Dragon Temple.

Li Shimin's bedroom, today he summoned Xu Hui.

Xu Hui was his favorite concubine in recent years, and was promoted to Consort by Li Shimin over the past few years.

Xu Hui was truly a remarkable woman. It was rumored that she could speak when she was five months old.

He was familiar with "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mao Shi" at the age of four, and was good at writing at the age of eight.

After entering the palace, he could not put down his books. His poems and essays became more beautiful, his thoughts more agile, and he could write articles in one stroke with rich and elegant language.

This made Li Shimin like him even more.

When Li Shen heard this, he couldn't help but call him a child prodigy.

Because Xu Hui is only one year older than Li Shen.

Xu Hui was born in the first year of Zhenguan, and Li Shen was born in the second year of Zhenguan.

But he was already familiar with the Analects at the age of four, while Li Shen might still have wet his bed at the age of four.

Xu Hui was not only a talented writer, but her appearance also perfectly matched the aesthetic standards of that period, with round, plump figure.

As Xu Hui grew up, her figure became more and more prominent, which made Li Shimin very fond of her.

The frequency of sleeping with the emperor is a little more than that of others.

Today is also the day when Xu Hui serves the emperor in the palace. In the Shenlong Palace, the two are writing, showing their affection to each other.

"My dear, your handwriting is getting better and better."

Li Shimin smiled and said to Xu Hui that he was teaching Xu Hui to write in Feibai style.

"It's all thanks to your Majesty's teaching. I am still far from being as good as your Majesty." Xu Hui smiled sweetly.

If Li Shen saw this scene, he would definitely shout that you are sick. A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold, and you still have time to read and write here.

"Your Majesty, the military guards patrolling the city have sent in several memorials."

At this time, Wang De came in to report.

"Memorials? Where would there be memorials at this time? Could it be an urgent report from the border?"

It was already this late, so there was no point in submitting any memorials, unless it was an urgent report from the border. Li Shimin's expression began to become serious.

"Your Majesty, it's not the border. The Jinwu Guards said it was sent from Qinrenfang."

"Qinrenfang?" Li Shimin was stunned at first. It sounded somewhat familiar. After a moment he remembered, wasn't Qinrenfang the residence of that rebellious son?

"Present it." Li Shimin said.

Wang De immediately put the basic memorial on the table.

"So many!" Li Shimin was a little surprised when he saw several memorials. What could not be written in one book?

Xu Hui, who was standing by, was very understanding. Seeing that Li Shimin was busy, she immediately took the paper and pen from him.

He poured another cup of tea for Li Shimin.

Li Shimin sat down, picked up the first memorial, opened it and frowned.

"Wang De, are you sure you are not kidding me? Is this a memorial sent from Prince Ji's Mansion?"

As he said this, he turned the memorial over to show Wang De, who saw what looked like random symbols scribbled on it, with circles and crosses, and it was impossible to tell what was written.

"Your Majesty, how could this old servant tease you? This was truly presented by the military guards."

Wang De replied quickly. He was also confused by what was written in the memorial. What was Prince Ji going to do?

In fact, he had seen it a long time ago and didn't understand what it meant.

Li Shimin put the first memorial aside, picked up the second one, opened it, and frowned even more.

The crooked writing on it was indeed words. He was familiar with this handwriting. It belonged to his talented son.

But today's handwriting is more sloppy than before, and it is more difficult to distinguish.

At the end of the blank space on the memorial, there was a black handprint and a circular black mark.

What does it mean?

Li Shimin touched his chin and began to ponder, especially staring at the last black handprint and black circle, thinking hard.

What exactly did Li Shen want to express to him?

"Black handprint, black circle." Li Shimin murmured, and he even wondered if someone was trying to harm Li Shen.

"Your Majesty, look at these words and see if you will not go back."

Xu Hui behind him pointed at the last few words on the memorial and said uncertainly.

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin looked over and identified it carefully, and found that it seemed to be true, so he would not go back.

"Not going back? What does that mean?" Li Shimin was even more confused.

He now wished he could strangle Li Shen to death. He kept forcing him to practice calligraphy, which ended up being even more sloppy than before.

Unable to figure it out, Li Shimin threw the memorials aside and picked up the last one.

This time when he opened it, Li Shimin did not frown. The words inside were obviously written by a woman, with neat and beautiful handwriting.

Li Shimin read it carefully and found that the content was "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince drank too much at Prince Ji's Mansion and it was too late."

The door to the market town has been locked, and it might be inconvenient to return to the East Palace, so I reported to His Majesty that the Crown Prince should stay overnight at Prince Ji's Mansion.

There were not many words, and Li Shimin finished reading it quickly. At the end, the signature was Su, and the seal of the Prince Ji's Mansion was printed on it.

"Was this written by Gao Ming?" After reading it, Li Shimin took the first memorial again and looked at it carefully.

There is no trace of the prince's handwriting at all.

Su's memorial also said that the first two memorials were written by Li Chengqian and Li Shen respectively.

To prove that I am not overstepping my authority, but that your two sons really cannot write.

He also explained that the black handprint on Prince Ji's memorial was put there by Li Chengqian.

The black circle was printed by Prince Ji using a wine bottle.

"Assholes, these two rebellious sons."

Li Shimin became furious immediately after understanding the whole story.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It is normal for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Ji to drink together. Doesn't it just show that they have a deep brotherly love?

It's at night, so it's no big deal." Seeing that Li Shimin was angry, Xu Hui hurriedly advised him.

"As the crown prince, how could Gao Ming not respect his status and follow that rebellious son in making trouble, living a life of drunkenness and dreaming, and getting very drunk.

He can't even write a memorial to the emperor. How disgraceful!

If the ministers knew about this, they would impeach him." Li Shimin slammed the table.

"Your Majesty, calm down. Your Highness the Crown Prince is exhausted every day and drinking some wine can help him relax." Xu Hui persuaded again.

"My beloved concubine, please go to the inner chamber first. I need to think about how to deal with these two rebellious sons." Li Shimin waved Xu Hui's hand.

Xu Hui nodded. She understood that this was a way for her to avoid it.

The anger on Li Shimin's face disappeared only after Xu Hui left.

"When did the prince go to Prince Ji's mansion?"

"Your Majesty, not long after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned from Lizheng Palace, he left the palace and went to Prince Ji's Mansion with the Crown Princess."

Wang De reported back immediately.

"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded, a satisfied look on his face.

"It seems that Gao Ming was at Old Ten's place, and they had a good chat, which is why they both got drunk."

"It seems so. I guess that after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned from here, there were some things he couldn't figure out, so he went to Prince Ji's Mansion to discuss with His Royal Highness Prince Ji."

Wang De also nodded.

“Yes, it seems that Lao Shi has solved Gao Ming’s problem, so they both got drunk.

These two bastards, what kind of shit did they write to me when they were drunk? "

Li Shimin patted the two scribbles on the memorials, then thought for a moment and gave an order.

"Wang De, go get ready. The prince is hungover. I will go to court tomorrow. Tell Gao Ming that he can rest for half a day tomorrow."

"Yes, old slave, let's do it now."

(Xu Hui is very famous, and is recorded in official history, but some people still don’t know about her. She is also in TV dramas)

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