Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

Lizheng Hall.

Empress Zhangsun sat on the phoenix couch, her Buddhist prayer beads spinning rapidly in her hand.

Fu Gui stood to the side with his head down, too intimidated by Empress Zhangsun's expression to utter a sound.

"Go on."

Fu Gui continued cautiously:

"The Yue King's Mansion is now so crowded that it's impossible to even get through the gate. Various powerful families and officials from Chang'an are sending visiting cards and gifts to the Yue King's Mansion."

The carriages lined up for two miles along Zhuque Avenue. His Highness the Prince of Yue was hosting a banquet at his residence.

Snapped!

The Buddhist prayer beads in Empress Zhangsun's hand broke, and the beads scattered all over the ground.

Fu Gui was so frightened that he immediately shut his mouth.

Empress Zhangsun's eyes were already burning red with rage.

Erlang's imperial decree today is not out of any concern for Qingque.

This is to use the bluebird to counterbalance one's own superiority.

Isn't this the same old tactic Li Yuan used to use Erlang Shen to check and balance Li Jiancheng?

How long has the bloodshed in front of Xuanwu Gate lasted?

Now she's actually going to repeat the same thing on her own son?

"They're both my children, how could he be so heartless?"

Empress Zhangsun muttered bitterly.

"Wealth and prosperity."

"This servant is here."

"Take men to the Yue King's residence and summon Qingque to me."

Fu Gui hesitated for a moment:

"Your Highness, it's the middle of the night and His Highness the Prince of Yue is hosting a banquet for guests. If we forcibly call him away, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? If he dares not to come, you can have someone tie him up and bring him to the palace."

Anyone who dares to stop me will have their legs broken.

Fu Gui hurriedly ran out.

The Yue King's Palace at this time.

Li Tai was holding a wine glass, listening to the officials around him praising him.

My whole body floated up to the clouds.

At this moment, all fear of Li Chengqian had been completely forgotten.

"His Highness Prince Wei is a man of exceptional talent. Once this literary academy opens, talented scholars from all over the world will surely flock to it in response."

"You're too kind, Vice Minister Li. I'll need your continued support in the future."

Just as Li Tai was feeling smug, Fu Gui led a troop of imperial guards in.

"Your Highness, the Empress has decreed that you are summoned to the palace immediately."

Fu Gui looked at Li Tai with a stern face and said.

Li Tai was taken aback for a moment, then felt a surge of joy.

The Empress Dowager summoned me to the palace so late at night; she must have heard about the Emperor's reward to me.

This is a way of praising oneself separately.

"Please have a seat, everyone. I will be right back."

Li Tai followed Fu Gui outside.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the Lizheng Hall.

Li Tai smiled and bowed, saying:

"Your subject greets Your Majesty."

Empress Zhangsun did not tell him to get up, but simply asked indifferently:

"I heard your house was quite lively today?"

Li Tai, oblivious to the awkward atmosphere, replied cheerfully:

"Reporting to Mother Empress, Father Emperor has granted me a fief of ten thousand households and has also permitted me to open a literary academy."

Officials have all come to offer their congratulations, and I am currently discussing with them the matter of recruiting renowned scholars.

Empress Zhangsun picked up her teacup and skimmed off the foam:

"What do you think of your father suddenly bestowing such a great favor upon you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Tai thought it was time to show his loyalty.

"Mother, I think Father is disappointed in my elder brother."

Li Tai became more and more excited as he spoke.

"My elder brother has been busy with business and raising a private army lately, making a mess of the court."

Father Emperor must think that my elder brother is not up to the task, which is why he has given me an important position, hoping that I can share his burdens.

"Oh? To share your older brother's burdens? How exactly?"

Completely oblivious to the approaching death, Li Tai arrogantly declared:

"What my elder brother can do, I can do too."

If my elder brother can't do it well, I can do it better.

With the support of powerful families, my literary academy will be no less successful than my elder brother's business.

Once I have achieved something, Father will naturally know who is the most suitable person for the Tang Dynasty...

"You bastard!"

Empress Changsun stood up, grabbed a sandalwood ruler from the table, rushed to Li Tai, and slapped it hard on his shoulder.

"Ouch."

Li Tai was beaten so badly that he fell to the ground.

Before he could react, the ruler began to fall like raindrops.

"To share your elder brother's burdens? I think you want to take your elder brother's place as the Crown Prince."

Empress Zhangsun beat and cursed at the same time, completely losing her usual dignified demeanor as an empress.

"Mother! Why did you hit me?"

Li Tai stood up and began to hide in the hall.

Empress Zhangsun chased after her, panting heavily.

"I'll beat you to death, you stupid fool who doesn't know what's good for him."

Why do you think these powerful families are sending you gifts? They're using you as a pawn, trying to use you against your elder brother.

Snapped!

Another ruler struck Li Tai on the back.

"Your father put you on the fire to roast, and you actually think you're made of gold?"

What makes you think you can fight your elder brother? Your elder brother dared to take a knife and fight your father to the death in Ganlu Palace for your sister Chang Le.

And you? A noble family gives you a few pieces of broken coral, and you've forgotten even your own surname?

Li Tai cried out as he was being beaten:

"Mother, please stop hitting me! I was wrong! I was really wrong."

Empress Zhangsun threw away the ruler that had broken in two, pointed it at Li Tai's nose, and shouted angrily:

"Qingque, listen to me carefully."

You can be a carefree prince, spending your days composing poems and painting.

You can also become your elder brother's right-hand man and contribute to the Tang Dynasty.

But if you dare to even have the slightest thought about the position of Crown Prince...

Empress Zhangsun paused for a moment, then continued in a chilling tone:

"Your older brother doesn't need to lift a finger, I'll strangle you myself. That way I won't have to watch you brothers kill each other and suffer the pain of it all."

Li Tai lay on the ground, trembling with fear.

He had never seen his mother so angry.

"Your subject dares not... Your subject would never dare to have any improper thoughts."

Li Tai kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.

"Go back to your palace. Throw those people out of here."

Starting tomorrow, I will be confined to my home for half a month and will be required to copy the Classic of Filial Piety one hundred times!

Empress Zhangsun turned her back to him and refused to look at him again.

Li Tai quickly withdrew from the Lizheng Hall.

A cold wind blew through Chang'an city late at night.

Li Tai rubbed his swollen and aching back and limped out of the palace gate.

He feels both wronged and scared.

His mother's plan completely extinguished the little flame in his heart.

A struggle for the throne? What a load of rubbish.

Even your own mother wants to strangle you, how can you play like this?

Just as I reached the carriage parked outside the palace gate, a figure suddenly darted out from behind the stone lion.

Li Tai was startled. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was a steward from the Cui family of Qinghe.

The manager smiled and came closer:

"Your Highness, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

My patriarch said that the red coral was just a small gift.

"As long as Your Highness is willing to cooperate with the aristocratic families, the Cui family is willing to invest one million strings of cash to help Your Highness make the Literary Academy the best in the world..."

Li Tai now gets chills just hearing the words "aristocratic family" and was about to tell the person to leave.

A sudden change occurred.

In the darkness, a dark figure darted out like a ghost along the palace wall.

A flash of cold light.

The steward of the Cui family abruptly stopped speaking.

His eyes widened instantly, and he clutched his neck tightly with both hands.

Immediately afterwards, a line of blood burst from between his fingers.

puff!

Blood splattered directly onto Li Tai's face.

With a thud.

The steward's body fell straight down at Li Tai's feet.

The dark figure struck successfully, then lightly touched the top of the wall with its toes and instantly disappeared into the deep night.

Li Tai raised his hand, trembling, and wiped the blood from his face.

"what!"

A piercing scream tore through the night sky.

Li Tai's legs went weak, and he collapsed into a pool of blood.

Only one thought remained in his mind.

Big brother... this is a warning from the eldest brother!