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

"Uncle Du, don't be angry. I will take people to remove the wheels of Duke Wei's carriage and get back your face." - As the meeting ended, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was the last to walk out of the hall, looked at Wei Zheng's departing back. He turned around and began to comfort Du Ruhui in a low voice: "Humph, Duke Wei is a confused person. Compared with you, Uncle Du, he is like-"

"Your Highness, stop..." Du Ruhui didn't stay until the end just to listen to the King of Chu's wonderful metaphor: "I have something important to discuss with you."

"Lord Du, lower your voice!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu glared at him in dissatisfaction: "I finally managed to make this brat Zhinu sleep!"

"I will do my best..." Du Ruhui lowered his voice after hearing this: "Speaking of this serious matter——"

"Ah? Do you mean to remove the wheels of the Duke of Wei's carriage?" The clever Prince of Chu has now learned to answer quickly.

"If it's not Your Highness, what does this have to do with anything?! What kind of serious business is this?!" Du Ruhui couldn't help but raise his voice again when he heard this.

Seeing Du Ruhui start to glare at him, His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that he was really being unreasonable, so he immediately raised his voice and said confidently: "Uncle Du, the reason why Duke Wei dares to glare at you is because you don't know how to draw a line when encountering things! You have to stand up and let Wei Zheng understand that -"

"Are you itching for trouble again?!" Just as His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was preparing to persuade Du Ruhui, the voice of His Majesty Li II came from the palace.

"Hey," His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who had received the warning from the tyrant, immediately pointed to the inside of the palace and said to Du Ruhui, "Uncle Du, in a situation like this, it's called drawing a line."

If I continue to add fuel to the fire, I will be in trouble tonight.

This is how I developed a harmonious relationship with this tyrant! Uncle Du, you can also learn from this!

"Your Majesty..." Du Ruhui didn't know what to say anymore.

"Heh~ah~" At this time, the young slave lying on Li Kuan's shoulder began to yawn.

"Uncle Du, I have to send this brat back to Ganlu Palace. Let's talk while we walk." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said as he reached into his brother's clothes and felt his back. He found that he was not sweating, and nodded with satisfaction: "The brat is relatively easy to take care of. If you accidentally catch a cold due to sweating, I will have to live in Yushan for a long time."

"Your Highness, you are indeed a kind brother." Du Ruhui couldn't help but exclaim in admiration when he saw how carefully His Highness the Prince of Chu took care of his younger brother.

"Uncle Du, please don't rush to praise me..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was halfway through his words when he suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he changed the subject: "You should tell me what the matter is first!"

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had a premonition that what Du Ruhui called serious business was most likely not a good thing.

"Your Highness, can we talk while we walk?" Du Ruhui's smile became more cordial.

"Don't... Uncle Du, wait until I send Zhinu back to the Queen Mother's palace. You don't know that although Zhinu is young, he has a bad temper. We are going to have a bumpy ride back home, and we have to talk, so it's easy to wake him up. Plus, this little brat is grumpy when he wakes up, so he will definitely make a fuss." After saying this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu subconsciously rubbed the back of his brother's head: "Okay, Zhinu, second brother will take you back right away."

"Ha... huh..." At this moment, the Ninth Prince was sleeping soundly in his brother's arms.

Speechless all the way.

After Li Kuan returned to Ganlu Palace and put his brother to sleep on the bed in his own bedroom, he called Chengxin and Zhinu's wet nurse and asked them to take good care of him. At the same time, he left a shadow assassin in secret to be responsible for the protection. After making sure that everything was foolproof, he came to the main hall to discuss the important matter he mentioned with Du Ruhui.

"Your Highness the King of Chu, I would like to know what your plans are for Feng Ang?" Du Ruhui went straight to the point.

"Uncle Du, how does this matter...have to do with you? Did Feng Ang ask you to plead for him?" Li Kuan didn't expect that the first thing Du Ruhui would talk about was this matter.

"Don't misunderstand me, Your Highness. Although Feng Ang and I know each other, our relationship is just like that." Du Ruhui shook his head at first, then continued: "It's just that your attention is now on the Western Regions and Goguryeo, so in the next few years, the Tang Dynasty cannot be in chaos. Feng Ang is the uncrowned king of Lingnan, and he has close contacts with the Five Surnames and Seven Families. In addition, he has a feud with you before..."

When Du Ruhui said this, he suddenly looked at Li Kuan deeply and said, "Your Highness, please do not be fooled by this man's arrogance at first and then his respect. Although he spoke well of you in front of the envoys before, who knows if he is imitating Gou Jian, the King of Yue, and sleeping on firewood and tasting gall." (Note 1)

"Uncle Du, what you said makes sense!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that it was time to test Feng Ang's loyalty: "But Uncle Du, the key is that Feng Ang is so old. Forget about his beautiful wife, as for his concubine... The key is that he didn't bring his concubine to Chang'an. I can't..."

"Your Highness, you don't have to copy every anecdote..." Du Ruhui found that the little bastard in front of him had the ability to "deviate from the topic after only three sentences": "What I mean is, shouldn't you think about how to arrange for this person? He has 50,000 troops under his command!"

"Uncle Du, look at you, you're anxious again..." Seeing that Du Ruhui spoke in a somewhat urgent tone, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu quickly turned around and poured a cup of tea from the table, then handed it to Du Ruhui: "Uncle Du, drink some water first."

"Your Highness..." Du Ruhui took the teacup and drank the tea silently under the other party's gaze. Then, he put the teacup back: "You can speak now."

"Come on, Uncle Du, sit down." After Li Kuan pulled Du Ruhui to sit down next to the table, he did not beat around the bush and directly expressed his thoughts: "Didn't Wei Zheng use the Sui Dynasty's conquest of Linyi to mock me before? Hey, this time I'm really going to do what he wants! Feng Ang's 50,000 troops are good at mountain warfare. I plan to let him continue to march south and conquer all of Zhenla and Pyu!"

"Your Highness, you are trying to drive the tiger to devour the wolf... Will Feng Ang agree?" After hearing Li Kuan's words, Du Ruhui felt that the other party was daydreaming: "If you force him to rebel..."

“First of all,” His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised a finger and said, “Anyone who is my enemy, can be called a tiger or a wolf in front of me? What a joke!

I am not driving a tiger to devour a wolf. I am just letting a lazy donkey pull the mill.

Secondly, by now, Feng Ang should know what kind of person I am.

Revenge for every grievance is the principle of this king's actions, and arriving the next day is the efficiency of this king's actions!

If Feng Ang dares to rebel, I will destroy the Feng family in Lingnan in one day!

Besides, I asked him to fight against Zhenla and Pyu, which shows that I think highly of his Feng family!

Once we conquer those territories, they will be of great use to me.

And by then, his Feng family will also get great benefits, so why shouldn't he agree? "When Li Kuan said this, he saw Du Ruhui had begun to shake his head and smile bitterly, and immediately revealed some "secrets" to the other party: "Uncle Du, I am not joking. Lingnan will definitely become prosperous in the future, and the main tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty in the future will depend on Lingnan!

Therefore, in view of this, the Feng family must withdraw from Lingnan, this matter is not negotiable!"

"Your Highness, do you want to develop Lingnan?" It was the first time that Du Ruhui heard His Highness the Prince of Chu demonstrate his talents other than military.

"It is not me who wants to develop Lingnan, it is the Tang Dynasty." Li Kuan could not help but correct him, "This should be a hundred-year national policy, not my personal achievements. Besides, why do I need achievements? If I want to move up, it would be more practical to go back to Yushan and prepare for war."