Volu an Old Friend Has Come (1/2)

Volu an Old Friend Has Come

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In the fourth year of Longsheng, when the Princess took off her ding’s residence to forhted when he heard of this and personally bestowed e

At the time, Emperor Gaozu was still healthy and was frequently worried after the Prince of Qi becahted and personally presided over the cere banquet, Gaozu took the Prince of Yongding’s arm and said, “Our two families will always be in-laws” Gaozu further betrothed the Princess of Duanyi¹ to the heir of the Prince of Yongding

—raphy of the Princess of Jiaping</e the Prince of Qi’s residence frouards While he was thinking about returning to his section of the uards stopped hihness has instructed that you are to see him immediately upon your return”

Li Lin hesitated for a moment He both feared and admired his father Of late, Li Xian was either busy with the business of the court or revolved around the twin younger brother and sister, and had funda summoned today, could it be that he had offended his father? At this point, he did not dare to hesitate too long As such, he hurried to the reception hall within the inner residence

Before he had even walked through the door, Li Lin could hear hearty laughter co froh the half-closed , he looked in With only a single glimpse, Li Lin’s entire body froze te across fro ured his uncle was being trounced When had this Marquis of Chu of the first rank coh he never wanted attend court? He couldn’t already knohat happened with Roulan, right?</eination run wild as he considered surreptitiously running away and pretending he had never come home

At thisZhe, looked over at theand smiled, intentionally or otherwise Li Lin dejectedly discovered that it was impossible for him to escape and could only sloalk into the hall

I s I didn’t notice that Li Lin was peeking in through thefro to speak of it Both ofbullied by me Roulan relied upon the e the fact that Roulan had been personally raised by the ehter, even the crown prince treated Roulan as his own sister His Ih he was the heir apparent, I was after all his uncle and it wouldn’t do to be rude towards me However, the empress was not someone I dared to provoke If the Emperor Emeritus hadn’t suddenly collapsed, I likely wouldn’t even dare to lecture Roulan As for Jiang Shen, let’s not talk about that cheeky child It was fine if he spent tenit over, but he would go so far as to run over to his future father-in-law’s home whenever he could, especially after his baby fiancée Li Ning was born I couldn’t see that little brat aside from the New Year

Since the Prince of Qi had kidnapped my son, I naturally had to retaliate As a result, the child Li Lin was out of luck and becaer brother Li Zhuo, presently the Prince of Qi’s heir, I did not try teasing him I ell aware of how for, Lin Bi, was At the ti’s residence to propose, it was done atWhen Lin Bi had wielded a sword and stormed into the Prince of Qi’s residence, I was also present If I hadn’t advised Li Xian to kneel and beg forgiveness, Lin Bi likely would have killed Li Xian before co suicide for her crimes If this had really happened, the forced to surrender with difficulty Northern Han would probably have risen up again in revolt If that happened, then the desire to incorporate Northern Han’s do for the moon²

Fortunately, I had made preparations ahead of tifei’s last wish Eventually, Lin Bi’s anger vanished This also gave the Prince of Qi an excellent excuse and opportunity to pursue a beautiful wo efforts, the Prince of Qi was finally able to fulfill his long-cherished dream

In fact, it wasn’t that I wanted to take such risks There was no better option After the Northern Han royal fa court that they be completely eli of, Li Zhi was truly an enlightened and h the Northern Han royal family had offered its capitulation and the country fallen, the Liu family’s influence in Northern Han was deep-rooted If the Liu fah it would be easy to eradicate them, the consequences would’ve been dire Not only would the Lin fahts about rebellion, the same would be the case for the Northern Han officers and soldiers who had returned to civilian life after Northern Han’s surrender In addition, there was the secluded Devil Sect None of these groups would cease their resistance once the Northern Han royal fas difficult for Great Yong However, if the Liu family’s influence was per’s imperial authority

Ultiested the strategy of incorporating the Northern Han royal faious and illustrious, and possessed popular senti ihter of the Liu family would be taken as wives by the imperial clan, while the sons of the Liu family would take wives from the imperial clan If this continued, the Liu family would becoenerations When that tilory and humiliation would be linked At that point, would the proud soldiers and fierce generals of Northern Han make trouble for their former masters? Even if the enmity between the people and soldiers of the two countries did not cease, as long as intered and their blood e would fade away as people becoy, the e between the Prince of Qi and the Princess of Jiaping The Prince of Qi coh the net was ultimately closed by His Imperial Majesty, to the people of Northern Han, Li Xian was the main culprit in the fall of Northern Han As for the Princess of Jiaping, she simultaneously was the spiritual leader of Daizhou’s Lin family and the main pillar of support for the Northern Han royal fafei’s former fiancée It could be said that she was the only leader acknowledged by the Northern Han military Only if she were ’s imperial family be able to fully relax, ensure that the Liu family could feel relieved, and win over the Lin faoal, Lin Bi could not have any reluctance Forcing her toof her own volition For this objective, I had advised the Prince of Qi Finally, Lin Bi agreed to thethan the planning to subjugate Northern Han Li Xian’s reputation for debauchery was no help During his “courtshi+p” of Lin Bi, I had been able to see all of his clumsiness Fortunately, he was ultimately able to fulfill his wish

Just as Li Xian and Lin Bi were getting married, the E the Princess of Duanyi, who had just reachedand the former Crown Prince of Northern Han, Liu He Liu He’s teood, and he had no interest in power If Northern Han still existed, he would not have made a co, his personality was the ’s intentions

Once these teddings were completed, the results were i to serve Great Yong all took up official posts or rejoined the army With the incorporation of the warriors of Northern Han, the losses sustained by the Yong arradually replenished

Of course, the ones manipulated by Li Zhi and I included the Prince of Qi, Li Xian In order to court Lin Bi, Li Xian had tactfully given up his military authority No one could permit either of the cereer involved with the aranize the military and retake all er possessed any force capable of opposing ih this was a bit unreasonable towards Li Xian, this was a result of both sides accepting Li Xian wasn’t the only one willing to give up power and authority for the sake of a beautiful woh I had schemed to take away his military authority, his influence within the arave hiuarantee Unless the one in poished to coardless of who sat on the throne, none would lightly act against Li Xian Further, when the invasion of Southern Chu began, he would not be excluded Regardless of the person, they would be satisfied at theparticipated in both the subjugations of Northern Han and Southern Chu

Having racked my brains to facilitate this balance, it could be said that I toiled and contributed greatly However, Li Xian didn’t respond faithfully toher claws in, the present Prince of Qi—as only below oneuilty conscience whenever I met Lin Bi The only spot of joy was that no one in Northern Han believed that I was guilty for the deaths of Long Tingfei and co to have lost at the hands of a weak and feeble scholar As a result, Li Zhi and Li Xian becaies In any case, no matter what, I wasn’t the one who ultimately acted

However, at the sae, I had coer—to bully Li Lin But honestly speaking, were it not for my cherishment and pity, I would not tease him After all, he had lost his mother because of me As a result, he had spent his childhood in theand Li Zhuo, Li Lin no longer had any connection to his father’s principality Unlike his other unvalued brothers, Li Lin, as the son of the former Princess of Qi, was more ested to the emperor that Li Lin be made a prince of the second rank Since he was presently Crown Prince Li Jun’s study companion, if there weren’t any ht-hand man This should be sufficient co tea and letting my mind wander, Li Lin walked in With the amount of time that had passed, even a tortoise would have crawled over With his head lowered, after walking in and paying his respects to Li Xian, he sought to hide in the corner of the hall

I s to hide? Are you not going to pay your respects to your uncle?”

Hearing this, Li Xian frowned and asked, “Lin’er, what are you doing? Do you not understand proper etiquette?”

I lightly shookfan to stop Li Xian and inquired, “Lin’er, did you make some mistake so that you’re afraid to see me?”

Li Lin hurriedly responded, “No, no I didn’t make Roulan cry” When he uttered these words, Li Lin nearly bit his tongue Not knohen he saw Jiang Zhe’s smile that wasn’t a s a look at these two elders