"This can't be..." Before Li Min could finish his words, Sizi had already reached out and grabbed a piece and put it in her mouth. After all, she was only a three-year-old girl and had no idea about pork, mutton, nobles, and civilians.

, just eat if you want.

"Brother Six, this meat is so delicious!" Sizi's eyes lit up immediately after eating the first piece. He eagerly grabbed another piece and stuffed it into his mouth. Li Min couldn't stop him even if he wanted to, so he could only watch helplessly.

Watching Si Zi eat the braised pork, he also ate all the other dishes.

"Brother Jiu, Brother Ninth, you... come and try it, this dish is delicious!" Si Zi stuffed it into his mouth and shouted to Li Zhi and the others hesitantly.

Among the many princes and princesses, Sizi was famous for being a picky person. Seeing her eating so happily, Li Zhi and Qinghe were also a little moved. They stood up and ran to Li Min's table.

"Hey, why are you joining in the fun? This is pork. Don't smear our royal family." When Li Min saw that Li Zhi and the others were also here, he hurriedly scolded him. However, his sixth brother never had much prestige, and Qinghe and the others simply didn't.

Pretend you didn't hear it.

After all, Li Zhi was a boy, and he was quite courageous. Seeing that the crystal clear skin jelly seemed delicious, he took a bite first. Once he took one bite of such delicious food, he couldn't stop eating it.

They had to eat until they were full, so Li Zhi quickly started stuffing it into his mouth like Si Zi. Now Qinghe and Gao Yang also threw away their reserve and took action, joining the ranks of looting.

"You little guys, this is my medicine!" Li Min was still making the final struggle. Originally, he only planned to take it by himself, so he didn't ask Lao Wu to make much. Now it's not enough for them at all.

Divided between five people.

"Brother Six, don't be so stingy, why don't you just order pork!" Qinghe raised his head and said with a smile, then immediately lowered his head and started to fight Gao Yang for the last piece of braised pork.

Looking at these greedy cats, Li Min also gave up his last effort, and finally gave up his seat to them, and went to Sizi's seat to eat duck and fish. In fact, these were also very good, especially the iced plum dish.

The duck and Yellow River carp are both cooked very authentically, and even Li Min can't find any fault with them.

After dinner, Li Min played with them for a while, and then personally sent them back to the palace. However, Sizi was very reluctant to leave Li Min and held his hand and didn't want to go back to the palace. In the end, Li Min agreed.

Si Zi will go to the palace to play with her tomorrow. The little girl entered the palace gate with three steps and one turn.

In the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace, Li Shimin was frowning at a memorial. Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were sitting below, and the memorial was presented through them.

"Your Majesty, General Niu sent a message saying that they will arrive in Chang'an in the near future. However, the messenger also sent this memorial. What is mentioned above is very unfavorable to the situation in Jiannan in the Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling

After Li Shimin had finished reading, he stood up and said.

"Well, I also knew that the south is hotter than Guanzhong, but I didn't expect the situation to be so serious. Three or four out of ten soldiers will be sick. This is really..." Li Shimin put down the memorial and said, and at the end of the sentence, his tone was so heavy that he even

I can't even say the following words.

The memorial was sent by Niu Jinda who was on his way to Chang'an. He reported extremely bad news to Li Shimin. Most of the 30,000 elite soldiers he brought there were from Guanzhong, except for some meritorious men who came back with him this time.

, most of them stayed in place for repairs. Now the weather in Jiannan is extremely hot and humid, and the Guanzhong disciples who stayed near Songzhou cannot adapt. Thirty to forty percent fell ill because they could not withstand the hot weather.

"Your Majesty, for the present plan, we must evacuate the seriously ill soldiers as soon as possible, otherwise the army's mentality will change!" Li Jing also stood up with a heavy face and said, the battle of Songzhou made Tibet frightened, and he had already opened a trap from Songzhou

Gaps, a stronghold was established on the Tubo Plateau for the purpose of training troops. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened now. If Songzhou withdraws its troops, the stronghold on the Tubo Plateau will have to be abandoned. If you want to enter the Tubo Plateau again in the future, you will not be able to do so.

Know how long to wait.

"I'm not willing to give up! With such a great situation, should we give up just because of this little accident?" Li Shimin angrily pounded the table with his fist and roared. The letter from Songtsen Gampo last time had already made him dissatisfied.

Tubo has a murderous intention, and now it has finally gained the upper hand. It is a good time to completely suppress Tubo. How can it give up so easily?

However, even if Li Shimin is unwilling to give in, there is nothing he can do. After all, 30 to 40% of the army are sick, and the rest are also panic-stricken. Fortunately, these 30,000 people are elites of the Tang Dynasty, and military discipline is usually strict.

Under their pressure, the morale of the army is relatively stable now. If it were replaced by other armies that were worse, it would have developed into a riot long ago. General Niu Jinda also only received the news halfway, and now he is hesitating on the way.

At the end of the memorial, he asked Li Shimin for instructions, should he return to Jiannan first to prevent any accident within the army?

"Father, you are losing your temper again!" At this moment, a childish voice came from the door of the palace, and then a small figure ran into the palace and threw himself into Li Shimin's arms with a smile on his face.

Li Shimin, who was full of anger just now, hugged the visitor, and the clouds on his face turned into a smile, and he said dotingly: "Sizi, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?" This can make Li Shimin change his mind.

The only one who is so angry that she can break into the Liangyi Palace without any notification is our Princess Jinyang.

Seeing Li Shimin's expression changing so quickly, putting aside serious matters and joking with his daughter instead, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing both secretly smiled bitterly in their hearts: Your Majesty, as a rare wise king, has always done everything in politics and military matters.

He is a very outstanding emperor, but he often seems very naive when it comes to dealing with the relationship between his children. For example, although he has appointed his eldest son Li Chengqian as the crown prince, he is extremely fond of the fourth prince Li Tai and even allows him to open a recruitment hall. This is only the case for the crown prince.

This also caused Li Tai to covet the position of the prince. He fought with the prince Li Chengqian overtly and secretly, and even the court was affected. If Li Shimin said that he loved Li Tai uncontrollably, then he

He was irrationally doting on the Princess of Jinyang. Whenever the little princess came to see him, Li Shimin would immediately put down political affairs to accompany his daughter, and would put aside even big things. But fortunately

Although this Princess Jinyang is young, she is very sensible and rarely disturbs Li Shimin. I just don't know why she suddenly came here today?

"Father, today Si Zi learned a trick from Sixth Brother. Can I show you how to do it?" Si Zi said to Li Shimin in a milky voice. Fang Xuanling and Li Jing laughed bitterly again,

They are discussing important matters in Jiannan. How can they have time to watch a child perform tricks?

"Okay, my father likes to watch tricks the most." Li Shimin picked up Si Zi and said with a smile. This answer was indeed as expected.

"Father, look, this is your teacup." Sizi reached out and took the teacup from the table. There was still undrunk herbal tea in it. As a child, of course he would not let go of interesting things when he encountered them, so

When Sizi returned to the palace, she asked Li Min for a lot of saltpeter. Before she came to Liangyi Palace, she had already performed at Queen Changsun and Concubine Yang, which scared them both. They thought Sizi was too young.

What magic can you do at your age?

Si Zi was very good at imitating, and he imitated Li Min's appearance of pretending to be a magic stick. Even Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, who were preoccupied with state affairs, were amused by the little girl's appearance and wanted to laugh.

"Father, you see, things have changed~" Si Zi couldn't say the awkward phrase 'hurry like a law', so he could only shout to attract Li Shimin's attention to the table, and then suddenly opened his sleeves. Although this

He had already performed the set action several times, but maybe because he was too excited in front of his father, Si Zi failed to grasp the bag containing saltpeter in his sleeve properly, so he threw the bag out and scattered a lot of saltpeter.

Fang Xuanling couldn't dodge, and they all hit him at once.

"Ah!" Si Zi shouted in disappointment, his heart full of annoyance. There was nothing wrong with his mother and Concubine Yang, but why did something go wrong with his father?

"Hahaha~, Sizi, what are you doing? Are you trying to plot against Mr. Fang?" Li Shimin laughed at Fang Xuanling's gray-headed look. His attention was completely focused on the flying saltpeter powder.

I was so attracted that I didn't even notice the changes in the teacups on the table.

"Fang Xiang forgives me, Si Zi is wrong." Although Si Zi was full of disappointment, he did not forget the etiquette and jumped down from Li Shimin's arms to apologize to Fang Xuanling.

"Haha, it doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!" The so-called prime minister has a strong heart, and Fang Xuanling certainly won't care about such a trivial matter.

"Eh? This... how is this possible?" At this moment, Li Jing, who was beside Fang Xuanling, suddenly took two steps forward, staring at the teacup on the table and muttering to himself, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling were also attracted by Li Jing's appearance. When they saw the teacup on the table, they were immediately startled. They saw that the Sizi had formed a crystal clear layer in the teacup under the sleeves.

Ice, there are a few pieces of tea leaves frozen in the brown ice cubes, and there is a hint of cold air coming out of the ice.

"This...this..." Li Shimin rubbed his eyes with his hands, looking unbelievable. Finally, he reached out to pick up the teacup. Only after feeling the biting coldness on his face did he believe that he really wasn't.

While dreaming, Fang Xuanling's behavior was similar, except that she kept pinching her arm.

"Hee hee~" Seeing the looks of his father and the two ministers Fang and Li, Si Zi couldn't hold back anymore and covered his mouth and laughed out loud. The frustration of not succeeding in the trick was gone.

"Sizi, what's going on? How did you turn water into ice?" Li Shimin asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hehe, Father, please guess!" Sizi said mischievously, "The Prime Minister and Uncle Li will also help Father guess!"

Although they were shocked by the sight in front of them, Li Shimin and the three of them were all highly intelligent people, and they quickly thought of the white powder sprinkled from Si Zi's sleeves. Fang Xuanling picked up the bag of saltpeter from the ground and wiped out a little

He put it to his nose and smelled it, and said with absolute certainty: "This is saltpeter!"

"Saltpeter? Could it be..." Li Jing frowned and took the tea cup from his table. Fang Xuanling also thought of this and poured the remaining saltpeter in the bag into the tea cup.

"Oh~, it's so boring!" Sizi said to himself very dissatisfiedly when he saw that the two elders had figured out his trick.

Although there was not much saltpeter left in the bag, it was enough to freeze a glass of water. After a while, cold air began to appear on the water, and tiny ice slag appeared. Seeing their guesses turn out to be true, Li Jing and Fang Xuanling both

There was a look of ecstasy on his face, and sparks almost appeared in his eyes when he looked at Si Zi.

Li Shimin looked at the slowly freezing teacup in Li Jing's hand. He was shocked at first, and then slowly turned to ecstasy. Finally, he couldn't help but started laughing loudly, and while laughing, he shouted: "God bless the Tang Dynasty~! God bless me the Tang Dynasty!"

Country! Hahahaha~"
Chapter completed!