Chapter 271 Li Mingda's Dowry (Subscription Request)

When they heard that Li Xiang was about to have the next generation, both Li Tai and Li Zhi were very happy.

Especially Li Zhi, he is actually still a half-grown child, but he is quite enthusiastic about the affairs of the older generation.

In later times, children of his age would still share their godfathers with their roommates in school.

However, not long after, Li Shimin turned the topic to Li Zhi.

"Xiang'er's wife is pregnant, why is your Jin Wang's wife not pregnant?"

In the 17th year of Zhenguan, Li Zhi married Wang. Now so much time has passed, but there is still no movement, which is indeed suspicious.

Whose problem is it?

Speaking of which, there have been many Queen Wangs in history, but the most famous one must be Li Zhi's current wife.

After all, she and the legendary cat girl Xiao Yourong were punished by Wu Zetian with 100 strokes of the cane, had their hands and feet chopped off, and were thrown into a wine jar, where they died of drunkenness.

This incident was recorded in the "Old Book of Tang", so it was not made up to discredit Awu.

In history, Queen Wang, now the Princess of Jin, did have a problem of being childless.

In modern times, infertility is a factor in divorce, not to mention the ancient times when people attached great importance to the incense of future generations.

It would be fine if Wang was the Princess of Jin, but unfortunately she is the Queen.

"Zhi Nu, this isn't your problem, is it?" Li Tai glanced at Li Zhi suspiciously.

Li Zhi's face flushed red, and he stammered, "No... Impossible, how could it be my problem? Absolutely impossible!"

"Then why aren't other people making any movement?" Li Chengqian followed closely behind Li Zhi and questioned him like a relay race.

Li Zhi opened his mouth and sighed dejectedly.

"Hey……"

"I know, Uncle Yao is still excited about it." Li Xiang said with a smile.

When it comes to understanding Li Zhi, he is second to none among those present, and no one dares to say they are first.

As the saying goes, it is easy to draw the skin of a tiger but difficult to draw its bones; you can know a person's face but not his heart. Li Xiang knew a considerable part of what Li Zhi would do in the future.

This boy definitely can't be the material for a pure love warrior.

When his father was sick, he dared to have an affair with Wu Meiniang; when Wu Meiniang was sick, he had an affair with his eldest sister-in-law, and by the way, he also took Wu's niece. This is our Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi.

It’s quite abstract, whether it should be said or not.

The most abstract thing Li Zhi had ever done was that when he wanted to depose Wang Liwu, in order to seek support, he gave Zhangsun Wuji ten carts of gold, silver and jewelry in an attempt to bribe him.

"Hey..." Seeing Li Zhi acquiesce, Old Li couldn't help but chuckle. He really didn't expect that this could be the reason.

"Why don't we give Uncle Yao a few concubines?" Li Xiang suddenly said, "Maybe Uncle Yao is too shy to ask Aunt for help."

Li Shimin nodded. In his impression, this youngest son was indeed very shy.

"Xiang'er is right. It was my negligence. I should have given you two concubines." Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "I will think about it after dinner and see which family has a daughter of the right age."

"You are already so old, but you still want Aye to help you find a concubine." Li Tai stretched out his fingers and scratched his fat face: "You have no shame."

Li Chengqian also echoed from the side, highlighting the image of an unscrupulous elder brother.

Li Mingda sat nearby, smiling faintly, not saying a word, just serving food to his brothers.

"I heard that Sixth Brother went to Dengzhou?" Li Zhi had no choice but to change the subject.

"That's true." Li Shimin glanced at Li Xiang. "Old Six asked Xiang'er to lead the fleet out to sea. He is currently training his Shu Palace Guards in Dengzhou."

"In fact, I wanted to trick Third Uncle out. After all, Third Uncle's ability is obvious to all." Li Xiang said helplessly: "But Sixth Uncle sticks to me like a dog-skin plaster, and I can't get away at all..."

"You kid, you actually said your uncle is a dog-skin plaster?" Li Shimin tapped Li Xiang's head lightly with chopsticks.

"I'm not lying." Li Xiang spread his hands. "Besides, you know Sixth Uncle's personality. If we let him go back to his fiefdom, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause. It's better to let him go and harm others..."

Li Shimin took a deep breath. He really wanted to scold Li Xiang, but what Li Xiang said was all true, without any falsehood.

"Old Six is ​​indeed a stubborn person." Li Tai also laughed: "Xiang'er's approach is not bad. It is better to let him go out and harm others than to let him harm the people in his fiefdom."

Li Shimin glanced at Li Xiang, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.

Then he felt a little unsatisfied and took another big puff.

He was really happy today, after all, Pei Xueqing was pregnant with his first great-grandchild.

"According to the date, Zhang Jinshu should have arrived in Pyongyang with his troops." Old Li smacked his lips and said, "What I didn't expect was that the Dengzhou Grand Military Governor's Office was not only able to support the war between Liaodong and Silla, but also had some courage left to fight."

"People say that Dengzhou is rich, and it is indeed true." Li Chengqian looked at Li Xiang with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Xiang'er also owns shares in many industries in Dengzhou. Now Xiang'er is truly rich enough to rival a country."

Of course Li Chengqian also had a share of this stock, but Li Xiang gave dividends to Li Chengqian several times, and he only accepted 100,000 strings of cash, and threw the rest into the Lizheng Hall to give to Old Li.

It's not that he was filial. He didn't have much to spend money on, so he followed the Crown Princess's advice and sent the money to Li Shimin.

Old Li was naturally very happy to see his son was so filial. In addition to being happy, he rewarded Li Chengqian with a series of things, and even gave his daughter Li Xi the title of Princess Xuancheng.

"Ah, what do you mean by rich enough to rival a country?" Li Xiang sighed. "All the income we earned from Dengzhou has been fed back to China. Now we have to go to war with Silla. Little Xiang's family doesn't have any surplus food—"

He is not complaining about being poor, this is the fact.

Hearing this, Li Mingda frowned.

"Xiang'er, the six million strings of cash I just gave you, have you already spent them all?"

After hearing what Li Mingda said, Li Xiang was a little confused.

"Six million strings of cash? What six million strings of cash?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin yawned and lay down on the table.

"When you married Lian Qiao as your concubine the other day, I took out six million strings of cash as a dowry and asked your father to send someone to deliver it to you." Li Mingda looked suspiciously at Li Shimin, who was lying on the table. Seeing that his father seemed to be drunk, he continued, "Didn't you receive it?"

"It's unfair." Li Xiang cried out, "No one told me about the six million strings of cash..."

"Hmm..." Li Mingda nodded and said, "Maybe your grandfather has forgotten about this matter. I will remind him when he gets up tomorrow."

Who knew that at this moment, Li Chengqian and his two brothers looked at each other and all burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Mingda asked suspiciously.

"Hahaha... Your six million dowry was probably embezzled by Aye." Li Chengqian laughed until he was out of breath. "But you still think Aye will give this money to Xiang'er, Sizi, you are so naive!" "Impossible, how could Aye be such a person!" Li Mingda still couldn't believe it: "Brother, how can you slander Aye like this?"

"It must be Aye who hid it secretly!" Li Zhi also echoed.

"Humph, how is that possible?" Li Mingda was still defending Old Li: "Auntie is rich as a tycoon, how could he hide only six million strings of cash?"

"Sizi..." Li Tai sighed with a complicated expression: "Do you know how much money these six million strings of cash are worth?"

"Hmm?" A big question mark appeared on Li Mingda's little head.

"Last year, the court's annual revenue was only 15 million guan, and most of it was provided by Dengzhou." Li Tai said, "And just a few years ago, the court's annual revenue was only 6 million guan, and in the early years of Zhenguan, it was only 3 million guan. How can you think that Aye would not be tempted by such a large sum of money?"

Li Tai's words made sense, and Li Mingda felt that it was indeed possible, but he still couldn't accept it emotionally.

"Just wait until Aye wakes up tomorrow and ask him." Li Tai said with a smile, and then looked at Li Mingda: "Speaking of which, Sizi, you have lived in the palace for a long time, where did this money come from?"

"Oh." Li Mingda replied: "Part of it is the dividend given to me by Xiang'er, and the other part is the dividend given to me by Sister Changle and Sister Gaoyang."

Oh, when I heard that, Li Xiang remembered.

Since Li Mingda was not directly involved in the management, Li Xiang felt that it would not be a good idea to distribute the dividends directly. He should take the feelings of the other aunts into consideration, so he took out part of his share and gave it to Li Mingda.

It seems that he is not the only one doing this, but also Li Lizhi and Li Su are doing it.

"I can't believe it, it turns out that Sizi is the richest man in our Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian joked with a smile.

"Who says it's not?" Li Zhi said with some envy. From the 17th year of Zhenguan to now, he has only earned less than one million strings of cash.

But then again, this amount of money was already a lot, especially when he was at the Prince of Jin's Mansion, Li Zhi's voice was particularly loud.

Putting aside the status, if you want to make money in this way, you have to start eating first when you go to your father-in-law's house.

There's nothing wrong with it.

"Be sure to ask tomorrow, Sizi." Li Zhi added, "Don't let your father lose these six million strings of cash."

"Forget it, uncle. Grandpa is not that kind of person." Li Xiang didn't really care about the money. "I don't need this money. If Grandpa is useful, I can also use it to help the court. As for aunt's kindness, I can also feel it."

Li Zhi pursed his lips, and it was obvious that he was unwilling.

When it comes to filial piety, Li Weishan is not bad either.

Anyway, the matter was digressed.

As Old Li's little cotton-padded jacket, Li Mingda would definitely not ask any further questions, so the six million strings of cash became the equipment for Brother Yunfei's battalion.

After returning to Wude Hall, everyone else had gone home, and only Feng Yingying and three other girls were left with Pei Xueqing.

"I'm back." Li Xiang pushed open the door and shouted.

"Your Highness." The three women stood up together and saluted Li Xiang.

"Where are the people? Are they all gone?" Li Xiang looked around.

Pei Xueqing smiled and said, "It's almost the evening hour now, so of course we have to go back."

The hour of Xu is nine o'clock.

According to the 24-hour system, it should be around 8:40 now.

"You guys should go away too." Li Xiang started to send people back: "I want to talk to your sister."

After the three people left, Li Xiang sat on the edge of the bed, posing in a very casual posture, staring at Pei Xueqing intently.

"What's wrong, Xiang'er?" Pei Xueqing raised his sleeves and checked himself. Seeing nothing unusual, he asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Of course I want to see how pretty my wife is." Li Xiang said with a smile, "Why, you don't want me to see her?"

"Well, the person is yours, so of course anything is fine." Pei Xueqing said with a faint smile.

"Hahaha." Li Xiang took off his shoes and got into bed: "It's getting late, let's go to bed early."

Then he said mischievously, "Don't worry, my husband, I have great self-control and can hold it in."

"Hmm." Pei Xueqing smiled softly and replied, "Brother, you should go to the other sisters' rooms today. I'm pregnant, so I can't monopolize you anymore. What's the difference between this and being a jealous woman?"

"What kind of jealous woman is this?" Li Xiang couldn't help laughing, and reached out to grab Pei Xueqing's slender hand. "As the saying goes, young people should be careful about sex. I can't go out every day, right? I have to stay and accompany you. Besides, I, your husband, am not a lustful person."

After saying this, Li Xiang found that his wife was looking at him leisurely, with a teasing look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiang asked.

"If you are not a lustful person, then there would be no lustful people in the world." Pei Xueqing's eyes flickered, and she rolled her eyes at Li Xiang: "Don't you think about the ways you tortured me on weekdays..."

At this point, Pei Xueqing's face suddenly turned red, as if she was thinking of something embarrassing.

"Just say it. Anyway, I can't do anything to you now." Li Xiang crossed his arms and snorted, "Let's put all the accounts down first. Ten months later, I'll see how I'll settle the accounts with you!"

Hearing Li Xiang's words, Pei Xueqing bit her lip lightly and looked at him with embarrassment and anger.

"Go to sleep~" Li Xiang said leisurely, "We'll talk about the future later. We have to get up early tomorrow morning."

"Yeah." Pei Xueqing responded and called the maid to extinguish the candle.

……

At the same time, outside Dingxiang City.

Today's Dingxiang is not a city in the strict sense.

After being raided by Li Jing, the city was burned down.

The last time Li Simo went north, he built a garrison in Dingxiang City and renovated Dingxiang.

But the Turkic people’s craftsmanship is rather crude, and the things they repaired are…

Rather than calling it a city, it is more like a Turkic royal tent.

Bazhuo is an impatient person and he never hesitates when it comes to taking action.

The 120,000 Xueyantuo troops, fully armored and silent, had already arrived outside Dingxiang City.

At this time, the Turks were still sleeping soundly, unaware that a catastrophe was about to strike.

(Ask for some monthly tickets——)
(End of this chapter)