Chang Lin next to him gave a bitter laugh. He didn't know whether it was intentional or not. From the second year of Zhenguan to the ninth year of Zhenguan this year, Changsun Chong was beaten every year. At first, he was fine.
后来在蜀王殿下知道李世民有意将长乐下嫁给长孙冲之后，他一年至少得被揍个十几次，平均每个月至少一次，仔细想想，这贞观九年好像才第二次听explain?
"Ahem... Your Majesty, does His Highness the King of Shu know your plans again?" Chang Lin would never say anything about changing a prince, but when it came to Li Ke... he also knew that Li Shi People sometimes need some forgiveness.
"Are you talking about Changle's marriage?" Li Shimin had a headache when he heard this. He should have prepared a dowry for Li Lizhi at the end of the fifth year of Zhenguan, and officially married Changsun Chong in the seventh year of Zhenguan, but Li Ke messed it up.
This bastard insisted on saying that it was not good for a girl to get married at such a young age because it was not good for her health! He even said that if his mother had not married Li Shimin so early, she would not be frail and sick now. He did not want his sister to suffer at such a young age.
For this reason, Li Ke, who was only 14 years old at the time, was beaten with twenty military sticks without repentance. That was a real beating! With twenty army sticks, this bastard's ass was all bruised, but he wouldn't let go. He just said one sentence, "If you want to marry my sister, either you beat me to death, or I beat him to death."
Later, Empress Changsun couldn't stand it anymore and asked Li Shimin for mercy. After all, Li Lizhi was the biological daughter of Empress Changsun, and what Li Ke said was somewhat reasonable. For the sake of his half-sister, Li Ke could endure such a severe hardship. Of course Empress Changsun was also moved by the injury. Li Lizhi's biological brother had never done so much.
Moreover, she married Li Shimin at the age of 13, and it is true that her health has not been good.
Empress Changsun has come forward to plead for mercy. Naturally, Changsun Wuji cannot ignore it. Naturally, she also pleads for mercy, saying that the third prince is also doing it for his sister's good, and it might as well be a few years later.
So, things dragged on like this. It had been Zhenguan for nine years, and it was normal for me to have this idea. I started preparing this year, and the earliest I could get married would be next year. By that time, Changle would be sixteen years old, so he was already not young.
In fact, Li Shimin changed his attitude towards Li Ke later because of that incident, because Li Ke was willing to suffer such a big crime for his sister. This kind of brother-sister relationship made Li Shimin very happy. He carried out the Xuanwu Sect incident, but he definitely didn't want to A similar thing happened again to his children, and Li Ke's love and care for his sister was Li Shimin's greatest gratification.
"Wei Chen is just guessing." Chang Lin did not dare to say more, but he thought in his heart that His Highness the King of Shu most likely was not because of His Highness Changle's affairs, but probably because... His Highness the King of Shu was in a bad mood? And Changsun Chong happened to show up again, which was a convenient thing.
Based on Chang Lin's understanding of Li Ke, this was definitely something done by His Highness the King of Shu.
"Then what do you think we should do? We can't really let Changle get married after twenty, right?! Which family's daughter gets married at such an old age?!" Li Shimin had a headache.
"This... how about changing the tone of Tianchen's private investigation of His Royal Highness the King of Shu?" Chang Lin asked tentatively. Although Li Ke can't decide the matter of marrying a daughter, he can make trouble! Changsun Chong was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. How do you think Changsun Chong got married? !
"Forget it, let's talk about this matter. That bastard must have run away. You send someone... you go to Guanyin Maid in person, so you can comfort Changsun Chong, and give... a hundred strings! It's for medical expenses. , and then send someone from the Imperial Medical Office to take a look in person." Li Shimin waved his hands helplessly.
"Yes." Chang Lin bowed and said.
In Taiji Palace, Shanshui Pavilion, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with bright eyes and white teeth was sitting here admiring the scenery. Suddenly a maid hurried over and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, it's not good. "
"What's the matter? What's all the fuss about?" the girl looked at her maid strangely and asked.
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Shu beat the eldest grandson Dalang again. He was beaten in the palace! I heard that His Highness the Queen called him here, and then he was bumped into by His Highness the King of Shu..." The maid chirped and told the story. .
Hearing Li Ke, a smile appeared on the girl's face first, and then she quickly reacted, with a trace of anxiety on her face: "Why did the third brother hit someone in the palace again and was caught by the father? Isn't he Are you going to get slapped with a military stick again? What should I do? I’ll go and beg for mercy.”
The maids nearby couldn't help but snicker. In the eyes of you brothers and sisters, the eldest grandson Dalang is not a human being, right? Without asking a single question.
But they all understood that it was really His Highness the King of Shu who did it... His Highness the King of Shu told her one by one in front of His Highness Changle the bad things Changsun Chong had done outside. After a long time, His Highness Changle said to Changsun Chong It’s no wonder the impression is so good!
Especially the fact that Changsun Chong went to a brothel when he had nothing to do, what woman wouldn't mind? The princess is also a woman.
"Your Highness, we didn't catch him. How could His Majesty, King of Shu, catch him? The guards went to report. His Highness, King of Shu, took the time to run away after beating the people." The little maid who reported covered her mouth and said with a snicker.
"I didn't catch him, that's good." Changle immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
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After leaving the palace, Li Ke's subordinates quickly greeted him.
Looking at the carriage brought by the guards, Li Ke raised his eyebrows and said, "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Well, get in the car with me." Li Ke nodded, and then took the lead in the carriage, and the middle-aged man soon followed.
After the carriage door closed, Li Ke asked, "What's going on?"
"Your Highness, there is news from the Changsun Mansion that Changsun Wuji and the Zheng family in Xingyang intend to jointly target our Yuelai Trading Company. They want to secretly reduce your financial resources by suppressing the Yuelai Trading Company. The area where the Zheng family is located is the center of our grain trade. The main acquisition area." The middle-aged man said solemnly, "In addition, Changsun Wuji is also planning to impeach you at the court meeting the day after tomorrow."
Li Ke raised his eyebrows, Xingyang Zheng family? Five surnames and seven hopes. There are seven great families in the Tang Dynasty, right? !
Li Ke has been in the Tang Dynasty for so many years, and he has naturally felt the influence of the Five Surnames and Qiwang. Later history says that even the Tang royal family couldn't marry a woman with the Five Surnames and Qiwang, because these families carried out internal affairs. Intermarriage is also the reason why later generations said that the Li family where Li Yuan lived was the fifth surname of Qiwang.
According to Li Ke's current feeling, this matter is very likely to be true. At present, Li Shimin does not have a hard demand to marry Qiwang of the fifth surname, because the main target of Li Shimin's children is currently the 24th Lingyan Pavilion ministers, and other important ministers.
But there is no doubt about the influence of the Five Surnames and Qiwang. For example, Changsun Wuji's wife came from the Zheng family in Xingyang, but she was not a legitimate daughter, but a concubine.
"At present, the natural disasters in Datang have basically passed, and grain prices have gradually stabilized. Grain trade is only part of our business. It doesn't matter even if we don't do it at all." Li Ke thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Tian Meng, ask someone to sort out all the businesses run by the Zheng family in Xingyang."
"Are we going to compete?" Tian Meng raised his head and looked at Li Ke in surprise.
In these years, Li Ke has never taken care of Yuelai Trading Company, which he established personally, even though Yuelai Trading Company has grown into a behemoth.
