Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"Your Highness, just let him go like this? Such priceless glassware... just given away for free?! Why don't I bring some manpower and snatch it back on the way?" Jiang Qu watched the Goguryeo delegation leave. The figure's tone was hesitant.

"I said Jiang Qu," Li Kuan, who was also watching the delegation leave, turned to look at him and said helplessly: "What, you still plan to snatch it back? Jiang Qu, you used to be a thief. ?”

"Your Highness," Jiang Qu looked at Li Kuan with a look that was filled with resentment, and said sincerely: "After all, those are what the old lady left for you..."

"Those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will be martyred. (Note 1)" Li Kuan rolled his eyes at Jiang Qu when he heard this: "Do you think this king is a short-sighted person?"

"..." Jiang Qu doesn't care about stealing the country now. He just feels that the person in front of him is a complete loser.

"Okay, I have to go see Uncle Dou." Seeing the Goguryeo delegation crossing Baqiao, Li Kuan stretched himself and then turned around and got on the carriage.

Half an hour later, in the Dou Mansion, Li Kuan and his most loyal retainer Dou Shilun sat opposite each other.

"Uncle Dou, there is actually a question that has been hidden in my heart for a long time..." Li Kuan came up and was ready to make a big move.

"Your Highness, you don't need to ask me to know what it is," Dou Shilun first smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then said: "Li Jing is different from me. He is not your retainer."

"Ah...that's it..." Li Kuan suddenly became depressed: "You have made me happy for a long time in vain."

"But his wife Hong Funu is." Dou Shilun suddenly added.

"What?!" Li Kuan stood up directly after hearing this: "Co-author Li Jing is not my retainer, but his family member? What kind of thing is this?!"

"Have you ever heard of the story of the Red Buddha running at night, Your Highness the King of Chu?" Dou Shilun looked at the startled head of the family, still very patient.

"I haven't heard of it." Li Kuan felt that when he should pretend to be stupid, he still had to pretend to be stupid.

Hearing this, Dou Shilun glanced at Li Kuan helplessly, and then explained: "Back then, when Hong Fu Nu was still a singer in Yang Su's house, when Li Jing came to visit Yang Su, he fell in love with her at first sight. That night, Hongfu Nu left the Yang Mansion privately and found Li Jing. After exchanging their feelings, the two chose to elope..."

"Wow..." After hearing this, Li Kuan let out a very cooperative sigh, and then he asked with some confusion: "But how did this Hong Fu girl become my grandmother's retainer later?"

"Your Highness, please let me finish the story," Dou Shilun told the next story with a smile: "After Li Jing left Chang'an with Hongfu Nu, he went to Taiyuan to seek refuge with the Supreme Emperor. After Yang Su learned about this, although he appeared to be He was generous, but secretly sent someone to ask for someone from the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor was in a dilemma for a while. After all, Li Jing was the one who was wrong in this matter, but Li Jing was a rare talent, and the Supreme Emperor didn't want to give up.

Later, when the old lady learned about this, she announced to the public that Hongfu Nu would be her retainer from now on. She was born in the same aristocratic family. The Hongnong Yang family was not an unshakable existence in front of the Dou family. Moreover, the old lady After giving Hong Fu the status of a retainer, Hong Fu has been protected by the Dou family in an open and honest manner, and even according to the rules: after the retainers die, their tablets must be enshrined by the descendants of the master's family..."

——"Uncle Dou, don't worry. When you die, I will burn eight sticks of incense for you every day! They are as thick as the mouth of a bowl!" The clever King of Chu thought he had understood Dou Shilun's "hint", and immediately assured loudly: "My descendants must also abide by this rule, otherwise his name will be erased from the genealogy!"

"I say Your Highness... I thank you in advance... But I am in good health now, so there is no rush..." Dou Shilun looked at the head of the Shuzi family in front of him with a dumbfounded look. After a long while, he continued: "Of course, at first, Madam Just to avoid embarrassing the Supreme Emperor, when Li Jing went out to fight, Hongfu Nv accompanied the old lady. Later, the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper. In the end, Hongfu Nv became the Dou family's daughter. A retainer, but the old lady has never asked her to do anything for herself..."

When Dou Shilun said this, he suddenly looked at Li Kuan seriously: "Your Highness, this is what I want to remind you. Before she died, the old lady did not call Hongfu Nu to explain her funeral affairs like us. This means that the old lady never intends to ask Li Jing’s wife to fulfill her duties as a retainer, so your highness will never act as the head of the family in front of her in the future. Your highness, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand." After hearing this, Li Kuan immediately nodded solemnly and responded: "Maybe my grandmother and her relationship are more like sisters than master and servant. Besides, Li Jing thought of my grandmother's kindness and came out to support me. , I don’t need to worry too much about this matter, but I definitely can’t take the initiative to ask others to continue doing this, Uncle Dou, is this true?”

"That's right," Dou Shilun nodded with a smile: "Your Highness, you can be taught. It seems that Yu Shinan has spent a lot of effort on you."

"That's not true." After hearing Dou Shilun's words, Li Kuan raised his eyebrows proudly: "Now I am Master Yu's most proud disciple."

"Ahem..." Dou Shilun suddenly coughed twice: "Your Highness, don't blame me, I'm just feeling a little unwell."

"..." Upon hearing this, His Highness the King of Chu looked at his retainer aggrievedly: "Uncle Dou, you just said that you are in good health..."

"Maybe I was frightened by your 'eight sticks of incense'," Dou Shilun said without changing his expression: "If you are frightened, you will be easily infected with wind and cold..."

"Yes, yes..." Li Kuan waved his hand after hearing this: "Don't explain. The more you explain, the more sad I will be."

"Your Highness King Chu, I have something unclear." Dou Shilun looked at Li Kuan with some confusion in his tone: "Where did you get such a large number of glazed ware in your hands? When the old lady handed over the Dou family's property to me, I took charge of it on my behalf. At that time, the old minister remembered that the old lady said that these can only be given to you after you are crowned. Could it be that..."

"Uncle Dou, it's not what you think. My grandmother naturally trusts you very much, so you are now in charge of all the Dou family's business. It's just these things that I have in my hands now, well..." Li Kuan scratched his head. It took a long time before he said: "I can only say that it is a secret, and it is difficult to tell it for the time being."

"If Your Highness doesn't say anything, I won't ask again." Li Kuan's words did not disappoint Dou Shilun. He looked at the young man in front of him and thought of some of the past, and his mood inevitably became a little sad: "Your Highness, in fact, I also have something in my heart. I cannot tell you the secret for the time being, but I still hope you can understand one thing: the old lady loves you more than anyone else in the world, even your majesty. Even if he passes the throne to you soon, it is not as much as I do. The preference and deep love that people have for you from beginning to end is one in ten thousand..."