When Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he immediately ordered his constant attendants and found ten young eunuchs who could write.
Li Chengqian asked them to hurry up and copy Lan'er's booklet "Journey to the West" as soon as possible. And he himself was standing behind one of the little eunuchs, reading the story by the way.
This was very painful for the little eunuch. The prince had been urging him hard, but now the prince was still standing behind him. How could he write this? The little eunuch's hands began to tremble uncontrollably, sweat began to form on his forehead, and his speed naturally slowed down.
Li Chengqian had been reading this page for a while, but he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he saw that the little eunuch hadn't finished copying and turning the pages. Taking a closer look at his trembling hands, Li Chengqian understood what was going on. I feel a little helpless in my heart, but I don't want to be too harsh.
Li Chengqian had no choice but to walk away and said to the eunuchs who were copying the book: "You guys copy as soon as possible. Try to copy two copies today. If you finish copying, you will be rewarded."
All the eunuchs hurriedly bowed respectfully and promised.
Li Chengqian turned around and said to the young attendant from before: "Zhang Gui, after they finish copying, you should report to Gu as soon as possible."
The Chang Shi quickly bowed and said: "No, Your Highness!"
Li Chengqian then returned to the palace to rest.
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More than two hours later, Zhang Gui took two pamphlets and sent them to Li Chengqian's palace.
"Your Highness, two copies have been copied. Please take a look at it."
Li Chengqian stepped forward quickly, took one of the pamphlets, sat on the bed, opened it eagerly, and said to Zhang Gui:
"Well, that's right. Anyone who copies the book will be rewarded. Zhang Gui, please have the remaining pamphlet in your hand sent to Changle Palace now."
"No." Zhang Gui resigned.
Only then did Li Chengqian immerse himself wholeheartedly in the bizarre world of Journey to the West.
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The moon hangs in the sky, Changle Palace.
"Eh? Sister Yan'er, what are you doing in Changle Palace at this time?" Under the attic of Changle Palace, a little maid in purple saw an acquaintance coming and hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
The tall palace maid stepped forward and replied with a smile: "Sister Li'er, Changshi Zhang sent me to deliver a book to Her Royal Highness the Princess. She said it was sent here by His Highness the Crown Prince."
"But Her Royal Highness has gone to bed now." Li'er looked up at the attic where the lights were turned off and said awkwardly.
Yan'er also looked up and said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not insist on delivering it to the Princess in person. Why don't you, Li'er, help me put this book in the Princess's bedroom, and wait until the Princess wakes up tomorrow?" Do you want to tell the princess?"
Li'er tilted her little head and thought about it. This was indeed a solution, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, sister Yan'er, please give me the book."
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Li'er took "Journey to the West" and entered the palace. Worried about waking up the princess, she had to put it on the table in the main hall on the first floor. Anyway, she didn't worry about anyone taking it away.
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The next morning, Changle Palace.
Li'er saw a fat man wearing a python robe walking towards him, and he quickly greeted him and saluted, "I have met His Highness the King of Wei."
The little fat man nodded, "Well, where is Changle?"
This little fat man is the second son of the current emperor and the eldest grandson, King Li Tai of Wei. He is only nine years old this year, but he is talented and intelligent at a young age. He is a good scholar who loves literature, is a craftsman, and has collected tens of thousands of books. Therefore, he is deeply loved by Li Tai. Two favors.
Of course, smart people are a bit arrogant. Li Tai has always been at odds with Li Chengqian. He looks down on the prince brother and thinks that he just became the prince because he was born a year earlier than him. In terms of talent, Li Chengqian Tai was confident that he could defeat his older brother.
A few days ago, Li Tai heard from his subordinates that Li Chengqian took Changle out to relax, and brought a kind of delicacy to his father when he came back. The result made his father Longyan very happy and praised Li Chengqian for his filial piety and the harmony between brother and sister. Somewhat unhappy.
He knew that kind of delicacy, it was called nibbling chicken. Later he also ate it, and he ate a lot. Every day, the guards lined up to buy it for him. It was indeed delicious, but he felt that his father should not give him the credit. As for his brother, the chicken nibbling was not invented by the prince.
So Li Tai also came to Changle Palace today to pay attention to this sister and see if she wanted to go out and relax. He just happened to accompany her. First of all, although Li Tai doesn't get along well with Li Chengqian, he has always had a good relationship with Chang Le, and he is also concerned about his sister's health. Secondly, if Chang Le wanted to go out to the palace to relax, he could just go out with him, and he might even get praise from his father when he came back, saying that they were harmonious as brothers and sisters, which really served multiple purposes.
Li'er bowed and replied: "Go back to Your Highness King Wei, the princess is not up yet."
Li Tai was a little disappointed. It seemed that he had arrived early, so he said casually: "Oh, I'll sit in the front hall for a while and wait until Chang Le gets up."
After that, he went directly into the hall.
Li'er quickly went in to serve tea. Li Tai was sitting on the bench and saw a booklet on the table with "Journey to the West" written on it. He couldn't help but be curious and wondered what kind of book it was. I read a lot of books and had never seen it before.
Immediately, I took the brochure and flipped through it. Li'er next to her wanted to stop her but didn't dare. This King Wei had never had a good temper. She thought to herself that she could only wait a while before the princess came to King Wei to ask for repayment. King Wei would not default on her debt.
Li Tai was attracted after turning the first page. As he went further, more novel things came out, such as monkeys jumping out of stones, ancestor Bodhi, somersault clouds, seventy-two transformations, and havoc in the heaven. He had never heard of these strange and strange things before. Yes, but these plots are so passionate and attractive. Li Tai couldn't help but become more and more immersed in that wonderful story.
After a while, there was a sound of tables and chairs colliding with each other. Li Tai was woken up, and Li'er also reacted and said quickly: "It seems that the princess is awake. Your Highness, King Wei, please excuse me first. I want you to come." Go and dress the princess."
Li Tai waved his hand, and Li'er quickly went upstairs.
At this moment, Li Tai saw that he was the only one left in the room. He looked at the "Journey to the West" with great reluctance in his eyes. He paused for a while and then flashed a trace of hesitation and struggle. Finally, he saw that time was running out. It was estimated that Changle would come down soon. Li Tai gritted his teeth, and a trace of determination finally flashed in his eyes.
Like a little thief, he first looked around to make sure that he was the only one in the front hall, and then quickly stuffed "Journey to the West" into his long sleeves, doing it without stopping, regardless of the two young men standing at the door. The palace maid looked in surprise and ran away.
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In the attic.
"Princess, King Wei is already waiting for you downstairs!" Li'er reported while combing Chang Le's hair.
"Oh? Brother Qingque came to see me? Li'er, hurry up, don't keep Brother Qingque waiting for too long." When Changle heard that Li Tai came to see her, a little happiness flashed on her delicate little face.
Li'er quickly speeded up and said, "Princess, the prince sent someone to deliver a book last night. When I saw that the princess had rested, I placed the book in the front hall."
Chang Le's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said happily: "Great, it must be "Journey to the West" that Brother Prince heard yesterday. Brother Prince was really careful and copied it into a book and sent it over. Li'er, please hurry up. I need to go down quickly and have a look."
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A quarter of an hour later. The main hall of Changle Palace.
"Li'er, where's Brother Qingque?" Changle asked doubtfully, looking at the empty front hall.
Li'er also looked confused, looked around, and said suspiciously: "He was still there just now!"
This is when a little maid came in from the door and cautiously reported to Chang Le: "Princess Qi, I saw His Royal Highness the King of Wei a quarter of an hour ago and seemed to have something urgent to do, so he left in a hurry."
Changle was even more confused. He didn't know what his brother was so crazy about so early in the morning. He couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
Then he asked: "Li'er, didn't you say before that the prince brother gave you a book? Where is the book?"
"Go back to the princess, the book is over there. Um..." Li'er pointed to the table, but found that there was nothing on it. She couldn't help being shocked, but then she felt fear, and she quickly knelt down and said:
"Princess, I'm sorry, I really didn't lie. The book has been on the table before. Just now, Prince Wei came and looked through it..."
Changle thought for a while and finally reacted. He couldn't help but became furious, stamped his feet and said angrily: "Smelly Qingque, let's see how Changle will settle accounts with you in the future!"
After saying that, she walked out quickly. She was going to the East Palace. Since Li Tai had stolen "Journey to the West", even if she went to find Li Tai now, she probably wouldn't be back for a while. She might as well go to the East Palace to have a look. There are no remaining copies.
I have to say that Changle really understands Li Tai.
Li Tai ran back to Prince Wei's Mansion in a hurry, and looked back to see if anyone was following him. Seeing that there was no one behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief and told the guard guarding the door: "Except for the summons from my father, the rest of the people are here." When people come, you will say that the king is not here, do you hear me clearly?"
Although the two guards felt strange, they did not dare to ask further questions and quickly bowed and agreed.
Li Tai then quickly returned to his bedroom, carefully took out the booklet, and then eagerly started reading it again, his mind slowly entering the bizarre world of Journey to the West.
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