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

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, children's words are careless and will be blown away by the wind."

My goodness, after talking for so long, in the end I found out that I am not the father, but an outsider.

Fortunately, Li Shen knew that Wu Meiniang would not betray him, otherwise he would have to do a blood test to recognize her relationship with him.

"Xixi, don't talk nonsense. How can your father be an outsider?"

Wu Meiniang came over and scolded him harshly.

As a concubine, she was already very happy that her daughter was loved by everyone in the mansion.

Prince Ji doted on his daughter extremely and gave her whatever she wanted.

What's more, even His Majesty and the Queen love their daughter very much.

For a concubine's daughter, to be treated like Xixi is truly a blessing.

This only happens in a special place like Prince Ji’s Mansion. In other places, the legitimate children are the closest.

“Okay, Xixi is right, giving gifts to His Majesty is filial piety, not giving gifts to others.

My dear, don't worry about it. Just ask the Academy of Sciences to get you a fishing rod.

I think Xixi did nothing wrong."

As the Princess of Ji and the mistress of the Prince of Ji's Mansion, Lu Dingniang had the final say.

Li Shen actually didn't care too much about this. Wanguan might be a huge sum of money for other people, but it was certainly a huge sum of money for Li Shen.

But it's not life or death.

Just as Lu Dingniang said, let the Academy of Sciences do another one.

Li Shen took Xixi from Lu Dingniang's arms and looked at his cute daughter. Li Shen sighed:

"Ah~~~~ you little prodigal son, you will ruin all of Aye's family property in the future.

Xixi, next time you send something to someone, do you need to ask Aye or your mother first? "

"Aye~~~~"

Xixi hugged Li Shen's neck coquettishly and shouted, and Li Shen's heart melted instantly.

"Okay, no more, no more."

Holding Xixi, Li Shen brought several women back to the back house. The women helped Li Shen bathe and change clothes, and after they had a meal, Li Shen went to the study.

At this moment, Wang Xuance, Wang Hongfu and Xue Rengui had all arrived and had been waiting for a long time.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Seeing Li Shen come in, the three of them stood up and saluted.

"Well, no need to be polite, take a seat."

Li Shen nodded, came to sit down in front of the desk, and several maids began to make tea for Li Shen.

“I came here to talk to you about a few things.

First, Rengui, I have already finished speaking to Your Majesty. Your Majesty’s oral instruction is to let it go this time, but there will not be a next time.

The extra members of the Blade Team will be retained, but the retirement period will come next year, and the number of personnel cannot exceed 150. This is the bottom line. "

The first thing Li Shen talked about was military expansion.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do this myself."

Xue Rengui immediately stood up and accepted the order.

"This matter also bears my responsibility, as it pertains to the management of the Guard Battalion. This incident also serves as a reminder to me.

From now on, all matters of the Imperial Guard Camp, no matter how big or small, must be reported to the Chief Secretary of the Imperial Household Department.

Xuan Ce will report to the king based on the severity of the matter."

"I will take your orders."

Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance stood up and saluted.

"Rengui, I trust you, so I handed the Imperial Guard Battalion over to you to manage. The reason why I rarely ask about it is all out of trust in you.

But this incident has made me somewhat disappointed. You have taken great responsibility for not managing your subordinates strictly and have committed the crime of negligence.

The Guard Camp is not any other place. You must keep a close eye on it. If it happens again, don’t blame me for being ruthless.

Don't let me down, understand?"

Li Shen finally looked at Xue Rengui and said seriously that he suddenly realized the importance of guards.

The Imperial Guard Battalion is a separate entity in Chang'an City and is the only legal private armed force.

If he doesn't keep a close eye on it and someone takes advantage of the situation and breaks in, not to mention whether there will be a mutiny, it will pose a huge threat to his own life.

This won’t work. For Li Shen, who is afraid of death, this matter is the most important.

After hearing what Li Shen said, Xue Rengui felt a little ashamed. It might be because he had lived too comfortably that he became a little slack.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will take good care of the Guard Camp for Your Majesty and manage it strictly so that there won't be any mistakes.

I will never let you down."

Xue Rengui knelt on one knee to show his loyalty.

Seeing this, Li Shen nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, I will trust you again. Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After dealing with the matters of the Guard Camp, Li Shen looked at Wang Hongfu again.

"Old Wang, how's the lightning incident going?"

"My Lord, someone is trying to calm this matter down."

"What? Someone is trying to calm this down. Do you know who did this?"

Li Shen was a little surprised. These people moved so quickly.

“Your Highness, we are investigating, and they are trying to use other rumors to quell the lightning strike.

It has not yet been found out who is behind this.”

After hearing this, Li Shen frowned and stroked his chin to think.

Isn't this just following his approach, using magic to defeat magic?

"Your Majesty, do you think that this incident was done by those officials who were chopped off?"

Wang Hongfu asked tentatively.

Li Shen shook his head.

"It shouldn't be, they don't have that much power. It's only been a few days. Anyone who has the ability and reacts so quickly must be a big family.

Those officials who submitted memorials are just small fry and shrimps, not worth worrying about."

In Li Shen's opinion, what ability could a group of pawns have? They were just cannon fodder.

"Your Majesty, do you think it is possible that the noble families took action?"

Wang Xuance also analyzed that only aristocratic families could have such great abilities.

"But this matter has nothing to do with them. It doesn't make sense for them to do this."

Li Shen shook his head again.

"Old Wang, what rumors are circulating outside?"

Li Shen looked up and asked.

"My Lord, there are many rumors out there. The first rumor is that Your Highness Prince Ji can control lightning and has some magic. This time, the lightning strike was controlled by you, Your Highness Prince Ji.

The second rumor is also related to you, Your Highness. The rumor is that, Your Highness, you said that thunder is not a punishment from heaven, but a natural phenomenon. There are no such things as demons and monsters in this world.

There is one last theory, saying that these thunders were originally going to strike Prince Ji's mansion, because you, Your Majesty, have done so many bad things.

It's just that you, Your Majesty, used some unknown method to divert the trouble to those dozen families."

Wang Hongfu recounted the rumors in the market in detail.

Li Shen didn't get angry after hearing this. Instead, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled softly:

“Haha, interesting, fake and real, making the fake look real, adding me into the topic to increase attention.

Interesting, there are still people who know how to ride on my popularity.

As a result, people become more interested in such illusory things.

This is a good method, you have learned our essence. "