The 11th episode of River East Roar and Zhen Guan Bi

  Episode 11: 【The Roar of Hedong and the Brush of Zhenguan】

  The Empress had already learned about Li Chengqian's possession from a palace maid.

  Everyone else had been keeping it from her, but yesterday a palace maid accidentally mentioned the Crown Prince in front of the Empress at the Lì Zhèng Hall.

  The queen didn't believe it, and immediately found someone to verify it. Then she knew that Li Chengqian really had amnesia and forgot everything. She was extremely grieved and her condition suddenly worsened, which led to yesterday's danger.

  The crown prince, although still suffering from a mental disorder, was very clear-headed and showed more affection to his mother than before, comforting her for the time being.

  The former crown prince had a reputation for being benevolent and filial, but he would never tell stories to amuse his mother by her sickbed.

  “…From now on, you are only allowed to care about me, spoil me, not deceive me, fulfill every one of my requests, speak from your heart to me, don't bully or scold me. You must believe in me and when others bully me, you have to stand up for me at the first moment. When I'm happy, you should accompany me in happiness; when I'm unhappy, you should coax me into happiness. Forever think that I am the most beautiful one, even dream of me, and only have me in your heart. Can you do all these things?”

  Li Chengqian became completely absorbed in the story, and now that he had reached this extremely classic line, he gazed deeply at Su He beside him, his lips moving lightly as he enunciated each syllable.

  Su He's face turned bright red, and her heart felt as sweet as honey.

  The queen, the most refined audience, suddenly burst out laughing.

  She smiled, and the princesses and palace maids who had come to cling to her story also laughed.

  Li Chengqian was stunned, what are you laughing at? Such a classic line, so touching! How dare you laugh!

  The queen pointed at Su He: "Gu'er, you try telling that passage to Chengqian again."

  Su He was a filial person and did not dare to disobey the empress, so he had to force himself to reread it with a red face.

  Li Chengqian discovered that Su He had a superpower of remembering everything he heard, and recited the classic passage he had just spoken word for word without missing a single character.

  Moreover, as a beginner, he surprisingly spoke even better than Li Chengqian.

  It was going well at first, but then it got stuck here: "I'm not happy, you have to coax me into being happy, and always think I'm the most...most..." Her face got redder and redder, she couldn't go on, "Hmph...hahaha" and finally burst out laughing.

  The other onlookers also burst out laughing. The queen laughed so hard that she clapped her chest and let out a loud whoop.

  What's wrong with these women? What's so funny about this classic phrase that continues: most beautiful...

  The most beautiful?

  I'm unhappy, you have to coax me into happiness, and always think I'm the most beautiful...

  I'm doomed, no wonder these women can't stop laughing. The problem lies here, if a woman said this, it's fine, but "thinking I'm the prettiest" coming from this 1.9-meter-tall man, that's a big issue!

  "Seriously." Li Chengqian's face turned black, "This is a story, you need to understand that this sentence was said by the female protagonist to her boyfriend. I sacrificed myself for the integrity of the story, do you guys have the nerve to laugh? Laugh, laugh your fill, I won't continue!"

  As soon as the joke was repeated, the laughter decreased, and only a few princesses with poor control ability were left, still humming and unable to finish.

  A princess came over to plead: "Imperial brother, I know you're the best, so just be magnanimous and continue telling us the story."

  "Yes, yes, we won't laugh anymore."

  "Imperial brother, look, both Empress Dowager and Imperial Sister-in-law are expecting you to continue!"

  Forget it, I won't argue with you anymore.

  After a story full of laughter and joy, everyone was reluctant to part ways, but the queen's body was weak and she felt somewhat tired after sitting for so long. Li Chengqian insisted that the queen rest, and everyone else was sent away.

  ………

  Outside the Taiji Palace's Liuyi Hall, two guards saw Loli approaching and asked: "Have you met He Pu Gongzhu? What brings the princess here?"

  "I want to see the Emperor, I have a treasure to present to the Emperor." Princess Hepu's hands were clasped behind her back as she said excitedly.

  The guard hesitantly said: "Your Majesty is currently discussing important matters with Lord Fang and has ordered that he not be disturbed, this..."

  "It's all right, I'll wait here." The Princess of Hepu was very gentle.

  This surprised the guards who knew that Princess He Pu was usually very arrogant, and it wasn't until half a time had passed that Li Shimin summoned Princess He Pu to enter.

  He sat on a high chair, Fang Xuanling sat below, the two monarch and minister drank tea like friends. Li Shimin smiled and asked the incoming Hepu Princess: "Xixi, why did you change your temper today?"

  He Pu Gongzhu politely curtsied: "Li Yu has seen the Emperor, has seen Uncle Fang." Then she coquettishly said, "Father, people are originally like this, how can you say that someone has changed their nature?"

  Looking at Li Yu's childish side, both Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling couldn't help but chuckle.

  "Father Emperor, I have a treasure to present to you!" said Li Yu, presenting the treasure.

  As soon as this was said, Fang Xuanling also looked at her with great interest. Li Shimin asked: "Shu'er, what is the treasure?"

  Li Yu took two pieces of Mo Bao and handed them to Li Shimin, asking: "Father Emperor, which one do you think is more beautiful?"

  Old Li saw the first one, humming softly with a smile. This was Li Shu's homework yesterday, and there were too many places where the details between the characters were smooth but lacked strength, causing the whole piece to lose its spirit. Old Li was very dissatisfied with this, and had criticized Li Shu yesterday. Unexpectedly, she brought this calligraphy again today, was she here to admit her mistake?

  Old Li took a look at this one, then looked at the second one, and his eyes lit up. This one was not written with a brush, the strokes were even and small, from the space between the characters, it can be seen that there are still many places where the details are smooth and weak, confirming that both this character and the first one were written by Li Shu. However, written in this style, it's hard to see any flaws, on the contrary, it makes Li Shu's characters look fresh and elegant, the more you look at them, the more they can be appreciated!

  "Hmm." Old Li nodded, and Li Shu was excited but restrained himself in front of the foreign minister.

  Fang Xuanling was a thin old man with three long whiskers on his face. He stroked his whiskers and smiled, saying: "Your Majesty's dragon countenance is harmonious and joyful, I suppose it is because Princess Hepu's studies have made great progress. May I also take a look at the princess's homework?"

  Old Li teased his daughter: "This mischievous and unruly child has brought a new and strange thing to show off today, hehe, Xuanling take a look!" He handed down two calligraphy works.

  Fang Xuanling looked at it and chuckled: "The Princess of Hepu has a barbaric energy, but she can't take care of the overall situation, so her writing lacks a bit of depth! This paper is small and hidden, haha..." He was like evaluating the neighbor's child, completely not treating the emperor's daughter as a princess.

  But this was very normal and natural between him and Li Shimin, and when Princess He Pu heard it, she just pouted her mouth and didn't dare to show any disrespect.

  "What did Princess Hejing use to write this letter?" asked Fang Xuanling.

  Li Yu heard that they had finally asked the key point, and took out a goose feather like an offering: "Father, Fang Bo Bo, I found that this small goose feather also has extraordinary uses. As long as it is cut, it can replace the brush to write words, which is easier to handle than the brush. After practicing for half a day, you can write very beautiful characters. Moreover, for the same character, the brush takes one incense stick to complete, while the goose feather pen only needs less than half an incense stick to complete. Daughter specially presents this pen to Father!"

  Old Li saw the goose feather pen, his eyes narrowed, and he looked at her with interest, saying: "You naughty child, not studying hard and writing well, but instead playing with such strange and cunning things, isn't it a shame to literature? Hmph, I think your handwriting is getting uglier and uglier, punish you to copy the Thousand Character Classic ten times."

  Li Yu listened, his eyes straightened, and his face turned pale!

  I just wanted to show up and get some praise, but I didn't expect to make Old Li angry and have to punish myself.

  What's called "Thousand Character Text" is just having a thousand characters, after ten times it's already ten thousand characters, oh god kill me!

  "Your Majesty." Fang Xuanling spoke up, "It's a good thing for children to speak boldly and make suggestions. If there's anything wrong, we older people can correct them. And..."

  Li Yu's eyes were filled with a pleading gaze as he looked at Lao Fang, and Old Li also wanted to hear what Lao Fang had to say.

  "And what's more, this thing has its advantages." The old man stroked his beard, finished speaking with a flourish, and said, "As Your Highness said, this thing writes characters in half the time it takes with a brush. If we give it to the clerks who do the copying, they can increase their writing speed greatly every day. Moreover, its strokes are fine and small, taking up less space on paper than a brush, which can save paper. Furthermore, it's very ordinary, easy to obtain, much cheaper than brushes, and anyone can afford to use it. If this thing becomes widespread, then every single citizen of the Tang Dynasty will be able to pick up a pen and write."

  No wonder he is the Prime Minister, Fang Xuanling's vision indeed looks far ahead.

  Old Li listened and couldn't help but be moved. The inexplicable anger he had towards the goose feather pen dissipated, and he nodded in agreement with Old Fang's words.

  The Princess of Hepu was overjoyed, originally thinking that the gift would not be accepted and she would suffer a loss. But with just a few words from Lao Fang, the rain turned to sunshine, it was as if the clouds had parted to reveal a bright village. Although this phrase "the clouds part to reveal a bright village" had not yet been coined in the Tang Dynasty, Princess Hepu had already thought of the idea. If her learning were greater and she more patient, or even if she had the habit of keeping a diary, she would certainly have preempted the authorship of the poem "the clouds part to reveal a bright village". But she was Princess Hepu, a tiger-headed snake-tailed loli, so it was destined that she would have nothing to do with this poem!

  Old Li beckoned to He Pu: "Bring your goose feather pen over and let your father take a look."

  He Pu Gong Zhu walked over with a big smile, and when she handed it to Old Li, she patted Old Li's horse's rear end: "Father Emperor, daughter has named this brush 'Zhen Guan Brush', what does Father Emperor think?"

  Old Li and Old Fang burst out laughing together and agreed on the name of Zhen Guan Bi.

  Old Li was delighted, took something from his waist and said: "As a father, I reward you with a golden incense ball. Although your calligraphy skills are great, you can't neglect practicing writing. If next time you don't write well again, I will punish you."

  "Hehe, yes. Thank you, Father!" He Pu happily accepted the golden, shiny thing, took a sniff, and was enveloped in a rich fragrance that would surely be noticeable within five meters. And when he shook it, the inside produced a melodious silver bell sound, which made him fall deeply in love with it.

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