Chapter 64: The Lustful Tradition of the Old Li Family
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Because Qinghe attracted all his brothers and sisters who were still in the palace to become shareholders, the cold drink shop was very well funded. This cold drink shop is a two-story structure and covers a very large area. I heard that it was a place that sold porcelain.
, but was bought by Wang Xijun with money.
The layout of the store is very simple and elegant, with the main color being white. The pavement and walls are plastered with cement and white porcelain tiles. It looks simple and elegant. Like the restaurant, there are rows of tables and chairs in the lobby on the first floor.
However, unlike restaurants, the tables in the store are very small. After all, cold drinks are different from wine and food. When customers order cold drinks, they can only ask for a fruit plate, which takes up very little space. There is no need to use such a big table. A small table can still be used.
Save space and put more. The second floor is a private room, but it provides more types of cold drinks than the first floor. Of course, the price is much more expensive than the first floor.
Li Min and Li Shimin went up to the second floor together, and were led by Yang Shi to the table covered by Li Jingheng. The little fat man was eating ice cream there. When he saw Li Min coming, he immediately put down the spoon in his hand and was very surprised.
He stood up enthusiastically and shouted: "Liu Lang, you..."
Before he could say the next sentence, he suddenly saw Li Shimin holding Si Zi next to him. He was so frightened that he could not close his mouth, but could not speak, and his eyes were so bulging.
Gao, with an expression of disbelief on his face. After all, no one expected to see His Majesty here.
Li Shimin acted very casually, smiled and patted Li Jingheng's shoulder, then found a seat and sat down. Sitting opposite Li Jingheng was Li Xueyan, whom Li Min had met. This little girl also knew Li Shimin, so seeing this
She was also stunned when she saw the emperor's uncle, but he was much more promising than her brother. She stood up straight and bowed deeply to Li Shimin and said: "Niece Xueyan, meet your uncle!"
"We haven't seen you for a few days, Xueyan is almost a big girl!" Unexpectedly, Li Shimin still remembered this niece whom he had not met a few times. He smiled and pulled Li Xueyan up to sit next to him. At this time, Li Min had also moved Li Jingheng.
I woke up and sat down with Li Zhi and others.
"Uh~, that... uncle!" Li Jingheng's face turned red and he hesitated in speaking. He finally said this title, "I didn't expect you to come today. The cold drinks here are really good. If you want to eat something, I'll ask someone
Will we prepare it for you immediately?"
After the initial shock, Li Jingheng finally returned to his usual glib tone, with a fat face that almost looked like Li Shimin's, and his enthusiasm was even a bit exaggerated.
"Eh? Is this a recipe?" Li Shimin ignored Li Jingheng's attentiveness, but noticed a brochure on the table. He picked it up and flipped through it, and found that it was full of introductions to cold drinks, and even had illustrations. It seemed
Very exquisite.
"Father, this is indeed a recipe. If you want to eat something you like, I will ask them to prepare it." This recipe was designed by Li Min. Unfortunately, there is no camera now, so he can only draw the style of the dish with a pen, although it is not as good as
Taking photos is better than nothing.
"Tsk, tsk~, that's right. It's really not easy for a small shop to be able to make such innovative ideas!" Li Shimin flipped through the menu and thought of what he saw outside the shop, and couldn't help but praise.
After flipping through the menu, Li Shimin chose a few cold drinks that looked good. Qinghe and the others also ordered a few. Unable to resist Si Zi's soft words, Li Shimin also ordered a small portion for Si Zi. Li Xueyan and Gao Yang
, Qinghe is also familiar with them. They were all together at the last Five Kings Banquet, so the three little girls soon fell into a fight.
After the cold drinks were served, Li Shimin tasted the cold drinks he ordered one by one, and found that they were indeed delicious and refreshing. They were indeed a rare treat to relieve summer heat. Even he couldn't help but eat several portions of them, if not for Li Min's persuasion.
Don't eat too much to avoid hurting the spleen and stomach. He may want to eat a few more portions.
When Li Min and the others were eating and chatting happily, suddenly a handsome young master in white came upstairs. When he saw Li Min and the others, he came up with a smile and said, "Sixth Young Master, how about this cold drink shop?"
Li Min turned around and was shocked. This person was none other than Wang Xijun who was dressing up in men's clothing. The society of the Tang Dynasty was relatively open and women were relatively free. Many women dressed in men's clothing when going out. After all, as a
It is inconvenient for a woman to walk and do things outside. However, Wang Xijun's dress in front of her looks very amateurish, her skin is too fair and delicate, her facial features are too delicate, and her slender neck has no Adam's apple. You can tell at a glance that she is a woman.
, and Wang Xijun, wearing men's clothing, not only looks more beautiful, but also has an indescribable heroic spirit, which makes people fall in love with her at first sight.
"Liu Lang, who is this?" Li Shimin also noticed Wang Xijun's arrival, and asked Li Min with his eyes lit up.
"I know that this sister is someone close to Brother Six. Last time we met, Brother Six said that this cold drink shop is managed by this sister." Sizi shouted first.
"Little girl Xijun, hello to you all!" Qinghe, Li Zhi, and Wang Xijun have all met, but Li Shimin and Li Jingheng brothers and sisters don't know each other. However, since she can sit with Li Min and the others, she must have an extraordinary status, so she greeted everyone very respectfully.
Salute.
"It's really rare for a little girl like you to be able to run a store so well!" Li Shimin looked at Wang Xijun and said with great appreciation. Originally, he was a little moved when he saw this little girl's outstanding appearance, but when he heard the other party
It turned out to be someone close to his son, so he immediately gave up the idea.
"Ming'er, I heard that your mother gave you two maids. Is this little girl one of them?" Li Shimin turned to Li Ming and asked. Although he gave up the idea, Li Shimin was somewhat dissatisfied with Concubine Yang in his heart.
, he knew that Concubine Yang sent maids to Li Min, and thought that Wang Xijun was one of them. There was such a beautiful maid in Wangyun Palace but he had never seen it before. There was only one reason for that, and that was that Concubine Yang deliberately hid it for her son.
From the moment Li Shimin saw Wang Xijun, Li Min immediately felt a threat. Especially with one man's understanding of another man, he saw a possessiveness in Li Shimin's eyes. However, when he heard that Xijun was by his side
This possessiveness disappears only when someone is with you, and is replaced by a kind of regret.
Men are all lustful, especially the men of the old Li family. They had the great ancestor Li Yuan as an example. They even rebelled because they fell in love with the concubine of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, so they had no choice but to rebel. And after becoming emperor, this Li Yuan
The astonished grandfather became Benjili. Li Shimin's brothers and sisters totaled more than forty people, and most of them were born during the Wude period. From this, it can be seen that His Majesty the Great Patriarch was in the palace every day.
What is he doing here? Although Li Shimin was a wise king and had a good relationship with Empress Changsun, he was no worse than his father in terms of lust. In addition to official concubines such as Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang, there were many other concubines in the palace.
He has favored many talented people, and from time to time he selects girls to enter the palace. His lustfulness is definitely no worse than that of any faint king. If Wang Xijun were not the person next to Li Min, I believe this old pervert would never let her go.
Thinking of this, Li Min immediately had a suspicion in his heart, lowered his head and replied to Li Shimin: "To inform my father, Xi Jun is not the maid given to me by my mother, but the concubine I just took in. She is from a humble background and has been doing business with her father since she was a child.
, is very talented in business, so I asked her to manage the store on behalf of Qinghe and the others."
Hearing that Li Min actually said that she was his concubine, Wang Xijun was shocked, with a look of confusion and shock on his face. He didn't know what Li Min was going crazy about, how could he accept her as his concubine so smoothly?
"Oh! That's it!" After hearing that Wang Xijun was not sent by Concubine Yang, Li Shimin suddenly realized that he had wrongly blamed Concubine Yang.
"Haha, Liu Lang is so lucky. He has Miss Xiao, one of the most beautiful women, as his concubine, and he also has such a beautiful and capable concubine. I really make my brother envious!" Li Jingheng joked with a smile.
"Hmph~, I didn't expect Sixth Brother to be such a lustful person. If my husband dares to take any concubines in the future, I'll kill him myself!" After hearing the conversation between Li Min and the others, Gao Yang, a shrewd little girl,
Said very dissatisfied.
"Hahaha~, Gao Yang, if your husband dares to take a concubine without your consent, you don't have to do anything, and your father will not let him go!" After hearing Gao Yang's words, Li Shimin didn't take it seriously at all, but laughed loudly.
Marrying a princess sounds wonderful, but Tang law stipulates that the princess is the king and the concubine is the minister. The princess can reward the concubine to the concubine. If the concubine wants to take a concubine, he can also propose it to the princess, and the princess can agree or refuse. That is,
He said that if the concubine wants to take a concubine, he must obtain the princess's consent. If he dares to do anything without consent, he will be punished by Li Shimin.
Seeing Li Shimin doting on his daughter so much, Li Min was also a little depressed. Compared to princesses like Qinghe and others, the life of princes like Li Min was really difficult. Not only were they disciplined very strictly, but they were also scolded by Li Shimin at every turn.
.Thinking of this, Li Min turned around and looked at Li Zhi, who was suffering from the same problem, and found that this kid was also looking at him with a pitiful expression, so the two of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly, saying nothing.
Wang Xijun, who had not yet figured out the situation, suddenly heard Li Shimin calling Gao Yang his 'father', and his mind immediately buzzed. Gao Yang is a princess, so isn't her father...
Thinking of this, Wang Xijun was so frightened that he suddenly broke into cold sweat. He no longer dared to look at Li Shimin. He shrank involuntarily towards Li Min, trying to hide himself in the shadow next to Li Min. And Li Min also noticed Wang Xijun's nervousness.
Knowing that she had also guessed Li Shimin's identity, she confessed to Li Shimin and asked Wang Xijun to take her to the toilet on the pretext of letting her leave this 'place of right and wrong'.
Chapter completed!