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

"Send a letter to Yeon Gaesomun. If the Goguryeo army dares to cross the Silla border, I will let the crown prince supervise the country and then lead the army in person." His Majesty Li II saw that the ministers were waiting for him to express his opinion, so he naturally did not intend to let the atmosphere continue to be awkward: "I am tired, I will withdraw from the court!"

So, before the ministers had time to recover from their shock, especially before Wei Zheng opened his mouth to advise, Emperor Li II had already stood up from his seat, turned around and disappeared behind the screen.

"..." After his father left, the Crown Prince, who was just happy for his brother, and the court officials below looked at each other, each with their own thoughts turning over and over. Until Zhang Nan shouted "dismiss the court"... he immediately stood up silently and returned to the East Palace without saying a word.

During the few months when His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was away, Chang'an remained as prosperous as before, but the palace had lost a certain vitality.

"Brother, did the emperor really say that?" Not long after Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, Prince of Wei Li Tai took the initiative to come to the door and said, "The emperor is leading the army in person... The crown prince is the regent... It sounds like a trap to me."

“You kid…” Li Chengqian has actually discovered that Qingque, this fat brother, is not stupid at all. It’s just that in the past, he had his second brother Li Kuan to take care of everything, so he didn’t need to worry about anything at all: “Don’t worry, big brother knows what’s going on.”

"Hmm..." Qingque nodded when he heard that, and then the two brothers fell into silence.

After a long while, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoke again: "Qingque, you say... will our cautious guarding against our father make him sad?"

"Sad?" Li Tai felt that his elder brother was too naive. "My dear elder brother, our second brother is almost heartbroken in Silla, and you still care whether the tyrant is sad or not? By the way, I came to you not only to remind you not to take our father's words too seriously, but also... um..." Li Tai hesitated for a moment, then said: "Now the sea ship is ready, and it will set off to Silla soon, but I always feel that my second brother must have other intentions in going to Silla. How about you write a letter to him first? See when he plans to return home?"

"Qingque... You have never done such a thoughtful thing to me, your elder brother..." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to have awakened some talent recently and started to tease.

"Stop it." Hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help but give his eldest brother a look of disdain: "I see that you are newlywed and you are in high spirits, so you are getting carried away. Our current goal is to get the second brother home. If you continue to be jealous, don't blame me for being ruthless and bringing the third brother, the fifth brother, and the sixth brother to rob you on the way and trap you in a sack."

"Alas..." The Crown Prince, who had just married Crown Princess Su, saw his wife walking in with fruit, and said awkwardly, "Qingque, at least give your elder brother some face..."

"Sister-in-law." When the eldest brother was speaking, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei had already frowned and stood up to bow to Su: "I was just joking with you just now, please don't blame me, sister-in-law."

"No, no." Su smiled and said, "I will not interfere in the affairs between you brothers, but Your Highness the King of Wei, I heard that Your Highness the King of Chu beheaded the King of Goguryeo. Is this true?"

"Of course I take it seriously!" When mentioning his second brother, His Royal Highness the King of Wei immediately showed a proud look on his face: "It's a pity that only his enemies can feel how brave my second brother is."

Su, who had seen the two faces of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, smiled and nodded without saying a word, then turned around and left the hall.

As for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, a hint of disdain unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth as he watched the other party leave.

Because of his position, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not see his brother's contemptuous attitude.

Half an hour later, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei left the East Palace.

The newly promoted Crown Princess who had promised not to get involved in anything came to the Crown Prince at this time and said, "Your Highness, I heard that Miss Lian'er from the Yu Mansion and Wei Shuyi, the daughter of Lord Wei, opened a rouge shop in the East Market..."

"What do you want to say?" The Crown Prince, who had just picked up the book and was even smiling as he recalled the witty remarks that Qingque had made earlier, immediately put away his smile upon hearing this and turned to look at his wife with a serious face: "Do you think this is inappropriate?"

"Your Highness..." Su was not without judgment. Seeing that the first attempt had angered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, she immediately explained in a hurry: "Your Highness just feels that the ways of business are not worthy of being accepted by the upper class..."

"Enough!" His Royal Highness did not expect that the Crown Princess he just married would be such a restless person: "What do you want me to do? Do you want me to speak up for you to Miss Lian'er and Wei Shuyi to convey your good intentions, or do you want me to send people to seal up their shops out of consideration for Brother Kuan's reputation?! Su Xuan, you are so brave!"

“Your Highness…Your Highness…” Su Xuan originally thought that the reason she gave would make His Highness the Crown Prince not pursue her any further even if he was angry. However, she did not expect that things would turn out like this: “I was just confused for a moment…”

"You are not stupid, you are very smart!" Li Chengqian looked at his beloved wife whose face was pale at this moment, and felt that things had gone wrong to the extreme recently. "You don't have to just focus on Miss Lian'er and Wei Shuyi. Miss Wu, who was the first to make an engagement with Brother Kuan, also opened a restaurant in the East Market with the daughter of Feng Ang, Duke of Geng. The ministers in the court all know about this and often patronize it. In your opinion, should I also close down this restaurant to show the authority of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace?!"

"Your Highness..." Su Xuan had been favored at home since she was a child, so seeing the Crown Prince being so aggressive over a trivial matter, she couldn't help but argue for herself: "If you didn't take these things to heart, then how would you know these things?"

“Those are my future brothers and sisters-in-law. Brother Kuan is not in Chang’an. How can I let anything happen to them?!” His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sometimes really doesn’t understand—why everyone feels that they should have a grudge against Brother Kuan? Can’t true brotherhood exist within the royal family?

Thinking of this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once again looked at the Crown Princess who was still full of indignation at this moment, and he couldn't help feeling a little bored: "Forget it... There are some things I don't want to say more, but you remember one thing, if there is anyone in this world who can make me willingly give up the position of Crown Prince, then this person is only Brother Kuan, and Brother Kuan will never let me give up the position of Crown Prince! I have said all, whether you understand it or not, I will not repeat it a second time, but Su Xuan, from now on, I don't want to hear you targeting anyone again, do you think I don't know your little thoughts?

Yesterday we went to Ganlu Temple to visit our mother. Sizi clearly gave you the chicken leg in front of me because he liked you, but you turned around and put the chicken leg back into my bowl...

Do you know that if I had not passed the chicken leg back to my mother in time, Changle would have cleverly diverted the attention of Sizi, who was already feeling aggrieved at the time.

Our real family dinner will be ruined because of this little thing!

Qingque has been sensitive since he was a child. When Kuandi is not around, he always wants to take on Kuandi's burden.

So in a situation like yesterday, if he didn't do this for the sake of his big brother, he would have turned against you no matter what.

Because no matter whether you did it intentionally or unintentionally, your actions have already hinted that Sizi does not know etiquette and does not understand hierarchy. But do you really think he knows etiquette and understands hierarchy?

Besides... you don't know how much Brother Kuan loves Sizi..." When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this, he suddenly remembered the anecdote that Li Kuan had used the "Meow Meow Scheme" on Lanling's kitten, Mimi the Great Warrior, for Sizi. He felt that this matter must not be over yet...