Facing Xiao Yu, Li Shimin's mood was very complicated. Although he was a minister, he was more than twenty years older than him and was his father's generation.

He respected him, but he also really annoyed him.

This old man's thoughts are really changeable and unpredictable.

All in all, he is a typical example of a person who has many moths and will not stop even as he gets older.

However, when they met again this time, Li Shimin decided to treat him well.

After all, he kicked Mr. Xiao to Qizhou and stayed there for several years. He was also very old, so it was really embarrassing to torment him like this.

However, this old man has been running to the court every day recently, and Li Shimin has long noticed a strange aura, and the energy of looking for trouble has returned.

Who is he trying to fix?

Li Shimin has been in a good mood recently, so I gave him a favor and listened.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

Sure enough, after the old man took a few mouthfuls of porridge, he started to show off.

Li Shimin raised his head and stared at him intently. Xiao Yu knew that he could start.

"I heard that Shen An, the caretaker of the Royal Well, has been doing business in the workshop recently and has made hundreds of millions of dollars. I think this matter is very inappropriate."

"Is there such a thing?"

Li Shimin looked at Chen Su. He really didn't expect that Xiao Yu would mention Shen An.

In his opinion, the young man Shen An did have some cunningness of a young man, which was nothing in his eyes. However, Xiao Yu had never been a liar.

It seems that it is indeed true.

"I heard that Shen An sells rock candy in Shanhefang, and the asking price for a bag is as high as 1,000 yuan. The money in the house is piled like a hill, and there are several large wooden boxes filled with it."

Xiao Yu was able to investigate the matter so clearly only because of the information provided by his grandson Xiao Xian.

Li Shimin was surprised again and again. He thought Shen An was just a little clever, but he didn't expect that he would do such an outrageous thing.

"Please tell me more carefully." The food was also put down, and Li Shimin was not in the mood to eat at all.

"This Shen An has an official status. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, officials are not allowed to do business. The veteran believes that the imperial court must intervene in this matter."

"Originally, I wanted to report this matter to His Majesty for a long time. However, I heard that this young man was the savior of His Majesty Prince Jin, so I hesitated to say anything."

"You mean, Shen An has been doing business in Shanhefang?"

"And made a lot of money?"

Li Shimin chimed in to clarify the whole story.

Xiao Yu nodded. Originally, he didn't want to get involved in such a trivial matter. He had no enmity with Shen An, and courtiers doing business was not something he was interested in.

The problem is that his grandson Xiao Xian treats the heresy taught by Shen An as a treasure every day and refuses to listen no matter how hard he disciplines him.

Finally, the commotion broke out in the house, and Xiao Yu could no longer tolerate it.

Of course, in order to vent his anger, Xiao Yu would also make some choices. For example, he must not tell His Majesty that his grandson would also follow suit.

Li Shimin thought for a moment and said: "Song Guogong, I know about this matter, and I will send someone to investigate."

Xiao Yu was very satisfied. Shen An was making crazy money in Shanhefang. As long as His Majesty sends people down, he still can't find out.

Mr. Xiao never expected that what he did was just a missed move.

You have already gone to Shen's house to cause trouble. With Shen An's smart mind, how could he not think of a solution in advance?

Li Shimin originally wanted to put this matter aside for now, but he didn't think so. Mr. Xiao is extremely determined. If you don't go, I won't leave.

He had no choice but to ask the old man to wait in the side hall first, while he would think about it here.

According to Li Shimin's wishes, he didn't want to deal with Shen An at all.

They, father and son, were very benevolent to Li Shimin and Li Zhi, and they were extremely loyal and extremely reliable. It didn't matter how much money they made.

He can accept it, but Xiao Yu is obviously not that easy to accommodate. Judging from his attitude, if he doesn't get a result today, he won't give up.

The matter cannot be handed over to Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment. In this way, even if it is a public case that is officially put on the surface, the punishment will be actually imposed when the time comes.

Li Shimin did not want to personally send his benefactor's son to prison.

How to deal with it really troubled him.

Mr. Xiao was satisfied and escaped temporarily. Eunuch Xu also got some water and came back.

Li Shimin saw his diligent figure and had an idea.

Speaking of which, he hasn't been out of the palace for a long time. Now that it's early summer, Chang'an City should be full of green.

But he is busy with government affairs every day, and can rarely even step out of the palace. It is time to find an opportunity to have some fun for himself.

But at this moment, Yang Meiren, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared outside the hall. Eunuch Xu reported to her, and she walked in calmly.

She was wearing Li Shimin's favorite red pomegranate skirt. Compared with Concubine Yang, Beauty Yang was not considered favored.

But Li Shimin treated her quite well. Of course, Shimin had always been a broad-minded man and would not treat any woman too coldly, especially those who already had status.

It's a pity that as a woman who has been chosen, her thoughts in her heart are extremely complicated.

Yang Meiren has been in the palace for many years, but has never been able to get out. Although Li Shimin treats her well, she still feels uneasy in her heart.

Perhaps this uneasiness comes from her embarrassing identity.

Few people in the inner palace now know her original identity, but she will never forget it for a moment.

Li Shimin gave her the concubine daughter of Chao La Wang Li Yuanji, the head of Quy Nhon County, and asked her to raise her.

Men can be very funny sometimes.

Since Li Yuanji's whole family has been killed, why did he still leave a daughter? It seems to be to show the world that you see, I am still a conscientious person and I did not kill his whole family.

And Yang Meiren is the concubine of Li Yuanji, the king of Chaolan.

The fact that Yang Meiren was always on guard against Li Shimin and did not dare to relax at all was also due to Li Shimin's behavior.

It may seem careless, but it actually contains malicious intent.

Even if Li Shimin killed the entire Li Yuanji family, she would not think it was such a disgraceful thing. The struggle for imperial power has always been like this, bloodthirsty and shameless, and no family can be exempted from it.

But giving Li Yuanji's concubine to her to continue to raise, this seemingly magnanimous move, is actually a reminder to Yang Meiren, you must never forget your identity.

A woman living in such an environment, especially one as good at sizing up situations and ambitious as Yang Meiren, will certainly not sit still and wait for death.

Children will not fall from the sky. Even if she is anxious, it still depends on timing and fate.

But that doesn't mean she won't try her best from other places.

"You're here." Li Shimin stood up, his eyes calm and without much disturbance.

Yang Meiren is quite used to his behavior.

It can be said that when Li Shimin included her in his harem, love was the second most important factor, and gratitude was the most important factor.

Who asked her to keep providing him with inside information?

It can be said that Beauty Yang is a key link in Li Shimin's battle to seize the throne. Li Shimin must express his attitude towards such a woman.

But it was this identity that made Yang Meiren's position in the harem very awkward. She often had the feeling that Li Shimin even respected her.

Whenever Li Shimin sees himself, what he thinks of is not a beautiful body, but a pair of shackles, reminding him of the sins he has committed.
Chapter completed!