Man Tang Hong Chapter 0502 What does Li Yuanji want?
Because he saw that his younger brother, the arrogant and domineering King of Qi, was bullying his general Wei Chigong.
He took two steps forward and said angrily: "Yuanji, you were angry with your elder brother in Linshui Palace, so there is no need to vent your anger on my subordinates."
Li Yuanji snorted and said: "He glared at me, he was dissatisfied with me!"
Yuchi Gong's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth to defend himself, "I didn't!"
Li Shimin took two more steps forward, stood in front of Yu Chigong, and said speechlessly: "He was beaten by you before and couldn't get out of bed for several months. How dare he glare at you? How dare he be dissatisfied with you.
Just stop bullying him."
Li Yuanji snorted again, looked at Yuchi and said respectfully: "For the sake of my second brother, I will let you go. If you do it next time, I will beat you to death."
After saying that, he also raised his fist.
Yu Chigong dares to be angry but dare not speak!
If he couldn't beat him, he would be so angry!
"let's go!"
Li Yuanji finished raising his fist, gave instructions to the Xue brothers and others, and left the corridor in a menacing manner.
"wait!"
Li Shimin stopped Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji turned around and said: "Second brother, what advice do you have? Do you want to be like the eldest brother, helping outsiders bully me?"
Li Shimin didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and said with a complicated expression: "I didn't mean that, I just wanted to ask you, did you hear what I just said in Linshui Palace?
As long as you open your mouth, I will immediately send someone to help you.
Although the Li family in Zhaozhou has big trees and deep roots, you and I, brothers, can definitely uproot them by joining forces."
Li Shimin had good intentions, but his purpose was not simple.
Li Yuanji refused without even thinking, "Thank you, second brother. If I can't deal with the Zhaozhou Li family, I will definitely go to second brother for help."
Li Shimin smiled and nodded.
Li Yuanji also nodded and left in a hurry with the Xue brothers and others.
After Li Yuanji left, Li Shimin's smile faded slightly, and he sighed with melancholy: "Tell me, what did he think?"
Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and said, "What do you think?"
Li Shimin glared at Cheng Yaojin and said angrily: "There are no outsiders here, don't pretend to be stupid with me."
Cheng Yaojin smiled awkwardly and said, "But I really don't know what His Highness is talking about."
Li Shimin glared at Cheng Yaojin again and said speechlessly: "You said he doesn't support my eldest brother, nor me, nor does he care about that position, then what does he want?"
Cheng Yaojin shook his head in confusion.
If he had known about it, he would have told it in a joke way, so why would Li Shimin ask?
Li Shimin looked at Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong said without hesitation: "Your Highness, you know that I only know how to fight and don't understand this."
Li Shimin let out a long sigh and said, "You guys, one or two of you are pretending to be stupid with me."
Cheng Yaojin smiled dryly and said: "It's not that I'm pretending to be stupid with you, but His Highness King Qi's actions are unorganized and he's not greedy for his position, so I really can't guess what His Highness King Qi wants."
"Maybe... he wants beauty and money."
Zhang Gongjin suddenly spoke.
Li Shimin looked at Zhang Gongjin in astonishment.
Zhang Gongjin added: "I just made a random guess based on the fact that he wanted to transport water from Luoyang to Yangzhou from His Highness."
Cheng Yaojin said with a serious look: "Well, if he is not greedy for power, then he is greedy for money and beauty."
Li Shimin looked at Zhang Gongjin and Cheng Yaojin as if they were idiots and said, "Do you think, with our status and power as brothers, we need to care about this?"
Cheng Yaojin decisively closed his mouth and said no more.
Zhang Gongjin looked embarrassed.
That's right, as one of the four most powerful people in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji didn't need to deliberately pursue money or beauty. As long as he needed them, they would be delivered to his door.
"If he is greedy for money, he does not need to use water transportation to make profits. He only needs to do what he did in Luoyang and do it again in Chang'an City, and he will be rich in the world."
Li Shimin said angrily and ignored Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin.
Because he could see very clearly that Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin were taking the opportunity to make jokes.
Why does Li Yuanji want beauty and money?
If Li Yuanji wanted beauties, he would have gone to the palace to trick Li Yuan and put out a list of beauties. When all the beauties from all over the world gathered in Chang'an City, wouldn't he just pick them? Doesn't he have to think about it?
With his father's physique, even the existing concubines in the palace might not be able to take care of him, so how could they possibly recruit more women?
At that time, it would not be just the one Li Yuanji wanted. If Li Yuanji was happy and wanted them all, his father would not say anything and would even ask Li Yuanji if he had enough and if he wanted to make another list.
His father is old and frail and can no longer support the Li family, so if one of their brothers doesn't mind being Li's stud, his father will definitely not mind opening the door for convenience.
If Li Yuanji wanted money, he would have started selling officials and titles in Chang'an City. He now controls Hebei Province and has a huge shortage of officials. Doesn't he want to sell this one and that one?
This is not the first time Li Yuanji has done this kind of thing, and there must be no psychological burden.
Therefore, it is pure nonsense to say that Li Yuanji wants beauty and money.
Li Shimin also knew that no matter how he asked, Cheng Yaojin and others would not give him an answer, because he himself had not guessed the answer, so he was too lazy to ask again.
He looked at Yuchi Gong, who had been standing silently beside him, and said, "Why did you provoke him?"
Yuchi Gong said angrily, "I didn't offend him!"
Li Shimin said in confusion: "Then why is he picking on you?"
Yuchi Gong gritted his teeth and said, "I just glared at that guy named Xue Wanche after you entered. Who knew that that bitch ran over to complain to His Highness King Qi after he came out? Then I was arrested."
His Highness King Qi is being targeted."
Li Shimin put his hand on his forehead and didn't know what to say.
Protecting one's shortcomings is the nature inherited from father and son, so there is nothing to say.
His father defended his shortcomings, and he also defended his shortcomings. Li Yuanji was obviously more protective of his shortcomings, so in this matter, it was not easy for him, the 'eldest brother', to blame Li Yuanji's 'second brother'.
"Okay, let's go back."
Li Shimin sighed, said hello, and left the corridor with Cheng Yaojin and others.
Just when Li Shimin and his entourage left the corridor, Li Yuanji had already led the Xue brothers and others to the gate of Quchi, and took the horse from the gatekeeper. Li Yuanji said to the Xue brothers, "Okay, you guys
Just go ahead and do what you have to do, I already understand what happened today."
The Xue brothers all clasped their fists and saluted, and without saying anything else, they rode their horses and left.
After the Xue brothers left, Ma Sanbao raised his visor and said, "Your Highness, you just made things difficult for Yu Chigong in front of the corridor. Didn't you lose your status?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Ma Sanbao, snorted and said, "Are you teaching me how to do something?"
Do you think I am willing?
I did that to maintain my arrogant and domineering persona!
If it weren't for the purpose of maintaining the character, I would have used the art of cynicism and the great yin-yang technique to find the sarcastic Li Jiancheng and sneak in.
It has long been exposed that Yu Chigong's seemingly loyal and honest character is actually arrogant and domineering.
Is it easy for me?!
"I don't dare. I just think that it would be disrespectful for you to do this..."
Ma Sanbao smiled bitterly and said that he always felt that Li Yuanji was one person in front of him and the Xue brothers, and another in front of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
Now he doesn't know who Li Yuanji really looks like.
"What identity do I have, and what do I have to lose?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Ma Sanbao and asked.
Ma Sanbao didn't know how to answer.
Li Yuanji added: "Now it's settled, there are fewer people scolding me. Two years ago, I was hated by everyone in Chang'an City, and anyone who heard my name would curse me, so no matter how high my status is,
No matter how much I pay attention to gains and losses and etiquette, others will still scold me when they should scold me.
So why don’t I live a more comfortable life, and why do I have to pretend to be a hypocrite for others to see.”
Ma Sanbao was stunned and couldn't help but said: "Are you insinuating His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Li Yuanji chuckled and said, "You said this, I didn't."
After saying this, Li Yuanji rode out on horseback.
Ma Sanbao froze on the spot for a few breaths, smiled bitterly, and chased after him on horseback.
It happened to be noon when the group returned to Jiulongtan Mountain.
Li Yuanji did not rush back to Jiudao Palace, but stayed in the monastery at the foot of the mountain for several hours.
During these few hours, he met with the head of the guards in the mansion and Xie Shufang respectively, and made redo arrangements and adjustments to the defenses around Jiulongtan Mountain and the Jiudao Palace.
When he fought against Li Jiancheng in the Linshui Palace, although the fight was enjoyable, he had to bear the price of fighting Li Jiancheng.
If what he expected was correct, Li Jiancheng would definitely not let him go when he attacked Li Shimin, so he had to make some arrangements to ensure the safety of Yang Miaoyan and others.
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After arranging everything, Li Yuanji was ready to go to Jiudao Palace, but before he could leave, Liu Jun arrived.
As soon as they met, Liu Jun said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, why did you offend His Highness the Crown Prince? His Highness the Crown Prince ran to the saint to complain about you and asked the saint to punish you severely.
The sage sent his ministers to ask."
Li Yuanji invited Liu Jun to sit down in the pavilion, blowing in the cool breeze from the mountains, and said lazily: "I'm afraid I'm not just sending you here to ask, right?"
Liu Jun smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Li Yuanji asked again: "Did you also read out the punishment for me?"
Liu Jun nodded dumbfounded.
Li Yuanji smiled sarcastically.
Li Jiancheng was so shameless that he went to Li Yuan to complain. If Li Yuan didn't give him this face, then he, the prince, would be worthless.
"So, how is my father going to punish me?"
Li Yuanji stared at Liu Jun and asked.
Liu Jun couldn't help laughing and said: "It's still the same, grounded."
Li Yuanji curled his lips and said with disgust: "My father really doesn't have any new ideas. Doesn't he know how to work around it? For example, bury me with a pile of gold, silver and jewelry, and let me try to be buried by money.
The pain, another example is to give me a bunch of unique treasures to study, let me taste the pain of cantilever, awl, and thorns in the buttocks, and another example is to take a bunch of..."
"Your Highness, is that still punishment?!"
Liu Jun really couldn't listen anymore and couldn't help but interrupt Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji said lazily: "Okay, I understand, it's a grounding. I won't run around."
Liu Jun quickly corrected his attitude and reminded: "Your Highness, this time we are really banned. You can't go anywhere except Jiudao Palace."
Li Yuanji looked at Liu Jun and said, "What will happen if I go?"
Liu Jun had a sad face and didn't know what to say.
He has helped Li Yuan deliver edicts for so many years. He is the only one who dares to bargain with Li Yuan's edicts and dares to say to his face that he will violate Li Yuan's edicts.
