Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Princes' Gifts (3)

Li Yu sat back beside Li You with a sad face, and Li You next to him also patted Li You's shoulder, and comforted him in a low voice: "It's okay, it's just a beating, you are the son of your father after all, he won't be cruel to you, at most it's just a broken leg, the fifth brother has a good injury ointment here, and I'll send you a little bit back." ”

"......" Li Yu looked at Li You speechlessly, you can't save your own life, are you still in the mood to persuade me?

Li You was still unaware, and said in a strange tone: "But it's not the fifth brother who said you, you too, what kind of gift are you giving?" There's no thing, even if it's a meal for your father, you just want to send this. Don't you know that our family's country was taken from the hands of the former Sui? And you knew that your father was going to attack Goguryeo, so you sent a picture of Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goguryeo to bless your father, don't you know that Emperor Yang of Sui failed? His picture has a fart blessing, huh? You know what's going on against your father......"

Seeing Li You's chattering endlessly, Li Yu interrupted impatiently: "Okay, fifth brother, don't talk about it, you can't save your own life, are you still in the mood to talk about me?" You should care more about yourself now. ”

"Me? What's wrong with me? Li You pointed at himself suspiciously, and said with a smile: "What can I do?" You make it clear to me. ”

"The good things you do, you yourself will not know?" Li Su asked rhetorically: "I presented the eight screens of "Three Expeditions to Goguryeo" to the government, naturally I mean it, but fifth brother, on your father's birthday, you offered a set of spiritual weapons to your father, are you cursing your father?" ”

"Artifact? What kind of artifact? Li You felt that something was wrong in his heart, and immediately said: "I obviously gave my father a set of bells, why is it a dead weapon?" ”

"......" Li Su didn't bother to talk to his confused brother, took a sip of wine, and kept silent.

Just as the two were talking, Li Yun's gift was also completed, and the gift he gave was a set of royal white jade wine utensils from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

What's more, with Li You and Li Su in front, although Li Yun's things are not good, they are much better than the artifacts and former Sui items, so Li Shimin's performance is very pleasant.

When Li Yun retreated, the whole banquet fell silent in vain, and everyone turned their eyes to the minister's side - to be exact, someone, even Li Shimin looked at Cen Wenwen with expectant eyes, wanting to see what kind of gift Li Zhen had prepared for him.

Although he was watched by everyone, Cen Wenwen was calm, and after drinking the last glass of wine, he gently put down the wine glass and picked up two beautifully carved and luxuriously decorated boxes from the side.

Holding one of the boxes, Cen Wenwen came to Li Shimin: "Shengshang's birthday, the minister Cen Wenwen presented a set of jade dragon ornaments on behalf of King Yue, wishing the saint a long life and longevity." ”

"Why didn't Zhen'er come back?" Although he already knew that Li Zhen needed to preside over the overall situation in Lingnan, according to the rules, Li Shimin must also be held accountable.

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is not reluctant to come back, it is really busy with Lingnan affairs, and now the problem of corruption in Lingnan is serious, and he is preparing to conquer Tianzhu, His Royal Highness really can't get away...... Before the ministers left, His Royal Highness the King of Yue told His Majesty that His Majesty did not need to worry about Lingnan affairs, as short as three or five months, and as long as half a year, he would definitely be able to clear all the thieves in Lingnan and return Lingnan to a bright and prosperous ......"

Just as he was speaking, the inner servant had already shown the jade dragon ornament to everyone, the emerald green and green color of spring water, which was very different from the jade quality of nephrite in the Central Plains, so that everyone couldn't put it down.

Especially some people who have studied jewelry, they are even more eager to put their eyeballs out, if they don't take into account that this is a gift from Li Zhen to Li Shimin, I am afraid that they will all pounce on it and play with it in their hands one by one.

"It's such a good thing, why haven't I found it before, in that place in the country of Pi, there is such a beautiful jade?" As a famous artist, painter, sculptor, and general of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Liben has a natural obsession with art, and has a supreme yearning for all good things.

His elder brother Yan Lide also said enviously: "Yes, it is worthy of being called imperial green, so transparent and bright, it is really the emperor of jade, even if it is compared to the best Khotanese white jade, it is not bad at all." I really want to go to the country of Bi right now and see if I can find one or two pieces of jade that are so perfect. ”

Everyone praised and praised this set of jewelry, and the joy in Li Shimin's eyes almost overflowed his eyes, if it weren't for the wrong time and place, he would have wanted to wear this set of jade jewelry on the spot.

Everyone praised the jade ornaments without hesitation, but some people were uncomfortable, because it was Li Zhen who offered the heavy treasure, and Li Zhen was their natural opponent, so some people stood up and began to pick bones in the eggs.

"Mrs. Cen, the old man is a little unclear, and I ask Mrs. Cen to give me advice." An older person who could be Li Shimin's father suddenly stood up, and he was very unkind to Cen Wenwen - you must know that although Cen Wenwen is the Taifu of the Yue Wang, the Taifu is only a fictitious position, and in fact, he also has an official position in the court.

Moreover, now that he is in Chang'an, this person does not call Cen Wenwen's official position, but calls him Taifu, which is clearly deliberate, saying that Cen Wenwen's official position is not suitable for talking to him.

Before leaving for Lingnan, Li Shimin promoted him to the Zhongshu Shilang on the fourth grade, and he was promoted to the fourth level, and his status in Zhongshu Province was second only to Zhongshu Ling (Zheng Sanpin), which is already a very high title.

Now that he is so underestimated, it is definitely impossible for Cen Wenwen to say that he is not angry in his heart, but after seeing the person who spoke, he held back his anger in his heart and said lightly: "Oh? It turned out to be Li Beilu and Li Shaoqing, I don't know if Li Shaoqing has any questions, if I can answer them, I will definitely teach you. ”

"Hmph......" Li Beilu is too Chang Shaoqing, who is also on the fourth grade, and his status is not much different from Cen Wenwen, and it is precisely because of this that Cen Wenwen did not turn his face directly, but choked him slightly in his words.

At this time, there was silence at the scene, and all the foreign envoys watched the two quarrel like a good show, while the faces of the people inside Datang were gloomy and gloomy.

(End of chapter)