blogombal Chapter 2723 We Can't Beat Him
Chapter 2723 We Can't Beat Him
Li Chengqian's hand hovered in mid-air. Li Shen's move had caught him off guard. He turned to look at his father, asking a question.
Didn't you say you'd beat them until they realized their mistake? Now that they know they're wrong, should we beat them or not?
Li Shimin was also taken aback, not expecting this guy to be so clever.
"Keep beating me," Li Shimin said.
"Hey! Hey! Father, didn't you just say that admitting your mistake is enough? I already know I'm wrong, so why are you still hitting me?"
"Your father, being the emperor, should have the authority to speak the truth."
Li Shen became anxious and hurriedly called out.
"Hmph, you don't know you're wrong, you know it hurts. I'm not the emperor now, I'm your father. Give me a good beating."
Li Shimin snorted coldly and looked at Li Shen with disdain.
How could he not know what Li Shen was thinking?
"Tenth brother, don't blame your elder brother, hahahaha."
After hearing his father's words, Li Chengqian turned to Li Shen and said, for some reason, he couldn't help but smile happily at the end.
Before Li Shen could react, he heard a loud slap, followed by a searing pain in his buttocks.
"Ah~~ Haha~~~~" Li Shen screamed, almost bursting into tears.
Those of us who were spanked as kids know that this kind of pain is completely different from being slapped on the buttocks or slapped in the mouth.
The stinging sensation was accompanied by a burning sensation, causing excruciating pain, second only to pinching the inner thigh.
Before Li Shen could finish crying out, another series of pains almost made him gasp for breath.
Li Chengqian moved quickly, finishing the ten strikes in the blink of an eye. He looked back at his father and found that his father had no intention of stopping him.
So it was Li Zhi's turn again.
They took turns hitting him ten times each, and after five rounds, Li Shen's cries grew weaker.
Li Shimin finally spoke:
Are you convinced?
"I'm convinced!" Li Shen was the first to shout.
"I admit defeat," Li Zhi said through gritted teeth. He wasn't gritting his teeth because of his emotions, but because it hurt too much. He wouldn't shout like Li Shen.
"Do you know you're wrong?" Li Shimin asked again.
"Wrong, wrong!" Li Shen was the first to shout.
“I know I was wrong,” Li Zhi added.
"Where did you go wrong?" Li Shimin asked for the third time.
"Everything is wrong." Li Shen was almost going crazy. Are you a teacher? Asking such detailed questions, are you going to ask what lessons you learned next?
Should I write you a post-match report or something?
“I shouldn’t have fought with Li Shen, I shouldn’t have killed my own brother. I was in the wrong first,” Li Zhi replied honestly.
"Huh?" Li Shen turned to look at Li Zhi. Had this guy finally seen the light? Did the saying "spare the rod and spoil the child" really come true?
Let's hope this doesn't cure Li Zhi.
"Well, it's good that you know. You two are princes, brothers. You are born of the same root, why are you so eager to harm each other?"
Why the confrontation?
I don't care what grudges you have, but remember this: if you disgrace the royal family and become a laughingstock to outsiders,
"I will not let you off lightly, do you understand?"
"Yes, we will follow your teachings," Li Zhi and Li Shen replied simultaneously.
"Alright, it's getting late. Let's all prepare to head back to the palace."
At this point, Li Shimin knew he couldn't ask Li Shen anything more, so he could only find another opportunity to get Li Shen to express his thoughts.
He originally wanted to hear Li Shen's unspoken plan, but it ended in a farce.
The two were helped up. Li Shen was carried out of the tent by a stone, while Li Zhi was carried out by a eunuch, with Li Tai protecting him from the side.
When the group returned to the ice house, many people saw Prince Ji and Prince Jin being carried outside.
"Second Prince, what is this...?" Empress Zhangsun rushed forward to ask upon seeing this scene.
"Guanyinbi, pack up, let's go back to the palace." Li Shimin didn't say much, and sent someone to call the other ministers to prepare to return to the palace.
At the entrance of Ice and Snow City, the carriages were all ready, and everyone followed Li Shimin to the gate.
"Father, I am injured and will not be able to accompany you on your trip tomorrow. Please forgive me."
Lying on the back of the rock, Li Shen bowed to his father.
"Hmph, I'm not in the mood to come tomorrow either. Go home and reflect on your actions. Don't forget, you still have three months of confinement."
Li Shimin snorted, then turned and got into the carriage. This time, Empress Zhangsun and Consort Wei followed him into the same carriage.
"Tch, if they're not coming, they're not coming. It's better if they don't come." Li Shen muttered, pouting as he watched his father get into the carriage.
"Your Highness, let's get in the carriage too." Shi Tou came to the side of the carriage.
Tie Niu was already standing on the carriage. He reached out and lifted Li Shen up, then helped him into the carriage. Li Shen climbed in using both his hands and feet.
With the sound of a horn, the entire procession began to move forward slowly.
The journey back was uneventful, and the group returned to Chang'an just before the city gates were about to close.
Then everyone bid farewell to Li Shimin and went home to their respective mothers.
"Zhi Nu, you acted too impulsively today."
At the Prince of Jin's residence, Li Tai escorted Li Zhi inside. In Li Zhi's bedroom, looking at Li Zhi lying on the bed, Li Tai said with heartache.
"Fourth Brother, I..." Li Zhi raised his head with difficulty.
“Zhi Nu, I know what you’re thinking, but you absolutely shouldn’t say it out loud. Father hates this the most.”
"Don't even mention the tenth brother, you can't say that to Father like that, not even to any of the other brothers."
Li Tai interrupted Li Zhi.
"Fourth Brother, I acted impulsively at the time. Didn't you see that Li Shen actually treated you and me like outsiders?"
Li Zhi said upon hearing this.
“But he didn’t say it. You have to be patient in everything. I’ve told you that before,” Li Tai advised.
Li Zhi was a smart man, but he would lose his mind when he met Li Shen.
“Even if he didn’t say it out loud, that’s the meaning, and Aye didn’t reprimand him at all.”
This was also one of the reasons for Li Zhi's impulsiveness; his father's excessive favoritism caused the other child to feel unbalanced.
"Sigh..." Li Tai sighed, looking at the somewhat aggrieved Li Zhi.
“Zhi Nu, I know you’ve always resented Aye’s favoritism towards the tenth prince, but you should know in your heart that…”
The tenth prince earned his favor through his own efforts.
As he just said, he shared his father's burdens and served the court, and has done many things beneficial to the court over the years.
The 16 million strings of cash he donated to the imperial court alone were enough to make even the court give Li Shen a wide berth.
Do you think the father wouldn't favor him?
Now, even if Li Shen were to commit treason, he might not be punished, because his father needs him, his elder brother needs him, and the court needs him.
We are merely princes, not the emperor; we cannot defeat him.
(Tell me the time you were beaten the hardest when you were a child.)
I'll go first. I was about six or seven years old. I peed in the well at home, and my dad whipped me with a tree branch. I was running in front, and my dad was whipping me from behind. He whipped me until I was completely finished.