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

The carriage of Prince Ji's mansion went straight into the backyard. There was nothing Li Shen could do as he was drunk.

He drifted off to sleep.

After the carriage stopped at the back house, Shitou called a few eunuchs to help Li Shen get off the carriage.

Li Shen got off the car with his feet floating, and kept muttering:

"Old Wang, calculate how much money it is. Calculate how much money it is quickly.

Xuan Ce...Xuan Ce...um...report today's events and write a draft for this king to review first."

Li Shen closed his eyes, with fragments of memory of what he wanted to do still lingering in his mind.

"My dear, take a rest first. Everything will be arranged."

Lu Dingniang persuaded softly from the side.

Li Shen was placed on Lu Dingniang's big bed, and the servants began to prepare sobering soup and hot water towels.

Lu Dingniang turned around and told Shitou:

"Shi Tou, do what the prince just said, and notify Shopkeeper Wang and Chief Clerk Wang.

Ask Manager Wang to count today's money as soon as possible, and Wang Changshi to write a report as soon as possible.

The prince wants to read the first draft himself. Go ahead."

"Yes, Princess, I'll go right away."

Shitou agreed and walked out.

~~~~~~~

"Erlang, have a bowl of hangover soup."

Lizheng Hall.

Li Shimin lay on the couch, rubbing his forehead.

Empress Changsun came to Li Shimin with a bowl of sobering soup.

Li Shimin reached out to take it and drank it.

Empress Changsun got on the bed and pressed Li Shimin's forehead.

"Erlang, why did you drink so much today? Look at what you have done to Shen'er.

I guess Shen'er might be unconscious when he returns."

"Well, I'm happy today, so I drank a few more cups." Li Shimin closed his eyes, enjoying the tranquility brought to him by Empress Changsun.

"Haha, besides being happy, I think you deliberately wanted to drink more Shen'er, Erlang."

Empress Changsun chuckled. She had followed Li Shimin for so many years and knew him quite well.

"Humph, I am targeting him on purpose. This bastard has evil intentions. He likes to play tricks behind the scenes and never does anything upright."

After being exposed by Empress Zhangsun, Li Shimin admitted it without hesitation.

"Erlang, how could Shen'er have bad intentions? Shen'er has said that all the money raised from this auction will be used for charity.

He also spent 300,000 strings of cash himself. Besides that, the auction items were also paid for by Shen'er.

Shen'er has done a good job, but Erlang, you are asking too much of Shen'er."

Empress Changsun retorted that this reminded her of the way Li Shimin had educated his eldest son Li Chengqian.

No matter how hard Li Chengqian tried, he could not meet Li Shimin's requirements, so he kept putting pressure on him.

"High demands? Guanyin, my demands on that rebellious son are not high at all.

I just want him to stop getting in trouble, and all I want is for him to be alive."

Li Shimin was a little excited by what Empress Zhangsun said. What else could he ask of that rebellious son? Just don't get into trouble and stay alive. It's so simple.

"But Shen'er was doing good deeds this time and didn't cause any trouble. Besides, those officials and merchants also bought it voluntarily.

Shen Er didn’t force them.”

Empress Changsun continued to defend Li Shen, saying that she felt there was nothing wrong with what Li Shen did this time.

"Voluntary? Guanyin, didn't you see that boy from Ashina tribe was so active down there?

If my guess is correct, the boy from Ashina's tribe was arranged by this rebellious son.

What was it called? "

Li Shimin suddenly forgot the words while speaking, and Wang De beside him quickly reminded him:

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ji calls him ~~~To."

"Yes, a shill, meaning someone who deliberately raises the price. That guy always rushes to raise the price to one thousand strings of cash.

Then he stopped raising the price.

Not only the boys from the Ashina tribe, but also people from the Ji Wang Mansion and the three brothers of the Wei family were among the merchants.

If I'm not mistaken, the prince on the second floor should be Fang Yizhi.

Fang Yizhi was exactly the same as the kid from the Ashina tribe. As long as the nobles on the second floor made an offer, he would raise the price to five thousand strings of cash.

That's why I really say that the rebellious son has evil intentions and likes to play tricks. "

Li Shimin had been observing the situation. Fang Yizhi inherited the title of Duke of Liang and had status and position.

No one would have thought that Duke Liang was actually a stooge.

After listening to Li Shimin's analysis, Empress Changsun finally understood the whole story, which made her angry and amused:

"Haha, this Shen'er is really clever and cunning. Only you, Erlang, can see that."

Empress Changsun covered her mouth and smiled, not caring at all about Li Shen's behavior.

“Those old officials could see it, but they didn’t break the rules and enforce the law.

They could choose not to bid, but in the end they would return empty-handed and would not be able to explain themselves to me.

They were also worried that Old Ten would report them in the newspaper. Wouldn't that make them be laughed at by the whole world?

That’s why I said that this rebellious son has evil intentions.”

Li Shimin shook his head. If those old ministers couldn't see through this trick, then they wouldn't have any use for being court officials.

Even a general like Cheng Yaojin knew it clearly, but they could do nothing about it.

"Erlang, Shen'er, this is not only for the people, but also for you, me, and Gao Ming.

It’s all for my Li family.”

"Of course I know that, but I always feel that this rebellious son has another trick up his sleeve, I just don't know what it is."

Li Shimin sat up and thought about it, then suddenly thought of something.

"Guanyin, I'm going to the study to have some tea."

After saying that, he got off the bed and walked into the study.

After entering, Li Shimin waved to Wang De, and Wang De closed the study door.

Empress Changsun did not follow him in. She knew that Li Shimin must have been thinking of something.

The harem is not allowed to participate in politics, and Li Shimin would naturally tell her if he could.

"Wang De, send someone to keep an eye on Prince Ji's mansion. I want to know what other tricks that rebellious son has up his sleeve.

We can’t let him cause any disaster. The court is relatively peaceful right now, so we shouldn’t have any more disturbances.”

Li Shimin gave instructions while making tea for himself.

"Yes, I will arrange it later."

Wang De agreed.

“Also, today, Old Ten mentioned that the west is not peaceful. I thought about it for a long time and I think he should be talking about the Anxi Protectorate.

Old Ten would not speak without a purpose, there must be some deep meaning behind it."

Li Shimin frowned and thought.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ji said that his caravan was going to the Western Regions. Your Majesty, do you think it might be related to the Western Regions?"

Wang De reminded.

"Western Regions? Western Regions, are you talking about Western Turkestan?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

"That's right. Lao Shi said his caravan was heading to the Western Regions because he was worried that something might happen there.

There is also unrest in the west, which should be referring to the affairs of Prince Ji's mansion in Anxi.

It seems that Lao Shi suspects that Anxi has a connection with Western Turks."

"Your Majesty, but Anxi..."