Chapter 2264: Li Shimin VS Li Xiuning
Chapter 2264 Li Shimin VS Li Xiuning
Chapter 2260: Li Shimin VS Li Xiuning
Li Xiuning's residence ranks second in area in Chang'an City, second only to the Imperial Palace and the Tang Palace. It doesn't take much to guess that it must be extremely luxurious.
Ever since he resigned from the position of bad commander, Li Xiuning has rarely been seen outside. Except for important matters, he basically stays at his residence.
At this time, Li Xiuning was playing and having fun with two children in a hidden garden in the princess mansion.
“Mother, mother, come and chase me quickly.”
“Mom, I’m over here.”
“Qi’er, Lin’er, run slowly, don’t fall.”
Li Xiuning’s face was full of smiles, but there was a lingering gloom in her heart.
In order to rescue his brother Li Shimin, Li Xiuning went to Luoyang alone to negotiate with Qin Hao. Naturally, this was a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and she was found to be pregnant soon after returning.
Li Xiuning did not dare to tell Li Shimin. After all, the Qin and Tang Dynasties had a great feud that was difficult to resolve. Her father Li Yuan died at the hands of Qin General Arthur, and now she was pregnant with the enemy's child. There was no way that her second brother would tolerate her giving birth. The child of the enemy.
Li Xiuning thought about having an abortion more than once, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. The bad relationship between her and Ying Hao had been forged. It was impossible for her to be attracted to a second man in this life, and the child in her belly was hers. The last thought was, how could she bear to get rid of it, so she finally gave birth to her baby with complicated emotions.
As the first bad coach, Li Xiuning would undoubtedly find it extremely difficult to hide such a major pregnancy from Li Shimin. However, fortunately, she still had many close friends who were willing to help her conceal the news, and Li Si was one of them.
At that time, Li Xiuning was still a bad commander, Li Si was a bad deputy commander, and the bad commander and the bad deputy commander conspired, so Li Shimin was completely blind.
Li Shimin had no defense against his younger sister Li Xiuning, and Li Xiuning was busy with tasks and was away from home for many years. This was how he could successfully hide Li Shimin's pregnancy, and the fact that she was pregnant and gave birth to a child has not been discovered until now.
In ten months of pregnancy, Li Xiuning gave birth to twins in Kunlun and named them Li Qi and Li Lin.
Ying Hao knew nothing about this, otherwise he would never let his blood flow outside.
After giving birth to a child, Li Xiuning gave the two children to his confidants and hid them in a hidden village to raise them. He would visit them in person whenever he had time.
It was okay at first, but as time went by, Li Xiuning couldn't bear to miss her son and didn't want to be separated from her child anymore, so she resigned from her position as a bad handsome man and took her child to the house to raise her intensively. No more public appearances.
Li Xiuning protected her two children very well. Five years have passed and the two children are now four years old, and they have still not been discovered by Li Shimin.
Li Xiuning enjoys this kind of life of having fun, but keeping it a secret is not an option. Guanzhong is the territory of his second brother Li Shimin. He is no longer a bad handsome man, and it will only be a matter of time before he is exposed.
Just when Li Xiuning was thinking of a way to send his two children out of Chang'an, the Qin-Tang War broke out.
Chang'an is under martial law and no one is allowed in or out. Even Li Xiuning cannot leave without valid reasons.
Later, Yoguan, Xiaoguan, and Fenglingdu were successively conquered, and the Qin army surrounded Chang'an City. Li Xiuning was completely trapped in Chang'an City, and could only stay at home to wait for news of the end of the war.
“Maybe it’s not a bad thing that Chang’an is captured, so that Qi’er and Lin’er will return to their biological father.”
Looking at her two sons playing together, Li Xiuning's eyes were full of maternal tenderness. Naturally, she couldn't bear to be separated from her sons, but she didn't want the two children to grow up in a cage.
Although the princess mansion is large, to these two children, it is just a larger cage.
They can only move around in an area within the princess's mansion and cannot have any contact with the outside world. Such a growth environment is undoubtedly abnormal.
Li Xiuning hopes that her two children can grow up healthy and happy, but she can no longer give them this, so in order to allow their two children to grow up better, she is ready to separate from her son.
"What on earth is Li Si doing? Sister, what you asked him to do has not been done yet." Dong Xiaowan muttered with her mouth bulging. She was one of the few people who knew.
"Perhaps it was delayed due to other things." Li Xiuning sighed lightly.
At this moment, the female guard came to report: "Princess, the king sent someone to invite you into the palace, saying that he has important matters to discuss."
“I understand, I will enter the palace immediately.”
After finishing speaking, Li Xiuning said to Dong Xiaowan: "Sister Xiaowan, I leave the two children to you."
“Don’t worry, sister.”
Li Xiuning nodded. Dong Xiaowan regarded her two children as her own, and the doting in her eyes could not be faked. She could rest assured that the children would be taken care of by her.
After handing the child to Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiuning took several guards and went to the Tang Palace. However, when he arrived at the palace, he was told by Li Mochou, the concubine of the Tang Dynasty, that Li Shimin had already gone to the princess mansion.
After hearing the news, Li Xiuning's face suddenly changed. She knew that the child must have been exposed, otherwise the second brother would never have deliberately deceived her. For a moment, Fang Cun's face turned pale, and Li Mochou on the side was also shocked. Startled.
“Xiu Ning, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare your sister-in-law.”
Li Xiuning was shaken awake and said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, you must help me."
“What happened?”
…”
Li Xiuning briefly explained to Li Mochou. Li Mochou was speechless. She didn't expect that this sister-in-law was so bold and dared to keep two of King Qin's children secretly.
"I'm afraid my sister-in-law alone won't be able to persuade your brother about this matter. I'll contact the other sisters and try to persuade them together. Maybe I can convince the people not to embarrass these two children."
“Please, sister-in-law.”
After receiving the reply of Li Mochou's help, Li Xiuning felt a little more at ease and hurried back to the princess's residence.
After arriving, Li Xiuning smelled the smell of blood before entering the house, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were like door gods, standing on both sides of the palace gate. They pointed to the closed door and said to Li Xiuning: "Princess, please come in. My lord has been waiting for a long time."
Li Xiuning's face turned pale. She pushed the door open while resisting dizziness. She saw dead bodies everywhere in the house and rivers of blood.
"Qi'er, Lin'er." Li Xiuning screamed and ran quickly towards the mansion with tears in her eyes. There were also dead bodies everywhere along the way, all of which were the bodies of the palace's guards and maids.
After arriving at the courtyard where his two sons were sitting, Li Xiuning heard the laughter of children before entering, and he felt relieved.
“Uncle? Are you really our uncle?”
“Of course.”
“Then how do you prove it?”
"Your mother is my biological sister, so I am naturally your uncle. When your mother comes back, she will naturally prove it to her uncle."
“But why didn’t my mother mention my uncle before?”
“Then did your mother ever mention your father?”
"nor."
“That’s it, your mother can’t even mention your father, so how can she mention your uncle, right? Xiu Ning.”
Li Xiuning, who was eavesdropping outside, heard this and naturally knew that he had been exposed, so he suppressed his anxiety and walked in.
As soon as the two children saw their mother coming, they ran over with short legs. However, they fainted for no reason before they could take two steps. Before they fell, they were picked up by Li Shimin who came up.
Li Shimin, who had looked gentle in front of the child just now, now had a frosty look on his face, and said coldly: "Xiu Ning, it's so hard for you to hide this from your second brother. If it weren't for Li Si, you would have planned to hide this from your second brother." Brother for life?"
Li Xiuning's face turned pale again. She didn't expect that Li Si would betray her.
After taking a look at Dong Xiaowan who was being controlled and shaking his head at her, Li Xiuning knelt down and begged: "Second brother, Xiuning knows that she was wrong. Xiuning doesn't ask for your forgiveness. She just asks you not to embarrass the child. They are innocent."
“Innocent?”
Li Shimin glanced at the two nephews in his arms and said coldly: "Just because they are Ying Hao's descendants, they are not innocent at all."
“No, they also have the blood of my Li family and are the sons of my Li Xiuning. Second brother, do you really want to be so heartless?”
When Li Xiuning said this, he angered Li Shimin and scolded him directly: "You still know that you are from my Li family, so why did you give birth to the enemy's child? Have you forgotten that your father died at the hands of Qin Jun? ?”
“Second brother…”
"That's enough, come here and take these two scoundrels down."
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With that said, Li Shimin handed the child he was carrying to the guard on the side, but Li Xiuning exploded at this moment.
“Let them go.”
Li Xiuning's aura suddenly surged. He pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed at Li Shimin with a crazy look on his face like a hen guarding its calf.
nail…
After Li Shimin drew his sword to block the sword, he said with a look of disbelief: "Li Xiuning, how dare you draw your sword at me?"
“I will kill anyone who dares to touch my son.”
Li Xiuning shouted with red eyes, and his aura became stronger. Then he struck out with another sword, one after another, hitting Li Shimin backwards one after another, without the ability to fight back.
“Lord.”
The guards were about to step forward to protect him, but Li Shimin said: "Don't come over."
The guards could only stand still and watch the battle between brother and sister.
Li Xiuning didn't really want to kill her brother, she just wanted to force her two sons back. Seeing that her two sons were about to be taken away, she immediately abandoned Li Shimin and prepared to save her son, but was stopped by Li Shimin.
“Xiu Ning, you have broken through to the master level.”
Li Shimin said calmly, but his heart ached slightly, because he didn't know the news either.
When did the gap between them brother and sister become so big? Even breaking through to the Grandmaster level needs to be hidden from him.
"Step aside."
Li Xiuning said coldly, but her heart was extremely anxious.
“If you beat me, I will let you take your child and leave.” Li Shimin said calmly.
"real?"
A glimmer of hope flashed in Li Xiuning's eyes. She had already reached the level of a grandmaster, but Li Shimin was not yet a grandmaster. She was absolutely sure to beat her second brother in a one-on-one duel.
"of course it's true."
“Then come.”
This battle between Li Xiuning and Li Shimin was ultimately won by Li Shimin.
Of course, Li Shimin did not win by strength. After the two sides exchanged nearly twenty moves, the sword in Li Xiuning's hand could no longer bear it, and Li Shimin cut it off directly with Long Yuan.
Even if Li Xiuning was stronger, it would be impossible for him to defeat Li Shimin who was holding the Ten Famous Swords Long Yuan unarmed. Moreover, there were so many powerful guards around him. Naturally, he would only be defeated and captured in the end.
(End of this chapter)
