Chapter 503: King Qi, can't you learn from the prince?
The atmosphere in Chengxiang Hall, which had always been filled with singing and dancing, seemed a bit solemn at this time.
His Majesty Li Yuan was sitting behind his desk with a serious face. On the desks on the left and right sides were also sitting the King of Qin Li Shimin and the Third Lady Li Xiuning. The Prince Li Jiancheng and the King of Qi Li Yuanji were kneeling opposite Li Yuan with a look on their faces.
Regret expression.
"snort!"
Li Yuan snorted, his eyes fell on Li Yuanji who was kneeling on the ground, and he said lightly.
"Sanlang, I heard that you not only openly claimed in the palace that I was unfair to you, but also drunkenly whipped your slaves every day to vent your dissatisfaction with me. Is this true?"
"that……"
After hearing His Majesty Li Yuan's words, a look of fear immediately appeared on Li Yuanji's face.
Although he did do things like whipping slaves after drinking, he really didn't do it for his father, or even for the hateful Erlang. Now he did it more for his eldest brother.
of.
After all, if it weren't for his eldest brother, Mr. Yufeng, the mountain god, would still be in his mansion now...
Mr. Yufeng's departure directly caused his "combat quality" to plummet at night, and he was no longer as vigorous and vigorous as before.
If your desires are not vented smoothly, you can only rely on other means to make up for it, such as whips or something.
The conscience of heaven and earth, he really didn’t draw it for himself, Aye!
"No, no, no..."
Li Yuanji kowtowed to the ground desperately and answered hastily.
"The child's admiration for Aye is obvious, so why would he use whipping to vent his dissatisfaction on his slave?"
"oh!"
Li Yuan didn't believe a word of what he, Sanlang, said. He said lightly and continued.
"Then tell me, why did you whip my slave? Since you didn't do it for me, then who did you do it for?"
Hearing Li Yuan's question, Li Yuanji was stunned again. He couldn't say that because someone was poached by his elder brother, the quality of his life at night had declined, so he should blame his slaves.
"this……"
"Aye Rongzhen,"
Li Jiancheng, who was kneeling on the side, guessed to some extent, but in order to prevent his idiot brother from telling his Aye about Mr. Yufeng, the mountain god who could use magic to improve the quality of life at night, he immediately kowtowed on the ground.
He took the initiative to explain for Li Yuanji.
"Sanlang has been arrogant since he was a child. As a result, he narrowly escaped death with the child last time. He wanted to take revenge but had no way to take revenge, so he turned his anger on the maidservant. The child thought that he would not do anything to Aye.
It’s disrespectful.”
"Yeah?"
Li Yuan sneered and looked at Li Yuanji.
"Sanlang, what Dalang said is the truth?"
Although Li Yuanji felt like crying in his heart, but since the truth could not be told, he could not think of a more suitable reason for a while, so he could only knock his head on the ground and replied through gritted teeth.
"Yes, that's it!"
"hehe……"
Li Yuan sneered at first, and then the next moment he suddenly picked up a writing brush placed on the desk and threw it towards Li Yuanji without any warning, hitting the other person's head with a snap.
"You bastard, you are actually able to follow the magician and blaspheme the female fairy. The female fairy did not kill you on the spot, but spared your life. You are already merciful. You don't even want to be grateful, but you are angry.
On other women. Look at your eldest brother, why didn’t he get angry at other women... Really, how could I raise a stupid son like you!"
As he spoke, Li Yuan pointed with his hand at Sanniang, who was eating melon silently next to her.
"Besides, your third sister is also a woman. Are you going to vent your anger on her too?"
Li Xiuning raised his head and blinked his big eyes.
What's happening here?
Didn't we agree that we were just here to have a family dinner to relax the relationship between father and son? Why did the topic actually come to her...
But now that it was involved on her, she couldn't continue to remain silent. So Li Xiuning stood up, bowed gracefully to Li Yuan, and said softly.
"Aye, I think Sanlang is just dizzy for a moment. If you teach him a lesson properly, Aye, he will definitely change his ways. There is no need to get so angry and damage your body, Aye."
"Hmph! Look at the Third Lady, and then look at yourself..."
After hearing Li Xiuning's words, Li Yuan snorted again, but his tone when speaking to Li Yuanji became much gentler.
"If you were a girl and Sanniangzi was a boy when you were born, how much less worry would I have to worry about now! In the next three months, Sanlang, you will follow your elder brother's example and stay in the house to think about your mistakes.
Study hard, and if you let me know about you whipping slaves and things like that again, you will do a lot of good things!"
"Yes Yes!"
While Li Yuanji agreed, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
"My child obeys!"
Then, Li Yuan ignored Li Yuanji and focused his gaze on Li Jiancheng, who was also kneeling on the ground.
"The prince has been doing well during this period. He studies behind closed doors in the palace every day. I heard that you have almost read the "Selected Works"?"
"yes!"
Li Jiancheng bowed down, kowtowed on the ground, and replied respectfully.
"Actually, the children are mainly reading "Spring and Autumn", "Zuo Zhuan", etc. Things like "Selected Works" and Bayeux are just for entertainment when the children are tired of reading."
"Well! The prince did well!"
After hearing what Li Jiancheng said, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction and continued.
"My children don't have to be as knowledgeable as those rotten scholars. It's good to read "Selected Works of Literature", but..."
A look of disgust flashed across Li Yuan's face.
"You don't need to read those monks' scriptures, Beiye. It doesn't matter that the common people in Guizhou believe in those things. But for a person like you, the prince, you can't trust this. Otherwise, you will inevitably make the same mistake as Xiao Yan, the former Liang Dynasty, in the future."
Li Jiancheng lowered his head, a flash of disapproval flashed in his eyes, but he still answered respectfully.
"Yes, I won't watch my child anymore!"
"Um!"
Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, then waved to Li Jiancheng and pointed to the side affectionately.
"Prince, please get up and sit down. You have been studying behind closed doors for a long time. From tomorrow onwards, you will still go to court. This can be considered as applying what you have learned."
After hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Jiancheng was overjoyed and kowtowed vigorously on the ground.
"Thank you Aye!"
Seeing Li Yuan's obvious differential treatment of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, who had been sitting aside silently, lowered his head slightly to cover up the dissatisfied look flashing in his eyes, while Li Yuanji, who was also kneeling on the ground,
On the ground, he gritted his teeth and looked at the ground of Chengxiang Hall, with hatred and anger almost bursting out of his eyes.
Aye's partiality is simply too much!
At this time, I suddenly heard the voice of a chamberlain coming from the corridor of Chengxiang Hall.
"Your Majesty, please see Mr. Pei Ji!"
"Shouldn't Pei Qing pay condolences at Pei Ju's house today?"
Hearing Pei Ji's name, Li Yuan immediately raised his head in surprise.
"Why did he come to me? Please come in quickly..."
"Aye!"
At this time, Li Jiancheng, who had just sat down in his seat, said softly.
"Since Mr. Pei is here, isn't it a little inappropriate to have Sanlang kneel here?"
"snort!"
The mention of Li Yuanji immediately made Li Yuan snort in displeasure, but he still waved his hand and said to Li Yuanji.
"That's right, family scandals should not be made public. Saburo, please get up and sit down too!"
boom!
Li Yuanji knocked his head to the ground.
"Thank you Aye!"
Just when Li Yuanji sat down in his seat, Mr. Pei Ji had already walked in quickly from outside with a battle report.
When he saw Pei Ji, His Majesty Li Yuan's face instantly showed a friendly and natural smile, and he waved to Pei Ji gently.
"Pei Qing, come and sit!"
Seeing Li Yuan's sudden change of expression, his children present felt speechless.
Are they wrong? Why do they feel that the relationship between Mr. Pei and Aye is closer than that of his biological children?
"I have seen the saint..."
Although Li Yuan's expression was very affectionate, Pei Ji still danced in the dust and saluted Li Yuan first, and then greeted the princes, King Qin, Princess Pingyang, King Qi, and then the one next to Li Yuan.
He sat down in his own special seat.
"Pei Qing, shouldn't you be at Pei Ju's house to express your condolences today..."
Li Yuan asked curiously.
"Why did you suddenly enter the palace?"
"I am indeed at Pei Ju's house, but because there is an urgent battle report coming from the Jianghuai area, I dare not neglect it."
With that said, Pei Ji raised both hands and handed the battle report to Li Yuan.
"I came here specifically to announce the good news to the saint!"
"Announcement?"
Li Yuan took the battle report from Pei Ji's hand, took a quick look at it, and was immediately overjoyed.
"Danyang has been broken, and Fugong'er was captured by Li Yaoshi in Wukang. Now Xiaogong asks me for instructions on how to deal with Fugong'er... Hahaha! Xiaogong and his friends did a good job and lived up to my heart."
After hearing what Li Yuan said, the prince, King Qin, King Qi and Princess Pingyang also put on happy smiles on their faces and raised their hands to salute Li Yuan.
"Congratulations to Aye for bringing peace to the world and unifying the whole country!"
"Hahaha……"
Li Yuan touched his beard with his hand, lifted his beard and laughed.
"This is just expected, you don't have to be like this...hahahaha!"
Just when His Majesty Li Yuan was laughing heartily, there was suddenly a burst of chaotic footsteps from the corridor of Chengxiang Hall, and then a chamberlain was heard speaking cautiously outside the door.
"Reporting to the saint, Taishi Ling, Master Qingxia and Master Qingwei are waiting outside to see you!"
"Hey! What's going on today? Pei Qing first..."
After hearing what the chamberlain said, Li Yuan looked a little stunned for a moment.
"How come now even Qingxiazi, a person who I usually can't invite into the palace, suddenly comes? Please come quickly..."
A few minutes later, a thin, withered, but energetic old Taoist priest walked in from outside Chengxiang Hall with a British Taoist priest who was dressed in white and looked as handsome as an immortal.
The white-clothed Taoist priest's eyes passed over the people present, and paused slightly on the third wife, Li Xiuning. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a gentle smile. Then he followed the old Taoist priest and bowed his head to Li Yuan.
salute.
"I've seen the saint!"
"No gift for the old god!"
Facing Qingxiazi's salute, Li Yuan did not dare to neglect, quickly stood up, and stretched out his hand to support her.
"The old god came to see me in the palace today. Is there anything important you want to do?"
"good!"
Qingxiazi nodded slightly towards Li Yuan with a serious expression.
"I'm here, I do have something important to do..."
Then, he looked around for a week, scanning the bodies of the servants in Chengxiang Hall.
"But it's a very important matter, so I ask the saint to step aside."
Chapter 503: King Qi, can’t you learn from the prince?