Don't be a prince

It's a bit scary, and it sounds like all kinds of poisonous chicken soup for the soul of later generations.

"Hehe, it's far away, it's far away."

Li Gang patted his thigh, opened "Shuowen Jiezi", and said: "Stop talking about this, come on, I will teach you how to read characters. Although you can study by yourself, many characters are probably guessed according to the context. Well, you still need a teacher to teach you."

"Yes."

Li Chengqian got up, knelt down beside Li Gang, and listened to Li Gang's explanation of various rare characters.

On the other side, the eldest grandson Baoqing also stole the lesson with a look of honor.Although he can read and write, he is only at a half-baked level. Now there is a well-educated Confucian who is teaching the son, and he happens to follow along in an open and honest manner.

A great Confucianist taught that the speed of recognizing characters is indeed not comparable to that of self-study.When the sun was about to set, Li Chengqian had memorized all the words that had troubled him for several days.

It was different from Kong Yingda's time, maybe because the old man said that he had such crooked thoughts before, Li Chengqian actually felt that he got along well with him.

After the last light in the room disappeared, the old man had to hold the book close to his eyes to read the words on it.There is no way, it is common to lose vision in old age.

How is it appropriate for the elderly to read books in poor light conditions?

Li Chengqian poked the elder Sun Baoqing, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why don't you light the candle quickly? Didn't you see that Master Li couldn't see clearly?"

The eldest grandson Baoqing smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, how could we have candles in the East Palace? The Crown Princess ordered to reduce the expenses in the palace, and the first thing to be abolished was candles. Now, it is estimated that His Royal Highness is using oil lamps."

"Forehead...."

Although he was psychologically prepared for the poverty of the early Tang Dynasty and experienced a lot, Li Chengqian was still a little speechless at this time.The majestic royal family even saves on candles!

"That's all, let's stop here for today. The old man has already understood your knowledge, and tomorrow the old man can directly teach you to read ancient books."

Mr. Li was just about to stand up, but suddenly he smelled an extremely strong fragrance.

I was used to eating two meals a day, and I didn't eat in the afternoon. At this time, the old man was hungry, and he lost his energy for a while when he smelled this smell.

There was a knock on the door of the study, and the eunuch Chuancai asked in a low voice, "My lord, is it time for dinner?"

"Meal?"

Li Chengqian slapped his head, jumped up and said in surprise: "It's just right, quickly bring in the elbow and hoof, it's just right for me to respect the old man."

Now that the old man has become a prince and grand teacher, at least for a long time, he has been Li Chengqian's teacher. In order to get closer, Li Chengqian felt that he had to show his courtesy.

Under Li Gang's puzzled eyes, three eunuchs walked in.The first eunuch brought bowls, chopsticks and noodles, which was nothing, but the casserole carried by the two eunuchs caught the old man's attention.

The casserole was placed on the table, and Li Chengqian urged the eunuch who was trying it to try it quickly.

The East Palace is just so bad, no matter what, even if it is tea to quench your thirst, it must be drunk by the eunuch who regards death as home before it will be his turn.To put it bluntly, it's called tasting, but to put it bluntly, what he ate was other people's leftovers.

As soon as the lid was lifted, a strong fragrance came out.

Li Gang, Changsun Baoqing and the others, who are used to eating boiled meat in plain water, have been attracted by the contents of the casserole when they smelled such an aroma.

The eunuch who tasted it began to sandwich meat and drink soup, and then stood aside after eating to "wait for death".

Li Chengqian didn't wait for the eunuch to be poisoned to death, he handed the chopsticks to Li Gang directly, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that you came today, the boy just wanted to eat meat, so I stewed pork knuckles and hooves in the afternoon, your teeth are not good Okay, but you can still say something about these two things."

Chapter 26 Smell the Chicken and Start

He really couldn't eat millet, so Li Chengqian asked the cook to make him noodles every day.Drizzle a little broth of boiled meat on the noodles. Although it is neither fish nor fowl, it is much better than clear noodles.

Not daring to let the old man do it, Li Chengqian personally filled a bowl of noodles for the old man, sprinkled some soup on it, and put pork in it.

After receiving the bowl from Li Chengqian, the old man smelled it first, and then put a little into his mouth.

Both the pork knuckle and the hoof were stewed all afternoon, and they were extremely crispy. Although they were not to the point of melting in the mouth, the toothless old man could eat them without much effort.

After taking a bite of the noodles and tasting the meat of the hoof and elbow, the old gentleman said with a long sigh of relief: "It's not that I haven't eaten the banquet in the palace. Compared with it, it can't stand on the table. Chengqian, this What kind of meat? The old man doesn’t taste like beef or mutton.”

Li Chengqian also made himself a bowl of noodles. When the old gentleman asked, he could only put down his chopsticks and said, "This is pork meat, which comes from pork elbows and hooves."

"Ok?"

Li Gang looked at the casserole suspiciously, pork?

Although he was puzzled, the old man did not stop chopsticks. After eating all the meat in the bowl that Li Chengqian gave him, he even picked up a few pieces for himself.

It is an old saying to eat without talking and sleep without talking. Li Chengqian and Li Gang, who have already eaten, can only eat their own food.

The old man was getting old, and Li Chengqian was young, so they put down their bowls without eating much.

Under the expectant gaze of Changsun Baoqing, Li Chengqian sighed, and said: "Take it, remember to share it with everyone in the East Palace, don't monopolize it!"

After getting the permission, Changsun Baoqing immediately went out with a casserole in his hand, not even caring about boiling it.

After wiping his mouth, the old gentleman smiled and said: "If the old man goes back and tells others that the first day the son entertained the old man, it was pork meat, I guess it will scare a lot of people!"

Li Chengqian was ashamed immediately, he was only thinking about flattering, but he forgot that pork is cheap meat.

After saluting respectfully, Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "My boy, Meng Lang, actually let Master Li eat pork meat, and ask Master Li to punish him."

Li Gang waved his hand: "It's okay, it's just pork meat, just like cattle and sheep, it's all meat, it's just been slandered by others. It's just that I didn't expect that pork meat can be made so delicious, it's an eye-opener. To be honest, Xia The day is the most difficult time for the old man, and he often can’t sleep at night because he can’t eat well. Today, it’s been a long time since I started eating meat.”

Seeing that the old man did not lose his temper, Li Chengqian was relieved.Although he is already in ancient times, his thinking is still the way of thinking of modern people, so it is easy to fall into the pit.But fortunately, he has the shield of "seven years old", and if he lives for a few more years, he will probably get used to it.

"Actually, the boy added several unique spices to this pork. If you like it, the boy will present some to you."

When Li Gang heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "You are flattering, haha, you boy, you are afraid that the old man will complain to your father."

Having been exposed, Li Chengqian could only smile back.

Li Gang also smiled, but didn't say much.

The sky is already dark, if you don't leave, Chang'an will have a complete curfew.

Seeing the old man get up, Li Chengqian stepped forward to help him, and helped the old man to the bullock cart.

Before leaving, Li Gang smiled slightly, and said to Li Chengqian: "It's not a big deal for me to hurry so much every day. Tomorrow, how about I just stay in your East Palace?"

How could Li Chengqian dare to refute, so he could only agree.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the bullock cart leave under the slight darkness.

There was no other way, if it was Du Zhenglun and Yu Zhining, he could still play tricks to leave a bad impression in their eyes, but in front of Li Gang, he had no choice but to play tricks.If you are disgusted by the old man, your whole body will stink.

Moreover, I don't know if it was an illusion, but Li Chengqian always felt that the old guy had a little playfulness when facing him.

seem....

See through his deliberate disguise?

Probably not.

With worry, Li Chengqian went back to the bedroom.

The mattresses washed during the day have been dried in the sun. Although the mosquito nets are a bit worn out, there are not many mosquitoes this season, so there is no need to worry.

Li Chengqian couldn't fall asleep without moving his nest, and Li Chengqian fell asleep until Chen Shi.

In the morning, it was still Changsun Baoqing who woke him up.

Since Zu Ti and his friend Liu Kun in the Han Dynasty created the allusion of "Wearing the Rooster and Dancing", it seems that those who don't get up early and work hard are all salted fish.It even feels a little late to wake up at Chenshi.

Li Chengqian, who was confused, woke up completely after washing his face in cold water.

Forget it, if you wake up, let's exercise.

Looking at Yu Tai with a smirk on his face, Li Chengqian knew that his good days were gone forever.

Passing a set of short-dressed clothes to the eldest grandson Baoqing, Yu Tai smirked and said: "Change the clothes for the son. From today on, the last general will be the martial arts teacher of the son. Although it is impossible to teach the son to be a master among thousands, But it’s still possible to polish your muscles and give your son a good foundation.”

After changing his clothes, Li Chengqian asked Yu Tai with a wry smile: "Is it the arrangement of your father to come to the East Palace?"

Yu Tai chuckled: "Returning to the son, the last general is now the prince Shaobao."

Just one sentence, Li Chengqian understood.

The Prince Shaobao is different from the Prince Taibao. The Taibao is generally an honorary position, and it is a first-rank position.As for the prince Shaobao, in addition to being awarded to the person who teaches the prince, he will also be granted to the prince's personal bodyguards and the like.

From an ordinary general in the Qin Palace to a second-rank Prince Shaobao, Yu Tai's official career can be said to be smooth.

If he couldn't avoid it, he had to bite the bullet and look around, but he didn't see any swords or weapons. Li Chengqian asked suspiciously: "Yu Tai, where are the weapons? You wouldn't let the king use a horizontal knife directly, would you?"

Although the horizontal knife is light and only weighs three catties, it is impossible for seven-year-old Li Chengqian to wield it.

Yu Tai shook his head, pointed to the palace wall of the East Palace and said, "My lord, you are not suitable for using a knife. Today you only need to run around the palace wall five times."

"what?"

Li Chengqian glanced at the palace wall of the East Palace, he heard correctly, what Yu Tai said was to run five laps around the palace wall of the East Palace, around!

In other words, he had to run all over the four corners of the East Palace.

With such a long distance, it is estimated that he will lose half his life running down.

Seemingly seeing Li Chengqian's hesitation, Yu Tai picked up a stone lock from the ground, which looked like he was dead.

After picking up the stone lock, Yu Taicai said: "Of course, the last general will also run with the prince, and the last general is still carrying this stone lock, how about it?"

What else could it be?

This seemingly stupid guy has taken the lead, how can he refuse?

With a sigh, Li Chengqian ran along the palace wall without Yu Tai's urging.

Chapter 27 Just Do What You Mean

How much physical strength can a seven-year-old have?Just after running around, Li Chengqian began to sweat all over his body.Although he was about to be out of breath, Li Chengqian could only lower his panting voice when he saw Yu Tai running with a stone lock and still relaxed.

Inhumans!

I used to think that the ancients were just bragging about lifting the tripod, but seeing Yu Tai today, Li Chengqian could only believe it.

That big stone lock weighed at least 100 catties, but Yu Tai didn't even break a sweat while carrying this guy for a run.This strange power is probably capable of fighting with a gorilla

two laps...

three laps....

Seeing that Li Chengqian was out of breath and always wanted to vomit, Yu Taicai said: "Let's call it a day. It's the first time for the son to run and train, so it's too late."

With Yu Tai's permission, Li Chengqian didn't care about saving face, so he stopped directly and sat on the ground to breathe.

He, the dignified prince-to-be, had to suffer such torture, without even thinking about it, it was all father's idea.

He is a commander in all battles, so he requires that the heir must have decent martial arts.

The eldest grandson Baoqing is still very diligent occasionally, looking at the porridge bowl handed over, Li Chengqian shook his head.

Just finished running, if I drink porridge at this time, I will definitely spit it out.

After completing his goal, Yu Tai left on his own.In addition to Prince Shaobao, he is still the Prince's Sixth Commander General. Now that the Xuanwumen Incident has just passed, he has to personally carry out the adaptation of the Eastern Palace Sixth Rank.

At the same time, Li Chengqian also noticed that his father didn't intend to hand over the prince's six rates to him at all, but to receive it into his own hands.Otherwise, Yu Tai, a confidant general, wouldn't be willing to go to the East Palace to be a young security guard.With his ability, he can also show his talents in other military guards.

After recovering his breath, Li Chengqian stood up, ready to wash before eating.

Now that the sun has risen high, it may not take long for Mr. Li to come over.

...

There are many people who get up early to exercise, including Prince Li Shimin.

In the martial arts arena of the imperial palace, Li Shimin first played with the horse for a while, and then picked up the bow and arrow.

The bow is a huge black wood bow, and it cannot even be pulled apart without the strength of more than four stones.But such a bow, in Li Shimin's hands, was easily drawn close to the full moon.

hum!

The arrow was like a thunderbolt, and it hit the bull's-eye accurately, and the arrow went through more than half of it.

The second arrow, the third arrow...

After shooting ten arrows in the bull's eye, Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction and put the bow aside.

"Gu's archery skills have not fallen too much. If there is another war, Gu will still be able to capture the enemy general."

Yu Tai nodded and said, "His Royal Highness is still mighty!"

Putting the bow aside and sitting on the stone pier, Li Shimin asked, "Did you go to the East Palace this morning? How was it? Cheng Qian didn't play tricks, right?"

"The son didn't play tricks, but ran three full laps very tenaciously. In fact, the general originally thought that even if the son was willing to run, he could only run two laps at most."