Li Xian only participated in a few games before he had to give up his position.
There was no way, my luck today was a bit ridiculously good, it was a golden flower method, but I was either a pair or a flush, so I couldn't lose at all.
For things like playing cards, the numbers are universal, just change the Arabic numerals into one, two, and three. As for the big and small kings of JQKA, they can only be replaced by male Bohou Gong, and the big and small kings are just different from the king and the county. No one dared to put the Second Saint on the playing cards casually. Although Li Xian wanted to do it, he had no choice but to give up after thinking about the consequences.
The advent of a new gambling equipment, especially the novel gameplay, immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Ignoring these gambling guys, Li Xian prepared to return to the East Palace after giving up his seat.
In fact, he doesn't like gambling. Even if he participates in it, he will not let go of the hawk. He only dares to gamble if he ensures that he has a good hand.
Life is like a gamble. Even if you have a straight flush, you may not be able to win. Because, in this matter involving probability, no one knows how likely it is that the other party will have a bigger flush or a leopard. It is common in real life to risk everything and end up losing everything.
Li Xian doesn't want to do this. In his opinion, there is nothing at present that is worth betting everything on. If possible, when making a decision, he only hopes to pay less than 50% of the chips. Even if he loses, he can make a comeback. .
Although such an approach will be ridiculed as a coward, when it comes to your wealth and life, being timid can save your life!
When he came downstairs, he saw the boxes that had been loaded on the carriage. Li Xian looked at Li Yun in surprise, wondering what was going on.
Li Yun cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, this is a gift from the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He said that he will visit the East Palace someday to discuss cooperation with you."
Hearing this, Li Xian immediately laughed, glanced at the box, and said to Li Yun: "Look, Zheng Wen clearly said everything, but Wang Qiong still betrayed him without hesitation. After all, the relationship between the five surnames and the seven hopes is not monolithic, and when interests are involved, stabbing each other in the back is not unacceptable."
Li Yun knew that the prince was just sighing and did not need to express his opinions, so he just listened.
After looking back at the Juxian Building in the East City, Li Xian ordered the six soldiers to send him to the West City.
The restaurant in the West Market also opened today. Although the guests were all wealthy businessmen, he, the prince, always had to show his face.
Needless to say, as long as you show up, business will boom at West Market's "Sihai Tower".
In addition, it is Shangguan Wan'er.
Glancing at Shangguan Wan'er who was following the carriage outside the carriage, Li Xian felt that it would be better for her to see her mother more. Otherwise, it would still be difficult to meet him if he was at the palace gate and at the west market.
This time when he went to the West Market, except for the guards, Li Xian sent all the ritual sticks and other items back to the East Palace.
I can't stand it anymore. If he goes to the Western Market with his ceremonial stick again, he will definitely become a laughing stock in Chang'an tomorrow.
So ostentatious!
Zhang Youcai is the shopkeeper of the East Market Restaurant, and the West Market Restaurant is handed over to the Zheng family. No, it should be called the Shangguan family now.
At the door of the restaurant in West Market, Li Xian just called her "Shangguanshi", which made her smile.
When Xiao Desheng re-registered her household registration, it was An's surname "Shangguan".
Although she didn't know what happened to Shangguan's family back then, there was no doubt that if it hadn't been miserable enough, she wouldn't have been so hostile to her natal family.
Combining the experiences of Huang Liang and Shangguan Yi, Li Xian discovered that perhaps the original Shangguan Yi was just an abandoned son of the fifth surname. The downfall of Empress Wang can be said to be a slap in the face to them. As a result, it is naturally difficult for them to have a good impression of the future.
Being a son-in-law with a fifth surname, the risks are not generally low. However, what makes people speechless is that even if there is a risk of moving their heads, the noble officials still want to marry a woman with the fifth surname. Even if they have to spend all their wealth, they will never regret it.
After all, people of any generation are pretty much the same when it comes to keeping up with trends. These people who dream of marrying women with the fifth surname are no different from the man who sells his kidneys for mobile phones.
After taking a look at the crowd of people in the restaurant, Li Xian walked out of the carriage and got off the carriage, but had no intention of entering.
"It looks like there are quite a few people."
Hearing the prince's words, Shangguan smiled and said: "Actually, these businessmen are here because of your name, as if it is such an honor to have a banquet in your restaurant. You only saw the first floor. It’s so popular that I haven’t even seen what the second floor looks like yet, and businessmen who want to book a large box on the second floor to entertain guests have been waiting in line for ten days.”
Although he had expected such a scene, Li Xian was still very surprised when he actually saw it.
Looking at the good-looking Shangguanshi, Li Xian said: "Actually, I just randomly arranged a job for you. If you don't like being in public like this, you can change it to another one. You don't have to force yourself."
Shangguan knelt down and saluted: "Your Highness, you are too worried. You saved my mother and son from fire and water. I am so grateful. How dare you choose? Besides, Shangguan's family also ran a restaurant before, and I still don't care about these things." I'm relatively familiar with it. As for showing up in public, I'm no longer a concubine, I'm just a peasant woman, so what should I be afraid of?"
Seeing Shangguan's calm look, even Li Xian couldn't help but look at her. People who can maintain a correct attitude in any environment will never be defeated no matter what kind of setbacks they encounter. Strength is not unusual to see in men, but it is quite surprising to see it in women, especially women in this era.
The appearance of the Prince Frame made the noisy Sihailou gradually quiet down.
For the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, the country's second saint and prince were people from two different worlds, and they were generally unlikely to interact with each other in their lifetime.
Now, they all feel lucky to be able to see the prince's true face through the window.
As a group of people who are restless in the land, businessmen have been the targets of suppression since ancient times. In fact, even in Li Xian's opinion, businessmen should be suppressed.
Nowadays, the output of the land cannot satisfy everyone, so how can there be enough to support the construction of a commercial system?
Nowadays, a limited number of merchants can promote the circulation of goods. But when all the people are merchants, it will be strange if nothing happens. Every dynasty emphasizes focusing on agriculture and suppressing business. This is not unreasonable.
Not wanting to let the businessmen in the restaurant act like monkeys, Li Xian left Shangguan Wan'er to stay with his mother for the entire afternoon before returning to the East Palace.
To the north of the West Market are twelve cities including Buzhengfang. These cities were relatively prosperous during the Zhenguan period, but now they are showing some signs of dilapidation. The people who live here are all petty officials. , or a local wealthy businessman.
What caused this change was the change in the palace. Taiji Palace is now in a semi-abandoned state. Whether it is the emperor's harem or the three provinces and six ministries, they have all been moved to the Daming Palace. Nowadays, in addition to leaving a small number of palace maids and eunuchs to maintain the Taiji Palace, it is also used as a cold palace. Concubines who make serious mistakes will be driven to Tai Chi Palace.
He didn't dare to enter the Tai Chi Palace. Li Xian had never thought about his son inheriting his father's business. He just wanted to use a way to enter Hengjie from Anfu Gate and then arrive at the main entrance of the East Palace.
When I arrived at the main entrance of the East Palace, I saw a young eunuch running quickly, looking panicked.
Li Yong took the initiative to greet her. After listening to the young eunuch's words, she had no choice but to jump onto the carriage, lift the door curtain and report to Li Xian: "Your Highness, Princess Taiping has entered the East Palace and is now staying with the Crown Princess."
Li Xian was stunned for a moment, but when he remembered Taiping's current age, he returned to normal and said with a smile: "Taiping is here? What a good thing. I haven't seen her for a long time. I haven't seen her in the harem several times. It's really It's a pity. But why are you in such a hurry?"
Li Yun's face turned dark, and he said helplessly: "Ever since I learned that the King of England lives in the East Palace, I don't know how the princess looks like, but she also wants to move to the East Palace, saying it is just for fun. Since she has come now, most likely It was the Queen of Heaven who relented."
Come to live in the East Palace?
Li Xian's face also turned dark. Where do I think the East Palace is? A hotel?
The purpose of keeping Li Xian here is to keep an eye on him. After cultivating a relationship, he still has to be kicked out. Why does Taiping come to join in the fun? If this continues, will Li Dan also come?
Then don’t call your East Palace the East Palace. It was originally located on the west side of the Daming Palace and was already very nondescript. Now that so many princes and princesses live here, it’s really...
With a sigh, Li Xian had no choice but to tell the coachman to drive the carriage faster.
The carriage entered the East Palace and did not stop until it reached the Cheng'en Palace.
Although Li Hong's Crown Princess Pei vacated the Guangtian Palace, Li Xian still had no plans to live in it. At most, just arrange for your little wife to live there.
The construction of the buildings in Yichun Beiyuan has already begun. Summer is fine, but in winter, I plan to move to Yichun Beiyuan.
As soon as I entered the Cheng'en Hall, I heard a string of laughter like a barbell coming from inside.
That’s right, it’s a barbell. Because this sound really doesn’t match words like euphemism.
Seeing that the prince was back, all the servants saluted, and Fang Furong also pulled a chubby girl about ten years old out to greet him.
Yes, it’s the little fat girl.
Movies and TV shows are misleading. Princess Taiping does not have a well-proportioned figure like Zhou Xun and others. Although she is only ten years old now, she feels that she has already weighed ninety pounds. No wonder Li Zhi and Wu Zetian liked her. Parents all like the chubby look of their children, even emperors and empresses.
Taiping immediately became happy when he saw the prince's brother, ran a few steps and rushed towards him.
Li Xian quickly prepared himself for the impact and then hugged her.
"You're a big girl. From now on, don't always hide in your brother's arms and make people laugh."
Hearing this, Taiping suddenly pouted: "Who dares to laugh? My sister asked Aye to chop him down. Brother Six, I heard that Brother Seven is also in the East Palace, why didn't you see him coming with you?"
"Your seventh brother is sleeping in Yichun Palace now. He needs to go to Chongwen Hall to study in the afternoon. You came just in time. Anyway, you don't have much chance to study on weekdays. How about studying with your seventh brother? There will be officials coming to Chongwen in the afternoon. Library, Sixth Brother, I will also lead them to re-annotate the Book of Han, so we can get together."
After thinking about it, Li Xian felt that it would be best to drive her away through study.
Among the royal children, the princess's studies were relatively easy. He didn't believe that this fat girl could bear the torture of studying.
However, what made him speechless was that after hearing this, Taiping agreed without hesitation: "Okay, okay, as long as I'm with you. Brother Six, you don't know, I live in Sanqing Hall, the entire There are female Taoist priests in the hall, and they gather together and chant sutras all day long, and there are also a few male Taoist priests who come and tinker with elixirs. The smell is so stinky that it really annoys me to death."
Li Xian frowned. Two years ago, in order to pray for Mrs. Rong Guo, she was arranged to become a monk by the empress. Taiping was both her princess title and her Tao title. Of course, this kind of monkhood is only in name. In fact, she still lives in the palace and enjoys the treatment of a princess.
Just...making alchemy?
If there is some basis in unofficial history, Emperor Taizong was unlucky in alchemy. Why did Li Zhi also follow the same path? Or is it that everyone who is an emperor despises his own short-lived life, but actually does things that are short-lived?
In this case, I am afraid it is necessary for me to re-evaluate Li Zhi's lifespan. Or, help him get rid of the bad habit of eating lead pellets?
Seeing Brother Six frowning, Taiping couldn't help but ask: "Brother Six, why are you frowning? But my sister is not welcome to live in the East Palace?"
Li Xian quickly relaxed his brows and said helplessly: "It's not that I'm not welcome, it's just that the rules are hard to tell. You are a princess, how can you live in my brother's place? If word spreads, you will be impeached by the officials."
"Whoever dares to impeach, I will let Aye chop him to death!"
Li Xian was speechless after hearing Taiping's words about hacking people to death at every turn.
Pampering kills people. It is because of Li Zhi and Tianhou's uncontrolled pampering that she is now a little lawless.
To be honest, if the historical background hadn't given her enough status, if the process had changed, her character would have suffered a big loss sooner or later.
Smiling slightly, Taiping said: "Sixth brother, don't worry, no one will impeach me. I plan to go to Aniang today to plead for mercy. I believe Aniang will find a way."
Seeing that the queen did not agree, Li Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It would have been troublesome if she had agreed.
However, since the Queen of Heaven has not agreed yet, let her beg. I believe that the Queen of Heaven will not agree to such a willful request.
It's okay to come to the East Palace occasionally, but if you live here all the time, who likes to carry a gas bottle with you?
Although he was thinking this, Li Xian still tried his best to put on a smile.
It's okay to be a villain and a queen, so I'd better maintain the relationship between brother and sister.
If there is one more Taiping among the help from my brothers and sisters, it may be a rare good thing.
