jdhmnovel Chapter 1044: His Royal Highness Prince Jin’s Talent
Chapter 1044: His Royal Highness Prince Jin’s Talent
A moment later, in the lobby of the palace.
When Li Huairen forced the dazed Qingque to drink three glasses of iced wine at the banquet, he fell headfirst into his seat.
Not far from his seat, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin was pestering His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, who had just changed his clothes during the banquet, and demanded that he be taken with him on this expedition: "Second brother, I want to fight with you too! I can be your messenger!"
"Be my cook!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu grabbed his brother's collar and pulled him aside. Then he raised his wine glass and said to Li Ke who was sitting on the other side of him: "Xiao Ke, you have worked hard during the time when my second brother was away in Chang'an..."
"Second brother..." Li Ke blinked when he heard that. He felt that his second brother's words "hard work" really moved him more than anything else: "I'm not good at talking, everything is in the wine." After that, he picked up the wine glass, tilted his head back, and drank the wine in the glass.
"This wine is very strong, you can't drink it like this!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu could only shake his head helplessly when he saw this: "Stinky boy... is it necessary to praise you a few words?"
"Second brother, since you left Chang'an, I have finally understood that people in and outside the palace, in the government and the country, either treat us princes and princesses as fools and try to use us, or simply keep a distance from us..." Li Ke felt bitter. On weekdays, his eldest brother was in charge of the East Palace, so it was not convenient for him to take action on these trivial matters. On the other hand, due to his status, he could not directly conflict with others, so...
“Second brother, please pay attention to me…” Although Zhinu is older now, he is still the same as when he was little in front of his second brother Li Kuan. No matter how much the other party dislikes him, he still clings to him: “I want to eat beef!”
"Here, here, here, give it to him!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had no way of refusing his brother's request for meat. After he handed a roasted beef rib to Zhinu, he waved to Fang Yiai who was not far away, motioning him to come over.
"Brother Kuan, what's the matter?" Fang Yiai heard the boss calling him, and without saying a word, he shook off Xu Jingzong who was about to continue drinking with him and came to Li Kuan.
"Keep an eye on this brat and don't let him eat too much. Give him only one more rib of beef at most." After the King of Chu said this, he looked at his brother with tears in his eyes and said, "Xiao Ke, is someone bullying you?"
"No." Li Ke shook his head. His face was flushed because of drinking. "I just feel that those people are brave. Second brother, do you know that the reason why my eldest brother and I are in a hurry to send Princess Gao Yang to Qiongzhou is because I received news that some time ago, noble ladies from the five surnames and seven families invited Princess Gao Yang to visit Huichang Temple. As a result, they met a monk with an extremely outstanding appearance, named Bian Ji..."
"What?!" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu widened his eyes upon hearing this. He then turned his head subconsciously and found that Fang Yiai's face was also full of disbelief. But then, this disbelief turned into rage: "Brother Kuan, lend me some manpower..."
"There's no rush for this." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head. A chilling killing intent emanated from him: "Brother Ke, which family is this noble lady from?"
"..." Li Ke was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then continued: "Chang Sun Chong's wife, Li Qingqing from the Zhaojun Li family."
"Oh," His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded, and then asked, "What does Gao Yang think of the monk Bian Ji?"
"I just looked at her for a while longer and was impressed by her good looks." Li Ke felt that it was a bit embarrassing to talk about this in front of Fang Yiai: "However, when Li Qingqing invited Gao Yang for the second time, she refused. Later, my brother learned about this from Gao Yang, so he sent someone to tell Chang Sun Chong about it, and then Li Qingqing became honest."
"They are planning to overthrow Prime Minister Fang by plotting against Gao Yang and Yiai." His Royal Highness the King of Chu sighed upon hearing this, and then looked at Fang Yiai who was sitting next to him: "Yiai, what do you want to do?"
"Your Highness the King of Shu, does Changsun Chong know about this matter?" After getting the support of Li Kuan, Fang Yiai calmed down.
"I don't know." Li Ke felt that he could only answer the question truthfully: "After all, this kind of thing is difficult to verify."
"For the sake of our past brotherly love, I will assume that he didn't know about this beforehand." Fang Yiai was undoubtedly in pain at this time: "But why didn't he write to me to explain this matter afterwards?"
"Yi Ai, what can he write in the letter?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu sighed when he heard this, and then reached out and pressed the other's shoulder: "I'm actually too lazy to delve into the matter of Chang Sun Chong, but I plan to give you a chance, a chance to redeem yourself."
"Brother Kuan?" Fang Yiai raised his head abruptly upon hearing this, staring at Li Kuan: "I will definitely not let you down!"
“Don’t be so excited.” Seeing the other party so excited, His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn’t help but laugh and said, “The reason why Zhangsun Wuji dared to plot against Fang Xiang unscrupulously is, first, because Fang Xiang blocked his way, second, because he felt that he had the Five Surnames and Seven Families standing behind him, and third, he was bullying your Fang family because they didn’t have any military commanders!
But that was in the past. From now on, your Fang family should produce a fierce and unstoppable general who can sweep the world!
The end of the year is approaching, let's arrange your marriage with Gao Yang first.
After that, in the early spring of next year, I will give you a thousand Mo Dao troops and let you lead the army north to Chang'an. You will go to see General Li Jing on my behalf and ask him if he intends to destroy Tuyuhun. You and the thousand Mo Dao troops will be his pioneers!"
"Brother Kuan, are you going to attack Tuyuhun?" Fang Yiai obviously didn't realize at this moment that because of his brother, Li Kuan overturned his previous strategic layout in almost the blink of an eye, reopened his thinking, and began his last large-scale expedition against the surrounding ethnic groups during the Zhenguan period.
"Tuoba is just an appetizer." His Royal Highness the King of Chu narrowed his eyes when he heard this. Then he saw that a certain bastard who had finished two beef ribs during their conversation was quietly reaching out to grab the third beef rib on the table. The King of Chu finally couldn't help it.
"Child, you are in Chang'an, does your mother need you to eat and wear?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu hugged his weak, pitiful and greedy brother in his arms, and then took the handkerchief handed over by Li Ke and wiped his brother's mouth and greasy palms: "Second brother is not stopping you from eating, but I am afraid that you will get an upset stomach. Chang'an to Qiongzhou is a long journey. If you are not used to the climate, you will suffer!"
"Second brother, you are just saying one thing and thinking another! You clearly love me very much!" The Prince of Jin was a smart kid. He knew that his brothers were talking about something very important, but even so, his second brother still paid some attention to him, which made him very happy. So he thought about it and said, "Second brother, is Uncle Wuji very bad?"
"Bad." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said unhappily, "Why, are you planning to let your second brother be patient, and when you grow up, you will exile him to Lingnan?"
"That's not what I meant." His Royal Highness Prince Jin shook his head and then said, "Second brother, why do you always tolerate Uncle Wuji for the sake of our mother?
If, I mean if.
——Hehe...Second brother, if I were you, and Uncle Wuji dared to take advantage of the fact that you love mother and won't do anything to him, and cause trouble for you again and again, then why don't you go and complain to mother directly?
In this world, there has never been a mother who only protects her brother and doesn't care about her son's feelings, right?
Second brother, my good second brother, you are already an invincible hero in the world, you can't keep enduring this humiliation.
If you ask me, I will tell my mother that you are wrong but she won’t stand up for you.
Then you can completely regard this as an ultimatum to Uncle Wuji!
Moreover, you have already made it clear to your mother and said the ugly words in advance.
No matter how you look at it, at least you will have a legitimate reason to do so in the future, which is better than being unable to use your power now, right?
Second brother, you…" When His Royal Highness Prince Jin said this, he saw that his second brother was dumbfounded, so he imitated his brother's previous helpless look and sighed: "You are just too kind, just like Sizi, you care too much about the feelings of those close to you. Unlike me, except for my second brother and Sizi, whoever bullies me, I will pay it back in the future!
Sigh... Speaking of which, our family still has to rely on me in the future..."