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

"Butler Wang, where are my two cousins?" Half an hour later, the Prince of Chu, who had left and returned to the inner courtyard of the Chai Mansion, caught Butler Wang who had rushed over after hearing the noise and asked, "Are they out?"

"Your Highness, the two young masters are now in bed recovering from their injuries..." Steward Wang had a warm smile on his face, but his words were very cold: "The Duke just taught them a lesson and is now practicing with guns in the martial arts arena..."

"Goodbye!" Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was eager to know the truth, he was not stupid enough to run into trouble.

"Your Highness the Prince of Chu, where are you going?" - As the saying goes, what you fear will come true. His Highness the Prince of Chu was about to slip away, but after hearing the voice of his uncle Chai Shao, he realized that it was too late.

"Ha...ha...uncle..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu turned around stiffly and found Chai Shao, dressed in casual clothes, standing calmly under the pavilion in the garden, looking at him with a teasing expression.

"Why aren't you coming?" Chai Shao saw that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu hadn't moved for a long time, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "Aren't you going to send troops to punish him? Why are you so hesitant at the last minute?"

"Uncle... please don't make up stories and frame me..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, who was muttering to himself, slowly came to his uncle's side after hearing what he said.

"Okay, you can leave now. Remember, don't let anyone get close to here from now on." Chai Shao, who knew that his nephew had come with bad intentions today, suddenly gave an order to the butler Wang who was waiting there.

"Yes!" After Chai Shao finished speaking, Butler Wang immediately said respectfully and then withdrew.

"Uncle, why did you beat my cousin? They didn't do anything wrong." After arriving beside his uncle, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu immediately began to feel sorry for Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu: "You... are a bit too much..."

"If I don't beat them, should I beat you?" Chai Shao's beard trembled when he heard this.

"Well..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu has always been good at observing people's expressions. Seeing that his uncle was in a bad mood today, he did not dare to continue to act rashly: "Anyway... Uncle, since you have already beaten up my cousins, you are not allowed to beat me..."

“Alas…” Looking at his still charming nephew, Chai Shao suddenly felt melancholy in his heart: “Kuan’er, you… no wonder your aunt said you were a clever kid back then. Now it seems that her vision is better than your uncle’s…”

"..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu heard his uncle mention his aunt, he did not take over the conversation for the first time. He just walked aside alone, looking at the scenery outside the pavilion, without saying a word.

"Do you think that your uncle and His Majesty shouldn't have appeared in Yonghefang that day?" When Chai Shao saw his nephew's reaction, he knew that things obviously did not go as smoothly as His Majesty had expected.

"Uncle, I really wish you hadn't been there that day." After a long while, Li Kuan's voice slowly rang out in the pavilion: "Some things... I..."

"Want to know the truth?" Chai Shao saw that his nephew was having a hard time speaking, so he took the initiative to open the conversation: "Kuan'er, what kind of person do you think your father is?"

"A tyrant." His Royal Highness the King of Chu's answer was straight to the point.

"..." Chai Shao was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he continued, "Besides this?"

"No more." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is determined not to betray his aunt and grandmother in this life.

"When Your Majesty was still the King of Qin..." Seeing his nephew was so stubborn, Chai Shao simply spoke up himself: "I can only describe him in eight words: a young hero, full of vigor and vitality!

At the age of 16, he went to Yanmen Pass to defend the emperor. At the age of 18, he rode on horseback to save his father and persuaded the emperor to start a rebellion. After that, he fought against Xue Ju and his son, defeated Liu Wuzhou, and the famous battle at Hulao Pass where two kings were captured... "Chai Shao recalled the past achievements of His Majesty Li Er, and said to Li Kuan in a gloomy tone: "Kuan'er, can you imagine how heroic His Majesty must have been back then..."

"I really can't imagine that foolish monarch being so unconfident." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded when he heard this, expressing his approval.

"Before His Majesty took action that day, he asked me three times in a row whether his foolish son would overthink it, and I answered three times in a row—" At this time, when Chai Shao cast his eyes on Li Kuan, the latter's expression had gradually stiffened, but his eyes were as sharp as a torch: "Kuan'er, guess how I answered His Majesty?"

"No guessing! Not interested!" Li Kuan began to feel inexplicably irritated at this moment.

"After Dou Shilun entered the palace that day, His Majesty hardly slept the whole night. At the hour of Mao, he sent Hong San to call me to the palace. After discussing with me for a while, he suddenly decided to take me out of the palace and go to Yonghefang to deal with those four people." At this moment, Chai Shao recalled the solemn look on His Majesty Li II's face standing outside Yonghefang that day, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Even if you are a hero, there are some things you can't escape...

"Uncle, I just want to know one thing. Did my father know about my aunt's death in advance?" - His Royal Highness Prince Chu was very confused now. When he spoke, his speech speed unconsciously became a little hurried: "I just want to know the truth!"

"In May of the sixth year of Wude, Li Yuanji invited His Majesty to his house for a banquet on the eve of His Majesty's expedition to the Turks. On the surface, it was to see him off, but in fact he sent people to ambush him on the way and tried to assassinate him. In the end, he was stopped by the then Crown Prince Li Jiancheng."

"Ah? No... these three... um... why do they act so rashly? Some were assassinated, some were assassinated, and some tried to stop the assassination... no matter how I look at it... I can't find a single smart one..." After hearing what his uncle said, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu immediately looked puzzled.

When Chai Shao saw his reaction, he immediately smiled and continued, "Then, Your Highness, if I tell you, Yuwen Bao, the leader sent by Li Yuanji to assassinate Your Majesty, was an insider Your Majesty had planted beside Li Yuanji.

而另外一边的李建成之所以下令阻止这场刺杀，是因为李建成的幕僚之中，最受其信任的韦挺，实际上也是陛下的人，是他向李建成进言，说天下初定，江山未稳，皇室就要兄弟阋墙，那势必会再度引起天下动荡，如此才说动太子出面，将局势给稳定下来。

Although His Majesty knew everything from beginning to end, it should be noted that when he left Taiji Hall that day, Yuwen Bao had not yet received the order from the Crown Prince to stop. The Crown Prince's handwritten letter was not handed to him until the moment before he took action.

If there was no handwritten letter, Yuwen Bao would really kill them - because he was just a leader, and those assassins would not listen to his orders and choose to stop!

The reason why Your Majesty took the risk was because of the Crown Prince's handwritten letter - so that he could produce evidence when reporting the matter to the Supreme Emperor!

The royal struggle is so cruel!

And my Highness the Prince of Chu, now that you know the truth, do you still think that the fight between the three brothers was hasty?"

boom!

At this moment, His Royal Highness the King of Chu finally realized what it meant to be truly hidden! What it meant to be truly powerful with sword shadows and knife lights, bloody rain and wind!

That tyrant is indeed very courageous and resourceful!

But how on earth could he stretch his arms so far?

This technique...why does it look familiar to me...

Ok……

Could it be that the idol of that tyrant emperor was also Emperor Zhaolie of Han? !

That's impossible - I remember that he clearly admired Emperor Wen of Han...