Don't be a prince

But a good product always needs a suitable marketing plan. Although these two things have been produced, Li Chengqian is still going to hold back. At least, he has to get the empress to help promote it.

After giving Chang Le a bottle of perfume and asking her to bring a bottle to Su Yuan next time she went to Su's house, Li Chengqian took the remaining perfume and hairpin to the Hall of Liangyi to ask to see his eldest grandson.

There was a reason why today was chosen. I asked Zhang Yun specifically that at the end of the month, the emperor would not stay in Liangyi Hall, and would be driven to Ganlu Hall by the queen, or where other concubines would go.

When a woman is menstruating, husband and wife cannot share the same room, which is a morbid rule in many big families.Although the emperor didn't care, the eldest grandson strongly urged him to obey.

The Liangyi Hall without the emperor is not the Hall of Hell. After entering the gate of the hall, Li Chengqian sat next to the eldest grandson and said, "I heard from Changle that you went to the Su family again, so you must know that the child is doing something wrong." This matter, my son acted recklessly, I ask the mother to punish me."

The eldest grandson slapped him angrily: "You still know how to plead guilty. Although your father doesn't think so, it's not good to be known by others. But you have more intentions than your father. The one on Su's head The beautiful hairpin was given to her by you, right?"

"Empress Mingjian, it was indeed given to her by the child. I know you will like it, so I also prepared a few for you."

After speaking, Li Chengqian waved, and Zhang Yun brought the gift box over.

The box is made of sandalwood, and the inside is lined with black silk, which can better set off the brilliance of the diamonds.

Randomly picked up a gift box, took out the diamond and gold hairpin inside and looked at it, the eldest grandson said with a smile: "Fortunately, your child still knows the queen mother, but looking at your gift box, it must be spoiled again. I don't care about this gem. It’s unheard of, and with your temperament, it’s no wonder you don’t sell it for sky-high prices!”

Li Chengqian didn't expect his grandson to see out his plan so quickly, so he could only confess and be lenient.

He took the perfume from another box, opened the bottle, and sprinkled a little on the palm of his hand before asking his eldest grandson to smell it.

After smelling it for a while, he closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before the eldest grandson said in surprise: "This is the smell of sweet-scented osmanthus. What is your thing?"

"Perfume can replace incense, saving time and effort. Moreover, not only sweet-scented osmanthus, as long as it is a scented flower, it can generally be made into perfume. Queen Mother, do you think this thing can be sold at a good price?"

"It's really good, but don't set the price too high. Chengqian, although you are reasonable about the Wang family's incident, what you did is still too despicable. Be careful during this period, and don't leave it to outsiders. Talking point. Although your crown prince position is as stable as Mount Tai, neither your father nor I will change Qingque or other princes, but your reputation is still very important."

Li Chengqian smiled: "Mother, don't worry, the child will naturally know what to do."

It is enough to do something fierce once.Just like a tiger in the forest, when necessary, it roars to tell its malicious fellows to get away, and roaring endlessly when they have nothing to do, wouldn't it scare away the prey?

It's the same when he is a prince. He is usually kind, smiling to everyone, maintaining the appearance of "loyalty, kindness and harmony", and giving a thunderbolt when someone has a wrong mind.In this way, I don't know how much better than blind cowardice and blind toughness.

For the child's filial piety, the eldest grandson naturally accepted it with peace of mind, and even casually gave a bottle of perfume to Yuzhang.It is really rare for a stepmother to be a queen who can be her own mother.

Seeing Yuzhang leave with a smile on his face, Li Chengqian asked: "Empress Mother, Emperor Father has decided to give Yuzhang a marriage to eldest grandson Chong?"

The eldest grandson nodded: "It can only be Yuzhang. Your father has found several Taoist priests, and they all say that Changle and Changsun Chong are incompatible, so it can only be Yuzhang. However, Yuzhang is younger than Changle, so we have to wait for Changle." Only when the marriage is settled can we come to her."

Li Chengqian nodded, maybe Changle could only exchange with Yuzhang and marry into Tang Jian's family.

Although Tang Jian's status is very different from the status of the eldest daughter of Changle, it can only be like this at the moment.He has every reason to believe that the emperor's father has already allocated his daughters, including those who are still breastfeeding.

Now those who occupy high positions have all become his old team members. He definitely needs to get closer to this group of people who supported him desperately during the Qin Palace.Getting married is the most useless and the best way.

"What are you thinking? So fascinated."

Hearing the eldest grandson's voice, Li Chengqian realized that this is not the East Palace.

Glancing at Li Zhi, who was nibbling on the dried fruit, he said, "I'm thinking about pheasant slaves. Although Jinyang is the foundation of our Li family, it's not Dayi, Tongzhou. The pheasant slave was granted the title of king of Jin. Did he have the same relationship with Qingque?" Not even close?"

The eldest grandson nodded Li Chengqian's forehead and said: "You are thinking wrong. Do you think Qingque has a lot of land and makes a lot of money, so it is better than pheasant slaves? Not necessarily, Jinyang is the foundation of the Li family. King Jin The title bears the fate of the country. Do you think that there were no courtiers who objected when the pheasant slave was granted the title of King Jin?"

Hearing what the eldest grandson said, Li Chengqian realized that, it seems that King Jin is really powerful?

Seeing that Li Zhi still had a whole bag of dried fruit in his left hand, Li Chengqian pretended to reach out to grab it. Who knew that Li Zhi reacted very quickly and ran away holding the dried fruit.

"Bastard, be careful that my brother won't give you good things in the future!"

Smiling and cursing, he got up and said goodbye.

"Why are you rushing away? Although you have two daughters in the East Palace, the Empress Mother doesn't seem to have any intention of touching them when she sees you!"

Although talking about the relationship between a man and a woman is a bit unrestrained, but the eldest grandson is the queen, so that's what matters.

Scratching his head, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Mr. Sun said that it is best for a man and a woman to have sex later, otherwise it will be harmful to the body. In fact, it is only a matter of three to five years. You, you still have to wait if you want to hold a grandson." .”

One sentence made the eldest grandson's imagination run wild. If it weren't for Sun Simiao, the crown prince would have already been married by this time. As for the current situation, the appointment of the crown prince would have to be hidden?

But remembering the hardships of having a child, the eldest grandson gritted his teeth and said: "Although Xiuxiu is a court lady, she is knowledgeable and considerate, and she is also very attentive in learning all kinds of etiquette. Although you are not married now, you have three pre-appointed women. The queen mother still thinks there are a few, otherwise, how many more will I choose for you?"

Hearing these words, Li Chengqian's hairs immediately stood up.Although having three wives and six concubines is the wish of every man, but if there are too many women, the relationship will be worthless.Although he is in the position of the prince, he has decided to accept the marriage arrangement with pain and happiness.However, no matter how many, it will kill you!

After repeatedly waving his hands, Li Chengqian said: "Farewell, I can only watch now, you choose so many concubines for my son, isn't it torturing my son, let's talk about it after my son gets married."

After speaking, he ran away quickly as if fleeing for refuge.

Seeing that Li Chengqian had the same reaction as Li Tai, the eldest grandson behind him laughed.

As a parent, after all, you have to use this to amuse your children.

2 Forty Chapters

Being a queen doesn't mean she stays in the palace all day long. Women generally don't attend important occasions, but important occasions that belong to women are not included in this range.

Li Daozong's mother celebrated her [-]th birthday without making a fuss, but there were still many people who came to congratulate her, all of whom were the top daughters of the big family.

In any case, Li Daozong is also a meritorious clan prince. Although he no longer joined the military because of his health, he was transferred to Taichangqing, but his old mother's birthday is still remembered by the noble group.

Weddings, birthdays, full moons, and one-year birthdays are the most important things for noble groups. Li Daozong can not talk about it in order to avoid his colleagues spending money, but those who should come to congratulate him still have to come.

Because the top-ranking women of various families gather together, no matter who the men are, they can't get involved, even the emperor.

Therefore, the person who came to congratulate on behalf of the emperor became the eldest grandson.

As a queen, the eldest grandson will be the central figure and the object of compliments no matter where she goes. Men are respected by the emperor, and women are respected by the queen.

"Oh, empress, you smell really good. It's so quiet. It should be the fragrance of orchids. It's a pity that we can only use lavender like orange peel every day. After a long time, the smell will change. No wonder Smell."

"That's right, and your hairpin, God, I wanted to ask just now when I was outside the house, what kind of stone is this? It's more dazzling than a gold hairpin."

"The empress's figure is still the same as before, not like a concubine who is as fat as a ball after giving birth to a child."

...

After receiving a bunch of compliments from first-rank and second-rank imperial orders, Princess Hejian and Princess Jiangxia apologised, pushed away the chattering women, and invited the eldest grandson to sit down.

The eldest grandson accepted his son's benefits, so he naturally wanted to help his son publicize it.

After sitting down, the eldest grandson held a teacup and said: "You guys, in order to reduce the palace expenses and set an example for the world, the skirts I wear now show the feet, let alone cover the orchids with clothes to get incense. This smell is actually exuded by something called perfume."

After finishing speaking, the eldest grandson drank tea slowly, as if he didn't see the anxious eyes of those women.

After finally waiting for the queen to finish drinking the tea, Princess Jiang Xia asked, "My lady, what is this perfume? Why have I never heard of it before?"

Seeing that these women stretched out their ears and waited for the fruit, the eldest grandson smiled secretly, but explained truthfully: "Actually, this thing was presented to me by the crown prince. I heard that it takes a lot of flowers to make it, and it is very expensive. Bengong thinks it's not easy to make, it's too luxurious, so I don't want much, but I ordered a small bottle of each flavor. If it wasn't for the old concubine's birthday today, I wouldn't have spilled it."

Something made by the prince?

The women looked at each other in blank dismay, but when they thought about coal stoves, wheelchairs and other things, it was no surprise. Since the prince can tinker with those things, perfume is no big deal.It's just a pity that this is given to the queen by the prince who is his son. If it is sold, it will definitely buy dozens of bottles!Don't care how much money!

You must know that in order not to lose face when they come out today, their clothes have been smoked more than a dozen times before choosing the most suitable smell.

Princess Hejian smiled and said: "Since it is something given to you by the prince, I will give up waiting. It's just a pity that such a good thing can't be bought even if you have money."

"That's not necessarily the case. I saw that the prince still has a lot of them. I heard that he wants to sell them in exchange for some money and food for the college to continue to expand. I just don't know how he will sell them. Oh, yes, the hairpin of this palace is also The prince asked the skilled craftsman who will be the supervisor to make it, I just picked the best one, and the rest will be sold."

The eldest grandson's words caused an uproar among the women.

will sell?

Since it is sold, it must have its price. As long as it is not a priceless treasure that can be solved with money, then it is not a problem, let alone a jewelry perfume that is similar to that used by the queen. Can you feel at ease?

At the moment, many women are already thinking about buying.

It's good to say so far, but if there are too many, it will appear that she is the prince's accomplice.After the eldest grandson made up his mind not to let these women spend money, he even complained to himself.

Compared with women's gatherings, men's gatherings are much more boring.Because the Jiangxia Palace was occupied by women, the men's family could only gather in the Tai Chi Hall to hold a banquet.

Because it is close to Xiaonian, this can be regarded as the last banquet given by the emperor before the year.

At the banquet, a public governor attracted Li Chengqian's attention.

Samurai!

This guy made his fortune through business during the Sui Dynasty, and he also sponsored the Supreme Emperor Jinyang to raise troops to pacify Chang'an with the emperor's army.Because of these achievements, during the Wude period, he was able to be listed as one of the "Taiyuan Yuanmou Meritorious Officials", and he was appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Industry and named Ying Guogong.However, after the emperor came to the throne, he was demoted or abolished officials like Duan Lun who had a false name, but actually did not have actual merits like bloody battles.This is the case with the samurai Yu, who is obviously the Duke of Ying, but was sent out to serve as the governor of Yuzhou, Lizhou and Jingzhou.

However, the samurai can be considered to have means, because his background is close to the common people, so he understands the common people, and the government orders issued are all in line with public opinion.No matter where he is an official, he can win the love of the people.

Now that people are in office in Jingzhou, and the people under the rule are full of cheers, there is naturally a book of Wanmin.Also because of these achievements, his "Ying Guogong" card is only in the middle of the emperor's noble wall, and it can be preserved without going up or down.

Now he is called to Beijing to report on his work, mainly to commend his hard work in office.After the commendation is over, I have to go back.After all, keeping his title is already the emperor's mercy.The achievements in Yuzhou, Lizhou and Jingzhou may allow him to be promoted, but it is still not enough to exchange for the title of duke.

"Non-military and non-great merits will not be conferred", this is what the emperor revealed intentionally or unintentionally after he ascended the throne.

"Wu Aiqing has done a lot of hard work in governing the region, and I will give you a glass of wine to comfort you for your hard work!"

After Li Shimin spoke, an eunuch poured out a glass of wine from the emperor's jug, and handed it to the warrior in the field.

The warrior was inexplicably surprised, knelt down holding his wine glass and said loudly: "For the sake of the country and the people, how dare you say hard work, thank you for your appreciation, I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust!"

After speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

However, the samurai who lived in Jingzhou didn't know what kind of high-grade wine in the capital was like, so he drank a cup suddenly, and immediately vomited it out, choking and coughing again and again.

It was obviously an embarrassing scene, but none of the officials above the hall laughed out loud.

This is disrespectful!The emperor gave wine, even if it was poisonous wine, the courtiers had to lick the cup clean, let alone spit out the wine now in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.Even if the emperor was in a bad mood to punish him, no one would stop him.

After finally recovering his breath, the samurai could only kneel down again, claiming to be a capital offender.

Unable to bear to see a meritorious and famous minister being punished, Wei Zheng was about to come out to say something when he saw the prince had already stood up.

Different from the serious ministers, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Mr. Ying is away in officialdom, so naturally he doesn't know how good Chang'an's high alcohol is. Not to mention you, even the old ghost of the wine shop, you have to get used to it before you can drink it."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian cupped his hands towards Li Shimin and said, "Father, Lord Ying doesn't know the power of Gao Gao's wine. He drank it boldly, and he also felt the painstaking efforts of my emperor's gift. My son feels that there is no need to punish him for three cups of wine." That's it."

Li Shimin, who was on the throne, was a little displeased at first, but he laughed when he heard what Li Chengqian said.

"I know Wu Aiqing's loyalty, so I will punish you with three glasses of wine according to the crown prince's words!"

The emperor's decision was made, and the officials laughed.

The warrior who had escaped the catastrophe bowed and saluted the prince before taking up the three glasses of wine that were punished, but this time he did not dare to look up and drink it.

After Li Chengqian sat down, he heard Changsun Wuji next to him say: "This rescue is beautiful. It not only eased the death of the warrior, but also made His Majesty happy. It's just a few words, not bad."

Today's eldest grandson Wuji is also in a good mood, he got drunk not long after the banquet started.

Li Chengqian smiled, cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "I heard that Emperor Father intends to let Yuzhang marry Brother Chong. Now we are getting closer, and my nephew is here to congratulate uncle."

Changsun Wuji laughed in a low voice. In fact, what he cared most about was not which princess the emperor married, but the emperor's attitude towards his family.Foreign relatives have always been targeted by the imperial power, but the eldest grandson's family is different. As a former friend of the emperor, he has always received only trust.If it hadn't been for the Queen's sister who felt that his promotion to Shangshu Pushe was in danger of becoming a flower, he would have become Shangshu Pushe at this time, and he was in power.

Although Changsun Wuji was grinning, he put on his uncle's airs and said sternly in a blink of an eye: "It's nothing to do more research on political affairs, and always inquire about these things. Your Majesty ordered me, Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling to take turns to Donggong to teach you how to handle government affairs. Now You already have your own seal, you should be mature and prudent in doing things!"

Although dissatisfied with the nagging of this old bastard, Li Chengqian could only respect himself and be taught.

In addition, he was angry when he mentioned the seal of the prince. It took so long to engrave the seal, but when he got it, he found that the small one was similar to the seal of the finance department of later generations. The craftsman wanted to engrave " The words "Li Chengqian, Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace" are difficult to imagine.Coupled with the time-consuming carving of jade, it will be discarded immediately if the carving is useless. No wonder it takes so long.

Now that he has the seal, he, as the prince, can officially get involved in political affairs.Although it is just for reference, although a prince's weight in the discussion circle is small, it is not without it.

The banquet on this day was held for a long time, and it was not until the emperor was overwhelmed with alcohol that he announced the end.

Seeing the emperor's father holding his head in difficulty, Li Chengqian knew that this guy's wind disease, that is, high blood pressure, had happened again.It's not that Sun Simiao's doctor's order forbids eating big fish and meat, and prohibits drinking alcohol, but this bastard always doesn't take it to heart.

Thinking that he would probably be troubled by high blood pressure in the future, Li Chengqian got a headache.

Headaches are headaches. If you have time to worry about the future, it is better to develop good living habits from now on.

I never thought that I still have such self-discipline before. Every day when the sun is slightly bright, I get up, first run, then fencing, archery, and boxing.

The injured calf was finally defeated by the young man's strong resilience. With the training of Zhang Yun and Ashina Xue, he only felt that he had become the master he had imagined.

"Your Highness, a document from the Ministry of War."

Wiping his sweat, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to take the document handed over by Zhang Yun.

But after reading it, he couldn't help yelling: "Damn Du Ruhui has identified the prince's pro-leader pit, right? Why has the task of clearing the wild beasts outside the Qinling Mountains always fell on the prince's pro-leader? In two days It's a young year, and sending soldiers out in the cold wind of the twelfth lunar month, wouldn't it be cheating people to death!"

Yu Tai was on the side, seeing the prince's fury, he said: "Your Highness, you hurt your leg last year. The year before last, the prince led the prince in the grassland. The beasts outside the Qinling Mountains have not been cleared for two years. I heard that the villages near the Qinling Mountains are always There was an attack by a wild beast, and even if Duke Lai had no brains in entering the mountains in winter, he would not issue such an order. You might as well read it again, maybe it’s just to clean up the surrounding area of ​​the village?"

After Yu Tai said so, Li Chengqian could only continue to read.Sure enough, the order only cleared the forests around the village, and did not ask to enter the mountains.But even so, it's still a scam.

This year, the official sealed the pen seal early, without even thinking about it, old thief Du has already sealed the seal of the Ministry of War, and then sneaked home to wait for the New Year.Even if you want to refute this order, there is no way.

No, this is not an order. The crown prince of Lao Tzu leads the private army of the crown prince of the East Palace. It is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Your Ministry of War can only suggest, but not order!

But if you lose this document...

Thinking about those villagers who were attacked by wild beasts, Li Chengqian sighed and decided to take the rotten watermelon thrown by Du Ruhui.

"Since you're going, let's all go, call all the soldiers who went home on vacation, and write letters to King Wu and Duke Geng. This time, let's go to more people. What the Ministry of War has brought is a mess, but we can't treat it as Order, treat it as winter hunting!"