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

"Your Highness, you are really becoming more and more..." After Wang Xuance finished reading the "Imperial Edict Family Letter" from His Highness the Prince of Chu, he felt that his master's behavior was really abstract: "I remember that Prime Minister Fang and Prime Minister Du have never offended you..."

“You don’t understand…” It was a rare opportunity for His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to teach Wang Xuance, so he naturally wanted to show off: “I know too well what kind of person my father is… um… what kind of incompetent ruler he is.

He is a man who likes to show off and is emotionally sensitive. Of course, he would also be interested in the highest honor that all human emperors yearn for, such as Fengshan. But unfortunately, he is not me, and there is no way to get Prime Minister Fang and Uncle Du to agree on this matter. So at this time, I need to inform them from the side in advance so that they can be mentally prepared in advance. What do you think, Xuan Ce, who dares to say that I am not filial? I am much more filial than that foolish king. "

"Your Highness, are you sure you want to get involved in this? This is a game between the emperor and his ministers. Do you want to interfere?!" Wang Xuance, a wise man, made a mistake today: "Your Highness, this is unacceptable!"

"It's not as difficult as you think," His Royal Highness the King of Chu curled his lips when he heard this. "When I was at the height of my power in the northwest and was offering sacrifices to the heavens at Jinshan, my father was not very useful and could not catch up in time. To be honest, I, as a son, did not do a good job in this regard. So I thought that after we conquer Goguryeo, I would let that tyrant choose a famous mountain to offer sacrifices to the gods. I don't think the officials would say anything about this."

"Your Highness, conquering Goguryeo can indeed facilitate this, but your relationship with your ministers will also become strained..." Wang Xuance never doubted whether his master could destroy Goguryeo. Ever since he followed His Highness the King of Chu to the grassland, he firmly believed that if His Highness the King of Chu wanted, Goguryeo would definitely be conquered by the Tang Dynasty.

"It's better to have a tense relationship with the civil officials," His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled when he heard this, "Anyway, the military generals in the court are as close to me as wearing the same pants, and I can't spare another leg to get along with the civil officials for the time being..."

"Your Highness, don't be so rude..." Wang Xuance has already begun to have a picture in his mind: the two great generals Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde are standing beside His Highness the King of Chu with a smile, while Wei Zheng and Tang Jian are standing on the other side with a look of despair on their faces.

And His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu... ahem... he can't be naked...

"It's not vulgar," the King of Chu said, and then he picked up the pen and added a sentence at the end of the letter, "Don't let Xiao Sizi eat too much sweets." Then he said, "People should have their own standpoints. My standpoint has always been for the Tang Dynasty and for my family. Reading and studying teach us courtesy, righteousness, integrity, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and trustworthiness. But these courtesy, righteousness, integrity, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and trustworthiness, don't they mean that a person should have his country and the world in mind?

When my grandmother told me all this, I just leaned in her arms, opened my mouth and waited for her to feed me peeled pine nuts.

But now that I recall these past events and think about them carefully, I'm afraid that my grandmother was already very disappointed with the world at that time, but she still had hope for me.

As the grandson who was raised by my grandmother herself, I will never let her down again no matter what.

Even though my grandmother has... passed away, she has always been in my heart. I can deceive the heavens, but I cannot deceive my grandmother who has always been in my heart." After the King of Chu finished speaking, he saw that Wang Xuance had been silent, and there was a look of regret on his face. He made a face at him in an exaggerated manner: "I'm sorry, Xuance, if you want to get a share of the credit from me, even if it is a little difficult, we still have to open the Xuanwu Gate when we find an opportunity in the future - after all, among my Dou family's retainers, there are many military generals, counselors... um... counselors... one, two, three... four... ah... counselors are a little short..."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu began to worry: "Well... I have to find an opportunity to recruit some advisers... I wonder if Uncle Du has any weaknesses..."

“Your Highness, can’t you be a little more serious?” Wang Xuance suppressed his excitement at the moment, looking at his overly lively and outgoing King Chu with some admiration and helplessness: “Actually… Your Highness, you are not short of counselors, but Lord Dou doesn’t want you to get in touch with them too early. Even I… Lord Dou actually regrets it. He once said that he shouldn’t have sent me to you so early…”

"Wow..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu crossed his chest in anger after hearing this: "Dou Shu'er is really... What bad intentions could this prince have? What's wrong with having more counselors around me? Huh?! With reckless men like Yuwen Qing surrounding me every day, what good can this prince learn?!"

"Your Highness, are you calling me?" - As His Royal Highness the King of Chu finished speaking, Yuwen Qing, who was guarding outside the door and carefully feeding a lynx cub picked up from the mountains, looked up and shouted into the house: "Did Wang Xuance offend you with his words? Alas... I said that you can't favor him as much as you favor me. That kid is not a man who knows when to advance and when to retreat, and knows his limits... Just wait, I will teach him a lesson for you now..."

"Feed your mountain cat!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was able to patiently listen to Yuwen Qing's words, which showed his imperceptible gentleness.

“——This fellow…” After scolding Yuwen Qing, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu turned around and told Wang Xuance about the recent deeds of this tiger-crazy man: “This fellow learned earlier that General Li Jing had a tiger in his mansion, and he has been thinking about it. This time when he came to Taihang Mountain, he wanted to go into the mountains to look for a tiger, but… he didn’t find a tiger, but picked up a little mountain cat when he came back. Now he treasures it very much…”

"It's just like a beauty imitating a beauty, but it's nothing more than that." Upon hearing this, Wang Xuance added a gentle move in tacit understanding.

"Xuan Ce, how can you say that about my tiger maniac?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was immediately displeased: "Xuan Ce, you are so arrogant that you have even started to criticize your colleagues?"

"Your Highness... I just said it casually. You..." Wang Xuance was completely overwhelmed by the well-thought-out rhythm of His Highness the Prince of Chu: "Didn't you bring up this matter? You can't just leave me alone..."

"Now you know how uncomfortable it is to be abandoned, right?" Listening to Wang Xuance's complaints, His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly looked at him meaningfully and said, "Xuance, I will not abandon any of you, ever."