Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 136 Making friends with ice, Taoist Qin has good taste!
"Teacher Cui Ren's enlightenment program is in full swing. I heard that the 500 students enrolled can already roughly learn to read."

Li Shimin spoke quietly, his eyes falling on Li Chengqian, "What should we do next?"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly, "Father, let's do everything according to plan."

"What's the plan?"

"I have already got some ideas, and I will present them to you tomorrow."

Seeing that Li Chengqian was becoming more and more experienced, Li Shimin smiled and pointed to the stone bench and said, "Sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Father."

Li Chengqian thanked him and took a seat.

Li Shimin said slowly, "The second issue of the Comprehensive Geography compiled by the King of Wei has been sent to the palace a few days ago. What do you think of it?"

Li Chengqian raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin, sneering in his heart.

You let him out just because of the second issue of Kuaidizhi? Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?
"It is a blessing for our Tang Dynasty that Fourth Brother has devoted all his energy to compiling the Comprehensive Geography."

"Ugh……"

Li Shimin sighed.

Naturally, he didn't believe Li Chengqian's words against his will.

Li Chengqian has been a thoughtful person since he was young. How could he not understand what Li Chengqian was thinking?

even.

He felt that Li Chengqian should be even more resentful of him at this moment.

"I just hope he can be your right-hand man."

"..."

Li Chengqian was silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded, "Father is right."

Li Shimin fell silent and looked at him quietly.

Li Chengqian looked straight at him and said, "If your Majesty has nothing else to say, I will take my leave."

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't say anything, Li Chengqian bowed, turned around and left the pavilion.

After watching Li Chengqian leave, Li Shimin knocked his head and his eyes fell on the koi in the lake.

Every koi fish is fed till they are plump.

As a prince, you should temper yourself.

When will you understand my good intentions?

Li Chengqian staggered back to the East Palace.

Upon hearing the news, Hegan Chengji took the initiative to come to Li Chengqian.

"Your Highness, the ice you instructed to be sent to the residences of the King of Jiangxia, the King of Hejian, and others has all been delivered."

"Um……"

Li Chengqian nodded and glanced at Hegan Chengji.

These ice cubes were delivered by him, so it is not surprising that my father got the news.

Li Chengqian asked, "How many ice cubes are there in the East Palace now?"

Hegan Chengji: "Replying to the Crown Prince, there are currently 127 blocks of ice left in the East Palace, and they have all been stored in the ice cellar."

"Take out a hundred and send it to the palace."

"Yes."

Hegan Chengji nodded, bowed and left.

One hundred ice cubes are indeed a lot for the East Palace, but for the Imperial Palace, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Li Chengqian thought that if these ice cubes were delivered to the palace, Li Shimin's concubines would each get two cubes, and Li Shimin would have no ice cubes left.

"Someone is coming."

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Take ten blocks of ice and send them to Concubine Yang, and tell them that this is what Third Brother Li Ke asked before he left Chang'an City."

"Yes."

After explaining everything, Li Chengqian got up and left the East Palace.

Today's banquet is scheduled to be held at the Prince's Residence.

"His Royal Highness."

"Is something wrong?"

"Please take a look at the letter sent by His Royal Highness the King of Wu."

Li Chengqian was immediately happy.

He had just ordered someone to send some ice to Concubine Yang when he received a letter from Li Ke.

Could it be.

Is there really such a thing as telepathy? ?

Li Chengqian opened the letter with a smile, but the smile on his face quickly disappeared. He silently put away the letter and left in a car.

Prince's residence.

Su Chen received a letter from Suzhou.

"Did Jin Yong have any other instructions?"

"Gone."

"Go down."

Su Chen nodded and opened the letter.

The letter was about Jin Yong's promotion of the grocery store and many matters related to ice making.

With the help of Jin Yao and the other two, the grocery store was quickly opened in Suzhou and spread to all directions at an astonishing speed. It is believed that it will not take long before the store can be expanded to the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition to the rapid development of grocery stores, the successful production of ice cubes, coupled with the hot summer, led to excellent sales of ice cubes.

Even though they have arranged a large number of people to rush the production, they are still unable to meet the demands of the two Jiangnan regions, so the orders have been scheduled until next month.

Jiangnan is so prosperous.

Su Chen couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that his ice business in Chang'an City had not yet taken off, but Jin Yong was working in full swing in Suzhou.

well.

Let these rich people spend their money happily.

As for the doctor mentioned in the letter, Su Chen touched his chin and learned that Sun Simiao had already lived in Taizi Residence.

It's time to put the matter of letting him set up a medical school on the agenda.

"His Royal Highness..."

At this time.

Sun Qiang's voice came from outside the door.

Su Chen looked up and saw Li Chengqian walking in leisurely. He glanced at the letter in his hand with interest and asked, "Whose is it?"

"Jin Yong."

Su Chen told the truth.

Li Chengqian shrugged and said, "I'm not good at business. You can handle it yourself."

Su Chen nodded, opened the drawer and threw the letter in.

Get back to him later.

"The King of Han has already agreed."

"I'm coming to your prince's residence for a banquet today."

"what?"

Su Chen was stunned.

Li Chengqian said with a smile, "It was decided yesterday. He will come today. If you have anything to say, you can talk to him yourself."

Su Chen rolled his eyes, "You are worry-free."

Li Chengqian chuckled, then took out a letter and handed it to Su Chen, "What a coincidence, when I came to your place just now, I received a letter sent by my third brother."

"Since it's for you, why bother showing it to me?"

"Take a look."

Li Chengqian said casually, "You will understand after you see it."

Su Chen opened the letter in confusion, and frowned unconsciously after reading it carefully.

After learning about the magical uses of soap, Concubine Yang told her father Yang Yu about it and gave him money to help him make soap.

Just because they didn't understand the principle of soap making, the soap they made had a lot of problems. Many businessmen lost their enthusiasm for soap because of Yang Yu's incident.

At the same time, relying on the title of King of Shu, Yang Yu had sold all the soap he had squeezed from Su Bin, but the silver had already been delivered to Su Bin.

Li Ke expressed his deep apologies for this and said he would strictly discipline the student and ensure that such incidents would not happen again.

Su Chen put down the letter and asked, "Who is this Princess Shu?"

Li Chengqian said calmly, "Concubine Yang is the daughter of Yang Yu, who is the son of Yang Shigui, the younger brother of Yang Xiong, the Prince of Sui Guan. Yang Yu previously served as the governor of Ci and Fen states, and the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but was dismissed from his post because of a competition for a maid in the province."

Su Chen suddenly understood.

It turned out to be Yang Yu who was dismissed from his official position for chasing after palace maids in the imperial palace.

He is also considered a celebrity.

No one would be brave enough to flirt with the palace maids in the imperial palace, right?
after all.

The palace maids in the imperial palace were all considered Li Shimin's people.

The fact that Yang Yu was not beheaded may have something to do with Li Ke.

"Using public property for personal gain is..."

Su Chen tapped his folding fan, "I remember that His Royal Highness the King of Shu has no offspring yet."

Li Chengqian nodded: "Indeed, there are rumors that the Princess of Shu does not allow my third brother to take concubines, nor does she allow other concubines to have children."

Su Chen: "Like father, like daughter. This is to be expected."

"Since the King of Shu has sent a letter personally, are you going to let this matter go?"

"That's all."

Li Chengqian nodded, "I haven't received Su Bing's letter. I think my third brother has discovered the clues before this and has disciplined Concubine Yang."

Su Chen: "Su Bing is a man of means. Besides, to be more specific, this is also a personal matter. It is reasonable that he did not send a letter."

Li Chengqian sighed, "It's a pity for my third brother, who is so brave and heroic, but he has to have such a concubine."

Su Chen chuckled, "It is said that a good man marries a lazy wife. I think this Yang Fei fits this saying very well."

"Don't talk about him anymore."

Li Chengqian shook his head and changed the subject, "When the court was dismissed today, my father ordered me to send some ice cubes into the palace."

Su Chen: "As expected."

Li Chengqian: "You said before that you would make some edible ice cubes. How is it going now?"

Su Chen: "Why, do you still want to send her to the palace?"

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes. He didn't have the leisure to do that.

Knowing that Li Shimin was causing trouble for him, he still ran to give Li Shimin ice cubes to make him live more comfortably in this summer?

"I told Uncle Wang that we're hosting a banquet at your place today. Don't you want to try some of this?"

"Okay, okay, so that's what you were planning."

"If you don't come up with something practical, how can you make Uncle Wang happy to paint?"

"That makes sense."

Jiangxia Prince's Mansion.

As soon as Li Daozon returned home, he saw the housekeeper coming to greet him with a smile on his face.

"Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent some ice cubes."

"Oh?"

Li Daozon looked surprised.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian quietly sent him ice cubes in private in the court.

"Take some to mix with the wine."

"inappropriate."

The butler shook his head repeatedly, "His Royal Highness has instructed that these ice cubes can only be used to cool down, and cannot be used to add wine."

Li Dao Zong: “…”

"alright."

Li Daozon took two steps, as if he had thought of something, and took out a newspaper from his sleeve.

The prince is here to deliver Su Chen’s ice?
interesting.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Dao Zong showed a slight smile on his face, but soon, he snorted and threw the newspaper to the housekeeper, "Take it and burn it."

Su Chen is not a good person!

His daughter's reputation became the cornerstone of his soap's fame.

……

Duke Zhao's Mansion.

Changsun Wuji, who also returned home after court, saw Changsun Chong sitting beside the ice, eating a piece of watermelon with hearty mouthfuls.

Changsun Wuji couldn't help but frowned and strode over.

"Father."

"Where did this ice come from?"

"His Royal Highness sent it here on orders of someone."

"Oh?"

Zhang Sun Wuji was stunned for a moment, and Zhang Sun Chong said again: "The prince also sent some to me, so I thought of sending it to my father, but I didn't expect that the prince had already ordered someone to send it over."

Changsun Wuji nodded, walked aside and sat down.

"How many other people did the prince give it to?"

"I heard that the King of Han, the King of Jiangxia, and the King of Hejian all sent them off."

Chang Sun Chong smiled and said, "It was the Crown Prince who personally sent it over to my uncle's place."

Zhang Sun Wuji pondered for a moment and then asked slowly, "What about the King of Wei?"

Chang Sun Chong was stunned for a moment and looked at him puzzledly, "What does father mean?"

"I didn't deliver it."

"delivered."

"Oh?"

Changsun Wuji looked at the ice with some surprise.

It was actually sent to the King of Wei.

It was a bit unexpected.

"I heard that they were worried that the scholars would be too hot while compiling the Geography, so they sent them there to cool down."

"hehe."

……

Prince Wei's Mansion.

Bang bang bang!
The broken ice chips flew everywhere and covered the ground as Li Tai hammered it again and again.

As the last hammer fell, the ice shattered to the ground, leaving no piece intact.

call.

Li Tai threw the hammer away and turned his gaze to Du Chuke who was sitting next to him.

"How's the progress with Liu Tao?"

"We have already contacted Randy, and I think there will be further action soon."

"Um……"

Li Tai nodded. "I have invited Taoist Priest Qin from Xihua Temple and Taoist Priest Wei from Huisheng Temple to be our guests today. Mr. Du, why don't you stay for dinner with us?"

"I dare not ask for my ear even if I wish."

Du Chuke smiled slightly.

Li Tai invited Taoist Qin from Xihua Temple and Taoist Wei from Huisheng Temple, and he must have important matters to discuss in detail.

As a member of the Prince of Wei's Palace, it is natural for him to participate in it.

"Your Majesty, Taoist Priest Qin of Xihua Temple and Taoist Priest Wei of Huisheng Temple are outside the palace asking to see you."

"Please."

Li Tai grinned, turned his head and ordered, "Clean up this place, and call the 'palace servants' and 'danjia' sent by the Taichang Temple to help with the fun."

"Yes."

Just a moment.

Qin Ying and Wei Ting strode in.

"I am Qin Ying and Wei Ting, and I am honored to meet His Royal Highness the King of Wei."

"You two Taoist priests, please don't be polite."

Li Tai waved his hand with a smile and invited the two to take a seat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Qin Ying and the other person thanked them and took their seats.

Li Tai smiled and said, "After witnessing the Dream Soul Technique of Taoist Priest Qin that day, I was amazed. Later, I heard that Taoist Priest Qin and Taoist Priest Wei were close friends, so I specially invited the two of you to the banquet this time."

"If I have acted rashly, please forgive me, Taoist priests. Please forgive me."

"Your Majesty is too kind."

Qin Ying and the other looked at each other, and Wei Ting smiled and said, "I have always respected Senior Brother Qin, and it is our honor that the prince has invited us here together."

Qin Ying nodded in agreement: "It is an honor for us two brothers to be valued by the prince."

"You two Taoist priests, there is no need to be too modest."

Li Tai waved his hand and said, "With the abilities of the two Taoist priests, you deserve this kind of attention from the king."

As he spoke, Li Tai nodded to the servant on the side.

popping.

A servant came in from outside, carrying various delicacies.

Afterwards, palace maids with graceful figures, accompanied by famous dancers, walked into the hall.

Zheng.

The sound of the pipa rang out, and the palace ladies who had lined up in formation began to dance gracefully.

A maidservant filled Li Tai and others' glasses with cool drinks.

"The two Taoist priests, please come in, Mr. Du."

"Your Majesty, please."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank.

Li Tai put down his wine glass with a smile, and when he looked at Qin Ying and the other two, he saw that their eyes had already fallen on the palace maid in the center of the hall.

These palace ladies were all carefully trained by the Taichang Temple. Although they were not as stunningly beautiful as the "front ladies", each of them was also beautiful.

When had Qin Ying and Wei Ting ever seen such a scene?
Li Tai turned his gaze to Du Chuke, and the two smiled knowingly.

Du Chuke: "My two Taoist priests, these are all palace maids from the Taichang Temple, all of them are in their twenties and have delicate bodies..."

Seeing Qin Ying and the others looking at him, Du Chuke smiled and asked, "Did you dance well?"

"Good good."

Qin Ying and the other person nodded repeatedly.

There is no need to say much about the dancing styles and looks of the palace maids in the Taichang Temple, but now that these palace maids have appeared in the Prince of Wei's Palace, it is quite intriguing.

Li Tai laughed and pointed at the girls, saying, "Why don't you come and drink with the two Taoist priests? If you are favored by the Taoist priests, you can leave your status as slaves in the future."

Hear the words.

The girls hurried to Qin Ying and the other two to serve them, which made Qin Ying and the other two suddenly feel a little uneasy.

"Your Majesty, this is unacceptable."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Tai waved his hand and said, "If you two Taoist priests like it, it's fine to take it back to the Taoist temple."

"This……"

"The prince has already spoken, why are you still hesitating?"

Du Chuke interrupted Qin Ying with a smile, hugged a girl with a smile, and teased: "Are you two Taoist priests not interested in women?"

See this.

Qin Ying and the other two were extremely excited, and at the same time they understood that this was Li Tai's gesture of goodwill.

If I don’t choose one, Li Tai might feel despised or even dissatisfied!

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

Qin Ying spoke first, picked out a girl with a charming appearance, and held her in his arms.

"What's the girl's name?"

"My slave is satisfied."

"Satisfied?"

Qin Ying looked at him in surprise. Such a shrill voice was a bit strange.

Raising his hand and caressing his body for a while, Qin Ying's eyes lit up, "Are you a man?"

"Male?"

Li Tai raised his eyebrows, looking unhappy: "How can this be absurd? How dare he fool me!"

"Master Qin, please choose someone else, and this person will be..."

"That's not necessary! Your Majesty, there's no need for that."

Qin Ying waved her hands repeatedly, and under Li Tai's hesitant gaze, she happily held Chengxin's hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I like Chengxin very much."

Qin Ying's hand slid down slowly. "It's extremely rare to find a man as delicate as Cheng Xin."

Chengxin cried out softly and threw herself into Qin Ying's arms, too shy to look up.

Ah this...

Li Tai was stunned.

This guy looks like an immortal, but he actually has this kind of hobby?

"Master Qin has good taste."

(End of this chapter)