"stop!"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with the blueprints, you don't need to erase them!"

"Didn't Grandpa think it was inappropriate?"

"I did feel it was inappropriate, but I didn't say you should..."

"Fine, I'll go for a walk!"

When Li Shimin walked out of the room and returned to the courtyard, he officially declared that he was not a good father-in-law.

Not long after Li Shimin left, Li Jue peeked out of the room. Seeing that Li Shimin was not in the courtyard, he ran off to find Sizi.

"Auntie, your father seems to be sick!"

"Are you sick?"

Sizi recalled how her father had eaten just now. Who could eat three big bowls of rice in one sitting when he was sick?

"Impossible, right?"

“Your grandfather is in good health, how could he suddenly fall ill?”

"Auntie, why don't you touch your father's forehead and see if he has a fever?"

"ah?"

Why don't you touch it yourself?

Li Jue rolled his eyes dramatically upon hearing this.

"Are you stupid? You can't touch a tiger's butt!"

Upon hearing this, Si Zi was greatly alarmed, then grabbed Li Jue's arm and shouted.

"Father, your grandson says your forehead is a butt, hahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue felt an urge to strangle the girl; she was trying to kill him!

Just then, Li Shimin came out of the east wing and saw Sizi holding Li Jue tightly, while Li Jue was struggling to break free.

"Sizi, what did you just say?"

Before Si Zi could speak, Li Jue interrupted and answered.

"He didn't say anything!"

"Grandpa, it's getting late. Shall we stay at Sanglin Manor or return to Xianyang Palace?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin looked at his eldest grandson.

Where do you want to stay?

Li Jue answered without even thinking.

"Of course I want to stay in Sanglin Manor!"

Li Shimin smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"good!"

"Since you want to stay here, then let's stay in Sanglin Village!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue jumped up with joy.

"That's great!"

"Grandpa, you stay in the main house, Auntie stays in the west wing, and I'll go stay at the Sanglin General's residence!"

After arranging his accommodations for the night, Li Jue immediately rushed to Sanglin General's Office to discuss with his men how to forge a divine weapon that would transcend the times.

Seeing his grandson so happy, Li Shimin was very pleased. He then ordered someone to bring the court's reports and urgent government affairs into the room, where he began to conduct official business at the Jinghu Villa in Sanglin Village.

Li Shimin had only flipped through a few memorials when he came across one that made him dizzy.

This report was submitted by Feng Deyi's son, Feng Yandao. In his memorial, Feng Yandao claimed that Prince Yong, Li Jue, oppressed the people, causing merchants to buy houses from the people of Chang'an at low prices. If the people refused to sell, he would bring a group of hooligans to throw excrement at their doorsteps or set fire to their houses in the middle of the night.

Li Shimin did not believe this, after all, he had long ago ordered Yuchi Fan to lead the Hundred Cavalry to monitor this grandson's every move.

But after he put down Feng Yandao's memorial, he soon saw another memorial with similar content, only with more intense language.

In this memorial, Li Jue not only ordered the forced demolition of houses, but also drove people to their deaths, causing an innocent old woman who lost her home to hang herself!

Li Shimin could no longer contain himself upon seeing this and immediately ordered his men to arrest Li Jue and bring him back.

Li Jue, led by Xue Shisan, was inspecting the military workshops of Sanglin Zhechong Prefecture when he suddenly saw the Hundred Cavalrymen approaching. He immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Brothers, has my grandfather become angry?"

The people of the Hundred Cavalry Division had a good relationship with Li Jue, after all, Li Jue was not as difficult to serve as other princes and grandsons.

Therefore, when they heard that Li Jue had asked them for information, they all nodded in unison.

"His Majesty has ordered us to capture His Highness and take him back!"

When Li Jue heard the word "catch," he knew that Li Er, that old man, was going to beat him up again.

Let them beat him up, he's tough enough to take it anyway.

Before he gets beaten up, shouldn't he at least know why he's being beaten up?

"Do you gentlemen know why?"

Several people shook their heads in unison, one of the leaders said.

"Your Highness, we truly do not know. We only know that His Majesty was reviewing memorials when he suddenly smashed his inkstone, overturned the table, and then ordered us to come and escort His Highness back..."

"Memorial to the throne?"

Li Jue frowned and pondered, "Someone must have complained about me."

But I've been locked up in the palace all day and haven't done anything. What can they possibly sue me for?

"Xue Shisan, I'm afraid I'm doomed today. You and the brothers should train hard!"

"Your Highness, please take care!"

With a tragic expression, Li Jue followed the Hundred Cavalrymen back to the Mirror Lake Villa. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Li Shimin holding a willow branch as thick as a finger, glaring at him with a dark face.

"Hello, Grandpa..."

"Guards, hang this rebellious grandson of yours!"

"ah?"

"Grandpa, you have to tell me what I did wrong, so I can die knowing why?"

Li Shimin remained silent with a gloomy face until his men hung Li Jue up. Only then did he step forward, rip off Li Jue's pants, and then swing a willow branch to whip his snow-white buttocks.

Li Shimin whipped Li Jue with great force, and with just one blow, Li Jue cried out in pain.

"Ah...Grandpa, what have I done wrong?!"

"Don't you know what you've done?"

"Grandpa, I really didn't know!"

"Did you order people to seize the houses of the people of Chang'an?"

"yes!"

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