Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 521: Chengtian Palace

Chapter 517

There are lanterns and festoons outside Chengtian Palace, and carpets are laid on the main road. Li Shimin is sitting in the hall on the first floor of Chengtian Palace. There are many tea sets and chairs in the hall. The left side of the hall is the east, which is the main hall. It is the place where the ministers go to court, and the right side is the west side, which is a slightly smaller place, which is Li Shimin's study room, and the most east side is the meeting room where the ministers deal with matters temporarily. in the middle!

At this time, many ministers had already come, and Li Shimin was sitting on the innermost tea table. This tea table, other people cannot sit at will. The main seat is a dragon chair carved with a golden dragon. Tea.

Sitting below are those princes, the Duke of the State has not come yet, those princes came to congratulate Li Shimin first.

But Li Chengqian and those princes were outside, welcoming the guests, there was no way, today is the royal housewarming to the new palace, and tomorrow, the court will be in the Chengtian Palace.

"Your Majesty, this palace is well designed. Just look at it. In the future, if the ministers want to see you, they can sit and drink tea outside. Unlike before, no matter it is windy or rainy, they will wait outside. It's much better here!" Li Xiaogong said with emotion.

"Well, it was designed by Shenyong, and he asked me specifically about designing these things. Of course, I can't bear the ministers standing outside. However, there is one point that I have to make clear to them. If I want to drink tea, I will bring my own tea. I don't provide tea here, the tea I drink is provided by Shen Yong, and it's all good tea!" Li Shimin said to Li Xiaogong and the others with a smile.

"Well, there are also bonsai, which are beautiful. The old man is really amazing. They are so in demand now that they can't be bought!" Li Daozong said enviously.

"That's right, I still specially sent someone to order it secretly, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get back so much!" Li Shimin also said proudly.

"The two podocarpus trees at the door are so beautiful, the old man has put a lot of thought into it!" Li Xiaogong also said complimentingly.

"Well, the two biggest bonsai he got were given to me. By the way, the emperor will come over later, but he hasn't come yet. I want to ask!" Li Shimin stood up after speaking.

As soon as he stood up, he saw Li Yuan coming in, and Li Chengqian accompanied him in.Li Shimin went over immediately.

"My son has met the emperor!" Li Shimin said when he came to him.

The other ministers also stood up and cupped their hands, saying that they had seen the Supreme Emperor.

"Well, excuse me, Erlang, this palace is really nice, Shen Yong has put a lot of thought into it!" Li Yuan looked at the palace and said very happily.

"Yes, I will show you later. There are five floors in total. The second floor is the banquet hall, the third floor is the resting place for the children, the fourth floor is the meeting room, where the court issues are discussed, and the fifth floor is the resting place. If the boy is tired, go to the fifth floor, Shen Yong spent a lot of thought on the fifth floor, and the boy will take you there later!" Li Shimin said happily.

For Li Yuan, Li Shimin is very filial now. Li Yuan didn't talk to Li Shimin for several years before, but now the father and son have something to say, and the relationship is very harmonious.

"Well, let's take a look, but the old man's small courtyard is better, the old man's small courtyard is full of trees, that's the best!" Li Yuan said while stroking his beard.

"That's right, the little courtyard of yours, the kids like it, when the kid stops being the emperor, I'll build a small courtyard like this!" Li Shimin said with a smile, and then helped Li Yuan to the front tea table.

"Father, sit down, my son will make you tea!"

"Okay! This one is also good. This kid, don't tell me, he is really capable. The old man knows bonsai, and this kid knows a lot!" Li Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes, by the way, why hasn't Shen Yong come yet?" Li Shimin asked.

"He's not that fast, he's packing gifts for you, and this time there are several cars!" Li Yuan said.

"Ah, I still need to give gifts. I have already told him not to give any gifts. This child, his family is too polite!" Li Shimin was surprised when he heard this.

At this time, the queen brought the crown princess, and Li Ke's princess also came.

They were on the other side with the other princesses before.

"I've seen my father!"

"I have seen the Supreme Emperor!" Empress Changsun said with the two concubines in salute.

"Well, good, good!" Li Yuan said with a smile.

"Avalokitesvara, didn't you inform Shen Yong not to give gifts?" Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson empress and asked.

"I have notified, and the concubine asked Li Zhi to notify again, what's the matter, did he prepare a gift again?" Empress Changsun also looked at Li Shimin in surprise and asked.

"No, Father said, there are several carriages, this kid, really!" Li Shimin nodded and said with a wry smile.

"Oh, Your Majesty, isn't it good that your son-in-law is filial?" Li Xiaogong immediately joked with a smile.

"That's right, where can I find such a son-in-law?" Li Daozong also said with a smile.

"That is to say, you also know that this palace is paid by Shen Yong. Tell me, is it easy for this child to earn that money by himself?" Li Shimin said distressedly.

"Your Majesty, that's really easy. Who doesn't want to rely on Wei Hao now? Luoyang is definitely going to develop greatly. Look at it now, just a carriage has attracted many businessmen to run there, wanting to buy a carriage! Afterwards, I don’t know how lively Luoyang is, it’s probably another Chang’an!” Li Xiaogong immediately said something else with a smile.

The other princes nodded quickly.

"Of course I hope so, that's what it means to let Shen Yong sit in Luoyang!" Li Shimin said happily, stroking his beard.

"Your Majesty, you have to talk to Shen Yong. If you have a chance to make money, don't forget about us!" A prince said to Li Shimin.

"I can't say this, but I can talk about other things. You all know that internal money occupies a large proportion. If I still talk about it, it will be a bit unreasonable. These internal funds are all It's our royal family's money, Shen Yong has helped the royal family a lot, otherwise, how could everyone live so much more comfortably?" Li Shimin immediately shook his head and said.

The other people heard it and nodded subconsciously. The royal family has indeed been much better in the past two years than before, and it even caused dissatisfaction among the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Qi is here, as well as the Dukes of Lai and Dai, all of them are here!" Wang De said to Li Shimin when he came to Li Shimin's side.

"Well, let them go and entertain them. By the way, let Qi Guogong come here!" Li Shimin said with a smile, and soon Qi Guogong's eldest Sun Wuji came here under the leadership of an eunuch.

"I have seen Your Majesty!" Changsun Wuji came to Li Shimin's side and said to Li Shimin.

"Excuse me, sit down!" Li Shimin said with a smile, and then Changsun Wuji bowed to Empress Changsun, Li Yuan, the Crown Princess, and the princes.

"Come, drink tea!" Li Shimin poured tea for Changsun Wuji with a smile, and Changsun Wuji thanked him quickly.

"You took a year off this year, and you should come out next year!" Li Shimin said to Changsun Wuji with a smile.

"Yes, everything is at His Majesty's discretion, whether you are resting or coming out, it's all up to Your Majesty's orders!" Changsun Wuji bowed and said.

"Hmm!" Li Shimin was a little displeased when he heard it. He heard that Changsun Wuji had a problem with his arrangement.

"Let's come out, Gao Ming needs your assistance!" Li Shimin thought about it, and said to Changsun Wuji.

"Yes, thank you Your Majesty. His Highness the Crown Prince is doing very well now. He handles state affairs in an orderly manner, and there are rules to follow, which is very good!" Changsun Wuji said quickly.

"Oh, what do you mean?" Li Shimin immediately stared at Changsun Wuji and asked other questions.

It sounds like he doesn't want to go to the East Palace. What does that mean?
"Oh, I have no other intentions! Listen to Your Majesty's orders!" Changsun Wuji said hastily.

On the other hand, Empress Changsun stared at Changsun Wuji with displeasure. What exactly does he mean by his attitude at this time?Do you think Gao Ming cannot do without him, or are you angry with His Majesty's previous arrangement?
"Yeah!" Li Shimin held back and didn't want to talk about it. Today is a happy day for him to move the palace. He likes this palace very much and wanted to move here a long time ago. Just moved here to live.

"Come on, drink tea! I'm also going to see those princes, they have brought me presents, it's okay not to go and see, Avalokitesvara, you'd better go and accompany those female relatives, father, and You guys, sit here and drink tea first, I will come as soon as I go!" Li Shimin stood up and said to them.

They stood up, and Li Shimin went to the area where the princes were.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" The ministers said immediately when they saw Li Shimin coming.

"Tongxi, Tongxi, how about this palace?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"Okay, that's great, Your Majesty, how many things do you think Shen Yong has in his head? Can such a palace be designed?" Cheng Yaojin said in admiration.

"It's so beautiful, Your Majesty, otherwise, you can let the old minister be on duty for the next few days. The old minister will watch for you. I also want to take a closer look at this palace and study!" Yuchi Jingde also said with a smile. stand up.

"That's impossible, you can't stay up all night now, but don't worry, I will show you around later!" Li Shimin said to them proudly, he is very happy today.

"Your Majesty, this palace is really nice. Shenyong said before that he would build a mansion for me. The minister refused, and now I regret it!" Li Jing also joked with a smile.

"Why are you refusing? To build, he is our son-in-law. He has built it for me. Why don't you build it for you? Build it!" Li Shimin immediately said to Li Jing.

"Yes, I want to talk to him now, it's going to be built, it's beautiful!" Li Jing said, looking up at the ceiling above.

"Your Majesty, why hasn't Shenyong come yet?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"I don't know, probably soon?" Li Shimin said.

At this time, Wei Hao, Wei Furong, and Wang Shi were walking in front, followed by four carriages, each of which contained ten boxes.

Soon they arrived at Chengtian Palace, Li Chengqian saw Wei Hao and the others coming, and walked down with a smile.

"Shenyong, I'm waiting for you, my father has asked me several times!" Li Chengqian said to Wei Hao with a smile, and then said to Wei Furong and Wang Shi, "I've seen Uncle, Aunt!"

"Your Highness, you're welcome, I've seen Your Highness!" Wei Furong and Wang hurriedly clapped their hands together.

At this time, Li Lizhi and Li Siyuan also came down from the steps and came to help Mrs. Wang.

"Auntie, this way please!" Li Lizhi said to Wang Shi.

"Hey, let's go, let's go!" Mrs. Wang was very happy and very proud. Although these two daughters-in-laws had never been married, they respected her very much. The key point was that the two daughters-in-laws were also of very high status.

The other female relatives saw it, and no one was envious, especially those wives.

While Wei Hao and Wei Furong walked inside, the Zuo Wuwei who were guarding here followed up with boxes. Those officials were also surprised when they saw Wei Hao sent so many boxes. There are so many gifts here. Well, they all gave a little gift, at most one box, while Wei Hao had forty boxes.

"I said Shenyong, what are you doing, sending so much?" At this time, Xiao Yu was at the door and asked in shock when he saw so many boxes behind Wei Hao.

"Some small gifts, not expensive!" Wei Hao said hastily cupping his hands.

"Is the gift you gave expensive? You boy, we can't give gifts anymore. Fortunately, His Majesty also knows that our gifts are not as good as yours. Otherwise, we will have an opinion!" Xiao Yu continued to talk to Wei Hao.

"How can it be? It's just some self-made things, which are worthless!" Wei Hao continued to say with a smile, and then walked into Chengtian Palace.

"Father, Shen Yong is here!" Li Tai also reported to Li Shimin at the moment.

"Hey, are you here?" Li Shimin was very happy when he heard that Wei Hao was coming, and also saw Wei Hao and Wei Furong coming.

Li Shimin greeted him immediately, and Wei Chen was standing near the door at the moment. He was an earl, and he wanted to participate. He sat at the same table with other earls. A lot.

"Meet Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"I have met my father, congratulations to my father!" Wei Furong and Wei Hao hurried over and said to Li Shimin.

"In-laws, there is no need to be polite. Come, please take a seat, come to the table, Qingque, take your uncle to the top table, hurry up! Please help me!" Li Shimin said happily to Li Tai, and then looked at Wei Hao.

"Father, my son brought you some small gifts!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"You boy, my father has already explained that you don't want to give gifts, but you still give them. But, to be honest, my father is really looking forward to what you give me. Let's go and take my father to have a look. My father wants to know, in the end What is it!" Li Shimin pointed to Wei Hao and asked with a smile.

"Hey, the price is not expensive anyway, I made it myself, but you will definitely like it!" Wei Hao also said proudly, the glass is crystal clear, who doesn't like it?

"Let's go, take Father Emperor to have a look!" Li Shimin said happily, and then Wei Hao took Li Shimin to those boxes, followed by many ministers, and those ministers were also curious, wanting to know what happened to Wei Hao What did you send, why do you need so many boxes?

"Father, look!" Wei Hao said as he opened the first box, which contained glasses with handles for drinking water.

"This, this, this is?" Li Shimin stared at the cups lying inside the limit, shocked, but more curious, he looked at Wei Hao, waiting for him to answer.

"Father, this is called a glass, and it's for drinking water!" Wei Hao picked up a cup as he spoke. These cups have been cleaned by Wei Hao at home, and now they just need to be rinsed once.

Wei Hao took the cup to a nearby tea table, rinsed it with hot water, and then poured tea into it.

"Hey, this is a cup, such a beautiful cup?" some princes said excitedly.

Li Shimin also understood at this moment that these are all cups used to hold water.

"Father, look, the glass looks good, doesn't it? In fact, that's what it's for, and it looks better!" Wei Hao smiled and came over with the glass.

Li Shimin took it and watched it carefully.

"Oh, it's really good, it's pretty, it's so pretty, I'm going to use this to drink tea later!" Li Shimin happily held up the quilt and looked up and down, left and right, and found that he could look at the cup from anywhere, very happy.

"Hehe, there are enough. Erchen has prepared two hundred of these cups for you, and two hundred of the other five kinds of cups for you! There is also a straight cup, which is the best for making green tea. There are also some small glasses for drinking tea on the tea table, and some for drinking, there are five types in total!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"Five kinds, come on, show me!" Li Shimin said happily.

Then Wei Hao asked people to open all the boxes, all of which were glass cups. Wei Hao showed Li Shimin all five kinds of cups and gave Li Shimin a demonstration.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, he liked it very much, and even said, holding the cups for drinking tea, he asked the maids to wash and distribute them!

The maids carefully cleaned them, and after a while, those cups were brought up and distributed among the tea tables, and some people couldn't wait to start using them.

"It's beautiful, oh, it's beautiful!" Li Shimin was sitting on the dragon chair at the moment, with five cups in front of him, three of which were filled with tea, one with white wine, and the other with fruit wine.

"I said Shen Yong, will this cup be sold in the future?" Li Xiaogong looked at Wei Hao and asked first, everyone likes this kind of quilt.

"It might not work in a while! I guess it will take a lot of time. By this time next year, it's almost possible!" Wei Hao thought about it and said.

When the ministers behind heard this, they felt a little regretful.

(End of this chapter)