After threatening his eldest grandson, Li Shimin lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep, soon snoring away.

This was tough on Li Jue, whose bed was already small, and now that it was folded up, it was only big enough for one person to lie down in.

With Old Li lying down like that, there wasn't even a place for him to kneel, let alone lie down.

However, he still forced himself to get out of bed, rummaged through the closet for a while, and found a bed sheet to put on.

Firstly, it's indecent, and secondly, being naked is indeed a bit cold...

Achoo!

Li Jue sneezed, then found a cushion, knelt on the ground, and placed the book on the bedside table, turning the pages one by one.

Li Jue originally thought the Analects must be a very obscure and boring book, but he gradually became engrossed in it after reading for only a short while.

There are two interpretations of this Analects, and the first and second interpretations are completely different in both style and meaning.

The former is clearly Old Li's own wild interpretation, while the serious annotations that follow were probably added after he consulted someone.

For example, in the first chapter of the Analects, the passage "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?", Lao Li's commentary is quite interesting.

According to his initial explanation, having friends coming from afar meant he was finally happy to have someone to drink and eat with...

There are many similar examples, such as "food and sex are human nature, and these are the greatest desires of humankind."

Old Li also fully affirmed this statement, believing that Confucius was a person with real life, hahaha.

Li Jue knelt on the ground, resting his chin on his hand, watching with great interest.

Before he knew it, he had finished reading the entire Analects.

Although I didn't memorize everything, I understood the general meaning and remembered most of the sentences.

After all, the entire Analects only has a little over 10,000 characters. In addition, the Analects that Old Li brought was not the complete set, but only one volume. The amount of classical Chinese text in it was at most two or three thousand characters. Even with Old Li's annotations, it was only a little over 10,000 characters.

Li Jue was afraid that the old man would really test him when he woke up, so he could only patiently watch it again. Then, while watching, he unknowingly fell asleep on the bed.

After dinner, Xu Hui wanted to come in and invite His Majesty and the grandson to go out for a meal, but seeing the old man and the young man in the room, one lying on the bed snoring loudly, and the other sleeping soundly by the bedside, she could only smile helplessly and leave.

However, seeing that the imperial grandson was only wearing a bed sheet, she felt a little sorry for him and hurriedly ordered Yuchi Fan to go to Xianyang to buy two sets of clothes for the imperial grandson.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Shimin finally woke up from his sleep and saw his eldest grandson kneeling on the ground, sleeping by the bedside. He was both angry and heartbroken to see this.

Just then, Xu Hui walked in with two sets of clothes. Seeing that His Majesty had woken up, she hurriedly went to serve him.

"Master is awake?"

"Um!"

"I slept so well, it relieved all the fatigue from the past few days!"

"When did our grandson go to sleep? He didn't sleep with me, did he?"

Xu Hui chuckled upon hearing this.

"No, you fell asleep quite a while later..."

"Oh oh oh..."

"So that means he didn't memorize anything at all?"

"The young master did watch for a while, but he fell asleep in less than an hour."

Li Shimin sighed helplessly upon hearing this.

"well!"

"It seems this child isn't cut out for studying!"

"Fortunately, he has a good physique. If he doesn't improve, I'll teach him martial arts later!"

After saying this, Li Shimin immediately nudged Li Jue, who was fast asleep.

"Wake up, the sun's already high in the sky!"

"ah?"

Is it dawn yet?

Upon hearing this, Li Jue groggily opened his eyes and glanced out the window, only to find it pitch black outside, with no sign of the sun!

"Old Deng, you lied to me again... yawn..."

When Li Shimin heard this guy cursing him as an old man again, he immediately dragged him to the bed and slapped his buttocks twice, making the rebellious grandson cry out for his parents.

"You have no manners! Who gave you the audacity to talk to me like that!"

"Grandpa, please spare me! I was wrong..."

"Smack!"

"You really know you were wrong?"

"I know, I won't do it again!"

Seeing Li Jue's words, Li Shimin reluctantly let him go.

Actually, he didn't use any force at all. It's just that this guy's butt was already swollen, so even a couple of slaps were enough to make him scream.

"What did I say to you just before I went to sleep?"

"You told me to recite something, and now that you're awake, you're going to test me..."

"Did you memorize it?"

"Memorize it!"

"Really unlucky?"

"I'm really unlucky!"

Li Shimin was secretly annoyed upon hearing this, angry that Li Jue had lied to him again.

"good!"

"Then let me test you. If you can't answer, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"oh……"

Li Jue lowered his head guiltily, secretly praying that the old man wouldn't ask him anything he didn't know.

"To learn and practice what one has learned regularly..."

"Is it not pleasant to learn and practice what you have learned? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar? Is it not the mark of a gentleman to remain unperturbed when others do not recognize your merits?"

Do you know what that means?

"Know!"

"Isn't it nice to review what you've learned on time? Isn't it nice to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a sign of good manners to not get angry when others don't understand you?"

"oh?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin looked down and saw that the man hadn't memorized it according to his annotations at all. However, the general meaning was still quite close, with almost no discrepancies.

"Um!"

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