"help me?"

Li Zhi was completely devastated when he heard this. Could this bastard be trying to kill him?

"How...how can you help me?"

"It's simple, we'll just build you a house underground!"

"Oh oh oh..."

Li Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and Li Shimin's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

fine!

If this grandson wants to kill Li Zhi, then I'll have to reconsider the matter of who will succeed me.

Although Li Jue's words were a bit excessive, after Li Jue's outburst, Li Zhi was so frightened that he dared not cry anymore, which also gave Li Shimin a lot of peace and quiet.

After Li Shimin led his sons and grandsons to pay respects to Empress Zhangsun, he then led them to visit his own underground palace.

Li Shimin's underground palace was built on the mountainside of Jiuzong Mountain, and it was connected to the cave where Empress Zhangsun temporarily stayed by a plank road.

The underground palace is almost finished. All that's left is for Li Shimin to move in and then move Empress Zhangsun there for a joint burial.

Li Jue followed Li Shimin into the tomb passage with a face full of curiosity, and frowned when he saw that the tomb passage was full of pits and bumps.

"Grandpa, the tomb you built is terrible. Couldn't you have used some cement to smooth out the ground?"

"cement?"

"I invented something in Sanglin Village that is soft like mud, but becomes as hard as stone after it dries!"

"Does such a wondrous thing exist in this world?"

These words were not spoken by Li Shimin, but rather by Yan Lide, the ambassador in charge of building the mausoleum, expressing his astonishment.

Li Jue looked at Yan Lide with a completely bewildered expression.

Who are you?!

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin quickly interrupted Li Jue.

"This is your grandfather, Yan Awen. He was in charge of building the mausoleum at Jiuzong Mountain!"

"Oh, it's the foreman!"

Yan Lide, however, did not care about Li Jue's rudeness at all, and looked at Li Jue with hopeful eyes.

"Eldest grandson, are you telling the truth? Do you really have such a miraculous substance as cement?"

"Yes, I have!"

“There’s a cement workshop in Sanglin Village outside Xianyang City. They’ve been having a lot of unsold inventory for months. If you go talk to them, they’ll definitely be happy to sell to you!”

"Your humble servant will go shortly!"

"Your Majesty, if what the eldest grandson said is true, then it has solved a huge problem for us!"

Li Shimin nodded upon hearing this.

"I have seen cement; it is indeed a good product. You can find some and try it!"

"promise!"

Before long, Li Shimin led the group into the deepest part of the underground palace. Just as he was looking at the underground palace and frowning, Li Jue beside him exclaimed in amazement.

"Grandpa, you're so extravagant! You actually built an underground palace inside the mountain!"

"palace?"

"Look, isn't that a palace? It even has parapets!"

Li Shimin always thought his mausoleum was already very simple, but he never expected that in the eyes of Li Jue, who had never seen the world, this small scene would be considered a luxury!

"I am an emperor, is building a mausoleum really that extravagant?"

"luxury!"

"The inside of this cave is almost ten zhang high. What an enormous project this must have been, and how much public funds must have been spent..."

"Shut up!"

"Sizi, take your eldest nephew to another place for a stroll!"

"promise!"

After Si Zi led Li Jue to the side room, Li Shimin finally had time to discuss specific issues with Yan Lide.

"Yan Lide, when will the paintings on the dome be completed?"

"We can also start commissioning people to paint and decorate the coffin building."

"Your Majesty, I have already begun preparations. The only problem is that we haven't found all the painters yet. Once we have them, we will begin work immediately!"

"Oh oh oh..."

While Li Shimin and Yan Lide were discussing the subsequent construction schedule, in a side room, Li Jue was marveling at the neatly arranged stone boxes.

"My God, why are there so many stone boxes here? Are they all coffins?"

Si Zi didn't know either, but fortunately Li Chunfeng, who was accompanying him, was well-versed in this matter and immediately explained it to Li Jue.

"Eldest grandson, this stone box is not a coffin, but is used to hold burial items!"

"oh?"

"There were even burial goods!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chunfeng muttered to himself, "What does this grandson mean? Does he want His Majesty to be buried naked?"

"The eldest grandson, His Majesty's tomb should of course have burial goods. If no precious items are buried with him, wouldn't that make him a laughingstock to the world?"

Who's laughing at us?

"Tomb raiders?"

"this……"

Li Chunfeng was completely bewildered by Li Jue's filial piety. He thought to himself, "I hope this grandson doesn't become emperor after His Majesty passes away, otherwise His Majesty will really have to be buried naked."

"In fact, His Majesty's mausoleum is already quite simple, far from the extravagance of the Sui Dynasty."

"oh?"

"You've seen Emperor Wen of Sui's tomb!"

"This humble subject has not seen it, but this humble subject's master has!"

Who is your master?

"Yuan Tiangang!"

"Yuan Tiangang?"

"And who are you?"

"You wouldn't happen to be Li Chunfeng, would you?!"

Li Chunfeng was startled upon hearing this, thinking to himself that his eldest grandson actually knew about him, a nobody.

"I am Li Chunfeng!"

"Are you Li Chunfeng?"

Li Jue was also surprised to hear this. He never expected that he would encounter the author of the Tui Bei Tu while just taking a casual stroll!

Can you tell fortunes?

"You tell me, when am I going to die!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chunfeng's brows furrowed deeply. He only had a smattering of divination skills and had never told anyone's fortune before!

"I am of limited knowledge and cannot calculate Your Highness's destiny!"

"Can't figure it out?"

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