In the East Palace of the Prince of Chang'an, Li Jiancheng met the eldest grandson Wuao and Zhou Donghe who came to Chang'an from Luoyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ahh Lord Eldest Sun, please be seated! Serve tea to the eldest grandson. ”

"Thank you, Prince!" The eldest grandson's arrogant heart still has some lingering palpitations, so he is still a little restrained. Li Jiancheng already knew about Luoyang Zhou Donghe and the eldest grandson Wuao, so Li Jiancheng praised Zhou Donghe in his heart.

"Oops! This palace heard that His Royal Highness King Qin was rewarded in Luoyang this time, and the eldest grandson did not have any reward at all, this palace is really sad! So today, I came to discuss the issue of the eldest grandson's reward, but I heard that the eldest grandson doesn't seem to be very willing! After hearing Li Jiancheng's words of co-optation and threat, the psychological defense line of Changsun Wuao completely collapsed. The eldest grandson Wuao knelt in front of Li Jiancheng:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen is aggrieved!" The next day, Li Jiancheng came to Renshou Palace to meet Li Yuan:

"Hmmm! Prince, is there anything important that you have come here today? ”

"Qi Qi father, the son is here today because in the battle of Luoyang, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, deliberately omitted a meritorious hero when he was discussing meritorious deeds, so he was specially brought to plead to his father today."

"Hmmm! Shimin, he deliberately omitted a hero? Li Yuan's brows furrowed again--hey! These sons of mine don't let me worry! It's only been quiet for a few days! It's going to be a mess again. A few days ago, the people of the world 'gave Jiancheng a slap in the face', and now Chengcheng has come to take revenge.

"Hmmm! It's done! The battle of Luoyang has been settled, and the rewards and promotions of officials at all levels have been completed. Even if I miss a few pearls in the sea, it doesn't matter, I can't make a front-line commander like Shimin sad, and it will also make the army's heart unstable! Li Jiancheng wanted to say something, but a group of Li Yuan's concubines came over:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Yo! Love the concubines! You're all here. ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, today the Inner Government sent a batch of Jiangnan clothes, and the concubines have made new clothes, no, our sisters have come over, and I want Your Majesty to see, whose clothes are better in our sisters!? ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, do you say that the concubine is good-looking, or Sister Zhang's is good-looking!? Or is Sister Xue good-looking!? Your Majesty! You say! "Li Yuan has been an emperor for several years, especially with the help of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, he has begun to be a little tired of the government. And the concubines have changed from the original Zhang Yin's second concubine to eighteen concubines, and they are getting younger and younger, the youngest is only twelve years old, although Li Jiancheng has been in this world for decades, but he has always felt that eighteen years old is the best for women's marriage age. I saw Li Yuan holding a teenage little Lori in his arms, how awkward Li Jiancheng looked. Li Yuan was flirting with the concubines, and when he saw Li Jiancheng's big light bulb watching here, he thought--why is this kid so eyeless. Li Yuan felt a lot of displeasure in his heart.

"What? Built, do you have anything else important? ”

"Father! Erchen has nothing important to do, Erchen retires! Li Yuan nodded. Looking at Li Jiancheng's distant figure, Li Yuan flirted with the concubines beside him again. Li Jiancheng returned to the Prince's East Palace, and as soon as he entered the door, the eunuch reported to Li Jiancheng:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Xue Lin, the head of the household department, asks to see you! I've been waiting for you for a long time. "Xue Lin, because she followed Li Jiancheng to divide the fields in Guanzhong and raise the military salary of the Tang army, she made a lot of contributions, plus Zhang Jieyu gave birth to Li Yuanfang, the king of Zhou, for Li Yuanfang, so Zhang Jieyu often blew the pillow wind for Xue Lin beside Li Yuan, so Xue Lin's official position became higher and higher, and slowly broke away from the ranks of Li Jiancheng's subordinate officials, and was promoted by Li Yuan to the head of the household department, and I heard that Xue Lin, the head of the household department, came. Li Jiancheng immediately came to the palace:

"Ahh Xue Shangshu! What are you doing here? ”

"See the Prince! Since the minister was promoted to the head of the household, he has not been to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a long time, and he is very concerned in his heart, and he has been thinking about when to come to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit, and today he happened to get a century-old ginseng, so he specially sent it to His Royal Highness the Prince. Li Jiancheng saw that Xue Lin's face was a little ugly. It seems that there is something embarrassing, and he looks like he wants to say something.

"Lord Xue Lin, what's wrong with you today? Is there anything you are embarrassed about? Xue Lin slowly said to Li Jiancheng:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there is something Weichen would like to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for help?"

"Oh! Lord Xue, please speak! ”

"Weichen has an ancestral property in Luoyang, which has been passed down for three generations in our Xue family, and was later occupied by Wang Shichong and rewarded to Wang Shiwei, and later, His Royal Highness King Qin captured Luoyang ......" It turned out that the Xue family had a piece of prime land in Luoyang Qili, located in the east of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, which was a homestead given by Emperor Xiaowen Tuoba Tao during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Whether it was in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty or the former Sui Dynasty, it has always been owned by the Xue family, and later, after Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, because of Yang Tong's restoration, the head of the Xue family at that time was killed by Wang Shichong, and after the family property was confiscated by Wang Shichong, it was rewarded to Wang Shichong's brother Wang Shiwei, Li Jiancheng somewhat understood, in the metropolis of later generations, the better the land, the higher the land price, whether it was a high-ranking official or a giant, he would go up and bite like a wolf dog who saw fat.

"Lord Xue, you should go to His Royal Highness King Qin for this matter! Looking for His Royal Highness King Qin can better solve your problem! Why don't you just go to His Royal Highness King Qin!? Xue Lin said in embarrassment:

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't joke with me, this matter is not that the ministers don't want to ask the King of Qin, but, but because of ......" It turned out that when Li Shimin was still in Luoyang that day, Xue Lin went to find Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but Li Shimin just perfunctory Xue Lin, and then, when Xue Lin was on duty in the household department today, he saw the submission sent by the Luoyang Taishou Mansion, saying that the land had been given to Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, in the name of rewarding meritorious heroes. (In ancient China, even if it was a reward from the emperor, all the house deeds and land deeds had to go through the official documents of the government, and all the household departments were registered) After Xue Lin saw it, he was anxious, but Li Shimin had already gone to Luoyang, so he had to come to Li Jiancheng.

"Lord Xue, this matter is a little difficult to handle! Because although this land is the fief ancestral home of the Xue family given to you by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is not in the name of your house, besides, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is my second brother-in-law, and this palace can't bully the small! Xue Lin also heard Li Jiancheng's secret meaning - he was just a side branch of the Xue family, not a descendant of the Xue family, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was willing to help him speak, he was embarrassed to forcibly ask for it. However, Xue Lin felt that Li Jiancheng should not ignore it, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treated his former subordinate officials and officials very much about the old feelings.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! That piece of land is the ancestral property of our Xue family, if Beichen can't get it back, Beichen will go underground in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet the ancestors and ancestors! I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will help! Xue Lin also knew during this period of time that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him was close to His Royal Highness King Qin and other brothers, but he had fought many times in secret, and those rumors about Li Jiancheng in Chang'an were not something that ordinary people dared to spread. Xue Lin stood still, Xue Lin was gambling, betting that the Heavenly Family had no family affection since ancient times, and gambling on her own piece of land. Li Jiancheng saw Xue Lin standing there and didn't move. Hehe smiled:

"Lord Xue! In fact, logically speaking, this palace should still call you uncle and grandfather? When Xue Lin heard this, he thought that he had angered Li Jiancheng, and immediately knelt down:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the humble ministers don't know the severity, and they anger His Royal Highness the Prince, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince! That piece of land, the humble ministers don't want it, they don't want it. Li Jiancheng saw Xue Lin trembling on the ground, and immediately helped Xue Lin up.

"Lord Xue, uncle and grandfather, please get up quickly, you are really ashamed of this palace like this! Get up. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will call Weichen like this, really, Weichen as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not blame Weichen!" Li Jiancheng pulled Xue Lin to a chair and sat down.

"Lord Xue, uncle and grandfather, don't look at it, now that Zhang Jieyu Niangniang is favored by the harem, and has given birth to a little brother for her father, why don't you send this ginseng to Zhang Jieyu Niangniang to make up for her body!?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means ......" Li Jiancheng did not answer:

"Uncle, please wait!" Li Jiancheng walked towards his inner room, and then there was another sandalwood box in his hand. After Li Jiancheng opened the sandalwood box, he saw that there was an extra fist-sized pearl inside. Xue Lin looked at the pearl:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this ......"

"This palace is also a busy person, I haven't entered the palace for many days to ask Zhang Jieyu Niangniang, this pearl is hard to find in this palace, so I asked Lord Xue to convey it on my behalf." Xue Lin nodded:

"Understood, Xiaguan understood."

"Uncle! You are also in this matter, that piece of land is not our family in the first place, why should you bother? In the name of visiting Zhang Jieyu, Xue Lin came to Zhang Jieyu's dormitory, and presented the century-old ginseng, and explained her intention. However, Zhang Jieyu didn't seem to care a little.

"Hey! Niangniang, you don't know that this land is the ancestral property of our Xue family, and whoever owns it is the Xue family's descendant! Xue Lin said, took out the sandalwood box from her arms, and after opening it, Zhang Jieyu's eyes were immediately attracted by the big pearl.

"Uncle, it's not common for pearls to be so big, where did they come from?"

"! This pearl is His Royal Highness the Prince's filial piety to you, it is rare that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also begs us to do something, in the future, if His Royal Highness ascends the throne, then we are not only so rich, even your son Yuan Fang can also be better taken care of! After Zhang Jieyu listened to Xue Lin's words, her hand slowly stretched out to the pearl.