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

"Thank you for your compliment, young master." Xue Rengui said politely.

"Young Master, General Xue has arrived, so why don't we do what we discussed yesterday?

Your Highness Prince Ji has been waiting for a long time, so we can’t delay any longer.”

Wang Hongfu looked at the sky and then said to Ashina Liang.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

Ashina Liang agreed and went to arrange the return journey for the soldiers of Ashina tribe.

"General Xue, we got nothing last night."

Wang Hongfu said to Xue Rengui.

"I have heard about this last night, but His Royal Highness Prince Ji's guess is correct. Their target is very clear, that is, Wang Wencheng's family."

Xue Rengui nodded.

"Then we still..."

“No need for that. Speed ​​up and return to Chang’an as soon as possible. Everything will be decided by His Royal Highness Prince Ji.

Once they enter Chang'an, no matter how brave the thieves are, they won't dare to come out, so we don't need to delay any further on the road."

Xue Rengui interrupted Wang Hongfu and shook his head.

"Okay." Wang Hongfu nodded in agreement.

Ashina Ling arranged everything quickly. His deputy general was responsible for bringing all the soldiers back to Ashina's tribe.

Wang Hongfu gave enough money to buy food and fodder along the way.

Ashina Liang told his deputy general the same thing he had said, not to disturb the people and to return to the tribe quickly. If anyone disobeyed his orders and made a mistake, he would be beheaded immediately and offered as a sacrifice to the gods.

After everything was arranged, the property and prisoners were taken over by the guards of Prince Ji's mansion, and the large group of people quickened their pace towards Chang'an.

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At this moment, Li Shen was still sleeping soundly, with seven hands and eight feet sticking out from his quilt.

I don’t know how many people are in the bed.

This is the big quilt sleeping device developed by Li Shen this year.

There was only a huge quilt on the entire kang, and Li Shen spent a long time lobbying people in order to sleep with the quilt.

Instill in them the benefits of sleeping under the same quilt: it's more lively when there are more people, you can chat with them, it's warmer in the winter when you huddle together, etc.

It was not easy to fulfill my beautiful wish.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's time to get up. Aren't you going to the palace to discuss important matters today?" A soft voice called Li Shen softly.

While Li Shen was dreaming, he was enjoying the beauties in the Spider Cave. Suddenly, a monkey jumped out and said to him, "Aren't you going to the palace to discuss important matters today?"

Li Shen was awakened immediately. He rubbed his eyes and saw Wu Meiniang lying on him, calling him softly.

Li Shen pretended to be angry and put his hand into the quilt. No one outside could see what he did. Anyway, Wu Meiniang opened her cherry lips and a shy look appeared on her face.

"Humph, you ruined my beautiful dream, what crime should you be punished for?"

Wu Meiniang smiled charmingly and buried her head in the quilt.

Half an hour later......

Li Shen took a bath and changed his clothes, feeling refreshed. He put on a purple suit, took Shi Tou and two maids, got on the carriage and headed for the palace.

After a series of tedious procedures, Li Shen arrived at the Lizheng Hall.

"Greetings, Aye, Mother, and Mother."

As soon as he entered the hall, Li Shen saw his father sitting there, with his aunt and biological mother sitting on his left and right.

What surprised Li Shen the most was that Li Shimin actually called his own mother over.

How much distrust does one have in oneself to do such a thing?

"Shen'er, come here quickly. You haven't been to the palace for a while."

Empress Changsun waved to Li Shen enthusiastically.

Li Shen hurried forward.

"I miss my mother, but there is nothing I can do. I am under house arrest now and have to do some chores for Aye, so I don't have time.

Otherwise, I would have come to the palace to visit my mother long ago."

Li Shen was very satisfied with Empress Changsun's attitude. Although she was not his biological mother, she was much better than his stingy father.

Whenever he saw me, he had a stern face, as if I owed him a million strings of cash.

"Oh, what's the point of being on house arrest? If you miss mother, just send someone to let her know, and then mother will send someone to summon you to the palace.

At your age, it's not good to stay at home all the time. You will get sick if you stay there for a long time."

Empress Changsun took Li Shen aside and gave him instructions.

Li Shen was so touched that he quickly took out two tubes of tea from the maid and handed them to Empress Changsun:

"Thank you for your care, mother. I brought you some new tea from Prince Ji's Mansion. I made it especially for you.

If my mother drinks it, she will live longer and have a better complexion, making her even more charming and attractive, surpassing those concubines, Shuyi, and talented women."

"Shen'er, stop talking nonsense."

Hearing her son's frivolous words, Concubine Wei quickly scolded him.

"Haha, that's fine. This is also Shen'er's filial piety. Mother will accept it. Shen'er is still filial, much better than your brothers."

No woman likes to be praised by others. Although Li Shen's words were a bit frivolous, Empress Changsun was naturally happy that her son was praising his mother.

"Mother, I also brought you a tube of tea." As he said this, he took another tube from the maid and handed it to Concubine Wei.

"Shen'er is so filial."

Seeing this scene, Empress Changsun smiled and praised.

Li Shen was not only filial but also very capable. For example, he gave two tubes of tea to the empress and one tube to Concubine Wei.

This shows that Li Shen respected and valued the Queen as his mother and knew whose son he was.

In fact, it goes without saying that Li Shen would definitely send more tea to Concubine Wei in private.

But Empress Changsun didn't mind.

"Shen'er, what's the name of this tea?"

Empress Changsun opened the bamboo tube and smelled it, and it was indeed delicious.

"Mother, I made this tea specially for you, so I took the liberty of naming it Tieguanyin.

I hope my mother won’t blame me.”

Li Shen bowed and replied.

"Iron Guanyin?"

When Empress Chang Sun heard the word Guanyin, she was stunned for a moment, but soon the smile on her face became even wider.

“Hahaha, Shen’er is thoughtful.

My son is so attentive, how can I blame you? I think this name is very good."

"Thank you, mother." Li Shen bowed again.

Concubine Wei, who was worried about this, finally felt relieved. She thought her son was so bold that he dared to use the queen's nickname as the name of the tea.

Fortunately, the queen did not blame me.

Concubine Wei looked at her son in front of her and thought to herself, when can she stop worrying?

The mother and her two children have been chatting intimately since Li Shen came in. Anyone can see that these three are a family.

Only Li Shimin, who was sitting in the middle position, seemed a little out of place at this moment.

He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable sitting there, as if he was an outsider.

Since Li Shen came in, he just greeted him and didn't even look at him, which made his wife smile.

Now, if one were to reward Li Shen with 1.8 million strings of cash, the Queen would probably nod in agreement happily.

And why didn't you give me any tea? Don't you know what it means to be unequal rather than inadequate?

"Ahem, am I a little redundant?"

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