"The son has seen his father and the queen mother." In the Lizheng Palace, Li Li respectfully saluted Li Er and his wife.

"No courtesy" Li Er looked at his favorite daughter and said happily: "Changle is here, let my father see it, and I can have a good time outside the palace." ”

Li Lizhen inherited the excellent genes of the eldest grandson queen, not only born beautiful, noble temperament, but also very wise, it can be said that she is in the show of wisdom, but also won the favor of Li Er, since Li Lizhen moved outside the palace, he is often afraid that she will be wronged, not only in terms of expenses than other princesses, but also often send people to Li Liqin to send some delicious and fun, in the eyes of other princesses, it is not an ordinary "eccentric eye".

"The son is very good, and he has the memory of his father."

Empress Eldest Sun pulled Li Lizhen to sit down, and said a little dotingly: "Quality, entering the palace in such a hurry, is there something urgent?" ”

In the past, Li Lizhi entered the palace, mostly after the dispersal of the dynasty, so that he could accompany Li Er and his wife to eat together, because this is also this time, Li Er is the most leisurely, at other times, either someone comes to play, or corrects the recital, there is no time to share the joy of family, now it is Shen Shi, Li Lizhi is still in the palace, it seems that there is still a little panting, the careful eldest grandson queen saw it early in the morning, the so-called knowing son Mo Ruomu, she is sure that Li Lizhi must have something.

"Changle" Li Er also put down the red pen in his hand and said with a concerned face: "What's the matter?" Did you feel wronged? Speak up, and your father will rule for you. ”

"Father, mother" Li Lizhi hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "The sons and daughters want to travel to Yangzhou, please ask the father and the queen mother for approval." ”

Before Li Er could speak, Empress Eldest Sun frowned when she heard this, and criticized with a displeased face: "Qian'er, how does the queen mother teach you on weekdays?" Everything is based on the national system, and now the Tang Dynasty is in ruins. On the front line of Songzhou, the soldiers are still fighting bloodily, even the expenses of the palace and the use of your father have been repeatedly reduced, at this time, how can you squander it only for your own selfishness, relying on your father's favor for you? ”

The emperor, the prince, and the princess traveled, and they were palace maids and guards, and the pomp was very large. And the expenses are also huge, in order to protect her husband's good name, in order to support the front-line operations, the eldest grandson queen took the lead in reducing the cost of the palace, even the prince's use was also limited. When I saw my favorite daughter so unimportant, I was in a hurry to go to Yangzhou to travel. Empress Eldest Sun was immediately displeased.

"No, don't dare. The son is guilty. Seeing that the queen mother was angry, Li Lizhen was also a little panicked, and hurriedly admitted her mistake.

Li Er, who was on the side, showed his fatherly nature, and said with a pleasant face: "Changle, why did you suddenly want to travel to Yangzhou?" ”

Li Lizhi lowered her head and whispered, "Father." Erchen heard that Liu Yuan returned to Yangzhou, and heard that Yangzhou was prosperous, and the people of the earth were brilliant, and they were thriving under the rule of their father. When I think of it, I feel a little yearning, and I haven't been there for some years, so I want to revisit the old place and see the rivers and mountains of my Datang. ”

In order to curry favor with Li Er, Li Lizhi also consciously patted his father's "sycophancy".

Li Er said quietly: "Oh, Liu Yuan told you?" ”

"No, it's Xiao Niang who said, by the way, Xiao Niang is his second wife, Liu Yuan, she said that Yangzhou is very fun and prosperous, and she said that Erchen was moved, so she wanted to take their downwind boat, so that there was no need to alarm the local officials, and the expenses could also be greatly saved, well, Erchen still had some body money, and this expense did not need to use the money and silver in the inner treasury."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Lizhi whispered again: "General Cheng's niece is also accompanied by Liu Yuan. ”

"No" Empress Changsun still objected: "This is an extraordinary period, don't make a bad start." ”

Just advocated frugality, but in the blink of an eye, the princess went to Yangzhou with great fanfare, and she went against herself, of course the eldest grandson queen would not agree.

Just when Li Lizhen was disappointed, Li Er suddenly spoke: "Liu Yuan said a sentence that is very philosophical, it is better to travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books, since the niece of General Cheng also goes, it can be regarded as a companion, one can let the quality increase knowledge, the second is to relax, and the third is to inspect the people's feelings and public opinion for me, it can be said that it kills three birds with one stone, go, my father agreed." ”

"Thank you, Father." When Li Li heard this, she was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked her.

I thought it was hopeless, but I gave up the "appeal", but I didn't expect my father to suddenly change his mind, it was an unexpected surprise, and Li Lizhi suddenly smiled like a flower.

Empress Changsun originally disagreed, firstly, to mobilize the people, and secondly, the impact was not good, but as soon as her husband spoke, she no longer objected to Xianhui, but carefully advised: "Quality, this trip is not to perform official duties, do not alarm the locality, increase the burden of the local people, and pay attention to your body." ”

As a good queen, Empress Changsun never interferes in internal affairs, everything is important to the Tang Dynasty, the mother of the world, educates the people, as a good wife and mother, she will not oppose her husband's decision and reduce his prestige, as a good mother, she also has to tell her daughter to take care of her health.

"Yes, Queen Mother, sons obey." Li Li replied respectfully.

Li Er said with a smile: "This time I went to Yangzhou, should I go by land or water?" ”

"Waterway, when Erchen entered the palace, Liu Yuan was looking for a boat."

"The waterway is good, the foot journey may be a little slower, but it can avoid the pain of bumps" Li Er nodded and said: "As for the ship, this matter is easy to do, Liu Yuan is a hero of the Tang Dynasty, especially recently made a miraculous achievement, well, since I want to return to my hometown, then I will add the icing on the cake and allocate a big boat to him, so that Changle can also sit more comfortably, well, this is silent in advance, and it will be a surprise for him at that time." ”

Since he took leave, Liu Yuan had to start the trip, and the biggest demand for the trip was a boat.

Ordinary people take a boat, the economy is not good, just buy a ticket, dozens of people huddle together, it is good to have a place, the conditions are better, just hire a small boat yourself, all the way is free and easy, but Liu Yuan is different, the family is big, there are four wives and concubines alone, each with a fitting Yahuan, there are eight people, plus Yahuan, guards, cooks, Xiao Liu Xue's nurse, etc., there must be dozens of people, not only to bring Pei Jingyan, Cui Mengyao asked the boat to be big, so that it is stable, Xiao Niang and Du Sanniang are afraid of loneliness on the road, and ask to bring a sparrow card, You can pass the time on the way, so you have to find a big boat.

At this moment, Liu Yuan went to Changsun's Mansion to borrow a boat.

"I don't know if General Liu is in the air, and he will miss the distance, so please forgive me." In the eldest grandson's mansion, the eldest grandson saluted Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan smiled and said, "You're welcome, it was Liu who came uninvited and disturbed the rest of the eldest grandson." ”

I originally wanted to find the eldest grandson Wuji, but I didn't expect that it was Gongsun Lian who came out to pick up the servant, Liu Yuan saw that this eldest grandson and Changsun Chong were very similar to the silhouette at the top of their eyebrows, which made Liu Yuan have an illusion, as if Changsun Chong appeared in front of his eyes again, if he didn't die in Tubo, he probably would be a father now.

It's a pity that things are people, no matter how similar the eldest grandson in front of him is, he can't give Liu Yuan that kind of intimate feeling, on the contrary, it vaguely gives people a sense of distance.

"Where, my father often advises the eldest grandson to take General Liu Jiao as a model."

"Don't dare, don't dare" Liu Yuan was not polite, and said straight to the point: "Is Lord Situ here?" ”

The eldest grandson said with a smile: "The emperor has something to do, and he temporarily summoned his father into the palace, I don't know what General Liu is looking for his father?" If it is not a big event, the eldest grandson may be able to get an idea, if it is a big event, General Lao Liu will wait for a while, and wait for his father to return home. ”

"Liu took a leave of absence and went back to Yangzhou, I heard that there was a big ship in the house, and I wanted to borrow it, but I don't know if it is convenient or not." Seeing the appearance of the eldest grandson with some surprise, Liu Yuan immediately explained: "It's not the silver of Liu Province, it's just that the boats that can be bought on the market are either small or broken, and there is no suitable one, my father-in-law has a building boat, but Mrs. Cui went to visit relatives by boat yesterday, and the size of Cheng Mansion and Qin Mansion is too small, so I can only come here." ”

Li took the world, inherited the Sui Dynasty, naturally including the wealth left by the previous dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was extremely poor and luxurious, and built a lot of large and gorgeous dragon ships for playing in the south of the Yangtze River, after Li Er obtained the world, he generously divided the feudal to the courtiers, and the eldest grandson Wuji also obtained a feudal ship, Liu Yuan learned the news and came to borrow it.

"Yes, yes, just"

"If it's inconvenient, then forget it, Liu will find another way."

"No, General Liu misunderstood" Changsun Lian hurriedly explained: "Because the ship is too luxurious, my father thinks it is too ostentatious, so it is rarely used, and it is rarely maintained in recent years, if it is a short distance, it is okay, but to Yangzhou, the road is far away, I am afraid of danger, but General Liu is not in a hurry, wait for ten days and half a month, and the eldest grandson will order the craftsman to repair it, and wait until the ship is fine, and then hand it over to General Liu for use." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "The vacation for this trip is limited, I'm afraid I've waited so long, Liu has a plan to leave the day after tomorrow, since it's inconvenient, Liu has another idea." ”

It's only been three months in total, and it takes a lot of time to come and go, in addition to Jintian and his party, he has to fulfill the promise he made to Xiaoniang and Du Sanniang, those things, big or small, Liu Yuan really can't afford it.

The eldest grandson said a little embarrassedly: "I can't help General Liu, I'm sorry." ”

"No, it's Liu's too abrupt."

The two exchanged politeness again, and Liu Yuan walked out of the Changsun Mansion with a disappointed face.

It's not a matter of money and silver, it's not that the model is small or it's too shabby, it doesn't match Liu Yuan's mind, even if it orders from the shipyard, it also needs to be ordered in advance, and the contract needs to be signed well, and it will take two or three months to deliver it no matter how soon it is.

It's all their own character, just go, not enough preparation, not enough time to prepare, in the end, the background is still shallow, on the surface, life is very good, but compared with those families, in an instant was thrown a few streets so far, to have no land, to have no land, to have no horses, to have no boats, to have no talents, not to mention what you want, suddenly want to get a house, but also to buy land or something.

Liu Yuan shook his head helplessly, it seems that he is too easy to be satisfied, and his background is too low, it seems that "the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard." (To be continued......)