The next day, Li Shen was woken up early by Lu Dingniang. Today was the day to go to the palace to give gifts, and he had made an appointment with Li Mengjiang.
After washing up and having breakfast, the palace began to load the car, and Lu Dingniang personally selected gifts in the treasury.
Most of them are rouge and gouache, silk and satin, silk brocade, gold and silver jewelry, and Li Shen's glazed products.
Not only Concubine Wei and Empress Changsun, but also the other three concubines and various concubines of Li Shimin.
There are also some unmarried princesses.
It was almost noon before Lu Dingniang loaded all the gifts into the car.
Li Shen fell asleep while waiting.
"Lang Jun, you can go." Lu Dingniang called Li Shen.
"Huh? Well, let's go." Li Shen opened his eyes and took a look.
Then Li Shen took Lu Dingniang to the palace.
When he was about to arrive at the palace, Li Shen saw a group of people blocking the city gate, all of them carriages.
"Mr. Lang, why are there so many carriages and my sister has sent so many things this year?" Lu Dingniang asked.
"It doesn't look like it, and my sister's personality is not so arrogant." Li Shen shook his head.
When I got closer, I found several people standing at the city gate, including Li Mengjiang and Zhou Daowu.
What surprised Li Shen was that the other two turned out to be Wei King Li Tai and Jin King Li Zhi.
Oops~~~ Enemies are really on a narrow road, and they can even encounter this.
It seems that Zhou Daowu is very reserved and is listening to the two people talking, and the two people look a little arrogant,
Especially Li Tai, with his nose in the air, was talking to Zhou Daowu.
Li Mengjiang also stayed silent. After all, these two were legitimate sons and princes, and Li Tai was her brother.
Seeing this scene, Li Shen quit. He dared to be so arrogant to his sister. This was a slap in his face.
Li Shen's carriage soon arrived at the gate of the imperial city. Li Shen got off the carriage, and then helped Lu Dingniang get off the carriage. Walking towards the crowd.
Li Tai and Li Zhi saw Li Shen's carriage from afar and looked over.
"Huh? Isn't this Fourth Brother and Ninth Brother? What a coincidence. I've seen Fourth Brother and Ninth Brother before." Li Shen said as he walked over without any intention of saluting.
However, Lu Dingniang came forward and saluted the two of them.
"Old Shi, are you sending gifts to the palace today?" Li Tai asked.
"Yeah, I'm not giving a gift. Isn't this righteous? Just bring something to see my concubine and my mother. They are all worthless things." Li Shen answered seriously.
"No one in Chang'an City knows that the tenth brother is as rich as the country and is known as the reincarnation of the God of Wealth. How can the tenth brother have anything worthless?" Li Zhi said with a smile.
"No, my little brother is also poor. He has never received a salary since he left the palace at the age of nine, and Aye's mother has not given him a penny.
My little brother's life is actually not easy either.
Unlike his two elder brothers, Aye's mother was so doting on him. Not only did he receive a salary of tens of thousands of dollars every year, but he also received some rewards from time to time.
If this is the case for my younger brother, I will definitely pay tribute to Aye's mother with a big gift.
Alas~~It’s a pity that I don’t have any money. "
After Li Shen finished speaking, he beat his chest and stamped his feet, which made the two brothers secretly curse Li Shen.
When Li Shen said this, wasn't he just saying that they were using Li Shimin and Empress Changsun's money to buy gifts?
In disguise, they said that they had no ability and could only ask their parents for money.
"Old Shi, don't show off here, isn't it just a little money? So what." Li Tai said with a cold face.
"Fourth brother, I'm not showing off. To be honest, what I hate the most is rich people. Isn't it just two poor people? What's the big deal?
In other words, you can eat whatever you want, buy whatever you want, do whatever you want, and so on.
It's not just about eating better, wearing better clothes, living in a bigger and more luxurious place, having more servants, and being more comfortable. What else is there? "
Li Shen was heartbroken and expressed his hatred for rich people.
The two brothers received a 10,000-point critical blow in their hearts. The high-spirited, arrogant and lively chatter and laughter with Li Mengjiang just now were gone forever.
However, Li Shen did not intend to let them go and continued to ask:
"Are you two brothers here waiting for the prison guard to check? It has been so long. It seems that the two brothers have given you a lot of gifts.
Don’t know how many cars there are? "
Both Li Tai and Li Zhi regretted coming to give gifts today. Hearing Li Shen's question, he didn't want to answer, but not answering would make him look ungraceful.
"Ten cars." Li Tai reluctantly said two words.
"Me too." Li Zhi also said.
"What? What do these prison guards do? They can't even check twenty carts of gifts. I will impeach them later." Li Shen was furious.
Li Tai and Li Zhi looked outside and saw a long queue waiting behind Li Shen's carriage.
After Li Shen finished speaking, he walked towards the city gate and took out the token given by Li Shimin.
"Go and inform Manager Wang that I am here to deliver a gift and ask him to bring someone to pick it up."
This is the perk of gift giving over the years.
When Li Shen was in Chang'an, he went to the palace at least twice a month, each time carrying more than a dozen carts or more of gifts.
Every time I go to the city gate for inspection, it takes a lot of time. I have to take out some things and put them back.
So Li Shimin gave Li Shen a privilege, the privilege of exemption from inspection.
However, this privilege also has a prerequisite, which is that Wang De personally sends someone to drive the carriage in, and then is responsible for unloading the goods at Concubine Wei or Empress Changsun, or the internal money.
No one from Li Shen participated in the whole process. No entry allowed either.
Even if he was transporting contraband, it was useless. It was clear at a glance when he was unloading the goods.
Besides, just Li Shen and a few maids can change the world.
Soon Wang De led a group of eunuchs to the city gate.
"I have met the King of Wei, the King of Jin, the King of Ji, the princess, the princess, and the prince-in-law." Wang De greeted them one by one.
Everyone is also more polite, and they all know that Wang De's words are more effective than those of the ministers in the court.
Wang De actually didn't expect that these princes and princesses would crash into a car today.
"Manager Wang, we are here to give Aye's mother a gift from Yuan Zheng. The inspection should be completed soon." Li Zhi said with a smile.
According to the rules, their carriage was driven to the entrance of the harem by the prison guard, and then the eunuch of the harem took over and drove them in.
"That's just right. Just go in with the old slave later." Wang De also showed a professional smile.
Soon Li Tai and Li Zhi's carriages were inspected, and it was the turn of Li Mengjiang's motorcade. Li Mengjiang also brought ten carts of gifts.
In terms of financial resources, Li Mengjiang is now much richer than Li Tai and Li Zhi.
"Old Wang, don't check my sister's carriage. Just take it in with my carriage. According to the same rules,
Otherwise it would be too time consuming and I haven’t eaten yet? "
Li Shen saw the prison guard going to check Li Mengjiang's carriage and said to Wang De.
