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

“Pharmacist…” Seeing Li Jing’s “impeccable” response ability, His Majesty Li II knew that his purpose of testing the other party today would probably not be achieved: “Forget it… Just rest and recuperate in your mansion, and don’t worry about the affairs of the court.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Upon hearing this, Li Jing immediately paid homage to His Majesty Li Er.

"..." Upon seeing this, Emperor Li II sighed, then walked out of the study without saying a word, and left with his attendants.

Li Jing waited until the housekeeper came to report that His Majesty Li II had been removed, then he slowly stood up from the ground and said, "Pass the order down. From today on, the gates of the mansion will be tightly closed and all visitors will be refused."

"Yes!" The butler immediately took the order and left.

"Husband..." After a moment, Hong Fu, who came into the study room with a bowl of lotus seed soup, saw Li Jing sitting in front of the desk in a daze. Seeing this, she immediately walked forward slowly, put the lotus seed soup on the desk, and then said, "Why do you keep the door closed? Lord Tang seems to want you to open the door wide to dispel His Majesty's suspicion..."

"Your Majesty's suspicion cannot be dispelled by me keeping the door open all day long." Li Jing smiled upon hearing this, and then said to his wife in a gentle voice: "Hongfu, you said that even Tang Jian's second son could reach a reconciliation with me for His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, why can't Your Majesty understand..."

"Perhaps Your Majesty has seen the shadow of his youth in His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu..." Hong Funu had thought about this question privately a long time ago: "But... to be fair, I still think that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu has a more likable personality."

"Ha..." Li Jing was a little surprised when he heard his wife's answer: "You don't seem to have had any contact with His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu in private, right? How come..."

"My dear husband, a young man who can fight against his elders for his bullied sister without caring whether his reputation will be damaged, no matter how bad he is, how bad can he be?" Hong Fu said this, she pursed her lips, and then whispered: "My dear husband, don't forget that the old lady also regarded me as her sister..."

"Hongfu..." General Li Jing finally realized that he had said the wrong thing again, so he immediately stood up and walked to his wife, holding her shoulders: "Don't worry, I will repay this kindness to His Royal Highness the King of Chu sooner or later."

"Of course." Hong Funu, whose eyes were already red, looked up at her husband and then stretched out her hand to gently twist his arm: "The lotus seed soup is almost cold, drink it while it's hot..."

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Things in Chang'an were gradually settled, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu learned a truth in Songzhou that made him almost ashamed.

"What?! There are no Shiwei people in Songzhou?!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not expect that he would make such a low-level mistake: "Songzhou... and Songmo Military Governor's Office... are not the same place?! That's not right... That foolish king said... There are Shiwei people... in Songzhou..."

"What is this, Your Highness?" As the most famous traitor among the retainers of the Prince of Chu, Taoist Yuan Tiangang liked to take the initiative at times like this: "You must have misheard, Your Highness..."

"No...it must be that incompetent monarch who is ignorant and incompetent and has led me astray!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was still being stubborn.

“Hahahaha…” Cheng Chumo, who was standing by, held his stomach and laughed wildly, “Brother Kuan, so many years have passed… and you’re still… still the same… hahahaha…”

"Hey! Chumo! What are you doing?" Li Huairen saw Cheng Chumo laughing heartily and immediately said in a serious tone, "Can't our Kuan brother make mistakes?"

"Hahahaha..." As soon as Li Huairen said this, the other brothers around him couldn't hold back anymore and burst into laughter.

"..." His Highness the King of Chu, who was "stabbed in the back" by his brothers and retainers, wanted to bang his head against the wall: It turns out... Songzhou and Songmo Governor's Mansion... are not in the same place...

“Your Highness…” Wang Xuance was a good retainer of the King of Chu, but even he made a mistake this time: “I thought… you said you were coming to Songzhou to fight the Shiwei people, but that was a deliberate gesture on your part - you wanted to use this to warn Your Majesty…”

"Don't say any more..." His Highness the King of Chu's mind was now filled with the moment he met the old Taoist priest in the palace, and the fleeting helplessness on his face when he learned that he was going to Songzhou to attack the Shiwei people...

Good fellow...I have really lost face this time...

"What should we do now?" Qin Huaiyu was a pragmatist - whether Kuan made mistakes or not was a small matter, and treating Songzhou as the Songmo Governor's Office was also a small matter. But they had to do something: "Kuan, I say, since we are here, why don't we do something big before we leave?"

"What do you want to do?" Compared with this group of unscrupulous brothers and a certain bad retainer, although His Royal Highness the King of Chu knew that Qin Huaiyu, who had now turned into the "Idea King", would most likely give him a bad idea, at least he could divert everyone's attention.

"Brother Kuan, why don't we just summon the great elder of Tuyuhun and the great prime minister of Tubo to Songzhou, and then..." Qin Huaiyu said this and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

The laughter around him gradually subsided with his action.

"Get lost!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu felt that he still had too high expectations for this guy: "Let's not talk about whether it is in accordance with the law for me to summon them. I want to ask you, what good will it do to the Tang Dynasty if you kill them now? Besides..." Realizing that these brothers did not know about his original plan to unite with Tubo, Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Xueyantuo to attack Tianzhu, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's originally irritable tone subconsciously softened a bit: "If these two people are alive and well now, they will be more useful to our Tang Dynasty."

"Alas... Brother Kuan..." Qin Huaiyu felt that his boss really didn't understand his good intentions: "When the rabbit dies, the dog is cooked; when the bird is dead, the bow is put away..."

"Your idea is a bit dangerous." His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not expect that Qin Huaiyu, who had always been harmless, would be so bold: "We are now planning to go to Goguryeo to rebel, so why do you plan to show off your skills in the Tang Dynasty first?"

"Brother Kuan... we are going to Goguryeo to be rebels, not that..." Fang Yiai, who was standing by, felt that he had become wise again: "To prepare for the great event in the future... to make advance rehearsals..."

"..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was a little upset at the moment. He looked at his brothers who were eager to try, and said with a somewhat collapsed expression: "You guys are a bunch of idiots... your bandit bloodline awakened very quickly..."