Chapter 21: Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred
"Minister Li Yuanjia, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"Nephew Li Chengqian, I've seen Uncle Eleven."
After Li Yuanjia took the lead in saluting, Li Chengqian, the host of today's banquet, hurriedly returned the salute, and then said with a warm smile: "Uncle Eleven, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"Hehe, yes."
Nodding, Li Yuanjia said with a smile.
As the crown prince, Li Chengqian will definitely not be able to leave the palace easily, nor will he go to the court, and Li Yuanjia, who is the king of Han, will not enter the palace easily, so unless it is on this special occasion, the two are really rare to see.
After laughing, Li Yuanjia continued: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it has also made my Datang country more stable...... I have prepared some knick-knacks for the child, and His Highness can take them out and try them when I go back. ”
"Oh? Thank you so much Uncle Eleven. ”
Hearing Li Yuanjia say this, a look of curiosity flashed in the prince's eyes.
As the crown prince, Li Chengqian's East Palace naturally lacks nothing, and today the Manchu Dynasty civil and military came to celebrate the birth of his eldest son, and all kinds of gifts are countless. However, the gift of the eleventh uncle in front of him is undoubtedly one of the things that Li Chengqian is looking forward to the most - the previous facts have proved many times that the things that this eleventh uncle took out are definitely interesting and tight.
In the distance, there are tables and chairs that let Li Chengqian get rid of the pain of kneeling, and near there are extremely easy to use wolf hair and white paper, and there are fried tea that makes the prince gradually addicted......
Thinking of roasted tea, Li Chengqian suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled: "By the way, Uncle Eleven, do you have any new tea this year over there?" My nephew's tea is running out. ”
"Oh? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes to drink tea? ”
Hearing him say this, Li Yuanjia was immediately overjoyed, and asked with blazing eyes; "Do you drink it with boiling water, or do you want to add things like green onions, ginger, garlic, oil, and salt?"
Li Chengqian, who asked this question, was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "I only like tea brewed with boiling water, and I think the fragrance makes people feel very comfortable...... What, Uncle Eleven, isn't it right to drink like this? ”
"Right? How is it wrong? Simply right! ”
Rubbing his hands excitedly, Li Yuanjia immediately nodded vigorously and said, "That's how I usually drink, and I can't stand you...... Ahem, I can't stand anything else in the tea anyway! Haha, since you like to drink it, this year's new tea should be delivered to Chang'an soon, and I'll prepare a little more for you when the time comes! ”
Finally found someone who likes to drink clear tea, and Li Yuanjia was overjoyed.
Look, what a boy!
After listening to his nephew's words, he became more and more beautiful in Li Yuanjia's eyes, and his temperament became more and more refined. It's not easy to find a guy who is willing to drink tea these days! When he first gave Fang Xuanling tea, Li Yuanjia thought that this famous minister through the ages should prefer this elegant way of drinking, but within a few days, he heard Fang Yizhi say that their old man liked to add goat's milk and refined salt......
"Hehe, thank you Uncle Eleven in advance."
Looking at Li Yuanjia with a happy face, although he was a little puzzled, Li Chengqian still thanked him with a smile.
Li Chengqian really likes the tea given to him by the other party, but he is more interested in how his eleventh uncle came up with the idea of stir-frying the tea and then drinking it - it seems that those ordinary or unusual things can always change surprisingly when they reach him.
After chatting a few words, Li Yuanjia hurriedly confessed and left.
Today's Li Chengqian is the central figure of the whole banquet, and it is no problem to say a few words to him, but it is definitely not appropriate to talk all the time. After returning to his position, looking at his high-spirited eldest nephew, Li Yuanjia's expression gradually became subtle.
Today's Li Chengqian is undoubtedly the time when the spring breeze is proud.
The birth of the emperor's eldest son is very important, because in this era when inheritance is greater than everything, having a son means that Li Chengqian's status in the emperor's heart is further. But watching Li Chengqian limp around among the many ministers, Li Yuanjia felt a little sad in his heart - he was such a gentle and polite and seemingly sunny teenager, who would have thought that his temper would become weird so quickly?
Count the days, but it's not a few years!
"What are you thinking, my lord?"
At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side, which suddenly woke Li Yuanjia from a sad contemplation.
Turning his head to see that it was Fang Xuanling, Li Yuanjia suddenly smiled: "Fang Xianggong, I was thinking about what to prepare for a trip with the eldest prince and them in three days." ”
“…… Hehe. ”
Listening to Li Yuanjia talk about the spring outing three days later, Fang Xuanling's eyelids jumped, and he couldn't help but laugh dryly.
He only found out about his son's invitation to Li Yuanjia to go on a trip with him, and at that time, in addition to being dumbfounded, the rest was all helpless - in order to let his daughter see her husband in advance, the wife of the family would design such a play, which made Fang Xuanling feel a little embarrassed after seeing Li Yuanjia.
But he could only pretend to be natural, stroked his beard with a smile and said: "The beauty of drinking ** in the Great King's Mansion is famous all over the world, so they are really blessed to be straight......"
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Two hours later, Li Yuanjia said that he was quite dissatisfied with today's banquet.
As an uncle, he never saw the true face of the third generation of the old Li family, and could only take a look from afar, which made Li Yuanjia have an unhappy feeling that he was just here to make up for someone's head.
But today the emperor was so happy that he never closed his grinning mouth all night.
Becoming a grandfather at the age of forty-one is not too early in this era, but it is not too late, and Li Shimin does have reason to be happy. Especially if he is born as the eldest son of the crown prince and the eldest grandson of the royal family, the meaning is even more extraordinary.
So during the banquet, Li Yuanjia soon heard the emperor's reward.
That grade and scale......
Anyway, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he expressed that he was extremely jealous of the prince in his heart, and his nephew who was still in infancy rose to the level of "hatred".
Just giving birth to a son, the emperor is almost equivalent to rewarding a Han Wangfu!
And what is even more hateful is that after such a huge reward, Li Chengqian always had a faint smile on his face at all times, except for showing a little excitement when he thanked him, and anyone who saw it knew that people didn't take those rewards to heart at all.
Thinking about the countless officials in the palace today, and the countless gifts they brought, Li Yuan sighed: "Alas, people are more popular than people!" ”
If these things are given to him, it will be absolutely no problem to support those workshops for ten or eight years!
So under jealousy, Li Yuanjia secretly snorted coldly: "Hmph, it's all vulgar things!" What could be better than the novelty of the gift I prepared? Just a cradle, a small cart, can make all the babies of this era jealous to death......"