At the same time, Chang'an, Kyoto, was in the brightly lit imperial inner courtyard.

Temple of Manna.

Li Shimin was wearing a bright yellow velvet robe, with the help of candlelight, and was sitting at the desk to review the folds, at this time, the night was already deep. Wang Sheng, the personal eunuch, stood aside, carefully studying the ink, and when he heard Li Shimin's sudden violent cough, Wang Sheng couldn't help but persuade.

"Holy Lord, it's late at night, you can rest today!"

Li Shimin did not answer Wang Sheng, and the red pen in his hand was still sometimes outlined, sometimes annotated, and sometimes written orders.

Wang Sheng has followed Li Ershang since he was young, how could he not know the reason why Li Shimin was so diligent.

He did something that was frowned upon by the whole world, some people pointed fingers behind his back, some people did not want to see him sitting in this position, and at the same time he was resentful, he wanted to prove that he was more virtuous, that he was more suitable to be a king!

Everyone is looking at him!

It wasn't until the thick stack of folds was reviewed that Li Shimin slowly raised his head.

He sighed deeply, and his eyebrows were tired: "Hebei Province, Hedong Road, Guannei Road, Longyou Road, a large number of prefectures, counties, and governments are playing the severity of the snow disaster, and in my world, people are freezing to death and starving to death all the time, Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng, how can you tell me to sleep peacefully?" ”

"The world is so difficult, if I am still content with pleasure, how do you make the people of the world think of me Li? How can you be willing to hand over the world to my Li family? Li Shimin sighed.

"This batch of documents is all reported to the snow disaster, and I have to read it carefully!"

Wang Sheng's face was full of worry: "But Saint, you also have to take care of the dragon body!" ”

"That's right!" A majestic female voice came from outside the Manna Hall, her voice was soft, and her words were clear and slow.

When Wang Sheng heard this, he quickly stood to the side, knelt down, and shouted, "Welcome to the queen!" ”

Crunch!

Zhumen was slowly pushed open by the palace maid, and the eldest grandson queen, dressed in palace robes and wearing a colorful phoenix and golden hairpin, walked in gracefully with lotus steps.

Her voice was soft, and although she was not gorgeously dressed, she had a noble temperament in her steps and gestures.

"If your dragon body is sick, it will be the misfortune of the world!" The eldest grandson queen nodded lightly and motioned for Wang Sheng to leave it to her here.

Wang Sheng nodded, made a look and withdrew with the palace maid.

Empress Eldest Sun gently took the red pen from Li Shimin's hand and put it aside for the time being: "The saint is so busy with political affairs, the concubine can't bear it, you better rest for a while." ”

Li Shimin's face finally relaxed.

"The concubine sees that the saint's dinner is not in harmony with her appetite, this is the white fungus lotus seed soup boiled for the saint, you can drink some while it's hot."

Empress Eldest Sun said softly and served a bowl to Li Shimin.

After the white fungus lotus seed soup, Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he looked at the eldest grandson queen who was silent for a long time, and he said: "Guanyin, follow me to make you suffer!" ”

"Why did the emperor say this?" Empress Changsun came behind Li Shimin and gently massaged Li Shimin's temples with her Qianqianyu hands.

"What dynasty's queen is dressed as poorly as you?" He said with some self-deprecation, "And that queen will take care of the harem so well, and worry about everything like you?" ”

"Holy Lord, this is what a concubine should do." Empress Eldest Sun did not complain at all, "The country is not rich, and the concubines also want to help you." ”

"As a queen, you don't need to dress too flashy."

Empress Eldest Sun's considerate words sounded in Li Shimin's ears, feeling the warmth of the beautiful woman's hand on his forehead, Li Shimin was indescribably moved in his heart.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand to hold the willow waist of his eldest grandson and took it to his side.

Then I heard a soft and soft cry from Empress Changsun, lying in Li Shimin's arms, and a touching crimson appeared on the eldest grandson's face.

"Knowing my heart, only Guanyin!" Li Shimin's voice also softened.

Empress Eldest Sun had pretty eyes in her eyes and shouted softly: "Your Majesty." ”

Just as the lights were flickering, about to block the two lingering figures, outside the Manna Palace, Wang Sheng's voice sounded.

"Saint, Zhao Xing, the head of the household department, has something important to see, and there is also an urgent letter from Cheng Guogong and a bag full of items."

"Why at this time?" Li Shimin frowned slightly and put down Empress Eldest Sun.

"Xuan!"

"Zhao Xing, the secretary of the Xuanhu Department!" Wang Sheng's hoarse voice sounded.

The voice fell, and a messenger in the palace held a letter and a purse with an old man in official clothes and a dragonfly black veil on his head, and slowly walked into the Manna Palace.

As soon as he stepped into the Manna Palace, Zhao Xing fell to the ground with a plop and shouted: "The minister is dead!" ruined the emperor's good deeds. ”

Ahem!

Li Shimin coughed embarrassedly and changed the topic: "Aiqing must have something important to report when she comes late at night, and there is an urgent letter from Cheng Guogong, how can I not tell which is more important?" ”

"Take Cheng Guogong's letter first!" Li Shimin hesitated and said.

After taking the letter, Li Shimin browsed it, and at first, he read that the Turks suddenly withdrew their troops and retreated, which made Li Shimin frown. There is no doubt that the Turks at this time should be slightly superior to the Tang Dynasty in terms of military strength alone, and the original form should be that the two sides are at a standstill.

There was no reason for the Turks to withdraw, but they took unusual actions, which made Li Shimin smell danger.

Then when he read that Li Chengqian was seriously injured and about to die, Li Shimin's breathing almost stopped, and he quickly swept it down with a glance, and finally saw the name Ye Huan.

"Ye Huan, did he save the dying Chengqian?" Li Shimin nodded, and wrote down the name in his heart.

Subsequently, when he read the words "the method of making refined salt", his palms suddenly clenched a little, especially when he saw the name Ye Huan in the method of making salt again.

"Who is this Ye Huan?" Li Shimin's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and he paced back and forth in the Ganlu Palace, "Could it be a charlatan?" ”

didn't see Ye Huan, Li Shimin couldn't believe what was written in the letter, but then he shook his head, there are a few old fritters like Cheng Biting Jin, how can the charlatans deceive them?

"That's right! There was also a bag of refined salt as mentioned in the letter! Li Shimin walked over and grabbed his purse, slowly opened it, and sure enough, he saw a whole bag of incomparably fine table salt!

It's true! Li Shimin took a long breath, and then solemnly ordered: "Put away this salt!" After that, a woman named Su Yunlan will enter the palace to show how to make salt, remember to be polite! ”

The messenger received the order and withdrew.

Li Shimin is in a good mood, and the solemnity on his face has eased a lot, the method of making salt! Such fine salt, if popularized, is the best way to make the people feel like him!

"The people's suspicion of what I have done may be perfectly resolved through this matter!" Li Shimin thought more deeply and said with emotion, "Ye Huan, where are you a master?" ”

"By the way, what good news does Zhao Aiqing have to report?" Li Shimin almost forgot about Zhao Xing, the head of the household.

His question made Zhao Xing's face look ugly, and after hesitating for a long time, Zhao Xing said: "What the minister wants to report is a bad thing!" ”