Chapter 11 Urgent
Li Xiang's words can be regarded as heart-piercing.

Kong Yingda is now in a dilemma. If he insists that it is right to speak out against the emperor, he has to prove whether he is doing so for the sake of fame or honesty.

Public opinion is a magical thing. If a person like Kong Yingda, who bases his life on morality, suddenly encounters a moral crisis, what awaits him will be yellow mud falling into his crotch - it's shit anyway.

No matter how you try to prove your innocence, onlookers will not care how many bowls of noodles you have eaten. What they care about is to pull the "saint" down from the altar and wantonly criticize the existence that was once high and mighty and even dared not to look up to.

Kong Yingda certainly understood this truth, but he would never dare to accept the label of seeking fame and integrity.

He didn't dare to answer, but someone else did.

Xiao Yu suddenly spoke up and said, "What the emperor's eldest grandson said is a cover-up. A minister should stick to his duty. If the monarch cannot accept advice, isn't it the monarch's fault? Why do you blame the minister?"

"A ruler should be magnanimous and be a great man. If he cannot tolerate even frank words, wouldn't he be like Emperor Yang of Sui?"

"Besides, Zuo Shuzi's words slipped at one time, his feelings are pitiable and his actions are forgivable. A monarch should be magnanimous and not argue with his subjects about the shortcoming of a moment."

Xiao Yu shook his sleeves, looking like a noble man.

After hearing what Xiao Yu said, Li Shimin's mouth twitched.

The current article is still the same current article... The sentence "A king should be magnanimous" is like a fatal move, directly targeting Li Xiang's weak spot.

After all, Xiang'er is still young, Old Li sighed. It's better to let the child suffer a little, so that he won't be so arrogant.

Being able to make Kong Yingda speechless, Li Xiang has already passed the test of Old Li.

Li Xiang cursed in his heart, this old guy...

"Who do you think I am, Lord Song? Zhang Xuansu was so rude and even scolded his father in front of me. Isn't that rude?"

Xiao Yu stroked his beard and smiled, then shook his head and said, "You are young, how can you know how to behave? Zhang Xuansu was speechless for a moment, why do you still hold on to him?"

Damn it...

Having said that, you're still trying to persuade me to be magnanimous?
It’s the New Year, and you’re here. You’re still a child, right?
And what do you mean by that? Are you mocking me for being young and not knowing how to behave?
Li Xiang took a deep breath and said, Xiao Yu, you old man are really not afraid of being struck by lightning!

"Did Lord Song teach me how to be a good person?"

He was able to remain calm and asked Xiao Yu coldly.

Xiao Yu stroked his beard and smiled, "I am just passing on some of my experience as an elder to you."

That's what he said, but between the lines, in his words and expressions, it all means "I advise you to learn your lesson."

"I'm afraid that Lord Song is just bragging. If I say something rude, Lord Song will ask Grandpa to punish me!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but throw his head back and burst into laughter.

"Why do you need to say more, kid? I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. How can I be angry because of what a child said?"

He has an attitude of "you can be as strong as you want, while I am the breeze blowing over the hills."

Li Xiang could hear that this old man Xiao Yu didn't treat him as a whole person at all.

How dare you look down on me? I'm going to fight you!
He sighed, pointed at Xiao Yu and sneered, "The beautiful lady of Emperor Ming of Xiliang unexpectedly gave birth to such a calf!"

The translation means your father, Emperor Ming Xiao Kui, is such a good man, why did he give birth to a bastard like you?

"How dare you, kid!"

Xiao Yu exploded, his hands even touched the brocade cushion beside him. If it wasn't in front of Li Shimin, he would have thrown it away. As a well-known hot-tempered person in the Tang Dynasty, his character was really straightforward, not the kind that he flaunted.

Li Shimin also looked at the great sun who was firing on all cylinders in surprise. He really didn't expect that this kid could ignite Xiao Yu's violent temper with just one sentence.

This is a very insulting statement. It not only contains the meaning of "a tiger father has a dog son", but also contains a hint of something. When Huan Fan scolded Cao Shuang and his brothers, he said, "Cao Zidan is a beautiful woman, but she gave birth to you brothers, who are nothing but calves."

Li Xiang's words just now directly compared Xiao Yu to Cao Shuang, that idiot.

But...it feels so good, what should I do?
Since meeting Xiao Yu, Li Shimin had always been annoyed by his straightforward temper, which was the main reason why Xiao Yu was dismissed from his position for the sixth time. In addition, Xiao Yu's wife and Li Yuan were cousins, so Li Shimin could not do anything to him. He couldn't really destroy his old bones, right?

This elephant is simply my mouthpiece!
I thought Li Xiang had exhausted all his strength, but I didn't expect that he still had some courage left.

"Ah? Didn't Lord Song say he wouldn't get angry at the words of a child? Why are you so anxious?"

Li Xiang regained his cute look, his expression was so innocent, as if the troll just now was not him.

The seven-word mantra of "urgent" starts!

Hearing Li Xiang's sarcastic tone, Xiao Yu became so angry that his face turned red, veins popped out on his forehead, and he stared at Li Xiang, panting like an angry bull.

Even modern keyboard warriors who have been baptized by time can sometimes lose their rationality when faced with "anxiety", let alone an ancient person like Xiao Yu.

"Anxious."

Li Xiang turned around, clenched his fist, pointed his thumb behind him at Xiao Yu, and said to Li Shimin with a smile.

"Don't be rude, boy!"

Li Shimin scolded him out of politeness, but in his heart he felt as refreshed as if he had drunk an ice-cold Coke on a hot day.

Seeing Xiao Yu's bloodshot eyes, Li Shimin felt an incomparable twisted pleasure.

Haha, Xiao Shiwen, you have come to this day!

"Can Lord Song feel the pain my father felt yesterday?"

Li Xiang sighed and said to Xiao Yu, "Yesterday, Zhang Xuansu also spoke rudely to my father, even saying such words that a father is as rude as a son. Please ask yourself, Lord Song, if someone cursed your father like this in front of you, what would you do?"

"Of course I will fight him to the death!"

Xiao Yu was still panting in anger. The words just now hurt him too much.

When he finished speaking, he also reacted.

If he were Li Xiang, he might have done something even more ruthless than Li Xiang.

Li Xiang struck while the iron was hot and continued, "In the past, during the Wude reign, Duke Song was able to persuade Emperor Gaozu with emotion and reason. He advised Emperor Gaozu against the historical facts that the "Internal History announced the imperial edict" and "the two were inconsistent", which led to "all the officials carrying it out, and no one knew what to use". This did not hurt Emperor Gaozu's reputation, but also ensured the implementation of the government order. Could it be that only twenty years have passed, and Duke Song has forgotten his original intention?"

After all, Xiao Yu is a straightforward person, and he is not the kind of person who would be stubborn even though he knows he is wrong.

What Li Xiang said just now was exactly about his clever advice to Li Yuan in the third year of Wude.

To be honest, Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel emotional that a child like Li Xiang could remember all the things he was proud of in the past.

He sighed, bowed, and said solemnly, "Your Majesty's eldest grandson's words make me feel ashamed!"

(End of this chapter)