Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 30: The two in-laws are so disgusting

“Your Majesty… Your Majesty…”

Wu Meiniang, who was always calm and composed, also had a brain crash for a short period of time.

When the saint that the beauties in the harem had been looking forward to suddenly appeared before her, her mind was instantly filled with a hundred thousand questions.

Why is His Majesty here? Why does he have such an expression on his face? Why didn't anyone pass the message? Why is this little bastard in His Majesty's arms?
why her?
Why him???
Li Shimin put away his nonchalant smirk and regained his former dignity.

"What? Talented Wu, are you blocking me from entering?"

Wu Meiniang woke up as if from a dream, and immediately stepped back half a step, bowing humbly:
"Kowtow to Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin twitched his chin with a lack of interest:

"Understood, back off."

"...Yes." Wu Meiniang looked ashen and left angrily.

After the outsiders left, Li Shimin closed the door and muttered unhappily:
"Fuck, those eunuchs and palace maids usually circle around me like flies, where are they now?"

Li Ming in his arms responded:
"Yes, why do other concubines have maids following them everywhere, and going out is like going to war, but my family has nothing?

“Is it because my family members are better and can take care of themselves?”

Li Shimin gave him a slap on the face and said, "Okay, I will transfer a few old maids from the palace tomorrow."

"No! I want a pretty lady!"

"If you yell at me again, I'll castrate you!"

"With eunuchs monopolizing power, our Tang Dynasty is doomed!"

After giving Li Ming a few of his favorite big slaps, Li Shimin sat down in the guest seat where Wu Meiniang had just sat, looked left and right, and asked in confusion:

"Eat, why don't you eat?"

"Yes, Mom." Li Ming sat in Li Shimin's arms, grabbed a radish and started eating it.

Yang:......

Li Ling sisters: …

Aunts: ...

The women in the room opened their mouths wide, but no sound came out. They even forgot to bow and greet.

Their brains shut down.

No, ladies...

What's happening here?
Yang seemed to be exhausted, in a trance, with her head supported by her hands:
"Wait, let me... let me be quiet for a while..."

…………

"Is this the kind of food you've been eating all the time? I've treated you unfairly."

Millet mixed with rice is the specialty of Lide Hall, and Li Shimin had to taste it.

He regained his usual dignified tone, and if there wasn't someone sitting in his arms, it would have seemed quite realistic.

Yang's complexion became lively again.

He covered his mouth, shrugged his shoulders slightly, forced himself to hold back the surging emotions, and said sincerely:
"We are criminals, and we are able to survive in this world only because of your majesty's mercy. How dare we have any extravagant hopes?"

"The same for us!" It was the first time for the five sisters to have dinner with the big boss. They didn’t know what to say, so they just nodded.

"It is all due to your majesty's kindness that my mother and I have a roof over our heads and corn to eat."

"So do we!"

"Although the Lide Hall is cramped and deserted, with no regular visitors except an old eunuch, your Majesty's visit can make the decaying hall magical and bring glory to it."

"So do we!"

"I look forward to your presence. If I can serve you, I will die with no regrets!"

"We also...uh..."

The sisters were unsure whether to follow this statement or not, so they just went back to eating.

It turns out that our mother’s level is not low... Li Ming muttered to himself while slurping the tofu mixed with green onions.

While he said that he had not treated the emperor unfairly, he actually expressed his feelings in a way that the emperor could accept. He poured out all the grievances and resentments he had suffered in the past few years and expressed his loyalty at the same time.

Damn, those who can survive in the Tang Palace until old age are indeed quite capable.

Li Shimin also looked ashamed.

He really felt guilty towards Yang.

At the beginning, he killed Yang's husband and son, and then, in the style of Emperor Wu of Wei, he "visited" his brother's wife in the Ye Ting.

But later he abandoned her and threw her into Lide Hall, ignoring her for many years.

If it weren’t for a former King Cao who wished to remain anonymous and occasionally made his presence felt.

Perhaps Li Shimin really forgot about her intentionally or unintentionally.

Another woman who was also an enemy was the mother of another Prince of Qi, Li You, Concubine Yin. Her father, Yin Shishi, had killed Li Shimin's younger brother Li Zhiyun and dug up the Li family's ancestral graves.

For the daughter of his mortal enemy, the scumbag Li Shimin also staged the "Ye Ting rescue people" drama.

The difference is that Yin was promoted to Li Shimin's Yin Fei, while Yang was still just Li Yuanji's Hailing Wang Fei.

"I understand that you have grievances." He lost his appetite and put down his chopsticks.

"I will make tea for your majesty right now!"

Yang stood up in a hurry, but due to the ups and downs in her life, her steps were unsteady and she stumbled and was about to fall.

Li Shimin stretched out his hands and caught her steadily.

"You've lost weight." Li Shimin said in a muffled voice.

"I miss you so much that I become haggard." Yang murmured shyly.

A young man and woman, holding each other's hands, stared at each other in silence for a long time.

Then, they both simultaneously looked down.

In Li Shimin's arms, Li Ming was chewing rice, his pair of innocent big watery eyes shining brightly.

"Are you going to do something awkward?"

…………

Li Ming drew a perfect parabola in the air and fell accurately into the quilt of the bedroom.

"Oh my, why do you keep kicking old injuries? It's not a martial arts ethics thing..."

Li Ming muttered with a crooked mouth, supported his buttocks which were about to split, and limped towards the door.

It would be a shame for readers not to take a bite of this big melon about a comet hitting the sun!

"Go back and sit down obediently!"

Li Ling grabbed him with a dark face and closed the door tightly.

"Why don't you let me listen!" Li Ming was indignant.

Li Ling almost fainted:
"You are still young. When you grow up... you can't eavesdrop on other people's conversations! What's more, they are your father and mother!" Li Ming did not answer and pointed behind her.

The four sisters were standing on the door panel at different heights and distances, and they raised their index fingers to their mouths at the noisy two people:
"Shh!"

"Come on, sisters, please make way." Li Ming shamelessly squeezed into the crowd of girls.

"Oh, you guys are really... Li Yuan, please tie your hair up. Li Shu, your head is too big." Li Ling complained while finding a gap and putting his ear close to it.

After listening for a while, she asked doubtfully:
"Did you hear anything?"

Li Ming and his four sisters shook their heads at the same time: "No."

Li Ling: …

Then what are you guys still doing here?!
…………

There is no wine in Lide Hall.

Li Shimin held his chin and admired Yang as she used a tea grinder to grind the tea cake into fine pieces, put the tea powder into hot soup, and then cut some ginger slices, fennel and other condiments.

"Li Ling cried a few days ago?" Li Shimin asked casually.

Yang sighed sadly: "A girl always cries when she leaves her parents' home."

Li Shimin was silent for a while and said:
"I just proposed it, not explicitly granted the marriage. Now that I think about it, Pei Chonghui is flashy and may not be a good match for Li Ling. I was not thoughtful enough."

Yang was somewhat surprised that her master could admit his mistake so readily.

Li Shimin looked directly into Yang's confused eyes and said seriously:
"As for Li Ling's marriage, I will find another good girl from a well-known family. You can let her rest assured."

"In this case..." Yang choked up a little, "That's good."

A mother always worries about her daughter's happiness.

Li Ling wiped away her tears secretly. Yang's heart was broken, but she could do nothing.

Now, with the guarantee from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, she can finally rest assured.

"However." Li Shimin changed the subject:
"The top families are very picky and may not look favorably upon a county lady."

Yang nodded in understanding.

"So I don't ask for a noble in-law..."

"So I want to make Li Ling a princess."

"It's enough for me to live a happy life... huh?"

Yang stopped pushing the tea mill, somewhat unable to believe what she heard.

Li Shimin repeated loudly:
"I want to confer the title of princess to Li Ling. Not only her, but also your... no, our other four daughters, will also be conferred the title of princess."

Just these few words made the Master of the Cold Palace, who had experienced so much hardship, tremble uncontrollably.

But Yang didn't cry. She was so nervous that her mouth was dry, and she had an inexplicable hope in her heart:

"Your Majesty, a woman without a title and her daughter are not worthy of being a princess..."

"This is the third thing I want to discuss with you."

Li Shimin looked at her gently.

"Which one do you want to be, Xianfei or Defei?"

Yang's mind went blank.

When she came to her senses, her clothes were already wet with tears, and she snuggled in Taizong's arms.

"Your Majesty, why is this happening?" The sudden happiness made Yang feel unreal.

"Because you have educated Li Ming very well, I want to thank you." Li Shimin patted her calloused hands lovingly:

"That day, Li Ming's scolding made some sense and it woke me up.

"My relationship with my family is really superficial and too utilitarian. We don't feel like a family anymore."

"Ming'er..." Yang murmured, feeling ashamed.

It is often said that a mother is honored by her son, but isn’t it true that a son is also honored by his mother?

They are all your Majesty's own flesh and blood. Crown Prince Li Chengqian, Prince of Wei Li Tai and Prince of Jin Li Zhi can enjoy all the favoritism because their biological mother is the Empress.

Although the sons of other concubines were not as favored as the legitimate sons, they all received all the rewards they deserved.

Only Li Ming has nothing.

It was her identity that dragged her son down.

Now that the child has done well, the whole family is benefiting from him, and she, as a mother, almost believed the slander of outsiders...

"What about him? What does he get?"

"He doesn't want anything." At this point, Li Shimin's face darkened:
"He roared at me in Liangyi Palace, wasn't he just trying to provoke me and stop me from making him the King of Cao?"

As an outstanding politician who understands people's hearts, he is of course familiar with examples such as Wang Jian and Xiao He who defiled themselves in order to protect themselves.

During this Zhenguan period, wasn't Li Xiaogong, a meritorious member of the royal family, living a life of drunkenness and debauchery every day, while broadcasting safety statements to the emperor and his colleagues in the court?
Li Ming's little trick was seen through by Li Shimin as soon as he raised his hand.

Yang was stunned: "Does Ming'er really think so?"

Li Shimin's tone was somewhat emotional:

"He just doesn't want to be the first to stand out. How can he hide this little trick from me? I don't know what he is thinking. I always feel that his brothers want to harm him..."

Yang looked at Li Shimin meaningfully.

"Uh..." Li Shimin felt a little guilty and changed the subject:

"Moreover, that kid has no respect for me at all. He doesn't even treat me as his father. He is hopelessly naughty!
"If he doesn't want to be a prince, then he doesn't have to!

"It's as if I was begging him!"

Li Shimin was a little bit dizzy.

Even though he knew that Li Ming's words and actions made sense.

But when he thought of that naughty little kid, he could no longer hold back his imperial dignity and wanted to say something nice.

Yang's eyes were sore.

She realized that the one concubine and five princesses in the family were all exchanged by Li Ming for his own prince position.

And she was so powerless that she couldn't even refuse her son's self-sacrifice...

"This is a problem between him and me. You don't have to blame yourself..." Li Shimin stood up and tried to comfort her.

Unexpectedly, the jade belt buckle was lost and fell off.

"I will sew it for your majesty right away!"

Yang hurriedly went to get the needle and thread, but was gently hugged by Li Shimin.

The scumbag stared at Yang's sparkling eyes, smiled evilly as if he had succeeded in his evil plan, and bit her ear gently:

"No need. Since this son is already useless—

"How about we try hard and have another one?"

(End of this chapter)