Chapter 241: Eight years old?
It must be said that luncheon meat can be regarded as a memory of Li Xiang’s childhood.

At that time, not only luncheon meat, but even instant noodles were rare and valuable things.

As we all know, the patient meal back then was instant noodles with a poached egg.

Li Xiang asked Fubao to get two cooks from the restaurant to prepare luncheon meat and other foods to test whether the clay pot canned food was feasible.

After arranging the affairs, the baby elephant returned to the Royal Stadium.

In the box, only the three brothers Da Lizi and their families were left.

Since Li Xiang did not come here, Pei Xueqing did not like to join in the fun, so she did not come either.

Li Xiang originally thought that Old Li was in the palace, but unexpectedly, Li Chengqian told him that Old Li actually went to the restaurant.

This made Li Xiang very angry. Okay, okay, you’re going to the restaurant to eat without inviting me, right?
"What were you doing so secretly?" Li Tai glanced at Li Xiaoxiang with his side eyes, and he could even watch the game with his other eye.

"Pei Shouyue is going to sail, so prepare some food that is easy to store for him." Li Xiang said with a smile, "It tastes good, so when it's ready, let Second Uncle have a taste."

"Oh, you're only letting your second uncle taste it?" Li Chengqian was immediately displeased.

"Of course I can't forget my beloved Aye and my uncle." Li Xiang said honestly.

"Yeah." Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction.

"It's open, it's open!" Li Zhi suddenly shouted, "The horse race has begun... Big brother, second brother, who do you think will win?"

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the two of them stood up instantly, stretching their necks to watch.

Li Tai was nearsighted and couldn't see clearly, and Li Chengqian's action was purely a conditioned reflex.

Li Xiang also stretched his neck to look, and saw that the knights and their beloved horses were already lined up on the track not far away.

Perhaps... these knights can also be called Hermes.

"Are the people on track number one from our Guanzhong Road?" Li Chengqian suddenly asked.

"Yes, it seems to be from the Black Armor Army." Li Zhi replied, and took out a booklet from his waist, dipped his tongue in it, flipped through the pages and searched carefully, then said, "Well, Song Lin from the Black Armor Army, joined the army in the third year of Wude, once followed Aye to capture the two kings in a battle at Wulao Pass, and is now a captain of the Black Armor Army, and his current mount is the Snow-Treading Black Horse."

"Uncle Yao, what is this?" Li Xiang asked curiously.

"You don't understand this, do you?" Li Zhi said with some satisfaction, "This is the life story of these horse racers that I prepared for my uncle. As the saying goes, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. If you are not prepared, how can you win money?"

Damn, uncle, you are a bit of a genius.

"That's right, Zhinu came here well prepared." Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at each other. They were not so well prepared.

"I'm betting on that Uighur Tumidu." Li Chengqian pointed at a Uighur knight not far away and said, "Look at his blue horse, it looks like it can run."

"Then I'll bet on Zhishishili." Li Tai touched his belly and said, "Zhishishili grew up on horseback, there's no reason for him to lose to these two."

"What about you, Zhinu?" After the two of them selected the good person, they looked at Li Zhi.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi smiled and said confidently: "I think Song Lin will definitely win."

"Why?" The two looked at each other, wondering why Li Zhi said that.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi just smiled mysteriously and didn't answer any more questions.

"Uncle Yao seems to have a lot of experience in horse racing?" Li Xiang asked with a smile.

"Of course, I don't have many hobbies in my life, and this is one of them." Li Zhi patted his chest and said complacently: "Even if you get a group of rabbits, I can guess the order!"

Li Xiang: …

Fine.

At the same time, the starter's voice was heard from the stadium.

"Everyone is in his place——"

"preparation--"

Accompanied by the sound of a clear gong, the knights waved their whips and began to gallop on their horses.

At the beginning, Tumidu was the first to take the lead, but as time went on, Zhishishili jumped ahead.

Li Chengqian yelled, "Tumidu! Run as fast as you can for me!"

"What are you talking about!" Li Tai was not to be outdone and shouted loudly: "General Zhishi! Hurry up!"

However, the two men in the box did not say anything, and they were too far away from the two knights, so the sound could not reach their ears at all.

On the contrary, Li Zhi sat aside with a calm look, eating pistachios contentedly.

"Uncle Yao, what are you doing?" Li Xiang asked curiously.

"What's the hurry?" Li Zhi shook his head. "Young man, you need to be able to sit still. You can't have an iron mouth, steel teeth, and a wooden butt."

As he spoke, Li Zhi turned his gaze to Li Chengqian and Li Tai who were still jumping up and down.

Sure enough, not long after, Tumidu began to run out of strength and fell behind Zhishishili, unable to overtake him.

Just when everyone thought that Zhishisili was going to win the championship, a black figure suddenly slipped past him.

"The first place in the preliminary round has been announced!" The new host Ma Zhou shouted loudly in the center: "The first place in the horse racing 100-meter run preliminary round is Song Lin from Guannei Road. Let's congratulate him!"

As Ma Zhou spoke, Song Lin raised his hand high and waved vigorously at the crowd around him.

However...what he didn't expect was that almost no one cheered for him.

Song Lin was as confused as a monk, he could not imagine that these people who did not cheer for him almost all bought Zhishisi Li or Tumi Du.

Who the hell could have thought that the Black Armor Army could emerge as a sudden force and win!
"Hey..." Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Okay, one thousand strings of cash. I'll have someone send it to your house tomorrow."

"Me too." Li Tai said with a bitter face.

Now that they have done more business with Li Xiang, Li Chengqian and Li Tai are not short of money anymore.

If this one thousand strings of cash was given in the 16th year of Zhenguan, not to mention Li Chengqian, even Li Tai would have thought it was not a small sum.

However, today, a few years later, just one short year has passed, and Li Chengqian and Li Tai's horizons have broadened to such a level.

Li Zhi was different. Whether it was the 16th year of Zhenguan or today, one Kun year later, he felt that one thousand strings of cash was not a small amount.

Old King Jin is so afraid of being poor that he dares not spend a penny!
When Li Zhi thought about receiving one million Kaiyuan Tongbao coins the next day or the day after tomorrow, he felt that his eyes were about to turn into round holes.

"Thank you, thank you, big brother." Li Zhi said happily.

Li Zhi was very happy, but others were not so happy.

But after all, this is the Tang Dynasty Royal Stadium, and there are dignitaries everywhere, so the audience doesn't dare to swear.

What's more, the one who made them lose money was a general and the other was the leader of the Uighurs. Who would dare to swear?
How did that saying come from? The camera knows the etiquette, and the nine clans also know this on their belts.

Li Xiang stood nearby and felt a little emotional. He really was worthy of being called the old silver coin uncle.

No wonder he has the last laugh, this opportunity always falls on those who are prepared.

Of course, Li Xiang was lamenting about horse racing, not the throne. After all, Li Zhi was not really prepared for the throne, and it just fell on him. You tell me, with an older brother who was the crown prince and a younger brother who was doted on by his father, who could have thought that the throne would suddenly fall on his head one day?

So this person knows nothing. He first looks at fate, then luck, then feng shui, and fourthly, the name.

After the horse racing, the next activity was horse riding and archery. Li Xiang did not stay here, but chose to go home.

There was nothing worth watching in the preliminaries, and things like horseback archery... after all, lack of confrontation.

If the two of them rode on horses and fought each other with real swords and guns, Li Xiang would definitely stay and watch carefully to see who could shoot the other through a hundred transparent holes.

But shooting at a target isn't that interesting.

After saying goodbye to Li Chengqian, his two uncles, his mother and aunts, Li Xiang prepared to leave.

Just when he was about to leave, he saw Li Jue winking at him.

"Father, let me take my brother back." Li Xiang understood and said to Li Chengqian, "I haven't been with my brother for a long time. It's a good opportunity for us two brothers to improve our relationship."

"Okay." Li Chengqian had no objection. It was a good thing for brothers to be in harmony.

Li Xin was not in this box. He was with Li Jingren and others, so Li Xiang did not take him with him.

Li Xiang carried Li Jue and slipped out of the box like a gust of wind.

"Why, don't you like watching?" After walking outside, Li Xiang pinched Li Jue's little fat face with a smile.

"It's not that I don't like watching it, I just feel that we have nothing in common." Li Jue curled his lips and said, "When my mother and my second aunt and my youngest aunt were chatting, I couldn't get a word in; when my father-in-law and my second uncle and my youngest uncle were chatting, I couldn't get a word in either."

"That's true." Li Xiang reached out and rubbed Li Jue's head: "How about I take you to meet Jingren and the others tomorrow."

"No." Li Jue hugged Li Xiang's waist and said with a smile: "I will stay with my brother."

"This silly boy." Li Xiang laughed and rubbed Li Jue's head with his hand: "Come on, come back to the palace with me. The peach blossoms are in full bloom now. Let your sister-in-law make you some peach blossom cakes."

"Great! I want to eat peach blossom pastry!" Li Jue jumped and shouted.

After all, children have no resistance to sweets, especially Li Jue, who is only seven or eight years old.

Although he was six years old in actual age, according to the age convention of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue should be eight years old.

Li Xiang's eyes widened as he watched Li Jue devour a large plate of peach blossom pastry like whirlwind.

He's eight years old?
You are really...

"Brother, let me tell you a joke." Li Xiang said.

"Okay, I want to listen." Li Jue said with a smile.

"On July 20th of the 13th year of Zhenguan, there was a loud thunder, and wow - the rice bucket beside the Lord of Heaven was missing." Li Xiang made an exaggerated wow gesture.

"Hey? Where did the bucket of rice go?" Li Jue asked in a confused manner. He had not yet realized the trap in Li Xiang's words.

"Isn't this how I was reborn?" Feng Yingying looked at Li Jue with pity: "This silly child, he has forgotten that he was born in the 13th year of Zhenguan..."

I thought I was pretty stupid, but I didn't expect this brother-in-law to be even more stupid than me...

"Wow, big brother!" Li Jue was immediately unhappy: "Look at Sister Feng, she said I was a stupid child!"

"Silly child..." Li Xiang reached out and rubbed Li Jue's head: "How could you be a silly child?"

Li Jue: …

Thank you, brother!
"I don't want to play with you anymore!" Li Jue said angrily, crossing his arms across his chest, looking like he would cry in front of you if you didn't coax me.

Li Xiang didn't try to coax him. He just thought the kid was fun, and acted like a post-00s parent playing with his child.

"Brother, how can you treat your uncle like this?" Pei Xueqing spoke at the right time with a gentle voice.

She took out a few more pieces of pastries from the side, put them on a plate and pushed them to Li Jue.

Li Jue's eyes lit up and he was about to get it.

As a result, Li Xiang took the plate away.

"Sister-in-law! Look at him!" Li Jue said sobbingly.

"Brother!" Pei Xueqing said helplessly.

Li Xiang sighed and handed the plate to Li Jue: "Alas, you have spoiled this child. Eating too much of this is not good for the body."

I'm still wondering in my heart, what should we do if we have children in the future? Won't we be spoiled by you?

"Who said I want to eat it myself? I'm taking it back for my mother. Shame on you, brother!" Li Jue was still talking, holding the peach blossom cake in his arms, and his mouth was still unforgiving: "After getting married, you actually want your sister-in-law to call you brother, shame on you——"

The result was that Li Xiang slapped him on the butt several times.

This time Li Jue didn't cry, but giggled instead.

A bit skinny...

When he returned to the East Palace in the evening, he happily talked to Li Chengqian and his wife about the issue of how Li Xiang and his wife addressed each other.

After hearing this, Su Yi covered her mouth and chuckled.

"You are still young, you don't understand yet."

"What don't I understand?" Li Jue looked up in disbelief, "I know a lot, okay!"

As he said this, he took out the remaining pieces of peach blossom cake from his arms.

"Mother, try it too. This is the peach blossom cake made by my sister-in-law. It's really delicious."

"Well, Jue'er is thoughtful." Li Chengqian reached out and rubbed Li Jue's head: "In the past, Lu Ji carried oranges, and now my son carries peach blossom cakes to honor his parents. He is really a filial son!"

Who would have thought that after hearing this, Li Jue suddenly said, "No, it's to honor my mother. I didn't bring any for my father..."

Li Chengqian's hands froze when he heard this.

He took a deep breath, pointed outside the door and said angrily: "Get out of here!"

Li Jue also noticed that Li Chengqian's anger was rising. Without saying a word, he turned around and ran away, regretting that his mother had not given him two more legs.

While people in the Eastern Palace were laughing and joking, Li Xiang was summoned by Li Shimin to the Lizheng Hall.

The little elephant is regretting now. He is extremely regretful.

Why did you agree to live in Wude Hall? Now it's so close to Lizheng Hall. What do you think about this old Li...

There was no choice. The situation was stronger than the person, so Li Xiang had to comfort Xiao Yourong, whose mouth was full of anger, and went to the Lizheng Hall in his slippers.

In the Lizheng Hall, Old Li was lighting a lamp, holding a memorial in his hand, and frowning as he read it.

There is no other reason. This memorial was submitted by Li Simo tonight.

It's a long and rambling piece, and I don't know who wrote it. The whole article is about 2,000 to 3,000 words, but after condensing it, it can be summarized in two or three sentences.

(End of this chapter)