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

"Cousin..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was really embarrassed this time: "Please introduce it to me."

"Lingwu, why is it you?" Li Huairen saw that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was in a difficult situation, and immediately helped out: "I think Zhewei is very reliable."

"Don't," Chai Zhewei waved his hand. "It's already very tiring for me just to watch Ling Wu, and adding the rest of you, I can't handle it."

"Well," seeing Chai Zhewei's refusal, Li Siwen, who was ready to go, immediately found the right opportunity and jumped out: "I think... I'll do it..."

"Get out of the way." Li Siwen was halfway through his words when he was pulled away by Cheng Chumo behind him: "Brother Kuan, let me do it..." - Cheng Chumo said as he took out a well-made slingshot from his arms and placed it in front of Li Kuan.

"What are you doing?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu picked up the slingshot and stuffed it into his arms: "You think you can bribe me with a slingshot?"

"Is it not possible?" Cheng Chumo scratched his head when he heard that, then turned around and looked at his brothers: "Alas...if it weren't for you idiots..."

"What did you say?" Qin Huaiyu and Yuchi Baolin, who had reconciled, linked their arms at the same time and said in unison: "Chu Mo, practice?"

"Brother Kuan." Cheng Chumo knew that he had to use his ultimate move. He took out a wooden box from his arms and placed it in front of Li Kuan: "Inside are thirty wax pellets with ink injected in the middle. You should understand how useful this thing is."

“…” As everyone knows, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a man of principles.

and so……

"Look at Chu Mo," His Royal Highness the King of Chu said to Qin Huaiyu and Yuchi Baolin who were about to fight him while pushing the wooden box aside, "He is willing to spend time trying to get to the top, but you two only know how to fight. Okay, I know what's going on."

"Brother Kuan, it's still you--" Cheng Chumo, who thought he had won, was just about to give a thumbs up to His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

“——Chengxian, this time it will be up to you and cousin Zhewei to jointly take care of these troublemakers, especially Chu Mo, who must be given special attention.” It must be said that after leaving Hebei Road, the growth rate of His Royal Highness the King of Chu is truly astonishing.

"Brother Kuan, you..." Cheng Chumo felt very hurt: "I sealed those wax balls with my own hands!"

"Make a few more when you have time." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled and said, "I will give them to Little Sizi to play with later."

"..."Since this bullet was for Princess Sizi, Cheng Chumo really couldn't even say no.

He could only accept this tragic reality silently...

Ten days later, Lu Dongzan, who had almost recovered from his shoulder injury in Songzhou City, finally set out on his journey home.

"Your Highness the King of Chu, you are thoughtful." - When Lu Dongzan looked at the guard composed of more than a hundred shadow assassins and the horse team carrying dozens of large wooden boxes, even though he was knowledgeable, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating wildly at this moment.

There are no secrets in the Northwest.

Therefore, the news that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had given those exquisite colored glasswares to Yibi Shekui Khan in Qianquan City had long been spread throughout the countries of the Western Regions - and now... He Lu Dongzan finally received the same treatment as Yibi Shekui Khan...

"Alright, stop talking nonsense to me." His Royal Highness the King of Chu curled his lips when he heard this, and then whispered to the Tibetan Prime Minister who was eager to return home, "There are actually 52 wooden boxes containing glassware. Do you understand what I mean?"

"..." Hearing this, Lu Dongzan looked at His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu in surprise. He was silent for a long while before he spoke awkwardly, "Your Royal Highness the Prince of Chu... I can't be your retainer..."

“Hey?!” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu discovered that Lu Dongzan was also an expert at making things happen: “Lu Dongzan, please don’t say anything. You really should just not say anything! If it weren’t for my picky nature and my harsh words… Forget it… I won’t say anything…”

"Your Highness has already said it all..." Lu Dongzan felt that these few repetitive words from His Highness the Prince of Chu were even dirtier than the curses he had used in his original letter to the country.

"Anyway, don't think too much, just do your job well. If you have any problems, you can send someone to tell me. I will help you if I can, but don't count on me if I can't." His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw that Lu Dongzan was confused at the moment, so he decided to just speak out: "But you must remember one thing, don't let the Tibetan cavalry enter the Tang Dynasty again - my bottom line has been there long ago. I can be magnanimous this time, but if there is a next time... I will count this time as well, and then ask you to pay it back a thousand times! Do you understand?"

“Don’t worry, Your Highness. Lu Dongzan will never be an ungrateful person!” Lu Dongzan really wanted to go back and beat to death the Bon master who gave Songtsen Gampo bad advice—damn it… that stupid and evil bastard, who only knew how to play dirty tricks behind the scenes. As soon as he received the letter from the Tang Dynasty, he took back his territory and became a coward, forcing him to take responsibility, leave the plateau, and come to Songzhou—to face the Demon King that the entire northwest foreign race was most reluctant to face…

"You'd better keep your word." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled upon hearing this, "Because I am a person who keeps my promises."

"..." Lu Dongzan even planned to slap Songtsen Gampo twice when he returned - they were of similar age and he was his own king - but Songtsen Gampo was still foolishly trying to use the conflict between the great Bon master and Lu Dongzan, the prime minister of Tubo, to play a political balance, but he failed at the very beginning.

On the other hand, I haven't seen His Royal Highness the King of Chu for just one year, but the oppressive feeling he brings to me is no less than that of the Khan who lives in the distant Chang'an City, who makes all the barbarians in all directions submit to him and give him titles, and whose imperial power is as mighty as the power of heaven!

"Your Highness, it's getting late. The Prime Minister of Tubo should also leave early." Seeing that Lu Dongzan was silenced by the light words of His Highness the Prince of Chu, Wang Xuance, who was well versed in the art of diplomacy, naturally chose to stand up at this moment. After all, the key to the wisdom of "stopping when necessary" is not "pointing" but "stopping" - the harsh words have been put in place, so the next step is to cover the other party with the fig leaf again: "Prime Minister, my prince is a bit blunt, but he has no ill intentions. You should be clear about this."

“Clear…Clear…” Lu Dongzan was a naturally arrogant person, but his arrogance would appear like an outrageous joke in front of the real genius—our Highness the Prince of Chu: “Your Highness the Prince of Chu, the journey ahead is long and arduous, I hope we will meet again in the future.”

"Okay, just focus on your work. It's time for me to go to the north to have some fun." After saying this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu suddenly looked up at the blue sky in the distance: "There is not a single cloud. It looks like a rare sunny day..."