Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Li Tai said to the chief priest of the East Pavilion of the Prince of Wei's Palace: "Let's prepare a banquet and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"promise!"

The chief priest of the East Pavilion responded and then went downstairs to prepare.

After making the arrangements, Li Tai returned to the stands in a good mood and said to Li Shimin with a smile on his face.

"Father, I have made all the arrangements. We will be able to enjoy the food and admire the moon with the people later."

"Ah."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

He is very relieved that Qingque is serious about his work and considers things comprehensively.

Li Shimin said to some of the top ten poets in this poetry competition: "You should also return to your original positions, and enjoy the food together and appreciate the moon with me later."

"As ordered."

Except for Wu Meiniang and Du He, everyone else saluted respectfully and walked down the platform led by the guards.

Those on the viewing platform are all people of noble status, and they dare not hope to stay here to eat and enjoy the moon.

Li Shimin looked at Du He with satisfaction, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Du He, you and Yi Er can sit together and eat."

Du He bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Among so many princes-in-law attending the poetry reading, he was the only one sitting on the high platform.

Li Shimin continued, "Your performance today is completely consistent with the folk rumor that Wenquxingjun has descended to earth. It's just that your handwriting is a little sloppy. You should practice more when you have time."

Du He was stunned for a moment, then he clasped his fists and saluted, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"It's a family dinner now, so why are you still calling me Your Majesty?"

"Yes, Father."

Du He quickly changed his words.

This guy Li Shimin took advantage of him again.

Soon, pots and pots of delicious food were brought to the table by the servants.

Suddenly, a eunuch came up from below and said to Li Tai respectfully, "Your Highness, someone from the Prince of Wei's Palace wants to see you."

Li Tai walked on doubtfully, with a bad feeling in his heart.

The chief priest of the East Pavilion of the Prince of Wei's palace, who was in charge of meals, reported in a low voice with a pale face after seeing Li Tai coming down.

"Your Highness, we don't have enough food for the people. There are nearly 70,000 people here!"

The chief priest of the East Pavilion wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued with a bitter face: "The people are very dissatisfied with us now because we have been slow to distribute food, and they are very emotional."

"Lord Wei Ting and his men are trying to appease the people, but the effect is not very good. If it goes on any longer, I'm afraid the people will cause trouble."

What he said was already very conservative. The people were not only emotional, they wanted to kill them.

They have been exposed to the scorching sun for several hours with their whole family, and now when you tell them that there is not enough food to share, how can they not be emotional?

Hearing the words of Dongge Jijiu, Li Tai was shocked.

"what!"

"How come there are so many people? Tell me the truth!"

Li Tai didn't care whether his father could hear him or not, his tone became much higher anyway.

He had only prepared meals for about ten thousand people, and now more than sixty thousand people suddenly showed up. Where could he get so many ingredients in the middle of the night?

Moreover, it takes a lot of time to process food and cook for tens of thousands of people. You can't cook for the people in the middle of the night, right?

The chief priest of the East Pavilion explained, “The people heard that the King of Wei prepared free food for today’s poetry gathering, and everyone can get some.”

"So they went back and brought their families over, and also called their neighbors and friends to come over as well."

It was because the means of communication were blocked and transportation was quite inconvenient at that time, otherwise they would have called more people over.

You know, there are nearly two million people in Chang'an City.

"Whoo~"

Li Tai took a deep breath.

He wanted to calm himself down, but his mind and heart were in a mess and he couldn't calm down.

Li Tai gritted his teeth and whispered angrily, "Do the guards at the gate of Furong Garden have pig brains? How could they let so many people in?"

The chief priest of the East Pavilion whispered, "Your Highness, the people are coming in and out, and the guards can't remember them all..."

"Crack~"

Li Tai slapped him in the face.

Then he said in a cold voice with a grim expression: "The guard at the gate can't remember it, so can't you, the person in charge of the food, take care of it?"

"Such a big mistake has happened. Why didn't you report it to me in advance?"

"You bunch of good-for-nothings have ruined my great plan!"

Li Tai pointed at his face, his chest heaving violently with anger.

I usually spend so much money to support these people, but I didn't expect that they are just a bunch of good-for-nothings.

Not to mention becoming famous, if he arouses public resentment, his reputation will be ruined.

Moreover, he had just made a big promise in front of his father. If his father knew that the people were making trouble later, he wondered how disappointed his father would be.

"Crack~"

"Crack~"

Li Tai was so angry that he attacked from both sides again and slapped the Dongge Jijiu twice.

"waste!"

"A bunch of trash!"

Facing the beating and scolding from the King of Wei, although Dongge Jijiu felt his face burning, he did not dare to move at all and could only endure it silently.

Whoever you provoke is provoked.

The ones in control of the inner court are Du Chuke, the Chief Clerk of Prince Wei's Palace, and Lord Wei Ting. Go and beat them if you have the guts!

He is only in charge of preparing meals, and everything else is not within his scope of responsibility.

Now he is the one being beaten and scolded. It's really unfair.

Li Tai was silent for a moment and said, "Divide the amount originally provided for one person into seven portions to silence the people first."

"Also, take the food from the people in the Prince of Wei's palace and distribute it to the people."

"How dare you have the face to eat after doing such a rotten thing!"

The chief priest of the East Pavilion hesitated to speak, his expression changed several times, and he spoke with gritted teeth.

"Your Highness, the food provided to the people for free was not much in quantity. Now it is divided into seven portions. Will it be..."

"Snapped!"

Before he could finish his words, Li Tai slapped him hard in the face again.

"Can you still conjure up food for me?"

"No...I can't."

"Since you can't, why don't you go quickly!"

The chief priest of the East Pavilion covered his face and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, the King of Wei, I will go right away."

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

Li Tai suddenly stopped him: "Wait."

The East Pavilion Priest was startled, then turned around and walked back to Nono and said, "Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"

Li Tai handed him his identity token and said with a frown.

"Immediately send someone back to the palace of the Prince of Wei to ask the recorder to advance 21 coins. If the people are not satisfied with the food they are given, give each of them three coins."

"It's Your Highness."

The chief priest of Dongge took the identity token and saluted.

He took a few steps forward, and when he saw that Li Tai didn't call him again, he ran quickly.

I can't hold it any longer!

After getting slapped several times in a row and still having to live in fear, who can stand it!

Li Tai calmed down, forced a smile on his face again, and then walked up to the stage as if nothing had happened.

He sat down next to Li Shimin in silence.

Li Shimin saw a trace of worry on Li Tai's face, so he asked curiously: "Qingque, have you encountered any difficulties?"

Li Tai waved his hands in denial: "Father, I am fine."

How dare he tell his father about this?

Now let the people below do their best to appease the people and avoid any trouble, and this matter will be over.

Li Shimin nodded and didn't say much.