Chapter 1969 Oh, your kid is also worried about attracting criticism?
Compared to those gentle people who smile on the surface but stab behind their backs.
Although getting along with the old Cheng family, who treat everyone equally, is a little nerve-wracking, at least it doesn't have to be too nerve-wracking.
Seeing Gal Dongzan's tangled expression, Li Shimin couldn't help but burst into laughter. Just as he was about to speak, he saw two familiar figures standing outside the majestic palace gate in the distance ahead.
"It seems that your colleagues are getting a little impatient with waiting. Let's go and follow me there first."
The two of them rode forward quickly, and soon they arrived in front of the majestic palace gate. Li Shimin quickly got off his horse and looked at the gate of the Wan Guoyuan Palace.
After chatting for a few words, Li Yuan, the owner of the Wanguoyuan Palace, finally arrived outside the palace gate.
After jumping off the carriage very nimbly, he moved his hands and legs and looked at the gate of the Wan Guoyuan Palace.
"Cheng Sanlang, didn't you say that the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Garden Palace includes buildings from all countries in the world? Why is the architectural style of the palace gate still like this?"
Cheng Chubi glanced at the standard Tang Dynasty architectural style and smiled flatteringly at Li Yuan.
"Your Majesty, after all, I am building a palace for the Emperor. If the outside is also flashy, I am worried about attracting criticism."
Li Yuan stroked his long gray beard and immediately felt happy.
"Oh, you are actually worried about attracting criticism?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Ke almost burst into laughter. Li Mingda, who was about to say hello to Brother Cheng San, quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth, his little face turned red.
Sure enough, Grandpa Huang still likes to tease Brother Cheng San as before.
"???" Cheng Sanlang glared at this unruly emperor with an extremely resentful expression.
Is it good that our Cheng family has a clean family style? At least we are the ones who walk upright and sit upright.
Li Ke on the side quickly stepped forward and smiled flatteringly. "Grandpa, the palace is quite big. How about my grandson call a carriage for you?"
Li Yuan, who had been sitting in the carriage just now and was already feeling uncomfortable, couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Okay, although your grandpa is a bit older, his legs and feet are still good, so he doesn't need a carriage."
Li Shimin wiped his face and then approached his father with a smile. "Father, let's go in..."
"Okay, let's go in and take a good look at what kind of palace this boy has created for me."
Li Yuan nodded matter-of-factly, stroking his long beard, holding the cute little Sizi with one hand, and took the lead.
"Uncle Cheng, my nephew meets Uncle Cheng..." Li Xiang, a chubby little boy, ran up to him and bowed obediently to Cheng Sanlang.
Cheng Chubi quickly returned the gift and couldn't help but feel happy as he looked at his increasingly round face.
"I'm telling you, Taisun, your little face has gained weight again."
Li Xiang wrinkled his face subconsciously, turned around and glanced at Empress Zhangsun who was talking to Concubine Yuwen over there and had no time to pay attention to him, and murmured in a low voice.
"My imperial grandmother is always worried that I don't have enough to eat, so she always gives me extra midnight snacks."
Cheng Sanlang glanced at the Empress Changsun who had turned into a breeder, touched her nose, and whispered to Li Xiang.
"That's it. I'll tell your imperial grandmother later that you are too young now. Eating late-night snacks is not good for your stomach."
Li Yuan's shouts came from the front, and Cheng Chubi quickly subconsciously took Li Xiang's hand and strode towards the palace gate.
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Li Yuan stood about ten steps in front of the palace gate, looking at everything in front of him in a daze.
From here, you can already see the different and unique buildings in the distance.
And most of them are built with masonry instead of the wooden buildings used in traditional Tang Dynasty buildings.
Not long after walking slowly, Cheng Sanlang, who had already rushed over, invited Li Yuan to go east first.
Walk along the straight road lined with beautiful flowers.
After walking for about a hundred steps, Li Yuan could already hear the sound of gurgling water, and what he saw was a beautiful and almost pure white building.
Right in front of this pure white building is a very standard rectangular pond.
This is nothing, the important thing is that this rectangular pond is actually inlaid with white square porcelain pieces.
This makes the slightly green water in the entire pond appear clearer and brighter.
The blue sky and white clouds, as well as the strong Persian-style building in front of it, were reflected on the calm water with almost no ripples.
Li Mingda beside Li Yuan couldn't help but let out a low cry. The white buildings and the blue sky and white clouds were reflected on the water like a mirror.
The extraordinary beauty seemed to make even the air quiet.
"Xian Nephew Chu Bi, the appearance of this building is a bit like those temples built by the Persians in our Tang Dynasty..."
Li Shimin's eyes also shone when he saw it, and he couldn't help but speak.
The temples built by the Persians in the Tang Dynasty that Uncle Li mentioned were naturally Zoroastrian temples, and those temples were also in typical Persian style.
Cheng Chubi nodded, deeply convinced.
"Yes, this is a Persian-style dome-shaped building. Because it is pure white, my nephew named it the White House."
"But now only the external structure has been completed, but the internal decoration has not yet been completed..."
Before explaining a few words to Uncle Li, the more he watched, the more satisfied he became. Li Yuan, who liked it more and more, couldn't help but find faults with Cheng Sanlang.
"I think you are too extravagant. You use the fine white porcelain used to make dishes to pave the sink?"
Facing this person, with a group of royal people squatting next to him, Cheng Sanlang was embarrassed to criticize his biological father in front of Uncle Li, so he could only endure it and explain.
"Your Majesty, if you want to make white porcelain, it's a matter of process improvement. Nowadays, the porcelain kilns of our Han and Tang Dynasty merchant houses are capable of large-scale production."
"It doesn't cost much to lay this pool just counting the cost..."
"And after installing this, it can be seen at a glance whether the pool is clean, and it is easy to clean."
Li Yuan nodded his head noncommittally, raised his chin and said towards Chi Shui.
"Then what else can the water in this pool be used for besides reflecting the White House?"
"..." Cheng Sanlang looked at Li Yuan with a confused face, not quite understanding what this old man wanted to do?
"Your Majesty, this is a supporting landscape. Isn't it good to just have a clean pool of water like this?"
Li Yuan rolled his eyes unhappily and glared at Cheng Sanlang, as if you were trying to teach me how to do things.
"What's so good? That Erlang, I saw that there are a lot of koi in the Jiuzhou Pond, so I went back to get a dozen or so and put them in, and get some water lilies and so on..."
"At least you can still enjoy the scenery and enjoy the fish. Come back later, little Sizi, come over and play. Grandpa will accompany you to fish here, okay?"