197 Chapter 197
◎King and father. ◎
Li Chengqian had just politely declined his mother's offer, but when the Khan came back and said he wanted to reward him, he would not refuse.
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Thank you, Saint. I want the right to leave the palace freely."
"It's not stable outside yet, so it's not a good time to go out. Let's change one." Li Shimin said decisively.
"Oh." Li Chengqian said listlessly, "Then I'll move back to the East Palace."
Li Shimin was also unhappy: "You haven't recovered yet, why are you moving? Cheng Qian, don't be willful."
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes, picked up the travel notes next to him and started reading them, looking like he didn't intend to talk to anyone anymore.
Li Shimin was so angry that he couldn't stop talking. He held it in for a moment and said gently, "You're throwing a tantrum and wanting to move out just because you're not allowed to leave the palace. You're already so old, isn't that embarrassing?"
Li Chengqian peeked out from behind his book and said, "I'm not throwing a tantrum. It doesn't matter where I recuperate. It's not a big deal for me to go back to the Eastern Palace. Besides, my illness isn't that serious."
Li Shimin thought to himself that it might even shorten his lifespan, but it wasn't a serious illness.
However, fearing that his eldest son would be frightened and his wife would worry, Li Shimin kept this matter to himself and did not dare to tell anyone, including the mother and son.
"If you move back, your mother will surely be worried about you," Li Shimin said. "Your illness is fine, but what about your mother? Cheng Qian, you must stay here to care for her."
Li Chengqian covered his face with the book and said in a buzzing voice, "Okay, okay, you're right, you're always right, you Mussolini."
Li Shimin was not angry. Instead, he asked curiously, "Mussolini? What does this mean?"
Li Chengqian showed his eyes: "I'm praising you."
"Tsk." Li Shimin shook his head and laughed, "I can still understand good and bad words."
Li Chengqian curled his lips: "Then why are you asking?"
Li Shimin held his forehead and thought for a while before saying, "How about this, Cheng Qian, if you want to go out of the palace to play, that's fine, but you have to let me know first. I'll send someone to escort you, or you can go to the Changsun family or the Gao family... If you don't want to go to those two families, you can go to the Lu family or the Qin family. How about that?"
"I didn't leave the palace to cause trouble to others." Li Chengqian said speechlessly.
Li Shimin said a little sadly: "Cheng Qian has always been considerate of others."
Li Chengqian tilted his head: "That doesn't sound like a compliment to me."
"It's just that you never show consideration for your father." Li Shimin looked at his eldest son with reproach in his eyes, and also looked a little pitiful.
Li Chengqian didn't care about the goose bumps. He sat up suddenly and said, "No, we should have some conscience, right? You can't just criticize others and be unreasonable just because you are the emperor. You say I'm not considerate of you? Ha! Who did I give the gunpowder, bamboo and paper curved plow, the printed glass telescope, and the garlic that the East Palace just planted? Others just use it and throw it away, but you still need it, so why not tear down the bridge first!"
Li Shimin felt wronged after being attacked: "I said it was Aye, yours was... that was given by the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
It is good to benefit the country and the people, but Li Shimin also wants the kind of tenderness and care that Li Chengqian showed to his mother and siblings.
Li Chengqian glanced at him and said honestly, "I can't do it."
Li Shimin was stunned: "Cheng Qian?"
Li Chengqian said, "I only know what a ruler and father are, but I don't know what an Aye is."
Emperor and father... Li Shimin smacked the surface of these two words, feeling cold and indifferent, just like how he treated the retired emperor, treating him with the rules and decorum required by etiquette, but as for the rest... there was nothing more.
Why did he and Cheng Qian become like this? Li Shimin thought about it and asked this question.
Li Chengqian said calmly, "Isn't this the way it will always be for the father and son of the Heavenly Family?"
Li Shimin's heart sank. "In the end? Cheng Qian, what exactly did you see in that future you so firmly believed in?"
"You don't want to know." Li Chengqian shook his head.
Li Shimin wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Li Chengqian's expression, he could not continue.
He thought of Sun Simiao's reminder to take it slow. Cheng Qian was willing to say these things today, and he would be able to reveal more tomorrow. One day, he would know all of his eldest son's thoughts.
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Even though it was common knowledge that the owner of the glass shop was the crown prince, the wealthy families still spared no expense to buy it.
Perhaps they thought this was a gesture of goodwill to the emperor and the prince, or perhaps they truly believed from the bottom of their hearts that the emperor had no way to deal with them.
The emperor comes and goes, but the family remains forever.
The aristocratic families seem to really think that this is an iron rule, but they don’t think about how many troops the emperor has and what they have in their hands?
Those who hold the power of life and death are always those who have soldiers.
——No wonder Huang Chao killed you, your death was not unjust.
Li Chengqian looked at the garlic and thought, if you stay in a high position for too long, you will lose your sense of your own worth.
Half a month passed, and as the weather gradually warmed up, the garlic had sprouted and was growing well. After seeing it, Li Chengqian returned to Lizheng Hall.
Zhang Sunshi was reading by the window. Seeing her eldest son coming back, she smiled and said, "You've been running outside all day, Cheng Qian. You've gotten a tan."
"Is there?" Li Chengqian touched his face. "Black is good, white is like a ghost."
Chang Sun, who had just put on makeup this morning, smiled and said, "Come here, Bai Shasha's ghost has something to tell you."
The female officials serving her couldn't help but laugh softly.
Li Chengqian couldn't help laughing and said, "Mother!"
"I'm talking to you seriously, Cheng Qian, don't act like a spoiled child." Changsun said deliberately in a serious tone.
Li Chengqian didn't enter the house, but leaned against the window and said, "Mother, you are the wicked one who is making the first complaint."
Zhang Sunshi couldn't help laughing and said, "Mother has turned from a ghost into a villain again?"
At this moment, everyone burst into laughter. Li Chengqian laughed so hard that he couldn't hold on to the window frame and almost fell to the ground.
Changsun laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and she even ordered people to support the prince.
After a while, Li Chengqian stopped laughing: "I can't laugh anymore, my stomach hurts..."
"Rub the prince..." Changsun ordered with a smile. She had laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.
After both mother and son recovered, Li Chengqian curled up on the couch with a bowl of milk tea in his arms, "Mother, what do you want to tell me?"
Chang Sun also had a bowl of milk tea on hand. She warned worriedly, "It's very hot. Be careful not to spill it on your hands."
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Chengqian took a bite and thought that he was still short of the pearl coconut.
Seeing him being so childish, Chang Sun was actually pleased: "It's not a big deal. The Emperor just sent someone to invite you."
"Aunt, what does he want me to do?" Li Chengqian asked, "I've told you several times that he can only own one-tenth of the branch, no more."
"Why is the old man so long-winded?" He muttered softly at last.
Changsun Shi didn't hear the last part clearly, but seeing her eldest son's reaction, she knew it wasn't a good thing, so she warned him, "Chengqian, the emperor has summoned you to speak to him, you must not make him angry."
Li Chengqian agreed obediently: "Don't worry, mother, I know everything."
The retired emperor likes me to make him angry, Li Chengqian thought to himself, this is really a pleasure that others cannot understand.
"But..." Li Chengqian continued, "Has anything else happened recently? Since Grandfather called me, what if it's something else?"
Changsun thought for a moment and said, "Recently, the sage ordered the death of Li Youliang, the Prince of Changle."
"That's the reckless governor of Liang Province," Li Chengqian said. "He's not Aweng's son, so it's definitely not for this."
Li Yuan and Li Youliang were cousins. They were not particularly distantly related by blood, but their relationship was not very close. Li Yuan would not be angry or sad for him.
Li Chengqian went to Da'an Palace to ask, and found out that it was not for Li Youliang or the shares, but the emperor was thinking about delicious food.
"Those dishes were great last time." Li Yuan said with a smile, "Cheng Qian, can you teach the Shangshi Bureau a few more new dishes? I'm tired of those ones."
"Okay, I'll go back and write a recipe." Li Chengqian agreed straightforwardly. "But, Uncle, you should also take it easy. You're not young anymore. You can't just eat without exercising. You should also take a walk and practice swordplay."
Li Yuan said perfunctorily, "I know, I know. I'm not your mother, nor your brother or sister. I'm already this old, and I don't know how to take good care of myself?"
Li Chengqian curled his lips and said, "I don't think you know."
After returning home and writing a menu, he asked someone to send it to the Shangshi Bureau. Li Chengqian lay on the bed and played with his mobile phone for a while, and then Changsun sent someone to call him to eat.
This is all he does in a day. Li Chengqian sighed as he stood up and put on his shoes. It was really boring.
Was the purpose of the underworld's trick to make them reincarnate as humans? Li Chengqian disagreed. Being a human was as boring as being a ghost. What was the difference between reincarnation and being in the underworld?
When Li Ying returned to the palace to deliver the account book, she heard such outrageous remarks and said, "It's different for you. If you drink Meng Po soup and cross the Naihe Bridge, you will forget everything in this life, and there will be no resentment hanging over you."
"As for your current mental illness, the reason you always suffer from insomnia at night, isn't it from here?" Li Ying said, "So, Your Highness, for you, forgetting this life and starting a new life will make a huge difference."
Li Chengqian thought for a moment and said, "That sounds good. Come, give me a bowl of Mengpo soup."
Li Ying handed the phone to him and said, "Did you see that? The mission is not yet completed, Your Highness. Once you have resolved your resentment, you won't need to rush me. Meng Po soup will be delivered to your lips."
"How did they accomplish this?" Li Chengqian clicked the two check marks above. "How did they accomplish this?"
Li Ying said: "We seem to have discussed this before, after the Fengshan ceremony, but your father won't do Fengshan."
Li Chengqian: "..."
There were two Fengshan ceremonies in the Tang Dynasty, one by Emperor Gaozong of Tang and the other by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Did he have to wait until Zhinu performed the Fengshan ceremony?
Oh, he can't wait, he will be dead by then.
"I think I understand. So..." Li Chengqian said, "I don't actually need to do anything else. I just need to urge Emperor Taizong of Tang to perform the Fengshan ceremony."
Li Ying hesitated and said, "Is that how you call your father by his temple name? Considering that he is still alive."
Li Chengqian: "..."
"Please focus on your mission." Li Chengqian gritted his teeth.
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