Chapter 3 Li Xiang and Li Jue

"My dear! The two grandsons of the emperor have come to pay their respects! Do you want to see them or not?" At this time, an eunuch came to Li Chengqian in small steps, bowed and asked.

Greeting the emperor was an important etiquette in ancient times. It was the etiquette for the younger generation to ask the elders about their well-being.

"Do you still need to ask this? Let the two grandsons of the emperor go back. The prince has no time to see them." Before Li Chengqian could speak, Hegan Chengji took the lead to reprimand the eunuch.

Who told Hegan Chengji to flatter the prince and be relied on as a confidant? It was not something that a small eunuch like him could compare to.

"Yes!" The eunuch responded hurriedly, turned around and left. Ever since Li Chengqian had a male favorite, he never paid attention to the Crown Princess and his two sons. These days, he even ignored the two sons who came to pay their respects.

"Wait!"

The eunuch heard Li Chengqian's shout after taking two steps, and turned around to wait for the prince's order.

"Let them come over!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" The eunuch took the order and left.

A moment later, the eunuch led two children in.

Li Chengqian looked up and saw that the one walking in front was a five-year-old child, and the one half a step behind him was a nine-year-old child.

They were the sons of Li Chengqian's predecessor in this body, and also his current adopted sons - Li Xiang and Li Jue.

Li Xiang was born in the eighth year of Zhenguan, and was Li Chengqian's eldest son. In the twelfth year of Zhenguan, the crown princess gave birth to the eldest son Li Jue.

The feudal dynasty attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and the status and treatment between the two were very different.

"I am here to greet my father! How is my father doing?" The two children, under the guidance of the eunuch, bowed and greeted Li Chengqian.

"Good!" Li Chengqian didn't know what to say, so he could only say "good" and nothing more.

The two children quietly looked at the man in front of them, their father, and hoped to get closer to him.

Seeing that Li Chengqian had no intention of getting too close to them, the two brothers planned to say goodbye and leave.

"Have you gone to greet the emperor today?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Yes, my mother took us to greet the emperor this morning. The uncle of Wei and the uncle of Jin all went." Li Jue said.

The mother he was talking about was the Crown Princess Su. In the palace, the only one who could be honored as mother by Li Chengqian's descendants was the Crown Princess.

"The emperor doesn't seem to be feeling well recently." Li Xiang continued as Li Jue finished speaking.

"Oh! Why didn't anyone tell me? Did you call the imperial physician?" Li Chengqian asked in confusion.

He, the crown prince, was totally unaware of the emperor's illness.

"Uncle Wei didn't let anyone tell father, saying that he was afraid it would affect father's recovery. He is in the palace, so father doesn't need to worry. The imperial physician has checked and there is nothing serious." Li Xiang said.

Li Chengqian sneered in his heart. His position as the crown prince had not been abolished yet, but Li Tai couldn't wait to replace him.

These were not the things that annoyed him the most. What annoyed him the most was that no one in the East Palace knew about this.

They didn't even know any news on the other side, which made Li Chengqian feel very insecure.

"Hmph!" Li Chengqian snorted coldly, but in his heart he was thinking whether he should make a major change in the people in the East Palace.

Otherwise, relying on these good-for-nothings, he would not notice the assassin's attack that day, and his life would be in danger.

"My dear! Yesterday, I told you about this matter, but you only cared about offering sacrifices to Chengxin and put it aside." Wang Quan heard Li Chengqian's dissatisfaction and explained hurriedly.

Li Chengqian was stunned. After all this time, all the causes and effects turned out to be here. He couldn't help but blush a little.

At the same time, he felt deeply helpless towards his predecessor. He actually ignored his father's physical condition for a dead male favorite, and didn't even let anyone go to greet him.

It can be seen how deep the feelings of the predecessor for Chengxin, the male favorite, are.

"Remove Chengxin from the East Palace and find him another place. It's not suitable to keep him here in the East Palace. Send him out of the city." Li Chengqian said.

At this time, Li Chengqian remembered that there was actually a small house in his East Palace, and a statue of the dead ghost named Chengxin stood inside.

He even built a tombstone for him in the palace and privately gave Chengxin an official position.

What did his predecessor want to do? To play a love affair?

Since he is now the crown prince Li Chengqian, he should draw a clear line with Chengxin.

"Yes!" Everyone was stunned, and Wang Quan came back to his senses and responded.

"Xiang'er, Ju'er, have you had breakfast?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Not yet!" Li Jue said.

"In that case, stay and have breakfast with me." Li Chengqian smiled and reached out to touch Li Jue's face.

"Is it really possible?" Li Jue asked.

Ever since his father had that idea, he had never seen them again, let alone having a meal together.

"Of course!" Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Wang Quan, ask the chef to prepare some food. It shouldn't be too greasy, just light."

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the order and left.

Li Chengqian took one of his sons in each hand and walked into the hall to wait for the chef to prepare breakfast.

The food was soon served to Li Chengqian and his son. Li Chengqian took care of the two sons personally, and the father and son got along very well.

After sending the two children away, Li Chengqian rubbed his numb and painful legs and wanted to stand up, but he almost fell down accidentally.

Fortunately, Wang Quan, who was standing by, was smart and hurried to support Li Chengqian, so that he didn't make a fool of himself.

"My dear, your leg disease has come back again? I will go find a doctor for you." Wang Quan said, and then she went to find a doctor to treat Li Chengqian.

"No need, it's not a big deal! Just take a rest, go find me a craftsman." Li Chengqian held Wang Quan and said.

He wanted to make a set of tables and chairs, so that he could solve the inconvenience of kneeling, and kneeling is not as comfortable as sitting on a chair.

"Yes!" Wang Quan responded, and asked an eunuch to take over to support Li Chengqian, and he went to find the craftsman himself.

An hour later, Wang Quan brought the craftsman back to report to Li Chengqian.

"My dear, I found the craftsman you asked for." Wang Quan said to Li Chengqian who was painting.

"Hello, Your Highness!" Two craftsmen came forward and saluted.

Li Chengqian finished the last stroke, put down the brush in his hand, looked up and said: "You two come over and take a look."

The two craftsmen came forward and took the masterpiece handed over by Li Chengqian. After taking a look, they were a little confused.

"Why? Is there any problem?" Li Chengqian asked.

He knew that in the Tang Dynasty, there were already seats in the shape of chairs, but people were still used to calling them Hu beds.

There were no chairs supported by four legs, at least not now.

Even so, they should not be confused.

"Your Highness, this thing looks like a Hu bed, and it is also similar to a car seat, but it is supported by four square wooden sticks underneath. I don't know what this is?" asked a craftsman.

"This is called a chair! It's a kind of seat." Li Chengqian said, "Can you make it according to this pattern?"

"It's just adding four sticks. It's not a difficult task. Your Highness, please rest assured." The craftsman said.

Another craftsman also nodded in agreement.

This is not a difficult task for them, not to mention that they have the drawings in hand, which makes it even simpler.