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

Facts have proved that it is still too early for His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to bully his father, the emperor, who is “old and powerless”.

Fortunately, His Majesty Li II has now reached a tacit understanding with his son on certain matters: since His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, the head of the family, has been beaten, the fights between his retainers and court officials are now a thing of the past.

But...how to put it, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu actually has a lot of resentment in his heart.

Until he rode his horse to Jingzhao Prefecture, he couldn't even figure out how he had ended up in such a miserable state.

What's going on?

Whenever I got into trouble in the past, Dou Shu'er would always quietly follow behind me and clean up the mess.

Look what happens now, a new generation of Dou family retainers have come under my command—and they have suddenly switched their offense and defense strategies inexplicably!

I have become the one who cleans up the mess!

This is really... very surprising!

These Gangzi guys are truly the most trouble-making group of retainers that I have ever met!

"Lord Xue, I have received my father's oral order. He has allowed me to take those idiots under my command away from you. I'm sure you won't have any objection, right?" Sitting in the lobby of Jingzhao Yin, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu tried hard to suppress the resentment in his heart. He was still very polite to the old man in front of him who was born in Tiance Mansion.

At least he didn't sit in the main seat right away.

If Tang Jian knew about this, he would probably come over with a knife and ask Xue Yuanjing why His Royal Highness the King of Chu favored one over the other.

"Your Highness, the King of Chu, please be patient." Xue Yuanjing knew that this day would come sooner or later since the first day he took office as the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture: "Please allow me to send someone to the palace..."

"Mr. Xue, do I have no credibility with you?!" When the Prince of Chu heard that Xue Yuanjing was going to go to his father to confirm the authenticity of the order, he immediately felt that this old man was a little bit ungrateful: "Or have I been too nice to you? Do you think I have to obey your arrangements?!"

"Your Highness, Prince of Chu, you have misunderstood me..." Xue Yuanjing looked at the most tyrannical young ancestor in the three generations of the Li family. He felt that his loyalty was wasted by the other party: "Dou Fengjie and Yin Hongzhi, the two victims, have sent people to guard outside. I am now sending my men to the palace to verify the imperial edict. That is for your sake.

It was also a secret warning to the two of them that His Majesty had already made a decision, so the matter could only be dropped. Your Highness, this is all for your own good..."

"I said that the preserved fruit I stuffed into your mouth was not in vain!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at the old man who had come to the Qin Palace to pay a visit to his father, but he had forced two pieces of preserved fruit on him. His tone was half teasing and half sighing: "Mr. Xue, this bite and this drink, it is fate!"

"Yes, yes, yes... It's fate... Unfortunately, it's an evil fate..." Xue Yuanjing's face was full of bitterness at this moment: "Why did I just want to be greedy at the beginning... Alas... I can't keep my integrity in my later years, I can't keep my integrity in my later years!"

"Alas, Lord Xue, you speak too bluntly, that's why you are not as successful as old man Tang Jian." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, who was teased by Xue Yuanjing, was indeed not angry for the first time. Instead, he kindly taught the other party how to be an official.

"Your Highness, how about this - I have to send someone out soon, so the proper procedures must be followed.

As for your desire to take the person away...I will not stop you. But, can you wait until the person I sent out comes back, and then follow me to the cell to take the person away?" Xue Yuanjing did not want to listen to a barbarian teaching him how to be an official, so he simply gave his own solution.

"You are causing a bit of trouble..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said dissatisfiedly, "You know that I am most afraid of trouble."

"Your Highness, I will not harm you." Xue Yuanjing paused after hearing this, then suddenly came to Li Kuan and whispered, "Besides, this is also what Lord Dou meant..."

"Huh?!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was startled when he heard that!

No, no, no,

what? !

"Lord Xue, you too?!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt that he had figured everything out all of a sudden - no wonder... no wonder Dou Shu'er always seemed to be calm and not panic when faced with difficulties, and he could let himself act recklessly.

So... this was a plan that had been set up long ago?!

The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture is actually my man? !

"Your Highness, there are some things that need to be kept tacitly understood." Xue Yuanjing paused and then said, "Today I must ask for permission from Your Majesty, otherwise there may be more trouble."

"You mean... my father is suspicious of you?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu finally decided to use his brain, which had not been used for a long time. "Well... this matter... we will do whatever you say... but... forget it, Lord Xue, just follow the rules, and I will never make things difficult for you."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness." Seeing His Highness the Prince of Chu cooperating so well, Xue Yuanjing finally had a thought in his mind that "the master of the family is still wise." "Your Highness, I have to remind you that I have no objection to how you want to deal with Yin Hongzhi, but Dou Fengjie... for the sake of the old lady, you should not bother with him. Besides, he is now the son-in-law of the emperor, and you should give him some face for Princess Yongjia..."

"I will definitely deal with Yin Hongzhi. No one can do this." His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw that Xue Yuanjing had already started to advise him, so he didn't want to disappoint this suddenly "exposed" Dou family retainer: "As for Dou Fengjie... well, he is the nephew of the Empress Dowager after all, so I won't bother with him. It's just that you just said something about Princess Yongjia's face... Lord Xue, you still don't know me well enough."

When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, he suddenly looked up and gave Xue Yuanjing a deep look: "The only aunt here is Princess Pingyang Zhao of the Tang Dynasty! As for the others...haha...when no one cared about me in Longyou, there were so many princesses in Chang'an City. Let alone visiting them in person, who sent a letter there, or even said a word? They...I'm afraid they were all planning to laugh at me at that time!"

In fact, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has long seen clearly about the world and human nature - it is not that he is ruthless, but that he has the qualifications to be ruthless because of his current situation. In the past, he was the one who was treated ruthlessly.

Even if he did nothing wrong.

After His Royal Highness the King of Chu finished speaking, Xue Yuanjing remained silent for a long time.

Finally, when he spoke again, his tone was full of relief: "Your Highness, I really didn't expect that you are even better than what Lord Dou said you were..."