Chapter 373: Lanling King Li Changgong
From the moment Li Yuanhui set out from Luoyang, news of the incident spread in Chang'an City, and several censors even submitted memorials to impeach the King of Qi for violating the rules.

Because he brought too many guards.

However, Li Yuan did not take it to heart. He just kept it in his pocket and pretended he did not see it.

In fact, Li Yuan is quite doting towards these children.

Especially for the legitimate children, as long as you don't show any signs of encroaching on his power, he will be a spoiled parent.

The third brother went against him and quarreled with him in the court, which meant he was put under house arrest.

As for the fact that Lao Si brought many people, what's wrong with bringing a few thousand people? Could this number of people come back to rebel?
There were 100,000 troops near Chang'an, and there were more than 30,000 imperial guards stationed in the imperial city, the palace, and the Western Inner Courtyard alone.

What's there to worry about?
The most important point is that Li Yuanhui has no roots in Guanzhong.

The second and third brothers have many old subordinates in the armies of various guards in Guanzhong. Even in his imperial guards, there are many people who praise the achievements of the King of Qin and are willing to make friends with him.

Even after Li Er was disfigured and lame, ministers and generals in the court still praised his extraordinary demeanor.

Therefore, Li Yuan was very wary of the second brother.

However, he is his own son after all, and the person with the most military achievements in the Tang Dynasty. Even though Li Yuan was on guard, he still did not suppress the Qin Palace. Some time ago, he just demoted an imperial censor as a warning.

Li Er actually knew that Li Yuan was targeting him, and had planned to keep quiet for a while. However, the conflict with Yin and Zhang pushed him to the forefront again. Li Yuan called him into the palace to reprimand him. Although the Prince of Jin and Princess Pingyang went to the palace to mediate and calm the situation, some rifts arose between Li Yuan and Li Er.

This couldn't help but make the ministers in Chang'an a little worried, and the high-profile return of the King of Qi to Chang'an this time made some people worry whether this would make the situation in Chang'an even more chaotic.

At the beginning of December, the King of Qi arrived in Chang'an and led his wife and six children to the palace for an audience.

Li Yuan was very happy to see his grandson whom he had never met before, and he gave rewards to the princess, concubine and two county ladies.

In fact, the title of County Lady was not used for the prince's wives. According to the system left over from the previous dynasty, the prince's wife was called Princess Consort. The rest of those with titles should be Confucian scholars, but the titles of these two people were specially bestowed upon them by Li Yuanhui.

Tan'er was chosen because of the affection they had been together since childhood, and Duan Jin was chosen because he came from a prominent family, so it was not easy to place him casually, so he had to be given a similar status.

Normally, there aren't even any concubines.

But since Li Yuanhui asked for the title, Li Yuan naturally would not refuse him and directly approved it.

Therefore, the titles of the women in the Prince of Qi’s Mansion are somewhat special.

Li Yuan invited Li Yuanhui's family to a banquet in the palace that day, and also invited several of his legitimate children, including the Prince of Qin, the Prince of Jin, and Princess Pingyang, to bring their families to the palace for the banquet, which of course also included the family of Prince Zhaode Li Xiaoyan.

The eldest sister-in-law Zheng lived with several sons and illegitimate sons in the Linde Hall within the palace, not far from the Wude Hall where Li Yuan lived.

Therefore, he arrived first, and then hurriedly asked Prince Zhaode's eldest son Li Cheng'an to bring his five younger brothers to pay a visit to his fourth uncle Li Yuanhui.

Li Cheng'an was only fifteen years old, handsome and looked very much like his eldest brother. He led his younger brothers in performing the ceremony, and was very formal and well-behaved.

"Meet uncle."

"Hurry up, hurry up, Cheng'an is an adult now, he should get married next year, right?"

"Yes, His Majesty has already arranged a marriage for him. The girl is from the Liu clan in Hedong. You guys probably haven't seen your fourth uncle for several years. Tell us your names."

Li Cheng'an had been named King of Zhao, and the remaining five sons were also named kings.

Li Chengze, Prince of Henan, Li Yanzong, Prince of Guangping, Li Changgong, Prince of Lanling, Li Guangheng, Prince of Yongning, and Li Shaoxin, Prince of Yuyang.

Li Yuanhui was very surprised when several children introduced themselves.

He already knew that his eldest brother had six sons, and the fourth one was named Chang Gong, but he hadn't paid much attention to it before, after all, there were many people with the same name. But what if this boy was so handsome and was named Lanling King? This would make people think too much.

We, the Li Tang, have become the Gao family of the Northern Qi? This is ridiculous! There shouldn't be a history of mental illness in our family, right?

But the eldest brother did die young, and he died in a botched coup.
This is a high degree of acquaintance. Could I be Gao Zhan? Others were a little surprised. Why did Li Yuanhui stare at Li Changgong in a daze?

However, Li Yuanhui reacted quickly. "Looking at Changgong, I can't help but think of my childhood. At that time, I was about the same age as him, and my brother was about the same age as Cheng'an. It's been almost twenty years."

After Li Yuanhui finished speaking, Princess Zheng of Zhaode smiled, with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

Afterwards, Li Yuanhui spoke to several of his nephews, asking them about their ambitions, how their studies were going, and whether they had learned riding and archery.

The eight-year-old Lanling Prince Li Changgong said he wanted to be a general
Li Yuanhui encouraged his nephews, saying: "Study hard, practice riding and shooting diligently, and make contributions to the Tang Dynasty in the future."

While he was talking, people from the Qin Prince's Mansion, the Jin Prince's Mansion, and Princess Pingyang's Mansion arrived one after another.

The King of Qin had many wives and children. He had two legitimate sons, seven-year-old Li Chengqian and five-year-old Li Chengyu, and one illegitimate son, named Li Kuan.

The Prince of Jin’s Mansion only had Princess Xue, who came with her one son and one daughter, Li Chengxun and Li Jingshu.

Princess Pingyang had two sons. The eldest, Chai Zhewei, was fourteen years old, and the second, Chai Lingwu, was only four years old.

This family gathering was very lively. Li Yuanhui had not seen his brother and sister for a long time. A group of children were chasing and playing in the Wude Hall.

Li Yuan also specifically mentioned that he had not gone hunting for a long time, so he made an appointment with several sons and his eldest daughter to go hunting together in a few days.

The banquet lasted until very late and everyone enjoyed themselves very much.

The next day, there was a court meeting.

Li Yuanhui formally brought his officials to the main hall of Taiji Palace to meet the emperor in the capacity of the Grand Chancellor of the East Shaanxi Road and the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Affairs of Guandong. This was considered a dialogue between the emperor and his subjects.

Li Yuanhui was wearing a brocade robe, a jade crown on his head, and a fox fur coat, and walked in front.

Li Qinglian, Li Yaoshi, Dugu Ying, Chang Yanheng, Zhang Jian, Zhang Zhen'e, Han Quan, Wang Fobao, Xie Shufang, Yuchi Jingde, Xue Wanche, Dou Fengjie, Duan Wuda, Duan Wuxuan, Lou Jun and other civil and military officials followed closely behind.

Several of them were particularly tall and strong, with stern and majestic faces, which made people intimidated.

These guys, who could be identified as warriors just by looking at their body shape and temperament, brought considerable pressure to the entire court.

Even Li Yuan felt a little trembling in his heart when he saw it from afar.

However, as Li Yuanhui took the lead in paying homage and watched those giants lower their heads one by one, a sense of relief and contentment arose in his heart.

I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the ruler of the world.

All these brave and skilled warriors must pay homage to me!

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty live forever."

"Your Majesty, ten thousand years."

"Flat body."

After paying his respects, Li Yuanhui stood up and began to play his verse.

First, he asked the military officer Gu Duying to publicly announce this year's autumn tax east of Shan County, the grain reserves in the warehouses of various prefectures, and the grain reserves in the large warehouses near Luoyang, such as Luokou Warehouse, Huiluo Warehouse, and Hanjia Warehouse, as well as the Changping Warehouses in various places.

Afterwards, he asked Sima Li Yaoshi to report the gains from the conflicts with the Yan army in various places in the third year of Wude, as well as the situations of the troops and counties that surrendered.

"Thank you for your hard work, King Qi and the soldiers in eastern Shaanxi. I will remember your achievements in my heart."

After hearing this, Li Yuan was very satisfied and praised them repeatedly. Then, looking at the group of warriors, he suddenly had an idea.

"King Qi, I wonder which of your subordinates has the most martial talent?"

This question gave Li Yuanhui a headache. Wu Cai? Suddenly he thought of a possibility. No way?
Even if it's embarrassing, it shouldn't be me, right?
(End of this chapter)