The Leisurely Life of the Prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 69: Deserve to be a prince for life?

It's not a bad thing to have a general who speaks the truth. Li Chengqian continued, "I will be sixteen next year, and my archery skills are probably not as good as most people of my age."

Li Ji said: "But Your Highness is more hardworking than many of his peers."

"How can we compare to the hard work of the soldiers in the army? The general is joking."

A few people walked into the Chongwen Hall, and palace maids immediately brought them food.

Li Chengqian said, "I haven't seen the emperor's uncle come to the East Palace for dinner recently."

Chang Sun Wuji said, "The last time he came to the East Palace for dinner, some people said that there were gods and Buddhas everywhere in his house, so he probably didn't dare to come."

Li Chengqian clicked his tongue for a moment, not knowing how to explain, and then ordered: "Sister Ning'er, have someone prepare a food box, and then arrange for someone to send some food to the emperor's uncle's house."

"Yes."

Li Ji was a serious person, so he was also very serious when eating. He only focused on the food in front of him and ate one bite after another in a very efficient way.

Changsun Wuji ate much more slowly.

Li Chengqian was peeling a salted duck egg and said, "I still don't know how the court will arrange for Tuyuhun after the war."

"Your Majesty made the decision during the autumn hunt, allowing Fu Yun's son to return to Tuyuhun and continue to serve as the king of Tuyuhun."

"what?"

Li Chengqian was surprised.

"What's wrong?" Changsun Wuji put some pickled mustard greens into the bowl and continued to shovel millet rice into his mouth.

Li Chengqian came to his uncle's side with his bowl of rice, and then brought a few dishes to his uncle's table, whispering, "Is that it?"

"What do you think, Your Highness?"

"Then..." Li Chengqian hesitated and continued, "Then at least let Fu Yun's son worship the Tang Dynasty as his foster father?"

"Adoptive father?"

Li Chengqian asked, "Is that really the plan?"

Zhang Sun Wuji hesitated and said, "After all, Fu Yun's son is the legitimate heir of Tuyuhun, and his other sons are all dead."

Li Chengqian chewed the millet in his mouth and looked straight ahead, thinking.

Changsun Wuji thought about it and continued eating.

After the meal, Li Ji left first.

Li Chengqian asked, "What if Fuyun's son refuses to take the throne as the King of Tuyuhun?"

Zhang Sun Wuji put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Then he is extremely unfilial. Your Majesty, as the Heavenly Khan, can kill him."

"Why didn't anyone mention this matter during the morning court today?"

"No one asked, so of course no one said anything."

Li Chengqian stroked his forehead with a numb expression and said, "In fact, whether it is the Turks or the Tuyuhun, since they have been conquered by the Tang Dynasty, they should obey the orders of the Heavenly Khan?"

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "Of course."

"Moreover, they are still the people of the Tang Dynasty, and they are subject to the call of the Tang Khan."

"Yes."

After drinking a bowl of tea, Changsun Wuji said, "I will take my leave first. If Your Highness has any questions, please let me know at any time."

Leaving His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sitting alone in Chongwen Hall, Ning Er ordered the palace maids to clean up the dishes and chopsticks here, and then said, "Your Highnesses have all taken a lunch break."

Li Chengqian walked out of the Chongwen Hall and went to the back hall of the Eastern Palace.

Next to the room where the stove is burned in the East Palace is a greenhouse, which contains many seedling pots.

Xiaofu put on the East Palace's unique apron and cloth gloves, and lifted the seedling pot with difficulty, and then planted some of the seedlings that had emerged back into the soil.

After looking for a while, Li Chengqian walked into the bedroom and closed the door.

After sleeping for a quarter of an hour, Li Lizhi woke up first. She looked at her brother who was still sleeping, walked out of the side hall, washed her face, and her red cheeks became much more refreshed.

"Fool!"

Suddenly, an angry curse was heard from the emperor's brother's bedroom.

Li Lizhi walked to the front of the hall curiously and asked Sister Ning'er, "Is my royal brother scolding the Saint again?"

Ning'er lowered her head and sighed.

"They beat him up and then sent him back. Isn't that a waste of time?"

The curses were heard again.

Li Lizhi looked solemn. She simply lifted her skirt and sat in front of her brother's bedroom.

"Are you pigs? I'm so busy and exhausted, and now I have to give it back, damn it!"

……

After listening to the emperor's brother cursing in the bedroom for a long time, the door finally opened.

Li Lizhi turned around and saw her brother, and asked curiously, "Brother, what does the second cup mean?"

Li Chengqian felt much more refreshed and said, "Don't learn it."

"Yes." Li Lizhi nodded, "What does that mean?"

"Don't ask." Li Chengqian walked out of the bedroom step by step.

"What are you going to do now, brother?"

"Haha." Li Chengqian laughed, "I really like discussing state affairs with them. If I don't discuss it for a day, I will feel uncomfortable all over."

Afterwards, the emperor did not go to discuss state affairs with anyone. Instead, he ran around the East Palace again and again.

After running three laps, Li Chengqian asked, "Have they all woken up?"

Li Lizhi looked back at Donggong and said, "My brothers and sisters are all awake."

"Pull them all out. Today is physical education class, long-distance running!"

"it is good!"

Li Lizhi went back to pass on the message, and wailing sounds were heard again from the East Palace.

They hate physical education classes the most, especially long-distance running.

Sometimes, what classes the children in the Eastern Palace take depends on the mood of the emperor.

I kept running until my younger brothers and sisters were too exhausted to even walk, and that was when the long-distance run ended.

Li Zhi leaned against the wall and vomited. Li Shen was not much better. He lay on the ground and couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried.

Can these children accuse the emperor of torturing them like this?

Of course not. The emperor has entrusted them all to my brother and is very satisfied with his teaching.

The cold wind was blowing this winter, and the children were sweating a lot from running.

Ning'er saw that the Crown Prince looked much better, but the children in the Eastern Palace were suffering.

In the next few days, Li Chengqian asked Li Lizhi to fetch a lot of files from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple, most of which were various diplomatic records from the early Sui Dynasty and the Wude period.

In the past few days, Li Chengqian began to make up for his knowledge in this area and see how the court handled these matters in the past.

The climate in Guanzhong has experienced a few days of warmth since the beginning of winter.

It was very warm during the day, but at night, the cold wind howled across the 800-mile Qinchuan area, and the temperature dropped sharply.

In the morning, some frost will condense on the ground and some broken ice will condense on the water surface.

The court has been on recess recently, and envoys from various countries have begun to come to Chang'an one after another.

The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace began to live a secluded life again.

Li Chengqian sat by the window, looking at old files and taking notes. The current court diplomacy was mostly maintained by the tribute system.

The surrounding countries paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty and expressed their submission from then on.

In return for the favor, the Tang Dynasty gave some rewards.

After conquering Yinshan Mountain, Tian Khan, the father emperor, treated the Turks as his younger brothers. To put it simply, fighting is fighting, and if you lose, you are the younger brother of the big brother.

Therefore, what the emperor's uncle Li Xiaogong said is true sayings, and the survival experience summarized from current life is valuable.

He didn't even look at the Jingyang workshop.

My uncle also looks down on me.

Tens of thousands of strings of cash? Hundreds of thousands of strings of cash? This amount of money?

What is the use?

Li Chengqian put down the pen in his hand. His little cleverness was nothing but a small trick in the eyes of these elders who had seen big scenes.

Is this the only little cleverness of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace? He deserves to be the Crown Prince for life!

After five days of seclusion, Li Chengqian stood up with his hands in his pockets and took a deep breath of the air of the Tang Dynasty.

The air is very fresh, with little pollution and no smoke.

What a great Tang Dynasty! It should have been even more powerful.

Li Chengqian now really wants to give a large sum of money to his uncle and the emperor's uncle to thank them for their teachings, so that these two elders can marry a few more beautiful wives and spend the rest of their lives happily and carefree.

"Brother, how do you do this?"

Li Lizhi was holding a piece of paper with a factoring problem written on it.

After telling my sister how to solve the problem, I let her summarize and digest it on her own. Li Zhi has a great talent.

Ning Er walked over quickly and said, "Your Highness, Divine Doctor Sun is here."

Li Chengqian was drinking tea and in a good mood. He said, "Please come in."

Sun Simiao walked into the East Palace wearing a thick cloth robe, with white hair and beard and a smile on his face, looking very amiable.

Maybe most older doctors are kind like this.

Whether it's the previous life or this life.

In front of anxious patients, they are able to remain calm and kind, and through this infectiousness, the patients will also calm down.

Sun Simiao walked to the front of the hall and was about to put on shoe covers.

Li Chengqian pulled the old man into the hall and said, "You don't have to do this. Just come in directly."

Sun Simiao stroked his beard and smiled, then he walked straight into the quiet front hall of the East Palace without wearing shoe covers.

My younger brothers and sisters are the quietest when they are doing their homework, and they even speak in low voices.

Because anyone who dares to make noise and disturb others doing their homework will be punished by the imperial sister.

This kind of empathy, mutual consideration and understanding, as well as the good qualities of unity and mutual help have unknowingly taken root in their hearts.

Sun Simiao looked at the children sitting in a row and said, "What are they doing..."

Li Chengqian explained: "Doing homework."

"Yes." Sun Simiao sat down, stroked his beard, and lowered his voice, saying, "Recently, I went to diagnose the pulse of the Queen and the Emperor."

Li Chengqian asked: "How are the conditions of mother and grandfather?"

Sun Simiao said slowly: "The Queen's condition is not bad. As long as she doesn't overwork, she rarely gets sick. It's just..."

When talking about his grandfather's condition, Doctor Sun didn't look very good.

Li Chengqian poured him a bowl of tea and said, "You can talk as you please."

"The emperor can't drink anymore. He needs to stop drinking."

“Do I have to quit?”

"Yeah." Sun Simiao whispered, "People in the palace said that the emperor often feels dizzy. At first, they just thought he was tired easily because of his age, but in my opinion, it is not that simple. Ordinary fatigue can cause dizziness, but it is rare for the head to spin. I didn't say it in front of the emperor, so I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can persuade him to stop drinking in the future."

"I know, thank you for telling me."

Sun Simiao smiled, stroked his beard and said, "When I was compiling the Pharmacopoeia, I also wrote about your Highness's theory of microorganisms."

"These are all superficial knowledge. I'm sorry to embarrass you, old man."

As he was speaking, Li Chengqian took a roll of paper from the bookshelf and said, "If you are short of paper, I have a lot here."

"No need. Master Du He gave me a lot of paper, but paper doesn't last long. I will write the medicine classics on bamboo slips and have Master Du He arrange for someone to copy them."

Sun Simiao stood up and whispered, "The Medicine Sutra has not been completed yet, so I will go back first."

"I'll take you there."

"Your Highness, there's no need to see me off."

Li Chengqian continued to escort Doctor Sun all the way out of the East Palace and out of Chengtian Gate.

At the Suzaku Gate, there were servants arranged by Du He to protect them all the way.

Li Chengqian walked back to the palace with his hands in his pockets. As soon as he arrived at the Wude Hall, he heard a quarrel in the hall and wine jars were thrown out.

Looking into the hall, I saw my father and grandfather arguing.

"Bang!" Another wine jar was thrown out and smashed to the ground.

Li Yuan also saw a figure flashing in front of the hall, and hurriedly shouted: "Cheng Qian, come in."

"Hey, grandpa..." With a smile, Li Chengqian walked into the Wude Hall, where eunuchs were carrying out all the wine and drinks.

Li Shimin shouted: "You are not allowed to drink anymore from now on."

"Even if I am drunk to death now, I am willing."

"Father!" Li Shimin said again, "Your body cannot drink alcohol."

"Cheng Qian, please judge for yourself! Your father doesn't even allow me to drink."

The two emperors of the Tang Dynasty are in the Wude Hall, and together with the current crown prince of the Eastern Palace, they can be considered future emperors.

So for the eunuchs, standing here are three generations and three emperors.

Li Chengqian said: "Grandpa, you really can't drink anymore."

“Even you…” Li Yuan was so angry that his beard was shaking. He stepped back and looked at the father and son standing together in front of him, “Okay, okay…”

It seems that Doctor Sun has finished his pulse diagnosis today and informed my father of the patient's condition.

Li Chengqian stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, why don't you move to the East Palace? Your grandson has a lot of delicious food there."

"Is there any wine?"

"Yes." Li Chengqian nodded, and then said: "Just be moderate and drink less."

"Humph!" Li Yuan waved his sleeves and glared at his son, saying, "I don't want to live in this Wude Hall anymore."

Li Shimin hesitated to speak.

Li Chengqian comforted Grandpa Huang, walked out of the Wude Hall and whispered, "Alas, this family is so difficult."

As soon as he walked out of the Taiji Hall, Li Yuan pointed at his son in the hall and said, "My grandson is much better than you."

Li Shimin closed his eyes and breathed heavily.

The old eunuch on the side knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Father, these are just words spoken in anger. I won't take them to heart."

The old eunuch let out a long sigh, looked at the grandfather and grandson who had already walked away, and calmed down his fear.

There are still empty rooms in the East Palace. In fact, the back hall of Chongwen Hall can be cleaned up and given to grandpa to live in.

After changing the environment, Li Yuan felt much better. He smiled and said, "If it were in the past, your father would not have allowed me to live in the Eastern Palace."

Li Chengqian and Li Lizhi were cleaning up the place and said, "It's because both my father and you are too embarrassed to back down, so you let your grandson bring you to the East Palace."

Li Yuan pursed his lips and stroked his beard, saying, "No, it's because your father sees that you can take good care of these children, so he doesn't object."

Li Chengqian changed Grandpa into a looser set of clothes and said, "Grandpa's words in the Wude Hall were a bit harsh."

(End of this chapter)