royal robes

Chapter 1051
Southern Tang Jinling
Tianya and his party finally returned to Jinling East Palace. Although Li Hongji really wanted to tell his father Li Jing the news immediately, they were too tired and sleepy.For the sake of safety along the way, Li Hongji did not disclose his identity at all, and no one even knew that they had returned to Jinling.

"His Royal Highness? His Royal Highness!" The housekeeper Li Quan flew directly to kneel in front of Li Hongji. It's been a long time since we saw each other, but Li Quan really didn't expect the crown prince Li Hongji to return to Jinling alive, and looking at his clothes... probably suffered a lot. bitter.

"Get up, you've never been so polite before, why just kneel down?" Li Hongji said depressedly.

"I heard that after His Royal Highness went to sea, the ship sank in the sea. Everyone thought that His Royal Highness had died. According to the guards who escaped back, everyone fell into the rough sea at that time, and some were hit by the waves after being unconscious. The beach barely survived. Because the ship sank suddenly, no one knew where His Highness went."

"For those useless trash, I swam back to the shore by myself, then went to Pingzhou to join Taoist Priest Wu Yazi, and then brought back the master of the Wang Clan. They are the guards, so it's fine if they don't protect me well. How dare you spread rumors that I'm dead..." Li Hongji said angrily, "Forget it, don't worry about it, prepare the meals, and prepare two tables for the best banquet."

"Two tables?"

"Nonsense, so many people need at least two tables to eat, and you haven't been asked to pay, go and go." Li Hongji was also hungry, tired and hungry, so he ordered someone to prepare two tables of banquets.

Li Quan, the steward of the East Palace, has long been used to it. Anyway, His Royal Highness only needs to eat and drink when he comes back, and he has nothing else to do.There is no problem with eating if you want to eat, and the housekeeper quickly started to arrange it.

But a steward is a steward, so of course he has to do everything well. At the same time, Li Quan also sent someone to the palace to inform His Majesty that Prince Li Hongji and Venerable Bailian have returned.

Li Quan worked quickly. He first served cold dishes and hot wine to the group, and then slowly served hot dishes, so as not to make them wait too long.

Although Li Hongji and his party were starving, they couldn't eat the cold dishes and wine that were just served too quickly. They drank some hot wine to warm their stomachs first, and then slowly ate some side dishes to accompany the wine.

The housekeeper, Li Quan, took good care of it. All the dishes on a large table were brought up without knowing it, and everyone started to eat regardless of their appearance, even Xiang'er, who didn't care if she was a lady or not. She was really hungry.Not to mention such a good table dish, even a steamed bun can taste delicious.

While eating, Li Hongji propped up his waist and burped very deeply, then took a sip of wine.

"Hi~~~~~ It's really enjoyable. I wanted to have a good meal when I was on the boat, but I was too anxious and couldn't eat it. I rushed all the way from Haizhou to Jinling. It took nearly a month~ This is the first time. Seriously." Li Hongji said: "I never knew what hunger was or what gluttony was before, because I spent my life eating and drinking every day. Now I know what it's like to be hungry, and it feels good."

"What nonsense, hurry up and eat." Regardless of his age, Venerable Bailian is really in good health. He has suffered a lot with Li Hongji along the way, but Venerable Bailian shows no sign of weakness at all, but is getting worse and worse. strong.

"Show me some face, I am also the Prince of Southern Tang after all, you are my guard, can you speak softly?"

"will not."

Li Hongji was actually choked up, he propped up his back and drank a sip of wine to smooth down the food, not really wanting to say a few words of emotion.

"Father? When did you come?"

Li Jing stood beside him for a long time, but the eyes of this group of people never lifted up... As the emperor, Li Jing also felt very embarrassed.But seeing Li Hongji come back alive is enough. As for whether he has completed the task or not, forget it, and we can't expect him to grow up in an instant.

"It's been a while, and you don't look up, and I don't want to disturb your meal. It looks like you're starving... Just come back. It doesn't matter if the fortifications of the Wang Clan are there. Anyway, Shouzhou is indestructible, so don't think about Chai Rong. Break through."

Li Hongji stretched out his hand, wiped off the oil on his mouth first, and then said: "Father, what is the meaning of this? I brought back all the masters of the Wang Clan. Now you tell me not to use it?"

"Bring it back?"

"Yeah, Wang Hui isn't polite yet." Li Hongji grabbed Wang Hui. At this moment, Wang Hui had a chicken leg in his left hand and a ball in his right. There was still a lot of unchewed food in his mouth, and he was about to swallow it.

"Hmm~~........."

Li Jing nodded and said: "Free of courtesy, flat body."

"Thanks... um..."

"Eat first, and we'll talk about it after we have something to eat." Li Jing felt that he was the emperor for nothing. This group of people had already discovered their existence, and instead of saluting, they made such a disrespectful move.

If it was someone else, just drag it out and cut it.But Daoist Wu Yazi and Wang Clan's mechanic master, these two people are very important to him.Although a little depressed, I can only swallow it in my stomach when I am angry.

But it seems that they also know that this time they have suffered a lot.Li Jing really didn't expect that Li Hongji would complete the mission this time, and after the ship sank and was penniless, he ran to the Wang Clan and brought back a master mechanic.

Not to mention that the Wang Clan has always sold goods and never sent people to build fortifications in other places. Even if the Wang Clan can agree to this matter, Li Hongji has no money.With the little money that Taoist Priest Wu Yazi has, it is okay to buy some weapons, but it is definitely impossible to rent a mechanic master from the royal family.

Since there is no money, why does the Wang Clan send a master technician to Shouzhou to build fortifications?It can't be that Wang Clan gave Li Hongji face.

The Wang Clan never gives face to anyone, because he is in a special position, at most it is to give Ye Luzhen some face, no matter how powerful other people are, they can't do anything to him.

How is the master craftsman's skill?How did Li Hongji do it, and who is that girl next to Wu Yazi?There are too many questions to ask, but this group of foodies only have food in their eyes, and even the emperor can't stop them.

Li Jing can still force the group of people to stop their chopsticks, report everything first, and then it will not be too late to eat.But Li Jing didn't do this, because doing so was only to show his royal face, it had no practical significance, and would make these hungry ghosts unhappy...

Li Jing has always been a character who is not in a hurry, so he just watched these hungry ghosts eat and see what they can eat.

This time it was an eye-opener for Li Jing. These hungry ghosts ate alive from noon to the afternoon, and fell asleep at the dinner table after eating...

Li Jing looked at the performance of this group of people in embarrassment. After the performance, there will be no more content... Originally, Li Jing wanted to know the whole process.

There was no way, Li Jing ordered people to carry the group of people back to the room to rest, and Li Jing himself had been sitting by Li Hongji's bed the whole time.In fact, he was already very happy to see his son come back alive. Although Li Hongji was an idiot, Li Jing just liked him.

There is no way to explain the relationship between father and son. No matter how stupid, stupid or asshole this child is, what can he do if his father likes him?Looking at Li Hongji is like seeing himself when he was young. In fact, Li Jing also knows very well that he was also an idiot when he was young, but when he grows up, he gets better and is a more useful idiot.

So Li Jing prefers Li Hongji and Li Hongmao. Even though he knows that these two children are worthless, there is really no way he likes them.Even though he knew that Li Congjia was good in every aspect, he just didn't like him very much, at least not as much as Li Hongji.

Seeing Li Hongji's prodigal son looking back, Li Jing liked it even more.He was exactly the same as himself back then, who would not give this throne to him?Li Jing was not so lucky to meet a life mentor like Daoist Wu Yazi back then. He used his willpower to forcibly quit bad habits and force himself to rise, because Li Jing knew very well that if he didn't rise himself , he will die a terrible death.

In order to survive, Li Jing must turn his idiot into a talent, and then drive out the other brothers, otherwise the other brothers will do the same thing to him.

The struggle for imperial power is like this, whoever is determined to sever brotherhood first will have a higher chance of winning.And as a person in power, abandoning friendship is also one of the very necessary practices.A person in power who is too benevolent is not qualified to support the entire country.

Therefore, struggles for imperial power have occurred in every dynasty and every generation since ancient times. Even if the emperor knew that his sons were plotting against each other, he would turn a blind eye or close one.Although the emperor will be heartbroken, he also hopes that the winner will inherit his country, not a loser.

Li Hongji suddenly opened his eyes after sleeping for two hours, and looked at Li Jing beside the bed with a terrified expression.

"Father? Why are you here? Oh~ I'm back, I'm finally back..." Li Hongji rolled over and got off the bed, kneeling directly in front of Li Jing: "I send my respects to Father."

"Waiting... I didn't feel surprised anymore, but you were taken aback. It seems that you have suffered a lot during this period. You have lost a lot of weight. What happened during this period? I heard that you took the When the boat encountered wind and waves, the entire hull sank to the bottom of the sea, and all the people on board were not spared, only some lucky people were hit to the shore by the waves."

"Yes, father, there was indeed something wrong with the ship. The wind and waves that day were too strong to stop the sinking of the ship. My son had no choice but to abandon the ship and escape. Fortunately, Venerable Bailian was by his side, and we swam all the way back to the shore , walk to Pingzhou to meet Taoist Wu Yazi."

Li Jing said: "How long have you been gone?"

"More than half a month."

"The boat sank and you didn't have anything of value on you. How did you get there? Even with this strength, what would you eat along the way?"

Li Hongji said awkwardly: "As long as there are hands and mouths, how can anyone starve to death? I and Venerable Bailian went all the way to Pingzhou to beg, and sometimes helped others do some farm work in exchange for a meal. There was really no food. Just go to the wild to hunt some wild game, and some wild vegetables and fruits can also fill your stomach."

When Li Jing heard this, tears almost flowed out. Li Hongji was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, how could he suffer this kind of pain?But at this time, I should really be grateful to Taoist Priest Wu Yazi, because Wu Yazi let Li Hongji try the life of begging before that, otherwise, if he suddenly put down his face to beg, how could Li Hongji bear it?
(End of this chapter)