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

"Compared to my father... he is far inferior!" As the crown prince, Li Chengqian really doesn't know how to flatter.

So he clapped his hands on the horse's hoof.

"No..." When Emperor Li Er heard his son say this, he raised his foot and kicked the man's buttocks sideways: "You dare to be sarcastic to me, don't you?!"

"No... Father..." Li Chengqian was kicked sideways by the powerful kick, but he immediately stood up and knelt down: "This is what I really think..."

"Then you have a very dirty heart..." Emperor Li II looked at the "good old son" in front of him, and then thought about the "good old son" who had just left. He finally understood: this clever boy and the not-so-clever filial son actually made him, as a father, quite uncomfortable.

"Father..." Li Chengqian didn't know how to respond at this moment, so he simply chose to bow down and kneel on the ground: "Your Highness, I know I was wrong..."

"Cheng Qian," suddenly, Li Chengqian felt a big hand pressing on his shoulder, so he hurriedly raised his head, only to meet his father's eyes that had experienced many vicissitudes of life.

"Father..." Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment. He realized that his father seemed to be about to say something to him.

"You were born in Chengqian Palace. Your name was given by your royal grandfather." His Majesty Li II looked at Li Chengqian and suddenly smiled. "Maybe you don't believe it either, because your royal grandfather gave you this name, and your uncle, who has always been mature and prudent, actually believed the nonsense of your bastard fourth uncle and thought that your royal grandfather had other intentions..."

"..." Li Chengqian looked at his father who suddenly had a melancholy look in his eyes, and his head was buzzing.

This...according to Kuandi's words, is indeed "a huge shocking inside story"...

"It was from that time that your uncle began to test me intentionally or unintentionally. I didn't take it seriously at first, but the truth would come out eventually. So when I found out, the brotherhood between your uncle and I gradually faded, until it disappeared..."

Perhaps because he didn't like bending over, after saying this, His Majesty Li II simply picked up his son from the ground, and then put his hand on his son's shoulder - this was the first time in many years that the father and son had such a friendly behavior: "Cheng Qian, Dad will teach you a truth - as long as a person begins to doubt another person in his heart, no matter how indestructible their relationship is, as long as the two begin to test each other because of doubt, then the friendship between the two will soon end.

At first, one party was unilateral in their actions, but gradually the other party noticed and began to test the other party. As the two of them tested each other more and more, the final outcome would be an inevitable one...

Dad doesn't want you to do such a stupid thing." Emperor Li II looked into his son's eyes as he spoke, his tone carrying a hint of sadness: "So, Dad is testing you this time, and it's only this time!

Compared to now, you should have seen your brother's heart clearly, right?"

"Father!" At this moment, Li Chengqian knelt on the ground again: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"I ask you, did you see it clearly?" Seeing his son about to cry, Emperor Li II suddenly became furious: "Try to howl for me again?!"

Do you think you are that brat Kuan'er?

If it’s his turn, I’ll beat him up if he howls twice again!

"My son sees it clearly!" At this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince truly understood what fatherly love as high as a mountain meant.

"Now that you have seen it clearly, think carefully about what to do next." After saying this, His Majesty Li II kicked his son's thigh again: "Get up, get up! Your little brother is not here, you don't have to stare at my thigh all the time!"

"My son is used to it..." Li Chengqian subconsciously added this sentence after hearing this.

"You are really staring at me?!" Emperor Li II was caught off guard by this "surprise" given by his son.

"..." Li Chengqian stopped talking again.

Mainly, he had nothing to say: he was not the King of Chu, and the words this guy used to deceive his old father... were just something he could say without thinking.

"Forget it..." Emperor Li II felt that it would be a waste of time to pursue the matter further: "Get up and get out! I want to be alone for a while!"

"Father..." Li Chengqian wanted to try again before leaving: "How about...Shuofang City..."

"Dou Fengjie can only stay in Chang'an!" Emperor Li II didn't need to wait for his son to get angry, he knew what the other party wanted to do: "As you said, he is a military general, and he also colluded with outsiders to plot against your brother, so think about it, if you put him in Shuofang City, let him be a general outside, and also hold military power - are you afraid that he won't rebel?! Wait..." It was not until this moment that Emperor Li II finally realized that he seemed to have a misunderstanding of the kind-hearted prince: "You bastard, do you really think so?!"

"Father...your son..." Could Li Chengqian say at this moment that he had just thought of sending someone to Shuofang City, and then when the other party was halfway there, he would send someone to report Dou Fengjie's intention to rebel and make a bad trick on him?

Even if Dou Fengjie would not be punished at that time, after this incident, my father would definitely not give the military power to Dou Fengjie.

At that time, Dou Fengjie was in a real dilemma, not knowing whether to go or go back.

but now……

Well, although Li Chengqian is unwilling to admit that he is stupid, but... Father's method... except for being more... um... lacking in morality, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it...

“What’s with that look in your eyes?!” Seeing his son looking thoughtful after he had finished his lecture, with a gleam in his eyes, Emperor Li II could not help but become even more angry and said, “I knew it… you have also learned bad things from your bastard brother…”

“Father…” As a good elder brother to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Li Chengqian has always upheld the fine tradition of “I take the blame if my younger brother makes a mistake, and I take the blame myself if I make a mistake”: “This… has nothing to do with Brother Kuan…”

"Just protect your barbarian brother!" Emperor Li II was really sad this time: "But then again, if your uncle had half of your kindness back then... Never mind... Maybe your uncle really had half of your kindness, but unfortunately he couldn't stand up to that bastard Yuanji..."

When His Majesty Li II said this, he suddenly stopped talking, and then he waved his hand to his son again: "I am tired, you can leave too."

"Father, I will take my leave..." Li Chengqian was still confused until he left: How come everything went fine... and suddenly there was no follow-up...

This is really puzzling.

Little did they know that after Li Chengqian left.

In the side hall, Emperor Li II fumbled in front of the bookshelf for a while and finally took out a sword box from the secret compartment.

As the sword box was opened, it was discovered that what was stored inside was not some peerless sword.

They were just four ordinary small wooden swords, but on the swords were engraved "Jiancheng", "Shimin", "Xuanba"... and... "Yuanji" respectively.

His Majesty Li II looked at the wooden swords in the box and was silent for a long time. Then he stretched out his hand, placed it on the blade of one of the wooden swords, and gently stroked it: "I hope my sons don't have to follow my old path in the future..."