Chapter 350: Li Tai Wants the Assignment

"Sizi, don't go over there; Mom said it's very dangerous."

Inside the Imperial Palace, the two children played happily, and suddenly arrived at the spot where Li Shimin had temporarily placed the white tiger.

Sizi, without any hesitation, was about to go find Xiao Yanzi to play, but was stopped by his older sister, Chengyang Little Princess.

Sizi pursed his lips, "Sister, Xiao Yanzi isn't dangerous; I often ride it at home."

"Huh?" Chengyang Little Princess heard and, excitedly, said, "You even rode the white tiger?"

"Mom said the white tiger is a holy beast and can't be touched."

"Of course I rode it!" Sizi said proudly, tilting his little head, "Before, Xiao Yanzi was at older brother's house; Qing Yue Little Lady and I both rode it."

"But Xiao Yanzi is very lazy, doesn't like to move; riding it is boring, riding a wooden horse is more fun."

Chengyang Little Princess asked blankly, "What is a wooden horse?"

"A wooden horse is …"

Sizi tilted his head, thought for a moment, and tried hard to explain to his sister.

But as a child, her explanation was unclear and chaotic; Chengyang couldn't understand at all.

Finally, as she kept talking, Sizi started bragging again, saying how wonderful Chen Yan's home was, what fun things were there, and what delicious food they had every day.

Chengyang Little Princess listened and became extremely envious.

The two kids walked back, and Chengyang Little Princess couldn't help but say, "Sizi, could you tell brother‑in‑law to take me away too? I also want to go play at brother‑in‑law's house."

"Huh?" Sizi blinked, "Sister, are you also sick?"

Chengyang: "......"

"No, sister, you're not sick."

"If you're not sick, why go to older brother's house?" Sizi said to himself, "Usually you only go to older brother's house when you're sick; look at me, I was sick, so Mom let me stay at older brother's house."

Chengyang slightly opened her mouth and retorted, "No, no, I'm not sick; I just want to go to brother‑in‑law's house to play …"

"Chengyang, Sizi!"

Before Chengyang could finish, two shouts suddenly came from behind.

The two kids turned their heads and saw their own Fourth Imperial Brother.

"Fourth Imperial Brother!"

The two obediently called out.

Li Tai smiled, came in front of them, squatted down and asked, "Where did you two go to play?"

"Your Imperial Brother just went to Mother Empress's place and didn't find you."

"We went to see the white tiger." Chengyang didn't hide it, then asked, "Does Imperial Brother have something for us?"

"Hmm …" Li Tai seemed a bit embarrassed, but recalling Chen Yan's words, he still asked, putting aside his pride, "Sizi, did your brother‑in‑law teach you some knowledge?"

"Can you tell Imperial Brother what your brother‑in‑law taught you?"

Hearing that, Sizi became immediately alert, his little eyebrows arched, "Mom said, these were taught by older brother; without his permission I can't tell anyone."

"Imperial Brother, you should ask older brother; he'll definitely teach you. I'm still young, I don't understand."

Li Tai: "......"

Your previous words sound like you do understand …

"You little girl, so mischievous, now you still won't get along with Imperial Brother."

Li Tai didn't get angry; he smiled and patted his sister's head.

"Alright, it's your older brother who sent me to find you; he said if I want to learn, I can come to you first to see."

"Is that so?" Sizi hesitated a bit.

Mainly she didn't know if it was true or false, whether she should trust Li Tai.

After thinking carefully, Sizi nodded, "Alright, then Imperial Brother, come with me to Mother Empress's place; I'll show you the homework my older brother gave me."

Homework?

Li Tai was a little puzzled, but said nothing.

Then he led the two sisters all the way to Empress Changsun's residence.

At that moment, Empress Changsun was soothing her little daughter to sleep.

Regarding her own child, if possible, Empress Changsun preferred to take care herself.

Only when the child grew a bit older would she gradually entrust others to look after them.

"Mother Empress!"

Li Tai respectfully bowed.

The two little girls, however, had no such concerns and rushed toward Empress Changsun.

"No need for formalities, come over."

Empress Changsun was actually dissatisfied with some matters concerning her own son, but her attitude remained gentle.

"Thank you, Mother Empress."

Li Tai walked over slowly, saw his little sister already asleep, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Sizi told Empress Changsun about Li Tai looking for her.

Empress Changsun's eyes flickered slightly, she gave Li Tai a deep look, and said to Sizi, "Since your older brother said to show it to your Imperial Brother, then give your homework to Imperial Brother to see."

"Okay!"

Hearing Empress Changsun say that, the little one instantly felt no burden and cheerfully handed a stack of homework to Li Tai.

"Imperial Brother, this is my homework."

After speaking, Sizi seemed to recall something and quickly added, "But Imperial Brother, you can't take it away; I barely finished it, and when I return I need to give it to older brother for checking."

"Alright." Li Tai's attention had already been drawn to the homework; hearing that, he reluctantly agreed, laughing and crying.

After that, Li Tai found a seat for himself, sat down, and began to look attentively.

However, at first glance, Li Tai was already a little confused.

What are these symbols?

What are they for?

Sizi, who seemed experienced, saw Li Tai's expression, ran over, pointed at a number and said, "Imperial brother, this is a one!"

"This is two, three......"

After Sizi's explanation, Li Tai finally understood that these symbols were numbers.

"They're actually quite simple and easy to remember!"

He made that assessment.

Silently looking further down, he discovered that Chen Yan wrote the questions and then let Sizi answer them.

Most were just small additions and subtractions of numbers, but Li Tai watched them with great interest.

Yet the further he read, Li Tai's gaze grew increasingly solemn.

Because Chen Yan taught Sizi only three subjects: mathematics, language, and some simple, fun physics tidbits.

Mathematics had nothing noteworthy, but it shocked Empress Changsun's Three‑Character Classic, and shocked him again.

However, the later physics tidbits completely sparked Li Tai's interest.

"If a large and a small iron ball are dropped simultaneously from the same height... will they hit the ground at the same time?"

"Absurd!" Li Tai blurted out, "That's impossible! Heavier objects fall faster, that's common sense!"

"How can it be impossible?" Sizi heard that, pursed her little mouth immediately, and, somewhat unwillingly, defended her big brother, "Big brother says it like that!"

"He even took us to see it; the two balls, with a 'bang', hit the ground together!"

The little fellow strained to recall Chen Yan's explanation at the time and added, "Big brother said it's because... um... the two iron balls' 'acceleration'... ah, it's basically the same!"

Li Tai twitched the corner of his mouth, realizing his younger sister was still young and might not remember much.

He continued to hold Sizi's worksheet, looking at it sometimes puzzled, sometimes excited.

Empress Changsun, seeing the scene, couldn't help but smile, hugged Princess Chengyang, and whispered:

"It's still your brother‑in‑law who knows how to capture what your imperial brother is most interested in."

"......"