Li Xiaogong may have been a little dissatisfied with the direct lineage of the clan, but he was quite firm in maintaining the clan's rule over the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuanji admired this very much about Li Xiaogong.
This is probably the reason why Li Yuan was able to conquer half of the world by relying on his own family. This was a feat. A feat that far surpassed those of his predecessors and surpassed those of future generations.
Among the royal families of other dynasties, although there were some who relied on their own family to make a fortune, they could not reach the heights of the Li family.
"Not only can I not help them, I can also help you if you need it." Li Xiaogong said at the end with a firm attitude and a resolute tone. It seemed as if he really wanted to help Li Yuanji clean up the Li family in Zhaozhou.
Li Yuanji said funnyly: "You don't think about your relationship with the Zhaozhou Li family at all?"
Li Xiaogong stared at Li Yuanji, as if you were kidding me. From an absolute standpoint, who would care about this?
Li Yuanji understood Li Xiaogong's thoughts and said unceremoniously: "Then please ask my cousin to send my little sister-in-law back to her parents' home first."
Now that Li Xiaogong had expressed his stance and praised Haikou, Li Yuanji was not polite to Li Xiaogong. He decisively asked Li Xiaogong to expel the Zhaozhou Li family's side room.
Li Xiaogong stared and didn't say whether he agreed or not. He just hummed and said, "Then how will my Sanlang deal with himself in the future?"
The Sanlang mentioned by Li Xiaogong was born from the Li family in Zhaozhou.
Li Yuanji pondered for a moment and said: "I will find an opportunity to ask my father to adopt your third son to the eighth uncle's name."
The corner of Li Xiaogong's mouth twitched obviously, but he did not refuse.
The eighth uncle Li Yuanji was talking about was Li Deliang, the king of Xinxing County. He contracted a serious illness when he was young and has not recovered yet. Therefore, if there is no heir yet, if Li Xiaogong's third son adopts Li Deliang, he is expected to inherit Li Deliang's title.
For a member of the royal family who was born as a concubine and has not been knighted by Li Yuan, this is definitely a good opportunity to rise to the top in one step.
Even if Li Deliang has a son in the future, Li Xiaogong's third son will not be able to inherit Li Deliang's title. So based on Li Deliang's seniority in the Li family, Li Xiaogong's third son can still be granted a title.
So Li Xiaogong couldn't refuse at all because Li Yuanji was too generous.
"If my cousin doesn't say anything, then I'll take it as my cousin's promise. I'll wait here for news of my cousin's good news."
Seeing that Li Xiaogong wanted to save face, Li Yuanji just acquiesced to the matter and did not speak or force Li Xiaogong to speak. Instead, he smiled at Li Xiaogong and handed over his hand.
Li Xiaogong always felt that Li Yuanji's smile contained some mockery of him, and he shouted angrily: "You called me over, set up a table of food and wine, and drove me away without letting me have a taste. You are still not a human being."
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After Li Xiaogong finished shouting, he didn't give Li Yuanji a chance to reply. He picked up his chopsticks and put them into the pottery pot where mutton was cooking on the short table.
The mutton had just been put into the pot and was not yet cooked. There was still a layer of mud-colored foam floating on the broth.
Li Xiaogong didn't care, picked up a piece of mutton and stuffed it into his mouth.
Li Yuanji could see that when Li Xiaogong was chewing, there was still blood seeping out of the mutton, and he suddenly felt a panic in his diaphragm.
But Li Xiaogong acted like someone who was fine, ate one piece and then picked up the second piece.
Xue Wanshu seemed to be infected by Li Xiaogong's heroic way of eating, and he also joined the ranks of eating meat.
The same is true for Ling Jing.
Seeing three people eating half-cooked mutton happily, Li Yuanji felt bad. Are you devils?
"Go and prepare another pot for me, one for each person."
When Li Yuanji saw that the corners of Li Xiaogong's mouth were beginning to bleed, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and decisively ordered his maid to prepare a few more pots of mutton.
If the Turkic envoys saw this scene, they would really think that the powerful people of the Tang Dynasty could not afford mutton.
After all, in the eyes of the Tang people, the Turks, like barbarians, would cook the mutton thoroughly when eating mutton.
A group of nobles from the Tang Dynasty, with high titles, sat together and ate a pot of mutton before it was cooked. It really looked like they had never eaten mutton.
After receiving the order, the maid immediately took people to prepare.
Since it was cooked fresh, there were not many tedious procedures, so the maid quickly prepared four pots of mutton.
It seemed that he had guessed why Li Yuanji suddenly asked for four pots of mutton, so the person who prepared the mutton not only piled the mutton high in the clay pot, but also presented four or five plates of freshly cut mutton on a plate.
Li Yuanji's soul didn't like the strong smell of mutton, but his nose liked it very much. This was the inconvenience of traveling through time and becoming an ancient person. Especially when traveling through time and becoming an ancient noble.
There are very few people who eat mutton in later generations, and most people don't like the smell of mutton. So it is impossible to accept a pile of mutton with a strong smell of mutton in front of you.
But mutton was the mainstream meat in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also the most commonly eaten meat, so people in the Tang Dynasty were accustomed to the smell of mutton.
Even some people who can't afford meat but don't want others to know that their family is in ruins will find ways to get some stinky smell on their bodies in order to show off to others that they have meat every day.
Li Yuanji waited until the mutton was cooked thoroughly, then dipped it in the secret sauce and had a hearty meal. Finally, after holding a bowl of milky white mutton soup, he felt that his internal organs were hot and he was full of strength.
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Li Xiaogong was a big-bellied man. He ate from beginning to end until his belly was round, then he picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Then he sat there and picked his teeth in an imageless manner.
Li Yuanji couldn't stand it, especially when he saw Li Xiaogong pulling the meat out from between his teeth with his thick fingers and stuffing it into his mouth, he couldn't help it.
"How about you..."
Before Li Yuanji finished speaking, a guard appeared in the small martial arts arena and bowed to report, "Your Highness, the Xin'an County Duke of Dou Mansion has arrived and is waiting for you to see him."
The Duke of Xin'an County was named Dou Xi, and he was appointed General Youwuwei. He belonged to Dou Chi's lineage and was Dou Gui's cousin, but not his biological brother.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He is one of Li Yuanji's cheap uncles.
That is to say, the life span of Li Yuanji's uncle's branch is short, otherwise the person who gets Dou Chi's branch will become a powerful person in the Tang Dynasty.
"Listen, he asked me to go see him."
Li Yuanji laughed angrily at Dou Xi, and had already forgotten to remind Li Xiaogong to pay attention to his manners.
Li Xiaogong curled his lips and said: "It seems that you, the King of Qi, are not as dignified as your eldest brother and your second brother, nor are you as dignified as your eldest brother and your second brother. Otherwise, why don't they come over to see you, but let you go to see them?" Where is he?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Xiaogong and said, "He is an elder, so it is right for me to greet him."
Ling Jing sighed and said: "Your Highness, I feel that the person coming from Xin'an County is unkind."
Xue Wanshu's eyes lingered on Li Yuanji and the others for a moment, and he said seriously: "Most of the time, they are here to investigate the crime, otherwise it would not be possible to be so trustworthy."
Li Yuanji nodded in agreement and said, "That's right. After all, I sent people to arrest the people from Dou Mansion."
The Dou Mansion has always been low-key, but it has many masters. Dou Xi is one of them, and he can be sent out by Dou Gui to move around. He is obviously not a fool.
The Dou family probably didn't know what had gotten him into trouble, so he acted like he was being bullied and came looking for trouble.
"Are you going to wait here or come with me to meet my cheap uncle?" Li Yuanji looked at Li Xiaogong and the other two and asked with a smile. Li Xiaogong curled his lips disdainfully, "What qualifications does he have to be your uncle?"
Dou Xi does not belong to the lineage of Li Yuanji's biological uncle at all, and his relationship with Li Yuanji's biological uncle is roughly equivalent to the relationship between Li Chengye and Li Chongyi.
If Li Yuanji didn't treat him as his uncle, he wouldn't be so shameless as to come up and treat him as his uncle.
In other words, people from Li Yuanji's uncle's lineage died young, Li Yuan was accustomed to favoring nepotism, and Dou Gui was more outstanding, so Dou Gui's lineage was promoted a bit higher.
But in any case, they were not qualified to put on airs in front of Li Yuanji. "Then are you going or staying?" Li Yuanji didn't pay attention to Li Xiaogong's words and asked with a smile.
Li Xiaogong stood up suddenly and said loudly: "Go, why don't you go and see what kind of person Dou Xi is? He is worthy of being visited by the direct descendants of the Li family."
Li Yuanji nodded with a smile, and rushed to see Dou Xi with Li Xiaogong, Ling Jing and Xue Wanshu. They left the small martial arts arena. After bypassing the courtyard of the Jingshe, they saw Dou Xi's carriage parked on the avenue.
Dou Xi was sitting in the carriage with the curtain open.
Seeing that Li Yuanji actually came out to meet him in person, with Li Xiaogong by his side, Dou Xi did not dare to express his displeasure. He quickly got off the carriage, handed the hand warmer in his hand to the servant beside him, and took the initiative to greet him. .
"I've met Mr. Xin'an." When Li Yuanji rushed to the carriage, he took the initiative to salute. Dou Xi quickly returned the salute and said, "Don't dare, don't dare."
Li Xiaogong did not answer Dou Xi, nor did he intend to salute Dou Xi. Instead, he straightened his back and waited for Dou Xi to salute him.
Dou Xi also realized his interest and took the initiative to salute Li Xiaogong.
Li Xiaogong's nose was not his nose, and his face was not his face. He said, "How big of an arrogance do I think you have as Mr. Xin'an? You actually asked Yuan Ji to take the initiative to meet you. So that's all you have?"
Facing Li Xiaogong's sarcasm, Dou Xi's face didn't change at all. He just kept laughing and said, "I was angry. I was angry."
Before Li Xiaogong could speak again, he heard Dou Xi say again: "I just heard at my house that the people sent to Jiulongtan Mountain were all arrested by Prince Qi's house. I was anxious for the moment, so I didn't ask anything. I hurried over here in a hurry. There were a lot of rude words in my words, but after I calmed down, I realized if there was any misunderstanding here."
As he said that, his eyes fell on Li Yuanji. It was obvious that the last words were spoken to Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji had to admit that Dou Xi was a character.
After arriving at Jiulongtan Mountain, he first made a hard move to show that the Dou family was not easy to bully, and also hinted that Li Yuanji should not bully his uncle's family. When he saw the person, he made a soft move again, not to bully him. I was offended to death.
In this way, if he greets other people's smiling faces and looks down on them, or makes things difficult for them, he will appear to be petty, which is also disrespectful of hospitality and loses his identity.
In the first confrontation, he suffered a heavy loss. However, he didn't care too much about it because it was just a small matter.
What he should really care about is Xue Wanshu's matter, that is the big deal.
