"I never compromise if I don't like it."

"Then why would Erlang bother to provoke her?"

"Am I provoking her?" Li Changjing shook his head and said to himself: "I really can't live in this capital."

Zhang Hongluo said: "If you think about it carefully, the concubine's arrangement is for Erlang's benefit."

"Sixth uncle, even in the Western Expedition, I can rely on my own ability. There is no need to say more about this matter." Li Changjing said: "I am afraid that my mother will persuade my father. Could you, my sixth uncle, help me persuade my father?"

?”

"If anyone among the courtiers can persuade His Majesty, I'm afraid it's not me."

"Mr. Lu? Gong Lu also knows the details of what happened in Mobei."

Hong Hong nodded slightly and said, "I'm afraid Lu Junshi won't speak for Erlang."

"Yes, Mr. Lu doesn't like my arrogance and thinks I should be taught a lesson." Li Changjing thought for a long time and sighed: "I will go to the Lu Mansion to visit you tomorrow."

With that said, he stood up and said another sentence.

"I will let him know that people change when they grow up. I have matured a lot."

Zhang Honglue smiled, stroked his beard and said, "Erlang is leaving now? Your twelfth uncle has given you a gift, can you take it with him?"

"A gift from Uncle Twelve?"

Li Changjing turned around, hesitated for a moment, waved his hand, and said calmly: "Forget it, I can't afford to have my mother blame me again."

~~

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month, East Palace.

"Your Highness, Your Highness is here."

Li Changyi raised his head from between the eucalyptus tablets and said, "Let him come over."

After a while, Li Changjing and Shi Ranran walked in and walked directly behind Li Changyi to watch him handle the paperwork.

"What's the matter?"

"Well, I want to have a meal with my eldest brother."

Li Changyi didn't even raise his head and said: "I rarely had some free time during the Lantern Festival yesterday. You have to come today."

"I went to see the lanterns with someone yesterday, and I have free time today." Li Changjing couldn't help but smile, his eyes looking a little different, "Have you seen it? This year's one is particularly good."

"It's the same every year, why would you think of inviting me today?"

"It may not be me who invites you. It's the same as if my eldest brother invites me to eat." Li Changjing said, "Lu Gong said that as long as eldest brother tells him, he will persuade my father not to let me marry Hu Tulun."

"If I had known today, why bother in the beginning?"

"She was the one who provoked me first. I had beaten her to death a long time ago. But when she was captured by me, she still used words to provoke me, saying that I was the pretty boy she raised. Can I bear it? She...

…”

A "Peng" sound.

Li Changyi was displeased and slapped the table and shouted: "Wash your mouth before you come back."

"Isn't that what everyone in the military talks like?"

"I have been in the army for three years and I have never seen anyone swearing more profusely than you."

"If you don't go into battle, you won't be with the pawns." Li Changjing said, "Anyway, I can't lose to her."

Li Changyi asked: "Why can't you lose?"

"I've never lost."

"Childish." Li Changyi murmured in a low voice and continued to process the official documents, saying: "When the political hall comes to collect these...what do you want to eat later?"

“Bao’s Restaurant’s hot pot and meat-shabu-shabu is one of the best in Beijing.”

Li Changyi asked: "Which Bao's Restaurant?"

"Oh, you haven't been in the capital for more than three years, so you don't know anything." Li Changjing said: "About three years ago, someone claimed to be a descendant of Bao Zhongbang and said that the beef and mutton slices were created by his family, specializing in hot pot, and the business was very good.

good."

"Really?"

"It's fake, but maybe they are related? She looks ugly and hanky, so I don't know if it's true. One of Bao Zhongbang's grandsons complained to Bao Shuyi that it was an impersonation, but Bao Shuyi ignored it."

"tasty?"

"That store's chili oil is so unique that even my father went there in disguise to try it twice..."

After Li Changjing returned to the capital, when facing his elders and brothers, his aura was different from when he was in the army, and he talked a lot more.

As for Li Changyi, after only three small glasses of wine, his cheeks turned slightly red, his sense of majesty disappeared, and he began to speak more and more.

"Let me tell you, if I really killed your head that day, my father wouldn't blame me. Don't really think that I was afraid of your little tricks and just too lazy to tangle with you. When I was a kid, the world was uncertain and the elders were busy. You kids

Of course, who didn’t I bring up with you?”

"ha?"

Li Changjing's ability to drink was so good that he drank a bottle in a blink of an eye and was not drunk at all.

"The most annoying thing I say is, 'The prince brought up all the brothers.' How old are we? It's me and you who brought up those little ones together, okay? But you are more mature. You are the prince, so you can't do anything.

It's you who are amazing."

Li Changyi smiled and shook his head and said: "Since you were a child, I have cleaned up a lot of messes for you. In the Battle of Helan Mountain that year, you secretly escaped from Chang'an City and encountered thieves. Who found it for you?"

"If it weren't for you, I would have killed my first enemy that year."

"There is one more thing." Li Changyi said: "Actually, I have always believed what you said. It has been six months since you violated military law, and suddenly Tulun's belly is eight months old..."

"What did you say?!" Li Changjing was shocked.

Li Changyi smiled and said: "I'm not sure it's yours yet, are you?"

"I do...mother! She plotted against me."

Li Changjing didn't speak for a long time. He just poured wine on himself until finally he rubbed his face vigorously.

"A few days ago, I met a young lady... I took her to see the lanterns... I didn't want to touch Hu Tulun in the first place. I was just afraid that I wouldn't be able to suppress her fierceness. Brother, do you understand? She

It's the she-wolf on the grassland. I tried my best to hold her down...but she is different..."

"Crying?" Li Changyi laughed, looking a little gentle, and murmured in a low voice: "What does this mean? Fighting for the throne is a thousand times more cruel than this. You are really too weak."

"I know cruelty. Now I can still control it and restrain those people. I am also afraid of the future..."

Li Changyi raised his hand and shook it, saying: "There are some things that my father wanted to tell you after you came back from the army, but today, I am here to tell you."

"good."

"I never felt threatened by you."

"You have insulted me."

"It has nothing to do with whether you are outstanding or not." Li Changyi said: "My father has never thought about passing the throne to any son other than his eldest son. What he wants is for the country to transition steadily and survive the most rapid development decades.

...Don't be anxious, I know what you want to say, you want to say that Father allows you to fight. He has never punished you for fighting for the throne."

Li Changjing raised his head proudly.

Li Changyi said: "I am born in sorrow and die in happiness. My father does not want me to be happy, so I have always allowed you to do this. I have only figured this out in the past two years."

After saying this, he stood up, shook his head to wake up, and finally patted Li Changjing on the shoulder.

"Thank you for your encouragement over the years."

Li Changjing was confused for a moment, feeling like he was drunk, and asked: "You want to lie to me?"

"Maybe." Li Changyi said: "To be honest, I care about the friendship between brothers. Otherwise, who can I trust to protect the vassal country?"

~~

The next day, when he woke up with a hangover, Li Changyi rubbed his forehead and couldn't remember what he had said to Li Erlang yesterday.

"How many drinks has your Highness had?" Liu Yao asked, "After I came back last night, I was even more drunk."

Li Changyi raised his hand and made a "three" sign.

"So much?"

Liu Yao pretended to be surprised and said: "How could Your Highness drink so much for three cups?"

Li Changyi smiled self-deprecatingly, took Liu Yao's hand, and asked: "Last night Erlang said that I was mature. Am I really mature since I was a child?"

"No way." Liu Yao said: "Your Highness, don't you remember that when the Mongolian army came to Tongguan, my father stayed in Chang'an, and Your Highness cut off his beard while he was sleeping?"

"Is there any?" Li Changyi said: "They don't seem to realize that I did it?"

"Didn't I take it over for you?" Liu Yao rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile: "But, although you are a little naughty, compared to your brothers, you are still the most sensible. Get up, Father Emperor Zhao

You discussed the matter, it seems that the matter is not small, Uluru is planning to move the Khan Court to Zhaisang Lake."

"Then Liulang is even further away." Li Changyi murmured.
To be continued...