Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"Ayawn!"

Li Chengqian, who was reviewing documents, suddenly sneezed, startling several eunuchs, including Wang Degao and Hai, who immediately changed their expressions.

"Your Highness, are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Wang De dared not delay and hurriedly shouted to the eunuch at the palace gate.

"Go, quickly go and fetch Physician Sun!"

Li Chengqian was speechless: "I just had an itchy nose and sneezed. What's the big deal!"

Gao Hai, standing to the side, looked nervous and quickly lowered his head and bowed.

"Your Highness, you are the Crown Prince, and it is already autumn. If you catch a cold, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Let Imperial Physician Sun take a look. It's better to make a big deal out of this than to ignore it..."

The third chief eunuch, Sun Yi, had already personally run out of Xiande Hall to go to the Imperial University Medical School to summon someone.

Their duty is to take good care of His Highness the Crown Prince's daily life.

If the Crown Prince had not fallen ill because of the war with the enemy country, nor because of his inspection of the people's lives, but instead fell ill because of their poor care in Xiande Hall.

There's no need to wait for His Majesty and the Empress to ask for their heads.

The people of Bingzhou, who have finally managed to live a good life, could be torn to pieces.

Li Chengqian remained silent, but simply waved his hand.

His gaze returned to Wang Yuyan, the beautiful secretary who walked in from the side hall.

"Yu Yan, have someone send this document to the Commerce Department and give it to Xiao Rui. Tell him to get things ready as soon as possible. The Reunion Festival is approaching, and all officials and clerks in various prefectures and counties, as well as local doctors and school teachers who have passed the examinations, must receive their full amounts of festive gifts..."

Wang Yuyan nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Your Highness, I will take care of it right away... Your Highness should take care of yourself. The Reunion Festival is just around the corner, why not rest for a few days?"

Li Chengqian shook his head.

"Alright, alright, those two old geezers, Wang De and Gao Hai, are making such a fuss, and you're jumping on the bandwagon too. I'm perfectly healthy. Who knows, maybe it's that shameless bastard plotting against me behind my back..."

Wang Yuyan lowered her head sadly, bowed, and left.

Wang De and Gao Hai exchanged a glance, both sighing inwardly.

His Highness is clearly a refined and exceptionally talented nobleman, so why does he seem to have no worldly desires whatsoever...?

"Wang De, has there been any news from Chang'an? I will not be able to return to Chang'an for the Reunion Festival this year. My mother will surely be heartbroken. Alas... Qingque is currently busy with land reform and commercial tax reform in Luoyang, and my third brother is far away in Dengzhou."

"It's me, the Crown Prince, who has torn this whole family apart..."

Li Chengqian sighed.

"Hehe, there's been no news from Her Majesty the Empress yet. However, I imagine Her Majesty understands what Your Highness has done here. For the sake of all the people, so that families can be reunited, Your Highness has acted with great benevolence and righteousness."

Wang De tried to comfort him, but Li Chengqian gently shook his head.

"It's far from it. All the current conditions are still far from the glorious Tang Dynasty in my heart."

Is Your Highness still not satisfied with the current situation in Bingzhou?

If all the provinces of the Tang Dynasty were as prosperous and wealthy as Bingzhou Province, how could the Tang Dynasty not be called a golden age?

Li Chengqian, who was reviewing documents, suddenly paused.

"I forgot to tell Li Xuanyun to distribute some things, such as cloth and grain, to the Tuyuhun people in the concession areas of Qinghai City and Chishui City. If our Great Tang wants to occupy that land for a long time, winning hearts and minds is the best strategy."

"Yes, Your Highness, this servant will take care of it immediately..."

"If Li Xuanyun's side doesn't have enough supplies, borrow some from Liangzhou and Lingzhou first, and then I'll have them returned later."

"Yes!"

Wang De left quickly, and a short while later, Sun Yi arrived with several medical instructors and doctors from the Imperial Medical Academy.

"Brother, Sun Yi said you've caught a cold?"

Amidst the crisp sound, Princess Chang Le, dressed in a slightly miniature white coat and carrying a small medicine box, hurried in.

Upon seeing Li Chengqian, he quickly ran over.

"Alright, Chang Le, don't be so nervous. I'm fine. It's just that those two old geezers, Wang De and Gao Hai, are making a mountain out of a molehill..."

As Li Chengqian spoke, Chang Le's brows furrowed slightly.

"Many people have caught a cold recently, Your Majesty, please don't take it lightly. Come, stick out your tongue, is your throat sore?"

Sun Simiao, and Yuan Tiangang and others behind him, had many taboos when treating the Crown Prince, the heir apparent.

However, Li Lizhi, as Li Chengqian's younger sister born of the same mother, had no such concerns.

He went straight to Li Chengqian, put on a serious expression, and began his expert examination.

He pried open her eyelids, looked at her throat, and then touched her forehead...

After a while, she even started taking Li Chengqian's pulse with great skill.

"Chang Le, you can take a pulse now?"

"Shh, Your Majesty, don't speak yet..." Li Lizhi said earnestly, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing deeper and deeper as time passed.

Li Chengqian was speechless. Why was this little girl trying to learn the old Chinese medicine doctor's way of managing her expressions?

She glanced at Sun Simiao, who was clearly embarrassed, and then at Li Lizhi, who was pretending to be serious but was obviously thinking about the contents of the medical manual.

They didn't interrupt the other party.

"Brother, you seem to be fine..." Chang Le said, becoming somewhat insecure.

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and withdrew his hand.

"It's alright, at least you haven't mentioned the irregularities of the Lonely Moon."

In the side hall, upon hearing Li Chengqian's teasing remark, the female secretaries who had been peeking out with concern blushed and inwardly scolded him.

Sun Simiao took over the responsibility of examining Li Chengqian's pulse again, having already taken over as his disciple, the princess.

He rose and bowed shortly afterward.

"Your Highness has a strong and steady breath, and there is no illness in your body."

In fact, given Li Chengqian's appearance, Sun Simiao could tell at a glance that he had no illness whatsoever. This was merely a formality to put everyone at ease.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, aren't my medical skills amazing? I told you you were fine!" Li Lizhi proudly raised her head. With her white coat, if she had a stethoscope around her neck, she would have looked even more professional.

"Hehe, good, as expected of my sister. My sister is a genius who can save lives. If I ever fall ill in the future, I will have to rely on our little miracle doctor, Chang Le."

Li Chengqian smiled and politely cupped his hands in a show of courtesy.

however.

Upon hearing this, Li Lizhi's previously arrogant expression instantly changed.

"Pah, pah, pah! What illness? Your Majesty will surely live to be a hundred years old and free from all diseases. Quick, Your Majesty, spit it out..."

"Hahahaha!"

The Xiande Hall was unusually peaceful.

And Li Chengqian, the crown prince who had always seemed like a workaholic, finally showed such a warm smile on his face, something that was rare indeed.

"Brother, are we the only ones celebrating the Reunion Festival together this year? Third Brother and Fourth Brother aren't here either."

Chang Le asked, somewhat disappointed.

Li Chengqian could only sigh inwardly at this.

"Hehe, what's wrong? You don't want to spend the reunion festival with your brother? Sigh, how sad. Your brother even had people prepare a program and had Chu Dahai and the others prepare a big meal."

"It seems that in Chang Le's heart, my elder brother is not as important as our father and the others."

"Oh dear~ My brother is more important than my father. I... I just miss my mother. She has to take care of Zhi Nu all by herself. I wonder if Zhi Nu has been naughty lately..."

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the moon is already quite full in the hazy night.

The bright moonlight shone on the three most distinguished men of the Tang Dynasty.

In a post station on the road from Chang'an to Bingzhou, Li Shimin looked up at the moonlight. The dappled halo of moonlight seemed to transform into the facial features of his proudest son, Crown Prince Chengqian.

"Guanyinbi, in five days at most, I will be able to see Chengqian. I wonder if he has lost or gained weight recently, hahaha. This time, I specifically instructed the Embroidered Uniform Guard not to make a fuss and to give that kid a surprise."

"Do you think Chengqian would be moved to tears if he saw his father, the Emperor, personally appear before him, having traveled all the way to Taiyuan to celebrate the festival?"

Beside them, Consort Yang, Consort Yin, and the others exchanged glances, their eyes filled with emotion and envy.

The current crown prince is probably the most favored prince in all of history.

Li Shimin was getting impatient again.

"Fan Qi, Fan Qi! Get some rest, we'll set off as soon as it's light tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

Li Shimin, holding Empress Zhangsun's hand, walked towards the post station where they were resting. Suddenly, he saw a sneaky figure in his sight, which made him stop in his tracks.

"Child slave..."

"Ah!" Li Zhi panicked, his body instantly frozen in place.

"Turn around here!"

Li Zhi's face turned pale instantly, and his mouth began to water profusely as the sweet and sour taste of the candy stimulated his saliva production.

As he stiffly turned his head, a slight moisture glistened at the corners of his mouth.

Empress Zhangsun's face turned cold: "You're eating candy again?! Look at your teeth now, you've lost several already!"

He watched as his father and mother, their expressions gradually turning dangerous, strode toward him.

Li Zhi's calves began to tremble instantly.

"Oh, Father, Mother, please listen to me... I miss my elder brother. I miss him so much. If he were here, he would definitely give me candy... he..."

Li Shimin stopped abruptly.

"Guanyinbi, go out and tell everyone around to disperse. I'll handle this..."

However, just as he turned his head, he saw that his virtuous and kind empress, who was the mother of the nation, had somehow pulled out a ruler from somewhere.

"Your Majesty, please hold Zhinu down a bit. I'm afraid I might hit her again and cause her brain injury."

Li Zhi's expression changed drastically as the first generation of General Tian Ce forcefully pressed him down onto the table.

As his mother, bathed in moonlight, appeared like a cold, ghostly woman, she held a ruler and drifted in.

His eyes welled up with tears of panic.

He shouted anxiously, trying to awaken the last bit of maternal love in Empress Zhangsun.

"No, no, no, Mother, it's me, Zhi Nu! I'm your favorite and most obedient Zhi Nu! Waaah, I was wrong! I'll never do it again, Mother, I..."

"Clap clap clap!"

"Ah! I was wrong, Mother! Waaah! Father, I was wrong, I'll never do it again!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"Brother, waaaaah, brother, brother, save me!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Outside the post station, Fan Qi and the others stood obediently dozens of meters away. However, Li Zhi's miserable wailing and the crisp sound of the ruler made everyone present tense.

Putting aside the facts, the Ninth Prince's unwavering love for candy is quite similar to the Crown Prince's obsession with foreign territories.

at the same time.

In Chang'an, Li Yuan finally finished his day's work and stretched his aching shoulders.

They walked out of the Taiji Hall with a sigh.

"This emperor's servant is simply inhuman! That dog emperor Li Shimin actually made this old man like me suffer such cruel torture. He is truly not a human being, not a human being at all!"

"He even made me regent, and his ministers still receive his salaries. What do I have? I..."

Li Yuan, who was complaining, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He narrowed his eyes, a strange, cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

“My good grandson Chengqian is working hard every day in Bingzhou, governing the region and implementing new policies. He is constantly worried about food and silver.”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were personally supporting Li Yuan on the left and right as he walked towards the Wude Hall, were immediately taken aback.

It was as if they already knew what the retired emperor was going to do.

really.

"Come, follow me to that rebellious son's private treasury!"