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

"Your Highness, you seem to be facing the daughter of the Duke of Ying..." Wang Xuance saw that Li Kuan had such a reaction after hearing that Yuan Tiangang was about to go to Jingzhou, so he immediately asked hesitantly: "A little... fearful?"

"That's not the case." His Royal Highness Prince Chu scratched his head and said, "I just feel... a little nervous."

"Your Highness is still nervous?!" Wang Xuance felt that this word was too fresh to be used to describe His Highness the King of Chu.

"What else?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, kicking away the stone under his feet: "But now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time..."

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Half an hour later, in Yunmeng Manor at the foot of Yushan Mountain, His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Wang Xuance met Ma Zhou who was repairing his own courtyard.

"You may be a poor scholar, but at least you can be considered a farmer and a scholar, right? How come you are so clumsy when repairing a fence? Get out of the way, let me do it!" As soon as His Royal Highness the King of Chu entered the yard, he saw Ma Zhou struggling with some wooden stakes in the corner of the yard with a bamboo strip. There was a wooden hammer at his feet, but it seemed that there was no chance of it being used.

"Your Highness, why are you here?!" Ma Zhou was delighted when he saw that the person who came was His Highness the King of Chu, but then his face froze: "You already know everything..."

"You are quite good at acting first and reporting later, aren't you?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu had come to Ma Zhou's side at this moment. While talking, he snatched the things in Ma Zhou's hand and started to work: "Because of you, my father, the tyrant, almost beat me up! Tell me yourself, is there any loyal retainer in the world who would put his master in such a dangerous situation?! Ma Zhou, you are so loyal but so treacherous!"

"..." Ma Zhou looked at His Royal Highness the King of Chu who worked much more efficiently than him, and felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart: "Your Highness, I am a minister who eats the salary of the king, so naturally I want to share your worries..."

"Are you so impatient?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu tied up the bamboo strips in a few seconds, then stood up, picked up the mallet and began to knock on the wooden stake: "Okay, I have also thought of a job for you. Isn't it the beginning of next spring that the Tang Dynasty will start trading with other countries on the northwest border?

It just so happens that I also want to know how the court will implement this matter. So I plan to form a caravan and let you lead it. And you will go to the northwest as an ordinary merchant and see for me whether it is difficult for an ordinary merchant in the Tang Dynasty to do this trade. "

As His Royal Highness the King of Chu finished speaking, Wang Xuance's eyes flickered for a while, but he didn't say anything else.

Since His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu already has a plan, then he should prepare a response strategy in advance.

"Your Highness, you can rest assured to leave this matter to me." After listening to the speech of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Ma Zhou immediately nodded to indicate that he had agreed to the matter.

"Is your mother feeling better?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had already finished repairing the fence, and then he started chatting about family matters.

"Thank you for your concern, my mother is much better now." Ma Zhou smiled and said, "It's just that she always reminds me not to eat for free under your care..."

"Hahaha..." After hearing what Ma Zhou said, His Royal Highness the King of Chu laughed: "Ma Zhou, you don't have to be so tactful..."

"Your Highness, I am telling the truth." After waiting for His Highness the King of Chu to finish speaking, the honest man Ma Zhou replied seriously, "My mother really taught me this..."

"Okay," His Royal Highness Prince Chu nodded after hearing this: "No wonder you are so promising."

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Time flies, and soon it is late autumn.

As for His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, ever since he taught Yang Yu a lesson, he has been living a leisurely and comfortable life in the palace.

Every day, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, apart from taking his sister Sizi, who was inseparable from him all day, to Hongyi Palace at noon, and the brother and sister would have lunch with the Royal Grandfather, he basically had no plans for the rest of the time. He always did what he thought of.

However, his indifferent style of doing things eventually aroused the dissatisfaction of Emperor Li II.

So, on this day, Emperor Li II brought Empress Changsun and their children to the Guanyin Temple outside the city of Chang'an, where he planned to pray for the country and the people.

After the prayer ceremony, Emperor Li II personally planted a ginkgo tree for Empress Changsun.

“Second brother, Sizi also wants to plant trees!” In the temple, the little princess Sizi, who had been in her second brother’s arms since leaving the palace for the first time today, saw her father and mother planting the small ginkgo tree in the distance. The little princess suddenly said loudly to her second brother who was holding her: “Sizi also wants to pray for second brother!”

"Oh, my second brother's little Sizi..." Upon hearing his sister's sincere words, His Royal Highness the King of Chu could not help but rub his nose against her little face with joy: "Come on, come on, come on, I'll plant it with you! Hong San!"

"Your Highness," Hong San, who was originally standing not far away, stepped forward upon hearing the patriarch's call.

"Go, ask the abbot of the temple for a ginkgo tree." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said as he held his sister tightly in his arms: "Our little Sizi wants to plant a tree to pray for me!"

"Your Highness, I will do it right away." After Hong San finished speaking, he looked up at the little Princess Sizi. He was always serious, but now he showed a smile: "Your Highness, the Princess and I have a deep brotherly love. This action today can be regarded as a good story."

"Of course, my Sizi is the cutest!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, pointing at the young slave who was trying to pull up the ginkgo tree with his butt sticking up at Li Shimin's feet and said, "As for that kid, ah... he's so annoying that even dogs hate him!"

"Does the second brother dislike Zhinu?" Princess Changle, who had quietly come to the side of His Royal Highness the King of Chu at some point, suddenly asked a soul-searching question after hearing the second brother's evaluation of his younger brother.

"..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu remained silent for a long time before he said in a guilty conscience: "Second brother doesn't dislike me... Zhinu... is your biological brother... How could your second brother dislike me..."

"Brother, you say one thing and mean another..." After hearing what her brother said, Princess Changle immediately reached out and poked him in the heart: "Admit it, you are biased..."

"No! I, your second brother, have always been fair to everyone!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was already sweating profusely at this moment.

“Second brother, are you sure?” Qingque came to Li Kuan without knowing when. The Prince of Wei, who had gained a few pounds of weight recently, made a gesture of hugging his second brother with his hands: “You are like this big vat of water to Sizi, and like this big basin of water to Changle and Lanling——” Li Tai said, shrinking the hug: “It is like this big basin of water to us brothers…” When Prince of Wei finished speaking, the hug had become a circle formed by his hands: “It is a real bowl of water!”