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

Facing Li Shen's cold words, Gao Yang obviously didn't care. After all, she was also a princess and Li Shen's sister.

"Humph." Li Shen snorted coldly when he heard Gao Yang's words. "Since ancient times, there has been an order of seniority, and the eldest son always inherits the family business.

This is etiquette and also a rule.

This rule can be found in both the Wude Code and the Zhenguan Ceremony.

If you don't know, go and see for yourself.

Are there still people of virtue who can occupy it? What virtue do you think you have that you dare to touch the title bestowed by His Majesty?

Gao Yang, you forced Fang Yiai to rebel against Tian Gang and compete with his brother for the title, causing the brothers to become enemies.

If a vicious woman like you were among the common people, do you know what kind of punishment you would receive?"

Li Shen's tone gradually became heavier, and he finally scolded Gao Yang.

"You..." Princess Gaoyang was furious when Li Shen scolded her. She was the elder sister and he was the younger brother.

Not only did he scold me like this, he also called myself a vicious woman. How could this be intolerable?

Gao Yang grabbed the teacup and was about to throw it to the ground, but was immediately stopped by Li Shen:

"Wait, this is top-grade Yue Kiln celadon, a tribute from the Yuanzheng period, and it was specially given to me by my father.

Gao Yang, smashing the gift given by His Majesty is a crime of disrespect, so you should think carefully about it. "

The last disrespectful sentence instantly made Princess Gao Yang pause. Li Shen took the opportunity to wave his hand, and Shi Tou immediately stepped forward and snatched the teacup from Gao Yang's hand, and also took back Fang Yiai's teacup.

"Li Shen, don't go too far. It's not your turn to intervene in the affairs of our Fang family.

Don't take advantage of Aye's favor to be so arrogant. Do you believe I will go to Aye and sue you?"

Princess Gaoyang glared at Li Shen. She was almost driven crazy by Li Shen.

She had heard before that Li Shen was domineering and arrogant, but she thought that was only how he treated the common people or petty nobles.

As a fellow emperor's child, Li Shen would always be polite to me.

But today, Li Shen was so disrespectful to her that she had a new understanding of this royal dandy.

"Okay, Sister Seventeen, no one will come to save you even if you scream louder.

Look, do you think I am qualified to take care of this matter?"

Li Shen didn't want to tease Gao Yang anymore, so he waved his hand behind him, and Shi Tou immediately took out a token and handed it to Princess Gao Yang.

Princess Gaoyang frowned as she took the token and was immediately shocked to see the words "Zongzheng Temple" written on it.

On the back is the word "Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple" as proof of identity.

"No, how is this possible?" Princess Gaoyang shook her head desperately, totally disbelieving that this was true.

She handed the token to Fang Yiai, who worked in the court, and she wanted Fang Yiai to check whether the token was genuine.

After Fang Yiai took it and took a look, he was also a little surprised that Prince Ji was actually the Shaoqing of the Zongzheng Temple. He had never heard of anyone talking about him before.

The important thing is that no one has ever seen Prince Ji on duty.

But after careful identification, he found that the token was real.

"Princess, this token is real." Fang Yiai handed the token to Shi Tou, and then whispered to Princess Gao Yang.

"What? Are you sure?" Gao Yang looked at Fang Yiai to confirm again.

"Sure, I've looked it over carefully. But the position of Junior Secretary of the Zongzheng Temple should have been filled by two people.

But it has always been the Prince Consort, Chang Sun Chong, and the other position has been vacant. I haven't heard when Prince Ji will take the position."

Fang Yiai expressed his doubts. The imperial court's selection of officials, especially for such an important position as the Shaoqing of the Zongzheng Temple, could not be done silently.

At least it must be reported to the Ministry of Personnel for registration.

More importantly, the Shaoqing of the Zongzheng Temple is usually appointed by His Majesty and is a royal relative.

Because the Zongzheng Temple was originally responsible for managing the royal family, it did not take care of other court affairs. For example, the Minister of the Zongzheng Temple was Hejian Prince Li Xiaogong.

Chang Sun Chong is also a royal relative.

So when Prince Ji took up the post of Shaoqing, there should have been some movement. How come there was no movement?

"What? Are you doubting what I said, or are you doubting that the token is fake?

How about Seventeenth Sister, you go to the palace and ask?" Li Shen looked at the surprised person and said something teasing.

Princess Gaoyang raised her head and looked at Li Shen:

"Are you really the Junior Minister of Zongzheng Temple? Why has no one in the royal family mentioned this?"

“It’s not that simple, because no one knows.

Only a few people know about this, Father, eldest brother, the prime ministers of the three provinces, the Minister of Personnel, and... oh, fourth brother and ninth brother also know about it."

Li Shen counted on his fingers, of course, he did not mention the aunt who had an affair with him.

"This is impossible. Why would father let you be the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple?" Princess Gaoyang still found it hard to believe.

She had long been familiar with Li Shen's character. How could the court allow such a playboy to be an official?

"It's not impossible. Do you think I want to be this shitty Shaoqing? It was Aye's will that forced me to do this.

I agreed reluctantly to the special permission of not attending court, not being on duty, not reporting for work, and not taking care of anything, but still receiving my salary.

But now, they don't have to report to the court, but they still have to take care of this matter, and they don't pay their salaries.

Letting the horse run without giving it grass to eat, tell me, how can this be justified in this world?

The salary of a junior official is at least 1,800 strings of cash a year, right?"

Li Shen became more and more excited as he spoke. When he thought of this sad thing, Li Shen became excited and resentful.

Princess Gaoyang and Fang Yiai were stunned.

Princess Gaoyang didn't understand why Li Shen suddenly became more excited than herself?

Li Shen complained for a while before he calmed down and said:

"Gao Yang, I came to you this time in my capacity as the Junior Minister of the Zongzheng Temple to convey the royal family's intentions to you.

The matter ends here. As a member of the royal family, you should be more disciplined.

You can't bring shame to the royal family and make them lose face. Do you understand?"

"Haha, lost face?" Princess Gaoyang laughed when she heard what Li Shen said, with a hint of sarcasm in her laugh.

"Li Shen, even if you are the Junior Minister of Zongzheng Temple, don't you think you are meddling too much? This is an internal matter of the Fang family.

What does this have to do with your Zongzheng Temple?

When it comes to bringing discredit to the royal family and bringing shame to them, I'm afraid all of us combined are no match for you, Prince Ji.

Have you not done enough? Why don't you go out and find out what your reputation is in Chang'an?

You have done more to discredit the royal family than anyone else."

"How outrageous!" Li Shen's face finally darkened when he heard Princess Gao Yang say this.

He felt that he had given Gao Yang a lot of face and had made his point clear.

If it were any other royal relative, Li Shen would have beaten him up first and then talked about the matter.

I have already told her implicitly that someone asked me to do this, how come she still doesn't understand?

"What? Are you angry because of being upset?" Princess Gaoyang saw that Li Shen's expression finally changed and felt that she had won.

"Angry?" Li Shen stood up with a cold face, holding his cat slave and walked in front of Princess Gaoyang.

"You want..."

"Snapped!!"

(To clarify, after Fang Xuanling's death, Princess Gaoyang really planned to seize Fang Yizhi's title, and also instigated Fang Yiai to split up the family.

He threatened Fang Yizhi to give up the title of Duke of Liang to Fang Yiai, but was later rejected by Li Shimin.

For this reason, when Li Shimin passed away, Gao Yang was not sad at all and did not show any sorrowful expression.

Later, she falsely accused Fang Yizhi of being rude to him, so Li Zhi asked Zhangsun Wuji to investigate, and the investigation found evidence that Gao Yang and Fang Yiai were plotting a rebellion.

History records this, but there are many strange things. The author thinks this may be a frame-up, and the charges are ridiculous.

It was said that Gao Yang had been fooling around with two monks and a witch doctor, and had asked Chen Xuanyun to observe the good and bad luck in the palace, and had Taoist priests and monks summon ghosts and gods to harm Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

He was finally convicted of treason and hanged himself. Many people were involved in this case, including three princes-in-law, two princes, two princesses, and many important officials who were exiled.

I will let you guys comment on the meaning of this. Meeting adjourned.)