Living leisurely in Tang Dynasty

tively: “Then if I don’t go to Li Mountain, can I not copy it?”

Li Er sneered: “Okay! Don’t go anywhere else from now on.
Up to you if you want to copy the book.”

Li Yuanying immediately shut up.

Both Li Yuanying and Li Chengqian were then promptly kicked out by the Emperor.

Yuanying saw that his eldest nephew was trying his best to sneak in a good word for him and so he was touched.
He spoke in a soft voice and shared his experience: “Chengqian, you don’t have to worry! As long as you reason with the Emperor, his anger will quickly dissipate.
The Emperor punishes us just to shut other people’s mouths, he’s not mad at us anymore.”

After that, he continued on earnestly trying to get Chengqian to understand and implement the basic principle of “acting weak when the enemy is strong, and acting strong when the enemy is weak”.
Whenever His Majesty, Old man Kong or other teachers were to scold them fiercely, you must just sincerely admit your mistakes.
Then, just wait for the episode to pass before continuing to do bad things after!

Chengqian recalled the scene of Yuanying getting along with his father, he vaguely could guess why his father is so tolerant towards this uncle.
Ordinary people do not have the bravery or lack of shame like Li Yuanying!

“I’ll remember this.” (Li Chengqian)

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Li Yuanying showed off a satisfied proud face like he has just taught his disciple a new trick.

They continued on another matter: “There’s news about doctor Sun from Yizhi.
He’s at a village not far from Li Mountain.
Since my father the Emperor is visiting Li mountain in two days, it wouldn’t be a problem for the old doctor to pay a visit and treat him.”

Yuanying was ecstatic.
“Looks like the Fang Clan still has a rather reliable son, unlike the other one.”

“He’s a just teenager.
Who isn’t promiscuous at that age? It’s not a big deal that he’s at Beili.” (Li Chengqian)

Yuanying was still not satisfied as he’s very concern about the well-being and happiness of his nieces.

“There’s nothing wrong in going to Beili, the issue is that he didn’t dare to admit it.
He doesn’t give off a responsible vibe.
Old Fang is powerful but if his son can’t stand up for himself, it doesn’t matter how powerful dad is, it’s useless.
If you were Gao Yang, would you want such a husband!”

“You make much sense but the kid is only in his teens.
Who’s to say he wouldn’t mature and become more responsible and stand up for himself in the future?” He patted Yuanying’s shoulder and advised him not to overthink.
Instead, better go and finish his homework.

Yuanying carried a bitter look to find the book he needed.
Much to his dismay, this thing has several times more words than the Book of Rites!

Li Yuanying complained to Lady Wu who helped him locate the book:”Why do you think the Emperor wants me to copy this stuff? I don’t want to read so many poems!”

“The poems in the <> were originally ballads collected during the Zhou Dynasty.
In it are three main genres: folk songs, court music, and songs of praises.
The first one comes from the common public where they sing of their thoughts and practices.
The second one is court music played by nobles during banquets or official ceremonies and the final one being music used during ceremonies at the ancestral temple.
There are also some satirical chants from the common people.” (Lady Wu of Talents)

She continued with a smile: ” His Majesty wants you to copy this, maybe because he wants you to learn more about etiquette and music.”

Hearing this, Yuanying instantly understood the Emperor’s intentions: “Hmmph! Last time I was asked to copy the Book of Rites and this time the Book of Songs.
Such a bad person! If you want to punish someone then just punish them.
Don’t have to also take the opportunity to take a jab at me about my lack of musical knowledge!”

Lady Wu chose not to respond.
Not everyone can freely talk bad about the Emperor behind his back.

In the whole world, she’s only seen one guy bold enough.

Yuanying didn’t say anything else and just walked away with his thick book.
As he walked home, he swore in his heart that when his corns are ready for harvest, everyone would get a packet of popcorn except the Emperor Li Er.
Let’s leave him out and make him jealous!

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There were more than 300 poems and the boy immersed himself in working on them for the next two days.
However, he only managed to complete a small portion of his homework on the day of his departure.

Yuanying’s inner desire to play truant became strong and he went to see his brother with his partially finished work and cried: “No matter how much I copy, I can’t finish it!”

The Emperor glanced at him and said lightly: “Pack up,  we’re going to Li mountain.”

Seeing Li Yuanying’s overjoyed face, he paused for a moment before slowly completing his sentence,: “After arriving at Li mountain, you continue working on it, you’ll finish it one day.”

Li Yuanying: “…”

He then decided to ignore His Majesty Li Er.

The Emperor is making a trip here to try and recuperate his sick body so he did not bring many people with him.
Even the Crown prince was left behind to deal with the court affairs.
Before leaving, Chengqian gave Yuanying his personal token and asked him to personally escort Sun Simiao.
Since this is a matter regarding the Emperor, he wouldn’t trust others to carry out the task.

Li Yuanying is rarely entrusted with heavy responsibilities so he put away the token carefully.
He also managed to hear some gossip about the Fang family from Chengqian: Fang Xuanling immediately went to ask the Emperor for forgiveness the next day.
He reasoned that his second son is naughty and so had been taught a hard lesson.
I heard that Fang’s second son has become sick and hasn’t been seen outside.
Not sure if it’s real illness or if he was beaten by his father.
Moreover, Fang Xuanling had two wounds on his neck, looks like someone scratched at him!

This incident of Li Yuanying’s managed to make the Fang household go crazy!

Yuanying thinks that he’s innocent: “I really just wanted to listen to a song, who knew he would come make a commotion and snatch people?”

Chengqian didn’t think the boy was wrong.
After all, he didn’t know about Beili before this incident.
He didn’t say more about the incident but only persuaded him that Gao Yang’s marriage is being taken care of by the Emperor and he doesn’t have to worry too much about it.
The most important task at hand is to ask Doctor Sun to heal the Emperor’s ailments.
If he could heal all pain and old injuries on the Emperor, even better”

Yuanying agreed and immediately ran away with the token of his eldest nephew.

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Shih Jing also known as classics of poetry, the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.