Chapter 249: So beautiful, how old is she?
Li Xiang was really surprised at his sixth uncle's magnanimity.

He thought that Li Yin would most likely have a fight with Old Li, but he didn't expect it to be like this?

It must be said that Li Xiang actually found this stupid guy quite interesting.

At least there's nothing uncomfortable about getting along with him. He doesn't have any bad intentions, he's just a little bit silly.

But the mistake was directed at Li Shimin, so what does it have to do with Li Xiang?

So it’s better to let Grandpa suffer and let Uncle Six take the beating.

Li Xiang is not very interested in games like polo.

As a person of later generations, he was not enthusiastic about this kind of sport and at most just watched it for fun.

The people from Guannei Road were a bit ruthless, but fortunately, they adhered to the attitude of a country of etiquette, and their bang bang bang were all aimed at the horses, without causing any harm to people.

The Xueyantuo people wanted to fight back, but since this was the Tang Dynasty's home court, they could only endure it.

Fortunately, Li Shimin issued an order that no dirty tricks were allowed. Actions such as targeting people or horses must be prohibited, and this behavior gradually disappeared from the arena.

Friendship comes first, competition comes second, why do we have to fight like that?

It is understandable that Lao Li gave such an order.

After all, throughout history, Li Shimin is a well-known Hermes.

Nowadays, horse lovers are not as crazy as cat and dog lovers in later generations, and horses do play a big role.

Even if a horse cannot go to the battlefield, it can still be used to pull things.

It's normal for someone like Lao Li, who comes from a cavalry background, to hate to see these prodigal sons harming the war horses.

After watching two polo matches, Li Xiang was brought back to Lizheng Hall by Li Shimin.

Li Yin originally wanted to follow, but was glared back by Li Shimin.

When I walked back to Lizheng Hall, I happened to see Concubine Yang there.

After Li Xiang greeted him, Li Shimin cleared his throat and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Aren't I here to accept punishment from Your Majesty?" Concubine Yang gave Li Shimin a charming look.

After hearing this, Lao Li coughed twice and said, "Let's talk about the punishment later. I'll talk to Xiang'er about some serious business first, and then I'll deal with you later!"

"Yes." Concubine Yang happily retreated to the side hall, and before leaving, she threw a bundle of autumn spinach to Lao Li.

Li Xiang is no longer the little boy he used to be, and he has some understanding of this matter.

"Aunt, that's great." He gave a thumbs up.

"Ahem, don't let your imagination run wild." Li Shimin said seriously, "Your sixth uncle made a mistake. Now that he is old, I can't beat him up. But as the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. If a child is not well-educated, it is the mother's fault. The son's debt must be paid by the mother. I may have to settle the score with Concubine Yang!"

"Yeah." Li Xiang nodded hurriedly to save face for Old Li.

"What does the old man want to talk to me about?" he asked again.

Hearing this, a teasing smile immediately appeared on Lao Li's face.

"Ha, that's right." He looked Li Xiang up and down. "Didn't you tell me before that you didn't like Lian Qiao's type? Why did your aunt tell me that she wanted to send Lian Qiao to your Wude Hall to be a concubine?"

Li Xiang opened his mouth and said helplessly: "I have to accept it, my aunt forced it into my mouth..."

"Nonsense!" Old Li raised his eyebrows. "You kid, you really don't know what's good for you. You don't know how to appreciate the blessings you have! You should be happy that you have such a good aunt. Sizi is so supportive of you. Look at you, you don't know how to appreciate a good person. It's really sad!"

"Why do you make me sound like Lu Dongbin?" Li Xiang sighed.

"Who is Lu Dongbin?" Old Li was stunned.

"No one." Li Xiang chose to change the subject: "Then pick a good day and let Lian Qiao marry into the family. I've asked my elder sister, and she has no objection."

“Well, we should still take our granddaughter-in-law’s opinion seriously.” Old Li nodded. After all, in addition to Hermès, he is also a famous husband-loving man.

Emperors in history include Liu Xun and Xu Pingjun, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, all of which are famous couples.

"Don't worry, old man. Your granddaughter-in-law is well-educated, gentle and virtuous. How could she have any objections?" Li Xiang put his hands on his hips, looking complacent.

"You bastard!" Li Shimin blew his beard and glared, "No matter how considerate a woman is, she will have a grudge against this kind of thing. It's just that for the sake of our Tang Empire, she had no choice but to do it!"

"So your grandma had no choice but to choose a woman for you?" Li Xiang asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Nonsense, what woman is willing to share her husband with other women?" Li Shimin snorted, "That's why we should cherish such good women, do you understand? Husbands and wives should understand each other and not take everything for granted. Only in this way can the relationship between the two last long."

"I understand, Uncle." Li Xiang said with a smile.

Of course he understood this logic. Think about Awu in history, uh... he achieved a double kill of his sister and niece.

"Hmm..." Li Shimin thought for a moment, then said, "How about this, I will issue an edict later to confer the title of Lady of Lu on Pei Xueqing's biological mother, which can be regarded as compensation for her."

"Okay, old man, you are very considerate." Li Xiang said with a smile.

As soon as he said this, he got kicked in the butt.

"You said that you are not learning your lesson day by day, so you are just like your sixth uncle and doing bad things, right?" Old Li pointed at Li Xiang's nose and scolded.

"I am here to thank you, Grandfather, on behalf of my sister." Li Xiang said with a smile, "How about you, Grandfather, please... no, I will kowtow to you?"

Tulu was almost wrong in what he said, but fortunately Li Xiang corrected it in time, otherwise a meal of corn stew would have been inevitable.

"Look at your lack of ambition, have you eaten bee shit?" Old Li glared, "Go, go, go, don't disturb my peace, go back and tell your sister the good news. The day after tomorrow, I will let Lian Qiao enter the Wude Hall, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied!" Li Xiang laughed.

"Go!" Li Shimin waved his hand impatiently.

"Okay, old man." Li Xiang turned around and ran away, without taking a cloud with him.

Looking at Li Xiang's back, Li Shimin shook his head and laughed.

This silly boy is lucky to have found such a good wife.

Somehow, Li Shimin suddenly remembered the scene when Empress Zhangsun suddenly appeared at Xuanwu Gate and personally brought food to comfort the soldiers.

Ugh……

If they were in the same situation, I'm sure Xiang'er and his grandson's wife would also...

Bah! Don't think like that.

Old Li stopped his inappropriate thoughts in time. Logically speaking, the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne, so how could he possibly go to Xuanwu Gate?
Not to mention how Old Li was daydreaming in the hall, Li Xiang had already jumped out of the Lizheng Hall.

As soon as he reached the Daji Hall, he was stopped by Luluo.

"Your Highness!"

"Oh, it's Sister Luluo." Li Xiang greeted Luluo.

"Your Highness, the princess has ordered that if I see Your Highness, I will take you there." Luoluo said with a smile.

"Oh, then please lead the way, Sister Luluo." Li Xiang said with a smile.

Luoluo whispered that she didn't dare, and then led Li Xiang to the Sanqing Temple. This was also Li Xiang's little habit. After all, he came from the future, and politeness was engraved in his bones.

Of course, it was precisely because of this little habit that he was loved by everyone in the palace.

When they arrived at the Sanqing Temple, Luluo turned around and retreated.

"Aunt." Li Xiang shouted loudly, lifted the curtain and walked in.

When I went in, I saw Li Mingda taking a nap with his chin resting on his hand, with piles of books under his arm.

Li Xiang walked over and saw Li Mingda still dozing off, so he became annoyed.

He pulled a hair from his head, held one end, moved closer to Li Mingda, and gently stroked her nose.

Li Mingda was irritated and sneezed, spraying saliva all over Li Xiang's face.

"Hiss..." Li Mingda woke up sniffing. Seeing Li Xiang's embarrassed face, he couldn't help but chuckle with his hands covering his mouth.

"You little elephant, you are being naughty again. Is this okay now?"

Li Xiang wiped his face with his sleeve and complained: "Who would have thought that my aunt would sneeze? Ugh... so dirty."

"Well, you little elephant, you actually dislike your aunt because she is dirty!" Li Mingda stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Xiang's ear: "I see that you dislike your aunt!"

"No, how could that be possible?" Li Xiang said with a smile. His ear didn't hurt at all, and Li Mingda was reluctant to twist him hard.

Hearing Li Xiang's words, Li Mingda loosened his hand and snorted, "I still think of you when I have good things to do. Lian Qiao has been with me for seven or eight years, and I sent her to your bed without blinking an eye. Look at yourself again, how can you be decent!"

"No, no, no, aunt, I was wrong." Li Xiang quickly apologized.

"Humph." Li Mingda's eyebrows relaxed and he turned around and called out, "Lian Qiao."

"Here." Lian Qiao walked out of a nearby room, followed by two young girls.

"Who are these two?" Li Xiang asked, pointing at the two new palace maids.

"These two are the new maids in the Sanqing Temple. One is Caiwei and the other is Diluo." Li Mingda introduced them to Li Xiang and rolled his eyes at him: "You poached my Lianqiao, how can I not add two new ones?"

Li Mingda prefers quietness and doesn't like too many people around him, so on weekdays he has only two personal maids around him, one is Luluo and the other is Lianqiao.

Lian Qiao is about to marry Li Xiang, and Luo Luo will also leave the palace and get married in a few years, so naturally two new palace maids will be needed to surround them.

However, judging from Luoluo's expression, it seems that she doesn't want to leave the palace and wants to stay with Li Mingda all the time.

Li Xiang was secretly complaining in his heart, how come I dug it out and you didn’t stuff it in?

But I couldn't say these words after all, firstly because I was afraid of hurting my aunt, and secondly because I was worried about hurting Lian Qiao's feelings.

"Aunt still loves me." Li Xiang could only deceive her.

Li Mingda did not answer, but just said: "Caiwei, Dill, take out the sweater I knitted, and let Lianqiao take our prince to the side room to try it out to see if it fits."

"Do I need to try it? If it's made by my aunt, it will definitely fit me." Li Xiang said, patting his chest.

"Whether clothes fit or not, you have to try them on to know." Li Mingda rolled his eyes at him in reproach: "You just say auspicious words to please people. If the clothes don't fit, you will be the one who suffers, not me."

"Then I'll try." Li Xiang said with gritted teeth.

Soon, Caiwei and Dill came back with the sweaters.

"Go." Li Mingda patted Li Xiang on the shoulder.

Li Xiang coughed twice and followed Lian Qiao into the side hall.

Whether or not to say it, the atmosphere becomes rapidly more awkward when they are alone together.

"Your Highness, please undress." Lian Qiao said, trying to suppress her shyness.

Li Xiang took off his outer robe and then his shirt, revealing his muscular body.

When Lian Qiao saw Li Xiang's figure, her neck turned red and she felt as if steam was coming out of her head due to shyness.

Seeing Lian Qiao like this, Li Xiang felt happy. Since she was his chosen lady anyway, he didn't keep his hands back and touched Lian Qiao's neck.

Li Xiang stroked Lian Qiao's little face with his big fingers and asked with a smile, "She's so pretty. How old are you?"

He felt a little strange when he asked, but after he made sure that no one was singing the Sun Shooting Song, the strange feeling in Li Xiang's heart disappeared.

"Your Highness, I am two years older than the princess." Lian Qiao replied with her head down.

"Oh, she doesn't look like that." Li Xiang said with a smile, "She looks more like my sister."

Lian Qiao lowered her head and said nothing.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Li Xiang smiled and said, "Help me get dressed."

"Yes." Lian Qiao nodded quickly in agreement.

However, it took Lian Qiao a long time to put on the sleeves, and in her panic, she almost failed to put the sleeves over Li Xiang's head.

"Look at you, if I hadn't noticed it in time, the sleeve would have passed through my head." Li Xiang teased.

"I know I was wrong." Lian Qiao apologized quickly.

"What maid? You will be my good wife in the future, so you should call yourself 'concubine'." Li Xiang said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness." Lian Qiao responded, glanced at Li Xiang, and then said: "Your Highness, even when wearing this sweater, you can't hide your heroic spirit..."

"Wow, I'm the same as a banana, a parrot." Li Xiang made a little joke, and then said: "This dress fits me well. Let's go out and let Auntie take a look."

"Yes."

After the two walked out, they were greeted by Li Mingda's strange look.

"What are you two doing in there? Why are you so slow?" Li Mingda asked suspiciously.

"Lian Qiao was a little nervous and put the wrong clothes on me." Li Xiang said helplessly: "Look at this sleeve, it's on my head, hahahaha..."

"Guji..." Li Mingda chuckled and looked at Lian Qiao helplessly: "You haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already so nervous when you see Xiang'er. On your wedding night, won't you be so excited that you'll faint?"

After saying that, he looked at Li Xiang again.

"Well, he can be considered a handsome man." She nodded and commented on Li Xiang.

"What are you talking about? Isn't my nephew a handsome man?" Li Xiang was unhappy.

Li Mingda replied with a smile: "Of course, there is no man better than Xiang'er in the world."

"Really?" Li Xiang laughed.

"Of course I'm serious." Li Mingda nodded and smiled.

"Even Grandpa is not allowed?" Li Xiang asked more and more.

"Well, you still have a long way to go." Li Mingda chose to tell the truth, stretched out his two hands, and gestured a long distance: "Look, you still have this far to go, come on."

(End of this chapter)