kingnovel Chapter 867: His Majesty Li 2's Summoning
Chapter 867: His Majesty Li 2's Summoning
Time passed quickly, and on the day of Yuanzheng, Emperor Li II held a palace banquet and invited all the ministers and their families to attend the banquet.
"Second brother! Second brother!" Today, the little Princess Sizi was dressed up by Empress Changsun as a lucky doll: she wore a pink tiger-head hat, golden lark boots, and a dark blue skirt, looking like a fairy child from heaven.
"Little Sizi... can you let your second brother sleep a little longer?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was still in bed at this time, but when he heard his sister calling him outside, he couldn't help but sighed, then got up, dressed, and started to wash.
“兕子，怎么你就这么爱粘着二哥啊。”——长乐公主见兕子这么早就跑去打扰楚大王睡懒觉，于是只能跟在妹妹后边儿小心照顾：“你当心二哥揍你哦。”
"Second brother won't do that!" The little Princess Sizi now speaks and acts in a way that is somewhat like that of King Chu in his past: as long as she is in a good mood, she will shout loudly; if she is in a bad mood, she will just make herself laugh.
"That's right, why would my second brother beat up little Sizi?" After washing up as quickly as possible, His Royal Highness the King of Chu hurried to Sizi's side and held him in his arms: "Sizi looks particularly good today."
"Brother, you look particularly good today too!" The little girl, who was praised by her brother, raised her hands happily and showed him what she had gotten this morning: "This is what our grandfather gave to Sizi. Sizi will give half to you, brother!"
"Hmm..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu looked at the small gold bracelet on his sister's wrist, which was inlaid with various precious jewels. He really didn't know how to divide it: "Little Sizi will look beautiful when wearing it, but Second Brother doesn't need it."
"Second brother, second brother, you can give it to sister Lian'er..." Princess Sizi also had her own little thoughts: "Second brother, just say that Sizi and second brother gave it to her together..."
"Huh?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu found that his little sister was really smart, sensible and cute: "So you have already thought about it?"
"Hehe..." Sizi rubbed his forehead against his brother's chin when he heard this: "Sister Lian'er is good to Sizi!"
"Little Sizi, does that mean that sister is not good to you?" Changle, who was standing by, couldn't help but pat her little sister's head in annoyance when she heard this: "You are always partial to your second brother!"
"Sizi is not partial." Princess Sizi is called partial by her elder sister every day, so she went to Taiji Palace to ask His Majesty Li Er, who knows a lot about "partiality": "Father said that partiality means comparing two people together. Whoever Sizi likes more, she will be partial to him - but there is no need for Sizi to compare with second brother. Sizi likes second brother the most!"
“Sizi…” His Highness the King of Chu was deeply moved when he heard his sister’s innocent words: “Second brother’s little Sizi…”
"Second brother, second brother! Where are you?!" Whenever His Royal Highness the King of Chu felt warm because of his sister, His Royal Highness Zhinu would always appear suddenly to ruin the atmosphere: "Fourth brother stole my tiger hat, beat him for me!"
"Silly boy..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu held Little Sizi and walked out of the bedroom with Changle. Only then did he discover that the young slave who had wrapped himself up like a small meat dumpling was circling around a "big meat dumpling" - His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, who looked like a ball even without thick clothes.
"Second brother, don't worry about this. Zhinu is a kid who needs a lesson." Qingque was really angry now: "He ran to my bedroom early in the morning to make trouble, and threw ice cubes he found from somewhere into my underwear - it froze me to death!"
"Then you beat him up." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu could not help but sigh helplessly: "Think about how your second brother beat you up in the past."
"Ah..." Qingque was flattered when he heard this and said, "Second brother, can I beat up Zhinu?"
"Second brother!" The Ninth Prince suddenly realized that something was wrong: "I didn't--"
"You still dare to lie?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu only needed to take a glance to know that the brat had begun to show signs of being a bad boy: "Your sleeves are wet!"
"Sister Changle..." Seeing that his butt was about to be hurt, Zhinu hurried to Princess Changle's side, hugged her thighs, and then looked up pitifully and said: "Zhinu knows that he was wrong... I won't dare to do it next time..."
“I hope you really won’t dare to do that next time!” Although Qingque had been threatening to beat up his younger brother Zhinu, he was influenced by Li Kuan and always wanted to be a good brother. So before Princess Changle could ask for mercy for Zhinu, he came to Zhinu and put the tiger hat heavily on his head: “You’ve really pissed off my second brother. No one can protect you!”
“Wow…” The Ninth Prince felt miserable—how could he not know that what his Fourth Brother said was true?
"Second brother..." Seeing how pitiful Zhinu was, Princess Sizi couldn't help but reach out and tug at her brother's sleeve: "It's Yuanzheng today, please don't punish Zhinu, okay?"
"Oh, okay." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu smiled at his sister first, then turned around and looked at his brother who deserved a beating seriously: "Zhi Nu, be smarter next time, can't you put the ice cubes under the quilt?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu decided to teach the other party a lesson for the sake of his sister Sizi: "Put it down and run away. By the time your fourth brother notices, you will be gone..."
"Hey! Second brother?" Qingque suddenly realized something: "I was wondering why I always wet the bed every winter when I was a child..."
"This kid deserves a beating for freezing you with ice." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu first summarized the reasons why his brother deserved a beating, and then he insured himself: "Don't blame me, kid. I didn't do it. It was all my elder brother... ahem... you can believe it or not."
His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was telling the truth. At that time, he was only responsible for giving advice, and the one in charge of execution was Li Chengqian, who had not yet become the crown prince.
"It's not easy for me to grow up safely..." Qingque couldn't tell, she really couldn't tell - those countless mornings when she woke up and looked at the wet bed - was it her who wet the bed, or was it her elder brother who came into the room with ice cubes...
"Qingque, I love you anyway." Seeing his brother looking hurt, His Royal Highness the King of Chu immediately said righteously, "You and I are the best in the world!"
"Ah?" Princess Changle, who was standing by, immediately became upset when she heard her second brother say this: "Second brother, who are you best friends with?"
"Uh..." The Prince of Chu, who had many "best things in the world", suddenly felt the pressure doubled at this moment: "Changle, listen to my second brother's explanation..."
"Second brother and Sizi are the best!" There was no need for His Royal Highness the King of Chu to rack his brains to make excuses, as Princess Sizi came to his rescue on the spot: "Fourth brother, Sister Changle, Sizi and second brother are the best!"
After the little girl finished speaking, she signaled with her eyes to the young slave who was about to interrupt to shut up. The latter also understood what his sister meant and remained silent reluctantly.
At this moment, Zhang Nan suddenly appeared in the Ganlu Palace Square. Under the gaze of several princes and princesses, he quickly came to the side of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu and whispered, "Your Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, His Majesty has ordered you to go to the Imperial Study alone to discuss important matters."