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

"Brother Kuan...you..." The Crown Prince looked at his brother in front of him, and his heart was a little bit overwhelmed: "Do you know everything?"

"Know what?" Li Kuan frowned upon hearing this, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I almost forgot that the prince is no longer loyal to me. Um... let's go... see you later!"

After saying this, King Chu left the Imperial Garden without looking back.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at his brother's departing back in silence for a long time. Finally, he curled the corners of his mouth and turned to go to the East Palace.

Although the two brothers were heading in two different directions, they both knew that some things had never changed.

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His Royal Highness the King of Chu waited in the palace for a full half month before he received the good news from Cheng Chumo who had entered the palace that "everything is ready."

"Where are Huairen and cousin Lingwu?" On the imperial road outside Ganlu Palace, His Royal Highness the King of Chu looked at Cheng Chumo, whose eyes were bruised, and asked in surprise, "What happened to you?"

"Nothing, I was running away when my father beat me, and I accidentally bumped into him." Cheng Chumo said as he stretched out his hand to block the hand of King Chu who was about to do evil: "Okay, brother Kuan, don't check the injury, I came here to tell you that Huairen and Lingwu have gone to great lengths to prepare what you want for you - especially Lingwu, he actually wanted to buy the copper mine of the Dugu family... Fortunately, this matter was reported to Duke Qiao, so Lingwu was saved.

Otherwise, when the old lady of the Dugu family comes to the palace to file a complaint, it will be troublesome..." The old lady mentioned by Cheng Chumo refers to the first wife of Dugu Huai'en who was executed for treason.

"Cousin Lingwu bought the copper mine of the Dugu family, which shows that he thinks highly of them." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was immediately displeased when he heard this, but he immediately realized: "So cousin Lingwu couldn't come... because my uncle beat him up? Did Huairen also get beaten up?"

"There's nothing we can do about it..." Upon hearing this, Cheng Chumo sighed helplessly, "The old lady of the Dugu family came to ask for an explanation in person, what else can Duke Qiao do? As for Huairen... Brother Kuan, how do you think I know all this? This morning, Prince Hejian brought Huairen to my house to apologize to my father, and my father only then knew that Huairen had bought a truckload of sulfur on credit from my shop..."

"So..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu now understood the scar on Cheng Chumo's face: "Did you decide to give it to him on credit?"

"Huairen said he wanted to use his shop as collateral, I didn't agree, but he insisted on signing a document, I couldn't persuade him, so I had to pretend to agree, and then when I took him to Tianxiang Tower for a drink, while he was drunk, I secretly stuffed the document back into his pocket. Who knew... the maid in his room found the document and told the Prince of Hejian..." Cheng Chumo said this, feeling that fate was playing tricks on him: "Brother Kuan... tell me... what is going on..."

“You bastards…” His Royal Highness Prince Chu no longer wanted to praise his brothers as “all talented people”; he also noticed a certain detail: “Wait… Tianxianglou’s account… is in my name again?!”

"Ah..." Cheng Chumo's face suddenly panicked when he heard this: "Brother Kuan... For so many years, the brothers have followed you and can be said to be 'loyal to Chang'an', so you can't mind asking you to treat us to something good occasionally, right?"

"Is this about money?" Hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu became anxious: "Cheng Chumo, you bastard! Check your conscience and answer me - is Tianxianglou a decent place to eat?!"

"Brother Kuan, of course it's true?" Cheng Chumo was immediately unhappy when he heard this: "You don't know, the cooking skills of the chefs at Tianxiang Tower are... first-rate..."

"Are you really here for the chef's cooking skills?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu immediately became a little worried and asked, "Huairen too?"

"What else?" Cheng Chumo was dissatisfied when he heard this: "Do you think Huairen and I are Chai Lingwu and Changsun Chong?!"

"..." After hearing what Cheng Chumo said, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was speechless for a moment. After a long time, he patted the other party's shoulder and said in a tired voice: "Chumo... Do you know that the accounts of Tianxiang Tower and Yunxianfang are always settled by my uncle Dou - these things have account books!

And if I get married in the future... and let Lian'er see those account books..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, he couldn't help but feel sad: "I don't feel sorry for the money... I feel sorry for myself - I didn't get anything, and I have to bear such a big blame for no reason!"

"Brother Kuan..." Cheng Chumo finally understood: "Are you afraid of your wife?"

“I…” His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had never thought that one day he would be held hostage by Cheng Chumo: “Chumo… you need to know what it means to treat each other with respect…”

"You are just afraid." Cheng Chumo crossed his arms and said with unprecedented confidence: "Humph... My father said that a man who is afraid of his wife... has no future..."

"Okay, I'll tell Aunt Cui about this later." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and a plan came to his mind: "Just wait and see if Uncle Cheng beats you up or not!"

“Alas——” Cheng Chumo is not his father Old Cheng after all, and he still lacks the strength to fight back, so he is doomed to be defeated by King Chu, whose brain has become “nine-nine new” again: “Brother Kuan, I was wrong…”

"You just know that you're going to get beaten!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was too lazy to buy into this guy's account: "Forget it, the matter of treating everyone to a meal... I'm used to it, but you guys should at least be human, at least pretend to be each other? If you really want to pick on me alone, you can't..."

"Brother Kuan... you have such a deep grudge..." Cheng Chumo scratched his head upon hearing this, and then said, "Could it be... that he has suffered a loss recently? Is it the prince?! How about..." Feeling a little guilty towards his boss, Xiao Cheng decided to show his loyalty: "Shall we go to the East Palace to rob and put the prince in a sack? But let me make it clear first, I am only responsible for putting the sack on, and I definitely cannot do anything!"

"Thank you!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu raised his hand and slapped the other person on the back of his head. "If you think your Cheng family is living too well, then go and get them, okay? I will never stop you!"