Li Shimin stormed back to his bedroom, intending to give his rebellious grandson a good beating, when he saw his daughter's frail body blocking his way.

"Father, you can't hit my nephew anymore!"

"Get out of my way!"

"I sent him to the East Palace to study, and he dared to have a young servant do his homework for him. Shouldn't I beat him?"

Just as Si Zi was at a loss for what to do, Li Jue quietly tugged at her sleeve.

"Auntie, go to my study and bring me the box from the third shelf of the second row on my bookshelf..."

"what?"

"Show your dad my homework!"

"ah?"

Upon hearing this, Si Zi hurriedly ran off, but before leaving, he didn't forget to remind Li Shimin.

"Father, you mustn't hit my nephew!"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard Li Jue ask Sizi to fetch his homework. He thought to himself, "Since this grandson has already written it, why does he need someone else to write it for him?"

Before long, Sizi brought a wooden box, opened it in front of Li Shimin, and sure enough, took out a thick stack of homework.

Li Shimin picked it up and flipped through it casually, and was basically certain that it was written by his eldest grandson.

"Grandson, since you've already done your homework, why did you need your Ninth Uncle to help you?"

"I just want to see if my ninth uncle is reliable..."

"Uh..."

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately began to rack his brains. He could keep his presence in the Lizheng Hall a secret from others, but he certainly couldn't hide it from Li Zhi. As for Li Zhi, he only needed to look at the guards outside the Lizheng Hall to guess whether he was there or not.

However, knowing that he was there, he still sent the eunuch over to question him. Wasn't this a clear attempt to undermine Li Jue?

Li Shimin understood the key point, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. However, looking at his smug grandson lying on the bed, an inexplicable anger still rose in his heart.

That grandson is cunning too, actually thinking of using such a method to test his ninth uncle, he really deserves to be taught a lesson!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin gave someone a hard slap on the buttocks.

"Aww..."

"I've already done my homework, why are you hitting me again!"

"I hit you with ulterior motives!"

"Where did I have ill intentions?"

"Hmph, don't think I don't know. You're not testing your Ninth Uncle, you're clearly testing me!"

"If you hadn't been discovered this time, you could have saved these assignments to fool me later, right?"

"this……"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue thought to himself, "This old man is quite clever; he even guessed my little scheme!"

"Grandpa, what kind of person do you take me for? How could I do such a thing..."

"Hmph!"

"Go to class at the East Palace tomorrow. No excuses or being late!"

Li Shimin left after saying this, ignoring Li Jue who was groaning on the bed, and led Xu Hui away.

After the two left, Li Jue couldn't help but complain to Si Zi, who was standing to the side.

"Auntie, please do something about your father! He's trying to drive me to my death, waaaaah!"

Si Zi also felt that her father had gone a bit too far, but when she thought about how her nephew had come up with such a way to test his ninth uncle, she felt a surge of curiosity.

"Nephew, don't you like your Ninth Uncle?"

Li Jue remained silent for a moment after hearing this before speaking.

"I wouldn't say I like or dislike him, I just think he's a bit fake..."

"Fake?"

"Aunt, didn't you tell me that Uncle Jiu's calligraphy is second only to His Majesty's among the imperial family, and that he knows several different styles of calligraphy?"

"yes!"

"Then today, the homework he wrote for me was written in exactly the same handwriting as his own, and Mr. Xiao recognized it at a glance!"

"oh?"

Si Zi also felt something was wrong when she heard this. If Ninth Brother really wanted to help his nephew with his homework, he could have simply changed the font.

Moreover, he just sent someone to inquire, which was clearly intentional.

"I see……"

"Nephew, what are your plans for the future?"

Li Jue asked, puzzled.

"What do you mean, what to do?"

"I mean, will you still be studying at the East Palace in the future?"

"If you really don't like your Ninth Uncle, I'll go and beg your grandfather to let you study at the Lizheng Hall!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue quickly intervened.

"No, no, no! Are you trying to suffocate me?!"

"Although I don't like your Ninth Brother, I don't want to be locked up in the palace all day."

"Uh..."

Seeing that Li Jue said this, Si Zi had no choice but to give up and then told him about Wang Yun's matter.

"Nephew, Aunt Wang has been demoted to the Yeting Palace to do hard labor for three months..."

"Can you think of a way to rescue her?"

Li Jue shook his head and refused without even thinking.

"no!"

“Even if he isn’t punished with hard labor, he can’t stay by your side anymore.”

"Why?"

"Auntie, haven't you ever heard the saying?"

"What did you say?"

"Some people can wrong you once, and they can wrong you twice, three times, or even more times."

"I don't care how deep your relationship with Wang Yun is, the fact that she dares to use your name to make money proves that in her heart, your reputation isn't even worth a few hundred strings of cash. Once someone gives her enough money, she'll betray you without hesitation!"

"this……"

"Nephew, you've misunderstood. Aunt Wang isn't that kind of person!"

"She has always been very well-behaved and very good to me..."

"Please help me, I just don't want her to suffer in the Yeting Palace..."

Li Jue was so annoyed by Si Zi that he finally gave him a suggestion.

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