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

From the northwest to Chang'an, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, carrying a dozen captives, set out on his return journey at a faster speed than when he came.

In May in Chang'an, cicadas are chirping.

Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Taiji Hall, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who had transformed into the 'Cicada-Singing Boy', let out a scream that echoed throughout the palace.

"Ow—"

"I haven't even started yet! And you're already yelling?!" His Majesty Li Er held the belt in his hand, looking at the big boy who was hugging the pillar and screaming in front of him, and he was so angry: "You bastard! Do you know what kind of life I have been living in the past month when you were away!"

“Father…when I’m not here, shouldn’t you be doing nothing here, better than a little god?” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu carefully kept a distance from His Majesty Li II, and said hesitantly: “Besides…my son has returned with merit, how can you have the nerve to kill him…Besides, even if you kill him…it’s Master Yu’s birthday soon, and my son has to go to the Yu Mansion to celebrate…”

"Are you trying to celebrate your Master Yu's birthday?! I'm too lazy to tell you!" Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li II was immediately amused: "I issued an edict to you but you didn't listen. As a result, Yu Shinan used his granddaughter's marriage as a bargaining chip, and you came back happily... Humph... You make me, as a father, feel ashamed!"

"What?!" His Highness the King of Chu found that his foolish father was really arrogant: "You still feel ashamed?! If I hadn't caught the leader of the eighteen tribes of the grassland red-handed and arrested Quan Gaisuwen, we don't know how much trouble we would have encountered in the future! Dad, to be honest, my trip to the north this time is really a great contribution to the court!"

"Then what reward do you want?" His Majesty Li II smiled and said, "How about I make Wang Xuance a marquis?"

"Wow..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu found that some incompetent monarchs were becoming more and more unscrupulous. "Dad, I've already told you that it was me who proposed the policy of equalizing the people, and it was also me who proposed the strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking the west to drag down Goguryeo, but in fact to take down the Western Turks! But it's fine if you don't believe it, but why did you insist on targeting Wang Xuance in the end?!"

"Son..." His Majesty Li Er's expression became more complicated when he heard his son's words: "We should know ourselves..."

"Dad... Thank you!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu didn't even wait for his father to finish his words before he started to argue: "Self-knowledge... I have always had it. I don't lack it!"

"Heh..." His Majesty Li Er was amused by his stupid son's answer: "Do you know yourself? Do you know yourself?!"

"Ah!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu stiffened his neck when he heard this: "It has always been like this!"

"Hong San!" Emperor Li II took a deep breath and began to summon his thugs.

"I'm here!" Hong San, who was guarding outside the door, thought that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was going to be in trouble again this time.

"Close the door!" His Majesty Li II said concisely.

"Yes!" Hong San responded, then closed the door of the Tai Chi Hall respectfully.

“No… Dad… let’s talk it over…” Seeing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu finally began to sweat profusely.

"Come here!" Emperor Li II, who wanted to teach his son today, for the first time ever did not plan to continue playing "The King of Qin Circling the Pillar". Instead, he tied the belt back around his waist, then waved to his son, signaling him to come over to him.

"Go away..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu pretended to lie down on the ground, trying to awaken the other party's fatherly love.

"..." Emperor Li II looked at the scene in front of him and felt extremely speechless - he had never found anyone in his family who could be as entertaining as this kid!

“Dad, just tell me what you want to do…” When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu saw his father reaching out to touch the straps again, his eyelids trembled.

"You...sigh..." His Majesty Li Er suddenly sighed deeply, and then he was silent for a while, and then he slowly said: "I want to ask you, when you went to the grassland this time, why didn't you bring the three thousand troops and the one thousand black armored soldiers that your grandmother left for you?"

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war, father!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that his father might have really been corrupted by alcohol and sex. "I am leading such a large group of people on the road. Not only can we not march at full speed, but with such a big fanfare, it is inevitable that the news will leak out..."

"Do you know why Dad didn't ask about your assassins after the battle of Jinshan?" His Majesty Li II looked at his idiot son and his mentality began to change: "That's because Dad knew that those were the men your grandmother gave you.

But you little bastard...why don't you know how to hide yourself? Why do you have to expose all your strength?

In the previous battle in the northwest, those death warriors could be confused with the Dou clan's troops, and no one thought they would be that strong. But this time... you led 2,000 people and easily wiped out two large tribes of the 18 tribes on the grassland, killing more than 10,000 enemies...

Yes, now everyone is beginning to be afraid of you, Your Highness the Prince of Chu. Everyone knows how powerful you are!

But have you ever thought that no matter how powerful the Zhou emperor is, one day, after everyone recognizes his strength, there will be a Duke Zhuang of Zheng who will bend his bow and shoot arrows at him... Kuan'er..." At this time, Emperor Li II was really worried that his eldest son would be feared by others: "Do you know how your aunt Pingyang died that year?" (Note 1)

"..." Li Kuan, who was originally moved, widened his eyes immediately after hearing his father talking about the cause of death of his aunt Li Xiuning: "Dad... this... how can I know this?" - In the past, when I asked, you untied the belt and chased me, what happened today... the sun rose from the west? !

"Back then, your royal grandfather raised an army and summoned your uncle to Taiyuan to help, leaving your aunt alone in Chang'an..." Li Shimin ignored the expression on his son's face. His eyes began to reflect on the past, "That was the first time Dad saw your royal grandmother and your royal grandfather quarreling...

That day, the three brothers of our Li family, your uncle, your father, me, and that bastard Li Yuanji, all knelt in a row in the courtyard because of this matter. Your grandmother held a thick horse whip and started beating your uncle until Li Yuanji rolled over on the ground and begged for mercy. "

“Wow…” His Royal Highness Prince Chu really didn’t expect that the royal grandmother who was so gentle in his memory could be so cold: “Well… Dad, I think my royal grandmother is also acting on behalf of heaven…”

"I know you respect and love your royal grandmother, but you'd better think before you speak!" Emperor Li II considered that he had such a bastard in his family, and ordinary qi-cultivation skills would not have any effect on him.

"Ah... Dad, I'm sorry, your son hurt you... Dad, please continue..." Looking at his father's golden belt with a dragon pattern, His Royal Highness the King of Chu began to secretly raise his vigilance.

"Later..." His Majesty Li II glanced at his eldest son and continued slowly, "After your grandmother taught us three brothers a lesson, she turned around and said something to your grandfather that still makes Dad's blood boil when he thinks of it: 'Although my son Xiuning is not a man, he is as capable as a man!'" (Note 2)

boom!

At this moment, invisible flames burned in the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

The Empress Dowager...and my aunt...they are both truly heroic women...