Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Li Shen stood up slowly, stretched his muscles and stretched himself.

"Brother Jiu, what you said is simply a joke. Since I have already guessed that the other party's target is me,

How could I send the people around me out and give the other party an opportunity to take advantage?

Do you think I'm crazy, or are you crazy?

I am a prince, the emperor's son. How could I possibly put myself in danger?

In the smallest terms, this matter affects my personal comfort; in the largest terms, it is about preserving the dignity of the country.

Have you ever thought about this: if I go to rescue and someone really lures me away from the mountain, will I surrender or be killed?

But no matter what the outcome, it will bring shame to my royal family and the Tang Dynasty court.

Do you think your money is more important, or your little brother's life is more important, or the reputation of my royal family is more important, or this country is more important? "

Li Shen's voice became louder with each question, until it turned into a shout.

"You..." Li Zhi was so angry that he was speechless. Li Shen was indeed a silver-tongued man. It seemed that he had planned this long ago.

Li Tai glanced at Li Shimin and found that Li Shimin had a relieved expression on his face, which meant that his father agreed with Li Shen's approach.

So he reached out and pulled Li Zhi back to his seat, shaking his head at him. Li Shen won this round and there was no way they could come back.

Li Shen was a good speaker, and he had already prepared his words, so Li Zhi was no match for him.

"Alright, Chi Nu, Tenth Brother is right. No matter what, Tenth Brother's safety is our top priority. Don't be reckless."

As an elder brother, Li Chengqian made the final judgment at this time that Li Shen was right in this matter.

Li Shen sat down and bowed:

"Thank you for your understanding, brother. I had no choice. If I were caught and tortured, or even beheaded, wouldn't that bring shame to the Tang Empire?"

"What happened next?" Li Shimin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

Li Shen then quickly replied:

"After this incident, I have been feeling resentful. We cannot allow these rebels to run rampant like this.

In order to seek justice for the nobles, Er led the army north and killed tens of thousands of rebels there.

It can also be considered as promoting our country's prestige and avenging our hatred."

"Where is that thing?" Li Shimin continued to ask. Li Shen was stunned. His father really wanted the world to be in chaos. Wasn't he deliberately looking for trouble?

He looked up and found that his father had opened his eyes and was looking at him with a smile.

Well, you really did it on purpose.

“Returning to Aye, at that time, there were tens of thousands of rebels surrounding us, and we only had 20,000 people. So the rebels discovered something was wrong and burned all our supplies.

Although we fought with all our might afterwards, we were only able to snatch some food, which we had our son share with the local people.

The cotton would catch fire and it would be impossible to put it out, and it would burn to ashes.”

Li Shen explained.

After hearing this, Li Shimin shook his head and sighed.

"Really? Oh, that's such a pity! Otherwise, I would have planned to make 200,000 sets of armaments for the northern border.

The north is bitterly cold, and pitiful are the soldiers defending the city for the Tang Dynasty. It’s freezing cold, and people freeze to death every year.”

"Shit, they're blackmailing me," Li Shen thought to himself. Last time, they asked me for 200,000 sets of equipment, and I didn't give them. Now they're bringing it up again.

Damn Li Zhi, everyone is silent, only you are talking too much.

Li Shen glared at Li Zhi fiercely, but Li Zhi was naturally not afraid and glared back.

Although he didn't understand what Li Shimin meant, judging from Li Shen's expression, it was not a good thing.

If it is not a good thing for Li Shen, then it is a happy thing for him.

"Aye is right. Recently, there has been heavy snowfall in Liaodong Road, and many soldiers defending the city along the Yalu River have suffered frostbite.

In order to prevent Goguryeo from launching a surprise attack, the soldiers guarded day and night.

It's all my fault that I, the Crown Prince, am incompetent and unable to solve the problems faced by the soldiers at the border. Father, I have failed in my duty."

Li Chengqian said worriedly.

"Alas, this is not your fault. The northern border has always been like this. I just feel sorry for the soldiers who guard the border for our Tang Dynasty.

I am the emperor and cannot compete with the people for profit. Otherwise, I would have gone to Xizhou to plant more cotton so that our soldiers would have no worries."

Li Shimin sighed.

"Father, why don't we go and plant some crops?" Li Chengqian said excitedly.

"No, you are the crown prince, the future ruler of a country. Planting cotton will affect your reputation. Since ancient times, it is not reasonable for the emperor to engage in business.

No, absolutely not." Li Shimin shook his head and waved his hands, his tone helpless and sad.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian almost burst into tears and sighed.

"What are you doing?" Li Shen shouted, staring at the father and son in amazement.

Are the new and old emperors performing crosstalk in unison?

"Don't blame me, Tenth Brother. My father and I just miss the soldiers at the border, and we can't help it." Li Chengqian wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"No, who are you acting for? Aye, are you and big brother acting for me? You don't even treat me as a human being.

If you have something to say, can't you just say it directly? Why do you have to do this?"

Li Shen's eyes widened, showing no awe at all.

Li Ming and Li Fu, who were standing by, almost laughed out loud. Of course, they could tell that their father and the prince were acting in unison, just for this tenth brother to hear.

"Tenth brother, you misunderstood. We..." Li Chengqian wanted to explain.

Li Shen suddenly shouted,

"Mother~~~Mother, you are finally here. My eldest brother is bullying me and trying to cheat me out of my money."

The sound startled everyone. They turned their heads and saw Empress Changsun, Concubine Wei and others walking into the glass house.

"You kid, how can you yell like that?" Empress Changsun scolded with a smile and walked over.

Li Chengqian quickly gave up his position to Empress Changsun.

Li Shen stood up and walked over, coming behind Empress Changsun and gently massaging her shoulders.

"Mother, my eldest brother is trying to cheat me out of my money. He said I got a lot of benefits from Xizhou and insisted that I give him some."

Li Shen complained while massaging the queen's shoulders.

"Brilliant! Shen'er just came back. How can you, as the elder brother, exploit your younger brother? What did I teach you?"

Upon hearing this, Empress Changsun immediately sternly rebuked Li Chengqian.

"Mother, I didn't..." Li Chengqian was also convinced. How dare this guy lie?

Cheating to the queen and cheating to the emperor are both deceiving the emperor. This guy just said it without hesitation. Isn't he afraid of getting beaten up?

"Why not? Did you give me some money? And you also asked me to pay for the armaments."

Without waiting for Li Chengqian to explain, Li Shen took the initiative and did not give Li Chengqian any chance.

Li Chengqian immediately refuted after hearing this:

"When did I ever ask you to pay for armaments? And didn't you promise to give me the 350,000 strings of cash?

You also said that there were too many copper coins and you couldn’t transport them, and now you’re still…”

"Wait!" Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, Li Shimin had already sat up.

"Gao Ming, what did you say, 350,000 strings of cash?"

((My kidney stones are hurting again. Mine are kidney stones, not ureteral stones, and they are a bit high up. The doctor said they can't be broken up.

The stone is quite large, but the aftereffects of surgery to remove it are too severe, so I can only hope that it falls off a little.

It’s such a pain.)