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

“Your Highness?!” Yun Shang was used to seeing His Highness the Prince of Chu’s “unconventional ways”, but today’s incident really frightened him: “You are doing this… but… His Majesty has good intentions!”

“No need.” His Royal Highness Prince Chu waved his hand upon hearing this: “His kindness should be reserved for other princes and princesses. I don’t need to accept any more kindness here.

It's really interesting..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, he suddenly sighed: "If I hadn't grown up with my grandmother, I might really be grateful for his generosity, but things didn't go as I wished - Yunshang, tell His Majesty: Whatever he wants to think is his business, anyway, all my children will have the surname Dou in the future, and the inheritance of the Fufeng Dou family will not be cut off by me. This is the best reward I can give to my grandmother."

That's it.

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With the resolute reply from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Yun Shang, who had only met with her master Hong San briefly, was filled with trepidation and hurried back to Chang'an at full speed.

And the day he arrived in Chang'an, it snowed heavily.

After listening to Yun Shang's report in Taiji Hall, His Majesty Li II was silent for a long time.

then……

"Swish!" The furious Emperor Li II suddenly stood up and swept away everything on the imperial desk in front of him: "This rebellious son! Does he want me to be condemned by the world?! This is outrageous... outrageous!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down..." Yun Shang saw His Majesty Li Er's reaction, and he quickly banged his head on the ground, trying to ease the other party's anger at the moment: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu may still be angry with you..."

"Get angry?" His Majesty Li Er smiled coldly: "I am the emperor! Who dares to get angry with the emperor?!"

"But His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is also your son, you..." Yun Shang said this, and then she made up her mind and kowtowed even louder: "Your most outstanding son..."

"..." Perhaps Yunchang's words worked. His Majesty Li II sat down slowly after hearing what he said. Then a moment of confusion flashed across his eyes. Finally, when the confusion disappeared, there was only deep regret: "I... really should have made up my mind and made Kuan'er the crown prince... But, Yunchang, Chengqian is also very good. That child is well-behaved and knows etiquette. He can set an example for his younger brothers and sisters in everything he does."

"Except... going to the battlefield." Yun Shang didn't want to interrupt His Majesty Li Er, but he was still worried that His Majesty Li Er would become more angry after being sad, so he pretended to be brave and added: "Your Majesty, I know that if I interrupt your Majesty at this time, I should be sentenced to death.

But I still dare to say... This cannot be blamed on you - at the beginning, no one could have expected that when His Royal Highness the King of Chu left Chang'an and arrived in Shuofang, he would be able to sweep all the way and defeat all the foreign races so hard that they could not raise their heads..."

"Yes...Except for fighting, the prince can't compare with his brother." His Majesty Li II did not blame Yun Shang. After a slight pause, he suddenly said with a tone of pride and regret: "In this matter, the gap between the two brothers is even greater than the gap between me and Li Jiancheng... Of course, on the other hand, in other matters...I am different from that brat..."

"..." Yun Shang could understand His Majesty Li Er's complicated feelings at the moment, but what he couldn't understand was - why was his Majesty's attitude and tone when he disliked His Royal Highness the King of Chu almost the same as when the latter disliked the former?

"You can go down." His Majesty Li II looked at Yun Shang who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing for a long time, and suddenly ordered with a dull look: "Do your job well, other things have nothing to do with you."

“Yes…” Upon seeing this, Yun Shang quickly stood up and kowtowed again: “I will take my leave now.”

After saying this, he slowly stood up and left the hall.

After Yunchang left, His Majesty Li II remained sitting on the dragon throne, motionless and silent.

It was not until a long time later that he suddenly sighed softly: "As early as... As early as... It is really a good name... A good vision..."

In fact, the biggest difficulty in this world is not deceiving God, but deceiving oneself.

The inheritance that my mother left for Kuan'er is too huge, and Kuan'er himself is so outstanding - even if I make him the crown prince, I cannot feel at ease...

At this time, Zhang Nan, the chief eunuch guarding outside the palace, was also watching the heavy snow in the corridor.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

All the things that Your Majesty did to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu in the past...now...it can be considered as retribution...

As for what His Majesty said before, Zhang Nan actually found it ridiculous.

Your Majesty will never believe His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu - even if His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu is sincere to him.

Just like Emperor Wu of Han and his son Liu Ju, the witchcraft scandal was never the root cause of Liu Ju's death. What really killed Liu Ju was Emperor Wu of Han's suspicion of his son.

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"Mother, it's snowing so heavily!" Over at Ganlu Palace, Princess Sizi was holding a cub of Mimi Warrior and sitting under the eaves, watching the snow falling from the sky: "Second brother said that it's as warm as spring in Qiongzhou now. Mother, when can Sizi go to Qiongzhou?"

"Sizi wants to go to Qiongzhou?" When Empress Changsun, who was accompanying her daughter, heard this, her eyes flickered slightly and her tone became gentler: "But Qiongzhou... is very far away..."

"Because my second brother is there, no matter how far, Sizi will go!" Princess Sizi, who has listened to her second brother's advice and no longer hides the dried fish, still hasn't given up her escape plan: "But don't worry, mother, Sizi will definitely come back to see you!"

"Great... Are you planning to treat Qiongzhou as your home in the future?" Upon hearing this, Empress Changsun gently patted her daughter's furry head: "But it's also true... In this world... Who would treat this nine-story palace as their home..."

"What?" Empress Changsun's sigh itself was filled with a hint of sadness, but when the young slave who was chewing sugar-roasted chestnuts came over, the sadness turned into the aroma of roasted chestnuts: "Mother, what did you say? By the way, do you want to try these chestnuts? I specially asked my second brother to buy them for me from Qianxi County. They are big and sweet!"

"Your second brother really spoils you..." Seeing this, Empress Changsun took the chestnuts from her son's hand and turned to look at Sizi: "Sizi, do you want to eat?"

"Hmm..." Princess Sizi suddenly pretended to be thoughtful when she heard this and said, "Chinu, why do your chestnuts still have shells?"

Didn’t your second brother peel the shell for you?

"I..." The Ninth Prince, who wanted to show off to his sister, was humiliated again.

He knew that his second brother would always favor Sizi more.

Ugh……

But I am a man and I cannot compete for favor with my sister.

Thinking of this, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince suddenly pursed his lips and turned his gaze away from his sister's proud little face.

"Okay... stop making trouble..." At this moment, Empress Chang Sun suddenly reached out and gently stroked the tops of her children's heads.

Heavy snow fell, and a white-headed bird appeared from nowhere, flew over the palace at high speed, and then flew into the mountains farther away...