I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Li Shen just saw a doctor who said he felt rather empty. Of course, this is what Li Shen himself emphasized.

Emptiness sounds much better than kidney deficiency.

The doctor prescribed tonics for Li Shen and also advised him to be moderate and not to overwork himself, and that it would be best for him to rest and recuperate for a period of time.

However, Li Shen's physical age is only twenty years old, which is the time when male hormones are surging. Coupled with his lecherous personality, it would be difficult for him to control himself.

"It's alright, I've already taken my medicine today, one more time won't make a difference."

With the arrow already on the bowstring, there was no turning back; how could Li Shen give up halfway?

Lu Dingniang reluctantly agreed, which could be considered as giving in to Li Shen, since Li Shen had been gone for more than half a year.

They were deeply in love, like dry wood meeting a raging fire, and things quickly became uncontrollable.

"Bang bang bang!"

Just as Li Shen was about to enter the secret realm, the study door was knocked on again, and this time the knocking was even louder, startling Li Shen.

"Damn it," Li Shen cursed, vowing to chop up the servant who had bothered him and feed him to the dogs.

"You bastard, who dares to be so bold?" Li Shen roared.

But then a little girl's voice came through:

“Father, Father.”

He sounded somewhat anxious.

Li Shen immediately recognized the voice of his eldest daughter, Xi Xi. He sat up abruptly, suppressing his anger.

He kept repeating to himself, "My own flesh and blood, my own flesh and blood, I can't kill him."

While silently reciting the mantra, he began to straighten his clothes, not forgetting to shout towards the door:

"Xixi, don't come in yet. Father is busy with important matters."

After quickly getting dressed, Li Shen walked to the door and opened it, only to see his beloved daughter pacing back and forth anxiously with her hands clasped together.

Her wet nurse and maid followed behind her.

"What's wrong?" Li Shen looked at his precious daughter and touched Xi Xi's little face, which was red from the cold.

"Father, something terrible has happened!" Xi Xi's face showed anxiety when she saw Li Shen come out.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Li Shen frowned. Could it be that something serious had happened?

"Father, the lanterns are all gone," Xixi said earnestly.

"What the hell? Say it again." Li Shen was stunned.

"Father, we're out of lanterns, we've used them all up," Xi Xi repeated solemnly.

"Just because of this you..." Li Shen swallowed his words halfway through, he couldn't very well say that he had interrupted his business with your mother.

"If it's gone, just send a servant to get it," Li Shen said irritably. If this wasn't his own son, he would have given him a good beating.

However, Li Shen quickly realized:

"Wait a minute? The lanterns in the Prince's mansion are all glass lanterns. There were enough last year, why aren't there enough this year?"

Li Shen was a little puzzled. Last year, he made a lot of glass lamps, which were not afraid of the wind and would not cause fires, making them much safer than those made of silk.

Last year, even the stables were decorated with lanterns, there were so many.

"This...this was accidentally broken a little." Hearing her father's words, Xi Xi's voice became much softer.

"Hmm? Tell me, how many were broken?" Li Shen immediately had a bad feeling.

"Just...just a little bit." Xi Xi gestured with her hand.

"How much is 'a little bit'? You two tell me."

Li Shen looked up at the wet nurse and the maid. Xi Xi was too young to know the exact number.

The maidservant bowed and replied:

"Your Highness, there are approximately three hundred glass lamps."

"What! More than three hundred pieces? Someone, quickly go to the palace and borrow the family law."

Upon hearing that over three hundred glass lamps had been broken, Li Shen felt a sharp pain in his chest, his breathing became rapid, and his head throbbed with pain.

A colored glass lamp would cost at least several tens of strings of cash on the market, and if it were sold to India or the Abbasid Caliphate, it could fetch at least ten taels of gold.

Three hundred pieces cost tens of thousands of strings of cash; how could he not feel the pinch?

"Oh dear! Is Xixi hurt anywhere? Let her mother take a look."

Just then, Lu Dingniang came out. Upon hearing the maid's words, she exclaimed in surprise and immediately squatted down to check Xixi for any injuries.

This year, Xixi took over the task of scratching the surface, saying that she and her father had done it together last year. Kids always like to show off.

So Lu Dingniang agreed. Anyway, there were so many servants to help, so it was just a matter of hanging it wherever she said.

The lanterns didn't have a fixed location, so Lu Dingniang thought it best to let Xixi play around, which was better than her causing trouble in the palace.

Now it seems that's not the case.

"My lord, Xixi is still young. How can you use family discipline like you do? What if you hurt her?"

Lu Dingniang looked up at Li Shen with a hint of reproach. How could she use family discipline on a five-year-old child?

Li Shen took a deep breath. He had been a little excited just now. Having such a spendthrift child at home was really a headache.

Xixi is indeed still young, only five years old in the traditional Chinese age reckoning, and will be four years old in more than two months. She is actually just a little bean.

"How did you manage to break so many glass lamps, young lady?"

Li Shen looked at the wet nurse and the maid.

"Your Highness, the young lady insists on hanging it herself, and we servants can't stop her; the glass lamp often falls to the ground."

The young lady accidentally knocked over two boxes of glass lamps, shattering about 80% of the glass inside.

The maidservant hurriedly reported, her body trembling with fear. After all, it was their fault for not watching over it properly; even they, who didn't know much about art, could tell that the glass lamp was no ordinary item and must be very valuable.

As a result, the young lady broke more than three hundred items in one go.

"Really?" Li Shen asked Xi Xi, looking down at her.

"Yes, Dad, Xixi was wrong." Xixi nodded timidly. Her father seemed about to hit her.

Although she was young, she already had plenty of experience being beaten, as she was often beaten by her birth mother, Wu Zetian.

She had heard the term "family discipline" before; her grandfather would often use it, and her father would get a beating every time.

Looking at the pitiful Xixi, Li Shen was almost melted by her cuteness, and sighed helplessly in his heart:

Sigh... If they're so restless now, what will they be like in the future? They're supposed to be daughters of noble families and members of the royal family, Li Shen thought with a headache.

What if a spoiled brat comes out of my family in the future?

"Are there any scratches?" Li Shen finally asked with a stern face.

Xi Xi shook her head. Seeing this, Li Shen was relieved. Broken glass could easily cause cuts, but fortunately, there were servants who would surely clean it up.

"It's alright, we don't have enough lanterns. Father will have the glass shop send some more." Li Shen patted the little guy's head.

Xi Xi immediately smiled happily.

"What happened to those broken pieces of glass?" Li Shen asked again.

"Your Highness, as per your orders, we have packed it up and sent it back to Liuli Workshop," the maid reported again.

"Alright, take your young lady out to play." Li Shen nodded without saying anything.

The wet nurse and maid bowed and then left with Xixi.

"Stone, go check and see if it's true. And... you decide what to do."

After everyone left, Li Shen frowned and gave the order.

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