Chapter 232
When Dou Huaiqiu heard the prince personally confirm that these precious calligraphy and paintings were really given to him, he could not help but be overjoyed!
People who love calligraphy like to collect authentic works of famous artists, just like antique lovers like to collect antiques.
Li Chengqian and Dou Huaiqiu chatted for a while and had a general understanding of Dou Huaiqiu's character.
Although it was not enough to know each other, Li Chengqian was able to deal with Dou Huaiqiu. He would definitely marry Li Shu to Long Zhi.
As for Dou Huaiqiu, you can rest assured! His family will definitely find him a virtuous wife.
In order not to attract other people's attention, Li Chengqian also discussed knowledge with Dou Huaiqiu, and Dou Huaiqiu always responded well and could even draw inferences from one thing.
Dou Huaixiu is a bookworm. He is good at reading, but he is only good at talking about military affairs on paper, and his words are not very useful in practice.
"Your Highness! I will take my leave!" After understanding everything, Dou Huaixiu stood up and said goodbye to Li Chengqian.
He was in a hurry to go back and frame the calligraphy and paintings he got from the East Palace.
"Wang Quan, send Huaixiu back!" Li Chengqian ordered. "Please
come in, Mr. Dou!" Wang Quan made a gesture of invitation, and asked someone to carefully wrap the calligraphy and paintings and give them to Dou Huaixiu.
"Thank you, eunuch!" Dou Huaixiu said humbly.
After Wang Quan safely sent Dou Huaixiu back to his house, he went directly to the East Palace to report to the prince.
Someone reported to Li Er in the morning that the Crown Prince had summoned Dou Huaiqiu today, but Li Er felt that the Crown Prince summoning Dou Huaiqiu was nothing, so he did not pay attention to this matter.
"Has the person been sent back safely?" Li Chengqian said to Wang Quan who had returned.
"My lord! The person has been sent back to the mansion safely, and the Supervisor of the Imperial Household is extremely grateful to Your Highness, and is extremely grateful for Your Highness's reward!" Wang Quan said.
Li Chengqian then asked, "How is Xiao Liangdi?"
I wonder how Xiao Liangdi's attempt to sound out Li Shu went, but now there should be a result!
"Xiao Liangdi has returned to the harem! My lord, do you want to go over there? I will send someone to let her know now." Wang Quan said.
He saw Xiao Liangdi coming back with his own eyes. After seeing Dou Huaiqiu off, he happened to meet Xiao Liangdi when he came back to report.
Wang Quan thought that Li Chengqian was going to go there now, so he was going to retreat and inform Xiao Liangdi to prepare to welcome the arrival of the Crown Prince.
"If you don't go now, it's still early. I still have to review memorials. It won't be too late to go later." Li Chengqian said. It
's still early now. How can he run to the harem and be shameless with the concubines? He, Li Chengqian, is the crown prince of a country after all, and he will become the supreme person of the empire in the future.
Naturally, he has to focus on handling state affairs. As for doing shameless things with the concubines, it is better to wait until night.
At night, Li Chengqian went to Xiao Liangdi's residence.
"Your Highness! You are finally here!" Xiao Liangdi greeted him.
Li Chengqian reached out and grabbed Xiao Liangdi's hand and said, "It's a long night, Liangdi is alone here, why should I not come? How can I let such a beautiful woman like Liangdi stay alone in an empty room."
The two sat down. Xiao Liangdi had already ordered people to prepare some side dishes and warmed a pot of wine, and then dismissed everyone. Only she and Li Chengqian were in this room.
Xiao Liangdi reached out and took the pot, filled a glass of wine for Li Chengqian, and poured a glass for herself, and then the two drank a glass.
After a few drinks, Li Chengqian looked at Xiao Liangdi and said, "Liangdi! You have mesmerized me. With a beauty like you by my side, the king will not attend the court in the morning from now on."
"Don't say that, Your Highness. If others hear it, they will think that I am seducing the prince and disturbing the government. That's not good!" Xiao Liangdi said.
Xiao Liangdi said this, but she was very happy in her heart. She was still confident in her appearance.
There are very few people in this world who can remain calm under the influence of beauty. Which man doesn't like beautiful women?
"I am telling the truth!" Li Chengqian said.
Li Chengqian also wanted to live a happy life with three thousand beauties in the harem and a king who didn't care about government affairs, singing and dancing every day, and living a carefree and happy life.
Unfortunately, that was impossible. After he ascended the throne, the Korean Peninsula issue had to be resolved.
The relationship between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty deteriorated. The two sides fought for the four towns of Anxi. Whether there would be another Battle of Dayichuan would depend on how much the Tang Dynasty would value Tuyuhun in the future.
In the middle and late stages, there were poor harvests, floods, droughts, insect disasters, and famines, which reached a crisis level.
The surrounding people, especially the Turks, were more restless and had many rebellious intentions.
This big mess destined Li Chengqian to not be a happy king who ate, drank, and had fun.
"By the way! What did Liangdi find out when she went to Shu'er today?" Li Chengqian immediately turned the topic to Li Shu.
"After my insinuation, Princess Lanling only heard that her father said he would find her a perfect husband, but she didn't know who it was!" Xiao Liangdi said.
Li Chengqian was stunned! It shouldn't be like this!
Li Er had been planning to find a marriage for Li Shu since she was nine years old. After choosing and choosing, Li Er finally chose the family of Empress Taimu.
It has been almost ten years now, even if Li Er still needs to investigate Dou Huaiqiu as a son-in-law.
But he should at least reveal some news to Li Shu! It's not that she doesn't even know who her future husband will be!
Unless, Li Chengqian thought of a possibility, unless the son-in-law that Li Er chose at the beginning was not Dou Huaiqiu, but someone else.
But later, some unknown accident caused Li Er to turn his attention to Dou Huaiqiu. After some observation, Li Er felt that Dou Huaiqiu was a good boy, so he considered him as a candidate for son-in-law.
Only in this way can it be explained why Li Shu didn't know the surname of her future husband, and Li Er had been observing Dou Huaiqiu for nearly ten years, but still hadn't made up his mind.
"You mean Li Shu didn't know which family she would marry into in the future?" Li Chengqian said.
"Xiao Liangdi nodded and said, "Yes! "Princess Lanling is totally unaware of this..."
Xiao Liangdi talked a lot and told Li Chengqian the news she had heard from Princess Lanling.
Li Chengqian stroked his beard and it seemed that he had guessed right. The husband that Li Chengqian had originally chosen for Princess Lanling was not Dou Huaixiu.
This Dou Huaixiu was just a substitute for Princess Lanling's marriage.
After thinking this through, it would be much easier to destroy their marriage. Anyway, no one knew that they were still married.
As for who the first consort Li Er had prepared for Li Shu was, Li Chengqian didn't care at all. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
After Li Chengqian and Xiao Liangdi chatted for a while, they blew out the candles and climbed into bed together to do shameless things.
As the saying goes, spring nights are short, so we should enjoy them while we can!