bastard seizes tang

Chapter 399
Before noon, north of Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace.

The Zhaoqing Hall where Concubine Yang lives belongs to the inner courtyard and resides in the harem. Li Ke and Wu Meiniang enter the palace from Jiayoumen by taking a shortcut from the north of Chu Palace.

Jiayou Gate is located in the southwest corner of the Inner Palace. It is the west gate of the Inner Palace. This place is heavily guarded, and ordinary foreign officials are naturally not allowed to enter or leave. However, Li Ke is the prince and has Li Shimin's special decree. will stop him.

After passing the Jiayou Gate, you can enter the inner palace. Jiayou Gate is not too far from Zhaoqing Hall. You only need to pass through the Qianbu Corridor adjacent to the city gate, pass Caisi Courtyard and Ziwei Hall, and you will arrive at Zhaoqing Palace. Qingdian.

"My son, Li Ke, brought his bride, Mei Niang, to pay respects to his father and mother, and to serve tea to his father and mother." In the side hall of Zhaoqing Hall, Li Shimin and Concubine Yang are sitting at the head, and Li Ke and Wu Meiniang are standing at the bottom , holding tea bowls in both hands, leaning over to pray.

Li Shimin looked at His Royal Highness, the King of Chu and his wife standing side by side, with a smile on his face, took the tea bowl in Li Ke's hand, raised his hand and said, "Get up quickly, Hutou, and get up quickly, too, Meiniang."

"Thank you, father." Li Ke and Wu Meiniang responded and stood up.

After Li Ke got up, Concubine Yang, who was sitting beside her, took the tea bowl offered by Wu Meiniang, took a sip slowly, and reminded Li Shimin with a light smile: "Your Majesty, Ke'er is already married, and it might be a little uncomfortable to call her baby name again." That's it."

Because Li Shimin loves Li Ke, whether in private or in court, he often calls him by his baby name "Tiger Head". Li Ke used to be young and unmarried, so Li Shimin called Li Ke by his baby name. If you are married, you are an adult, if Li Shimin calls his baby name again, it will be a bit inappropriate in the eyes of others.

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Li Shimin also put down the tea bowl in his hand, nodded and said: "What the imperial concubine said is very true. After getting married, Ke'er is no longer a young man. In the future, I should be more careful about calling her names in front of people."

Li Ke heard the words, and replied: "Father is serious. Even if the son is married, he is still the son of the father. It is right for the father to call the son by his baby name."

Seeing this, Wu Meiniang, who was standing beside Li Ke, also said: "Meiniang was born in Wenshui, Bingzhou. There is a local saying in Wenshui, which is called: 'A son is only six years old, and his father's name is 59'. The meaning of this sentence is It’s okay for parents to call their children to be intimate, even if they are 59 years old, as long as they are not more than [-] years old. What’s more, His Majesty is the master of the sea, so it’s even cheaper to do things, and there are no taboos.”

Li Shimin listened to Wu Meiniang's words, and said with a smile: "Ke'er is young, but only sixteen. When he reaches sixty, it will take another 44 years. Whether I'm still alive or not is another matter."

"Father's words are wrong." Li Shimin's words fell short, but Wu Meiniang corrected Li Shimin's words in a serious manner.

Wu Meiniang is clever and lovely, and she will never say nonsense that disregards her seniority and inferiority. Therefore, although Wu Meiniang denied Li Shimin's words in person, Li Ke is not worried at all. Not the one who speaks out loud.

Sure enough, just as Li Ke thought, Wu Meiniang said to Li Shimin: "My father has only ruled the country for eight years, but there is peace in the world and the surrender of the four barbarians. He has the reputation of 'Heavenly Khan'. , into a career that the king did not have.

Every hero in the world must have the protection of God.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still has seventy years to live, and his father was born in the army, and his merits are even higher than that. The years of ruling the country will not weaken him. Sun is married. "

"Hahaha" Hearing Wu Meiniang's words, Li Shimin laughed loudly, and the whole hall could listen carefully.

Li Shimin is a wise man, and he can listen to those harsh words from Wei Zheng's mouth, but it doesn't mean that Li Shimin doesn't like to hear some nice words, and these nice words just hit his heart.

Li Shimin is a wise king, but he is not perfect, and he is even a greedy person, but Li Shimin is different from those stupid kings who are greedy for sex, lust, and prestige. Li Shimin is greedy for fame, greedy for merit, and greedy for life. However, Wu Meiniang's words hit Li Shimin's heart, how could he not like it.

Li Shimin's ears have heard a lot of harsh and loyal words, and occasionally he hears some praises, and he is naturally very relieved, but these words cannot be said by the courtiers, and neither can Li Ke, because once they say it, it will inevitably be suspected of flattery. Among them, the only thing that can be said is this daughter-in-law who just married into the Chu Palace.

Firstly, Wu Meiniang is a woman, not involved in court; secondly, Wu Meiniang is young and just married to Li Ke; thirdly, Wu Meiniang is the daughter of an old minister. Don't ask Li Shimin to be suspicious.

Li Shimin pointed at Wu Meiniang and said with a smile: "The tiger head taught you these words, right?"

Wu Meiniang replied: "Although Your Highness respects Father the most, these words are from Meiniang herself, not taught by Your Highness."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Haha, that's right. Although Hutou is the most loyal and filial person, his speech is a bit rigid. Hutou knows righteousness and is not afraid of death. If there is danger, he will be the first to stand in front of me. , to protect my people with his own life, but these words, if he were to say them in person, he would absolutely not be able to say them."

When Wu Meiniang heard this, she covered her mouth and burst out laughing. Wu Meiniang looked at Li Ke and smiled at Li Shimin: "Meiniang always thought that His Royal Highness is both literate and martial, and he is the gentlest to others. If it wasn't for the mention of the father, Meiniang would not have known about it." Your Highness actually has such a dull side."

Wu Meiniang's words sounded like making fun of Li Ke in front of Li Shimin, but Li Ke knew that Wu Meiniang was inadvertently speaking for him to please Li Shimin, so Li Ke didn't speak, just stood there like this, She looked helpless even with Wu Mei Niang.

Just as Li Ke thought, Li Shimin waved his hands quickly after listening to Wu Meiniang's words, and said, "Meiniang's words are biased. Hutou is not stupid, but filial. Back then, when the Turks attacked the city and the soldiers forced Weishui, it was also Hutou went to the palace to plead for orders without saying a word, and went north for four years as a hostage, when Hutou was only eight years old. There was a fire hidden in Hutou's heart, even though he didn't say anything, he was warm to me in his heart."

As Li Shimin said, his face was slightly moved, and he seemed to think of the boy who went northward by the Weishui River in the ninth year of Wude.

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Shimin, and replied: "What the father said is that the world says that father and son love each other deeply, and Meiniang is a woman. I didn't know it before, but today I understand the deep meaning."

Wu Meiniang's words and deeds seem naive, even a bit out of line, but if you look carefully, they are well-founded, and the words are also in line with your heart. Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and Wu Meiniang next to him, loving the house and Wuxia, and he was very fond of this daughter-in-law. More and more satisfied.

Li Shimin looked at the two, and suddenly remembered something, worried that Li Ke and Wu Meiniang were young and didn't know the etiquette, so he asked: "Tomorrow is the day you return to Ning, you should know, have you prepared the ceremony, and when the time comes, don't you?" If you don't know the etiquette, you should ask Duke Ying to read the jokes about our clan."

Li Ke replied: "I know about this matter, and the gift of returning to Ning has also been prepared. Father, please rest assured."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded first, and then added: "Tomorrow is the first time the concubine returns home, so it needs to be more grand, if it's just a few vulgar things, I'm afraid it won't be enough, I'll add another one for you. Send them to Duke Ying's mansion together."

(End of this chapter)