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

"Cui Yushi is right. Since they haven't delivered the goods, let's grab them. It's better to be non-toxic and husbandless than to let him make money." The Wang family's Yushi said fiercely.

"Okay, then we have made an agreement. As soon as the banquet is over, we will immediately go back and tell the family to send someone to wait for these goods by the Weishui River tonight."

These people nodded in agreement.

"The saint has arrived~~~~~" As the eunuch chanted loudly, everyone quickly stood up and took their positions.

Li Shimin walked out holding Queen Changsun's arm.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, Queen." Everyone saluted.

"No, today is my birthday. Originally, I wanted to keep everything simple, but the queen thought it would be better for the whole world to celebrate together.

So today I’m inviting you all to a banquet, please don’t be restrained. "Li Shimin said with a smile.

"May your Majesty live forever~~~~" the ministers said quickly.

Li Shimin was also very happy. He waved his hand for everyone to sit down, and then nodded to Wang De.

"Have a banquet~~~"

Today's dishes are very rich, including everything from flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water.

Because all the ingredients today are exclusively sponsored by Prince Ji of the Tang Dynasty, the tenth son of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shen even wanted to put up a sign or something on the sidelines to promote it.

After the food and wine were served, Li Shimin stood up in the usual manner, respecting his ancestors first, then the harvest year, abundant grain, good weather, etc.

After that, everyone started to feast. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, it was time to give gifts.

The ministers presented some poems, songs, calligraphy and paintings by celebrities, etc. For example, Fang Xuanling wrote the character "longevity".

Li Shimin accepted it gladly. As long as it came to his mind, he was still very happy.

The highlight is the princes and daughters. For example, Li Mengjiang copied a scripture for Li Shimin to bless Li Shimin's health and protect him from external evil.

In the end, there were only four older princes left. Li Shen stood up first. He was the youngest, so he had to give gifts first.

"Wait, Lao Shi, let's do it first, otherwise we may be more embarrassed later." Wei King Li Tai stood up and said.

"That's right, that's right, let's do it first. We're not as rich as you, and we always make shocking noises." Li Zhi also stood up and agreed.

This was not the first time in so many years. Li Shen's gifts were all rare treasures, but they lost their color when they presented them.

"Fourth brother and ninth brother, the gift this time is not valuable, not a treasure." Li Shen said a little aggrievedly.

"It's weird to believe you, come here." Li Zhi said, and the eunuch came over carrying a large object covered with red silk.

Li Zhi removed the silk and found a blood coral statue inside.

"Aye, this is the blood coral from the South China Sea that I traveled thousands of miles and spent a lot of money to find. I gave it to Aye. I wish Aye a long life."

"Such a big coral?"

"This is a rare treasure."

"Yeah, it's rare to see something this big."

The ministers were all surprised and sighed.

Even Li Shen found it novel. This coral was more than two feet wide and one foot high. Its red body was very beautiful.

"Hahahaha, okay, my son is interested. I like it very much." Li Shimin was very happy.

Li Tai on the side looked helpless.

"Ninth brother, if I had known this, I might as well let my brother come first." After saying that, he also asked someone to bring his gift.

Li Tai's gift was very ordinary, a pair of white jade horses and flying swallows.

The finest white jade is pure and flawless, and the carvings are beautiful. These are two treasures.

But compared with Li Zhi's blood coral, it is still far behind.

However, Li Shimin still smiled happily.

"Yes, I like it very much. My son is attentive."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he looked at Li Shen and raised his eyebrows, meaning, look, you have been perfunctory with me every year, what are you going to do today?

"Well, how about the eldest brother come first?" Li Shen glanced at Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian smiled and shook his head.

"My gift has been given to Aye."

"That's right, your eldest brother gave me a sword, which can cut iron like clay, and I like it very much."

Li Shen had no choice but to turn around and get the gift.

As I walked, I thought, are you, fourth and ninth, crazy? You are spending so much money, and you two can’t be emperors. Is this the case?

Li Shen took a big bucket from Shitou's hand with anxiety.

All civil and military officials set their sights on Li Shen. They wanted to see what Prince Ji, known as the God of Wealth, could give.

Can it be compared to the blood coral of Jin Wang Li Zhi?

Li Shen carried the bucket to Li Shimin and took off the red silk on it.

"Old Shi, what are you talking about?" Li Tai took a curious look.

"Isn't this ginger?" Li Shimin said.

"Aye is right, this is ginger. Aye, look at the shape of this ginger. It has ups and downs, like a mountain peak." Li Shen pointed at the bucket and said.

"It does look a bit similar, but so what?" Li Tai interjected.

He didn't understand why Li Shen gave such a worthless thing this time.

"Aye, this bucket of Jiangshan is a birthday gift. I offer this as a gift. I hope Aye can unify the country and my Li family dynasty can continue for generations."

"Prince Ji is really smart, he can dominate the country." Fang Xuanling couldn't help but praise.

Li Shimin also realized that this had a good meaning, unifying the country.

"Hahahaha, not bad, unify the country, unify the country, very good, very good." Li Shimin laughed heartily.

Other ministers also followed suit,

"Your Majesty, I wish you to unify the country."

"Okay, come and drink this wine." Li Shimin raised his glass happily.

"Old Shi, you are really cunning. Are you going to fool Aye with this?" Li Tai whispered to Li Shen.

"What a fool, you see Aye is so happy." Li Shen said nonchalantly,

His mother said that it wanted something special and something that would make Li Shimin happy.

Li Shen thought about this for a long time, and he had to thank Liu Luoguo in his previous life.

Only Li Zhi looked very unhappy. He had spent a lot of money on Blood Coral, and he wanted to make a big splash here.

If Li Shen brought out rare treasures to compete with him, he would still be able to accept it, but Li Shen actually competed with him with a bucket of ginger.

His Majesty was still so happy, which made him feel a little unhappy.

So Li Zhi said:

"Old Shi, your bucket of Jiangshan is great, but how can you eat so much of it?"

"What? Brother Ninth, are you going to eat up the country?" Li Shen asked with an exaggerated expression.

Li Zhi's head was full of black lines. When he noticed that everyone was looking at him, he quickly explained:

"Aye, I didn't mean that. I just said that if you don't eat this ginger, it will rot."

"What? Brother Ninth, you said Jiangshan is going to die!!!" Li Shen asked exaggeratedly again.

"I#￥%￥#%" Li Zhi now has the intention of strangling Li Shen to death.

Ten thousand grass and mud horses are galloping in my heart.

(Don’t say there was no ginger in the Tang Dynasty, it existed during the Eastern Han Dynasty.)