The 31st Blow: Sound the Golden Horn and Withdraw the Troops

  "Your Majesty!" Just at this critical moment, a soft and gentle female voice rang out.

  Only then did Yang Gui Fei, dressed in a white palace attire, walk out of the bedroom and smile at Li Shi Min: "Sister said she likes having more children, it's lively! Don't blame the kids anymore."

  The little woman and Li Zhi both had a lucky smile on their faces.

  Li Shimin's face relaxed, and he said, "Well, you must remember not to disturb your mother."

  "Agreed."

  Li Shimin and Yang Fei went in to see the Empress, and the atmosphere in the small hall suddenly relaxed again. After a while, Li Shimin came out, and the atmosphere became serious again. Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and said, "You come with me."

  Li Chengqian was led by Su He to follow Li Shimin into a room. Li Shimin picked up his teacup and took a sip, furrowed his brow, and hastily spat out the tea in his mouth. The new tea leaves that Li Chengqian had given to the empress had all been given to Li Shimin by the empress, so there was no new tea for him to drink here. After drinking a sip of the old tea leaves, Li Shimin indeed found it just as he said - after drinking the new tea, none of the teas in the world could enter his mouth again.

  He spat the tea water back into the teacup before realizing his son and daughter-in-law were in front of him, feeling embarrassed, he put down the teacup without a trace, and asked with a straight face: "Are you better now?"

  "Alright."

  "Remember now?"

  Nothing.

  "You were intelligent since childhood, proficient in the six arts of a gentleman. After the ascension of Gaozong, I decreed that you take charge of military and national affairs. You have shown good judgment and are skilled at listening and making decisions, earning the praise of all officials."

  Li Shimin's tone shifted here, "However, you often throw tantrums without considering the consequences. Have you ever thought about how serious it would be if the Crown Prince were to lose his mind? Your learning would be completely forgotten, and etiquette would be abandoned entirely. How could you possibly take my place in governing the country in the future?"

  Hearing Kong Ying's words, I am comforted that you are studious and have a good memory. I hope you will strive to improve. This time, it was Wei Qing who came to offer his advice, suggesting that you attend court and participate in governance alongside the officials. I have agreed to this, and you..."

  Li Chengqian hung his head and listened to Old Li's lengthy speech, which sounded like a recitation of scriptures. Although Old Li's words were meant to draw a contrast between the past and present, to Li Chengqian, it was as if he had just finished praising the former crown prince only to scold him now. Uncomfortable with what he heard, but lacking the courage to speak out, Li Chengqian learned from Old Li's words that it was someone surnamed Wei who had proposed that he attend the morning court session, and Old Li's attitude was for him to go and observe and learn.

  In the middle, there was a sentence from Kong Yingda, Li Chengqian knew that it was this dragon king, and he didn't expect that after drinking his new tea, he would go to the emperor's face and boast about him. It seems that this tea is worth sending, tomorrow can let Su He bring some more tea to bribe him.

  After a while, Li Chengqian felt someone tugging at his sleeve from behind. He knew it was his wife's secret signal, meaning that Old Master Li had finished speaking. Li Chengqian hastily bowed and paid respects: "Yes, your son will follow the emperor's teachings."

  Li Shimin stood up, about to leave, Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and spoke out: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed of my performance during the hunt, I hope you can forgive me, I will never do this again."

  Li Shimin paused for a moment, then nodded and walked out.

  Li Chengqian felt a weight lifted off his shoulders after saying that, and he relaxed. Although Old Li didn't say much, he felt the rift between them had disappeared.

  Out of the room and back to the small hall, Old Li was no longer here, and Little Tiger and others started fighting again. Li Chengqian saw Little Tiger and Li Zhi, this upright child, waving his hand and shouting: "Little Tiger, come over."

  Li Zhi raised his head and walked over curiously. The group of little women, including Xiao Laohu, all looked up together, none of them knowing who Xiao Laohu was.

  "You." Li Chengqian stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Yu.

  Li Shu this little tiger stretched out a small white hand and pointed at his own nose: "Me? What does big brother want me for?"

  Li Zhi and Little Tiger both walked to the front of Li Chengqian, who stared at them with piercing eyes. For over ten seconds, he used his silence to put pressure on them, making the two little guys start to feel uneasy and nervous, wondering what their big brother wanted from them.

  Li Zhi's eyes darted back and forth, his lips trembling as he asked: "Big brother, did little brother do something wrong?"

  The little tiger bit his pink lips and saw Li Zhi first beckon, very disdainfully using his beautiful eye pupils to glance at him.

  "Hmm, my good brother, I just heard Father Emperor say that you were punished to copy the 'Tao Te Ching' twice yesterday? Big Brother, I'm very curious, tell me about it?" Li Chengqian asked kindly.

  "What?" Li Zhi exclaimed in surprise.

  At the same time, both of them were shocked with their eyes wide open. Little Tiger was just different from his without making a sound.

  "Hmm!" Li Chengqian's mouth corners slightly curled up, everything was self-evident.

  Li Zhi pouted, "Father Emperor has already told Big Brother, what's the point of hiding it!?" "Big Brother, I was wrong, I shouldn't... waaah..." The little kid said and started crying.

  Li Chengqian was not a soft-hearted person, and his eyes continued to stare at him.

  The little kid reluctantly took something off his waist and said, "Brother, this is the Hundred Birds Jade Pendant that Father Emperor rewarded me for presenting the wooden charcoal pen. I'll give it to you."

  Li Cheng took it over and said, "Wow, good jade! Ice species, carving is master-level, confiscated."

  "Not bad, knowing what's wrong and being able to correct it. Alright, you can go now."

  The little kid who wiped away tears walked away, leaving only the small old tiger biting its lips and turning white. Now it even has the courage to stare at me, so let's continue!

  After a while, Little Tiger's big eyes blinked and then tears came down.

  What kind of skill is this, crying on one hand and staring with wide eyes on the other!

  "Your Highness, how can you bully He Pu Gong Zhu!" Su Hong's voice rang out, and then he hurriedly hugged the little tiger, softly comforting it for a long time before finally coaxing it into calmness and sending it away.

  What a day, it's so unreasonable!

  Something even more outrageous happened, Su Hong took the Hundred Bird Jade Pendant from Li Chengqian's hand without a care in the world and said: "Your Highness, just now Princess He Pu said that the Night Pearl that Father Emperor sent to the Eastern Palace yesterday was a reward for you inventing the Zhen Guan pen and wooden charcoal pen. This should be returned to King Jin!"

  What else can be said?

  In the afternoon, Li Chengqian was hosting a radio show, and a group of young women and a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were all enthusiastically surrounding him. Li Chengqian said he was thirsty and wanted to drink tea, but Xiao Chen embarrassedly told him that the tea had been sent to Lao Li's place, and there was no tea left in the palace except for some bitter tea. Su He ordered someone to go to the East Palace to fetch some. Yang Fei only then realized that the new tea was actually from Li Chengqian's East Palace, and she happily asked Li Chengqian for some. In the end, Li Zhi and a group of young women also joined in on the fun and asked for some of the new tea.

  Xiao Er and Chu Er despise their blind following behavior, where's the good fruit juice to drink? They still like drinking good fruit juice!

  The story was told for a while, and the queen knew that Li Chengqian would go to court tomorrow. She called several old eunuchs to train Li Chengqian on the etiquette of attending court tomorrow and had him practice several times. The queen and others watched Li Chengqian make mistakes one after another until he did it almost perfectly. The queen's face showed a satisfied smile, and Li Chengqian also felt very happy.

  In the evening, he returned to the Donggong Lijing Hall. Li Chengqian sat on a new chair, imagining tomorrow's court session. Su He washed and came in fragrantly, her pretty face blushing, quietly sitting down beside Li Chengqian, her white hand picking up the wine jug, pouring a cup of grape wine, bringing it to her red lips for a sip, lost in thought, her face growing redder, until even her pale neck was covered in pink.

  A soft body leaned against Li Chengqian's shoulder, slowly slipping into his arms. He came back to himself, looked down and saw Su Hong with a blush on her face, her watery eyes half-closed, a hint of coquetry flashing in the corners of her eyes. Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed - his wife was getting emotional!

  She was wearing a very thin shirt, and Li Chengqian's hand, separated by the clothes, could feel her skin's smoothness and heat. Just now didn't notice, only to discover that her small mouth had a faint wine fragrance. Su Hei said in a half-drunk, half-awake tone: "Lang Jun, I'm drunk..."

  Li Chengqian's heart was like a drum that had been beaten with chicken blood, and it jumped up strongly a hundred times!

  Heaven and earth, good people have good rewards! Last night's efforts were not in vain. I brought my wife her first-ever satisfaction in life, and she's now addicted to that extremely pleasurable feeling. She finally showed emotion and took the initiative to make love!

  Li Chengqian lowered his head, his hot lips getting closer and closer to Su Hong's delicate face, Su Hong quietly closed her eyes, her plump little mouth slowly pouting. Li Chengqian missed her small mouth and teasingly whispered in her ear: "Not going down for another game of chess before coming back?"

  Su He let out a soft hum, her small head blushing as she burrowed into Li Chengqian's chest, pretending to be a camel bird. Li Chengqian chuckled and scooped her up in his arms, carrying her towards the bed.

  His wife's proactive approach made Li Chengqian excited and thrilled, but he didn't give up on taking care of his wife. He still decided to do enough foreplay before entering the main act. The couple's clothes were taken off one by one under Su Huan's skillful hands, and then Su Huan softened under Li Chengqian's lips and large hands. Ten or so minutes later, Li Chengqian was shocked to find that last night's situation had happened again - she didn't have any moisture down there. He took a deep breath, telling himself to be patient, and continued.

  Another ten or so minutes passed, and Li Chengqian felt that he should try to break through, change the situation, so he pressed down on his wife. The short legs of the three-legged stool replaced his fingers, and Su Hong, who had been softly humming with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide, and her body stiffened. Li Chengqian felt that Su Hong had returned to the state she was in on their first night together, and he realized that he had been too hasty, so he quickly withdrew what had just entered.

  A tear of sadness flowed from Su Hong's eyes, and Li Chengqian hurriedly comforted her with both hands and feet. She was sad that she was so useless, and Li Chengqian tried to let her put down the psychological burden. At this time, he couldn't let her develop a new mental illness, or else he wouldn't know when he could get happiness.

  Half an hour later, Li Chengqian sent Su He to the peak of happiness and hugged her into a beautiful dream with satisfaction. However, he clenched his legs tightly, with a face full of depression, and fell asleep at some point later on.

  It felt like just closing his eyes and someone was shaking his body, dazedly opening his eyes to see two big white rabbits swinging in front of his face, he couldn't help but lift his head and kiss them lightly, followed by Su Hong's soft cry.

  "Father, it's time to go to court, hurry up and get up!"

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