kingnovel Chapter 1139: I have no appetite...
Chapter 1139: I have no appetite...
"Hey...you bastard..." King Chu had already pressed the prince to the ground, but just because of the bird shit falling from the sky, he absolutely could not let the crow live.
So, His Royal Highness the King of Chu immediately stood up, picked up the bamboo chopsticks on the table, and shot them out like a hidden weapon.
"Shh..."
"Gah..."
The crow fell to the ground and landed outside the courtyard.
"Hey...what is that——" Before King Chu could start to curse, he heard Zhang Nan's exclamation from outside the wall: "Your Majesty!"
"..." Hearing the noise, Li Kuan suddenly realized that crows really have a story - now, this "ominous sign" has been revealed. (Note 1)
"Don't lie down, get up quickly and receive...呸呸呸呸... get up quickly and receive that tyrant. I'm leaving now." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said as he quickly cleaned up the dishes on the table. Without waiting for his elder brother to say anything, he picked up the food box and went to the other corner of the courtyard. Then he climbed up the wall like a dry onion: "Don't be stubborn again, be honest, I'll take care of everything."
“Brother Kuan…” His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was deeply moved when he heard this, but before he could finish his words, the other party had already jumped off the wall.
"There are assassins!"
"That's enough! Stop shouting!" After seeing the direction the other party was fleeing and the food box in his hand, His Majesty Li Er looked at the crow pierced by two chopsticks in front of him and couldn't help but curl his lips: "What kind of master you are, what kind of retainer you have..."
"Your Majesty, are you really alright?" Zhang Nan was able to become the chief eunuch of the palace, so he must have his own strengths. "It's my low martial arts skills that I didn't notice the assassin. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
"Do you need to delay for the prince?" His Majesty Li II looked at Zhang Nan. At this moment, he even missed Hong San who was far away in Qiongzhou. "He would have realized it by now."
"Your Majesty...how could I..." Zhang Nan wanted to argue again, but Emperor Li II was not interested. He just waved his hand, signaling the other party to shut up, and then signaled with his eyes to let the eunuch leading the way push open the door of the courtyard.
"Squeak..."
"Your son greets you, father." As His Majesty Li II walked into the courtyard, Li Chengqian, who had adjusted his state at this moment, stood beside the stone table and bowed to the ground towards him.
"Get up." His Majesty Li II looked at his son who was unable to walk and sighed silently in his heart. Then he signaled the eunuch following behind him to put the food box on the stone table: "Have dinner with me."
"..." At this moment, Li Chengqian felt as if he was being teased by fate again.
"Why, you're not happy?" His Majesty Li II said as he came to his son and pulled him up from the ground: "Then it seems that I was being too sentimental?"
"What are you talking about, father..." Li Chengqian now felt his throat was blocked: "Hiccup... son... son is really hungry right now... hiccup..."
"Why are you still having a tantrum?" Emperor Li II frowned when he heard this.
"Hiccup...hungry..."
"Oh..." Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li Er sighed meaningfully: "Alas... It's my fault as a father... Come on! Serve the meal!"
then……
When the eunuchs cleaned the stone table swiftly and put a dozen palace specialties on the table, the Crown Prince, who had helped his father to sit down before he dared to sit down, suddenly recalled the past.
That year... my second brother led a group of second-generation bandits to beat up my eldest grandson Anye. I, my second brother, and my cousins Changsun Chong, Chai Lingwu, and Chai Zhewei were imprisoned here because of this incident. In the end, we were forced to eat bear paws until we vomited...
"..." The past came flooding back like a tide, and Li Chengqian couldn't tell how he felt at the moment.
"Why don't you move your chopsticks?" The Second Emperor Li was quite treacherous. He looked at his son, whose mouth was still stained with grease, and said in a gentle tone, "Are these dishes not to my son's taste?"
"Father..." When Li Chengqian heard His Majesty Li II say this, he suddenly got goose bumps all over his body: "You... don't do this... I'm scared..."
"What are you afraid of?" His Majesty Li II raised his eyebrows upon hearing this: "Could it be possible that I would poison you?"
"No..." Li Chengqian was about to speak when he heard this, but the next moment, he heard His Majesty Li II say in a sad tone: "Alas... I never thought that you and I, father and son... have come to this point because of suspicion between father and son..."
"Huh?!" At this moment, when Li Chengqian heard his father say this, somehow, instead of feeling scared, he had a very familiar feeling.
"You really don't want to eat?" Emperor Li II also felt that the play might have been overdone, so he thought about it and simply picked up a piece of goose meat and put it in the bowl in front of Li Chengqian: "Even if you are angry with me, you have to eat well..."
"..." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had just been at a disadvantage in the battle with the fierce tiger of the Li family and had not been able to recover, was now somehow caught in a dilemma.
Okay...I admit it...
With this thought in mind, Li Chengqian silently picked up the chopsticks, stuffed the piece of goose meat into his mouth, chewed it quickly, and swallowed it with difficulty.
"Chengqian, is it delicious?" Without waiting for his son to answer, Emperor Li II continued to pick up a chicken leg and put it in Li Chengqian's bowl: "If it tastes good, eat more. My son can't be hungry."
"Thank you... Thank you, Father..." Li Chengqian regretted it now - he shouldn't have listened to Brother Kuan. What do you mean by being honest? Can the current trouble be solved by being honest?
Somehow, while Li Chengqian was daydreaming, he suddenly remembered the crow that was seeking death, and he suddenly had an inspiration: How about... overturning the table?
With this thought in mind, Li Chengqian reached out and touched the thick edge of the table, then gave up this unrealistic plan.
He is not the second brother, he doesn't have that strength...
"Cheng Qian, eat." His Majesty Li II didn't care what his son was thinking. He had made up his mind to be a "loving father" today, and letting his son eat well was the first step of his plan: "These delicacies are specially prepared by me for you. Normally... I would not be willing to be so extravagant..."
"Thank you, father..." Li Chengqian silently picked up the chicken leg and took a bite, but then he put down his chopsticks: "Father... son... ugh... I'm full..."
"Why do you eat so little today?" His Majesty Li II pretended to be surprised and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No..." Li Chengqian lowered his head after hearing this: "My son is in good health... Mainly... he has no appetite..."
"Really?" His Majesty Li II didn't believe it.
"Father..." Li Chengqian knew that the other party was just waiting for him to give in. He thought about it and felt that he had a brother like Kuandi. Some things that he had found difficult to let go of before didn't seem so difficult to let go of anymore: "It was Kuandi's men who brought me dinner earlier..."
"Oh...I see..." Emperor Li II nodded upon hearing this, and then he suddenly slammed the chopsticks in his hand on the table.
"boom!"
"This bastard's subordinates have absolutely no manners! Can my palace be a place where they can come and go as they please?! How can this be allowed? How can this be allowed?!"