Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

The saying "extreme joy leads to sorrow" is not an exaggeration to describe Li Tai now.

He was drinking and celebrating just now, but now he was pinned to the ground and beaten.

Don’t think that Li Tai has thick skin and strong flesh just because he is fat. You are totally wrong.

Li Tai is just fat but not very resistant to punches, or you could say he has delicate skin and tender flesh.

Wang De only hit Li Tai a few times, but Li Tai's butt was already covered with bruises.

The screams were like those of a pig being slaughtered, horrific to watch.

"Aye, I was wrong. Manager Wang, please stop hitting me. Please stop hitting me."

Li Tai was not convinced by his previous toughness and begged for mercy crying and shouting.

Just now he thought he could bear it, who knew it would hurt so much. How did Li Shen survive all these years of being beaten?

"Your Highness, Prince of Wei, I am only following His Majesty's orders. You better be patient. There are still thirty strokes to go."

Wang De was tired from beating him, and His Majesty said he wanted him to be beaten severely, which showed how angry he was at the time.

Wang De was Li Shimin's man, so he was not afraid of Li Tai, not even the Crown Prince Wang De.

So he was very ruthless, and Wang De was good at martial arts, so he might have hit the back instead of the buttocks.

If he gets hit like this a few times, either the ruler will break or his waist will break.

"General Manager Wang, why is Aye so angry? This beating I received was really unjust.

I hope that Steward Wang can help me solve this problem."

Even if Li Tai dies, he must die with a clear conscience.

He felt humiliated because he was beaten for no apparent reason.

"Pa~~~~"

"Ah~~~~"

While speaking, Wang De's hand did not stop, and he hit Li Tai on the butt again and again.

Wang De also knows how to fight. He would hit one place a few times and then move to another place.

If you keep hitting the same place, not only will it easily cause bleeding, but it will also become numb and you won't feel the pain later on.

Wang De hit him a few times here, then a few times there, and then continued hitting him after this side recovered a little.

Li Tai was in agony.

"Your Highness, Prince of Wei, I have already said it, I don't know the specific reason, the will of the king is hard to predict, I am just a servant.

But what I can tell you is that His Royal Highness Prince Ji has just entered the palace."

Anyway, it was impossible to hide the fact that Prince Ji had entered the palace, and it would be easy for Prince Wei to find out. Fortunately, Wang De told Li Tai the news of Li Shen's entry into the palace in advance.

This will also let Li Tai know why he was beaten.

"What? The Tenth Prince entered the palace?"

Sure enough, when Li Tai heard that Li Shen had entered the palace, he immediately guessed that this matter was related to Li Shen.

This guy is not a good person. It seems that Li Shen went to complain. No wonder his father was so angry.

It was Li Shimin's big taboo to sow discord between Li Shen and Li Chengqian.

If you think in this way, everything will make sense.

Li Shen came up with a counter-espionage plan for him. He tried to sow discord between Li Shen and the prince.

Li Shen went and told his father about this matter, and pretending to be a victim, he tried to sow discord between Li Tai, the prince, and his father.

Damn it! How despicable! Li Tai clenched his hands, hating Li Shen very much.

“Pah~~~~~”

"Ah! Li Shen!!!"

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"A-choo~~A-choo~~~"

At this moment, Li Shen was talking about something with Wang Hongfu in the front hall, and suddenly he sneezed twice.

Chunxiang quickly handed over a handkerchief and Li Shen wiped his nose

He muttered, "I thought about it once, and cursed at it the next time. It must be some bastard who cursed me.

The bad ones don’t work, the good ones do.”

Li Shen muttered a few words as if he was chanting a spell.

Everyone present was in tears and laughter. Their prince sometimes did things that were puzzling.

"Your Majesty, the news has spread, and the venue is being set up. We will use the largest hall in the Chamber of Commerce.

It should be enough to seat hundreds of people."

Wang Hongfu ignored Li Shen who was chanting and continued with the previous topic.

“Well, it should be enough. If it’s too big, you won’t be able to hear what you say.

By the way, is the high-end VIP room that I asked you to prepare ready?"

Li Shen wiped his nose and nodded.

"Your Highness, the second floor is all designed as VIP rooms. The rooms are ready-made and we just need to decorate them.

Your Majesty and the Queen's room is in the center, the largest and most luxurious."

Time was tight, with only three days in total. Fortunately, the room already existed, otherwise it would have been too late to build it.

Li Shen nodded again with satisfaction. After Wang Hongfu came back, he didn't need to worry about many things.

"Well, Lao Wang, you did a good job. Only those above the third rank are allowed to go up to the second floor.

Apart from the title of king, the lowest rank must be a duke, a senior official, or something like that.

Just let everyone else sit down below, and the businessmen and officials should not disturb each other.

I don't need servants to serve you. I will choose former palace maids from Prince Ji's Mansion to serve in the other VIP rooms.

They know the rules better than other servants.

As for His Majesty...he should bring his own servants.

Remember that this auction is a feat and a first for us, so we must not let it go wrong."

Li Shen specifically asked Wang Xuance, who was an expert in reading erudite books, whether there had ever been auctions in history.

Wang Xuance went back and checked some ancient books. He found that there had never been a formal auction in history.

Only some temples will auction the clothes of some eminent monks, so it is called "singing clothes".

The income is also uncertain. Starting from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was initially some food ingredients, but now some people will also pay some money.

Therefore, the formal auction held by Li Shen this time was the first in history.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. If there is any mistake, you don't need to punish me this time. I will commit suicide at the gate of the palace to apologize for my crime."

Wang Hongfu patted his chest and made the promise.

"Get out of my way. If you want to die, die far away. It's unlucky for you to die at my gate.

How come you won’t even let me die in peace?

Get out of here, you bastard, and finish what you've done."

Li Shen almost died of anger when he heard Wang Hongfu's words of loyalty.

This bastard is going to die at his doorstep?

This is a Feng Shui treasure land. Someone died at the door. From now on, there will be a gust of evil wind every time I go out.

"Yes, yes, I was wrong. I will do it right away."

Seeing that Li Shen was angry, Wang Hongfu quickly apologized and walked out.

"Your Majesty, the invitations have been written. All those above the rank of county marquis are invited."

At this time Wang Xuance came in to report.

"Then have someone send it to Wang Hongfu, and distribute half to those below the rank of Duke. Have someone cooperate and spread the news in the market.

The auction is in two days, so we need to hype it up.

Just tell others that all those who come to participate in the charity auction are great philanthropists of our Tang Dynasty. You can say anything nice like benevolence and kindness.

We just need to make the people of Chang'an feel that those who didn't come are evil-hearted and selfish people."

Li Shen is very good at moral blackmail.

"Your Highness, if this is the case, we will offend a lot of people." Wang Xuance was a little worried.

(I am from the Northeast. I think about it once and curse it twice. I have been following this since I was a child.

I don’t know if this statement exists elsewhere.)