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

“How dare you…how dare you!” Gao Shilian had never seen such a ferocious Hong San - this old eunuch who used to be submissive beside the emperor, when he showed his fangs at him today, he was shocked to realize that the other party was not a harmless loyal dog, but a real man-eating beast!

The sleeping eagle and the crouching tiger are referring to this kind of people!

But Gao Shilian didn't want to give in, and he couldn't give in: "If His Majesty knew what I said, Hong San, your life is nothing, but you have implicated His Royal Highness the King of Chu..."

"Duke Shen, if you tell His Majesty about this, I will definitely not admit what I said just now in front of His Majesty." Hong San smiled and said, "As long as I don't admit it, do you think His Majesty will choose to believe an old eunuch who has been loyal to him for many years, or another old fool who accepted benefits from the Five Surnames and Seven Families and came to the palace in the name of 'being forced by external pressure' to ask His Majesty to re-edit the "Clan Records"?"

"...I underestimated you... No, I underestimated Dou Shilun!" Gao Shilian's mind worked quickly. He looked at Hong San in front of him and inexplicably remembered that a few years ago, outside the palace, Dou Shilun had a conflict with Wei Zheng because of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu. At that time, in front of all the ministers who attended the court, he said that bold statement - "Whoever dares to embarrass my prince, I will embarrass him!"

Now it seems that it is more than just boasting.

If the life of the King of Chu was destined to be a great article.

The opening of this magnificent article was written by a retainer named Dou Shilun, who wrote the preface for him.

"Duke Shen is indeed a smart man." Hong San nodded upon hearing this, and then said, "So smart people should not do stupid things. Duke Shen, do you understand what I mean?"

"What if I don't understand?" Gao Shilian sneered, "It's the Zhenguan period now, and you still dare to attack me?!"

"Duke Shen... I was just praising you for your cleverness..." Seeing Gao Shilian so confident, Hong San suddenly sighed, "The real strength of the Dou family has never been the strength displayed on the surface - there is a saying that 'flowing water does not compete for the lead', but what should it compete for? The Zhenguan period, even if it lasts for a hundred years, will eventually pass."

"What a 'not striving for the first place'!" Gao Shilian naturally understood Hong San's words: "Are you planning to bear this grudge for dozens or hundreds of years and then take revenge on my descendants?! Why?! I am just--"

"——You just happened to make His Royal Highness the King of Chu speak out his true feelings, and cut off his...way!" Hong San looked at Gao Shilian with cold eyes, and his tone revealed terrifying murderous intent: "Gao Shilian, someone will slowly settle this account with you!"

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When Gao Shilian left the palace, his expression was very serious. Even Chang He, who saluted him, could see that there was something wrong with the old duke.

If it were as usual, Chang He might have been kind enough to go forward and show some concern, but when he saw Hong San standing not far away with a gloomy face, looking at Duke Shen, Chang He understood one thing: Gao Shilian had most likely offended the King of Chu.

After all, everyone in the palace knows that Chief Butler Hong Sanhong is now receiving two salaries.

As for why everyone knows this...

Well... this all started when the Barbarian King, who was passing by the Imperial Garden one morning, greeted the palace maids who were sweeping the corridors and pavilions cordially, and then said, "What?! You also know that Hong San is now my retainer?!"

Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is a rather shady person... but everyone has long been accustomed to this, and besides... the salary of the Dou family's retainers is really paid on time, and it is extremely generous! So His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is showing off about this matter, but it's actually nothing...

Thinking of this, Chang He instantly lost the desire to be "courteous" with Duke Shen. He was even lazy in performing the most basic greetings. After he saluted Gao Shilian, he turned around and left without waiting for the other party to speak.

"Great...Great!" Duke Shen saw this scene through the carriage window. He felt that he was almost seeing stars because of anger: "So all the people in this palace are the King of Chu's people?!"

In fact, Gao Shilian didn't know that outside the palace, there were also people belonging to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and one of them was named Yuwen Qing, who would pose a fatal threat to him in the near future...

"Who is Gao Shilian? Today, I, Yuwen Qing, will..."

Ahem… let’s stop chatting and get back to the topic.

After seeing Gao Shilian off, Hong San turned around and set foot on the familiar imperial road, but now as he walked on this long imperial road, his state of mind was different from before.

As an old eunuch who has survived from the previous dynasty to the present one, Hong San has naturally witnessed the ruthlessness of the imperial family: from the Sui Dynasty to the Zhenguan period, this solemn road has been stained with blood countless times for the throne.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu...

Ugh……

Hong San did not question the character of the prince, but he knew that in this palace, the last thing one should trust is the so-called character. In the face of the greatest temptation in the world - vying to become emperor, that thing is sometimes more fragile than a layer of gauze.

Once this veil called "family affection" is torn apart...it will be a life-and-death struggle!

"Your Highness the Prince of Chu is still too naive..." Hong San muttered as he silently walked towards the Taiji Hall. But for some reason, he suddenly stopped while walking, and then smiled slightly: "Strangely enough, I am willing to die for such a Prince of Chu..."

"You tyrant! tyrant!" Hong San was talking to himself when a giant monkey suddenly appeared from the exit of the square not far ahead... Oh, that was the King of Chu...

His Highness the King of Chu suddenly appeared on the imperial road, first made a face in the direction of the Taiji Hall, and then walked out of the palace in a swagger.

When he looked up, he happened to see Hong San not far away.

"Hong San, how are you? Did Gao Shilian, that old man... ahem... that old man, scare you?" This is what His Royal Highness the King of Chu is most worried about now: "Hong San, don't worry, although my uncle is a sinister nephew, I am a little genius who is better than my uncle. He wants to target you and Yun Shang, but he is really wrong! In short, with me here, you two can rest assured!"

"Your Highness... Actually... The people of Zhao State treat you quite well..." Hong San now felt a little sympathetic towards Changsun Wuji - how on earth did you offend this gentleman in front of him, so that he would always "take advantage of the situation" and pull you out to torture you no matter what time it was, no matter if there was something wrong or not...

"My uncle Wuji..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu made a helpless expression after hearing this: "He is very insidious! Even more insidious than my great-uncle Gao Shilian! Of course, if compared to me, he is still a little worse!"

"It turns out that Duke Zhao's character is so pure... Duke Shen is even more... a man of high moral character and prestige..." Ever since Hong San was defeated by Jiang Qu in one move, he might have really realized something from the other party. Of course, it was definitely not the so-called true meaning of martial arts.

"Hong San... are you scolding me... or praising me..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw Hong San suddenly use such a strange "move", and he couldn't resist it at all!

This is quite surprising!

(Today is just one update, so I'm taking a day off.)