July of the third year of Zhenguan was particularly hot. Especially in the new capital of the Tang Dynasty, Hanjing, there was no rain for even half a month. The scorching sun was like a fireball in the sky every day, scorching the earth.

In the North Palace of Hanjing, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was soaked in the swimming pool. The wine and sex emptied his body. The heat of heat became more and more unbearable. Soaking in the water made him feel a little better.

Li Yuan, who is already sixty years old this year, kept a low profile in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, took advantage of the times, took advantage of the war between the heroes of the Central Plains to raise an army in Taiyuan, Hedong, and entered the empty Guanzhong, seized Guanzhong as his foundation, and eventually became the imperial career.

Although people often say that among the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he stole the throne, but he thought that it was not stealing, but judging the situation, and that it was a good grasp of the timing and a good plan.

But after only six years of reign, he was taken away by his own son.

It has been more than three years in the blink of an eye.

In the past three years, he has been depressed and has been very unhappy. He can only numb himself every day by drinking and numbing himself.

Now he is sixty years old, and his body is getting worse day by day. But at this time when he is about to lose his mind, he did not think about living the rest of his life like this, and a fire is burning in his heart.

And now, he felt that the time had come.

A son can usurp my position, and a father can naturally restore his throne.

Now the opportunity is in front of you.

The son emperor ran to the Western Regions to personally conquer the Western Regions, leaving a 10-year-old prince to be regent, but he was strongly trying to implement the new law that most officials opposed.

He even dismissed all the officials of the Hanlin Academy in one breath.

This incident has made the officials of Hanjing feel confused. Why were the officials of Hanlin Academy exempted? Because they jointly wrote a letter to oppose Li Chao's new law, and all the officials of Hanlin Academy who are leading the way have been removed. Who knows whether they will be exempted in the next step?

In addition, they all opposed Li Chao's new law on the allocation of officials and gentry to pay grain together.

The emperor was not in Beijing, the prince was young, and all officials were dissatisfied. At this time, the imperial guards followed the emperor to fight westward. What a great opportunity. Thinking about it, Li Yuan's heart became hot again.

"Your Majesty, Chai Shumi has arrived." The eunuch came in to report and interrupted Li Yuan's thoughts.

Li Yuan looked up and saw his son-in-law Chai Shao standing not far away. Well, he must be his former son-in-law. The marriage of the eldest daughter Pingyang was the one he met at first sight.

Chai Shao was from a good family, and like the Li family, they were from Guanlong nobles and a family of generals. Among the descendants of Chang'an, Chai Shao also had a good family background and excellent appearance and ability in all aspects.

Later, when he raised an army, Chai Shao and the Chai family also put in a lot of effort. However, no one expected that Pingyang would be with Li Chao later and even gave Chai Shao a break.

During the Wude Dynasty, he still valued Chai Shao very much, but when he arrived at the Zhenguan Dynasty, Chai Shao was obviously not as good as before. Even though he was now the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor, Li Yuan believed that he obviously had no real power. There was only one Privy Councilor, but there were three Privy Councilors.

Being a deputy envoy of Privy Councilor is better than being one of the five commanders.

Besides, the status of the generals in the Zhenguan Dynasty was much worse than before. The separation of civil and military affairs made the generals become simple generals. When there was no war, they could only eat idle food in the capital. They could not interfere in any political affairs at all. The Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council sounded good, but in fact they just drank tea in the yamen every day.

Li Yuan came up from the pool with a ladder, took the towel handed by the eunuch, wiped the water stains on his body, and walked towards Chai Shao with a smile.

"Your Majesty." Chai Shao saluted.

Li Yuan smiled and took Chai Shao's hand, walked to the rattan chair under the shade of the big tree and sat down.

"Don't call me Your Majesty, just call me Father as before."

Chai Shao sighed helplessly.

"Sichang, you haven't seen me for a long time." Li Yuan said with a smile.

Chai Shao didn't know how to answer, but in fact, since he learned about the scandal between his wife and Li Chao, his heart became dark. When Pingyang was determined to divorce him, his heart was broken. After the two separated, Pingyang openly became Li Chao's lover, which made him completely depressed.

"Your Majesty, the Privy Council is busy."

"What are you busy with?" Li Yuan snorted, "The Privy Council is no different from the 12 Guards in the past. To put it bluntly, it just doesn't give the generals real power, and then arranges tea for them. Sichang, Shimin treats you a little mean. When he was in Chang'an, he often followed you."

"It's good now. He would rather use an outsider than really trust you. Look, Li Chao, a 14th rank in a family, and the child he gave birth to Pingyang, was directly granted the title of county duke. But Ling Wu of Zhewei has not even been granted a title yet, which is too unreasonable."

As soon as these words were said, Chai Shao's face changed a few times. Pingyang was the eternal pain in his heart, and the damn traitor gave birth to a child appeared in his dreams countless times, and he strangled the child to death countless times.

"Your Majesty, the eldest princess has separated from me, and the past has passed."

Li Yuan shook his head and pushed the iced sour plum soup in front of him over.

"Some things will never pass. It is said that the greatest hatred in the world is the hatred of killing your father and the hatred of taking your wife. For you, the person you hate the most in your life must be Li Chao, who took your wife."

Chai Shao pursed his lips and refused to speak, but his face became increasingly ugly.

Li Yuan took all this and continued, "For me, the thing I hate most in my life is that my son usurped the throne."

Chai Shao looked up, his eyes hesitated.

"His Majesty."

"Don't worry, there are no outsiders here, and those who can be trusted. I still have a few confidants. Sichang, although I am, I am not willing to give up."

"Are you willing?"

Chai Shao suddenly understood what his father-in-law was going to say.

He was shocked and cold sweat broke out in his back. Reason told him that the conversation was too dangerous and he should not continue, but there was a thought in his heart and he could no longer stop it.

"What does Your Majesty need me to do?" Chai Shao asked.

Li Yuan smiled.

He was waiting for this sentence, and he had long expected that Chai Shao would definitely get on the boat.

"Sichang, what do you want after the matter is completed?" Li Yuan did not talk about the plan first, but asked Chai Shao what he wanted.

Chai Shao's eyes were blazing fire. He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I want Li Chao to die."

"What else?"

"I hope that bastard dies together."

Li Yuan thought about it for a while and then said, "I promised you that after things are done, you will be the new Duke of Zhao."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chai Shao said gratefully.
Chapter completed!