My father, Li Shimin, please call me Crown Prince

Chapter 37 King of Wei: Can the Crown Prince be more powerful than his father?

Li Chengqian needed too much saltpeter. Whether it was for making ice or gunpowder, the amount was quite huge.

Besides, saltpeter is not a common commodity nowadays. It is mainly used for medical purposes and for Taoist alchemy.

If the secret of making ice from saltpeter were to be exposed, the price of saltpeter would increase all over the world.

That would be even more troublesome.

Before he ascends the throne, the secret of making ice from saltpeter must not be revealed.

After ascending the throne, the first imperial decree of the Tang Dynasty was to designate saltpeter as an official-only use.

Now we can only start with Changsun Wuji.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will go collect what I need to make ice right away."

"From now on, the prince should provide me with more ice cubes."

Changsun Wuji patted his chest and assured.

Sushan’s business was very profitable. With three stores, the turnover was nearly 20,000 coins in just half a day.

After deducting costs, I can earn 10,000 yuan a day.

That’s 300,000 coins a month, and more than 3 million coins a year.

Where can I find such a deal?

Even though Changsun Wuji is the number one family in Guanlong today, he is still far behind the Five Surnames and Seven Families in terms of wealth accumulation.

At most, they can be considered a wealthy family.

After all, he is a new upstart and has too little time to accumulate experience, so he is only now making his mark.

"Then I'll trouble uncle."

Li Chengqian said kindly that this saved him a lot of time.

Zhang Sun Wuji hesitated slightly and advised: "The news about Sushan has spread all over Chang'an, and it will naturally spread to the court."

"The prince has been too much in the spotlight recently. He needs to be more low-key in the future."

As the first minister beside Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji naturally knew what Li Shimin was thinking.

The prince is absurd, and your majesty will be anxious.

The Crown Prince is too outstanding, and Your Majesty will also be anxious.

Occupying the orthodox position, he simply displayed his extraordinary martial arts and was able to suppress the Wei Wang Party, which the King of Wei had painstakingly built up for several years.

Now everyone in the army is talking about how powerful the prince is.

The prince was eager to display his martial arts, clearly hoping to gain the support of the generals in the army.

This is not the situation that Your Majesty wants to see.

"Thank you for your advice, uncle. I know what to do now."

Seeing Li Chengqian's smiling face, Changsun Wuji knew that his words were in vain.

A prince who was able to endure for years without revealing any sign of emotion, and who indulged in revelry every night to numb the hearts of the people of the world.

With such a character, how could he be moved by just a few words from me?

That's right.

After the prince demonstrated his martial arts, both Li Shimin and other ministers thought that the prince had deliberately concealed his abilities.

This is the only reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, no matter how talented the prince is, this strength cannot be created out of thin air.

After Changsun Wuji left.

The eunuch Wen Zhong said with some concern: "Your Highness, Changsun Situ said so, I'm afraid it's from His Majesty's side."

Li Chengqian raised his hand to interrupt: "Don't worry, just concentrate on completing the tasks I have arranged."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Wen Zhong replied respectfully.

In fact, he is the person who knows the prince best. As the prince's eunuch, he is always by the prince's side no matter what time it is.

He knew very well that the prince had really been partying every night over the years, but he had not been practicing martial arts in secret.

This martial art and strength really appeared out of thin air.

Ever since I was whipped by His Majesty's whip.

It's like he suddenly became a different person.

But Wen Zhong didn't care about these things and didn't think about them.

He is the crown prince's eunuch. No matter how the crown prince changes, he is still the crown prince, and that is enough.

In order to keep the prince's secret.

Wen Zhong would repeat this to himself every day before going to sleep.

The prince endured it and practiced martial arts hard late at night when no one was around.

The prince endured it, and practiced martial arts in the middle of the night when no one was around. He believed that as long as he thought about it more, it would come true.
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The back garden of Prince Wei's Palace.

Rockeries, stone bridges, flowing water, quiet and beautiful.

But Li Tai, who was sitting in the stone pavilion, was in a bad mood.

Accompanying him were his trusted aides Chai Lingwu and Fang Yiai.

"What a great prince! I really underestimated him. It turns out that he has been hiding all these years."

"He has deceived everyone in the world, including me."

"Then what am I to him? Nothing!"

Li Tai's arms were bulging with veins and the teacup he was holding made a buzzing sound.

But the sturdy teacup remained motionless.

Li Tai was so angry that he threw the teacup to the ground.

Chai Lingwu and Fang Yiai looked at each other.

The King of Wei was usually gentle and polite, and rarely lost his temper like this.

It seems that the prince's affairs really irritated the King of Wei.

Chai Lingwu said first: "Don't worry, King Wei. The prince's move is aimed at military power. But military power is not so easy to get."

"Now that the country is stable and at peace, why would the prince want military power? Could it be that he wants to... uh... do something treasonous?"

"In my opinion, the fact that the Crown Prince has been hiding for so many years and is suddenly exposed is actually a good thing for the King of Wei, because it will not bring anything to the Crown Prince, but will only arouse suspicion from His Majesty."

Li Tai's expression softened slightly.

After Chai Lingwu finished speaking, he looked at Fang Yiai, indicating that he should say a few words as well.

Fang Yiai said carelessly: "Don't worry, King Wei. My father is familiar with most of the generals in the army. Many of them were introduced to Your Majesty by my father."

"My father will definitely not allow them to join the Crown Prince's army."

After a pause, he said proudly, "My father told me yesterday that he proposed to His Majesty, and His Majesty has agreed to marry Princess Gaoyang to me."

Li Tai's eyes lit up: "This is serious."

Fang Yiai said: "My father told me this himself last night."

This is good news for King Wei.

Everyone knows that among his father's many daughters, he loves Princess Gaoyang the most, even more than himself.

Now that Princess Gaoyang has married Fang Yiai, it means she is on his side.

No matter how powerful the prince is, can he be more powerful than his father?
All Gao Yang needs to do is say a few good words for himself to the emperor, and the emperor will surely be more inclined towards him.

Thinking of this, Li Tai suddenly felt much happier.

"Someone, take away the tea and serve the wine!"

Fang Yiai grinned, he felt that the King of Wei valued him.

Chai Lingwu hesitated to speak.

He originally wanted to talk about the relationship between Bing Si and the Eastern Palace, but he didn't want to ruin King Wei's mood.

Forget it, let’s talk about it tomorrow.
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Daming Palace, Taiye Pool.

Li Shimin was boating.

When the Xuanwu Gate Incident happened, Li Yuan was here, so he could not hear the sound of fighting at the Xuanwu Gate.

"Father, I don't want to marry Fang Yiai."

"I asked someone about it. He is a pure warrior. He has not inherited any of his father's scholarly character at all."

"I want to marry a man who is full of knowledge and has a scholarly air."

"If it was his eldest brother Fang Yizhi, I could barely accept it, but not him, absolutely not."

"Father, please agree to my request and change the person."

Princess Gaoyang was holding Li Shimin's hand and acting coquettishly.

In the past, as long as it was like this, her father would agree to anything she asked.

She thought it would be the same this time.

But this time, she was going to be disappointed.

"Don't mess around. I have already promised Xuanling, and the engagement has been finalized. Do you want me to go back on my word?"

After that, Li Shimin gently advised: "I have asked people to check. Although Fang Yiai likes martial arts, he is upright and rarely goes to places of prostitution. If you marry him, you will definitely not be wronged."

Princess Gaoyang was speechless. She rarely went there, but she still went.

"Father, I don't want to get married. I just want to stay with you."

"I can obey you on other matters, except this one."

Li Shimin's tone was very firm.

(End of this chapter)