Two guards with spears were standing outside the courtyard. They were wearing armor and had dark expressions.
"Perhaps this is the secret of the King of Qin.”
Li Chuan shook his head. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly noticed a delicate figure standing on the rockery by the wall.
In Li Chuan's impression, Eldest Commandery Princess Li Anlan was only nine years old. Although she was born of a concubine, Qin Wangfei had always brought her by her side and treated her like her own.
On the day Li Chuan woke up from his coma, it was her and the young princess who stood by the bed and wiped her sweat.
At this moment, Li Chuan's clothes moved slightly. He turned around and saw the young princess tugging at his clothes.
"Shh!" Li Chuan placed his index finger in front of his mouth, indicating for the young princess to not make a sound. Then, the two of them looked at the eldest princess on the fake mountain.
"What is Sister An Lan doing?" the young princess asked in a low voice.
"I wonder what is in the courtyard.”Li Chuan bent down and whispered.
"Brother, carry me up. I want to see it too.”The young princess climbed onto Li Chuan's back and said coquettishly.
Not only was the young princess curious, even Li Chuan was curious. He carried the young princess on his back, avoided the eyes of the two guards, and easily climbed up the rockery.
" This is..." The next moment, the scene in front of him made Li Chuan's face twitch.
In the courtyard, an eight-year-old boy was holding a book and standing motionlessly in front of a stone table. The books on the stone table were piled up like a small mountain.
Around the stone table, eighteen middle-aged men who looked like Confucian scholars took turns to take turns. Each of them held a ferule in their hands. They all looked like ruthless characters.
"It's big brother Chengqian, so you're here. No wonder I haven't seen big brother for half a year.”the young princess said to herself.
"Sealed teaching, 18 lecturers, I reckon there are countless lessons in a day. This is even worse than the students in a thousand years!”Li Chuan shook his head helplessly and said to himself.
At first, he thought that this was some important secret of Li Er. Little did he know that locking Li Chengqian up for teaching was also terrifying enough.
Before this, he had thought that the children of the imperial family were born with a life of luxury. He did not expect them to have their own sufferings.
From this, it could be seen that Li Er had high hopes for his eldest son, Li Chengqian. This was much more exaggerated than what was recorded in the history books.
At this moment, Princess Anlan heard Li Chuan and Li Lizhi's voices and quickly greeted them.
Soon, Li Chuan carried the young princess down from the rockery and helped Li Anlan down as well.
"Sister Lizhi, today Mother said that we have both reached the age of reading and writing. Father will soon hire a few Confucian scholars for us.”Li Anlan looked at the young princess and said earnestly.
Upon hearing this, the young princess thought of her brother Li Chengqian's current " miserable state ". Her little nose couldn't stop sniffling, and she felt so wronged that tears were about to come out.
"Sister Junzhu, it is necessary to study in peace.”Li Chuan laughed gloatingly." You're a princess. If you can't even read and write, how can you say that?"”
It made sense. The young princess loved to be active by nature. It seemed unrealistic for her to study at her desk obediently.
"Brother, you're still laughing at me." The young princess raised her fist and punched Li Chuan's shoulder.
Of course, the five-year-old princess didn't have much strength to begin with. In addition, she was only feigning an attack, so she hit Li Chuan like raindrops.
"If you continue to fight, there won't be anything good to eat in the future.”Li Chuan threatened with a smile.
"No, no…Brother, Sister Lizhi wants to eat your mung bean cake. Brother is the best.”The young princess retracted her fist and shook Li Chuan's wrist as she began to act coquettishly.
"No problem. Sister An Lan, come along too.”Li Chuan greeted him generously.
These were simple dishes that didn't require much effort. Since he had nothing to do anyway, he would coax the child and see if he could complete any more missions.
"Thank you, Brother. An Lan has heard about your mung bean cake from Sister Lizhi.”Li Anlan wiped his saliva and blushed.
Just like that, the two princesses followed Li Chuan back to his small courtyard.
After a while, Li Chuan walked out of the kitchen. Behind him, the maid brought a plate of mung bean cake, a plate of braised lamb chop, a plate of sweet and sour lotus root slices, and finally a basin of fruit soup.
At the stone table, the two princesses blinked their big eyes and waited. When they saw the four rare delicacies being served, their expressions were completely different.
At this moment, Li Er and Lady Zhangsun walked in from outside the courtyard.
"Just now, when we were outside the courtyard, I found the fragrance alluring.”Li Er walked closer and saw the dishes on the table. He exclaimed,
"This is definitely not the work of the royal chef of the palace. This is the work of the God of Food!”
"Your Highness, I made this for the two princesses.”Li Chuan stood up and greeted politely,"It's just a folk dish, far from the royal chef of the wangfu. If Your Highness is free, feel free to come and taste it.”
"Daddy, brother's cooking is delicious.”The young princess raised her pretty face and said sincerely.
"Alright then, I want to try it. What kind of delicious food can make Lizhi admire it so much?”As Li Er spoke, he called out to Wang Fei and sat down together.
Seeing this, Li Chuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He had only said a few polite words, but Li Er actually took it seriously.
Then, Li Er started to call for everyone to start eating. He picked up a piece of mung bean cake and handed it to Consort Qin. He sighed and said,
"Guanyin maid, when I saw this pastry, I remembered the box of palace pastries I gave you when we first met.”
"Yes, it has been sixteen years. I still remember the taste of that pastry.”Wang Fei took the green bean cake and said seriously.
Li Chuan and the two princesses were stunned.
"How did you feel just now?" Li Chuan lowered his voice and asked the young princess beside him.
"My scalp is a little numb." The young princess raised her head and smiled. Her two little canine teeth were still stained with the crumbs of the mung bean cake. It could be said that she was extremely cute.
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