Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

The saying "money can move people's hearts" is absolutely true. Even in close business partnerships, betrayal can occur.

People can share hardship, but not happiness.

When Bei Moting made money, they divided it among themselves, but Li Shen got the lion's share. The dozen or so of them split 70%, which was only a little over 10,000 strings of cash each.

Therefore, no one is willing to spend money to expand their business.

So Gao Yang came up with an idea, and none of them objected.

Actually, Li Shen didn't blame them. How much money does a princess earn in a year? Now that they have so much money, they definitely don't want to give it up.

Li Shen understood the principle that money can be blinding; after making money, he also acted like a nouveau riche.

Li Shen spoke for a while longer before getting up to take his leave, as he could not stay in the palace for too long.

"Shen'er, why don't you stay for a meal before you go?" Empress Zhangsun said.

"No, Mother. I need to go see the Consort. Mother, please take your medicine on time. I will have someone send the medicine to the palace again in a few days."

Li Shen bowed.

When Empress Zhangsun heard that Li Shen was going to Consort Wei's place, she did not try to stop him. After all, he was going to visit his birth mother and would definitely have a lot to say.

At this moment, Empress Zhangsun was somewhat envious of Consort Wei for having such an understanding son.

Looking at her three sons, she could only sigh in her heart.

Li Shen bowed and left the Lizheng Hall, then walked towards the Daji Hall next door.

The eight eunuchs followed behind. Wang De had already gone back to report. According to the rules, Li Shen was not allowed to go to Daji Hall without reporting.

But since he was Li Shen, the eight eunuchs behind him didn't dare to say a word and could only obediently follow behind.

They will report back after Prince Ji leaves.

When Consort Wei learned that her son had arrived, she was somewhat surprised, but her joy was palpable.

She hadn't had a heart-to-heart talk with her son in a long time.

They always met in public. Consort Wei didn't like to talk much, so she hardly interacted with Li Shen.

This is my own son, whom I carried for ten months.

When Li Shen was led inside, he saw his mother standing on the steps waiting for him.

I couldn't help but marvel at how tall my mom was.

"Your son greets Your Majesty." Li Shen bowed and paid his respects upon arriving at the front.

After more than ten years of getting along, it's impossible to say there are no feelings involved. Humans aren't plants or trees, how can they be without feelings?

He had spent every day with his mother when he was a child, and she took meticulous care of him. Li Shen deeply received that maternal love.

"Hmm, is your injury healed?"

Consort Wei looked Li Shen up and down, as if she wanted to examine him thoroughly.

"Hehe, Mother, don't worry, I'm all better. I'm very strong." Li Shen smiled slightly; he didn't need to pretend here.

Your own mother would never harm you.

"That's good, that's good. Let's go inside and talk."

Consort Wei nodded in relief.

Li Shen followed Consort Wei into the main hall, where nothing had changed over the years.

"Hmm?" Li Shen turned around and saw the eight eunuchs following him in, and frowned.

"Get out! Do you want to overhear me talking to my mother?"

"This... Your Highness Prince Ji, this is against the rules." The head eunuch was somewhat troubled; a prince must be accompanied by someone when entering the palace.

They had to write down everything the prince said and everyone he met, and keep a record of it.

It was also to prevent anyone from committing adultery in the harem.

"How dare you! You dare to talk about rules with me? Even Wang De wouldn't dare to talk about rules in front of me."

Li Shen said angrily that he wouldn't mind following them if they went elsewhere, as he knew it was the rule.

But this was his own mother's place, and there were many things he didn't want others to hear.

"Shen'er, don't make things difficult for them, or your father will blame you again."

Seeing her son's state, Consort Wei knew that Li Shen was about to lose his temper, so she quickly tried to stop him, otherwise, if Li Shen acted recklessly and killed someone in the palace, it would be a serious crime.

“Blame me? Mother, I just gave him a year’s worth of dividends for nothing. If you blame me, I will immediately throw myself into the South China Sea and commit suicide, so that he won’t get a single penny.”

Li Shen was even angrier. He really wanted to go to Ya Jing Ju and ask his father if one million strings of cash could buy this rule.

Then, grab his old hair and loudly question him, "Can you or can't you?"

"A million strings of cash in dividends a year? That's a lot?" Consort Wei was somewhat surprised, but not too surprised.

She had long known of her son's abilities; a bonus of one million strings of cash a year was a common occurrence for him.

However, she was surprised that Li Shen was willing to give up such a great benefit to His Majesty, which was not like her son's character.

"There are too many, it's a pity."

At this moment, a maid came in carrying a plate of fruit. Li Shen picked up an apple and took a big bite.

"Hehe, it's not for outsiders, it's for your father. Last year, your father spent a lot of money to repair Luoyang Palace."

Seeing Li Shen's dejected look, Consort Wei smiled.

At this moment, Li Shen gave Shi Tou a wink.

Stone immediately walked towards the eight people at the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my lord wants to have a word with the Imperial Concubine. There's nothing to write down about the conversation between mother and son."

Why don't you all wait outside?

This is a gift from my master; you can keep it to buy some tea.

As he spoke, Shi Tou took out a handful of small gold bars from his pocket and gave one to each person.

"This...this is unacceptable. How could we dare accept anything from His Highness Prince Ji?"

Chief Steward Li, you've also served in the palace, so you know these are the palace rules. We are just a few people with little influence, and we are all acting on orders.

"Your Highness, please don't make things difficult for us."

The head steward dared not accept the gold bars, as accepting money from outsiders in the palace was a major taboo.

You can accept money from people in the palace, that's fine, but if you accept money from outsiders and it's discovered, you could very well be beaten to death.

"Hehe, don't worry, steward. This is a reward from His Highness Prince Ji. If anyone asks, just say so, and nothing will happen."

Even Steward Wang often accepts money from my master.

As you've all seen, if my lord were to lose his temper, I'm afraid no one could stop him. In the end, it would just be a minor incident, and you don't need to suffer this undeserved misfortune."

Shi Tou chuckled and stuffed the two gold bars into the manager's palm.

"Well... alright then, please trouble Steward Li to tell His Highness Prince Ji as soon as possible, as we are feeling a bit unwell and need to use the restroom."

Finally, under duress and enticement, the manager waved his hand and led the others out.

He still had twenty strings of cash in his hand.

"Shen'er, you're being silly again. If His Majesty finds out, you'll be punished again."

Watching the eight eunuchs leave, Consort Wei couldn't help but sigh. She had clearly seen Shi Tou's actions.

Li Shen was the first to dare to openly bribe people in the palace.

Li Shen, however, said nonchalantly:

"Don't worry, Mother. I'm safe for now. Father just took such a big benefit from me, so he'd be too embarrassed to punish me right now."

Father still has a lot to lose face.

(Pitiable bones lie by the Wuding River, still the dream of a maiden in her spring boudoir)