According to history, Li Zhi was the only prince who was raised by Li Shimin himself. He lived in the Li Zheng Palace until Li Zhi became the crown prince.
It was just because of the appearance of the rat shit Li Shen that disrupted the trajectory of history and saved Empress Changsun at the critical moment.
Because Empress Changsun did not die, Li Zhi was not raised by Li Shimin in the Li Zheng Palace like history. However, Li Shimin's love for Li Zhi was no less than that of Li Tai.
The Jin Palace that Li Shimin placed for Li Zhi is located in Baoningfang, Chang'an. The palace covers an area of nearly 300 acres.
You must know that the entire Baoningfang is only more than 400 acres in total, and Li Zhi's Prince Jin's Mansion occupies almost one square meter of land.
Because apart from his Jin Palace, the rest are temples and Taoist temples.
And Li Tai's palace was only half a square square.
As for Li Shen's fifty acres, forget about it, and he bought the land himself. Or sometimes Li Shen would get angrier the more he thought about it.
This time Li Zhi added a new member to the royal family, which made Li Shimin very happy.
What he fears most is that his team is not prosperous. Li Chengqian has only given birth to two sons until now, and Li Tai has only one son.
The rest are in the fiefdom. It can be said that he has never seen what his grandson looks like.
And this year is indeed a bad year for Li Shimin. Wei Zheng died and his son rebelled. It's a happy event after a long time, can Li Shimin be unhappy?
Li Zhi sent someone to deliver the invitation, and there will be a banquet in a few days. Li Shimin said that he would be present in person, but in fact this was just to support his son.
Li Shimin has already gone, so whoever dares not to go is invited.
Another thing is that Li Zhi and Li Shen borrowed the chef from the flavor restaurant, saying that Li Shen's chef cooks well and can satisfy everyone.
Li Shen readily agreed and asked the chef of the Flavor Restaurant to prepare a menu for Prince Jin's Mansion early.
In fact, what puzzled Li Shen the most was why Li Zhi had to act so grandly this time.
Li Zhi's son is called Li Zhong. He is the eldest son but not the legitimate eldest son. He is a concubine. Logically speaking, this should not be the case in this era.
But after thinking about it, gifts still need to be prepared. Li Shen ordered people to make ten longevity locks, so that everyone who has children in the future will not have to prepare them specially.
A few days later, it was the day for Li Zhi's banquet. Today, Prince Jin's Mansion was very lively, decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and full of joy.
All officials of the fifth rank and above in Chang'an City received Li Zhi's invitation, so some lower-rank officials arrived one after another starting from the morning.
They had to come early and send congratulatory gifts. Although Li Zhi got a concubine this time, Li Shimin valued it, so other ministers would not dare to neglect it.
There weren't many princes left in Chang'an, and Li Shen was young (not counting those in the palace), so he saw that it was almost time, so he got up and headed to Prince Jin's Mansion.
By chance, I met Li Chengqian and Li Tai's team.
"I've met eldest brother and fourth brother."
Li Shen sat on the carriage and greeted the two of them from the window of the carriage.
"Old Shi, you were late this time." Li Tai replied,
Li Tai has been particularly peaceful recently, which makes Li Shen a little uncomfortable.
"Fourth brother was joking. I have something to do in my house. I just finished my work. Fourth brother, why didn't you go to help ninth brother receive the guests earlier?" Li Shen replied with a smile.
"He also uses me for help. He has twice as many servants as mine. We don't have to worry about it." Li Tai's words were somewhat jealous.
The mansion Li Shimin gave Li Zhi was half as big as his, and his servants were twice as many. He, who had always felt that he was Li Shimin's sweetheart, was suddenly favored and felt envious and jealous.
"Qingque, the pheasant slave is still young and needs more people to take care of him. As a brother, don't worry about this." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he got off the carriage.
"It's not far. Let us three brothers walk over."
After hearing this, Li Shen also got off the carriage. Li Tai didn't want to walk because he was too fat, but Li Chengqian had already gotten off the carriage. It would be rude for him to still ride in the carriage, so he reluctantly got off the carriage.
"Fourth brother, you are quite good. Your house has more than 200 acres, and there are many maids and eunuchs. Look at my Prince Ji's house, which only covers an area of 50 acres. I bought it with my own money, and the total number of servants is only 50 acres. Twenty or thirty people. Just be content."
Li Shen looked at the jealous little fat man, and his heart became even more unbalanced. You are all given for free and you are not satisfied.
"Old Shi, what you said is wrong. You are already pretty good. Except for eldest brother, have you ever seen any prince who can bring more than a hundred well-equipped guards to run around Chang'an City? There must be crossbows behind them.
There are also the three thousand well-equipped royal guards you have outside the city, including crossbowmen, cavalry, and swords and shields. Have you ever seen any prince who can have three thousand elites outside the capital?
Are you a guard? You are an army, okay? I think the combat power of your guards should be stronger than that of your eldest brother, Prince Liu. Why are you still aggrieved here? "Li Tai expressed dissatisfaction with Li Shen's grievance.
This person can't see others being better than himself, but he is willing to hear about the bad lives of others.
Li Tai's words made Li Shen feel a lot better, and he also wondered which prince could support three thousand elite soldiers outside the capital city.
Li Shen was the only one, but he felt distressed when he thought that these three thousand people needed hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
"Okay, you two, stop comparing yourself. Which one of you is not better than the eldest brother? If it hadn't been for Lao Shi's occasional help in the past few years, the East Palace would have been begging for food." Li Chengqian on the side became even more depressed.
In the past, there was nothing to worry about if there was no money in the internal funds. Now the internal funds are richer than the national treasury, and Li Shimin still makes him live a tight life.
After hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Shen and Li Tai immediately lost their depression, and they sighed at the same time, expressing their sympathy for Li Chengqian.
This made Li Chengqian extremely depressed. He might as well let these two guys compete.
The three brothers walked and talked like this, making it look very warm and harmonious to outsiders.
From a distance, the steward of Prince Jin's Mansion saw the third brother approaching and quickly sent someone inside to report the news. Ordinary officials did not need Li Zhi to greet him personally.
"Eldest brother, fourth brother, tenth brother, why did you meet together? Did you come together?" Li Zhi was puzzled as to when their brothers were so harmonious.
"Haha, pheasant slave, we also met on the way, here is someone." Li Chengqian said, and the eunuch behind him took out a gift.
"Thank you, brother," Li Zhi said with a smile, and the butler next to him hurriedly stepped forward to take it.
"Pheasant slave, you have grown up and now you have a child. You are no longer the little kid running behind your elder brother. My elder brother is very happy." Li Chengqian looked at Li Zhi with emotion.
The little kid before has now grown up, married and had children.
"Yes, that crying baby back then is now married and has children. Life goes by so fast." Li Tai also sighed with emotion.
"Fourth brother, please stop talking." Li Zhi was a little embarrassed.
"Fourth brother is poor, unlike some people. It means nothing, so just accept it." After Li Tai finished speaking, the servants behind him also came up with gifts.
