Chapter 250 Are you worthy of being called the Son of Heaven?

In response to what his aunt said, Li Xiang felt that he needed to work harder.

At least he should be evaluated at a higher level than Aong!
As the saying goes, the waves of Honghu Lake are one after another, and one wave is stronger than the other. No matter what, the old man will be thrown onto the beach.

After leaving Daji Hall, Li Xiang subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

I always feel that Daji Hall is like a den of dragons and tigers. If I come here a few more times, I don’t know what my aunt will give me.

Logically speaking, it should be Xiao Yourong's turn today, but Li Xiang thought about it and decided that the first child should be born to Pei Xueqing, so he canceled the original plan and stayed with Pei Xueqing.

As for opinions...I won't have any anyway.

After dinner, Li Xiang took Pei Xueqing back to the room, ready to talk to her about something else.

Pei Xueqing has good writing skills, and Li Xiang wants to give her some outlines so that she can continue writing the novel.

It’s not that Li Xiang wants to start a money-making business, nor is it that he is bored, but he plans to carry two people.

As a quasi-politician, all public actions have political purposes.

One was his nominal teacher and ancestor, Laozi Li Er; the other was Jiang Shang, who assisted King Wen and King Wu in establishing the Zhou Dynasty, which lasted for 800 years.

The former person was nominated for the purpose of future religious confrontation; the latter person was nominated for the purpose of achieving a balance between civil and military affairs.

"Brother, do you want me to write this...strange tales and legends?" Pei Xueqing asked uncertainly, sitting in front of the desk.

Legendary novels actually emerged during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. For example, Gan Bao's "Soushen Ji" is one of them. It was carried forward in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Nan Ke Yi Meng, Huang Liang Yi Meng, and Liu Yi Zhuan appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the most famous of them is the prototype of "The West Chamber", "The Story of Yingying" created by Yuan Zhen.

The Tang Dynasty not only had Tang poetry, but also Tang legends.

In this era, legends were not as prosperous as they were in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. They were still in the initial stage and generally could not break away from the legacy of the Six Dynasties.

"Yes." Li Xiang said with a smile: "My literary talent is not very good. I only remember the general idea of ​​the story I read from the teacher. The specific polishing work has to be handed over to my sister."

Seeing Pei Xueqing still hesitating, Li Xiang stood behind her, put his hands on Pei Xueqing's shoulders, leaned down and said: "Sister, you are kind-hearted and smart, so a simple strange story novel is definitely not a problem for you."

"Since you said so, I'll give it a try." Pei Xueqing was fooled by Li Xiang and it was difficult to refuse, so she could only agree: "If my writing talent is not to your liking, please don't laugh at me."

"How could this be possible!" Li Xiang immediately cried out for justice.

"Well, then tell me the general plot." Pei Xueqing said again.

Li Xiang took a pen and wrote down the outline of the first five chapters on paper, trying to make it as detailed as possible.

He even didn't forget to change Huang Feihu's title. The title of King Wucheng was too big, and this fictional character couldn't suppress it at all.

"Is this... the official system of the Shang Dynasty?" Pei Xueqing looked at Li Xiang suspiciously.

"Hey, we're not writing this for the purpose of verification, we just want ordinary people to understand it." Li Xiang said indifferently.

"Yeah." Pei Xueqing didn't say much. Whatever Li Xiang said was it.

Finally, she was able to help Li Xiang, and she was actually very happy in her heart.

"Oh, by the way, sister." Li Xiang suddenly said, "Grandfather just said that he wants to make my aunt the Lady of Lu."

"Wagu" is used by the husband to refer to his wife's mother.

"Er Ya": "The wife's father is her maternal uncle, and her mother is her maternal aunt."

As for the titles of father-in-law and mother-in-law, they did not appear until the time when Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty performed the Fengshan ceremony.

When Li Longji performed the Fengshan ceremony, he appointed Zhang Shuo as the Fengshan envoy.

According to the ritual system, except for the three highest officials who could not be promoted any further, the other officials who accompanied the emperor to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth would be promoted one level after the ceremony.

Zhang Shuo's son-in-law, Zheng Yi, was originally a small ninth-rank official. However, after he accompanied the emperor to the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai, he was actually promoted directly to the fifth rank.

After the Fengshan Ceremony at Mount Tai, the emperor gave a banquet as usual.

Zheng Yi became a fifth-rank official at such a young age, which surprised Li Laosan. Li Longji asked Zheng Yi what happened, but Zheng Yi did not dare to say that it was his father-in-law who promoted him, and ended up being speechless.

Huang Fan, who had long been dissatisfied with Zhang Shuo, took the opportunity to say to Li Longji: "This is the power of Mount Tai!"

From this time on, "Lao Taishan" became an elegant name referring to the father-in-law, and since Taishan is the first of the Five Great Mountains, it can also be called father-in-law.

Naturally, the father-in-law's wife is the mother-in-law.

Hearing Li Xiang's words, Pei Xueqing turned around in surprise.

Logically speaking, under normal circumstances, only the queen's mother would receive such treatment.

As the Crown Prince's Consort, she had to wait until Li Xiang ascended the throne before her mother could enjoy such treatment.

Being conferred the title ahead of schedule must be the result of Li Xiang's operation.

"Xiang'er, thank you." Pei Xueqing opened his arms and hugged Li Xiang.

"Hey, there's nothing to thank me for." Li Xiang wanted to tell the truth: "My aunt gave me a piece of forsythia. Grandfather said that husband and wife are one body. What woman would want her man to have more and more women around him? This is also compensation for you."

"Silly." Pei Xueqing smiled and rubbed Li Xiang's head: "Just tell the truth like this?"

"There is nothing to hide between you and me." Li Xiang put his nose on Pei Xueqing's neck and sniffed gently.

Pei Xueqing was even more moved after hearing Li Xiang's words, and she hugged Li Xiang a little tighter.

"How about..." Pei Xueqing thought for a while, and whispered in Li Xiang's ear: "Let Baoer come over tonight?"

Li Xiang was a little confused at first, but he immediately perked up after hearing these words.

If you say that, I won't be confused anymore.

"Okay, okay." Li Xiang agreed hurriedly: "I'll have someone call her now--"

"My enemy." Pei Xueqing reached out and gently hit Li Xiang on the waist.

……

After this night, Li Xiang felt refreshed.

The little elephant still has some courage left, but the two concubines were completely wiped out.

In the morning, Li Xiaoxiang did not eat in the Wude Hall. Instead, he asked someone to call Li Jingren and Li Yin. The three of them sat together at Li Pozi's house and feasted on the lamb intestines.

"Brother, have a bite of this." Li Yin took out the goat eggs from the bowl and put them into Li Xiang's bowl: "You need to take care of your body. It's okay to eat more."

"Thank you." Li Xiang did not refuse and took a bite directly.

"No, it feels tasteless without chili." He sighed again, "I forgot to bring that good thing with me when I left this morning."

Li Xiang was busy chewing the small thing, but he didn't know that a small accident happened in Jingzhao Prefecture. In addition to Abehirafu, there was also Soga Ishikawamaro in the Japanese delegation this time.

Abebirov was obsessed with sports and came to the stadium early in the morning to watch a new round of polo matches.

Soga no Ishikawamaro originally went to ask Abehirafu to go to Jingzhao Prefecture to meet Li Xiang, but Abehirafu didn't want to pay any attention to him and went to watch the game by himself.

Abe's idea was very simple. Are you kidding? I am His Highness's man and have long since defected to His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Go with you? Why, let you go with me to grab my food bowl?
Soga no Ishikawamaro was disappointed and had to take his two attendants with him and ask for directions along the way to Jingzhao Prefecture.

This time he asked to see Li Xiang on behalf of Prince Zhongdaxiong, hoping to gain the support of the Tang Dynasty.

When I walked all the way to the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture, I ran into a strong man.

There is no other reason. The Japanese people at that time were short in stature. Soga no Ishikawamaro was considered tall, but he was only 1.4 meters tall.

And with a height of nearly 1.8 meters, Hegan Chengji looked like Yao Ming in front of Soga Ishikawamaro.

Hegan Chengji recognized the identity of the person at a glance. He was so short, who else could he be but a Japanese?

In line with the principle of etiquette and propriety of the Celestial Empire, he did not laugh at the other party.

What he didn't expect was that the first thing Soga no Ishikawamaro asked to see Li Xiang was.

"Excuse me, General..." Soga Ishikawamaro was not blind. He knew that the other party's status was not low when he saw the shining armor on him. "I am the envoy of the emperor of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun. May I ask if the Prince of Hengshan is here?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said this, but once he said it, Hegan Chengji became furious.

Damn it, you call our beloved Crown Prince the Prince of Hengshan?

Also, what the fuck do you call yourself?
Envoy of the Emperor of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun?

"Lao Zhang!" he yelled.

Zhang Sizheng came over from the side, and Hegan Chengji briefly told him what had happened. Zhang Sizheng also became furious.

Damn it, you brat, how dare you be so rude?

"Fuck you!" Zhang Sizheng rushed over and kicked Soga Ishikawamaro into the Jingzhao Prefecture.

The servants following behind immediately pulled out their knives. They swore that they did it subconsciously.

As soon as the weapons were unsheathed, the servants realized that something was wrong.

"In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, at the feet of the emperor, you barbarians dare to openly draw your swords?" Hegan Chengji rolled up his sleeves and said, "Leaders and subordinates! Kill these two beasts on the spot!"

The two attendants were about to protest: "We are the guards of the Japanese envoys, you..."

Before he finished his words, the two heads flew up in a spin.

In such a bloody scene, passers-by not only did not scream, but cheered loudly.

"Good! Good job! General!" the passers-by shouted.

Hegan Chengji clasped his fists towards the cheering crowd around him, still cursing the two blind idiots in his heart.

What the hell are these Japanese envoy guards? Even if you are the guards of your Japanese king, I will choke you to death in the sewer one by one!

The people from the sanitation department came forward with sighs, took away the two bodies, and kept scrubbing the ground with water.

You, General Hegan, may be very happy, but we are the ones who have worked so hard!
Is it hard to clean up this blood? It must stink, right?
It is said that after Soga no Ishikawamaro was kicked in the heart by Zhang Sizheng and sent into Jingzhao Prefecture, he was already in a daze.

He never expected that the people of the Tang Dynasty would be so unreasonable and kick him in the heart without saying a word.

However, before he had time to react, Zhang Sizheng went up and made two more dunks.

Soga no Ishikawamaro felt pain and lay on the ground for a long time without recovering.

At this moment, Hegan Chengji also finished dealing with the matters outside and walked in.

Seeing Soga Ishikawamaro lying on the ground, he became furious and walked up to him and picked him up with one hand.

"Fuck you, stand up straight!" Hegan Chengji's spit flew onto the other person's face: "Do you fucking know how much you weigh? You are so shameless that you dare to call yourself an envoy of the emperor of the Kingdom of the Rising Sun? It's ridiculous!"

"In your tiny country, it's fine for you to call yourself the Land of the Rising Sun, but you are in the Tang Dynasty now, do you understand? We are in the Tang Dynasty, you bastard!" Hegan Chengji grabbed Soga no Ishikawa Maro by the collar, and his tongue clicked when he cursed, which sounded extremely loud and superior.

"What Son of Heaven? Let me tell you, there is only one Son of Heaven in this whole world! That is the Emperor of the Great Tang Dynasty. The ruler of your small country is at best raised by a maid. What kind of Son of Heaven are you?"

"I'm telling you, damn it, the next time I dare to hear you Japanese envoys talk about the Land of the Rising Sun and the Son of Heaven, I will chop you up and feed you to the fish. Do you understand?"

"Also, I want to tell you that this is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not the Prince of Hengshan County. Do you understand?"

Soga no Ishikawamaro only felt as if a water and land temple had opened in his mind, with chimes and cymbals ringing together.

He did hear what Hegan Chengji said, but he didn't dare to refute it.

The situation is stronger than people, and now we are in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"Do you know what you are?" Hegan Chengji asked angrily with his eyes wide open.

His hands did not stop moving, shaking Soga no Ishikawamaro vigorously.

Soga no Ishikawamaro dared not refute and just nodded in a daze.

"Fuck it, did you understand or not? If you understood, just say something and speak human language!" Hegan Chengji raised his fist as big as a sandbag and was about to smash it down.

"I understand, I understand!" Seeing the fist getting bigger and bigger, Soga no Ishikawamaro had no choice but to beg for mercy.

However, Hegan Chengji's fist did not stop at all, and he punched him in the eye.

Then, perhaps because he felt that his one eye was not symmetrical, he punched the other eye because he had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Looking at his masterpiece, Hegan Chengji let go of his hand with satisfaction, and Soga Ishikawamaro fell to the ground as soft as a noodle.

At this moment, Quan Wanji also walked in from outside.

Seeing the Japanese envoy lying on the ground, Quan Wanji walked up and asked, "What happened?"

When Hegan Chengji saw that it was Quan Wanji, he was a little reluctant to listen to his preaching.

"It's nothing. It's just that this kid claimed to be the envoy of the Emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun. My brothers and I couldn't stand it, so we beat him up." Hegan Chengji rubbed his fists and glanced at Soga Ishikawamaro with a grin.

"Oh, I thought it was nothing." Quan Wanji waved his hand and said, "Just hit him. Don't do it in the yard next time. It will have a bad influence. At least find a place where there are no people."

"Why don't we throw him into the sewer?" Hegan Chengji asked with a strange smile.

Hearing the word "sewer", Quan Wanji rolled his eyes and burped.

(End of this chapter)