Great Tang: Three Thousand Shadow Assassins, Taking on Li Er

Li Kuan is reborn as Li Shimin's legitimate second son, with innate superhuman strength and three thousand Shadow Assassins who grow stronger as he levels up. He spends his days leading his younger brothers into trouble, snapping Xiangfei bamboo to make fishing rods, and scaring Li Ke into wetting himself and catching a chill. When his father tries to beat him, he immediately recites, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it." Those are Li Shimin's own words, and they leave him speechless on the spot.

At Hongyi Palace, Li Kuan coaxes his grandfather Li Yuan into drinking grape wine, then declares, "My grandfather raised the revolt after slaying the white dragon." Li Yuan is so furious he nearly throws him out. Li Chengqian arrives with evidence of his misdeeds to confess, while Li Tai hides behind a screen, afraid to show his face. Changle hugs a little fishing rod and smiles sweetly as she helps her two brothers destroy the evidence. The whole family is in an uproar. Li Kuan lies there, grimacing in pain, already thinking: It's time to be made a prince.

A Goguryeo princess warms his feet, a Tibetan minister tends his horses, and the Khan of the Eastern Turks comes to Chang'an to become a dance king. His three thousand Shadow Assassins are sharpening their blades. Li Kuan toys with the Hetian jade he swiped from his grandfather and grins smugly. "I'm obviously a virtuous prince. How did I become the bane of the barbarians?"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.