Tang Dynasty: A Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls for Li Er at the Start

Chapter 9: Brothers United, Do You Understand?
Li Shimin frowned and glanced at Wen He.

He remembered what the latter had just told him: that the person he had placed next to the crown prince would come to warn him.

Could it be today?

After pondering for a moment, he instructed Empress Dowager Changsun to make arrangements for Wenhe, and then hurriedly left with his servant.

"Your Highness said you have a younger sister?"

"Yes, her name is Wenrou, and she's only five years old." Wen He nodded, also wondering if the person Li Shimin sent had received her.

Before he came to see Changsun Wuji, he told Wenrou that if someone came to pick her up, she should leave with that person.

He knew that if he saw Li Shimin, he would definitely not be able to leave the Prince of Qin's residence.

However, he had considered it.

Yesterday, Li Yuanji's steward went to make threats, so they won't go to their house to cause trouble again so soon. There's no need to worry that the people Li Shimin sent will arrive later than the former.

He was still a little worried before he met Wenrou.

Empress Zhangsun seemed to sense his worries, offered a few words of comfort, and then arranged for two maids and a nanny to be assigned to their courtyard to take care of the little girl.

In her opinion, Wen He was only ten years old and might not even be able to take care of herself.

After she had personally arranged everything, her maid reminded her of the time to prepare breakfast. She asked the three children to wait at Wenhe's place and went to the kitchen herself.

Seeing that the adults had all left.

Li Chengqian began to openly scrutinize Wen He.

Li Ke stopped gazing at the sky at a 45-degree angle and found a place to sit down without any hesitation, asking the servants in the courtyard to bring him a bowl of tea.

Li Tai picked his nose and walked up to Wen He.

"Get up, this is my seat."

He held his head high, adopting the air of a superior, and acted imperiously.

Wen He looked at him, chuckled, and raised her hand to slap the back of his head.

"How dare you talk to me like that!"

"puff!"

Li Ke, who had just taken a sip of tea, immediately spat it out.

Li Chengqian was taken aback and stood up abruptly, glaring at Wen He: "You dare to hit Prince Wei? You're being insolent!"

"You, you hit me!" Li Tai pouted, glaring at Wen He with his big eyes, and questioned her.

"So what if I hit you? Go ahead and complain to me, see if your father will blame me for hitting you."

If it weren't for Empress Zhangsun being there, he would have already attacked Li Tai.

At such a young age, he dares to act all high and mighty in front of me. He deserves a beating.

"I am King Wei!"

"What happened to the King of Wei? He's the one who got beaten up. Wait, isn't that right? You're the King of Wei now?" Wen He hadn't realized what Li Chengqian was saying earlier, but now she suddenly remembered.

That can't be right. He remembers that Li Tai was only granted the title of Prince of Wei in the tenth year of the Zhenguan era.

"How dare you! Even though you are a teacher, you cannot be disrespectful to your superiors. This is an unforgivable crime!" Li Chengqian suddenly stepped forward and shielded Li Tai behind him.

Li Chengqian is actually protecting his younger brother now?
However, he is still too inexperienced.

"Heaven, Earth, Ruler, Parents, Teacher, have you heard of them? Hehe, do you understand the fundamental principles of morality? I am the teacher, so it is only right for me to beat you, no matter what kind of princes or emperors you are."

Wen He made another careless remark.

If Li Shimin were here, he would definitely be glaring at him with a stern look.

Unfortunately, the three little ones in front of him were just clueless kids.

He raised his hand and slapped Li Chengqian on the head. The latter was stunned, and his eyes immediately turned red.

"I am the King of Zhongshan."

At this point, you're actually trying to threaten me with your identity?
"Tch, so what if he's the Prince of Zhongshan? You're not Xu Da." Wen He scoffed, thinking that Li Chengqian's title of Prince of Zhongshan was utterly meaningless.

He was trying to intimidate the two brothers when he turned around and discovered that there was another person who was completely indifferent to the situation. This was intolerable.

If brothers aren't of one mind now, what will happen in the future?

"Stand up!" Wen He suddenly turned around and glared at Li Ke.

Li Ke, who was wiping his mouth with a silk cloth, paused for a moment, then turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“I didn’t talk back to you or question you, so you can’t hit me.” He said it very seriously, like a little adult.

"Oh ho, you understand this principle. Do you know that brothers are of one mind? If one is punished, the others won't escape either. All of you, stand still."

Wen He raised her hand, threateningly.

Li Ke reluctantly snorted and got up to stand in front of him.

He actually had a lot to say in his heart to refute, but his mother had told him that he couldn't say those things, so he could only endure it.

"What brother? He and I weren't born to the same mother." Li Tai suddenly snorted.

"Snapped!"

He had barely finished speaking when another slap landed on his head.

"You've got some nerve, daring to talk back to me. Didn't you see them both standing here obediently?"

Li Tai was holding his head with one hand just now, but now he has two hands.

A tear rolled down his cheek; he felt so wronged.

"Now that I have become your teacher, I must take on the responsibility of educating you. Although I said I would take you to play first, I have changed my mind. I have decided to teach you the principles of being a good person first."

If the brothers are already at odds now, what will happen in the future?

It wasn't his business before, but now that he's the teacher of the three brothers, if they turn against each other in the future, who knows how Sima Guang, who writes the Zizhi Tongjian, will slander him?

"What do you want to teach?" Li Ke asked seriously.

“Yeah, you look about our age. What can you do? We started our education a long time ago. We were taught by great Confucian scholars. Are you more capable than those scholars?” Li Chengqian was a little unconvinced. He had been looking forward to Wen He taking them out to play, but he didn’t expect that they would have to study again.

"Have you ever heard of the Three Character Classic? You probably haven't. What you're learning now is nothing compared to this classic primer."

In those time-travel novels from my past life, the protagonists all used this book to show off their divine abilities, and it always worked.

He had previously tried to make a fortune by manufacturing perfumes and soaps, but failed.

There shouldn't be any problem with using plagiarism to scare little kids, right?

"Is it that impressive?" Li Tai was unconvinced, and Li Chengqian didn't believe it either.

Li Ke pursed his lips, unconvinced.

"Read after me. If you read well, I'll take you to play beanbag toss in a bit."

The three kids looked at each other, feeling resentful, but what could they do? The person in front of them wasn't much older than them, and behind him stood their father.

"Fine, I'll study then," Li Tai snorted.

He suddenly had an idea.

She quickly wrote down everything Wen He read and then went to tell the teacher.

The master will definitely be angry and will surely come to cause trouble for Wen He.

whee.

"Listen carefully, at the beginning of life, human nature is good..."

It wasn't until 1:15 AM that Empress Zhangsun, who was bringing breakfast with two little girls, encountered a solemn-looking Emperor Taizong of Tang on the road.

The couple came to the courtyard and heard three voices, their voices trembling with sobs, coming from inside.

"Rong, at four years old, could share pears. A younger brother should know when to give the pear to his elder..."

The couple looked at each other, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

Which classic is this being read from?
How come I've never heard of it?
(End of this chapter)