I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Li Shen glanced at the little fat boy Li Tai.

This guy is a smiling tiger with a dagger hidden in his smile.

He wasn't like this before. When did he change?

"Brother, what are you talking about? I have been ordered to guard the gate for you again and not let any outsiders in.

Do you understand what I mean?

Today is the day for Aye and his old ministers to drink and chat together.

No other irrelevant persons are allowed to enter.”

Li Shen said very seriously.

"By imperial order?" This surprised Li Chengqian and the other two. They really didn't know about this matter.

Their father was hosting a banquet and actually asked the tenth brother to guard here, which means that Li Shen has the final say on who can enter and who cannot.

Dad takes Li Shen too seriously.

This is a great opportunity to win over court officials.

"Then do you think we are outsiders?" Li Tai continued to ask with a smile.

Li Shen looked at the three people carefully, pretended to think for a while, then nodded seriously and said:

"Yes."

"What? How dare you say we are outsiders?"

Hearing what Li Shen said, Li Zhi was the first to speak angrily.

Li Tai's face also changed. In front of so many ministers, Li Shen actually dared to say that they were outsiders. You have to know that among the three, there was Crown Prince Li Chengqian.

"Old Ten, are you a little too proud of your favor? Do you mean that even my eldest brother is an outsider?

It seems that you are really arrogant now."

Li Tai looked at Li Shen with a gloomy face.

Li Chengqian didn't say anything. Although his face looked very ugly, he was thinking about other things in his heart.

Why did Your Majesty want to entertain old ministers, and why didn't you issue an imperial decree to inform them of the banquet?

Wouldn't this make other ministers think that they also have the opportunity to attend the banquet?

This could easily cause conflicts among court officials.

More importantly, why did Your Majesty let the Tenth Prince come here to guard the gate? This is the best opportunity to make friends with court officials. Does Your Majesty have any ideas?

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian thought of the scene ten years ago and Li Tai at that time.

Could it be that Your Majesty still wants to use Li Shen...

No! Li Chengqian shook his head when he thought of this, and immediately denied it in his heart.

No, not to mention that Li Shen has always shown no interest in the throne, the current situation does not allow his father to do so.

He has been in charge of government for so many years. Except that the army is no longer in his hands, everything else is no different from succeeding to the throne.

His father no longer cares about anything. Unless he asks for advice himself, he can do whatever he wants. He will only come forward to give advice when he makes a mistake.

At this time, it is too late to train the Tenth Prince. What's more, the Tenth Prince is not a fool. He can live freely for decades if he succeeds to the throne.

There is no need to cooperate with His Majesty and succeed to the throne with me. The Tenth Prince is a person who sees things very thoroughly.

Suddenly Li Chengqian realized one thing, this job could win over many court officials, but it would also offend many of them.

Could it be...

Li Chengqian looked at his three brothers bickering and suddenly interrupted:

"Tenth brother, I am the crown prince, don't I have the qualifications to enter?"

After these words were spoken, Li Tai and Li Zhi remained silent and waited for Li Shen's answer. The court officials on the side were also watching the fun.

Li Shen looked at Li Chengqian and smiled slightly.

“Of course, big brother is qualified, but there is another rule here. You must show the nursing home’s badge to enter.

The annual cost of staying in a nursing home is 10,000 guan, property management fees are 2,000 guan, sanitation fees are 1,000 guan, parking spaces are 2,000 guan per year, water fees are 1,000 guan per year, and medical facility fees are 3,000 guan per year.

Adding them all up, it’s 19,000 guan per year, rounded off to 20,000 guan per year.

If you want to go in, you have to pay 20,000 guan as the fee for living in the nursing home."

"Twenty thousand strings of cash?" Li Chengqian widened his eyes in surprise.

"Two thousand strings of cash, why don't you go and rob them?"

Li Tai and Li Zhi were even more stunned. What Li Shen had just said was absolutely correct.

Li Chengqian was the poorest. Even though he was the crown prince, Li Shimin was very strict in his education.

Both Li Tai and Li Zhi were richer than Li Chengqian, but 20,000 strings of cash a year was a bit too much for them.

"Prince Ji has raised the price again. It was only 10,000 strings of cash just now."

"Is Prince Ji suffering from a brain disease? He is asking the Crown Prince for 20,000 strings of cash."

The people below began to discuss in a low voice, saying that Prince Ji was indeed a profiteer.

"Haha, Lao Shi, are you taking advantage of my misfortune? Or do you think I'm rich?

I have 20,000 strings of cash. Why not use it to renovate the East Palace for me? Why should I rent a house here? It only takes a year."

Li Chengqian chuckled, but everyone could see that he was a little unhappy.

"Brother, he is just taking advantage of the situation. Other dukes only earn 2,000 guan per year."

Li Zhi said on the side.

"Oh? Two thousand strings of cash, Old Ten, what do you mean by asking me for twenty thousand strings of cash?"

Li Chengqian's tone turned a little cold.

“Brother, I should have told you what value is. Now Aye is in a nursing home and will come here often in the future.

The price here naturally rises, and this is because we gave the eldest brother a much lower price out of brotherhood.

Otherwise, I will charge 40,000 strings of cash a year." Li Shen said calmly, not caring about Li Chengqian's attitude at all.

"Haha, Lao Shi, does that mean I should thank you? You could have just robbed it, but you racked your brains to give us a reason."

Li Chengqian sneered.

"No need to thank me, big brother. We are all brothers." Li Shen waved his hand indifferently.

"Tenth Brother, what's your attitude? My eldest brother is the crown prince, and you are really becoming more and more arrogant.

He didn't take his elder brother seriously at all."

Li Zhi pointed at Li Shen and asked.

"Humph, I am doing my job according to the emperor's order. If you are dissatisfied, you can go to His Majesty. Don't waste your time talking to me here.

His Majesty will be here soon, and all outsiders must be expelled.

Don't blame me for being rude to you then."

Li Shen glared at Li Zhi without giving him any face.

"You're welcome? I see why you're not polite." When Li Zhi mentioned this, he immediately remembered the time when Li Shen rushed into his palace and beat him.

Suddenly, a nameless fire surged in my heart.

"Why, you're not convinced? Come on, come on, let's have a showdown?" Li Shen yelled, imitating the gangsters he had seen, pointing at Li Zhi with a crooked mouth and shouting.

"Come on, I'm afraid of you?" Li Zhi was on the verge of exploding and wanted to go up and beat Li Shen up, but was stopped by Li Tai.

"Zhi Nu, are you stupid? There are a hundred of his personal guards here, and the leader of the personal guards is no match for even the Duke of Ying.

If you go up there, you will only bring disgrace upon yourself."

Li Tai advised quietly.

"Does he dare to let the guards beat me?" Li Zhi said with some disdain.

"What is there for him to be afraid of? He even dared to lead his troops to attack your Prince Jin's mansion, and he even dared to have people injure the Duke of Ying.

He has so many people, it is possible that he will catch you and beat you up. Besides, he is wearing armor, won't you be at a disadvantage?"

Li Tai was helpless, and Li Zhi was somewhat out of control again.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi immediately looked at Li Shen with hatred, and Li Shen also kept provoking Li Zhi with his eyes.

"That's enough! In public, two princes are acting like street hooligans. How can this be allowed?

Prince Ji, you want to compete with my ninth brother, so today I will see if your martial arts have improved."

Li Chengqian roared and walked towards Li Shen.