Tang Dynasty: The pot is tied to the duck nest, the little rhinoceros is here!

"So, the world I live in and the world yours, Auntie, are connected in a spacetime distortion."

I know Sizi because she came to my home from the Tang Dynasty, and that's how all those things happened...

After hearing these words, Empress Zhangsun still found it hard to accept; it was simply too unbelievable.

Li Lizhi asked from the side, "Since Brother Fan said it's been over 1300 years since the Tang Dynasty, who is the current emperor? What generation descendant is he from my grandfather?"

"Uh... there are no emperors anymore."

"Huh? No...the emperor is gone? Could it be...that our Great Tang Dynasty is no more?"

"Yes, they're long gone."

Empress Zhangsun's heart sank upon hearing this. The Tang Dynasty, built by Erlang Shen with painstaking effort...

It failed to be passed down. If Erlang knew, I wonder what he would think...

"Brother Fan, when was our Great Tang Dynasty...?"

"You mean to ask how many years the Tang Dynasty lasted, right?"

Li Lizhi nodded slightly, which was considered a pre-arranged response.

"From the time your grandfather Li Yuan ascended the throne to the fall of the Tang Dynasty, it lasted 289 years and saw 21 emperors. However, in the later period, the emperors basically became mere figureheads..."

Jiang Fan's subsequent words completely baffled Empress Zhangsun and Li Lizhi.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty became a mere figurehead? How pathetic must this emperor have been?

After taking a moment to process this, Empress Zhangsun pressed on, "Were all the emperors after that period descendants of great talent?"

"No, it has nothing to do with your eldest son."

"How can it be unrelated? Gao Ming is the Crown Prince, shouldn't the next emperor be...? Could it be...?"

She was suddenly startled by her own thoughts.

The emperors who came after him were not related to his eldest son, so the only possibility is that his eldest son failed to ascend the throne.

Is the tragedy of the Xuanwu Gate Incident about to repeat itself?

Jiang Fan carefully considered his words before saying to Empress Zhangsun, "Although Gao Ming is the Crown Prince, Li Er..."

"Li Er???" Empress Zhangsun looked bewildered. How did Li Er suddenly appear?

Jiang Fan smiled awkwardly: "He is my uncle-in-law, Li Shimin, the second son of Emperor Taizong of Tang."

He appointed a crown prince, but favored Li Tai, which fueled Li Tai's ambition to compete with Gao Ming for the crown prince position. Eventually, Gao Ming was forced into a corner and had no choice but to rebel.

But he was no match for rebellion, and Li Er dealt with him in no time.

Ultimately, the crown prince was deposed, and Li Tai was demoted. Therefore, the emperors who followed had nothing to do with the two brothers.

"What? Rebellion? How dare Gao Ming? He... who ultimately got the crown prince position?"

Empress Zhangsun, disregarding her grief, continued to press for answers.

"In the end, it benefited Li Zhi. After Li Er's death, Li Zhi inherited the throne."

But speaking of Li Zhi, he was also... well, never mind, never said anything..."

"Hmm? Jiang Fan, tell your aunt, what happened to Zhi Nu? Did he do something foolish that you're hesitant to talk about in front of your aunt?"

Can you tell me?

Jiang Fan asked tentatively.

"We're all family now, what can't we talk about? Your aunt can handle it, go ahead and tell me."

"Well then, I'll tell you. Li Zhi... he married his stepmother and made her empress."

"boom--"

Empress Zhangsun instantly felt her head buzzing and her blood pressure rushing to her head.

"Zhi Nu... How could Zhi Nu do such a thing?"

"Marrying his stepmother as empress wasn't the most outrageous thing. The most outrageous thing was what happened after Li Zhi's death..."

His stepmother, the empress, directly seized the Li family's throne, ascended the throne herself, and became the only female emperor in history...

Empress Zhangsun finally lost her temper, her face turning dark with anger. If Emperor Gaozong (Li Zhi) had been present at that moment, he would have been severely beaten.

Marrying a stepmother is outrageous, but compared to being usurped by the empress, it's nothing.

Seeing her expression, Jiang Fan quickly stopped, not daring to continue, for fear of having to send her back to the hospital again.

So he comforted her, saying, "Auntie, don't worry. These are all things that haven't happened yet, and there's still room for things to be salvaged. Think about it, if Gaoming successfully ascends the throne, what chance will Li Zhi have?"

Without Li Zhi's involvement, how could he have married his stepmother? And if his stepmother couldn't become empress, how could she have seized the Li family's throne?

When it comes to comforting people, Jiang Fan is quite capable.

Empress Zhangsun, who was just furious and on the verge of exploding, suddenly brightened up after hearing these words.

Yes, since I already know the course of history, I could have intervened. Why didn't I think of that earlier? I'm so angry I'm confused.

After thinking it through, a smile returned to her face: "Thanks to you for telling me all this, I don't know how to thank you enough."

"Don't mention it, we're all family..."

Just then, Li Lizhi suddenly whispered to Empress Zhangsun, "Mother, I...I've started my period..."

"that?"

Empress Zhangsun was still reeling from the dramatic turn of events and didn't react immediately.

"My daughter has started her period..."

By the end, Li Lizhi's voice was so soft it was barely audible, like a mosquito's hum.

But the rhinoceros sitting next to him had very sharp ears, and upon hearing this,

She immediately looked at Li Lizhi with curiosity and asked loudly, "Sister, what are you talking about menstruation? Second sister, are you a... island?"

"I don't know!" Chengyang shook his head.

During the exchange between Xiao Sizi and Chengyang, Li Lizhi secretly glanced at Jiang Fan and immediately blushed with embarrassment, her pretty face turning bright red all the way down to her neck.

"Sizi, don't talk. Are you going to suffocate if you don't speak?"

"It wasn't me who said that, it was my sister who told me. She said you've started your period. What's a period? Let me see..."

Li Lizhi: "..." Si Zi, that's a good question. Let's break off our friendship from now on.

Hearing this, Jiang Fan, who was driving ahead, quickly found a place to park on the side of the road and pulled over, turning on his hazard lights.

He turned to Li Lizhi and teased her, "Isn't it perfectly normal for a girl to have her period? Why are you embarrassed to say it?"

"Sizi is young, it's normal for her to be curious, don't scold her for it. You guys wait in the car, I'll go buy you some sanitary napkins..."

"Sanitary napkins? What are those?"

Li Lizhi asked, blushing.

"It's something specifically for girls when they have their periods. I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Jiang Fan walked straight into a supermarket by the roadside.

When he returned, he was carrying a large bag, which was filled to the brim—day and night use products, all kinds of sizes were purchased.

After getting on the bus, he took out a pack of sanitary napkins and said to Li Lizhi, "This is a sanitary napkin. Open the package, take one out, and then..."

As he explained the usage in detail, Li Lizhi's face grew even hotter.

How could Jiang Fan say such private and embarrassing things so naturally?

Does Jiang Fan use this himself?

impossible!

Although the thought flashed through Li Lizhi's mind, she dared not ask it aloud, as it was too embarrassing.

"Go ahead, there's a public restroom over there!"