Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Princes Present Gifts

The Su family went down on behalf of Li Chengqian, because Li Kuan, the king of Chu, died early, so after Li Chengqian, Li Ke was next.

I saw Li Ke stand up with a smile, wave his hand, and several attendants walked in carrying a huge bamboo screen.

Li Ke knelt down on the screen and said: "My father's birthday, my sons and ministers are overjoyed, and they are carefully selected in the treasury, but they feel that the gold and silver treasures are too cheesy, the jade literature is too old-fashioned, and the classical books, I am afraid that other brothers and sisters also have tributes, if it is unfortunate to crash, it will be too embarrassing." Fortunately, Erchen got the relics of Emperor Wen of the former Sui Dynasty, "The Rising Sun, the Mountains and Rivers" bamboo carved screen, which is also unique in style, specially dedicated to his father, I wish my father the eternal stability of the country, and the sun and the moon live together......"

"......" No one spoke, everyone looked at Li Ke like a fool - aren't you Shi Lezhi?

Everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty was snatched from the Sui Dynasty, and you took out a former Sui relic treasure on the emperor's birthday, what do you mean?

Maybe this relic is very valuable, but as long as it is stained with the word Qiansui, the emperor probably won't like it, right?

Are you sure you're here to congratulate him on his birthday, not to add to the block?

Seeing this, Li Shimin's brows were also furrowed, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and said in his heart that this kid really doesn't know how to pick a gift, so he actually picked such an obscure thing and sent it to me. And Concubine Yang, the child is not sensible, are you still not sensible? Isn't this unintentionally looking for my bad luck?

Li Shimin didn't have to think about it at all, since this thing was a relic of the former Sui, the biggest possibility was that it was obtained from the Yang family, and it was likely to be asked for it in person immediately, because Concubine Yang had lived in the palace since she was a child, and she was used to seeing court struggles, and her palace fighting experience was very commanding, so it was impossible for her not to think of the taboo here.

Moreover, Li Ke's personality is very similar to Li Shimin, with Li Ke's steady character, if he hadn't done it on purpose, he would never have taken a former Sui thing and dedicated it to himself on such a big occasion.

He should be worthy of his own taboo, but knowing it, he still did it without hesitation.

What is the reason for this?

Li Shimin pondered and meditated until he saw Cen Wenwen, but there was a boom in his mind, and he probably guessed the whole story, Zhen'er, Zhen'er, what kind of magic power do you have, so that your brothers can withdraw from the competition for the throne one by one?

That's right, Li Shimin has already guessed the reason why Li Ke did this, that is, he is expressing his position, not only to himself, but also to Li Zhen - he has withdrawn from the battle for the throne.

Li Ke is a smart person, and he knows very well what it means to him to find Li Shimin's taboo on such a grand occasion. This means that he will make Li Shimin unhappy, leave a bad impression in Li Shimin's heart, and even lose his qualification as a contender for the throne.

But isn't this what Li Ke wants?

Or the reason why he did this today is for this purpose, to tell Li Zhen that I have taken the initiative to withdraw, and there is no longer a threat, you can rest assured.

"That's it, I've accepted the gift, you can return it first." Li Shimin's brows furrowed, he had some doubts in his heart, he knew these children of his too well, don't look at them one by one in front of him to behave extremely deferentially, but in fact, each of them is not a fuel-efficient lamp, except for those few small ones who want to say that they are not interested in this position under their buttocks, then Li Shimin will not believe anything.

I don't know what kind of ecstasy Zhen'er poured into these people, which caused his children to take the initiative to withdraw from the competition - he still doesn't know that Li Zhen's shocking deal with his children, otherwise he might be surprised by Li Zhen's methods.

"Yes." The corners of Li Ke's mouth lifted slightly, knowing that his father had seen his hidden meaning, so he stopped talking, and bowed back despite everyone's mocking or puzzled eyes.

Li Ke went down, and then it was naturally Li Tai's turn, Li Tai has become richer and richer in the past two years, even if he counts this year, he is only twenty-three years old, but his weight is close to three hundred catties, and his body is trembling and full of fat, but he dares to do so, but he is still the most favored by Li Shimin, in this regard, even Li Zhen can't compare.

I saw Li Tai struggling to hold a bookcase, and came to Li Shimin: "Qi Father, Zhenguan 12 years, Father Emperor ordered his son to compile the book "Gu Di Zhi", after five years of penance for children and subordinates, finally completed at the end of the 16th year of Zhenguan, "Gu Di Zhi" has 550 volumes of text, and another 5 volumes, a total of 555 volumes, including all the situation of the Tang Dynasty 360 states in one book, now dedicated to the father, I wish the father and the emperor the same life, and the Tang Dynasty will be passed on forever. ”

"Hahaha...... Okay, good Qingque, I really didn't disappoint my father, great, hahaha......" Li Shimin was really overjoyed, couldn't help but get up from his seat, came to Li Tai, opened the bookcase, picked up a copy, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it: "It's really my good son, with this "Kuodi Chronicles", I have an unobstructed view of the situation in the Tang Dynasty...... The book is fully eligible for inclusion in the Royal Library. ”

"Thank you, father." Li Tai is overjoyed, the royal library is not another place, there is almost all the classics in the world, but these classics are written by the ancients, and in the contemporary era, the books can be included in the royal library during his lifetime, as far as Li Tai knows, there are only a handful of them, their authors are either the current writers, or a generation of Confucianism, ordinary people only die, and the works left behind have the possibility of being included in them.

Now Li Tai's "Chronicles of the Universe" has also been included in the Royal Library, and this alone is enough to go down in history.

"Well, let's go down."

"Yes."

After Li Tai, it is Li You, as one of Li Shimin's two least favorite sons in history, Li You's performance in this time and space is not bad - of course, his character is still a very jerk, but perhaps he was fooled by Li Zhen, thinking that bullying the common people is not a good thing, only bullying those with a background can show his ability.

So over the years, the rest gentlemen of Chang'an City have suffered a lot of bad luck, and in the face of Li You, who has an extremely strong background, these gentlemen can't do anything to him at all, they can only let him bully, and some can't even stand Li Tai's bullying, and there are many who simply leave the capital.

"On the father's birthday, the sons and daughters were overjoyed, traveled all over the world, and finally found a set of Shang Dynasty bells for their father, and congratulated their father."

Li You's gift is also very good, it is a set of chimes handed down from the Shang Dynasty.

(End of chapter)