When Li Chengqian returned to his residence and that of the crown princess, the sun had completely sunset into the horizon, and lights were lit everywhere in the Ganlu Palace.

Li Chengqian looked up at the pale yellow lights and the dim and blurred sky, and his heart was murderous.

The weather in June made him sweat at the slightest move, so Li Chengqian entered the hall and ordered someone to prepare water for a bath.

After taking a shower and changing into dry clothes, he suddenly felt refreshed, and when he slowly walked out of the bathroom, he saw Wang Liangdi standing at the door in a pale red palace dress waiting for him.

Seeing Li Chengqian walking out, Wang Liangdi smiled and bowed her head and saluted: "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Chengqian walked over and stretched out his hand to help her up and said, "No courtesy!" Seeing this, Wang Liangdi helped Li Chengqian to walk to the main hall.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been busy with state affairs for the past few days, we don't dare to disturb, today I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to have a family banquet with us, the Crown Princess and the concubines have been busy for a day, and have made a portion of the dishes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes to eat, and at this time the Crown Princess is still staring at the imperial dining room!" Walking on the way to the dining room, Wang Liangdi said slowly.

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly when he heard this: "No matter how much we prepare, how much can our family eat?"

"How much His Royal Highness the Crown Prince eats is a piece of our heart."

Li Chengqian smiled slightly and helped Wang Liangdi to the place where the banquet was held.

When I went in, I saw that there were two tables in the hall of Kuanchang, a round table and a square table, and both tables were full of various dishes, and I immediately had an appetite.

At this time, the crown princess Su took the Li Xiang brothers out of the inner room and saluted Li Chengqian.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"I've seen my father!"

Li Chengqian stretched out his hand to help the crown princess Su Shi and said, "Get up!" ”

Su Shi led him to the round table, and Li Chengqian found that there were chairs around the round table with dishes and chopsticks, but there were no chairs around the dishes on the square table, which were obviously only used to put dishes.

Su Shi saw that Li Chengqian had been staring at the square table, so he smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to eat which dish for them to bring." ”

As he spoke, two palace maids walked to the square table and waited for Li Chengqian's order.

Li Chengqian turned his head and saw the crown princess and Wang Liangdi smiled slightly: "These dishes are very good, but our family can't finish them, so let's each pick a few things we want to eat, and send people to reward the third child and the ministers of the court."

Especially those ministers who returned to Chang'an with King Gu's hard work, they should have held a banquet in the East Palace to celebrate their achievements a long time ago, but now that their father is sick, the celebration banquet can only be pushed back. ”

The crown princess smiled when she heard this: "The concubine obeys the order!"

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Okay, let's pick some first." ”

Li Chengqian said and looked down at Brother Li Xiang and said, "Xiang'er, you take your younger brother to pick a few of your brothers' favorite food, remember not to pick too much, and you will have to finish eating your picks later." ”

"Son, obey the minister!" Li Xiang hugged his fist at Li Chengqian in style.

Li Chengqian touched his head with a smile and asked him to lead Li Ju to pick it up.

Then Li Chengqian took the lead in picking out the four dishes and one soup he wanted to eat, and the crown princess and Wang Liangdi knew that Li Chengqian was very frugal, and each of them only picked one dish that Li Chengqian usually liked to eat, and Li Xiang and Li Ju each only picked a plate and a little heart.

Li Chengqian saw that his family had picked them out, so he gave the dishes to Li Ke Jinyang and other princes and princesses in the palace, Gao Shilian, Yang Shidao, Li Shiji and other prime ministers and six Shangshu, Chu Suiliang Xu Jingzong and other scholars of Pingzhang Academy, Zhang Shigui and Qiu Xinggong who guarded the north and south gates of Taiji Palace.

There is also Su Ding, Equation, Wu Ting and other generals who returned to Chang'an with him, including Wei Chigong, who had returned home, and Xue Wanche, who was recuperating from his injuries, all received rewards, and the rest were rewarded to Du He, Zhao Jie, Yan Shishi, Gu Zhang Shiheng and other subordinates who stayed in the East Palace......

For a time, the inner guards in the Taiji Palace rode fast horses and carried food boxes all over Chang'an, sending Li Chengqian's condolences and hearts.

After arranging all this, Li Chengqian's family sat down and began to eat dinner.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned victoriously with an expedition to Northern Xinjiang, and the concubines will salute His Royal Highness the Prince." The crown princess and Wang Liangdi waited for Li Chengqian to sit down on the main seat, then got up and raised their wine glasses with both hands and said.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian hurriedly took the wine glass from their hands and dried it up, pulled them to sit down and said, "Okay!" It's all our own people here, so don't make these false courtesies. ”

The crown princess Su and Wang Liangdi smiled slightly when they heard this: "The concubines and others listen to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Then the family began to eat, although it lacked the majesty of royal etiquette, but it was better than the warmth and consideration of the family.

After eating, the waiter led the Li Xiang brothers away, and Li Chengqian pulled the crown princess and Wang Liangdi to sit on the wide arhat bed, and the three of them talked.

"I know that both of you are from the Shi clan, and there must be a lot of people in the clan, right?" Li Chengqian asked seemingly casually.

"The concubines were born in the Taiyuan Wang clan, and there are people all over the world, but there are only more than 200 men within the five blessings." Wang Liangdi replied directly when she heard this.

The crown princess Su Shi took a glass of ice water from the hand of the chamberlain and handed it to Li Chengqian, paying attention to the change in his expression.

Li Chengqian took the cup and took a sip and turned his head to look at the crown princess Su, who lowered his head and replied: "There are hundreds of men in the martial arts Su family, and now most of them are farming and studying in their hometowns. ”

Wugong Su is the descendant of Su Ze, a famous minister of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms, lives in Wugong, and the ancestors of the crown princess Su have officials in the Western Wei, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties, and the influence of the Su family in Guanzhong is not weak Five surnames and seven families.

Wang Liangdi saw the crown princess's demeanor and thought that Li Chengqian asked what to do to her people, and she was so frightened that her face turned pale and she didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian patted them on the shoulder with his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I asked this because I wanted to order your people to do it." ”

"As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order, the courtiers will naturally obey it." Wang Liangdi said directly.

Both the Wang family and the Liu family pinned their hopes on her, and she was indeed very confident in speaking.

Su Shi glanced at Wang Liangdi and hurriedly said, "Just ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give orders." ”

Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this, took them in his arms, leaned back on the cushion, and said to the two of them emotionally: "Everyone says that wives are honorable and noble, and you are the most honorable woman in the world with me, but only I know that you live carefully every day." ”

When Su Shi heard this, he immediately shed tears and said: "The concubine can serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in this life, and she is willing to ...... even if she dies."

Seeing this, Li Chengqian forced the two of them to rest their heads on his chest, and said to Su Shi: "Don't say that, isn't it a blessing for me to have you by my side?" After a pause, he continued: "It's a good thing to let your people do it this time, you know that I intend to divide the vassal kingdom overseas.

Now that the big ship has been built, after the beginning of autumn, I will let the third child go south to the sea, he will have to take many people with him, so that your people will also go with him, not only can he share the worries of the court but also find a place to stand overseas.

In addition, overseas products are abundant, and the third child is mainly collecting food for the imperial court, and your family can also bring some other things back, which is a large amount of wealth......"

"Is there really a place overseas where you can divide the seal?" Wang Liangdi was a little unconvinced.

Hearing this, Su Shi also looked up at Li Chengqian's chin.

"Naturally. Most of them are undeveloped wild lands, but those places have a warm climate and abundant products, such as Linyi, where three crops of rice can be grown a year. Li Chengqian is very sure of the authenticity.

Wang Liangdi's eyes widened when she heard this, and said, "Aren't the people in those places very rich?"

"The people there are not rich, and many people there are still like savages, picking some vegetables and fruits or fishing and hunting some meat every day to satisfy their hunger, and when they are full, they squat on the trees and rest, and they do not work much, and they have no savings."

"Hehe, that's not a monkey anymore?" Wang Liangdi's eyes were all laughing when she heard this.

"Almost! They now need us to educate them, so that they can also learn to farm and weave, so that Datang can buy grain from them. Li Chengqian calmly stated his purpose.

When the crown princess Su heard this, she said as a matter of course: "The whole world is not the king's land, since there is such a good place, it is indeed necessary to divide the kings and meritorious relatives to guard it." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he couldn't help but want to kiss the Su family, and all the problems were solved in one sentence.

"Everyone understands the truth, but the person who goes first must suffer more than others, and many people are not necessarily willing to go, so the lonely king wants to start with his own relatives first.

However, the rewards are also very rich, no matter how big the land they bring people to cultivate, as long as they pay a certain amount of grain to the imperial court every year, I will give them a seal so that their descendants can also have a permanent inheritance. Li Chengqian promised very generously.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured that the concubines will definitely explain His Royal Highness the Prince's intentions to the family, and let my father arrange for the clansmen to go." The crown princess sat up as she said and said, "It's not too early now, the concubine will go back to her bedroom first......"

Hearing this, Li Chengqian got up abruptly and hugged the two of them in his arms again and said, "After being separated for so long, do you still want to leave tonight?"