Chapter 49: The Book-Stealing Thief
When Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he immediately ordered his attendants to find ten little eunuchs who could write.
Li Chengqian asked them to hurry up and copy Lan'er's booklet of "Journey to the West", the sooner the better. And he himself stood behind one of the little eunuchs, reading the story by the way.
This is bitter for the little eunuch, the prince was urging him tightly, and now the prince is still standing behind him, how can he write. The little eunuch's hands began to tremble uncontrollably, and sweat began to break out on his forehead, so the speed naturally slowed down.
Li Chengqian had finished reading this page for a while, and when he saw that the little eunuch hadn't finished copying and turning the page, he couldn't help but be a little displeased. Looking closely at his trembling hands, Li Chengqian understood what was going on. I felt a little helpless in my heart, but I was not too harsh.
Li Chengqian had no choice but to walk away and said to these eunuchs who were copying books: "A few of you copy as soon as possible, try to copy two copies first today, and you will be rewarded for being alone after copying." ”
The eunuchs hurriedly bowed respectfully and agreed.
Li Chengqian turned around and said to the little attendant before: "Zhang Gui, after they finish copying, you report to Gu as soon as possible." ”
The attendant hurriedly bowed down and said, "No, Your Highness!" ”
Li Chengqian then went back to the dormitory to rest.
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More than two hours later, Zhang Gui took two pamphlets and sent them to Li Chengqian's bedroom.
"Your Highness, two copies have been copied, please look at it."
Li Chengqian hurriedly stepped forward, took one of the pamphlets, sat on the bed, and said to Zhang Gui while eagerly opening it:
"Well, yes, whoever copies the book has a reward. Zhang Gui, you can have someone send the remaining booklet in your hand to Changle Palace now. ”
"No." Zhang Gui surrendered.
Only then did Li Chengqian wholeheartedly immerse himself in the bizarre world of Journey to the West.
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The moon hangs in the sky, Changle Palace.
"Huh? Sister Yan'er, what are you doing in Changle Palace at this time? Under the attic of Changle Palace, a little palace maid in purple saw an acquaintance coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
The tall palace maid stepped forward and replied with a smile: "Sister Li'er, Zhang Chang sent me to deliver a book to Her Royal Highness the Princess, saying that Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked her to send it." ”
"But Her Royal Highness is now bedtime." Li'er looked up at the attic where the lights had been turned off, and said in embarrassment.
Yan'er also glanced up and hesitated: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't say that he had to send it to His Royal Highness the Princess personally, or Li'er, you can help me put this book in the princess's bedroom, and when the princess wakes up tomorrow, you will tell the princess?" ”
Li'er tilted her little head and thought about it, this was indeed a solution, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, Sister Yan'er, give me the book." ”
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Li'er took "Journey to the West" and entered the palace, worried about waking up the princess, so she had to put him on the table in the main hall on the first floor, and she was not worried that someone would take it anyway.
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Early the next morning, Changle Palace.
Li'er saw a little fat man in a python robe walking over here, and hurriedly greeted him and saluted, "The slave has seen His Royal Highness the King of Wei." ”
The little fat man nodded, "Well, what about Changle?" ”
This little fat man is the second son of Wei King Li Tai, who was born to the eldest grandson of the current saint and the eldest grandson, is only nine years old this year, but he is talented at a young age, brilliant and brilliant, a good man loves literature, works and grass, and collects thousands of books, so he is deeply favored by Li Er.
Of course, smart people are a little arrogant, Li Tai has always been at odds with Li Chengqian, he looks down on this prince's brother, thinking that he was just born a year earlier than himself to become this prince, if it is about talent, Li Tai is confident that he can beat his brother.
A few days ago, Li Tai heard from his subordinates that Li Chengqian went out for a walk because he took Changle, and when he came back, he also brought a kind of food to his father, which made his father Long Yan happy, and praised Li Chengqian's filial piety and the harmony of his brother and sister, and Li Tai was a little unhappy.
He knew that kind of delicacy was called gnawing chicken, and he also ate it later, and he ate a lot, and asked the guards to line up every day to buy it back for him to eat, it was really delicious, but he felt that his father should not give credit to his brother, and this gnawing chicken was not invented by the prince.
So Li Tai also came to Changle Palace today, caring about this sister, seeing if she wanted to go out for a walk, he happened to accompany her. First, although Li Tai usually doesn't deal with Li Chengqian, he has always had a good relationship with Changle, and he is also concerned about his sister's body. Second, if Changle wants to go out of the palace to relax, he can also follow him out justifiably, and maybe he can get praise from his father when he comes back, saying that their brother and sister are harmonious, which is really a lot of success.
Li'er bowed down at this time and replied: "Back to His Royal Highness the King of Wei, the princess has not yet gotten up." ”
Li Tai was a little disappointed, it seemed that he had come early, so he said casually: "Oh, then the king will sit in the front hall for a while, and wait for Chang to be happy." ”
With that, he went straight into the main hall.
Li'er hurriedly went in to serve tea. Li Tai sat on the stool, and caught a glimpse of a booklet on the table, which said "Journey to the West", and couldn't help but be a little curious, and said in his heart, what kind of book is this, this king has read a lot of books, and he has never seen it.
I immediately took the booklet and flipped through it. Li'er next to her wanted to stop but didn't dare, this King Wei's temper has always been not very good, and he thought to himself, he could only wait for a while for the princess to come to King Wei to ask for it, and King Wei would not be repaid.
Li Tai turned the first page and was intrigued. As he went further back, more novelties came out, what monkeys jumped out of the stones, Bodhi Ancestor, somersault clouds, seventy-two changes, havoc in the Heavenly Palace, these new and strange things he had never heard of before, but these plots were so bloody and attractive. Li Tai's mind couldn't help but become more and more immersed in that wonderful story.
After a while, there was a sound of tables and chairs colliding above, Li Tai was awakened, Li'er also reacted, and hurriedly said: "It seems that the princess is awake, His Royal Highness King Wei, the slave maid is lost first, and the slave maid is going to serve the princess and dress." ”
Li Tai waved his hand, and Li'er hurriedly went upstairs.
At this moment, Li Tai saw that he was the only one left in the house, his eyes looked at the book "Journey to the West", his eyes flashed with great reluctance, and after a pause, a trace of hesitation and struggle flashed, and finally saw that time was running out, it was estimated that Changle would come down in a while, Li Tai gritted his teeth, and a trace of determination finally flashed in his eyes.
He looked around like a thief to confirm that he was the only one in the front hall, and then stuffed "Journey to the West" into his long sleeves like lightning, and ran away without hesitation, ignoring the surprised eyes of the two little palace maids standing at the door.
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In the attic.
"Princess, King Wei is already waiting for you downstairs!" Li'er reported while combing Changle's hair.
"Oh? Brother Qingque is coming to me? Li'er, hurry up, don't let Brother Qingque wait for a long time. Changle heard that Li Tai was coming to her, and a little happiness flashed on her delicate little face.
Li'er hurriedly sped up and said, "Princess, the prince sent someone to deliver a book last night, and the slave maid saw that the princess was already resting, so she put the book in the front hall. ”
Changle's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said happily: "Great, it must be the "Journey to the West" that the prince's brother heard yesterday, the prince's brother is really careful, and he copied it into a book and sent it over." Li'er, hurry up, this palace has to go down and have a look. ”
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A quarter of an hour later. The main hall of Changle Palace.
"Li'er, where is Brother Qingque?" Looking at the empty front hall, Changle wondered.
Li'er also looked confused, looked around, and said suspiciously: "It's still there just now!" ”
This is a small palace maid in front of the door, and cautiously said to Changle: "Princess Qiyu, the slave maid saw that His Royal Highness King Wei seemed to have something urgent a quarter of an hour ago, and left in a hurry. ”
Changle was even more puzzled, he didn't know what kind of nerves this brother had early in the morning, and he couldn't think of it after thinking about it for a while, so he simply didn't want to.
He asked again: "Li'er, didn't you say that the prince's brother gave a book, what about the book?" ”
"Back to the princess, the book is there. ......" Li'er pointed to the table, but found that there was nothing on it, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then fear, and quickly knelt down and said:
"The princess forgives her sins, the slave really didn't lie, the book had been on the table before, and he had read it when His Royal Highness King Wei came down just now......"
Changle thought about it, and finally reacted, couldn't help but be angry, stomped his feet, and said angrily: "Stinky Qingque, see how Changle will settle accounts with you in the future!" ”
After saying that, she walked out quickly, she was going to the East Palace, since Li Tai stole "Journey to the West", even if she went to find Li Tai now, it is estimated that she will not come back for a while, it is better to go to the East Palace to see if there are any copies of the rest.
I have to say that Changle really knows Li Tai.
Li Tai ran back to the Wei Palace, and looked back to see if anyone had caught up, and saw that there was no one behind, so he breathed a sigh of relief and instructed the guards guarding the door: "Except for my father and the emperor who summoned him, the rest of the people came, and you just said that the king was not there, did you hear clearly?" ”
Although the two guards felt strange, they didn't dare to ask in detail, and hurriedly bowed down and promised.
Li Tai hurriedly returned to his dormitory, carefully took out the booklet, and then couldn't wait to start looking at it again, and his mind slowly entered the bizarre world of Journey to the West.
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