Chapter 144: Drinking wine to drown sorrow
After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he was very kind to his three legitimate sons. Not to mention that Li Jian became the crown prince and lived in the East Palace. Li Yuanji was rewarded to live in the Wude Hall, while Li Shimin lived in the Chengqian Hall, which was also the origin of the name of Li Shimin's eldest son Li Chengqian.
What's even more coincidental is that Li Chengqian's generation happened to be the Cheng generation. Just look at the sons of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, but after Li Shimin's mutiny, he killed all his nephews. Perhaps because of his conscience, he forced the Cheng generation to abolish it. Except for Li Chengqian, his other sons were not named by the word "Cheng".
After Li Shimin reported the battle in Tuyuhun to his father Li Yuan, he did not return to his Chengqian Palace, but left the palace directly. At this time, Changsun Wuji did not go back and was still standing in front of the palace gate waiting, because he always felt that something would happen to Li Shimin went to see Li Yuan so excitedly, so he kept waiting for news from the palace.
Seeing Li Shimin walking out of the palace with a expressionless face, Changsun Wuji immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it, what's the reaction of Your Majesty?"
"I am happy!" There is nothing to hide from Changsun Wuji, so Li Shimin also told the truth. After saying that, he suddenly sighed and said, "Wuji, go back and rest. I have something to go out of the city!"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he didn't wait for Changsun Wuji to answer, and he led a horse and left. Seeing Li Shimin's disappointment when he left, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but sigh. Although he had a premonition that this was the result, he still held hope for a certain amount of time in his heart. Now it seems that even the hope for a certain amount of time has become a luxury.
After Li Shimin rode a horse and left the palace, he walked along Zhuque Street. Finally, when he was about to leave the city gate, he suddenly turned his head and entered a market next to him. He casually found a tavern to buy a large jar of wine, and did not ask the guards behind him to help. He personally carried him away from Chang'an City and walked straight to Li Xiu's house beside the yellow canal.
The weather is still very hot today, but just dawn, Princess Pingyang sent a truck of saltpeter. According to the helmet that sent saltpeter, starting yesterday afternoon, the people from their Princess's Mansion began to collect saltpeter in Chang'an City. The existing saltpeter in the city was almost collected by them. I guess if others wanted to buy it, they could only wait for the merchants to ship it from other places.
A truckload of saltpeter is enough for Li Xiu's family to use, and saltpeter can be reused, so Li Xiu is also very generous. He made ice cubes early in the morning to distribute it to the servants at home, especially Fat Sister and others, and even more supply it, because even in such hot weather, they still insist on practicing and inspecting. This dedicated attitude is really admirable.
Li Chengdao just came yesterday, and he definitely won’t come today. Qi Niang is also a little tired of school, so Li Xiu specially gave her a day off. Now she is sitting in the living room with Yue Chan and Liuer and play cards. She wants to go out to play, but the weather outside does not allow it.
Li Xiu shook the lounge chair, holding a fan in his hand, swaying gently, closing his eyes and feeling the coolness in the air, as if he had returned to the air-conditioned room of later generations. Of course, it would be even better if there was a mobile phone that could be connected to the Internet now.
Then at this moment, suddenly there was a burst of rapid footsteps coming from outside, and then the maid Xiaochun reported outside: "Master, there is a person who claims to be the King of Qin outside to visit!"
"Li Shimin? Why is he here?" Li Xiu couldn't help but open his eyes and said in surprise when he heard this, but then he sighed again. It seemed that he had committed Tai Sui during this period and could not be free for a while!
"Please come in!" Li Xiu was helpless, and then said to Qi Niang and the other three next to him: "Yuechan, take Qi Niang and Liu'er to the inner house to play, add a few more ice basins, anyway, there is no shortage of saltpeter at home!"
When Yuechan heard that Li Xiu was about to meet, she agreed obediently and left with Liu'er and Qi Niang who was a little reluctant. After waiting for a while, a heavy footsteps came. Then Li Shimin, wearing armor, walked in with a jar of wine.
Li Xiu was also shocked when he saw Li Shimin's appearance, and then said in confusion: "Why is His Highness the King of Qin wearing this outfit?"
In fact, Li Xiu wanted to add a sentence afterwards, "Aren't you hot?" You should know that the temperature today must be at least 37 or 8 degrees. It's really a bit stupid like Li Shimin wearing armor. Just look at Li Shimin's sweaty look. I guess his whole body is soaked with sweat.
Li Shimin ignored Li Xiu's words and saw him strode forward and then placed the wine jar heavily on the table. However, Li Xiu raised his head back because as Li Shimin approached, a strong smell of sweat came to his face, almost smoky him down. I don't know how long it took him to take a shower.
"Well~, your highness should take a shower and change clothes first, so that it can be cooler?" Li Xiu suggested, holding his breath, not that he likes to be clean, but that Li Shimin's body smells too irritating.
"No, I am here to drink with you today!" Li Shimin sat on the chair, then stared at Li Xiu and said, his eyes were a little red, and he seemed to have a bit of murderous aura, as if it was a bit abnormal.
Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, he knew that he must have suffered something without asking. But what Li Xiu couldn't understand was why he ran here to drink with him? But even if he asked now, Li Shimin wouldn't say that he had met many friends who were hit by career or relationships before. When he encountered this situation, he wouldn't say anything. After drinking a few drinks, he would vomit all the things he held in his heart.
Thinking of this, Li Xiu didn't care about picking anything anymore. He took two big bowls of water to put them in front of him and Li Shimin, and took the wine jar in front of Li Shimin and said, "Your Highness, you know that I don't drink, so if you drink, I drink water, you don't need to say anything, just toast three bowls first!"
Li Xiu said that he filled a bowl of water for Li Shimin, but he poured a bowl of water himself. Li Shimin didn't mind at all. He picked up the wine in front of him and drank it all, and his eyes were still staring at him. Li Xiu immediately picked up the water and drank it all, and then gave it to Li Shimin. As a result, the other party seemed to deliberately want to get himself drunk, regardless of whether Li Xiu drank or not. Anyway, as long as Li Xiu filled him, he would do it immediately.
Seeing that Li Shimin was deliberately trying to get himself drunk, Li Xiu sighed secretly, and immediately smelled it at the wine jar, then put the jar aside and said, "This jar of wine is too light. Your Highness wait, I'll go get the good wine!"
After saying that, Li Xiu stood up and left the living room, came to the warehouse to take out a jar of distilled liquor he had collected. He had only hidden five jars of distilled liquor. Last time he treated Du Fuwei, he only used one jar, but now there are only four jars left, but Li Shimin is indeed worthy of these good liquors.
Li Xiu took a jar and returned to the living room. After opening it, he put it on it for Li Shimin. As a result, Li Shimin praised the "good wine" after smelling the strong aroma of the wine. Then he picked up the wine bowl and tasted it. His handsome face wrinkled into a ball, and then suddenly stretched out, and drank a bowl of strong wine in big mouthfuls.
"Hahahahaha~, this is the wine that men should drink, please feel free! Have feel free!" After drinking a bowl of distilled wine of half a pound, Li Shimin's face finally turned red, and his eyes were a little confused, and he looked like he was drunk.
"Isn't Your Highness in Tuyuhun? Why are you back so soon?" Li Xiu finally asked with a smile. With the ability he had learned at the table in his previous life, five-minute drunkenness was the easiest time to talk.
"Haha, just a Tuyuhun, I destroyed it in just a few seconds and supported a puppet. As long as another strong army is stationed there, I will not be afraid of Tuyuhun's chaos again!" Li Shimin said disdainfully. He has always been very confident about his military talents, but he will definitely be very modest in normal times, rather than being as arrogant as he is now.
"When will your highness come back? Have you ever entered the palace to report to Your Majesty?" Li Xiu asked again. It was possible that Li Shimin could have such a big blow, and even drank to drown his sorrows. Li Xiu thought that only Li Yuan had such ability, and even Li Jiancheng could not be able to do so, so Li Xiu asked Li Shimin if he had already entered the palace.
"Enter the palace? Haha, yes, I've already entered the palace." Li Shimin showed a complicated smile when he heard this. Then he picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. However, he didn't expect that he would drink a little harder. As a result, he was choked and coughed, and finally even coughed out tears.
"Your Highness drinks slowly. This wine is too strong. Drinking it too quickly can easily hurt your body!" Li Xiu advised again. Looking at Li Shimin's embarrassed look, Li Xiu suddenly seemed to understand something, which made him feel a little sympathetic to Li Shimin.
"Hahahahahaha~, what do you care about whether it hurts your body or not?" Li Shimin suddenly slapped the wine bowl in his hand on the table, and his expression was a little sad and angry. Then he stared at Li Xiu with bright eyes and said, "Li Xiu, you are a smart person, and you have a very good knowledge. In your opinion, who is better than me or my eldest brother?"
"It's true!" Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this. He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Your Highness and the Prince are both among the people, and they are good at different affairs, so it's really hard to compare!"
"Don't tell me this!" Li Shimin was really drunk at this time, his eyes were red, and he yelled at Li Xiu, "Since the army of Taiyuan, I have led my Tang soldiers to fight in the east and west. Half of the entire Tang Dynasty's territory was defeated by me with my own hands. In terms of government affairs, I am definitely not worse than my elder brother, but because my elder brother is the eldest son, the Tang Dynasty that I have worked hard to conquer can only be handed over to him to manage. How can I be willing?"
When Li Shimin was drunk, even said something in his heart, Li Xiu suddenly felt a little regretful. Not everyone could hear these words. I wonder if Li Shimin would kill himself to silence him after he woke up? (~^~)
Chapter completed!