Chapter 61: My son also has an affair with the King of Wei?
Li Xiang swore that if anyone dared to tell him that the relationship between the emperor and his ministers during the Zhenguan period was not good, he would beat him to death.

Since the dishes were served one after another, there was no more restraint between the king and his subjects. At first, it was just a fight between Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, but the two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and after a few fights, all the good things ended up on their plates.

Is this tolerable? Of course not.

Seeing through the tacit understanding between the two, everyone joined the battle, preventing Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong from taking all the delicious food.

Li Shimin sat in the main seat, stroking his beard and watching his ministers scrambling for food with a smile, as if he had returned to the time when he was conquering the world and fighting for food in the military camp.

Well, Xuanling is still slow, not as good as the auxiliary machine's sharp eyes... Ah, look at the auxiliary machine, he can actually snatch a large piece of lamb chop from the gap between the chopsticks of four generals...

Li Chengqian and Li Tai sat in their seats, looking at the delicious food in front of them, with bitter looks on their faces.

There was no other reason. Li Shimin had already warned them before they came that they could only look but not eat.

In order to set an example, Lao Li didn't even pick up his chopsticks.

Li Chengqian and Li Tai looked at each other, and before they could feel sympathy for each other, they both turned their heads away.

It was lively inside the box, and it was not bad outside either.

Diners who have never experienced this novel cooking method felt as if they had encountered a storm that swept through their taste buds. While they were feasting on the food, they were also lamenting that they would never be able to eat anything else in the future.

The restaurant owner was busy and sweating. If he didn't have to settle the bills and collect money, he would have wanted to go down and help the waiters deliver the dishes to the tables himself.

Li Xiang had long foreseen the popularity of the restaurant and specially ordered the expansion of the kitchen. Even so, it was still a bit stretched to serve so many tables of guests.

Fortunately, he had foresight, and until the third day, the restaurant was very lively and showed no sign of abating.

That evening, the shopkeeper calculated the income for the past two and a half days.

"Oh my god..." Cheng Chubi trembled as he held the account book. After a long while, he managed to utter a word: "In just... in just two and a half days, you made a profit of two thousand strings of cash?!"

The playboys looked at each other in bewilderment. They all knew that they could make money, but no one had expected that this business would be so profitable...

You made so much money in just one day?

But Li Xiang knew that this was because the restaurant had just opened, and the taste was relatively new to the people of Chang'an. After a few days when the popularity died down, the profit growth rate would not be so terrifying.

"It won't last long. Once the novelty wears off, you won't be able to make money this way anymore." Li Xiang said with a smile.

"That's scary enough..." Li Jingren said while wiping the sweat off his face.

"Xin Di takes 600 guan, I take 600 guan, and the remaining 800 guan will be shared by all the brothers... well, there are 16 people left, and each person can get 50 guan."

Li Xiang quickly figured out how the money should be distributed.

"Brother is a genius." Li Jingren flattered him.

"It's just some basic math." Li Xiang said modestly, looking around at the other dandies: "Do you have any objections to this distribution plan?"

"No! No!" the playboys shouted one after another. In such a short time, they got fifty strings of cash. What else could they be dissatisfied with?

"Brothers! See you in Pingkangfang tonight!" Cheng Chubi shouted.

"Count me in!" Yuchi Xunyu laughed.

"Yes, take me with you too." Wei Daijia also raised his hand.

"You haven't even fully grown your hair yet, why are you going to Pingkangfang!" Cheng Chubi cursed with a smile.

Seeing that Li Xin was also interested, Li Xiang smiled and said, "If you want to go, go ahead. I'll give the dividends to Second Uncle."

Li Xin immediately became alert. His instinct told him that he must not go. If Li Tai knew that he went to Pingkangfang, he would be in trouble.

"No need, brother. I'm still young and shouldn't go to that kind of place."

Li Xiang smiled and stroked Li Xin's head: "Be good, I'll take you home first."

After bidding farewell to the dandies who were looking forward to discussing the courtesan, Li Xiang had two carriages prepared, loaded with the dividends, one to the East Palace and the other to the Prince of Wei's mansion.

Li Tai was enjoying the flowers and writing poems in the garden when his left eyelid twitched for no apparent reason. His mood for enjoying the flowers was gone all of a sudden. When word spread outside that Li Xiang was visiting, he immediately understood why his eyelid twitched.

Oh no, is this little bastard trying to cheat me out of my money again?

As soon as the thought came to mind, he heard Li Xiang calling him.

"Second uncle! Second uncle! My dearest and most beloved second uncle!"

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

Not long after, Li Xiang came over and gave Li Tai a bear hug without any greeting.

"No matter how eloquent you are this time, I have no money to give you."

Li Tai took the initiative and planned to shut Li Xiang up from asking for money.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiang laughed, let go of him and said, "Hahaha, Second Uncle misunderstood me. I made some money, so come and share the dividends with Second Uncle."

Hearing that he was not asking for money, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief and adopted a didactic tone, intending to educate his nephew.

"Dividends? Are you in such a hurry to distribute dividends after just a few days? Xiang'er, today, as an elder, your uncle will impart some life experience to you. As a person, you must be patient..."

"I made a profit of 2,000 strings of cash in the past two and a half days. It's not good to keep it in the restaurant, so I thought of putting the money in the pocket." Li Xiang replied.

"Even if it's two thousand strings of cash, you can't... take it away?"

Li Tai was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something.

"Two thousand strings of cash, I'll give you six hundred. Isn't that giving money?"

Li Xiang looks cute and pretends to be invisible.

Two thousand strings of cash is not a lot for Li Tai, but it is not a small amount either. Adding the two and a half days of deadline, it is terrifying...

This month, I made a little over 20,000 strings of cash!

Li Tai's eyes changed when he looked at Li Xiang. After a moment of astonishment, he subconsciously asked, "How can you make so much money?"

"Compared to what my nephew has learned, it's just a drop in the bucket."

As Li Xiang spoke, he made a grasping gesture that is absolutely prohibited in South Korea.

This guy pretended to be so smooth and unworldly that Li Tai even forgot to speak for a while.

If I had a son I would want him to be like Li Xiang… he sighed in his heart.

What Li Xiang didn't know was that when he was in the Prince of Wei's Mansion, a secret letter also entered the Mingde Hall of the Eastern Palace.

Meng Shu took the secret letter and hurriedly walked to Li Chengqian.

"Ruyi is one of us, there's no need to be shy." Li Chengqian snuggled in Ruyi's arms, enjoying the beauty's feeding.

"Yes..." Meng Shu said while holding the letter, "Prince, this is a secret letter from Helan Qianniu."

"You read it to me." Li Chengqian had no intention of getting up.

Meng Shu immediately opened the envelope and read the contents of the letter to Li Chengqian.

The general meaning is that, after investigation, several people in the Eastern Palace had unclear relationships with the King of Wei, and at the end it was also said vaguely that Li Xiang had just taken the money to the King of Wei's mansion.

Li Chengqian was originally very annoyed that several of his confidants in the East Palace were spies of the King of Wei, but after hearing the last part, his expression suddenly calmed down.

After a while, Li Chengqian's facial expression twisted into a strange look. He was smiling but seemed angry at the same time.

"Helan Chushi means... that my son is also secretly communicating with the King of Wei?!"

(Seeking monthly tickets, seeking follow-up reading, seeking investment, and seeking likes for the character card)
(End of this chapter)