Excluding the eldest prince, third prince, and fifth prince, the remaining ones are the second prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince.
Among these three princes, one of them was one that the seventh prince was willing to fight for.
Moreover, who was the person who hurt the seventh prince?
"Could he also be a prince?"
Tao Zhu pursed his lips and said.
"Or is it the prince?" Li Qiao was also guessing.
Would an ordinary nobleman dare to attack the Seventh Prince?
As for the princes, Sheng Hong had three brothers, all of whom were crowned kings by the Supreme Emperor. However, these three princes stayed away from the court and were all wealthy and idle people.
In order to prevent his brothers from falling out with each other, the Supreme Emperor established Sheng Hong as the crown prince early and put an end to the other three sons.
In addition, the abilities of these three sons were mediocre, so when Sheng Hong ascended the throne, they were simply not allowed to hold positions in the court, and they could just enjoy their happiness in peace.
After being away from the court for many years, will these three princes side with a certain prince and attack the seventh prince?
Tao Zhu: "..."
He couldn't guess.
After thinking about it, he said: "Didn't you promise the Fourth Prince to drink in the Taiji Palace before? If the Fourth Prince sends someone to deliver a message, then you can observe it while you are drinking."
"That's all."
Li Qiao took a long breath.
He listened to the seventh prince and would not take the initiative to meet the fourth prince, but if the fourth prince invited him to drink, then he would definitely agree.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, the fourth prince actually sent a message inviting Li Qiao to have a drink at Baiweilou.
Li Qiao went happily, but because he was not familiar with the fourth prince, the conversation during the dinner was about safe hot topics.
Moreover, this meal of wine can be called Li Qiao’s brag feast.
The fourth prince felt that Li Qiao was very powerful. Not only did his business do well, but he also promoted the development of the entire Hexi Prefecture.
The fourth prince praised Li Qiao as a rare talent seen in a hundred years.
There is also the Grand Canal, which is about to be built.
The fourth prince praised Li Qiao's decision to choose Weiqing County without hesitation, and praised him for returning to justice and guarding Qiu, and not forgetting to be in Ju.
The fourth prince knew that Li Qiao wanted to buy land in Shengjing but could not, but in this case, Li Qiao actually gave up the Tongzhou Pier.
This was such a surprise to him.
You must know that Tongzhou Wharf is seventy miles away from Shengjing. Although the land has long been owned, as long as Li Qiao chooses Tongzhou Wharf, not only will the wharf belong to Li Qiao, Li Qiao can also buy a lot of fields nearby. .
But Li Qiao didn't.
Li Qiao chose Weiqing County without hesitation.
After the dock is built in Weiqing County, it will indeed bring more businessmen to Pingcheng, but because the vermicelli recipe needs to be preserved, the vermicelli produced by Hexi Prefecture each year is limited.
Vermicelli is limited, so no matter how many merchants go there, the benefits brought to Li Qiao will be limited.
Weiqing County has a dock, and the people in Weiqing County will really benefit.
Li Qiao gave up such a big opportunity, which is really admirable.
Therefore, today's meal of wine was basically Li Qiao's bragging party, and the fourth prince praised Li Qiao again and again.
When Li Qiao returned home, before going to bed at night, Tao Zhu asked him about what happened at noon. Li Qiao only gave one sentence: "The fourth prince is a good man, and I found no trace of pretense."
Although the fourth prince kept praising him during the dinner, he also followed the fourth prince's words and talked about the fourth prince's dock.
This time, the fourth prince also acquired a new dock for the Grand Canal, located in Jibei Province. Compared with the prosperous Jiangnan, the economic level of Jibei Province is really average.
In fact, Jibei Province is adjacent to Shengjing. Shengjing is such a big area. Beyond Shengjing is Jibei Province. Logically speaking, the economic level of Jibei Province should not be similar to that of Yuanhe Province.
But in fact, Jibei Province's annual tax revenue, population, etc. are not much different from those of Yuanhe Province.
The fourth prince was very sad about this, it shouldn't be like this.
Those remote provinces were beyond the reach of the imperial court because they were far away. They wanted to make the people rich and relied on officials to govern them.
But Jibei Province is just under the influence of Shengjing, and wants to pull Jibei Province over. Isn't that easy?
Jibei Province is not rich, and he feels that every royal person has a responsibility.
This time he took over a dock in Jibei Province. He planned to use this dock to first pull up the economy of the place where the dock is located, just like Li Qiao pulled up Hexi Prefecture.
But because he didn't have Li Qiao's talent for eating, he had many difficulties.
However, building the canal is not something that happens overnight. It will take at least five or six years. Such a long time is enough for him to make a detailed plan.
In short, he is now ambitious and ready to do something big.
After hearing what Li Qiao said, Tao Zhu was very surprised: "The fourth prince's personality is actually somewhat similar to that of the Holy One."
"right."
You wouldn’t know it if you didn’t come into contact with it. Once you come into contact with it, you’ll be really shocked.
The fourth prince actually cares about the people and puts their living standards at heart. This is quite like Sheng Hong.
Of course, he is also like the Seventh Prince.
Such a fourth prince has the same views as the seventh prince and has the same ideals, so there must be common topics.
So, is the seventh prince assisting the fourth prince?
Need to observe again.
The Lantern Festival is coming soon. The most popular Lantern Festival belongs to the off-year period, and its liveliness is second only to the New Year. Therefore, Li Qiao is still on holiday during the Lantern Festival.
The Lantern Festival is the festival of lanterns. In the evening, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu took their two cubs and Li Xiaorui out to watch the lanterns.
As for Zheng Qianqian, he is an adult. Who would watch the lanterns? He would rather stay at home and play cards.
As for whether it's romantic or not, hey, Li Dashan and I are already an old couple, so we won't play that way anymore. If you're in that mood, you might as well go to bed and play.
Li Xiaorui is already two and a half years old, so he can have another baby.
Li Xia, Zhao Shen and Li Qiao Tao Zhu went to see the lanterns. On the one hand, they had to take care of the little boy, and on the other hand, Li Xia liked them.
He and Zhao Shen were still in a passionate relationship and had just gotten married this year. On such a lively festival, of course the young couple wanted to go out and play.
Watching lanterns, watching lion dances, walking on stilts, etc., it’s not this lively on weekdays.
While watching the lanterns, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu met acquaintances: Meng Yue and the Seventh Prince.
The two of them were eating glutinous rice balls in a roadside shop, and there were several animal-shaped lanterns placed on the table, including little yellow ducks, little tigers, and little rabbits, all of which were very cute.
It was Li Xiaorui who first discovered those cute lanterns while staying in Li Qiao's arms. After another look, hey, they are acquaintances.
So he immediately called Grandpa Meng.
This shout immediately attracted Li Qiao's attention. After a closer look, he wanted to disappear on the spot.
How embarrassing!
The Seventh Prince and Meng Yue definitely didn't want to see people like him and Tao Zhu.
Moreover, why did Meng Yue buy these lanterns?
In the eyes of outsiders, the seventh prince is a man, and Meng Yue is also a strong man. Now that they have such cute lanterns next to them, it is so incompatible and can easily arouse suspicion.
Just when Li Qiao was hesitant to step forward to remind Meng Yue, Li Xiaorui shouted loudly again, "Grandpa Meng." This voice attracted Meng Yue's attention.
Meng Yue immediately waved: "Xiao Rui!"
Li Qiao: "..."
Now I can only go up and say hello.
Because they were outside, the Seventh Prince did not let Li Qiao and others salute.
This was the first time that the seventh prince saw Li Xiaorui and the two cubs. He directly picked up the lantern on the table and handed it to Li Xiaorui and the two cubs.
"Meng Yue bought it for his nephew and niece. You can play with it first."
He just looked at these lanterns a few times, and Meng Yue, a fool, insisted on buying them, and even made up a reason: he bought them for his nephew and niece who were far away in Pingcheng.
But he knew that when he got to a place where no one was around, Meng Yue would definitely give him these lanterns and let him take them back to his house.
He doesn't bring it.
This kind of thing shouldn't be around him.
However, Meng Yue, this idiot, has been treating him more and more strangely recently, as if he was trying to coax the girl and the boy.
Did this idiot discover something?
After hearing what the seventh prince said, Li Qiao breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Meng Yue still acted cautiously.
He smiled and said a few words to the Seventh Prince and Meng Yue, and then left with Tao Zhu and others.
They are a bunch of light bulbs, so they won't disturb other people's dates.
After wandering for an hour, the group returned happily.
Not only did the three children buy a lot of lanterns, Li Xia also bought a few.
Tao Zhu, on the other hand, is not very interested in lanterns of various shapes. What he likes is the atmosphere of hanging out as a family.
However, after washing and getting on the kang, he hesitated for a while, and then said to Li Qiao, who was holding two cubs and kissing each other: "I may have seen someone tonight."
"Huh?" Li Qiao turned to look at him: "Maybe you saw someone?"
What does this mean?
"I think that figure is similar, but I'm not sure."
"Like who?"
Li Qiao asked, then lowered his head to pinch the tender face of Li Yunfan's little chubby friend in his arms. The baby's face was really soft.
Moreover, the baby who is sleeping soundly is so cute. He is a small ball, but he is also very fleshy. The feeling of holding him in his arms is so wonderful.
Moreover, look at the eyebrows...
