My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

Li Chengqian slowly stood up.

He walked around the table, went to Li Tai who was kneeling on the ground retching, and slowly squatted down.

He reached out and gently patted Li Tai's chubby face, which was flushed purple with pain.

"Brother, you've misunderstood."

Li Chengqian's voice was as gentle as if he were having a casual conversation.

"My sixteenth brother taught me this. The real meaning of this sentence is: Confucius didn't want to waste words with you, so he directly used his superhuman strength to beat you senseless."

Li Tai clutched his stomach, tears and snot streaming down his face from the pain.

He finally caught his breath, raised his head, and his eyes were filled with fear and disbelief.

"You...you're insane! Li Chengqian, how dare you hit me! I am the Prince of Wei of the Great Tang Dynasty, my father's most beloved son! You're dead! I'm going to kill you!"

Li Tai was cursing wildly as he tried to get up from the ground, his face contorted with anger and humiliation.

Watching Li Tai sway as he stood up halfway.

Li Chengqian suddenly sighed, straightened up, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"Preparation is the key to success, and lack of preparation leads to failure."

Looking at Li Tai, who was still cursing, Li Chengqian sincerely exclaimed, "My sixteenth brother was right! I've finally understood everything today."

Li Tai was uneasy at his neurotic behavior and instinctively took two steps back, asking tremblingly, "What...what's wrong with you now? What do you mean?"

Li Chengqian smiled and took a step closer.

"It means..."

He stared into Li Tai's eyes and said, word by word.

"When you're fighting, if you hesitate, your opponent will recover and get back on their feet; if you don't hesitate, you can cripple them directly."

Li Chengqian pointed at Li Tai.

"See, I only hesitated for a second, and you stood up as if to yell at me."

The voice just fell.

The smile on Li Chengqian's face vanished instantly, replaced by a ruthless expression.

His left leg remained rooted to the spot like a tree stump, while his right leg, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, delivered a powerful kick to Li Tai's chest.

"Bang—Crack!"

Li Tai, who weighed over 200 pounds, was kicked away like a broken sack, crashing heavily onto the pear wood table behind him.

The sturdy table shattered into pieces in an instant, splinters flying everywhere. Cups, plates, and bowls were broken all over the floor, and soup and vegetable scraps smeared all over Li Tai.

"ah!!!"

Li Tai let out a pig-like scream and collapsed into the pile of rubble, rolling around frantically.

This time, Li Chengqian did not give him any chance to stand up again.

He pounced on him, straddling Li Tai's obese body, gripping his collar tightly with his left hand, and clenching his right fist into an iron fist, unleashing his full power without reservation at that pampered fat face!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The dull thud of fists clashing echoed continuously in the inner room.

"This punch is an overreach of your Martial Virtue Hall's rules, constantly trying to trip me up!"

"This punch is a slap in the face to your secret collusion with court officials, your attempt to oust me from my position as Crown Prince!"

"This punch is for you, you son of a bitch, pretending to be pitiful and innocent, acting like a filial son in front of the Emperor!"

At first, Li Tai was yelling and cursing wildly, trying to intimidate Li Chengqian with his father's authority.

But as each powerful punch landed, Li Tai's curses grew fainter. His nose was crooked, blood smeared his entire face, and his eyes were swollen shut, making it impossible for him to open them.

In the end, those venomous curses completely turned into mournful howls and sweet pleas for mercy.

"Brother... please stop... I was wrong..."

"Waaaah... Please don't hit my face... Please, I'll never do it again..."

Li Chengqian finally stopped what he was doing.

He straddled Li Tai, panting heavily. Sweat dripped down his face, soaking his coarse clothes.

Looking at Li Tai beneath him, beaten beyond recognition and limp like mud, he felt no sympathy, only an unprecedented sense of comfort and clarity.

More than a decade of repression, frustration, and fear seemed to be released through these punches.

"call……"

Li Chengqian shook his slightly sore fist and looked at Li Tai with a comfortable expression.

"My sixteenth brother was right after all. This is what they mean by 'at sixty, one's ears are attuned to the truth.'"

Li Chengqian patted Li Tai's blood-covered face and nodded in satisfaction. "After I beat you sixty times, the words you utter become pleasant to hear. I've finally figured it out today."

To hell with morality and ethics!

To hell with royal decorum!

Faced with absolute power, all those rules and regulations are meaningless! For the first time in his life, Li Chengqian felt that he was truly alive!

Just as he was about to get up and deliver two more kicks.

Suddenly, a very sharp eunuch's voice came from outside the inner hall, accompanied by a flurry of footsteps.

"His Majesty has arrived!"

Li Chengqian paused slightly.

Hearing this sound, Li Tai, who was pinned down, grasped at a straw. His eyes, which were swollen into slits, suddenly burst with intense hope, and he opened his slurred mouth to shout for help.

Li Chengqian's eyes turned cold.

With lightning speed, he pulled out the low-grade healing pill that Li Chen had given him from his pocket.

With his left hand, he pried open Li Tai's chin, and with his right hand, he roughly shoved the pill into Li Tai's mouth, then pressed hard on his throat.

"Gulp."

Li Tai was forced to swallow the pill.

After doing all this, Li Chengqian quickly stood up from Li Tai.

Without the slightest panic, he calmly brushed the dust off his clothes, walked to the only intact chair in the corner of the inner room, and sat down with elegant posture.

He even had the leisure to pour himself another cup of tea and gently blow on the floating leaves on the water.

"Bang!!!"

The door to the inner hall was kicked open from the outside.

Li Shimin, his face full of anger, strode in.

"Stop! What are you doing???"

Li Shimin's roar abruptly stopped the moment he saw the scene inside the room.

The floor was littered with broken wood, shards of porcelain, and a mess of leftover food.

Li Chengqian was sitting upright in the corner, drinking tea, looking as leisurely as if he were admiring flowers in the Imperial Garden.

Li Tai was lying in the middle of the mess.

Upon seeing his father, Emperor Tai burst into tears and rushed over, clinging tightly to Li Shimin's boots.

"Father! Help!"

Li Tai cried his heart out, his voice filled with anguish.

"My brother has gone mad! He stormed into my residence in the middle of the night, started smashing things without saying a word, and tried to beat me to death! Father, look, he's about to beat me to death!"

Li Shimin was shocked and quickly looked down at Li Tai.

However, the next second, his expression froze.

Although Li Tai cried miserably, his chubby face was clean and tidy. There wasn't a single bruise, not even the size of a fingernail, to be found.

Aside from some food and soup stains, his skin remained smooth and delicate, so good that it was enviable.

There wasn't a single trace of being beaten up.

Li Shimin's brows furrowed tightly, and his face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

In the corner, Li Chengqian slowly put down his teacup.

He stood up, walked to Li Shimin, and respectfully bowed deeply.

"Your subject greets Your Majesty."

Li Chengqian raised his head, looked at Li Shimin with an innocent expression, and then pointed to Li Tai, who was crying and wailing on the ground.

"Father, look at him now. His skin is smooth and delicate, his complexion is rosy, he doesn't look like someone who has been brutally beaten by me at all!"

Li Chengqian sighed, his tone filled with deep helplessness and grievance.

"As soon as I entered the door, I was about to catch up with him when he suddenly went berserk and started smashing things and even tearing his own clothes."

Li Chengqian spread his hands and pointed to his only intact chair.

"Your Majesty, I was terrified and dared not approach. I just sat there drinking tea, waiting for you to come and make a decision for me."