Chapter 73 Your Majesty, please call me the Crown Prince!

When Li Xiang returned to the Eastern Palace, Li Chengqian was still furious.

As he spoke, it seemed as if he wanted to eat Li Tai.

Seeing Li Xiang entering the Mingde Hall, Li Chengqian immediately stood up and started scolding him.

Li Xiang scratched his head, totally confused.

No, didn't you have a good chat with my second uncle yesterday? Why did you change today?
It was Hegan Chengji who stepped forward and explained the matter in detail.

After saying that, he took out the "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" from his arms.

Li Chengqian thought the book had been stolen, so he didn't ask. But when he saw the book, his eyelids jumped violently.

"I have fulfilled my mission and found this book for the prince..."

Li Xiang took the book, sighed, and threw it to the ground angrily.

"For this book, my father almost lost two of his best men!"

This is not Liu Bei's patent. After all, the Records of the Three Kingdoms does not record what Liu Bei said after Zhao Yun rescued A Dou in Dangyang, so... it can be regarded as Li Xiang's original creation.

Upon hearing this, Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng fell to their knees.

"Dalang!"

The two were so moved that they burst into tears. It seemed that if Li Xiang told them to jump off the top of the mountain, they would jump down without hesitation.

"Get up, Hegan guard." Li Xiang helped him up and promised, "I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter! The people of my East Palace cannot die in vain!"

Hegan Chengji nodded heavily.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone." Li Chengqian sighed, walked forward to pick up the book, carefully checked whether it was damaged, and then comforted Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng with kind words.

"Okay, come with me to the Lizheng Palace to see your grandfather!" Li Chengqian snorted coldly, "I must report Li Tai to you today!"

The father and son did not speak to each other along the way. In front of Qianhua Gate, Li Chengqian ordered people to put down the sedan chair.

The two of them entered Qianhua Gate together. As soon as they entered, Li Chengqian's angry expression turned cold.

"Xiang'er, your father is having a lot of trouble in the East Palace. I want you to investigate these three people and find out which bastard is the one who is betraying me!"

Li Xiang was not surprised. Although his father was hot-tempered, it didn't mean he was stupid.

"Aye, what do you mean?"

"Do you think your second uncle has the ability to mobilize archers to ambush on the road?"

Li Chengqian looked disdainful: "It would take three years for a scholar to rebel and he failed. His subordinates are a bunch of idiots who only know how to sing and dance. How can we expect them to take action?"

"The purpose of the person who ordered the killing of the East Palace guards was just to provoke a dispute between your father and your second uncle. Only when your second uncle and I fight, can they benefit from it."

"Yeah, that's great!" Li Xiang gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely.

"Am I just tall?" Li Chengqian snorted.

Li Xiang couldn't help but laugh, "I said you were fat and you're out of breath, right?"
"It's rare that Aye can still get along with Second Uncle..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Chengqian.

"I'm on good terms with him? Haha... Although I don't like your second uncle, I hate being treated like a fool even more!"

In the Lizheng Hall, Li Shimin was eating fruit. Seeing Li Chengqian and Li Xiang coming in together, Li Shimin smiled and greeted them, "It's Gao Ming and Xiang'er, come and have some fruit."

Li Chengqian did not respond, but took out the book "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases" from his sleeve and handed it to Li Shimin.

"This is..." Old Li didn't react at first, but soon realized what it was: "Is this the Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases?" Seeing Li Chengqian nod, Li Shimin excitedly called out: "Wang De, go and invite Master Sun to the palace! Tell him that the book has been found!"

Wang De did not dare to be negligent and was about to leave when he was stopped by Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian turned to Li Shimin with a serious expression.

"Father, don't rush to invite Master Sun. There is one more thing I need to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin sensed something was wrong.

He winked at Wang De, who immediately dismissed his attendants.

After everyone had left, Li Chengqian organized his words and said, "Someone pretended to be someone from the Prince of Wei's mansion and killed the guards of the Eastern Palace on the road."

"What did you say?" Li Shimin immediately sat up straight.

Since this concerns his two sons, how dare he neglect it?

What's more, in such a matter that involves violence, if you are not careful, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

Li Chengqian recounted in detail what had happened on the road.

"How dare you!" Li Shimin was furious. How could such a sinister villain be hiding in the city of Chang'an?

Then he looked at Li Chengqian again.

"Okay, okay, Gao Ming, you're very good."

Li Shimin looked pleased and said several good words in succession.

The shadow of Xuanwu Gate has always been a dark cloud hanging over his head. In fact, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng had a good relationship back then, and to be honest, he didn't want to go that far.

If he hadn't comforted himself over the years by saying "kill that bastard Li Yuanji on the way", Old Li would have collapsed long ago.

Killing his beloved elder brother was truly painful - but when he thought about killing that bastard Li Yuanji as well, the mental exhaustion was instantly healed.

But no matter what, Li Shimin did not want his descendants to repeat his mistakes.

"But, it was Xiang'er who taught you, right?" Li Shimin looked at Li Xiang with a smile.

Li Chengqian felt hot on his forehead when he heard this.

"What kind of person does Father think I am? How could I not see through such a simple plot to sow discord? No wonder Xiang'er always tells me that a father doesn't know his son!"

Hearing this, Li Xiang slapped himself in the face.

Holy shit, when did I ever say that?

You're just going to betray your own son, right?
Li Shimin was also amused by Li Xiang, and thinking of Li Chengqian's recent good performance, he followed his lead and said, "What do you think we should do?"

Li Chengqian suddenly became arrogant, and after controlling his emotions, he hummed and said, "Your Majesty, please call me the Crown Prince~"

Li Shimin was in a good mood because his son, who was highly expected, had climbed up from the bottom of the valley. He smiled and said, "Okay, okay, then what do you think, Prince?"

"I think we should take advantage of the situation." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"Take advantage of the enemy's tactics?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.

Li Chengqian snorted and said, "Let them think that I have been tricked into giving way to others, and come to Lizheng Palace to complain harshly to you about Qingque..."

At last, Li Chengqian added: "Of course, this still requires your cooperation, Father. You must act as if you believe what I say and severely punish Qingque!"

Li Xiang immediately realized that his father was really a cunning old man who wanted to make things difficult for his second brother.

Of course Li Chengqian was planning something bad. In his opinion, even if it wasn't done by you, Li Qingque, it was done under your name after all, right?
As the eldest brother, I must use this as an excuse to give you a good beating!
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