Chapter 561 Li Xiang's Ambition

Prince Wei's Mansion.

"Why is your highness so excited?" Tian You asked the excited Li Xiang.

"My father is increasingly dissatisfied with Li Jue. I heard that he is now depressed and it is not long before he is deposed. I will soon become the crown prince, so I am naturally happy." Li Xiang smiled.

During this period of time, countless ministers in Prince Wei's Mansion have tried to curry favor with him, and they almost broke down the door of his palace. There are always a lot of people outside the gate of Prince Wei's Mansion every day, and it is very lively.

He even established friendly relations with people from Liu Rengui's faction. They hinted that as long as Li Jue fell, they would do their best to help him take the position of crown prince.

How could this not make Li Xiang happy? He even planned to bring his family to Chang'an.

"I plan to send someone back to the fiefdom to bring the princess and her son to Chang'an in the near future." Li Xiang said.

"No!" Tian You hurriedly stopped him.

"Now that my father has trusted me, I will be the only candidate for the crown prince once Li Jue falls. Why not bring them to Chang'an?" Li Xiang questioned.

"It's not that I don't want Your Highness to bring the princess and the prince to Chang'an, but now is not the right time.

Your Highness, at this critical moment, you must be patient." "Although you have established yourself in Chang'an now, it is not yet time for you to bring your family to the capital. If you make His Majesty unhappy because of this, even if Li Jue falls, the position of the crown prince may not be yours."

"We can't lose the big picture for the small. It's better not to bring them to Chang'an before Your Highness becomes the crown prince."

"Don't let this matter cause Your Highness' previous efforts to go to waste." Tian You said.

"I was too impatient!" Li Xiang said. He felt that what Tian You said made sense.

Tian You was his confidant and his think tank. Li Xiang was willing to listen to his opinions in this regard.

"Now that Li Jue has lost his heart and indulged in wine and sex all day long, why should we be so careful?" Li Xiang asked, still unwilling to accept it.

"As long as Li Jue is still the crown prince, he still has the possibility of turning the tables. Besides, Your Highness, don't forget how the late emperor got the splendid country of the Tang Dynasty." Tian You reminded.

"You mean Li Jue wants to rebel?" Li Xiang was surprised.

He naturally knew how Emperor Taizong got the country of the Tang Dynasty. Even when his father Li Chengqian and his fourth uncle Li Tai were fighting for the position of crown prince, they wanted to follow Emperor Taizong's example.

But for some reason, his father gave up the rebellion, and his fourth uncle Li Tai, the Prince of Pu, rebelled instead.

In the end, his father was able to smoothly inherit the throne and become the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

If Li Jue really wanted to rebel, he would basically be doomed.

"It is possible." Tian You said.

"Then what are we waiting for? I will go to the palace to report this to my father." Li Xiang said, and stood up to go out, but was stopped by Tian You.

"Why did you stop me, Master?" Li Xiang was a little dissatisfied, and he was anxious to go to Li Chengqian to report the secret.

"Your Highness, go to see His Majesty like this! How can you tell His Majesty directly that the prince wants to rebel? Will His Majesty believe it?"

"Your Highness, you said without any evidence that the prince wants to rebel. How will His Majesty view you? The prince's rebellion is just our guess. If you say it, you will really have no chance of becoming the prince."

"Even if the prince has the intention to rebel, will he take any action after your Highness said so?" Tian You said earnestly.

"Are we going to do nothing and worry here?" Li Xiang said.

"Now is the most critical moment. Your Highness must be patient. We can only wait. Your Highness can rest assured that His Majesty will definitely understand the actions of the Eastern Palace and will definitely not let the prince succeed." Tian You said.

"Then we must do something!" Li Xiang said.

"Your Highness! It's time for you to go to the palace and pay respects to His Majesty!" Tian You said.

Every day, Li Xiang would go to the palace to pay respects to Li Chengqian and report some work situations.

"Got it!" Li Xiang said.

After packing up, Li Xiang went to Daming Palace to pay respects to Li Chengqian.

"I don't know why your father is worried. Can you tell me so that I can share your worries!" Li Xiang said.

"It's all about the prince. It really worries me." Li Chengqian said.

"The prince has been smart and sensible since he was young. Now he has become like this because there are too many treacherous people around him, which affects his behavior." "

The prince is not bad by nature. It's all because of the people around him. If there is a good teacher to help him, he will definitely be able to cheer up again." Li Xiang said.

Li Xiang's words were well-spoken, and it was all Tian You who taught him to say them. Otherwise, Li Xiang would not have spoken for Li Jue.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with Li Xiang's performance. If Li Xiang had made up all kinds of arrangements for the crown prince right from the start, it would have disgusted him.

"Do you want to be the crown prince?" Li Chengqian asked out of the blue. Li

Xiang was immediately overjoyed. Was he going to be made the crown prince?

However, he remembered Tian You's instructions.

Li Xiang bowed and said, "Your Majesty! I want to be the crown prince. If you want me to be the crown prince, I will be the crown prince. If you don't want me to be the crown

prince, I will be a prince." "I want to be the crown prince because I can serve the Tang Dynasty and the people better and help you solve your problems."

"You are honest! I have been thinking about whether the crown prince is suitable to be the future emperor, but I still don't have any answer after thinking about it."

"You are my eldest son. I ask you, if I really hand over the Tang Dynasty to the crown prince in the future, will you assist the crown prince with all your heart and effort?" Li Chengqian said. "

I will assist the crown prince with all my heart and effort and will not let you down." Li Xiang knelt down and bowed, but he roared in his heart: Why?

No matter how unwilling he was in his heart, he had to say this.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with Li Xiang's answer. He hoped that his sons could work together and be friendly and respectful to each other, but he was destined to be disappointed.

"Father! I miss my family in the fiefdom. I wonder if you will allow me to leave Chang'an and go back to the fiefdom to visit them." Li Xiang said.

"Let them come to Chang'an!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, father!" Li Xiang saluted.

After the father and son chatted for a few more sentences, Li Xiang stood up and said goodbye and left Daming Palace.

Li Chengqian thought that Li Xiang's suggestion was good. He also thought that the prince became like this because the people around him had led him astray, especially the prince's favorite, Zhao Daosheng.

So Li Chengqian ordered people to arrest Zhao Daosheng and put him in the Dali Temple Jail, preparing to find a crime to execute him, so as to put an end to the prince's unreasonable thoughts.

Poor Zhao Daosheng didn't know what happened, and was arrested by the imperial guards and thrown into the Dali Temple Jail.