It was September in Chang 'an, and the summer heat had not completely subsided. The weather was still a little hot.
Li Chengqian was lying on a recliner, enjoying the service of the two little handmaidens, Xiao Shi and Xiao Bi, as he listened to the work report of lackey Yang Yuande.
In the midst of his leisurely pace, he heard a sharp voice saying,"The Emperor has arrived."
"Oh no! He wouldn't come to the temple without a reason! Father doesn't come with good intentions!"
Seeing Li Shiming walking towards him with a dark face, Li Chengqian thought to himself and hurriedly got up from the recliner. He smiled and said,"Imperial Father, why are you here? Why didn't you inform me that you were coming?”
Li Shi Min didn't say anything. He picked up Li Chengqian with his big hand and gave him a good beating on his butt!
After a round of beating, Li Shiming let out a long sigh of relief. Then, he waved his hand and threw Li Chengqian on the recliner. As if he had smoked weed, he smiled and swaggered away, leaving Li Chengqian alone on the recliner.
After Li Shiming had walked far away, Li Chengqian jumped up from the recliner and patted his butt with a dumbfounded expression.
Although Li Shiming didn't use any strength and Li Chengqian didn't feel any pain, he still suffered a beating!
Huh? What was going on? Getting beaten up just because of a disagreement? Oh heavens, oh earth, are you still being reasonable? I obediently stayed in the Eastern Palace. I didn't cause any trouble.
Wait!
Causing trouble...
Li Chengqian suddenly remembered that he, this cheap emperor, would not easily spank his butt. It seemed that he would only spank him after he caused trouble.
However, he had been in the Eastern Palace every day these past few days and was busy with the Mid-Autumn Festival. He really did not have the time to go out and cause trouble.
Li Chengqian felt that it was very likely that he had been 'framed' by someone. Someone must have used his or the Eastern Palace's name to cause trouble outside, causing him to suffer a beating for nothing.
"No, I can't take this lying down!”
The more Li Chengqian thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct. Otherwise, why would Li Shimin come here to beat him up instead of being intimate with Empress Zhangsun?
That was definitely the case!
"Yang Yuande!" Li Chengqian suddenly called out.
"I'm here." Yang Yuande replied flatteringly.
"Give me an hour. Before the curfew, I want to know what happened in Chang 'an this afternoon!”The more Li Chengqian thought about it, the angrier he got.
"Yes, this lowly one will obey!"
In less than an hour, Yang Yuande hurried back.
"How is it? What information did you find?”Li Chengqian stood up from the recliner and asked through gritted teeth.
" Your Highness, something big happened in Chang 'an today.。。Moreover, in my opinion, this matter has something to do with His Highness.”Yang Yuande glanced at Li Chengqian carefully.
"Is he related to this king?" Li Chengqian frowned.
"Yes, yes. This evening, Duke Yi, Duke Lu, Duke Wei, Duke E…they got drunk and started fighting. I heard that they were fighting fiercely. In the end, it was only when His Majesty personally went over that the generals stopped.”Yang Yuande explained carefully.
"Those old fools are fighting? That's interesting!"
Li Chengqian immediately became interested and hurriedly asked," How was the fight? Quickly tell this king about it. Also, did that shameless Old Demon Cheng get beaten black and blue?”
"This... I'm not sure. I don't know!" Yang Yuande smiled awkwardly.
"Tsk, how disappointing!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and frowned."Wait a minute, those old fellows are fighting. What does this have to do with me?”
"Your Highness, because the High Duke's generals explained to the Emperor that they fought because they were drunk.。。”Yang Yuande said awkwardly.
"What right do they have to push the blame to this king just because they got drunk and started fighting?”Li Chengqian questioned unhappily.
"... Your Highness, because the wine that the generals are drinking is your Zhenguan wine..."
Li Chengqian's face instantly darkened.
" And, and, I learned from a guard of the Imperial Army that the reason why the other High Duke generals were drunk was because High Duke Lu forced them to drink…"
"But you can't push the blame on me just because I brewed this wine! And those wines were all stolen from me by Old Monster Cheng!”Li Chengqian argued unhappily.
"Ah?" Yang Yuande was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said," But, but Duke Lu explained to His Majesty that the Zhenguan wine was given to him by His Highness, and he couldn't refuse it no matter how hard he tried. In the end, he could only reluctantly accept Your Highness 'kindness…"
Li Chengqian suddenly fell silent.
After a long while, he suddenly pointed at the sky."I've never seen anything so…thick! Face! Nothing! Shame! It! Human! Ahhhhh, I'm so angry! Old Monster Cheng, just you wait!"
"Your Highness, are you calling me?" Cheng Yaojin's voice suddenly sounded from behind Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian's entire body stiffened. He turned his head and smiled awkwardly."Hehehe, Uncle Cheng, why are you here?”
"Did Your Highness the Crown Prince just call me?”Cheng bit Jin Cong's ear and refused to let go of that sentence.
"Hehehe, how could that be…Uncle Cheng must have heard wrongly.。。”Li Chengqian looked at Cheng Yaojin, who was rubbing his fists, and his face was full of black lines.
In the end, Cheng Yaojin proudly carried a large barrel of Zhenguan wine and swaggered away.
Time flew by in the blink of an eye.
Finally, there was only one day left until the Mid-Autumn Festival that Li Chengqian had been nagging about!
On this day, the Tang Ice Cellar suddenly stopped giving out Zhenguan wine. In its place was a new notice: On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, our store will hold a Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet in the Purple Bamboo Forest outside Chang 'an City. There will be an unlimited supply of Zhenguan wine in the venue.
(1 more chapter!!!)
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。