Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 29: Fifth Aunt, are you here to eat my rice again?
A Sizi Li Mingda guessed three quarters of it correctly.

Li Ming’s brother is “about to break down”.

"Ugh...when you're driving dangerously...can't you be a little more gentle?"

Li Ming fainted and started retching.

"Don't spit on Hanyingzhui's back!" Li Shimin's face was full of disgust, but he still pulled the reins.

The white horse took small steps and walked steadily on the palace road.

"Is this horse called... Ugh... Hanying Zhui?" Even though he still felt a little nauseous, Li Ming insisted on complaining, "Pfft, so nauseating."

This kid always blurts out strange words from time to time. Li Shimin has long been accustomed to it and rebukes him angrily:
"As a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, you are not good at riding a horse. Are you a mountain ranger from Jiaozhi?"

Li Ming said with some resentment:
"Who stipulated that only the emperor could ride a horse in the palace? How can I learn it when I am imprisoned in the cold palace?"

"Oh, the entire Chang'an is your cold palace, right?" Li Shimin retorted unyieldingly.

The father and son chatted casually like this, and the white horse quietly carried the two big babies and stopped in front of Lide Hall.

This cold palace was not staffed with any servants, and all the housework was done by the female members of the family themselves. The old eunuch who served as the chief steward also ran between the Shangshi Bureau and the harem.

So, there wasn't even anyone at the door to communicate.

Happy to be quiet.

"But speaking of this," Li Shimin's tone became serious, "it's time to arrange a military commander to assist you."

Under the feudal system unique to the Tang Dynasty, it was normal for a prince to set up his own government, command troops, and serve as a governor.

Of course, this was done to guard the four directions and protect Zhou...Tang Emperor! Oh, everyone has the last name Li, how could they rebel?
Li Mingli replied: "Okay, okay, send me a general to teach me how to fight the Hu people, how about Hou Junji?"

Li Shimin raised his right eyebrow and stroked his beard playfully:

"I suggest you don't wade into this muddy water. It's deep."

"Oh."

This "oh" was insincere and Li Shimin was too lazy to expose it.

For some reason, he always felt that Li Ming's words and actions did not behave like a child, or even like a son.

But like an old friend.

A true old friend who can treat him as an equal.

Just as Li Ming first said in front of his close ministers in the Liangyi Hall, "Everyone else is sitting, why should I kneel?"

If Li Ming hadn't been like this since he learned to speak,

Li Shimin would most likely suspect that the kid was contaminated by something dirty, and would go to Hongfu Temple to ask a monk to perform an exorcism.

"I will select the military generals for you, so you don't have to worry about it." Li Shimin gathered his scattered thoughts, got off the horse while holding Li Ming, and dusted off his young son.

"I will test you on the "Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child" later. Please behave well in front of your mother."

Li Ming's face turned pale, and he covered his swollen buttocks tightly:
"Mencius once said that if you keep staring at a forest and cutting it, the forest will eventually be plucked bare. Your Majesty, don't drain the pond to catch fish!"

The foolish emperor Li Shimin certainly would not listen to the advice of his loyal ministers. With a malicious smile on his face, he hugged Li Ming and gently pushed open the door of Lide Hall.

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"Sister Yang, Mei Niang has told you many times that you should properly regulate the behavior of your children so that they will not bring disaster upon themselves.

"That Li Ming in your family is usually very naughty. He doesn't stand or sit properly, and has caused a lot of trouble in the palace, but you don't discipline him.

"What a result! That unfilial son actually dared to roar openly in the Liangyi Palace! And he was speaking to... to His Majesty!"

In Lide Hall, at the Yang family’s dining table.

Wu Meiniang came uninvited again and was "educating" Li Ming's mother with saliva flying all over her body.

This gossipy man loved visiting people, and after hearing that there was a little unpleasantness between Li Ming and His Majesty, he frantically inquired for news.

She came to Lide Palace tonight to find out the reaction of the person involved and use it as a bargaining chip to exchange information with other concubines.

It was also to point fingers at these fools who couldn't see the changing situation in the palace, and to say the words "take a look" that had been kept in my heart for days.

"Look at it, look at it, isn't it the same as what I said? You've brought disaster upon yourself, haven't you? The prince you've been waiting for your whole life has all gone to waste, right?
"Awu will tell you the truth. If you anger His Majesty, being stripped of your princely title is just the beginning!"

Although the process had some twists and turns beyond her expectations, fortunately the result was not beyond Wu Meiniang's expectations.

That kid Li Ming really brought disaster upon himself, and he will also drag the entire Lide Hall into this.

Wu Meiniang stood with her hands on her hips complacently, watching with pleasure as the faces of the audience gradually turned pale.

This gave her an illusion that she had the final say and her words were law, and that she could decide someone's life or death with just a few words.

She enjoyed the illusion of power.

"Not only will he be in trouble in the future, but he will also implicate all of you!
"I dare not even imagine how lonely and terrible the harem would be after losing the emperor's favor!
"Sister Yang, it is said that a mother is honored by her son. If her son is crowned as a king, the mother will be proud. But who could have thought that the rebellious son would actually...

"Alas, Li Ming has been causing trouble ever since he could walk. It's as if he came to you to collect debts!
"So I say, if this child is not well educated after birth, it would be worse than..." Wu Meiniang paused for a moment, pretending to be sad, looking forward to the reactions of the female relatives.

Li Ling was so angry that his cheeks turned red. He tried hard to restrain himself from slapping him. His voice trembled slightly:

"Li Ming is our brother. Please don't say that about him, Aunt Wu. He is just simple-minded and a little impatient. There is nothing wrong with what he said in the palace."

Wu Meiniang glanced at her sideways, not bothering to pay attention at all, and continued to chatter to Yang:

"It's uncultured for a girl to interrupt when adults are talking. After she gets married, she will definitely be disciplined by her mother-in-law.

"It's different now. With Li Ming's incident, the Pei family is like marrying a burden home. Will they treat her well?"

Then she said to the other four sisters:
"Li Ling is lucky. She has already been given the title of county lady and arranged a marriage. It is unlikely that His Majesty will take it back.

"But what can you do? Will His Majesty ignore you and leave you with nothing in your life, spending the rest of your life in the cramped Lide Palace?"

Li Ling was so angry that his eyes turned red and his chest heaved violently.

This Wu Meiniang only knows how to gossip!

After slandering Li Ming behind his back, she isolated Li Ling in front of her sisters.

Every time she comes to visit, she won't stop until she makes chaos in other people's homes!
"We're full!"

The four sisters put down their bowls and chopsticks with a loud bang and left the table at the same time.

Even if they have a problem with Li Ming, it is their own business.

It’s not the turn of outsiders to comment!
"Come back to me." Yang, who had been silent all the time, said softly.

The sisters paused, looked at each other, and sat back down obediently.

The situation today is very different.

In the past, many people had complained about Li Ming. On the day he first entered elementary school, the concubines who came to complain almost broke down the threshold of the Lide Hall.

But they had never seen their mother like this.

Like a puppet.

Li Linggang wanted to defend himself:

"Auntie..."

Snapped!
With a crisp sound, Li Ling covered his red cheeks with his hands, tears welling up in his eyes.

It was the last bit of stubbornness that kept her from crying.

The sisters and aunts were stunned and looked at the hostess of Lide Hall timidly.

The air seemed to be frozen.

"I was too indulgent with you guys before."

Yang put away her fiery red palms, her expression calm, but her face frighteningly pale.

She turned around solemnly and bowed to Wu Meiniang, who was more than ten years younger than her:
"Wu Cairen is right. If I had listened to your advice earlier, I wouldn't have stepped into the abyss tomorrow.

"I hurt him."

Although Wu Meiniang's words were harsh, she was the only person, apart from the loyal old eunuch, who dared to enter the Lide Hall in the past few days.

After what happened to Li Ming, not only the other concubines, but even the palace maids deliberately walked around the gate.

The world is fickle.

This is especially true in the harem.

Wu Meiniang narrowed her eyes and waved her hands in embarrassment:
"Alas, sister, I was just talking nonsense. If it causes discord in your family, then I will be asking for trouble if I stay."

Having said that, he stood up and was about to leave.

I have already enjoyed a good show today, and it would be a waste of time to linger any longer.

She wanted to quickly share this interesting anecdote with others and use it to obtain more important information.

For example, His Majesty's recent preferences, the movements of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace and the princes of the various royal palaces, etc.

"I'm sorry for being rude today." Yang sat upright in her original position, as calm as if she were at the center of a typhoon.

Just as Wu Meiniang came to the door with the empty lunch box and was about to push it open to go out.

The door of Lide Hall was opened from the outside.

Standing in front of the room full of women was a middle-aged scumbag wearing a yellow robe, with broad shoulders and a big waist, a mustache at the corners of his mouth, and a smirk on his face.

In the middle-aged man’s arms, there is a ball of flesh that looks like a smaller version of the middle-aged man.

The little meatball opened his mouth and said without any respect:
"Fifth Aunt, are you here to eat my rice again?"

(End of this chapter)