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

In the imperial palace, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu and his tyrant father are always loving and filial to each other.

Outside the imperial palace, in the Dou Mansion, a unique "retainer team-building" was taking place.

“Hey, where did these young and promising young men come from? I wonder if you are visiting my humble home today to call me to task?” In the lobby of the Dou Mansion, Dou Shilun took a sip of tea, then put down the teacup and looked at Wang Xuance, Yuwen Qing, Jiang Sheng, and He Mingshan in front of him, with a gloomy tone: “Such a scene... I am really terrified...”

"What are you saying, Lord Dou..." After Dou Shilun finished speaking, the first person to speak among the young retainers was the relatively well-behaved and sensible Jiang Sheng: "Speaking of which..."

"——Jiang Sheng, shut up!" As the tiger fanatic of His Majesty the King of Chu, Yuwen Qing hated to see anyone betray His Majesty the most. No matter who it was, as long as he dared to do so, that person would be his enemy: "Dou Shilun, I respected you so much before, but you actually chose to be loyal to His Majesty. You have completely disgraced me, the servant of the Dou family!"

"..."Yuwen Qing knew how to face the enemy head-on.

As soon as he said this, not only Dou Gong's face suddenly turned gloomy, but even Wang Xuance, He Mingshan and Jiang Sheng all looked horrified.

No... Yuwen Qing... he really has something to do...

"Well, you are the only loyal minister to His Majesty the King of Chu..." Seeing that Yuwen Qing had finished speaking, Dou Shilun sneered and said, "How about...you take this old man's seat?"

"I can't do it!" Yuwen Qing was determined today: "I don't have the brains! But I think Wang Xuance can!"

"Don't harm me, Brother Yuwen..." Wang Xuance didn't come here to call for punishment, but he didn't expect that he had done nothing, but the situation suddenly became a struggle for power between him and Lord Dou...

"Yuwen Qing... don't say anything!" Jiang Sheng felt his head buzzing. For some reason, he felt that his father, who had always had a close relationship with Dou Gong, would definitely beat him to death when he got back: "No matter what Dou Gong did, he had his reasons!"

“Dou Gong…” Compared to Jiang Sheng’s sliding kneeling, He Mingshan seemed much more dignified: “You endure humiliation like this… We don’t understand you, it’s really… really…”

“If you leave out Wang Xuance, the remaining three of you wouldn’t be able to put together a normal person’s brain… So, try to avoid saying some flattering words!” Dou Shilun was originally in a bad mood today, but who knew that someone would rush to make things difficult for him: “I’m giving you one last chance now. Get out of here within ten breaths, otherwise… I’ll let you…”

"Let's get out, let's get out!" Without waiting for Dou Shilun to finish his words, Jiang Sheng and He Mingshan carried Yuwen Qing, who was about to speak, on their left and right, and ran straight out of the hall.

"Mr. Dou, I'm sorry... Yuwen Qing... is a very straightforward person..." After the three men left the hall, Wang Xuance, who was in charge of the rear guard, began to apologize to Dou Shilun.

"Zhong Hui!" Dou Shilun suddenly shouted out the door, "Throw those three bastards out for me!"

"Yes!" A powerful voice sounded outside, and then Wang Xuance heard a slight movement in the distance, and then everything returned to silence.

"Dou Gong, then Xuan Ce will take his leave..." Wang Xuan Ce knew that there must be other experts around Dou Gong...

"Don't you have anything to say to me?" Seeing Wang Xuance's respectful look, Dou Shilun couldn't help but think of the previous argument between him and him for His Royal Highness the King of Chu. So he looked at him with a half-smile and said, "I still remember that last time in the secret room of Yushan Villa, you, Wang Xuance, kept saying that as a retainer, you would be more competent than me. Why are you hesitating so much today? Logically speaking, after what happened, you, Wang Xuance, should be more angry than Yuwen Qing, right?"

"Dou Gong, please don't tease me..." Wang Xuance knew that if he didn't leave just now, it would be difficult for him to leave again, so he immediately said with a bitter face: "Before, Xuance was new and ignorant, but now Xuance has seen everything you do, so why is Xuance still blinded by greed and saying nonsense like before?"

"Heh..." Dou Shilun felt much better after hearing Wang Xuance's answer: "You are really smart. Let me test you. Which step of today's game have you seen?"

"Mr. Dou, if you let me speak, I will tell you everything I know..." Wang Xuance was not at all timid at this moment, but as a young man should have the humble attitude, he still asked this question tentatively.

"Just tell me what you are saying." Dou Shilun looked at the young man in front of him, his expression gradually softening.

"The death of Li Zhongwen and others...was it a trap set by the old lady back then?" Wang Xuance's words were earth-shattering as soon as he opened his mouth.

"That's right, your teacher's efforts on you have finally paid off." Seeing that Wang Xuance had told the truth based on his own speculation, Dou Shilun nodded with satisfaction, but then he asked, "Why do you think the old lady had such a plan?"

"The death of Princess Pingyang Zhao was too strange." After Dou Shilun asked the question, Wang Xuance was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke: "Back then, Crown Prince Yin, the King of Qi, the Emperor Emeritus, and even... Your Majesty, I'm afraid no one could completely deny their involvement..."

"It was the Prince of Qi who did it, and he used the connections of Crown Prince Yin. The Emperor Retired only learned about it afterwards, and Your Majesty..." Dou Shilun said this, and suddenly sighed softly: "To this day, we still can't find out whether Your Majesty is related to this matter..."

"Even with the Dou family's ability, they still can't find out the truth... Doesn't that just prove that..." Wang Xuance subconsciously added a sentence after hearing this, but then he stopped talking tactfully.

"Since I heard His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu say that His Majesty mentioned Li Zhongwen and others to him last time, I knew that their death was coming." Dou Shilun said this with a very calm expression on his face: "These four people were almost the right-hand men of Princess Pingyang Zhao back then. One chose to join the Crown Prince, one chose to join the King of Qi, one indulged in sensual pleasures all day long and neglected to arrange the defense of the Princess's Mansion, and one kept quibbling until his death, saying that he was a retainer of the Dou family and only failed to supervise for a moment, which allowed the thieves to succeed... He should not bear this responsibility...

Haha... he can actually say such words!" - When Dou Shilun said this, the murderous intent in his eyes almost became real.