Chapter 49: Book thief


   Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, and immediately ordered his attendant, and found ten eunuchs who could write.
   Li Chengqian asked them to seize the time to copy Lan'er's booklet "Journey to the West", the sooner the better. And he himself stood behind one of the little eunuchs, watching the story by the way.
   This is really hard for the little eunuch. The prince was urging him tightly, but now the prince is still standing behind him, how can he write. The little eunuch's hands began to tremble uncontrollably, and sweat started on his forehead, so the speed naturally slowed down.
   Li Chengqian had read this page for a while, and saw that the little hadn't finished copying and turning the page, he couldn't help feeling a little unhappy. Looking closely at his trembling hand, Li Chengqian understood what was going on. Some helpless in my heart, but not too harsh.
   Li Chengqian had to walk away, and said to these eunuchs who were copying the book: "You guys copy as soon as possible. Try to copy two copies as soon as possible today. After copying, you will have a lot of rewards."
   The eunuchs hurriedly bowed their promises respectfully.
   Li Chengqian turned around again and said to the little attendant before: "Zhang Gui, after they finish copying, you should report to the orphan as soon as possible."
   The attendant hurriedly bowed and said: "No, your highness!"
   Li Chengqian returned to the bedroom to rest.
  ……
   More than two hours later, Zhang Gui took two pamphlets to Li Chengqian's bedroom.
   "His Royal Highness, I have already copied two copies, please read it."
   Li Chengqian stepped forward quickly, took one of the pamphlets, sat on the bed, opened it eagerly, and said to Zhang Gui:
   "Well, yes, people who copy the book will be rewarded. Zhang Gui, you can now ask someone to send the booklet you have left to Changle Palace."
   "No." Zhang Gui quit.
   Only then did Li Chengqian immerse himself wholeheartedly in the bizarre world of Journey to the West.
  ……
  The moon hangs in the sky, Changle Palace.
   "Huh? Sister Yan'er, what are you doing in Changle Palace at this time?" In the attic of Changle Palace, a little palace lady in purple clothes saw an acquaintance coming and asked quickly.
   The tall maid stepped forward with a smile and replied: "Sister Li'er, Zhang Chang sent me to send a book to the princess, saying that the prince asked to send it over."
   "But Her Royal Highness is already going to bed now." Li'er raised her head and glanced at the attic where the lights had been turned off, and said embarrassedly.
Yan'er also looked up and hesitated: "His Royal Highness didn't say that he had to deliver it to the princess by himself, or Lier would help me put this book in the princess's bedroom. When the princess wakes up tomorrow, Tell the princess?"
   Li'er tilted her head for a moment. This is indeed a way. She nodded and said, "Well, sister Yan'er, please give me the book."
  ……
   Lier took "Journey to the West" and entered the palace, worried about awakening the princess, so she had to put him on the table in the main hall on the first floor, and she didn't worry about anyone taking it anyway.
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   The next morning, Changle Palace.
   Lier saw a little fat man in a python robe approaching here, and hurriedly greeted him with a blessing, "The slave servant has seen His Royal Highness Wei Wang."
   The little fat man nodded, "Well, what about Changle?"
This little fat man is the second son of the present-day sage and the eldest queen, Wei Wang Li Tai. He is only nine years old this year, but he is very talented and brilliant at a young age. He loves literature. He loves literature. Second pet.
Of course, smart people are somewhat arrogant. Li Tai has always been at odds with Li Chengqian. He looked down on this prince brother, thinking that he was just born a year earlier than himself to become the prince. If it is talent, Li Tai is confident that he can defeat his brother.
A few days ago, Li Tai heard from his subordinates that Li Chengqian went out to relax because he took Changle with him, and when he came back, he brought a kind of delicacy to his father. As a result, his father was delighted and praised Li Chengqian for his filial piety and his brothers and sisters were harmonious. A little unhappy.
He knew that the kind of food was called gnawing chicken. Later he also ate it, and he ate a lot. Every day he asked the guards to line up to buy it for him. It was delicious, but he felt that his father should not take credit for it. In his brother's body, the gnawed chicken was not invented by the prince.
   So Li Tai also came to Changle Palace today to care about this sister, and he happened to be with her to see if she wanted to go out and relax. First, although Li Tai usually doesn't deal with Li Chengqian, he has always had a better relationship with Changle, and he is also concerned about his sister's health. Secondly, if Chang Le wants to get out of the palace, he can just follow it out. In return, he may be praised by his father, saying that their brothers and sisters are harmonious, which is really a multi-tasking.
   Li'er bowed and replied: "Back to His Royal Highness Wei, the princess has not yet risen."
   Li Tai was a little disappointed. It seemed that he had come early, so he said casually: "Oh, the king will sit in the front hall for a while and wait for Changle to get up."
   After that, he went straight into the hall.
   Lier hurried in to serve tea. Sitting on the Hu stool, Li Tai caught a glimpse of a booklet on the table with "Journey to the West" written on it. He couldn't help but feel a little curious. He wondered what book this is. This book, Wang Bo has never seen before.
   immediately took the booklet and turned it over. Li'er next to him wanted to stop but didn't dare. This king Wei had a bad temper. She thought to herself that she could only wait a while for the princess to come to King Wei to ask for repayment.
   Li Tai turned to the first page and was attracted. As it went further, more new and strange things came out, such as monkeys that jumped out of the stone, Bodhi ancestors, somersault clouds, seventy-two changes, and riots in the heavenly palace. He had never heard of these strange things before. However, these plots are so passionate and attractive. Li Tai's mind couldn't help being more and more immersed in the wonderful story.
After a while, there was a sound of colliding tables and chairs. Li Tai was awakened. Li'er also reacted and said quickly: "It seems that the princess is awake. Your Majesty Wei, the maidservant is out of company first. Go and dress the princess."
   Li Tai waved his hand, and Li Er hurriedly went upstairs.
At this moment, Li Tai saw that he was alone in the room, his eyes flashed to the "Journey to the West", his eyes flashed with dismay, hesitancy and struggle flashed after a while, and finally he saw that time was running out. It is estimated that Changle will come down in a while, Li Tai gritted his teeth and finally flashed a trace of determination in his eyes.
Like a little thief, he first looked around, confirming that he was alone in the front hall, and then threw "Journey to the West" into his long sleeves like a thief, doing nothing but two little ones standing at the door. The palace lady's surprised eyes ran away straight away.
  ……
   upstairs.
   "Princess, Wang Wei is already waiting for you downstairs!" Lier combed Changle's hair while reporting.
   "Oh? Brother Qingque is coming to me? Lier, hurry up, don't let Brother Qingque wait for a long time." Changle heard Li Tai come to her, and a little joy flashed on his delicate face.
   Lier quickly speeded up, and said: "Princess, the prince sent a book to him last night. The servant girl saw that the princess was resting, so she put the book in the front hall."
Changle's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with joy: "Great, it must be the "Journey to the West" that the prince's brother heard yesterday. The prince's brother was really careful and copied it into a book and sent it over. Lier, you hurry up, The palace must hurry down and take a look."
  ……
   a quarter of an hour later. The main hall of Changle Palace.
   "Li'er, where's Brother Qingque?" Chang Le wondered looking at the empty front hall.
   Li'er was also confused, and looked around~EbookFREE.me~ suspiciously: "I'm still here just now!"
   At this time, a little palace lady came in and told Changle cautiously: "Princess Qi, the slave servant saw that there was something urgent with His Royal Highness Wei Wang a quarter of an hour ago, and left in a hurry."
   Changle was even more puzzled. He didn't know what his elder brother was thinking about early in the morning. He couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a while, so he simply didn't want to.
   asked again: "Li'er, didn't you say that the prince brother gave a book to you, where is the book?"
   "Back to the princess, the book is there. Uh..." Li'er pointed to the table, but found nothing on it. She was stunned. Then she knelt down in fear and said:
   "The princess, forgive me, the slave and maid really didn't lie. The book had been on the table before. Just now, the king of Wei came down and read it..."
   Changle thought for a while, and finally reacted. He couldn't help being frustrated, stomped his feet, and said, "Smelly blue bird, see how Changle will settle accounts with you in the future!"
After that, she walked out quickly. She was going to the East Palace. Since Li Tai stole the "Journey to the West", even if she went to look for Li Tai now, she probably won't be back for a while. It's better to go to the East Palace. Are there any remaining copies.
   I have to say that Changle really knows Li Tai.
Li Tai ran back to the Palace of Wei with a guilty conscience. He looked back with a guilty conscience to see if anyone was chasing him. After seeing no one behind, he let out a sigh of relief and said to the guard guarding the door: "Except for my father, the rest When someone comes, you will just say that the king is not here, have you heard clearly?"
   Although the two guards thought they were strange, they didn't dare to ask more questions, and hurriedly bowed to promise.
   Li Tai hurriedly returned to his bedroom, took out the booklet carefully, and then started looking again, his mind slowly entering the bizarre world of Journey to the West.
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