Chapter 316 Xuanwu Gate Story

"Does this require a reason?" Li Shimin smiled and said to Li Xiang, "I will send a letter today, asking the third son to return from his fiefdom and meet me at Cuiwei Palace."

While speaking, he gave Li Xiang a look that asked him to take his clothes.

"Yes, you are his father." Li Xiang said in a low voice.

Li Shimin didn't hear clearly, so he glanced at him and asked, "What did you say?"

"I think your opinion is brilliant, old man." Li Xiang bowed, but his words did not seem very sincere.

This time when he came to Cuiwei Palace, Li Xiang brought all four wives with him.

After all, we have to treat everyone equally. We can't take one and forget about the other. It would be bad to neglect anyone.

When Li Xiang was accompanying the emperor in Cuiwei Palace, his four wives and his aunt were playing mahjong together.

Since they were here to relax anyway, Li Xiang didn't stop them.

Pei Xueqing didn't like playing mahjong very much, so she sat aside and held Li Wushuang in her arms while reading, explaining to her Empress Changsun's "Rules for Women".

As for learning, we must start from childhood. If you don't understand "Nu Ze", how can you learn from the examples of Li Su and Li Lizhi, two Tang Dynasty princesses, in the future?

But Li Wushuang obviously didn't want to study very much. It should be said that all children are like this. Pei Xueqing was holding her and explaining "Rules for Women". Li Wushuang sat in her mother's arms absent-mindedly, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Seeing Li Xiang coming back, Li Wushuang cheered and jumped off Pei Xueqing's legs.

“Yeah yeah—”

"Doudou." Li Xiang took advantage of the situation and hugged Li Wushuang in his arms. He smiled and stretched out his hands to tease her little face: "What are you doing? Listening to your mother telling you a story?"

"Yeah, yeah." Li Wushuang laughed and rubbed his head against Li Xiang's neck.

She had secretly seen Pei Xueqing and Li Xiang use this trick. Ye Ye seemed to enjoy it very much, so she kept it in mind.

Li Xiang always feels a sense of accomplishment as an old father when it comes to his little daughter's coquettish behavior.

He rubbed Li Wushuang's head with a smile and whispered in her ear: "From the way you looked just now, you don't really want to study with your mother, do you?"

Li Wushuang nodded vigorously, his big eyes full of admiration.

Ah, yeah yeah actually knows what I’m thinking!
"How about Yeye take you out to play?" Li Xiang asked again in a low voice.

"Okay!" Li Wushuang cheered and turned around to see Pei Xueqing's expression, but found that A Niang was staring at her with a very serious look.

Li Wushuang, who was stared at by death, instantly triggered the blood suppression effect. She lowered her head and said, "From what my mother said, she definitely doesn't want me to go..."

"Look at Yeye." Li Xiang gave his daughter a reassuring look, then carried her to Pei Xueqing's side.

"Sister, I'll take Doudou out to play for a while. Grandpa misses her." Li Xiang said with a smirk.

Pei Xueqing nodded calmly and said, "Okay, but you have to wait until I teach her this part first."

"Hey, Doudou is so smart, he must have learned it all, don't you think, Doudou?"

As he spoke, Li Xiang lowered his head and kissed his daughter on the forehead.

I thought I would get a giggle from my daughter, but I never expected that the little girl in my arms became more and more listless.

"What's the matter?" Li Xiang asked jokingly, "Why are you unhappy when I tell you to take a test?"

"I think she didn't learn anything just now!" Pei Xueqing snorted and said to Li Xiang, "Put her down."

"Sister, look at this..." Li Xiang tried to make a final persuasion.

Pei Xueqing said nothing, but just looked up and looked at him calmly.

Just this gentle look, and the firm will implied in it, made Li Xiang feel guilty for no reason.

Li Xiang smiled awkwardly and put his daughter down to sit next to Pei Xueqing.

"Well, I remembered that I have something else to do. Grandfather said he wants to discuss something with Uncle San, so I have to go and take a look..." Li Xiang found an excuse and turned around and slipped out of the hall, ignoring his daughter's accusing look.

You have to run away. You can't mess with your wife who is disciplining her children. Even the gentlest woman will turn into the most terrifying tigress at this moment.

Of course, Li Xiang felt that he was not afraid. After all, he had to respect the fruits of his wife's labor.

In order to avoid certain situations, Li Xiang decided to stay out of the spotlight for the time being and wait until late at night when everyone was asleep before looking for Pei Xueqing to ask for an explanation.

She must know who is the king and who is the waiter! Li Xiang gnashed his teeth in his heart.

In fact, Pei Xueqing has already restrained herself very well, but it still depends on her to keep her emotions stable. Perhaps this is the quality of a lady from a noble family.

That night, Li Xiang protested against the setback he had encountered that day.

Those who understand the content of the resistance know it. In short, Pei Xueqing's voice became hoarse because the quarrel was too intense.

Li Xiang also has a bit of subjective intention...

The next day, Pei Xueqing twisted Li Xiang's arm angrily. Her voice was hoarse, so she naturally couldn't teach the child. She could only let her go and play with her irresponsible father.

Li Wushuang naturally didn't know why A Niang let her go so easily today. She just knew that she didn't have to study anymore today.

As for children, which child likes to study? Especially Li Wushuang, who is about four years old...

Their greatest hobby is to lift up the roof of the house instead of sitting still and reading and learning to read.

As long as you don't let them study, you can let them do anything.

When Li Xiang was taking care of the children, he was like returning to his childhood, or rather, experiencing his childhood again.

As the saying goes, a man stays young until he dies. Li Xiang took his daughter to catch ants, dig out bird nests, and climb trees. In short, all the small animals within a hundred miles would change color when they heard the sound of them.

It must be said that in this respect, the small animals are somewhat similar to the four barbarian countries.

That year, Li Wushuang stood on Mount Zhongnan with his hands in his pockets, not knowing who his opponent was.

What Li Xiang didn't expect was that his daughter had an extraordinary passion for nature. She always asked him questions and showed great interest.

Since his daughter was happy to listen, Li Xiang was naturally willing to talk. He started from the classification of various organisms, talked about the rising and setting of the sun, then to the four seasons on the earth, the major ocean currents, and finally taught about the movement of continental plates.

When Li Xiang came to his senses, the place was already full of people, from Lao Li and Li Chengqian to Li Mingda and others, all of them were sitting aside and listening to his lecture attentively.

It’s still a fucking nature class.

"Go on, why don't you tell me anymore?" Li Shimin felt that he had not said enough. The magical and beautiful nature was so interesting under Li Xiang's humorous and witty narration.

"Don't you see where the sun is now?" Li Xiang pointed helplessly at the setting sun in the distance and said, "Look at this red sun, it's almost setting below the horizon..." "So, is this the difference between day and night determined by the rotation of the earth?" Li Wushuang asked, looking up at her little face.

Li Xiang smiled and pinched her cheeks: "Yes, Doudou is really smart."

Li Wushuang smiled sweetly after receiving the praise from her father-in-law, and put her hands on her hips and nodded at her mother in a demonstrative manner.

Pei Xueqing sighed imperceptibly. She thought that this child didn't like studying, but she never expected that she didn't dislike studying, but didn't like the things she taught.

After the exercise that night, Pei Xueqing lay in Li Xiang's arms, sweating profusely, and said softly: "Xiang'er, since Doudou doesn't like to learn the things I teach, let her learn with you."

"Why do you think so?" Li Xiang reached out and stroked Pei Xueqing's neck, asking with a soft smile.

"Doudou is only three years old now. I teach her Rules for Women just to cultivate her interest in reading." Pei Xueqing panted slightly, calming her heartbeat that was a little too fast due to the intense exercise. "You once told me that interest is the best teacher. Now that Doudou likes the science you teach, let her learn it with you."

"Of course you can, but." Li Xiang said with a smile: "Does it have to be a reward?"

"What reward?" Pei Xueqing asked softly.

"Of course, I have to learn well from you before I can study science with me." Li Xiang kneaded Pei Xueqing's delicate shoulders and whispered in her ear, "You teach liberal arts, and I teach science. Doudou is so smart, she must not be biased towards one subject. She must study both liberal arts and science... No, she must focus on both liberal arts and science."

Li Xiang reacted quickly and changed his words to "study both arts and sciences".

This combination of words reminded him of an old online article before he traveled through time, something about practicing magic and martial arts together...

"Well, that's right." Pei Xueqing thought for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "But Doudou is only three years old. Isn't it too early for him to learn so many things now?"

"It's getting late. The science she's learning here is just her interest. And pursuing her interests is just killing time." Li Xiang said indifferently.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with what he said. After all, when he was in high school, his hobby was to read essays to pass the time.

Every time he bought "Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation", the first thing Li Xiang did was to find the five-three of the subject of Chinese and look for various reading comprehension exercises to read and appreciate, in order to pass the time.

On the one hand, it's to kill time, and on the other hand, it's because he really loves watching this.

"Well, I'll listen to you." Pei Xueqing said in a sweet voice and stretched out her arm to put on Li Xiang's body.

Li Xiang turned over and said with a smile: "It's still early, let's do the business first."

……

Li Wushuang's study problem was thus determined by a young couple of parents.

The famous philosopher Van der Ibiao once said, learn, learning has no end, it is too profound.

However, what surprised Li Xiang was that every time he taught Li Wushuang scientific knowledge, the whole family would always come over and listen to him talk about some scientific common sense.

Li Xiang's language is humorous and always fascinating. From the old man Li Shimin to the little boy Li Wushuang, everyone can be deeply attracted by the scientific world he describes.

After explaining the differences between spiders and insects, Li Shimin even had someone catch a spider, a scorpion, and several insects to compare them together.

After careful comparison and practice, Li Shimin said to Zhangsun Wuji: "Xiang'er must be gifted by heaven."

Hearing this comment, Changsun Wuji was filled with awe.

This is not a random statement. It was originally used by Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Liu, to describe Liu Bang, the Duke of Pei at that time.

The specific meaning is not that Pei Gong's knowledge was granted by God, but that Pei Gong was given to us by God (to assist him).

The meaning of putting it here is that the elephant is a gift from God to our Li family.

If there was not an ancestor named Li Tianxi in the Tang Dynasty, Changsun Wuji would have reason to suspect that Li Shimin wanted to change Li Xiang's name to Tianci.

Xi is a general gift.

While spending the summer in Cuiwei Palace, there was no government affairs to deal with.

With Fang Xuanling in charge of Chang'an City, Li Shimin was naturally very free, so he could often find time to either play football with Li Chengqian and his two brothers, or to bring his children to listen to Li Xiang's lectures.

You say he comes to class, but he always asks some strange questions, which makes Li Xiang helpless. But the other party is his grandfather, so he has to answer these questions.

Now Li Xiang is a little regretful. Why did you teach the class when you had nothing to do?

After staying in Cuiwei Palace for seven or eight days, Li Ke, who received the letter, rushed to Cuiwei Palace from his fiefdom.

When he came, Li Ke was still wondering what had happened and why they were so urgent that they summoned him from his fiefdom urgently at any time of the year.

He didn't think that it was Li Yan who caused the trouble. After all, he knew that Li Yan had gone out to sea. He didn't think that the news would be transmitted to the Tang Dynasty so quickly in the vast sea.

Even if it is at sea, we have to wait for a few years without any news before we can confirm it.

So Li Ke was not panicked. Apart from being a little out of breath due to being delayed on the road for a few days, everything was fine.

Of course, Li Ke wouldn't think too much about it, thinking that Aye was afraid that he would imitate the Xuanwu Gate story.

Even if they wanted to follow suit, it was unclear whether Xiaoxiang's group of die-hard fans could make it.

When Li Ke arrived at Cuiwei Palace, the first thing he did was to go to Cuiwei Hall for an audience.

Li Shimin was very happy to see Li Ke coming, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

After all, he is old now, and when people get old, they tend to miss their children.

Although Old Li cannot be considered an empty-nest elderly, Li Ke is, after all, a son who was evaluated in history as "a man of great talent similar to me", so Old Li still has some love for him.

"You must be tired after traveling for so many days, right?" Li Shimin said with a smile, "I thought you would have to wait until next month to reach Cuiwei Palace, but I didn't expect you to arrive here in just seven or eight days."

"My father has summoned me, how dare I delay?" Li Ke said hurriedly.

Li Shimin was greatly relieved to hear Li Ke's attitude.

What's the point of having a son? Isn't it to have him be filial and sensible?

In Lao Li's opinion, Li Ke took his words so seriously, which showed that this kid had me in his heart.

"Good, good!" Li Shimin said twice: "You are so filial, I am very pleased. I summoned you here today because I really have something to discuss with you."

"Father, just say whatever you want!" Li Ke immediately expressed his determination: "As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it; even if I can't do it, I will create the conditions to do it!"

Li Xiang nodded secretly behind him.

Uncle San’s awareness is amazing!

With that said, if you don’t make progress, who will?
(End of this chapter)