Princess Xiangyang is nearly forty years old, a few years older than Li Jiancheng. She is wearing pink and white, has an elegant figure and steady steps. She looks like a noble lady.
Princess Xiangyang heard Li Yuanji's call and responded with a smile from a distance, "Silang..."
Li Yuanji left the side of Hu's bed, walked out a few steps, and greeted Princess Xiangyang.
Princess Xiangyang walked up to Li Yuanji, looked at Li Yuanji with a smile, and before Li Yuanji could say anything, she joked: "It's really rare that you would greet me personally."
Although they are sisters and brothers, one is a concubine and the other is a direct descendant, so their status is very different.
Li Yuanji used to look up at people and was not very polite to Princess Xiangyang.
"Second sister is joking, you are my sister, I will give you a ride, isn't that what I should do?"
Li Yuanji licked his face and smiled.
He has something to ask for, so how can he put on airs in front of others?
Besides, it was the fool from her predecessor who was showing off to Princess Xiangyang, not her.
Although Princess Xiangyang was a concubine, she was old enough and had been in front of Li Yuan for a long enough time. Her status in Li Yuan's heart was not comparable to that of princesses who were just born or who were born not long ago.
In addition, she married a good husband, was deeply trusted by Li Yuan, and backed by the Dou family, she controlled the fiefdoms of all underage princes. She had great authority and a lot of power at her disposal.
The predecessor's putting on airs in front of her would not do any good except offending a group of people.
"When did you become so good at talking?"
Princess Xiangyang looked Li Yuanji up and down with great interest, and asked the maids with a smile while asking the maids to put her bed in place.
The maids quickly placed Princess Xiangyang's sitting bed next to Li Yuanji's sitting bed, placed a low table, put melons and fruits on it, and propped up a cattail leaf fan.
Princess Xiangyang was not polite and sat on the bed generously.
After Princess Xiangyang sat down, Li Yuanji also sat on his own bed and said with a smile: "I don't know why, but as soon as I saw my second sister, I became good at talking."
Princess Xiangyang giggled at Li Yuanji's words.
In the past, no one said such witty words in front of her.
Most people who have enough status to make wisecracks in front of her can't bear to lose face.
People who do not have enough identity and status to say witty words in front of her would not dare to say a word even if they sacrifice their face.
So she hadn't heard a wisecrack in a long time.
"I think you asked me for something, so you became good at talking."
Princess Xiangyang laughed so happily that after she had laughed enough, she stared at Li Yuanji and spoke slowly.
Li Yuanji didn't hide it, and sighed with a smile: "Second sister is really smart."
Li Yuanji discovered that from the time he arrived in the Tang Dynasty to the present, the women of status he met seemed to be very smart.
Some words don't need to be said, and the other party can guess his thoughts.
Princess Xiangyang smiled and said: "It's not that I'm smart, but that you have changed too much. You obviously have some agenda."
Li Yuanji looked ashamed and prepared to say a few words.
Then Princess Xiangyang said again: "Tell me, what do you want me, my sister, to do for you?"
Li Yuanji hurriedly said: "No hurry, no rush..."
Princess Xiangyang stared at Li Yuanji and said with a smile: "How can we not be in a hurry? After you finish talking about the business, we can talk about the relationship between sisters and brothers.
If you don't talk about business and keep it in your heart, how can you wholeheartedly discuss the relationship between sisters and brothers with me?"
When Li Yuanji heard this, he sighed in his heart.
Princess Xiangyang has lived in the circle of the powerful for nearly forty years, and her life is indeed not in vain.
See clearly and speak clearly.
"Besides, if I can't handle what you asked me to do, we won't be able to discuss the relationship between sisters and brothers. What do you think?"
When Li Yuanji sighed in his heart, Princess Xiangyang spoke again and spoke more clearly.
Li Yuanji said with emotion: "Since the second sister has spoken out for this reason, I will speak out."
Princess Xiangyang smiled and nodded.
Li Yuanji said bluntly: "Someone has come to my door, hoping to be the Sima of Songzhou. Songzhou belongs to the capital of Ji Dao and is supervised by my second brother. I can't ask for help from my second brother, so I can only ask you."
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Princess Xiangyang nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile: "You are not begging me, but you are begging your brother-in-law."
Although Songzhou was supervised by Li Shimin, part of Songzhou was the fiefdom of Song King Li Yuanjia and was under the jurisdiction of Dou Dan, so Dou Dan could exert some influence on this matter.
Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation.
Princess Xiangyang asked with a smile: "Why don't you ask Erlang for your favor? Songzhou Sima is not a high-ranking official. If you go to Erlang, Erlang will not use this to embarrass you, right?"
He was just a Sima of a state. In the eyes of their sisters and brothers, he was indeed not considered a high-ranking official.
There is no way to talk about any interests that could affect them.
If Li Yuanji goes to find Li Shimin, Li Shimin probably won't embarrass him.
But Li Yuanji didn't want Li Shimin to notice this, let alone Li Shimin to find out all his plans, so he went to Xiangyang.
But he couldn't tell Xiang Yangming, so he could only sigh: "I don't want to owe my second brother a favor for this, and I don't want to be caught between my eldest brother and my second brother because of this favor."
Li Yuanji's meaning was very simple. He didn't want to be dragged down by Li Shimin because of a favor and become a bargaining chip for Li Shimin to deal with Li Jiancheng.
The reason is a bit far-fetched.
But Li Yuanji now does have enough power to influence the ownership of that position.
If Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are determined to win over Li Yuanji, they will naturally not miss any opportunity.
A small favor may become a breakthrough for them.
Xiangyang understood what Li Yuanji meant and said meaningfully: "I'm afraid it's not that easy if you want to stay out of it."
As the strength in Li Yuanji's hands skyrocketed rapidly, the number of people paying attention to Li Yuanji also skyrocketed.
Dou Dan is one of them.
In order to prevent anyone from using Xiangyang as a breakthrough point, Dou Dan dragged the Dou family into the trap, so he analyzed the current strength of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji in Xiangyang.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So Xiangyang clearly knows how powerful Li Yuanji is now, and also knows how much power Li Yuanji can play.
It can be said that whoever Li Yuanji sides with will win.
Under such circumstances, even if Li Yuanji wanted to stay out of the matter, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin would not be able to let him stay out of the matter.
"We can only take one step at a time."
Li Yuanji pretended to be bitter.
Xiangyang nodded and did not say more on this issue.
She couldn't say much on this issue.
Talking too much can easily offend people.
No matter whether she persuades Li Yuanji to favor any party, she may offend the other party.
As for instigating Li Yuanji to become a third party, she had no idea.
Putting aside the fact that Li Yuanji doesn't have enough strength to compete with the other two parties yet, even if she did, she would not wade into this muddy water.
Because among the three Li Yuanji brothers, no matter who goes up, she is still the princess, and her husband is still a relative.
Only when someone other than the three Li Yuanji brothers comes to power can she wade into troubled waters.
"Why do you want to help someone get an official from Songzhou Sima?"
After Xiangyang understood Li Yuanji's difficulties, he asked about Sima Songzhou again.
Although Songzhou Sima's official position was not high, she had to ask Li Yuanji why he helped people seek this official position.
If Li Yuanji wants to do something with this official position, both she and her husband will be implicated.
There was absolutely no way she could get her and her husband into trouble just because Li Yuanji put down his airs and said a few nice words to her.
"I owed someone a favor and they came to my door, so I have to return the favor."
Li Yuanji said calmly.
Xiangyang was stunned and said in astonishment: "That's it?"
A prince personally goes out to help others find a job, just to return a favor to others, and has no other plans?
She couldn't believe it.
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said: "That's all."
Xiangyang stared at Li Yuanji with a strange expression and began to think about it secretly.
She was analyzing whether Li Yuanji lied or deceived her.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xiangyang said with an even weirder expression: "Are you accepting money from others?"
Li Yuanji was stunned and smiled sheepishly.
Li Yuanji was acquiescing to Xiangyang's statement.
Xiangyang said dumbfounded: "You were reselling your official position in Luoyang City before and were criticized by the civil and military officials of the dynasty. Now that you have returned to Chang'an City, you still don't know how to restrain yourself?"
Li Yuanji smiled sheepishly and said, "As you know, I have more than 10,000 mouths waiting for dinner. I have to make more money."
Xiangyang didn't know what to say for a while.
It was the first time she had seen someone selling official positions so confidently.
"You have to be lucky that you are your father's legitimate son, otherwise you would have been doomed long ago."
Xiangyang rolled his eyes at Li Yuanji and said angrily.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Then will the second sister agree or not?"
Xiangyang rolled his eyes at Li Yuanji again and said: "Although this matter is small, I have to go back and discuss it with your brother-in-law. If he agrees, then I will agree.
If he doesn’t agree, then there’s nothing I can do to help him.”
Li Yuanji immediately said: "I just take people's money and do things for them. I don't need my brother-in-law to take special care of him, and I don't need my brother-in-law to continue to support him in the future."
The reason why Li Yuanji added these words was to enhance the credibility of what he said.
After all, this kind of thing is usually a one-time sale, and no after-sales service is included.
Only when he said this would Xiangyang and Dou Dan believe that he really took people's money and did things for them.
Only in this way will Dou Dan agree to help him handle this matter.
Xiangyang wrote down Li Yuanji's words, "When I return home, I will tell your brother-in-law what you said. But I still have a question."
Li Yuanji made a gesture as if he was willing to hear the details.
Xiangyang asked: "Why don't you come forward to support this person yourself? If you come forward yourself, you should be able to help him get a higher and better position."
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