Datang Storyteller: Uncovering the Secret of Xuanwu Gate, Li Er was stunned

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Royal Palace.

Lizheng Hall.

Li Shimin asked the imperial physician to check on Empress Changsun, and he was relieved after making sure that Empress Changsun was in good health.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Fang asks to see you."

"pass!"

Li Shimin spit out a word lightly.

Fang Xuanling must have something very important to find him at this time.

Hearing this, the servant eunuch ran out.

Soon Fang Xuanling walked in together with the eunuch.

After saluting Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, he briefly told Li Shimin about the matter.

"It's really interesting. I gave him the land to build a restaurant and expand the store, but he didn't want to."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Mr. Qin said that he has feelings for the restaurant and is reluctant to leave."

Li Shimin smiled, "Forget it, let him go."

"He is really a strange person. He is not suitable for an official, and he is unwilling to rebuild a restaurant on the land. Then if I promise him the princess, do you think he will refuse?"

Fang Xuanling was shocked when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, you mean..."

Li Shimin nodded, "Yes, I admire Qin Yu very much, and I want to recruit him as the captain-in-law."

"This Qin Yu is not only proficient in melody, but also good at Qihuang, not to mention his cooking skills. He can even speak scripts so well. He is really a rare talent. I don't want him to be so neglected."

Originally, Li Shimin admired Qin Yu very much, but now that he has added ten admiration points, Li Shimin likes Qin Yu even more.

Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded.

Has His Majesty's love for Qin Yu reached this level?

But thinking about it carefully, Fang Xuanling also felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Just the method of making fine salt and the horseshoe that Qin Yu brought out is enough to make people pay attention, not to mention the strategy presented later.

In other words, anyone would want to hold such a talent in their hands.

"That's what Your Majesty said."

Fang Xuanling agreed, and then asked: "Which princess does His Majesty like?"

"Accordingly, Lizhi is more suitable, but Lizhi has already been betrothed to the eldest Sun Chong, and they should get married this year. What I mean by the empress is Princess Yuzhang, what does Fang Qing think?"

"Princess Yuzhang?"

"Very good, very good!"

Although Princess Yuzhang is not as noble as Princess Changle, the eldest princess, she is also a child raised by the queen.

His Majesty loves it very much.

Qin Yu is just a commoner, and it is his rare blessing to be able to marry Princess Yuzhang.

"Your Majesty, I still have something to report..."

Thinking about the portrait, Fang Xuanling directly reported it to Li Shimin.

Whether to give it, or how to give it, is up to Li Shimin to make a decision.

"portrait?"

Li Shimin was a little surprised.

"What does Qin Yu want my portrait for?"

"Mr. Qin said that he wanted to admire His Majesty's demeanor."

When Qin Yu said this, Fang Xuanling said the same, anyway, he couldn't think of any other reason.

"Then you gave it to him?" Li Shimin looked serious.

If Fang Xuanling gave the portrait, wouldn't his previous lies be exposed?
"Without His Majesty's will, how would I dare to give it." Fang Xuanling smiled wryly.

If he dared to give it, he wouldn't have to worry about offending Qin Yu.

"It's fine if you don't give it. As for the portrait, you can think of any reason to fool it."

Li Shimin does not want to reveal his identity yet.

"The minister obeys the order."

Fang Xuanling responded, and left after reporting the matter.

Li Shimin sighed and said to Empress Changsun, "This Qin Yu is really a weird person."

Empress Changsun smiled and said: "If he is following others like others, why would His Majesty treat him differently?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then he burst out laughing, "The one who knows me is the servant girl of Guanyin."

Empress Changsun smiled, looked at Xiao Sizi, and then planned to rest.

At this time, the eunuch came to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness and Princess Changle are asking to see you."

"Gao Ming and Li Zhi? What are they doing here so late?"

Li Shimin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the prince Li Chengqian and the eldest princess Li Lizhi would come to see them at this time.

"Let them in."

Now that we're here, we need to see each other.

Soon, Li Lizhi walked in with Prince Li Chengqian.

"My sons and daughters meet their father and mother."

The siblings said in unison.

"Lizhi, Gao Ming, it's so late, why are you looking for me and your mother?"

Li Shimin asked directly.

Li Chengqian didn't hold back, and directly took out the investigation results of the past two days from his sleeve and handed them to Li Shimin.

"Father, please look at these data. This is the result of investigations arranged by Erchen and Huangmei these two days."

"This result is likely to be related to the reason for the slow population growth of my Datang."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin reached out to take it, opened it and looked at it.

"This is?"

After reading the data, Li Shimin didn't quite understand what the data represented.

"Father, these data are the results of the investigation of the close relatives of the son and the emperor, that is, the survival rate of the offspring of men and women who are related by blood within three generations after marriage."

"The data clearly show that when close relatives marry, most of the children born are either defective or unable to survive, and even the mother's survival rate is not high."

Li Chengqian explained.

At the same time hand over another booklet,
"Father, this is the data of offspring born to men and women who are not related by blood. Compared with the data in the previous book, it is clear that the chances of children born to men and women who are not related by blood are much higher."

When Li Chengqian was speaking, Li Shimin had already opened the booklet and read it.

As Li Chengqian said, the children born to men and women who are not related by blood basically support them.

And the physical defects are much less.

"Is this data true?" Li Shimin asked, frowning.

This matter is related to the population problem of Datang, and it is not a trivial matter. If it is true, it means that they have found the reason for the slow population growth.

If it is not true, then where and why this data comes from is worth deliberating.

"Reporting to my father, these two data are the results of joint investigations by my son-in-law and my sister-in-law, and they are absolutely true."

Li Chengqian cupped his hands and said.

Li Lizhi also nodded and said, "Father, these data are all true."

"Why do you think of doing such an investigation?"

Li Shimin asked suspiciously.

No one has ever cared about this kind of thing, why did the Prince and Princess Changle suddenly want to investigate this matter?

This made Li Shimin very suspicious.

"Reporting to my father, this matter is what Mr. Qin said. My son and the emperor's sister investigated these data to verify the truth of Mr. Qin's words, but I didn't expect that the facts were actually the same as what Mr. Qin said. Inbreeding marriages ,Hurt self and others."

"what?"

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, Li Shimin was shocked.

"You said that Qin Yu said this?"