Qin Ming was a little hesitant when he heard this. After all, his grandfather was also in the study. If Li Shimin and the others went there, wouldn't they have to give their grandfather a junior gift?
Besides, he still doesn't know why these two people came here today, and Li Er's nose is not a nose, and his eyes are not eyes. He doesn't know how crazy he is.
Seemingly sensing Qin Ming's thoughts, Queen Changsun said with a smile:
"Auntie and your Uncle Li are here today. They are here to visit relatives and friends. Today happens to be a meeting with the elders of my nephew's family. Otherwise, auntie would have lost her etiquette."
Qin Ming was still puzzled by Empress Changsun's remarks. After all, there are no emperors or empresses who visit relatives and friends on the second day of the Lunar New Year. You are not ordinary people.
However, now that Empress Changsun had said this, Qin Ming could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart, stood up and saluted:
"In this case, my nephew will take Uncle Li and Auntie to the backyard to have a look. However, my nephew's grandfather has a bit of a weird temper. If he is rude for a while, please don't take offense to Auntie."
"My dear nephew, you are worrying too much. We in the Tang Dynasty attach great importance to filial piety. Auntie is not an unreasonable person."
Queen Changsun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, glanced at Li Shimin, and then the two of them got up and followed Qin Ming towards the backyard.
On the way, Queen Changsun quietly pulled Li Shimin's sleeve and said softly:
"Erlang, what happened to you today?"
Li Shimin glanced at Qin Ming who was walking in front and said angrily:
"When I think about it, this boy is engaged to Yuzhang and covets Changle, and I get very angry."
Empress Changsun glanced at Li Shimin helplessly, and then comforted:
"Erlang, let go of those things first and wait until we return to the palace. The most important thing now is to see if that person is the father."
Li Shimin's expression also became solemn when he heard this. As he got closer and closer to the study, a kind of nervousness could not help but creep into his heart.
At this moment, all he was thinking about was what he should say when he saw his father soon, and what he would do if his father "embarrassed" him in public.
After a while, Qin Ming led everyone to the outside of Qin Mansion's study.
Qin Ming led Queen Changsun and others into the study.
Everyone in the study, whether they were playing cards or looking at cards, all looked towards the door when they heard the movement.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun did not expect that there would be so many people in Qin Ming's study, and they felt somewhat uncomfortable being looked at by so many pairs of eyes at once.
At this moment, Li Yuan's angry voice came out.
"Girl Jun, show your cards quickly, I've been waiting for a long time."
Qin Ming smiled apologetically at Empress Changsun, and then said to everyone in the room:
"Everyone, keep playing and don't worry about us."
Hearing this, Yang Zijun retracted his gaze towards the door, pulled out a card and threw it on the table:
"Get rich."
Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, grabbed Facai, knocked down his cards from left to right and said:
"Big three yuan, hahaha, I said early in the morning that you will be lucky today, hahaha, hurry up, give me money, give me money."
Yang Zijun and Xiao Qingwan looked pained when they heard this, took a few copper coins from the small box beside them and handed them to Li Yuan.
Because it is a mahjong game, the base price is one penny, which makes it easier to calculate.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun looked at Li Yuan in confusion. They never expected that their father was really here, and he looked very happy at this time.
Then Li Shimin felt a trance in front of his eyes. How long had it been since he had seen his father look so happy?
Five years? Or eight years?
Naturally, Li Yuan had already seen Li Shimin and Empress Changsun standing at the door, but he just glanced at them, then lowered his head and continued playing cards, as if he didn't know you.
Princess Jinyang's big black eyes looked at the mahjong tiles in the imperial grandfather's hand with curiosity. She tugged on Qin Ming's clothes and said:
"Brother Ming, Sizi wants to take a closer look."
Qin Ming nodded and said:
"okay."
After saying that, Qin Ming walked to the card table with Si Zi in his arms, pointed at Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and introduced with a smile:
"Grandpa, these are two elders from Chang'an City whom my grandson has met, Uncle Li and Aunt Li. They usually take good care of my grandson. Today they came here specifically to visit. They are not only members of the Li clan in Longxi , and they are relatives of the royal family."
Li Yuan raised his head and glanced at Queen Changsun, then lowered his head and said seemingly unintentionally while playing mahjong:
"I'm just a remote branch of the Li family in Longxi. I don't know any of the royal family members in Chang'an City, and I don't want to know any of them."
After speaking, Li Yuan also winked at Concubine Zhang who was sitting next to him.
Concubine Zhang was also startled by the arrival of Li Shimin and Queen Changsun just now. She originally thought it was His Majesty who came to ask questions, but she didn't expect that they actually came to Qin Ming.
If she hadn't been mentally good, she would have been unable to sit still.
After listening to Li Yuan's words and seeing him wink at her, she felt relieved and could not help but nod slightly towards Li Yuan.
Yang Zijun on the side saw Li Yuan and Concubine Zhang's little actions, and immediately became unhappy. She patted the table gently and said:
"Old man, when you winked at Madam Zhang, weren't you trying to collude with others to cheat?"
Li Yuan was stunned when he heard this, patted his thigh and said:
"I'm so good at poker, are you cheating? Who are you looking down on?"
Yang Zijun and Xiao Qingwan couldn't help but rolled their eyes when they heard this, and stopped paying attention to him.
Qin Ming turned around and glanced at Empress Changsun apologetically:
"Aunt, don't be offended, grandpa..."
Queen Changsun is such a smart person. She could already hear what Li Yuan meant from what she just said. She smiled and said:
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way. By the way, nephew, how do you play these mahjong tiles? Can you teach aunty?"
Qin Ming was relieved when he heard this, so he pointed to the sofa beside him and said:
"Auntie, come on, let's sit over there. My nephew will tell you about the rules. After you understand the rules, if you are interested, come over and watch them play cards."
Queen Changsun nodded when she heard this.
When Qin Ming saw his eldest grandson nodding, he hurriedly hugged Si Zi and sat on the sofa. He picked up a piece of pastry from the coffee table and stuffed it into Si Zi's hand.
When Qin Ming raised his head, he realized that Li Shimin was still standing blankly at the door of the study. He couldn't help but said to Li Shimin:
"Uncle Li, Uncle Li, come and sit down quickly."
Li Shimin came back to his senses after hearing this, glanced at the energetic Li Yuan at the card table, and then came to sit down on the sofa.
Along with the sound of shuffling cards on the card table, Qin Ming explained the rules of mahjong to Queen Changsun and Li Shimin in detail.
Later, in order for the two of them to understand quickly, the maid was asked to bring over a deck of cards.
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