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

When Xixi heard that she could stay in the palace with her grandmother, she immediately nodded and agreed, overjoyed.

"Mother, Xixi is clamoring to stay with grandma. I want to leave her here with you and come to pick her up tomorrow.

Please take care of her for one night."

Li Shen held Xixi in his arms and came before Concubine Wei and asked.

Concubine Wei smiled sweetly:

"Of course, Xixi is so well behaved, you can stay a few more days."

Concubine Wei immediately took Xixi over.

Xixi immediately hugged Concubine Wei's neck and laughed.

"Mother, is there something on your mind?"

Li Shen took the opportunity to ask.

"Today is the first day of the lunar calendar. It's a happy day for the whole family to reunite. There's no reason to worry. You're worrying too much."

Concubine Wei replied with a smile.

However, Li Shen could still see the sadness on Concubine Wei's face that she had not seen.

I have lived with Concubine Wei for so many years and I know my mother very well.

When Concubine Wei talked about family reunion, Li Shen saw the disappointment in his mother's eyes.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Alas~~~". He had already guessed the general idea, but didn't say much.

After the banquet, Li Shen and his family received ten gold bars and left the palace.

There was no moon on the night of Yuanzheng, but the stars were shining. Li Shen's carriage was moving on the road, and a team of guards would pass by from time to time.

There should have been a curfew, but the privileged class is everywhere, not to mention that it was an imperial order.

When they saw Prince Ji's carriage, no one came up to check.

Even the gate of Qinrenfang was not locked. A team of armed guards was guarding it, and no one else lived in the entire Qinrenfang.

There are only two households, one is Prince Ji and the other is Princess Linchuan.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Ji's mansion, and Li Shen got off the carriage.

"Sister."

Li Shen came to Li Mengjiang's carriage.

Li Mengjiang also got off the carriage, "Shen'er, is there anything wrong?"

"Sister, Daowu will be back before March next year, and he may be promoted half a level to the rank of General of the Guards."

"How do you know?" Li Mengjiang was somewhat happy to hear that her husband had been promoted.

"I just asked big brother when Daowu will be back." Li Shen didn't just eat, he also did some business.

Li Shen was worried because his sister had been spending less and less time with her husband since she got married.

"Thank you, Shen'er." Li Mengjiang looked up and touched Li Shen's head out of habit.

Li Shen dodged and swayed left and right.

"Also, when I came back just now, I saw that my mother was a little worried. I guess Yuanzheng missed his elder sister a little."

The eldest sister Li Shen mentioned was his mother's first child. She was named Princess Dingxiang and married to Ashina Zhong, the General of the Right Guard of the Duke of Xue.

"Alas, I also heard that mother hasn't seen elder sister for a long time. They only exchange letters, but there are many rules for sending letters to the palace."

Li Mengjiang sighed.

Princess Dingxiang was not very close to the siblings. They were not born to the same father and had not lived together since childhood.

Princess Dingxiang married Ashina Zhong in the fourth year of Zhenguan. At that time, Li Shen was only two years old and Li Mengjiang was only six years old.

Li Shen had no memory of this elder sister at all.

But after all, the three of them are born of the same mother, so Li Shen still cares a lot, especially about his mother.

"Sister, I will go to Duke Xue's mansion tomorrow to see you. Mother misses you, so how about I bring you into the palace?"

Li Shen came up with a solution.

"Shen'er, my elder sister is different from us. It is inconvenient for her to enter the palace. This is why mother has not seen my elder sister for a long time.

The eldest sister also didn't want to cause trouble for her mother.

You want to bring your eldest sister into the palace, but I'm afraid she may not be able to unify you, and I'm afraid it will have an impact on your mother."

Li Mengjiang knew more about the rules of the palace than Li Shen, and she had been in the palace to accompany Concubine Wei longer than Li Shen.

Li Shen frowned, somewhat disagreeing with this statement, which seemed to break too many rules.

"Well, I'll go take a look tomorrow. Sister, you know I'm thick-skinned and I'm not afraid.

With my reputation, no problem."

"You? Well, okay then. I will also enter the palace tomorrow." Li Mengjiang was so angry that he laughed. He patted Li Shen's head and smiled lovingly.

"By the way, sister, if someone asks you to do business in the future, don't agree, just let them come to me."

Li Mengjiang knew what Li Shen was talking about and smiled slightly:

"Shen'er, we are all sisters, it's hard to refuse, it's just a little money."

"Sister is so easy to talk to. I will give you 20% of my shares in Bei Moting. You paid half of the money, and we can divide the money per person.

Those three evil guys of Xiao Sizi are obviously trying to take your money.

They come to you because they don't have enough food to spend. They know that coming to me won't work.

Their father is so rich, let him raise them himself." Li Shen was indignant.

"Look at what you said, Shen'er. How can you speak like that? Don't talk nonsense in the future. Be careful with your words and actions.

Don't worry, it won't happen again. " Li Mengjiang quickly scolded Li Shen for talking nonsense.

"Okay then, I'll go back first."

Li Shen bowed, then turned and walked into the gate.

Princess Li Mengjiang's mansion is next to Li Shen's Prince Ji's mansion, so there is no need to send a gift.

After returning to the palace, the women began to change Li Shen's clothes, until he was completely naked.

Li Shen let everyone manipulate him, still thinking about Concubine Wei.

"My dear, are you still worried about your mother?"

While giving Li Shen a bath, Lu Dingniang asked.

"I know what's on mother's mind. She misses my elder sister." Li Shen nodded.

"The Princess of Dingxiang County?" Wu Meiniang asked.

"Yes, I heard from my elder sister that mother hasn't seen my eldest sister for a long time.

It should be that Yuanzheng's family reunited today, and the mother was reminded of her parents when she saw the things. Without everyone, she missed them a little."

Li Shen sighed.

"Your Majesty, it's not surprising that the Imperial Concubine misses the County Lady. After all, the County Lady has been with the Imperial Concubine for eight years in loneliness. Even though she was later selected by His Majesty to live in the Prince of Qin's Palace,

It is still the county lady accompanying the imperial concubine. "

At this time, the older Lan Yuer spoke up. She was a maid brought into the palace from the Wei family and knew a lot of things.

He also accompanied Princess Dingxiang in her childhood.

"Oh?" Li Shen was a little curious when he heard Lan Yuer's words. To be honest, he didn't know much about his mother's past.

His mother never mentioned it to him.

He only knew that his mother had a husband before, who was killed during the rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.

One of his daughters was the Princess of Dingxiang County.

Later, my father defeated Wang Shichong and seized Luoyang City. He took my mother as a concubine, which was also considered a marriage alliance. In the end, she was named Imperial Concubine.

That’s all Li Shen knew. He really had no idea what his mother had experienced before.

"Yu'er, how about you tell me about my mother's past?" Li Shen was a little curious now.

"Your Majesty, I don't know much, but Steward Wei should know that his father served the old master, and he has been with the imperial concubine for many years."

Lan Yuer shook her head. At her age, she only had a vague understanding of what happened back then.

"Well, come here, tell Fugui to go to the study and wait for me. I have something to ask him after I take a bath."

Li Shen shouted to the outside. He began to be curious about his mother's past.

(I looked up some information about the curfew. The curfew in the Tang Dynasty was very strict.

There is a record that an official was beaten to death in the street because he went out to look for food at night because he was hungry.)