"Old Li, look! The Emperor's carriage is coming out!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin forced himself to look over, but in reality, he didn't need to look at all, because there was only an imposter in the imperial carriage at that moment!

Li Daozong never imagined in his life that one day he would wear the emperor's dragon robe and parade through the city riding in the emperor's dragon carriage...

Even though he was already sitting on the imperial carriage, he was still completely bewildered by the imperial edict he had suddenly received that morning.

"By imperial decree, Prince Li Daozong of Jiangxia is to wear the dragon robe, ride in the imperial carriage, and go on the imperial tour in my stead..."

Is someone trying to assassinate His Majesty?

His Majesty ordered me to impersonate him to draw the assassins' fire.

Thinking of this, Li Daozong quickly covered the curtains of the imperial carriage tightly, fearing that it would be targeted by assassins.

However, just as he was thinking about how to escape this calamity, Yuchi Fan spoke up from the side.

"Your Highness, we would be grateful if you could show your face here!"

"ah?"

Li Daozong almost cried when he heard this. He thought to himself that it was bad enough that he was acting as a substitute for His Majesty, but why was he being used as bait to lure the snake out of its hole?

"Yuchi Fan, I am a prince, how dare you ask me to lure assassins!"

"Stop talking nonsense, this is His Majesty's decree!"

Upon hearing this, Li Daozong cried even more bitterly, thinking to himself that His Majesty truly did not regard him as a human being!

Left with no other choice, he could only lift the curtain to interact with the people on both sides, and then quickly pull the curtain down and hide back in the carriage.

Standing atop the city wall, Li Jue saw the Emperor's face and felt extremely disappointed.

"This emperor doesn't look very imposing at all; he's not as pleasing to the eye as Old Man Li!"

Li Shimin laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"You have good taste!"

"Don't you think our old man is quite handsome?"

"really!"

"Comparisons are odious, and goods are worthless. Compared to your emperor, you are indeed much more handsome!"

As the two conversed, the emperor's carriage gradually drove out of Xianyang.

Standing atop the city wall, Li Jue watched the emperor's procession gradually disappear into the distance, and with a touch of sadness, he spoke to Old Li beside him.

"Uncle Li, will it be another month before we meet again?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin sighed sadly.

"There might be more..."

Because he had many things to do next, on the one hand, he had to mobilize troops to deal with Goguryeo, and on the other hand, he had to urge his subordinates to build roads that spanned the entire country.

"well!"

"If you're too busy, you don't need to come see me so often."

Li Shimin was just feeling a little sad when he heard this, when that bastard added with a grin.

"That way I won't have to study or practice calligraphy anymore, hehehe!"

"You ungrateful grandson, how dare you!"

"Next time I come, if you dare not do your homework again, I'll hang you from a tree and beat you!"

"Don't worry, you definitely won't be able to hit me next time you come, lualualua!"

Li Shimin looked at his eldest grandson, who was running down the city wall like a rabbit, and there was no anger on his face, only boundless love and heartache.

"Slow down, don't fall!"

"Okay!"

"You should slow down too, don't go hungry on the way!"

"Oh, right, I also asked Zhang Weng to bring you some snacks so you can eat them on the way..."

What snacks?

"instant noodles!"