Tang Dynasty: The pot is tied to the duck nest, the little rhinoceros is here!

"No way, you've been there so many times, but I've never been even once. I want to go."

"Since you want to go, you should hurry up and go to sleep. You can dream about anything and have anything come true..."

Princess Gaoyang: "..."

Just as Jiang Fan was thinking about how to start the conversation, Empress Zhangsun came over with Chengyang and Li Lizhi.

At this moment, Empress Zhangsun changed into a dress and carried a fashionable handbag. She was incredibly charming, and Li Shimin was stunned.

Empress Zhangsun noticed the two children arguing and gently pulled Xiao Sizi and Gao Yang closer to her:

"You two stop fooling around. You've already eaten and drunk enough, why are you bothering your brother Jiang Fan?"

Princess Gaoyang quickly explained, "No, Mother, I didn't mean to trouble Brother Jiang Fan."

I want to help, like my older sister and Chengyang, and do what I can to help Brother Jiang Fan.

"Sizi is too young to do anything, so it's more suitable for me to go!"

Upon hearing this, Little Sizi immediately raised her little fist in protest, saying, "Isn't that polite, Sister?"

Princess Gaoyang: "What's wrong with being impolite once, as long as I can go with Brother Jiang Fan?"

Little Sizi: "..." He was completely stumped.

Empress Zhangsun spoke up, "Both of you, sit down!"

Little Sizi timidly said, "Mother, can I...can I stand? I don't want to sit, I'm afraid my darling will run away without me..."

Princess Gaoyang chimed in, "Mother, my... bottom hurts, I can't sit down anymore..."

Jiang Fan: "..."

Left with no other option, Empress Zhangsun turned her attention to Li Shimin, putting pressure on him.

Li Shimin immediately understood, and feigning authority, addressed Princess Gaoyang and Xiao Sizi:

"Neither of you are going to sit, huh? Fine, then you two go dig the floor for me."

The potatoes and sweet potatoes in the field have just sprouted; it's time to weed.

Upon hearing this, Princess Gaoyang immediately returned to her seat, instantly transforming into a well-behaved child, and asked him to help her weed.

No way, it's so hot outside, I'd get tanned like a little black girl.

Little Sizi seemed somewhat intrigued by the mention of weeding, and looked at Li Shimin with a serious expression, asking:

"Grandpa, I helped you weed, will you give me some money? I can't work for you for free, can I?"

Since a few days ago, when Jiang Fan got some gold cakes from Li Er and took Xiao Sizi to sell a batch, which brought in a lot of money, Xiao Sizi has started to recognize gold cakes as money.

"What? You still want your wages?"

"Mmm, mmm, I don't need much, just two boxes of gold ingots from Grandpa will be fine!"

Li Shimin stumbled, almost losing his balance. What a clever excuse! He only wanted two chests of gold ingots. He truly deserves to be called his leaky little cotton-padded jacket.

Seeing his grandfather's expression, Xiao Sizi thought he hadn't asked for enough, so he spoke up:

"Grandpa, isn't what I asked for too little? If you could give me... five chests of gold ingots... I could accept that too!"

Li Shimin: "We just had two boxes, now we need five. Do you want me to round it up and get you a hundred boxes?"

Little Sizi nodded quickly: "Grandpa is so kind, even a hundred boxes are fine, I'll give them all to Guoguo so he can buy lots and lots of Youyou and then feed me Qi, (^__^) hehe..."

Jiang Fan was stunned when he heard this. A hundred boxes of gold ingots to buy meat? You'd be eating them from the Tang Dynasty to the 21st century!

Finally, Li Lizhi stepped forward, approached Xiao Sizi, and said with a serious expression:

"Sizi, stop fooling around! You're still thinking of using gold coins to buy meat? Your grandparents don't even eat meat themselves; they advocate thrift."

It was all to reduce the tax burden on the people of the Tang Dynasty, and yet you, without a second thought, ask for gold coins? How can you be so unreasonable?

Although Xiao Sizi is mischievous and often provokes Li Lizhi, when Li Lizhi really gets angry, the bloodline suppression from her elder sister is no joke.

Then they saw Little Si lower her head, twist her two little hands together, and mutter softly with her little mouth:

"Sister, don't be so mean to me. When I have some good food, I'll share a little with you, okay?"

"You think you can bribe me? Dream on! Do you think I'm the kind of person who can be bribed by you?"

Little Si nodded: "Sister, it's from last time at Guo Guo's house..."

Li Lizhi: "No... do you have such a good memory?"

Besides, you didn't buy all that delicious meat.

"That was bought by Brother Fan. You only gave it to me because you were too full."

Li Lizhi's words broke Xiao Sizi's defenses. She pouted, and her big, bright eyes welled up with tears.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Fan panicked and quickly went over to pick up the little Sizi.

She gently comforted him, "Your sister was just joking with you, why did you take it so seriously? Don't cry, don't cry, you won't be pretty if you cry and your face is all messed up!"

You know what, Jiang Fan's words completely cleared the tears from Xiao Sizi's eyes.

In particular, the line "If you cry your face off, you won't be pretty" hit Xiao Sizi right where it hurt, so she immediately stopped crying.

Because Xiao Sizi is really worried that if she's not pretty anymore, her boyfriend won't want her anymore, so she can hold back her tears.

Seeing this, Li Lizhi said softly to Jiang Fan, "Brother Fan, you don't need to protect her."

She's the type to get out of control and cause trouble if she's not disciplined for three days straight; she needs to be taught a lesson to behave!

"No need, no need, okay? Sister, you made a mistake, alright?"

Li Lizhi didn't expect that Xiao Sizi would immediately back down and say soft words; this was not like her at all.

Just then, Zhang Anan rushed in from outside, walked to Li Shimin's side, and whispered, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. General Qin is critically ill, I'm afraid..."

"What? Qin Shubao is critically ill? What happened?"

"Your Majesty is unaware of the specifics, but a messenger from General Qin's household has informed us that the head of the household is critically ill and may not live much longer. Would Your Majesty wish to visit him?"

"Go, we must go! Qin Shubao is one of my most trusted ministers, who has rendered me great service. It is my fault that he has fallen into such a state; I have not shown him enough care. Hurry, let's go to his residence!"

Li Shimin was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and grabbed Jiang Fan's arm: "Jiang Fan, quick, come with your uncle to see Qin Shubao. If he can still be saved, I hope you will lend a hand!"

"Qin Shubao? Qin Qiong? The Great Tang Door God? What happened to him?"

Zhang Anan whispered from the side, "Just now, someone from the Qin residence came and said that General Qin is critically ill and may not live much longer."

"That can't be right. Although Qin Qiong's health declined significantly in his later years, he should still have four years to live. He shouldn't be critically ill at this time, right? Could something have changed?"

Hearing Jiang Fan's words, Li Shimin was slightly moved, but in order to save people, he didn't have time to ask any more questions and pulled Jiang Fan away.