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

"Whoosh—!"

The beloved Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, revered by all nations, has once again returned to his loyal Chang'an.

Li Zhi, who had returned to Chang'an a few days ago, was greeted by several princes, including Li You, at the station.

"Take this warrant and after the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, find Kong Yingda. He will make arrangements for you... Songtsen Gampo, this is my second chance for you. In our Central Plains, there is a saying: 'There is a second chance, but not a third or fourth.'"

Li Chengqian casually handed a written order to Songtsen Gampo.

However, he made no attempt to hide his warning.

"Your Highness, rest assured, I will never dare to be disloyal to the Tang Dynasty, and will be loyal to the Tang Dynasty in capturing slaves!"

Li Chengqian gave a soft, noncommittal "hmm".

He then led his people directly out of the station.

"Your Majesty, the Zhenguan train will not depart again until early tomorrow morning, so you can stay in Chang'an for one night and come here tomorrow morning..." Wang De instructed Songtsen Gampo.

Despite being just a eunuch, he had the same contemptuous gaze as everyone else around him.

This caused Songtsen Gampo great distress.

They could only nod respectfully.

As Li Chengqian left Chang'an Railway Station amidst a large entourage, Songtsen Gampo, the Tibetan king and ruler, appeared somewhat lonely and desolate.

He was still clutching the warrant that Li Chengqian had given him.

By placing his own sister here in the Tang Dynasty, he had completely crossed the line for this meeting.

however.

The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty's undisguised wariness and vigilance towards him truly exceeded his expectations.

Even now, he still can't understand it.

They had never met, nor had they ever exchanged letters.

Why would the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, who possessed such a vast empire, target him in this way?

Songtsen Gampo walked alone on the streets of Chang'an.

Compared to Taiyuan, Chang'an had a slightly less commercial atmosphere.

But they could see more high-ranking officials and nobles, people dressed in bright clothes and even wearing accessories that were clearly only for nobles, compared to the nobles of Tibet.

That innate nobility and pride.

The smiles on those people's faces, both friendly and distant, highlighted the gap between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty.

That's the difference between a barbaric tribe and a super dynasty.

That's the difference in the depth of civilization...

"This Mid-Autumn Festival, not only did His Highness the Crown Prince return to Chang'an, but the other princesses and princes in Taiyuan also came back to celebrate. Humph! Some people even said that His Highness didn't want Chang'an anymore and wanted to move the capital. That's utter nonsense!"

"Hehe, I heard from the merchants from Hedong Road that His Highness the Prince of Han and His Highness the Prince of Liang should also be returning."

"Those two princes are so young, yet they are already able to govern a region and expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"Hahaha, who can disagree? Such a wise and virtuous heir would have made the emperor overjoyed if he had just one in previous dynasties or even other dynasties. Yet our Great Tang has so many."

"Hehe, I heard from merchants in Dengzhou that business with the Japanese is quite good these days..."

Songtsen Gampo stared blankly at the several young men dressed as Confucian scholars who walked past him.

Prince Li Yin of Liang, Prince Li Ke of Han.

He had heard Galdonzan mention these two men's names before. Now, one of them had forcibly taken over the defense and military power of Silla.

One of them has a massive naval fleet and is currently targeting Japan.

He knew very little about countries such as Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Wa.

However, his understanding of the Tang Dynasty underwent a complete transformation after this meeting with Li Chengqian.

He stared blankly up at the sky.

Looking at the sky, which was gradually darkening as dusk approached.

It felt as if a terrifying beast was ferociously devouring and tearing apart its prey in the sky.

And they are the Tibetans.

Unable to resist, it was pinned to the side, destined to become this ferocious beast's meal tomorrow...

The imperial palace in Chang'an became lively again.

With neither His Majesty the Retired Emperor Wude nor His Majesty the Emperor Zhenguan present this year, even Empress Zhangsun's expression seemed unusually relaxed.

Without these two people, the incident where the grandfather, grandson, and granddaughter suddenly started fighting would not have happened.

As the empress, she no longer needed to repeatedly go up to comfort the three of them, acting as the firefighter for the Tang Dynasty royal family.

"Your Highness, Prince Han and Prince Liang have arrived in Luoyang and will be able to reach Chang'an in three days at most!" Sun Yi reported the news with great joy.

Li Chengqian nodded in satisfaction.

He glanced at the ladies of the Taiyuan Wang family and the Xingyang Zheng family, who were chatting animatedly with Empress Zhangsun and the others, and suddenly gave an order to Wang De beside him.

"For this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, please have the Imperial Kitchen prepare more ingredients. Since we have some free time, let Yingying and her family come along."

As she spoke, she looked at Wang Ming, who was smiling broadly.

"Does Minister Wang have any objections?"

Wang Mingzheng watched as his daughter Wang Yuyan was being affectionately held by Empress Zhangsun and showered with greetings, and he smiled broadly, like an old chrysanthemum, when he heard the Crown Prince's sudden question.

He quickly bowed and clasped his hands in greeting.

"This is my great fortune, Your Highness! I thank you!"

Afterwards, Li Chengqian instructed Wang De to notify the other families.

Then, as if she had thought of something, she looked at her younger brothers with a smile.

"Fourth Prince, Fifth Prince, Seventh Prince, and Zhi Nu, if you also have anyone you'd like to invite, you can call them all. There aren't as many rules in the palace this Mid-Autumn Festival."

"You can invite whoever you want."

He noticed his elder brother's tone, which clearly implied something.

Qingque was speechless: "Brother, why do you speak like Mother and the others now?"

"Ha ha ha ha"

Three days later, after a bumpy journey by both water and land, the brothers Li Ke and Li Yin finally arrived back in Chang'an before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Li Chengqian's brothers were now all together.

The two brothers looked at their elder brother, Li Chengqian, who had come out of the city to greet them, and both their eyes reddened.

"Third brother, sixth brother, thank you for your hard work."

The two brothers, who had been away from home for more than half a year, fought back their tears.

However, upon seeing his birth mother, Consort Yang, he immediately lost his composure.

Hearing the cries of the two brothers inside Consort Yang's palace, Li Chengqian felt a pang of sorrow in his heart.

"Alright, Your Majesty, they just miss Consort Yang. If you really don't let them go back after the festival, they'll cry their hearts out then..."

Li Tai was eating grapes.

Since his elder brother returned, his back pain has subsided, his legs are no longer sore, and his head is no longer drowsy.

Of course, he also hid those five tea sets.

Li Chengqian glared at him irritably. This spoilsport! The mood I had just built up was ruined by you.

"Alright, I won't talk about them. Let me talk about you, Fourth Brother. When are you planning to find a Princess Consort of Wei? Sixth Brother brought back a Silla princess this time, but you haven't made a move at all?"

Li Tai: "???"

Changan.

The residence of the Duke of Ying.

Samurai Ge sat on a recliner in front of a stone table in his courtyard, sipping tea and enjoying the rare tranquility of the place.

The sound of abacus beads clattering in my head seemed to have faded away.

He felt so enchanted by this tranquility that he almost became lost in it.

however.

"What kind of weird clothes are these? I'm not wearing them..."

"Wu Zetian! I trusted you so much, and you have absolutely no integrity! Well, if you treat me, the major shareholder, this way, how will you treat the merchants listed in the Chamber of Commerce?!"

"You, you're just making excuses!"

"I'm just stating the facts! You promised me before that as long as I could bring you investment and help you set up the chamber of commerce, you would listen to me. Didn't you, Wu Zetian, the second young lady of the Duke of Ying's mansion, say that? Here's the document you signed and sealed..."

"No! These clothes are too strange..."

Samurai Yu frowned slightly.

These past few days, His Highness Prince Jin has been sneaking around their house, but he has hardly spoken a few words to them, the Duke of Ying, and has been spending most of his time in his second daughter's courtyard.

Hearing this commotion, it turns out they're trying to make their daughter wear some inappropriate clothes?

Samurai Go thought of some indecent images.

His aged eyes snapped open instantly, and he rose from the recliner, his face serious as he went to check on the situation.

"Strange? What's strange about it! Let me tell you, this outfit is based on a design I got from my elder brother, the Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty! It was designed by my brother, the current Crown Prince of the Great Tang Dynasty, himself!"

"You actually said the clothes designed by the Crown Prince are strange?!"

Samurai Go: "!!!"

The step he had just taken froze on the spot.

When the Crown Prince was in Taiyuan Prefecture, he would paint in his spare time, and his painting skills were quite remarkable.

This matter was not a secret in the officialdom of Taiyuan Prefecture.

Because he was also engaged to Li Daozong's daughter, Li Xueyan, and the latter was currently running a clothing business, the Crown Prince would occasionally design clothing sketches for this princess...

"Since the clothes were designed by His Highness the Crown Prince, there shouldn't be any problems..."

"Pfft! Cough cough cough!"

Tai Chi Hall.

Amidst the music of the court musicians, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet of the second year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty finally arrived as scheduled. However, when Li Chengqian saw the petite figure following behind Li Zhi into the main hall...

He was sipping his tea when he suddenly spat it out.

He coughed and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Li Zhi looked smug, holding Wu Zetian's hand as she stood behind him, head bowed, seemingly trying to avoid him.

"Hehe, how is it, Your Majesty? Looks good, right?"

"Your Majesty, you are truly a genius! Even I was dazzled when I saw the finished product of this dress! Haha!"

Haha? You're still laughing?!

Li Chengqian's lips twitched as he stared wide-eyed at Wu Zetian, whose pretty face was now flushed red.

Then look at the other person's dress.

Maid outfit!!!

Although it was designed by him, and the maid outfit combined modern aesthetics with conservative concepts, it was only when it actually appeared in front of him that it was worn by Empress Wu Zetian in history.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What a damn coincidence!"

"Child, when did you get your hands on this drawing? I never gave it to you..."

Li Chengqian tried his best not to let his voice carry any strange emotions, and looked at the still smug Li Zhi with a deep gaze.

asked.

“I went to look for you, Your Majesty, but you weren’t there. I saw this on your desk… Your Majesty, this outfit is quite nice.”

"Heh, heh heh... 6!"

"Ninth Brother, you're even better than Sixth Brother!"

Li Yin, the sixth brother who had just sat down with Kim Seung-man, was taken aback.

His gaze involuntarily drifted toward Wu Zetian, who was hiding behind Li Zhi.

"hiss......"

Don't say it, you really don't say it.

I didn't look closely just now, but for some reason, this dress actually has a strange kind of beauty.

He slowly turned his head to look at Kim Seung-man beside him.