Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 319 Brother Liu Meets the Pretty Widow
After watching the play and having a meal, the princess naturally went back. After all, it was not too late. She couldn't really stay in Xia Lin's house that night, right? What would happen if this got out?
After returning home, Li Shimin was still wandering outside and had not come back yet, so she sat alone in the hall, lit a lamp and read the Strategies of the Warring States.

But at this moment, how could she concentrate on reading the Chronicles of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty? Her mind was full of the plot of the previous play. The play "Drunken Beating of the Golden Branch" was so interesting that she felt she wanted more just thinking about it.

But as she thought about it, the topic finally turned to "Brother Liu's chance encounter with a pretty widow", which made her laugh out loud again.

Just at this moment Li Shimin also hurried back, holding a roast chicken wrapped in oil paper in his hand. As soon as he entered the door, before he could open his mouth, he saw his sister sitting at the table, staring at a copy of The Strategies of the Warring States, and laughing so hard that her face turned red.

At that time, Li Shimin was still wondering, what passage in the Warring States Policy could make people so happy? Thinking carefully, it seems that there is no such passage. The whole passage is "Now Zhaoxian is not the ruler, but the ruler ordered the prime minister to go; if the king is in Yangdi, who would the ruler order to go?" Zhou Jun said: Good. So he stopped his journey. "How can such content be funny?
He walked over quietly, but obviously disturbed his sister. Princess Pingyang changed her expression in front of him in a second.

After seeing this scene, Li Shimin realized that his sister was not laughing at the book but at the person.

"Sister, are you still expressing your feelings today?"

"Nothing more." Princess Pingyang put down the book in her hand and said, "Don't come up with such ideas next time. It's boring."

"My brother knows..."

Although he said yes and no, Li Shimin was actually worried about his sister in his heart. She was smiling so happily just now, but now she was saying something boring. He had known his sister for more than 20 years, but how come he didn't know that she was so hypocritical.

The next morning, Princess Pingyang went out early. This time Li Shimin was cautious. He did not ask but followed his sister from a distance. Then he saw her sitting at a table outside a small shop on the street. On the other side of the table was Xia Lin.

You have to know that my sister is a decent daughter, she would never eat such dirty food in such a dirty place, but today she obviously ate a lot, three buns, a bowl of rice noodles and a big bowl of soy milk.

While eating, he and Xia Lin chatted very vividly. I don't know how much they had to say. Even though he had never said so much to his younger brother, it made people feel sad.

I don't know what they are talking about to make my sister so happy. Oh my... this bastard is really a sharp-tongued thing.

"Tofu and soy milk are good things. Meat is a rare commodity, but tofu has largely replaced meat." Xia Lin crossed his legs and explained science to the princess without any image: "People have little meat, so they should eat more tofu, otherwise they will get sick."

"Where did you get all those beans?"

"It's from the grassland. It's sold by the grassland. But it's an exclusive product. You can't buy it."

"Ah?" The princess was stunned for a moment: "Is there anything planted on the grassland?"

Xia Lin tilted his head and looked at the princess: "It's been a few years since you last visited the grassland? How many years has it been since Your Highness last visited the grassland?"

"It's been a while. I never thought that things could be grown on the grassland."

The grasslands today are vastly different from what they were before. Since the mutual trade, a large amount of farmland has been reclaimed on the grasslands to grow soybeans. Although not all grasslands are suitable, there is always a place that can be reclaimed. Moreover, they can see that they can get the food, tools, salt and fuel they need by planting crops and mining. Who the hell would be willing to go to war and plunder?

Just two months ago, they discovered another mine, which was a super large semi-open-pit coal mine with excellent quality and large reserves. However, since they did not have the technology to refine and wash the ore, they basically transported the coal from there and processed it into honeycomb coal here and transported it to them.

The freight is indeed a bit expensive, but fuel is really scarce. People on the grassland have long been fed up with having to shiver to keep warm in winter, and children born with weak constitutions would freeze to death. So we would rather change it even if it’s expensive!
In addition, Xia Lin is actually very conscientious in doing business. He would not make money that is not his due. That is why the Khan decided to find Xia Lin when doing business. The things from the grassland would be brought here and then sold several times more. People thought that Xia Lin had a very good conscience.

"Natsuki, I have a question for you."

"Hey." Xia Lin tapped the table with his fingers: "Don't call me that, or you can bring that person with you."

"Why? I think Xia Shu sounds better than Xia Lin. Isn't your pen name Shu Ren? So what if I call you Xia Shu?"

What is it and what is not... But princess, you don’t have a Mercedes, or even an AE86, or you should just have a nice swimsuit, but you don’t have any of them, so why do you call me Natsuki?

"Xia Shu, if you do business with the grassland, aren't you afraid that they will become bigger and stronger?"

"You can't kill off a nation by just killing them. Your Highness, you must remember that the sound of swords and weapons that disturb others' roofs will be repaid on your descendants in the future. I really don't like fighting. I like to stay in one place and develop."

"But even if you become as rich as a country, if a foreign race invades, won't you be just a piece of fish on their chopping board?"

"Hmph." Xia Lin chuckled: "Try it."

Xia Shu's "let's try" was full of courage, which was something Princess Pingyang admired very much about him. He was always confident and reserved.

This made her compare Xia Lin with Chai Shao. Chai Shao was actually quite capable, but he was arrogant and reckless, and he didn't understand romance. This guy, on the other hand, was obviously a playboy, but he was able to make this place so huge and rich by himself.

It would be great if he was willing to go to Chang'an...

"Have you ever thought about going to Chang'an?"

"Go to Chang'an? In what name? You are the son-in-law of the Li family?" Princess Pingyang rolled her eyes and hit him: "You deserve it!"

Li Shimin, who was far away, could not see the content of their conversation, but he could see his sister's expression and movements. At this moment, his heart was broken. What else could this be but flirting?
This scumbag Xia Lin, did he remember that he was married? His wife was still eagerly waiting for him, but he was still flirting with other girls. Damn it! Worse than pigs and dogs!

"Your Highness, I'm not saying anything bad about you. Your brothers and sisters are all very capable, but they are really bad at educating children. It's been like this since the Tang King. They treat raising children like raising poison all day long. How can they raise good people?"

"Are you saying there are no good people among us brothers and sisters?"

"Do you think there are any good people?" Xia Lin stretched out his hand: "Give me your hand."

"What?" The princess immediately looked around nervously: "This is in public..."

"Just give me your hand and it's all over."

Although she was somewhat embarrassed, she was really curious about what Xia Shu was going to do, so she reached out her hand.

Xia Lin took out a small porcelain jar from his pocket, opened it, picked out a little jade green substance that looked like lard, put it on the back of the princess's hand, and then began to spread it on her: "This is a new product, it's antifreeze and moisturizing, and it smells good. The previous antifreeze cream smelled too strong, and it's not suitable for a delicate girl like you."

He held and rubbed her hands, and he even said that she was delicate... Anyway, Princess Pingyang blushed and felt embarrassed.

Li Shimin's sword was almost unsheathed. After all, what he saw was Xia Lin rubbing his sister's hand while talking and laughing, and his sister didn't resist, and even sat there with a red face looking at him...

What a disgrace! What a disgrace!

"Switch to the other hand."

Princess Pingyang obediently stretched out her hand, and she even put the slippery hand under her nose and smelled it: "It smells good, the scent of osmanthus."

"Yeah." Xia Lin continued to rub the princess's hands and said, "Your brothers and sisters are all kind and humble to outsiders, except you. You are too arrogant, which is not good."

"What's wrong with that? Why don't you ask who I am?"

"Who are you? You are the king of heaven, but you are in big trouble." Xia Lin laughed, "Look at your brothers and sisters. They are so eager to kill each other. We are all born of the same parents, but because of the King Tang's method of raising Gu, you brothers and sisters regard each other as enemies."

This time it was the princess' turn to remain silent, because the brothers and sisters were indeed at loggerheads with each other.

"They say that brothers and sisters are the best legacy left by parents. It's really exciting to have them in your family."

"But being born in an emperor..." Princess Pingyang almost let the cat out of the bag, but she quickly stopped and said, "Isn't it always like this?"

"That's because most of them are raising Gu. The problem is that you are not a royal family yet. Your father has been holding back for 20 to 30 years and wants to cause trouble."

After Xia Lin applied the vanishing cream, he took the princess's hand and put it under his nose and smelled it: "Hmm, it smells really good."

The princess pulled her hand back with a look of disgust: "How can there be someone like you? You are so annoying."

"I was complimenting the scent of my vanishing cream, not you."

"Go away, go away." The princess changed the subject and stopped talking about Li Yuan: "Maybe I will go back after the New Year."

"Will you stay a few more days?"

"Let's talk about it then."

At this moment, I could hear some reluctance in her tone. She put one hand on her face, showing some hesitation and helplessness: "I don't know where the Li family will go in the future."

"It's useless even if I say it." Xia Lin laughed. "Well, I've already made an agreement with Er Feng. I'll ask him to let Li Chengqian stay with me next year. The education in my academy is first-class."

"That's fine, but let's talk about it later. What if my father doesn't allow it?"

While they were talking, a man with three or five lackeys came strolling over. Xia Lin turned his head and saw that it was the Third Prince who had disappeared for a long time. He was talking happily to the people around him, including Duke Lu who had been recovering from a beating by Li Shimin for a long time...

"It's a narrow road for enemies, Your Highness. The bastard who scared your intestines to pieces is here."

(End of this chapter)