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

Li Chengqian was still reviewing today's documents in the Shougong Hall.

His younger siblings, who were still in Taiyuan Prefecture, were all gathered in his bedroom.

Li You peered over and saw the marks of being whipped on Li Zhi's buttocks, and shook his head repeatedly.

"Serves you right! You deserved that beating! You're getting more and more outrageous, even lying to your brother... If Mother finds out, you'll be in for another beating!"

He didn't care that Li Zhi was still unconscious and couldn't hear what he was saying.

He frowned deeply, looking worriedly toward the Shougong Hall.

"This is the first time that Your Majesty has personally disciplined Ninth Prince like this."

Li Yun said, "This is not only the first time that I have personally disciplined Zhinu like this, but it is also the first time that I have used a board to hit someone. Even when my third and fourth brothers got into trouble before, I never laid a hand on them. At most, I was stricter when they were practicing martial arts."

"This time, I'm afraid I've truly saddened my elder brother..."

Suddenly.

The princes and princesses of the Li Tang royal family present couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He felt a mix of resentment and anger.

"boom!"

Li Lizhi frowned, and slammed her hand, which was already skilled at suturing wounds or taking pulses and asking questions, onto the table.

"If he wakes up and still doesn't learn his lesson, then from now on, I, as his older sister, will be the one to whip him! Spoiling him a little is fine as long as he's a bit naughty, and a little discipline with sweets is enough. But now he dares to threaten even officers of my Great Tang!"

Despite her young age, Li Lizhi has been learning medicine from Yuan Tiangang and others for the past year or two.

In addition, I witnessed many things in Bingzhou Road.

Despite her young age, she exudes the aura of a legitimate eldest princess more and more convincingly.

She started by saying that.

Even the eldest princess and the Xiangcheng princess standing to the side didn't dare to say much.

The atmosphere became somber. Among the crowd, besides Li Zhi, the youngest prince was the Eighth Prince Li Zhen, who suddenly gritted his teeth.

“Normally, the Ninth Prince isn’t like this. His only hobby is eating sweets. Besides, he has eunuchs following him around in the palace and secret guards. How could he possibly have the opportunity to come into contact with places like gambling dens?”

"That Murong Shun must have ulterior motives!"

Shougong Hall.

Murong Shun was summoned into the hall. He had been kneeling for almost a whole day, and his back could no longer support him. His knees had almost lost all feeling.

Lying on the ground, his pale face covered in sweat, he, like Li Chengqian, now held the title of "Crown Prince," yet dared not even think of getting up.

He slammed his head against the floor with a series of loud thuds.

"Your Highness, please understand! Your Highness, please understand! This humble subject would never dare to harbor such wicked intentions! Your Highness has treated this humble subject well, and this humble subject would never, ever dare to, bewitch His Highness Prince Jin!"

"Woooooooo..."

Murong Shun's daughter, Murong Yu, who was awakened, was just a little girl about the same age as Li Zhi.

She had never seen anything like it before.

Seeing her father in such a humble state, she was terrified.

however.

Sitting in his seat, Li Chengqian's gaze toward the father and daughter remained utterly devoid of warmth.

"My dear brother~"

In the past, a simple "brother" would have filled Murong Shun with joy.

However, this seemingly intimate address is filled with a sense of alienation and coldness.

His body trembled even more violently from the fright.

"Your daughter has been studying at the First Official School for a year now, hasn't she? I remember she was in the same class as my younger brother, Zhinu."

"Yes, yes, Your Highness, it is my daughter's good fortune to be classmates with Prince Jin. She..."

Murong Shun hadn't finished speaking.

Li Chengqian sneered.

"Do you know how much our Central Plains values ​​its princes, especially those who associate with the legitimate princes?"

"A daughter of the Murong Xianbei, a non-Han ethnic group, would normally be someone she would never have the chance to get close to..."

Li Chengqian slowly tossed the document in his hand onto the table.

With a snap, Murong Shun's body trembled again in fright.

If this matter is not handled properly today...

Despite being the crown prince of Tuyuhun, with just a word from Li Chengqian, Tuyuhun could have a new crown prince ascending the throne tomorrow.

Furthermore, his younger brother, Murong Xiaojun, who is currently in dire straits in Tuyuhun, would certainly not refuse to reclaim his former position as crown prince.

"This humble subject's fault lies in failing to properly educate his daughter, which nearly led His Highness Prince Jin astray. This humble subject is willing to accept punishment!"

"Was it a close call?!" Li Chengqian roared angrily.

Suddenly, he slammed a stack of reports that had just been delivered by the Embroidered Uniform Guard onto the other person.

The force was so merciless that it knocked Murong Shun's crown askew.

With her hair disheveled and her appearance miserable, Murong Yu, who was crying beside her, showed fear again and was about to burst into even louder sobs.

But a single glance from Wang De made him swallow his words back instantly.

"Look at your daughter! It's one thing for you to frequent those kinds of places, but you can't even pretend to be a father in front of your daughter! At such a young age, will she follow your example and take my younger brother to brothels too?!"

A series of reports detailing his own and his daughter's actions.

It's clearly laid out before us.

Murong Shun was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I, your humble servant, am guilty! I am willing to confess my crimes and beg Your Highness to spare my life. I promise to change! I promise to change!"

"Humph!"

Li Chengqian snorted coldly.

"I wouldn't stoop to lay a hand on a clueless little girl like you, but if I hear of you going to such a filthy place again, don't blame me for not showing you any mercy!"

"roll!"

Murong Shun's expression instantly lit up with joy, his pale face covered in cold sweat.

He repeatedly kowtowed to Li Chengqian in gratitude.

“Your Highness, this is a matter concerning children. Simply beating and scolding them is ultimately inappropriate. Besides, if the Ninth Prince were so easily disciplined by a beating, he wouldn't still be secretly burying candy boxes in various gardens of Yangcheng Palace…”

The annoying Murong Shun and his daughter were "invited" out by Wang De's men.

Qian Yingying gracefully approached Li Chengqian from behind, gently placing a bowl of soup aside while softly comforting him.

Li Chengqian frowned.

"If I didn't understand this principle, why would I think about teaching my younger brothers and sisters according to their aptitude? Why would I specifically inform the First Official School and the Imperial University to give them as many opportunities as possible to choose their own interests?"

"If we don't kill Old Ninth's bad habits soon, who knows what kind of monster he'll become in the future!"

"Humph!"

At this point, Li Chengqian's anger flared up again when he thought about how the other party dared to reprimand and threaten the Tang Dynasty officer in charge of the military training of the students at the First Official Academy, despite being the Prince of Jin.

Now is the perfect time for the Tang Dynasty to compete for supremacy. If there were no other way, where would soldiers be willing to train these little kids in the rear?

All the instructors assigned by the Bingzhou Military Department to be in charge of military training were basically good men in the army who had hidden illnesses and had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

"Wang De! Go! Go and prepare a few more boards for me!"

Wang Degao and the others dared not describe what she looked like, but at that moment, Qian Yingying covered her mouth and let out a soft laugh.

"Your Highness's angry expression now is quite similar to His Majesty's..."

Li Chengqian was taken aback, and then his fair face turned red.

"Outrageous! Yingying, now even you're making fun of me? You..."

"Your Highness!" Qian Yingying helplessly pressed him into a chair.

"You're just worried sick! Ninth Prince is indeed wrong, but was he always like that since childhood? It's just that Murong Shun's daughter taught him bad habits, which indirectly led him to pick up bad habits."

"Your Highness is indeed stubborn, but does that mean you really don't listen to me?"

Li Chengqian remained silent. Although he was very busy with work, he never neglected his concern for his younger siblings.

Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince, who usually remained calm and composed in the face of enemy invasions and local oppressive policies, finally broke free from the state of being "possessed by Emperor Taizong of Tang".

Qian Yingying secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why doesn't Your Highness have a proper talk with the Ninth Prince? In fact, I have always been able to sense that Your Highness's expectations for the Ninth Prince are no less than those for the Third and Fourth Princes."

Li Chengqian: "......"

the other side.

With a sudden cry of pain.

Li Zhi, who had been unconscious for several hours, finally woke up.

Seeing this, the other brothers immediately gathered around, showing concern and concern.

Seeing that the other person had only suffered a minor injury to their buttocks and hadn't lost their mind, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Hmph!" A familiar cold snort.

Li Zhi, who had just woken up, was so frightened that he shuddered again.

"Your Majesty, my elder sister..."

"Well, you're getting bolder and bolder, daring to go to a gambling den? What, if the Imperial Guards don't do anything, are you going to open a brothel in a while?"

Li Lizhi scolded, her stern expression complementing her face, which bore a striking resemblance to Empress Zhangsun.

This prevented Li Zhi from uttering a single word of rebuttal.

aside.

Li You was furious: "Ninth brother, you know perfectly well that our imperial brother cares even more about the meritorious soldiers who have helped our Tang Dynasty expand its territory than our father does. How dare you threaten them? You... you're practically stabbing your imperial brother in the heart!"

Li Zhen echoed this sentiment.

"That's right! Ninth brother, you're confused! Can't you feel how much the Emperor expects of you? Why is it that the Emperor only gave your fourth brother, who fought with the Turks, the title of Prince of Wei from Father?"

"But you were given a prince of Jin?! Didn't you think about that?"

Li Zhi covered his head and remained silent.