"Your Royal Highness, you can't come in! Your Royal Highness is dealing with official business..."
In the East Palace, outside the main hall, a little girl in a pink dress was walking briskly towards the main hall. Upon seeing this, the waiter at the door quickly stepped forward to stop her, with a look of embarrassment on her face.
This little girl is Chang Le who just came from Lizheng Palace!
Li Er didn't let her stay in Lizheng Palace, so she had no choice but to come to Li Chengqian. After all, her other two brothers were close friends. Li Tai was in Taiyuan now, and Li Ke was busy with official duties outside the palace all day long. , only Li Chengqian lives in the palace permanently!
"Hmph! I want to see the crown prince brother, please get out of the way!"
Having just been "driven away" by Li Er from the Lizheng Palace, Changle was now very angry. Now when she came to the East Palace to see Li Chengqian, there were still people blocking her. How could she bear it? Immediately he angrily scolded the chamberlain.
However, although he was angry, Changle was still restrained and did not say anything extreme. I have to say that this little girl is really well-educated. Even if she is unhappy, she will not bully her servants casually! If it were any other unruly princess, she would be so angry that she would kick her!
The chamberlain did not dare to be next to or touch the aunt in front of him. He was forced back by Chang Le, with a look of confusion on his face: "But His Highness has ordered..."
"You all stand down! Let Changle come in!"
At this moment, Li Chengqian's voice came from the palace. Hearing this, the young eunuch felt as if he was hearing the voice of heaven, as if he had been granted amnesty. He quickly bowed towards the direction of the palace and saluted, then turned to Changle and said respectfully:
"Your Highness, please!"
"Hmph~!"
Chang Le raised his chin, snorted dissatisfiedly at the little chamberlain, then picked up his skirt and trotted towards the palace.
In the room, Li Chengqian was sitting in front of the desk, writing something with a pen. In front of him, facing a large stack of pamphlets, he saw Chang Le walking in. Li Chengqian raised his head, smiled, and greeted: "Come Chang Le. Already?"
"Hmph! Now the prince's brother is getting more and more arrogant. Changle only found out today that he needs to be notified in advance when meeting the prince's brother~?"
Changle snorted and walked in the direction of Li Chengqian, complaining dissatisfiedly.
Li Chengqian shook his head and said with a smile: "Others have to report when they come in. Changle, of course you don't need to report when you come in! It's because you are alone, you didn't discipline them well! You must tell them clearly when you come back~!"
For Chang Le, Li Chengqian, who was his elder brother, naturally only had pampering in his heart. Therefore, he did not take Chang Le's deliberately sarcastic words to heart at all.
"Hehe~! Brother Prince, Changle likes to hear this!"
The little girl's anger came and went quickly. Hearing this, Chang Le smiled, and then quickly came to Li Chengqian's side. After seeing a pile of pamphlets on the table, Chang Le was a little surprised and said: "These are Memorial? Father asked you to help review the memorial~?"
Although Li Er often asked Li Chengqian to study government affairs in the past, he never asked Li Chengqian to help review memorials, because Li Er wanted to motivate Li Chengqian and let his other sons compete for the position of prince, so that Li Chengqian would feel relieved. There was some pressure, so Li Er never asked Li Chengqian to do something like reviewing memorials that could express his attitude too clearly.
But now...
"There have been a lot of changes on the northern border recently. My father is busy with military affairs all day long and has little time for government affairs. Most of these documents are memorials on government affairs. My father asked me to take a look and then write down my own comments. Then submit it to him and let him make the decision! This will save my father a lot of time~!"
Li Chengqian looked at the memorials piled up like a hill on the desk, sighed, and then explained to Chang Le.
"Not only can it save my father a lot of time, my father does this because he wants to train the prince brother's ability to handle government affairs! It shows that my father attaches great importance to the prince brother now! After all, you are the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty!"
Chang Le smiled slightly when he heard this.
"The Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty..."
After hearing these four words, a hint of complexity flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes. If possible, he would not want the title of prince, let alone be burdened by the title of prince. Think of Li Chengqian, who was "free" in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty. Tai, and then thinking about Li Ke who was busy with bank affairs outside the palace all day long, Li Chengqian felt more and more that the name of the prince was like a cage, locking him tightly in the palace!
It's ridiculous to say that Li Chengqian fought for fame and fortune throughout his life. For this reason, he did not hesitate to close the wall between his brothers and turn his father against his son. He eventually embarked on the path of rebellion and imitated the Xuanwu Gate Incident. But now Li Chengqian has no one to compete with him. While vying for the position of crown prince, he actually felt burdened by his reputation!
Of course, this does not mean that there is no one competing with him for the position of prince. There are still many princes who are coveting the position of prince. It is just that those princes are far from being comparable to the current Li Chengqian in terms of background and personal ability. They cannot make him Li Chengqian felt even the slightest bit threatened!
"... Changle, you came here today, but you have something to look for?"
Shaking his head and temporarily putting aside the negative emotions in his mind, Li Chengqian looked at Changle and asked.
The reason why I ask this is because usually Changle will not run to the East Palace when nothing happens. Changle will spend most of his free time in the West Garden of the Palace with Queen Changsun!
Changle suddenly "visited" today, and the tone of her conversation with the servant outside the door seemed to be in a bad mood, so Li Chengqian concluded that Changle must have something to do when she came to see him today!
Could it be that the little girl was bored in the palace and wanted to take her out of the palace to play
Li Chengqian couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
"Well... Brother Prince, my mother is very unhappy today. When I greeted her in the morning, I found her eyes were red and her face was haggard. I feel that my mother is hiding something serious in her heart. She is not willing to tell me, and My father is not willing to tell me... Brother Prince, you follow your father to the morning court every day. Has something happened recently? Something Changle doesn’t know about... "
Hearing Li Chengqian's question, Changle stopped hiding anything and told Li Chengqian about the affairs of Empress Sun, the eldest son of Lizheng Palace. When the latter heard this, his brows gradually furrowed and he murmured to himself in confusion:
"There was nothing special about the recent morning court! Moreover, the queen mother has never asked about government affairs. Even if something happened in the court, the queen mother should not be so worried..."
Chang Le lay on the desk, holding her chin with both hands, looking at Li Chengqian opposite, she thought for a while and asked: "Is there any news about Brother Qingque in the court recently? There has been no news about Brother Qingque in the palace for a long time. , is the Queen Mother worried about this?"
"Qingque?!!"
Li Chengqian's expression suddenly changed because he suddenly thought of a very important piece of information...
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