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

So... even you think that everything I did before was just groundless worry and will be laughed at sooner or later?" Zhang Nan's words made His Majesty Li Er laugh in anger: "What do you know?!"

“Your Majesty…” Zhang Nan knew that his life and death was just a matter of Li Er’s decision, but he still said out loud what he had buried in his heart for so many years: “I am a disabled person, born with few relatives, destined to be alone and helpless.

Therefore... the reason why I dare to give you advice is not to seek anything for myself. I just feel that the current Tang Dynasty is thriving, which is inseparable from your Majesty's hard work and the diligence of the officials in the court, but... the contribution of His Royal Highness the King of Chu is also indispensable..."

"My contribution was greater than his." His Majesty Li Er smiled coldly when he heard this: "But the Emperor Emeritus had——"

"——So, Your Majesty is planning to force the King of Chu to become the second King of Qin?" Zhang Nan didn't know what happened to him today. He had been cautious for most of his life. He thought that the thing called "courage" had long been thrown out of his mind. But now, he realized that he did not lack the so-called courage.

"Zhang Nan...you are so brave!" Upon hearing this, Emperor Li II suddenly picked up the inkstone on the imperial desk in front of him and smashed it at the other party.

Zhang Nan knelt on the spot, neither dodging nor evading, and silently endured the attack.

For a moment, because his forehead was hit by the inkstone, ink mixed with blood dripped down his cheeks.

But Zhang Nan still had no intention of giving up: "Your Majesty, I just don't want to see you regret it one day in the future! Your Highness the Crown Prince is virtuous, and Your Highness the King of Chu is brave. This should be a blessing for our Tang Dynasty..."

"You're the only one who can see this clearly? Are all the civil and military officials in this court fools?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Li II couldn't help but laugh out of anger: "In the final analysis, you are still... just like Hong San, you have been bribed by that stinky boy!"

"Your Majesty, I am not the only one who can see this clearly. At the same time... I do not think I am qualified to be bribed by His Majesty the Prince of Chu." At this moment, Zhang Nan's body was shaking uncontrollably as she spoke: "I am stupid, but there are some things... I can see clearly - it's not that no one in the court can see this clearly, but they all know your Majesty's character. You will not listen to these words..."

"If that's the case, then why do you keep disobeying me and speaking for the King of Chu?!" His Majesty Li II's eyes had become extremely gloomy when he looked at Zhang Nan.

"Your Majesty, I am not speaking for His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I am speaking for the people of this world!" It was not until this moment that Zhang Nan truly realized where his courage came from: "When I was young, my family was poor. Because Emperor Yang of Sui wanted to dig a canal, my father suffered from the difficult livelihood of the family before he served in corvée labor and was unable to raise me, so he sent me to the palace.

I don't feel resentful about this. I just think that my sacrifice can help my family continue to make a living, so I feel it is worth it.

But later... after I had been cautious and kind to others in the palace for more than ten years, I finally gained some power and got a chance to leave the palace...

Only then did I learn that my parents and a younger sister had all died in the war.

And I have been frugal over the years, and I had to ask someone to give me half of the money to send out of the palace. Not a cent of it went into the hands of my family, but was taken by greedy people..."

When Zhang Nan said this, he blinked his sore eyes hard, and then he realized that the so-called sad tears had long been quietly shed in the countless dark nights in the past. So he suddenly raised his head slowly, and then looked at the somewhat stunned Majesty Li Er with a calm face, and continued in a very calm tone: "Your Majesty, if my parents had any other way to survive, I would not have been sent to the palace.

It was Emperor Yang of Sui who was tyrannical and made the people of the Sui Dynasty live a life worse than death. That’s why I have such a precarious fate…

But I don’t want more people to experience what these servants have experienced - the world has been in strife for a long time, and the long-term peace and stability that the people have finally been looking forward to should not face new turmoil.

Your Majesty... I am a eunuch, and I have no qualifications or ability to guarantee anything for His Royal Highness the King of Chu. I am just humbly begging you - even if you always remain wary and cautious towards His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you should not forget your ambition - you want to be an emperor who will be remembered throughout the ages and a wise ruler!

As an emperor who has been remembered for generations and a wise ruler, how could you not tolerate a son who is good at fighting?

Actually... even I can see clearly the character of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu - he has no desire to fight for the throne, and now he is so discouraged that he wants to be a vassal in Qiongzhou. If you are not willing to let him go... Your Majesty, I dare to ask you, if one day you really force His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to rebel... how will you end it? Even if you can end it, have you thought about the feelings of the princes and princesses, and the queen?

Not to mention what the ministers in the court would think about this matter.

Even if the ministers do not start to worry about their own situation.

But, Your Majesty, how will future history books record the Zhenguan period?

Some things that happened cannot be covered up by war. Regarding this, I remember that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a minister of Qi named Cui Shu who had verified it. "Zhang Nan said this and suddenly smiled with relief: "The Yan family is still prosperous now."

"Crash--" At this moment, with a thunder coming from a distance, heavy rain suddenly fell outside the hall.

"Zhang Nan," His Majesty Li Er was sitting on the dragon throne at this time, the murderous intent in his heart had already boiled to the peak: "You are looking for death!"

"I really deserve to die!" Zhang Nan didn't waste any words upon hearing this. He immediately stood up and prepared to hit the pillar beside him.

"——What's going on?" At this moment, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, who was about to arrive with a food box, looked at Zhang Nan who was about to "die by hitting the pillar" and His Majesty Li II with a gloomy face. He scratched the back of his head thoughtfully: "Zhang Nan, have you caught my father secretly hiding a token of love again? Whose is it this time? The King of Loulan? Or the Queen of Jingjue? ——It can't be the Queen of Silla again, right? That one actually looks... just okay... not really that beautiful..."