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

"Uncle Dou, I suddenly discovered a problem." His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the sad Dou Shilun in front of him and suddenly said, "Why don't you ask me where I know these things from?"

"Your Highness..." Dou Shilun was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he said as a matter of course: "I can guess... that the only one who would tell you these things is Your Majesty..."

"My aunt's matter...was my father involved?" When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu asked this question, for a moment he even felt that his soul had left his body and was rising high in the sky, looking down at himself and Dou Shilun.

"Your Highness, when Princess Pingyang Zhao died, His Majesty was still in Bingzhou defending against the Turks." Dou Shilun's answer was flawless, but then he frowned again: "Why would Your Highness doubt His Majesty? At that time, Princess Pingyang Zhao and His Majesty had the deepest relationship as siblings..."

"It's good that it's not my father, that tyrant." After getting this answer, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu suddenly slumped his shoulders and began to speak his heart out to Dou Shilun: "Dou Shuer... you don't know, I'm actually afraid that my father will get involved in this, because..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, his tone gradually became low: "Because if it really is him... even if he is my father, I have to let him know what it means to regret it!"

"Your Highness! No!" Dou Shilun did not expect that His Highness the Prince of Chu, who was usually so open-minded, would be so extreme once he became paranoid: "You must not think like that! Besides, this matter has nothing to do with Your Majesty. After Li Jiancheng captured Liu Heita, his reputation gradually grew, but Your Majesty Li II was trapped in Chang'an and could hardly move. From that time on, Li Yuanji wanted to kill Your Majesty Li II.

At the celebration banquet in midsummer that year, Li Yuanji mocked His Majesty. When Princess Pingyang Zhao heard it, she whipped him twice in the face with a horsewhip on the spot, and no one dared to stop him!

I estimate that it was because of this incident that Li Yuanji wanted to kill his sister.

The reason why he plotted against Princess Pingyang Zhao was to help Li Jiancheng make up his mind and make him start to compete with His Majesty.

The reason why Li Yuanji did this was that he wanted to wait until Li Jiancheng and Your Majesty were both defeated in the future, and then he would sit back and reap the benefits..." Dou Shilun said at the end, his face changed color and he sighed: "The old lady was right back then, Li Yuanji... is indeed a bad guy!"

"How did my aunt die exactly?" After hearing Dou Shilun's words, the expression on His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's face changed from shock to calm.

"I was poisoned." Dou Shilun's answer was concise and to the point.

"So my aunt passed away in great pain, right?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu stood up silently after hearing this. "Who were the people around her before she died?"

"Your Highness, all the people who served Princess Pingyang Zhao back then are dead." Dou Shilun felt it necessary to make the other party understand why the royal family is ruthless: "The order was personally issued by Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, and even the Emperor Retired only learned about it afterwards."

"So, their deaths were not unjust." His Royal Highness the King of Chu laughed grimly upon hearing this, and then asked, "Um, Uncle Dou, where are these two beasts buried?"

"Your Highness... You must not get involved in this matter anymore..." Dou Shilun felt his scalp bursting when he heard what His Highness the Prince of Chu said: "In fact, Your Majesty had already avenged all the grudges after the Xuanwu Gate Incident..."

"No, those four people are still alive, aren't they?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu glanced at Dou Shilun and asked, "Why are they still alive?"

“Because back then, whether it was the Emperor, His Majesty, or the Old Madam, none of them could find any flaws in these four people.

The suicide note Princess Pingyang Zhao left before her death was definitely written in her handwriting... Then who can say that the four loyal retainers, seeing that their master was doomed, personally fought their way out of the encirclement to protect the suicide note in order to redress the injustice suffered by their master?"

“They failed to protect my aunt!” Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu stood up abruptly, staring at Dou Shilun with bloodshot eyes. “My aunt was such a gentle and kind person… such a talented and beautiful woman, she did not die on a bloody battlefield, nor did she die on a brocade couch surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She died under conspiracy and intrigue, died from the betrayal of her relatives, died…”

When His Royal Highness Prince Chu finished speaking, his originally passionate voice turned into a shrill wail: "She shouldn't die! She shouldn't die! Mother..."

The word "mother" from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu instantly stirred up a huge wave in Dou Shilun's heart: "Your Highness... Your Highness..."

At this moment, Dou Shilun stood up in panic and looked at the dejected look of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. For the first time, he felt regret in his heart.

"Back then, I was abandoned in Longyou by that tyrant," after a long while, His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at Dou Shilun, who looked uneasy, and said in a hoarse voice, "I was raised little by little by my grandmother, who treated me very well. But every time I went out to play, I would envy other children who had both a father and a mother...

So I would run to ask my grandmother where my parents were.

My grandmother always said... My parents are very far away and are very busy every day...

Ah……

busy……

I have so many brothers and sisters, but why me? Why was it me who was left behind in Longyou by them...

Uncle Dou, do you have an answer to this question? "When His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, he turned his gaze back to Dou Shilun.

Dou Shilun just exchanged a glance with His Royal Highness the King of Chu, then turned his head away with a look of pity and said no more.

"Later, my aunt returned to Longyou and doted on me when she saw me. She never stopped me from doing anything I wanted. Sometimes, even when my grandmother was upset, she would just smile and take me to the mountains to hunt foxes and to the rivers to fish..."

When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu recalled the past, there was a faint smile on his face, but that smile could not hide the pain in his heart.

"Later, every time my aunt went back to Longyou, she liked to sleep with me. I would occasionally wet the bed, but my aunt never despised me. She just laughed and asked me if I had secretly played with fire during the day, so I wet the bed...

How can I not respect and love such an aunt?

So I remember the last time she came to see me, I secretly asked her before going to bed if I could be her child and call her mother. When my aunt heard me say this, tears immediately came down... I thought I had done something wrong... so I hurriedly explained... hurriedly..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu could no longer say anything when he came to this point.

It is said that time flies like flowing water, and the past cannot be recalled or retrieved.

But the two women who truly gave His Royal Highness the King of Chu the initial love and care, allowing him to have a happy childhood and no longer have to envy others, left too early, causing him regrets and concerns that he would never be able to keep for the rest of his life.

Auntie, can't Kuan'er be your child? Don't listen to what Butler Yu says, Kuan'er is actually very well behaved...

Auntie, don’t cry, Kuan’er… Kuan’er is no longer your child… Don’t cry…

Kuan'er, auntie just hit her eyes accidentally, that's why she's crying.

Kuan'er is so well-behaved and sensible, of course he can be my aunt's child...

Then... mother?

Ambiguous...