"Forget it, you have your own mind. I'll leave first. You can deal with your father on your own." Li Chengqian shrugged his shoulders and didn't say much. Of course he knew that Changle himself didn't want to marry Changsun Chong, so he canceled it. Come on, Li Chengqian is thinking very clearly now.
At present, his father is making decisions on these matters. As a prince, he can do his job well. As for the other things, they can do whatever they want, and it has nothing to do with me and Li Chengqian.
After sending Li Chengqian away, Li Ke turned to Chang Lin, who had been waiting beside him. Chang Lin did not leave with Li Shimin. It was obviously Li Shimin who asked him to stay here.
"Your Highness, these things?" Chang Lin asked, pointing to the things around him.
"Everything sent to Changle in the palace was reserved for her. Since it is a dowry given to her, it must be placed with her." Li Ke said simply.
Chang Lin paused for a moment. He always thought that Li Ke gave these things to Changle as a dowry to get Changsun Wuji to terminate the engagement. Now that the engagement has been terminated, it would be okay for Li Ke to take these things back. After all, Changle had just terminated the engagement. As for the marriage contract, it is still unknown who will be married next, and the dowry can be discussed at that time.
But no one expected that Li Ke would send these things to Changle's palace.
"Yes!" Although Chang Lin was a little shocked, he agreed immediately.
It doesn't matter where Li Ke puts the gold. Li Ke can't use the gold. It doesn't matter where he puts the gold that can't be spent. When Li Ke uses the gold in the future, will he still worry that Changle won't give it to him? Besides, it was really safer to put this thing in his own hands than in Changle's hands.
As for other things, they are valuable to other people, but not valuable to Li Ke at all, so naturally it doesn't matter.
And these are said to be dowries. It seems that there is no such thing as pre-marital property in the Tang Dynasty. But if you look at who it is, if the princess marries... the princess really has private property. To put it bluntly, this dowry has passed. Only the princess can move, no one else can.
In fact, not only princesses, but also the dowries brought by girls marrying from big and powerful families are basically the same. It is an unspoken rule for everyone that this money is to support their daughter, so that her daughter will not live in poverty.
It can be called the ancient version of a prenuptial property agreement.
Chang Lin ordered people to take away all the things, and Li Ke's people who came with the things all walked out of the palace, and Li Ke walked towards Liangyi Hall himself.
When Li Ke came in, Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and said angrily: "Oh, who is this? Isn't this our His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Ke: "..."
"Dad, can we talk properly? Isn't this something that has been discussed a long time ago? Why are you talking like this? If I can't come up with so much after a year, won't I lose your people too?" Li Ke He quickly said with a smile.
Li Shimin was a little speechless, why did I lose my people? It was you who suggested it. If you want to embarrass someone, you will also lose your people.
"You don't dare. My Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is not as rich as your Majesty, the King of Qin. I can't even afford so much money." Li Shimin was still looking weird.
"Hey! Dad, look at what you said, you have misunderstood Erchen, haven't you? Erchen makes so much money for your own good." Li Ke said quickly.
"Huh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, "Come on, tell me something. If you don't tell me, you'll be beaten."
"Hey, dad, you really misunderstood my good intentions. Think about it, is Changle your most beloved eldest daughter, the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Ke asked righteously.
"Yes. What's wrong?" Li Shimin gave him a neutral look.
"Then you like Changle so much, I don't believe that when you marry Changle, your dowry to Changle will be less, and it may even far exceed the standard regulations. When the time comes, think about it, you have given so much, it would be strange if Zheng Guogong didn't give you any advice. It’s time! Then you’ll be angry again!”
"It's easy now. With the dowry I provide, if you come within the system, can Duke Zheng still criticize you?" Li Ke said quickly.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it carefully, it was really like this. The dowry he had prepared for Changle before was really too much.
"Okay, sit down quickly. I've never seen you so polite before." Li Shimin waved his hand.
"Where did you get so much gold?" Li Shimin was too lazy to talk nonsense to him. After letting Li Ke sit down, he asked directly. Everything else was easy to explain, but Li Shimin couldn't figure out the gold.
"Nuqiang, Qiemo, Tuyuhun, and Tubo were looted from these countries." Li Ke shrugged his shoulders and said confidently.
"Then shouldn't this money be mine?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then asked equally confidently.
"You can take it if you want. I have asked Chang's servant to put it in Changle's palace. I will definitely not be able to get her dowry back." Li Ke said casually.
Li Shimin: "..." He looked at Li Ke with some surprise. He never expected that Li Ke would send the gold to Changle Palace.
"Are you really giving it?" Li Shimin couldn't help but ask.
"Otherwise? Are you still pretending? How can any brother pretend to be for his sister and deceive him?" Li Ke shook his head.
Li Shimin: "..."
280 stones of gold! That adds up to more than five million yuan! Half of the treasury of the Tang Dynasty! Just gave it to Changle as a dowry?
"Okay, anyway, it's what you wanted now, what next? What else are you going to do? Who do you think Changle is suitable to marry?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Ke: "..."
He looked at Li Shimin who was asking seriously. Li Ke was also a little speechless. No, Dad, how much do you want to marry my sisters? The engagement has just been broken off. Good guy, you have already started looking for candidates, right? ?
If it weren't for the fact that all the dowry, status, and even tombs you gave Changle were beyond the norm, I would have thought you didn't like this daughter.
"Dad, can't you let Changle choose?" Li Ke said speechlessly.
"I remember someone said? Parents order matchmakers?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke with squinting eyes and asked.
"Ahem... Anyway, it will definitely not work in the short term. How can we give Duke Qi some face?" Li Ke coughed dryly and said quickly.
"Hey, have you remembered to give face to Duke Qi at this time? When you were in the Taiji Hall just now, you, Li Ke, were so cool. Duke Qi, please." Li Shimin couldn't help but make a sarcastic comment.
Li Kesan laughed: "Isn't the atmosphere already here?"
"Okay, now that this matter is over, it's over. In any case, don't target Changsun Chong in the future." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and said.
"Dad, look at what you said, when did I attack my grandson? If he hadn't provoked me, would I have beaten him? It's not like you don't know that I, Yingguo, am like you! How can I be okay with such a reasonable person? Beat him." Li Ke said directly and shamelessly.
Li Shimin: "..."
Are you like me? Are you feeling guilty when you say this?
"I will talk to your mother about this later. I asked you to ask you today. You didn't ask your eldest brother to submit a memorial. How did the two of you talk about it?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.
It was okay if Li Shimin didn't ask, but Li Ke became even more depressed when he asked.
