Chapter 4: Your Majesty is Your Father
Chapter 4: Your Majesty is Your Father
East Palace.
Lizheng Hall and side hall.
People were busy running around.
The palace maid carried a basin of blood and walked away quickly. When she looked down and saw the blood in the basin, her face turned pale.
This is to clean the blood stains on the prince's back and contaminate the clean water.
Li Chengqian was lying on the bed with his upper body naked. Two bloodstains were clearly visible, looking hideous and terrifying.
Crown Princess Su Qing held a handkerchief in her hand, her eyes filled with tears. She wanted to wipe the tears, but she didn't dare to, for fear of hurting her husband.
"Your Highness."
She was in tears and felt heartbroken.
No matter what her husband has done to offend her, he is still her husband after all.
How could she remain indifferent after being beaten like this?
"Don't cry."
"Small injury."
Li Chengqian chuckled and comforted her. He was afraid of women crying.
It makes me feel a bit sad.
Compared to the lame leg, the whip marks are really minor injuries.
But the pain was real at that time.
The pain is over, but it's still within the tolerable range.
"Your Highness, it's time to apply medicine..."
"Not in a hurry."
Li Chengqian stopped him and asked, what medicine do you want to apply?
There is no need to rush to go up.
He has something in mind.
After a while, if the person who should come hasn't arrived, he will ask the doctor from the East Palace to apply medicine.
"But your highness is still bleeding."
Su Qing said worriedly.
"I can't die. If I were going to die, I would have died long ago."
Li Chengqian said: "Just clean up the blood stains."
He didn't care about anything else and just lay there with his eyes closed. The pain in his back would make him twitch from time to time.
"Your Highness, Duke Zhao requests an audience!"
"Ok?"
Li Chengqian was stunned. What was this cheap uncle doing here?
His original intention was to wait for the imperial physician from the palace to come and treat him with medicine.
No matter what, the imperial physician would eventually report all of his injuries to Li Er.
His main focus is to play the victim.
What Li Er heard from the imperial physician was more convincing than what came from the Eastern Palace.
Furthermore, the news will eventually spread throughout the government and the public.
If it was Dong Gong who treated him, and you spread the news, it would be too deliberate and would not achieve his goal.
But what he didn't expect was that Changsun Wuji would come.
He is an old fox.
You can't leave it like this any longer.
Otherwise, the old fox would see through it at a glance.
"Apply medicine."
"quick!"
The medical officer rushed over and applied the medicine.
Li Chengqian howled and cursed, "Asshole, do you want to hurt me to death?"
It hurts so much.
It's not pretending.
Changsun Wuji happened to come in, and when he heard this, he took two steps forward and saw Li Chengqian lying on the bed, shirtless, with two centipede-like bloodstains. His heart twitched.
"quick!"
"Heal the prince."
he shouted.
The imperial physician stepped forward to take over and began to treat.
"uncle."
Li Chengqian called out weakly and pretended to struggle.
Changsun Wuji hurriedly held him down, "Don't move."
"uncle."
He looked at Changsun Wuji pitifully, and there were only two words to describe his expression: wronged.
"What's wrong with you, Your Majesty?"
"How could he do such a cruel thing?"
No matter how old a fox Changsun Wuji was, or how cunning he was, he couldn't hold it in anymore.
There is a wound on the face, disfigured.
The two long bloodstains on the back are heartbreaking to look at.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Your Majesty really didn't hold back.
He knew the situation could be serious, but he didn't expect it to be this serious.
The whip marks on Li Chengqian's face pierced his heart.
He is the crown prince after all. If Your Majesty wants to depose him, there is no need to be so violent and ruthless.
"Your Majesty just wants to kill me."
Li Chengqian whimpered, it was mainly pain.
But what Changsun Wuji heard was Li Chengqian telling him about his troubles.
"Your Majesty will not."
Zhang Sun Wuji shook his head and said, "Prince, some of your words today were indeed a bit too much."
"It's your majesty who forced you to do it. Doesn't your uncle know that?"
Li Chengqian asked back.
For a moment, Changsun Wuji was speechless.
Is he clear?
Very clear.
However, ever since his sister's death, His Majesty, who was originally wary of him, has become even more wary.
It seems that His Majesty seeks his opinions on all matters big and small, showing absolute trust in him.
In reality, he is just a high-ranking official with little power.
Whether to listen or not, whether to do or not, is all decided by Your Majesty.
This resulted in him not showing the proper attitude when his position as crown prince was threatened.
He had no choice but to enter the palace this time.
Everyone knows what happened when the prince entered the palace. Could he really turn a deaf ear to it?
His failure to enter the palace seemed deliberate.
He had no choice but to enter the palace, first to comfort His Majesty, and then to express his intention to visit Li Chengqian.
What is he thinking while he is just standing by and watching?
Li Chengqian actually knew it clearly.
It’s just a matter of whether he or Li Tai will be the crown prince.
There will be no harm to him.
Anyway, his nephew is the crown prince.
It doesn't matter who is in charge.
Who wouldn't rely on his uncle?
On the contrary, if you clearly support Li Chengqian, you will be against Li Er.
Is that still the old fox Changsun Wuji?
During the Zhenguan period, Zhangsun Wuji only did one thing, which was to live in seclusion.
You, Li Er, are so strong that I can't stand up to you. I can't even afford to offend my own nephew, so how can I stand up to you?
Therefore, as long as the several legitimate sons born to Empress Changsun were still alive, even if Li Chengqian was deposed, Changsun Wuji could rest assured with his status as the emperor.
He has too many choices, but he sits on the Diaoyutai, unmoved as a mountain.
As for appointing another prince other than Empress Changsun, Changsun Wuji would definitely jump out to oppose it.
Li Chengqian's words were largely deliberate.
He just wants to ask, as your uncle, do you feel comfortable with being so bad?
But an old fox is an old fox.
He didn't respond to Li Chengqian's words, and changed the subject, saying, "His Majesty was sad in the palace, and frankly he never had the intention of abolishing you."
"You must never say such disobedient and unfilial words in the future."
"How can you feel at ease if your Majesty is so angry?"
Zhang Sun Wuji said earnestly: "Your Majesty is your father after all."
These words woke Li Chengqian up.
There is no way out if you confront your father head-on.
You are just a prince, and your father is the supreme ruler of the world, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
What good will it do for you to go against your father?
Hear the words.
Li Chengqian snorted in his heart.
Sure, old fox.
To increase Li Er's strength without leaving any trace, right?
If it were the previous incarnation, hearing Changsun Wuji's words would only backfire and further stimulate the original owner's mentality.
Li Chengqian's behavior is expected to become more and more outrageous and go further and further.
But now.
The sound of whips rang out in the Taiji Palace, and today I know who I am.
Just wait, your uncle is here.
I have to make you look good.
Li Chengqian didn't say anything, and in Changsun Wuji's opinion, he was still sulking.
After applying the medicine, he left with the imperial physician.
"gone?"
Li Chengqian glanced at him and said, "You old man, who are you pretending to be like this for?"
It goes without saying that he must be going to Taiji Palace to report.
(End of this chapter)