was told that Li Er went to the Liangyi Hall.

As a result, after going to Liangyi Hall, he was told that Li Er went to other places. Finally, Li Chengqian found Li Er in Ganlu Hall.

In Ganlu Hall, besides Li Er, Li Zhi was also there.

"Da Lang! Why are you here?" Li Er asked.

"Father! I heard that you demoted Xiao Yu, the Duke of Song, to Shangzhou and stripped him of his title. I came here for this matter." Li Chengqian said.

Li Er frowned after hearing this. He was still angry about this matter, but his own son ran to him and brought up all the issues.

"Brother!" Li Zhi hurriedly winked at Li Chengqian, asking him to stop talking, but Li Chengqian pretended not to see it.

"What objection do you have to my decision? Xiao Yu has repeatedly disobeyed the will of the emperor, and I have tolerated him until now, but what about him?"

"He doesn't know how to restrain himself, and even gets worse! I have tolerated him again and again, but Xiao Yu has no intention of repenting. I wanted to save his face."

"I hoped that he could resign in person, but he pretended not to know. That's why I demoted him to the governor of Shangzhou and removed all his titles."

"He, Xiao Yu, doesn't care about his own face, so why should I care so much? Are you going to disobey me too?" Li Er said angrily.

He was really angry. He was not only angry that Xiao Yu didn't know the limit and disobeyed him repeatedly, but also angry that Li Chengqian was ignorant.

"Of course I dare not disobey my father, I just feel sorry for Xiao Yu!" Li Chengqian said.

"What a pity! For someone like him who disobeys the king, what is there to be sorry about!" Li Er said.

"Father! You know Xiao Yu better than I do what kind of person he is. If nothing else, he has devoted himself to the Tang Dynasty, and he has always been impartial in governing, without forming any clique for personal gain."

"Although he often disobeys you, he is loyal to you. Now he is over seventy years old, and Shangzhou is a long way from Chang'an."

"With his frail body now, he will probably die on the way. I'm not here to ask you to revoke your decision!"

"I only hope that you can let Xiao Yu live out his remaining years in Chang'an, and complete the next journey of his life with his sister."

"The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough ground knows the loyal ministers. Your Majesty, do you still remember these two words? I hope you can fulfill your wish." Li Chengqian bowed to Li Er.

Li Chengqian knew that it was impossible to let Li Er let Xiao Yu go just by a few words, so Li Chengqian started with Xiao Yu's contributions to the Tang Dynasty. He

kept emphasizing the close relationship between Xiao Yu and the Li family, from contributions to emotional appeals, and Li Chengqian talked for nearly an hour.

Li Chengqian was so dry-mouthed that he had said so much. If Li Er still didn't change his mind, he would have no other tricks!

He, Li Chengqian, had done his best, and this was the only way. He had done his best for Xiao Yu!

Li Er turned around, picked up the tea bowl on the table, handed it to Li Chengqian and said, "You must be thirsty! Drink it!"

"Thank you, father, for the tea!" Li Chengqian said, stretched out his hands to take the tea and drank it all. Only then did he feel his throat better.

"What you said doesn't make sense. Xiao Yu is indeed a relative of my Li family and has contributed most of his life to the Tang Dynasty. It would be unjustifiable to banish him from Chang'an just because I am angry for a moment."

"Then I will just revoke Xiao Yu's title and fiefdom! Allow Xiao Yu to stay in Chang'an City." Li Er said.