Hearing this, Li Jue chuckled inwardly, thinking to himself, "Why don't you work yourself to death, you old geezer?"

Hmph!

Li Shimin rubbed Li Jue's hands for a while, then placed him on the ground and taught him to write characters for a while, hand in hand.

"Don't use force, just follow Grandpa's hand... Just follow what I write..."

"Yes, yes, just like that..."

"Look, isn't it well-written?"

"I have a calligraphy practice book here, you can use it to practice!"

Li Jue took the calligraphy copybook and looked at it. He saw that it was full of neat and square regular script, and immediately asked about it out of curiosity.

"Whose calligraphy is this? It doesn't look like your handwriting."

"I had Chu Suiliang write it for you!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue was so shocked that his jaw dropped, and he looked at Old Li with disbelief.

"Old Li, do you still recognize Chu Suiliang?"

Chu Suiliang was a famous minister during the Zhenguan era, and he was ranked alongside Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun, and Yan Zhenqing as one of the Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty!

"Well, I'd say we know each other!"

"However, Chu Suiliang's calligraphy is still a bit inferior to Yu Shinan's. I'll go to the Yu family another day and ask if they still have any of Yu Shinan's calligraphy left behind. I'll find you a few pieces to use as calligraphy models!"

"You're familiar with Yu Shinan too?"

"Yu Shinan is one of the twenty-four meritorious officials of Lingyan Pavilion, and a close advisor to the current emperor, Li Er!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin humbly waved his hand and said...

"It's alright, somewhat familiar..."

"etc!"

What did you call the current emperor just now?

Upon hearing this, Li Jue knew he was in trouble. How could he have accidentally blurted out his true feelings?

"I call the current emperor a sage!"

"Do you think I'm deaf? You just clearly called the current emperor Li Er!"

"You disrespectful, lawless little brat!"

"You dare call me Li Er?"

"I'll beat you to death!"

"Grandpa, spare me!"

Li Shimin then gave Li Jue another beating until he swore he would never dare to disrespect the emperor again, only then did he spare him.

"I... I really will punish you by making you kneel and practice calligraphy!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue gave Old Li a disdainful look and muttered under his breath, "lackey."

In his view, Old Li was just Li Er's lackey.

Otherwise, why would Old Deng get so angry just because he said "Li Er"?

Li Er was indeed very angry, because ever since Li Yuan died, no one in the world dared to call him Li Er!

This little brat dared to call him Li Er, and he's already showing his good temper by not beating him to death!

"What did you just call me again? What did you mean by 'leg'?"

"No, I meant my legs hurt when I kneel!"

"Hmph!"

"It's supposed to hurt!"

"You're not allowed to get up until you've written at least 500...1000 large characters today!"

"ah?"

"What are you 'huh' for? If you dare do that again, I'll make you write two thousand!"