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

The prince's carriage soon arrived in front of Li Shen, followed by carriages from the Prince of Jin's and the Prince of Wei's palaces.

Li Shen sometimes wondered what these two guys were thinking, since the three of them didn’t live together.

How come they always run into each other unexpectedly?

Or are these two just waiting for Li Chengqian to come along?

It seems like the three of them have some special relationship.

Li Chengqian got off the carriage, and Li Shen hurriedly led everyone forward to pay their respects.

"See His Highness the Crown Prince."

"See His Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian nodded slightly.

"Well, no gifts."

Then Li Shen saluted Li Tai and Li Zhi.

"Old Ten, you've made quite a fuss this time, all the dignitaries in Chang'an City are here.

Apart from His Majesty, you are the only one in Chang'an who can get all the dignitaries to attend. "

Li Tai came to Li Shen with a smile and pulled Li Shen enthusiastically.

"Fourth brother, you are joking. How dare I compare myself with Your Majesty?

What I am doing this time is a good deed. Everyone is not coming here for me, but for the poor people of the Tang Dynasty.

All the powerful people in the Tang Dynasty are kind-hearted, right, Fourth Brother?"

Li Shen asked Li Tai with a smile, and they also looked like they had a deep brotherly love.

"Haha, Old Ten is indeed Old Ten, what he said makes sense.

It's the fourth brother who has a narrow vision."

Li Tai chuckled after hearing this.

Li Chengqian did not respond at all and said to Li Shen:

"Tenth brother, you did make it quite grand this time, but I wonder if you have any other plans?"

His tone was flat, and to outsiders it might seem that he was not as enthusiastic as Li Tai had just been, but the news of the fight between the Crown Prince and Prince Ji not long ago had already spread.

So it’s not surprising why the prince would be like this.

"Your Highness, I have no ulterior motive. I am a kind-hearted person and cannot bear to see others suffer.

This time it is just to help those elderly and children who cannot afford medical treatment and are lonely and helpless.

The prince is worrying too much."

Li Shen replied respectfully.

Li Tai and Li Zhi looked at Li Shen and then at Li Chengqian, wondering what the two were up to.

Even if others don’t know, how could they not know?

Li Shen and Li Chengqian have a very close relationship. Even if they want to make things awkward, Your Majesty will not agree.

But why are you acting so awkward here?

"Brother Jiu, it's been a long time since we last met. I heard that you were fined a year's salary and confined to your house for two months. I wanted to go to your house to see you after I was done with this busy period.

Father, you are such an idiot. Even if you made a mistake, you shouldn't be punished so severely. It's tens of thousands of strings of cash in a year's salary.

Don't worry, Brother Nine, if the Prince of Jin's Mansion runs out of food, come to me and I will never stand idly by."

After Li Shen finished talking to Li Chengqian, he looked at Li Zhi and said.

"Hmph, don't bother yourself. I'm better off than you anyway. I only had my salary deducted for one year, while you've had your salary deducted for six years, hundreds of thousands of strings of cash.

I don't think you will feel bad, Old Ten. After all, your family is big and your business is great, so a few hundred thousand strings of cash is nothing."

Li Zhi showed no sign of weakness and fought back with sarcasm.

Oh my god, Li Shen felt distressed. He was so busy ridiculing others that he forgot that his salary had been deducted for six years.

As soon as Li Zhi mentioned hundreds of thousands of strings of cash, Li Shen's mood immediately turned sour.

Damn it, I killed 800 enemies but lost 12,000 of my own people, Li Shen thought to himself.

Seeing Li Shen's expression changing, Li Chengqian felt helpless. Why did you go about provoking others for no reason?

Don’t you know that you are worse off than others?

But Li Shen was still quite tough and said immediately:

"Ninth brother is right. Six years' salary is nothing to me. A few hundred thousand strings of cash is nothing to worry about."

Li Tai, who was standing by, chuckled after hearing this, and before Li Zhi could say anything, he said:

"Of course, the Tenth Master's family is big and powerful, with an annual income of several million guan, how could he be interested in that little salary?

But I heard that Old Ten never received a salary."

Damn, this hurts. Li Shen felt very upset.

This bastard actually learned how to attack my weaknesses and broke my defense with one blow.

However, Li Shen had to put on a brave face and pretend that nothing had happened. In order to protect his reputation, he said:

"I don't like what Fourth Brother said. What do you mean by never receiving a salary? I have received a salary, okay?"

"Really? Old Ten, in which year did you receive it?" Li Tai's face was full of curiosity, which made Li Shen very angry.

Seeing Li Tai's ugly face, Li Shen shouted back:

"I have all the salary before the tenth year of Zhenguan."

"The tenth year of Zhenguan? Let me calculate, you should be eight years old.

Shouldn't the salary before you were eight years old be collected by the Imperial Concubine on your behalf?

Besides, you haven't left the palace yet, you don't have good farmland or fiefdom, so your monthly salary shouldn't be much, right?"

Li Zhi calculated on the side and found that he was the same age as Li Shen and was born in the same year, so he was also eight years old at that time.

"Yes, you didn't have much money before you were eight, and it was all taken away by the Imperial Concubine. You haven't received any salary since you were eight.

So isn't it right that Fourth Brother said that you have never had a salary?"

Li Tai followed suit,

"I..." Li Shen was speechless. How come these two guys were so powerful today?

Suddenly Li Shen realized that he seemed to be at a disadvantage in this topic and he should change the topic.

"Okay, Aye will be here soon, let all the officials come out."

When Li Shen was still trying to save his face, Li Chengqian spoke.

Li Shen had no choice but to ask Wang Xuance to notify everyone inside to come out.

From front to back according to the size of the official position.

The merchants who were invited were at the end of the line.

After a while, a group of people came running over. They were the guards responsible for clearing the road, driving away pedestrians and some obstacles on the road.

"Your Highness, His Majesty will be here shortly." The guard came to Li Chengqian and reported.

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen.

Li Shen understood and reported immediately:

"Your Highness, everything is ready."

Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction. At this time, not to mention Li Shen's men, even his six officers had to avoid and leave.

Half an hour later, the sound of gongs and drums was heard in the distance, and from afar one could see the central flag, yellow flag, crimson flag, black tortoise flag and other ceremonial guards.

Li Shen couldn't help but complain in his heart that it was a waste of money and time, and this was only the scale of a small project.

For example, the last time I went to Qinghai Road, it was a grand procession, with several thousand people in the ceremonial guard alone.

The Imperial Guards arrived first and surrounded everyone, especially the merchants and common people at the back.

Then Li Shimin's carriage arrived.

There were a total of three carriages this time. The first carriage was the luxurious carriage that Li Shen built for Li Shimin.

Anyway, Li Shimin always had six carriages when he went out, so he was not worried about not being able to pull the cart. The second and third carriages were more common.

Li Shimin was the first to get off the carriage, and Li Chengqian hurried forward to support him.

Then Empress Changsun came out of the carriage, and the two filial sons Li Tai and Li Zhi also came forward attentively.