Chapter 342 - 215: Xin’s Secret (2)
"The Crown Prince?" Ran Yan asked, puzzled.
Li Chengqian had been rather outstanding during his youth. In the early days of the Zhenguan era, Li Shimin often went to battle personally, and each time he did, Li Chengqian was left to supervise the nation, and he performed quite well. If this had continued, he might have become a good monarch. Unfortunately, as he grew older, he became indulgent in pleasures and often disobeyed his superiors in secret.
"I heard he has a leg disability?" Ran Yan couldn’t remember which history book she had read it in, but it mentioned that Li Chengqian had a leg disability that made walking slightly inconvenient. He felt it affected his image and developed an inferiority complex, so he turned to indulgences to dilute his feelings of inadequacy.
It wasn’t impossible, but to say that Li Chengqian’s downfall was entirely due to a "slight leg disability," Ran Yan absolutely didn’t believe it.
"Apparently, the Crown Prince has a eunuch named An Jin who is said to be incomparably handsome and enchanting, a sight that makes one forget the mundane world. Anyone who has seen him is left enraptured and unwilling to forget..." Rong Qian had also only recently heard of this and was itching to see An Jin herself, "I think our Shilang is already the epitome of beauty, but he hasn’t been described in such a mystical way. Could such a person really exist?"
"Lady Rong has seen him so much, she might think this An Jin is similar to our brother." No matter how handsome, could he really captivate someone’s soul?
Rong Qian nodded, "That might be true."
Ran Yan knew that what she meant to say was not really about the eunuch’s looks, so she quietly waited for what was to come.