Li Taibai came hurriedly and left hurriedly.

The next day, he woke up from his drunkenness and left again with ease.

Thinking back to the moment when they were both drunk last night, Taibai recited that line.

Five-colored horses, a robe worth a thousand gold, my child, bring me the finest wine, and together we shall dispel the eternal sorrow.

Li Shimin felt a lingering aftertaste.

"Your Majesty," Gao Lishi hesitated and approached, "Are you just letting him leave like this?"

Li Shimin chuckled in a deep voice.

Gao Lishi did not understand his meaning and continued, "Didn't you say before that if he ever returned to the capital, you would keep him in Chang'an forever?"

Keep him in Chang'an forever?

Li Shimin sneered disdainfully.

Only Li Longji, that unlucky guy, could come up with such a "brilliant" idea.

On the day Taibai left, Li Shimin received a carrier pigeon message from Zhang Shougui, who was stationed far away in the Yuying Second Province.

The letter made it clear.

Upon hearing that Li Longji intended to forcefully take his son-in-law into the palace, Zhang Shougui and An Lushan had indeed begun secretly recruiting soldiers and purchasing horses.

Based on what Li Shimin had seen before.

An Lushan had risen in rebellion under the pretext of protecting the righteous emperor.

But now, he hadn't even brought the Princess Consort into the palace, and Yang Guozhong had long been exiled to Lingnan by him.

These villains were still plotting in secret, intending to overthrow this prosperous era.

Li Shimin couldn't help but burst into laughter, having never experienced such a rare situation in his previous life.

"Your Majesty."

Gao Lishi anxiously asked, "Why is Your Majesty laughing like this?"

After Li Shimin finished laughing heartily, he instructed his subordinates, "No need to secretly obstruct, just keep an eye on them."

The subordinates hesitated for a moment and then retreated.

Gao Lishi became even more anxious, "Your Majesty! These people with hidden intentions should be executed early!"

Execute them?

That won't do.

Li Shimin thought to himself, if he were to kill them now, how would he continue the war and have an excuse to personally lead the troops?

He clenched his hand, which had few calluses left.

After decades without going to war, he didn't know if he could still draw a bowstring or wield a long spear.

He sighed again and thought, if the Imperial Physicians knew that his soul was now in a body that had long been hollowed out by wine and lust, would they laugh their teeth out?

Recalling his old subordinates from the past, Li Shimin, who had been busy since his rebirth, finally arrived at his season of wounded spring and mournful autumn.