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

When His Majesty Li Er held the locusts in his hands in front of all the officials in the court, he said with tears in his eyes, "People depend on grain as their livelihood, and if you eat it, you are harming the people. If the people have made mistakes, it's up to one person to do so." , It has a spirit, but it will harm my heart and harm the people." When he then devoured it, the officials were shocked and moved beyond measure.

Of course, it stands to reason that as a son of man, Li Kuan should stand up and share the difficulties with his emperor father at this time, or at least should shed tears.

But in fact, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not even attend the morning court.

——Due to Pei Ji's abnormal behavior in the past few days, Li Kuan felt that he should not be too filial at this time, otherwise he might alert the snake.

Of course, this was his idea.

But in fact, who in Chang'an city doesn't know that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a filial person?

Now, in order not to be angry with His Majesty, this uncle did not even go to the morning court, and asked his two younger brothers to take turns asking for leave for him all day long. The reason was exactly the same: the second brother was worried about national affairs and could not eat or sleep, so that his body was broken. Standing, unable to get up.

In this regard, His Majesty Li Er actually accepted Li Kuan's bizarre reason for asking for leave for the first time. Of course, he did this just to keep his ears quiet. In addition, considering that it is now the time for the court to employ people, if Li Kuan makes any trouble again and arouses the resistance of the officials, it will be more gain than loss for His Majesty Li Er.

As a result, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who was "out of shape and bones", began to go to Hongyi Palace every day to ask questions: Li Yuan was extremely attentive in teaching his grandson bow and arrow. To what extent was he attentive?

Let's put it this way, for more than half a month, none of the concubines of the Supreme Emperor were rumored to be pregnant.

However, the reason why Li Kuan is like this is of course not to help the emperor's grandfather control fertility, but to Pei Ji who often comes to Hongyi Palace to visit Li Yuan.

This old fox, since Li Kuan visited him last time, has begun to show his kindness to Li Kuan with great enthusiasm.

However, the scope of this kind of goodwill is extremely limited: for example, when he occasionally sends a few rare items to the Supreme Emperor, he will also prepare one for Li Kuan. Or maybe after learning that Li Kuan learned archery, he specially gave him a few treasured bows.

All of this made the Emperor very satisfied: in his opinion, this was a manifestation of his old brother's high integrity and repaying evil with kindness.

And Li Kuan, of course, played the role of a shady person.

Although Li Kuan was very anxious, he wanted to know what Pei Ji's real plan was, but haste made waste, so he could only pretend to be slowly moved by Pei Ji's constant goodwill, and show kindness to him.

But in fact, Li Kuan felt that this step-by-step approach was really not suitable for him.

But now we are facing internal and external troubles, and even the slightest disturbance may cause great turmoil. In order to prevent the old Li family's life from being shorter than that of the previous Sui Dynasty, Li Kuan could only endure it patiently.

Of course, no matter what, the locust plague has basically been settled with Li Kuan. What he really wants to do now is to use the locust plague to make arrangements for the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

However, His Royal Highness the King of Chu wanted to make arrangements for others, but little did he know that he was about to become the target of their arrangements...

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The prince is a good elder brother, so despite being entangled with many affairs, Li Chengqian still called his three younger brothers who had been crowned kings to the East Palace in the name of "lunch" one day, and carefully warned: "You three have to stay away from each other recently." Cause trouble, my father is in a bad mood right now."

"He's not good? I'm not good?!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who had been derided by his two younger brothers and was described as "outstanding" by his two younger brothers, was holding a big leg of lamb in his hands. While he was feasting, He was even more resentful: "I haven't left the palace for a long time. This foolish king...sooner or later missed this king's important event!"

"Second brother..." Li Ke thoughtfully placed the cumin-sprinkled dish in front of Li Kuan, and said helplessly: "You'd better listen to the elder brother's advice." To be honest, in today's battle, he and I Li Tai was called by Big Brother to serve as a foil. From beginning to end, not to mention Big Brother, it was him and Qingque. In fact, everyone knew very well: the only ones to worry about, the only ones who can continue to cause trouble in troubled times, are Li Kuan.

"Yes, second brother, let's just be patient for a while and don't make any trouble." Li Tai was recently ordered by Li Kuan to follow a vegetarian diet, so he could only watch Li Kuan eating Haisai with envy.

"Alas!" Li Kuan suddenly put down the leg of mutton, looked at his two younger brothers, and then sighed to his eldest brother Li Chengqian: "To be honest, I heard that the foolish king ate locusts alive in the main hall. They say that the emperor is the most powerful person, as if he can do everything without any taboos, but the reality is that only his own family members know about their own affairs."

"But second brother..." Li Ke suddenly turned pale and said, "Father will pray to heaven in a few days to pray for God to eliminate the locust plague. Then the few of us... vomit..." - Li Ke, who is somewhat germaphobic , whenever he thought of the scene of his father eating raw locusts in the palace today, he felt a little nauseous and shuddered.

After all, I am afraid that I cannot escape this fate.

"What?!" When he learned that he was going to offer the locust sashimi set meal in a few days, he immediately became angry: "I really shouldn't sympathize with that foolish king!"

"Brother Kuan..." Li Chengqian looked at his younger brother Fuhun with some helplessness: "Can't you just be obedient sometimes? It's a matter of national importance, and you should be patient with your personal discomfort."

On the surface, Li Chengqian's words were meant to admonish Li Kuan, but in fact they may not have the intention of warning Li Ke.

"Brother, you are talking nonsense." Li Kuan rolled his eyes at Li Chengqian, and then said: "Let me ask you, what the government and the public are saying now is that this locust plague is a punishment sent by heaven. Then you say that the punishment is sent by heaven? Why did he take it back without any problem? Oh, just because Dad will offer sacrifices to heaven in a few days and explain his faults, and then we little ones will eat locusts, God will be merciful? What are you thinking? In this world How can such a good thing happen?"

Li Kuan sometimes feels that his eldest brother is so innocent and cute.

"Then what should I do?" Li Chengqian was obviously annoyed by Li Kuan's remarks.

"Why don't you make peace?" Li Kuan casually handed half of the leg of lamb to Li Tai, who was looking at him eagerly. Then he dipped the remaining leg into the saucepan and stuffed it directly into Li Chengqian's mouth: "Brother, please relax, this time Go back, your brother, I will make you shine!"