Chapter VII: Tribute

Looking at the figure of Li Chengqian, who was leaving in a hurry, he shook his head helplessly and followed, but he was complaining in his heart, "Miss Ben traveled to this Tang Dynasty, shouldn't she embroider and write, and wait for a lover to come back from high school to marry herself?" Why do you want to run around with this Li Chengqian, isn't he bad at his legs, how can he run so fast. ”

ran to the door to catch up with Li Chengqian, but heard Li Chengqian's voice coming from the carriage, "Satisfy your heart, stay at home, I have something to discuss with my father, I don't know how long it will take to come back." ”

Chengxin couldn't help but roll her eyes this time, and muttered in a low voice: "I shouted at you just now, the running sound was so loud, you didn't say let me go back, I ran to the door, you just let me go back, bah, bah." ”

The figure that disappeared just now when he returned to the hall had returned, Rouge was waiting for the princess to eat, Xiao Lizi was standing in a regular manner on the side, and he was also a little embarrassed: "Sister Crown Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he had something to tell the emperor, go to the emperor, if there is nothing to do, I will go back to make up for sleep." ”

The crown princess put down her chopsticks, "Slow, what did the prince say to you just now?" ”

He smiled heartily, "The prince said that he didn't want to eat daylily, it was tasteless, and he wanted to eat something else, so I told him that it was good for him." ”

The crown princess glanced at him, "Go down, don't be so restrained, I won't ask much about the prince, I can't say what should be said or not, no matter who asks, you don't know how many times you've heard this truth." ”

Satisfiedness nodded, then left the hall and returned to his room.

Lying on the bed, the person who was a young man with a young man's heart but a girl's heart closed his eyes and thought about the past two days, "I can't be so passive anymore, I should first find the life experience of this body, even if my parents are dead, I must find clues." ”

I fell asleep thinking about it.

When I woke up again, it was already late, and the people outside the house were making a lot of noise, so I got up and walked out.

Walking through the main hall, I saw that most of the crowd was in the side room, and Li Chengqian didn't know when he would come back, so he was smiling and drinking tea with the crown princess.

"Your Highness, Crown Princess." Xiangxin walked to the side and gave a salute to the two big men first, only to see that this group of people was actually barbecuing, and Brother Liang's face was black and Xiao Lizi was far away, and the side yard was indeed a miasma.

Li Chengqian looked at the satisfaction on the side, "Wake up, my father is very praising my proposal, although there are some trivial matters to be discussed again, but after all, the outline of this matter has been decided." ”

The crown princess also smiled on the side: "I said why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so happy when he comes back, it turns out that he has been praised by his father, no wonder he wants to reward them for eating barbecue when he comes back." ”

Chengxin suddenly remembered what he was thinking before he went to bed, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I have a reluctant request, and I ask for your forgiveness." ”

Li Chengqian put away his smile when he saw that he was so solemn, "You say, I'll try my best to satisfy you." Do you remember anything? ”

Xiangxin shook his head, "I haven't remembered it yet, but I have a lot of doubts in my heart, and the biggest doubt is my life experience, and I hope that His Highness can help me find my parents, even if it is a grave." ”

Li Chengqian held his forehead, "I'll tell you what I know first, since Wan'er died and I was rescued over the years, I haven't given up looking for you and your family every day, our autumn hunting is in the north, I thought your family should be in the north at that time, but Wan'er has nothing to prove her identity, only a jade pendant." "That's it, Li Chengqian took out a small jade pendant from his sleeve, but it was obviously a broken half of a crescent moon.

"But I've searched all the villages in the north, big and small, and I haven't found any news of your home. At the same time, I am also investigating your sister's master, there is an obvious mark on his body, but it is the mark of the forbidden army of the previous dynasty, but I have identified myself to him, and he still saved me, he should have nothing to do with the group of people who kidnapped me, and this line of Master Wan'er is also broken. Li Chengqian was a little unwilling.

"A few days ago, Changsun Chong told me that your family was originally a noble family in Hanyang, but later it was killed by Tatar thieves." Li Chengqian's voice gradually became quieter.

"Has Your Highness verified this information?" The sound of satisfaction did not fluctuate much.

"I have already verified it before I saw you, and there was indeed a small wave of Tatars who suddenly appeared on the Hanyang side to rob the village, but they ran away when they were strong with food, and I don't know which tribe it is." Li Chengqian's words became more and more powerless.

He patted him on the shoulder, "Your Highness, don't blame you, let's go eat barbecue, if we wait for the two of them to get it right, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat it tomorrow, Xiao Lizi will go get some steamed buns and cut them into slices, and I'm getting some chicken legs and wings or something, don't make smoke there." As he spoke, he shouted to Xiao Lizi not far away.

Li Chengqian's mood was also a lot lighter, after all, after all these years of suffering, these things that had been suppressed in his heart were finally said.

Xiao Lizi hurriedly turned around when he heard Xiangxin's words, and saw that Xiangxin was waving his hand and patted Brother Liang, "Don't fix it, let Xiangxin come for a while, we don't understand, it's right to steal the teacher for a while." ”

An hour later, a plate of barbecue was placed on the table, and under Li Chengqian's instructions, Xiao Lizi picked a few items and put them on the plate, leaving them for him and the princess to enjoy, and the rest of the barbecue waved his hand to signal them to divide it.

Xiao Lizi and Brother Liang were the most anxious, and they both pinched several skewers of barbecue in their hands, and they were so happy with meat and vegetables.

Satisfaction is also full of oil, but he likes the feeling of skewers, which is different from Li Chengqian's kind of person who has to serve his meals.

Li Chengqian watched the people in the courtyard eat happily, and remembered what Li Shimin told him when he came to leave, "Satisfied, ten days later is the day of tribute from the vassal state, when the time comes, you can accompany me and pick a few things you like and take them away." ”

Satisfactory eyes instantly glowed again, but this time it was not a careful heart but a small amount of money, "Okay, Your Highness, I will accompany you when the time comes." ”

Li Chengqian looked at his happy smile, "It's not so simple to receive foreign envoys, remember that we are the style of the country and can't lose our demeanor, I really met something I like, come back and tell me, don't say it to your face, and there is also the mutual market to open your eyes, most of the tribute things are gold and silver treasures, glazed agate, Ganoderma lucidum ginseng and the like, the mutual market is the real good thing, we don't have something in Datang." ”

The head that was eating steamed bread slices nodded vigorously, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart, "What hasn't this girl ever seen, you little turtle really treat Miss Ben as a younger brother?" Miss Ben is the one who has spied on the heavens in the history books, although the way of heaven deleted this part of the memory and made me an ordinary person to get along with you, but you can't underestimate people. I won't admit that I didn't remember! ”

Looking at the satisfactory look, Li Chengqian didn't say anything, it was a benefit for him, "If the crown princess has anything you want, you are welcome, this prince treats you, and the father pays for it!" ”

The crown princess couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile when she heard this, "Your Highness, you are really, what did your father promise you to make you so angry, aren't you afraid that someone will participate in you?" ”

The prince hadn't spoken yet, but he was a little curious, "Does anyone dare to join the prince?" Not afraid of the prince's revenge? ”

Li Chengqian snorted coldly, "Don't you dare to join me?" They can't wait to visit me every day to prove that they are clear streams are people for the country and the people, a few years ago, I was leaking rain in this partial hall, I was ready to rebuild one, and the ground has not yet been broken, and I have been so tall as you, and finally just changed a few tiles, and it is over, but this time it is different, my father promised me to pick whatever I like, but I am not interested in these things, so I will be cheap for the two of you. ”

Chengxin finally understood what the most difficult thing is the emperor's family, Li Shimin has to tolerate these if he wants to be a benevolent monarch, and Li Chengqian can only follow Lao Tzu's wishes, if he really ascends the throne in the future, he can't retaliate, otherwise the name of this faint monarch will not be removed.

Ten days passed in a flash, and at this time, the satisfaction was waiting in the small courtyard outside the Jinluan Palace, but he was less impatient than a few days ago, because today he was going to pick up the treasure!

Today is the day of tribute from the vassal state, these days the whole Chang'an is immersed in the joy of mutual market and tribute, and various ministers and princes are also studying their own affairs, after all, no matter what kind of person is at any time, there is no interest in money at all.

After waiting for a long time, Li Chengqian finally missed his face, but instead of getting into the carriage and returning to the East Palace, he took Xiao Li Zi and Chengxin around the palace to a side hall heavily guarded by the door, and the guards at the door saw Li Chengqian's arrival, and hurriedly opened the door to let Li Chengqian and the three of them in.

"Father allows me to take whatever I want, but we can't go too far, let's pick three or four, we still have to be rewarded during the New Year's holidays." Li Chengqian looked like he was grinning, this is all mine, you can pick it.

Satisfaction is looking at this box of pearl agate, real money and silver saliva flowed all over the ground.

"This one is good. Is this the best jade, how can it be so big! This glass horse, it's so ugly, is this screen natural, it's amazing! "Satisfied to enter the Grand View Garden.

In the end, I picked three things, but fortunately they were not big, looking at Li Chengqian's eyes, I hurriedly explained: "This pearl necklace is for the princess's sister, you see that the pearl in the middle is so big, the pearls next to it are of general size, it must be rare, this "jade pendant" I plan to take it myself, after all, my sister's jade pendant is inconvenient to take out casually, this piece is very suitable for my temperament, as for this golden horse, I like to ride a horse very much, but I am very happy to put it in the house every day when I am weak. ”

The corners of Li Chengqian's mouth trembled, and he said in his heart, "This chain is nothing, but this palm-sized jade plate is said to be a jade pendant, you can't even take the golden horse and take it back to see, greedy for money." "Don't say much, a gentleman's word is difficult to chase a horse, let alone a prince's word.

When leaving the side hall, a eunuch with a pamphlet was waiting on the side, and Li Chengqian coughed and said: "Prince Li Chengqian took a pearl necklace and gave it to the crown princess, and a jade plate and a golden horse were given to the princess." ”

The eunuch's eyes widened and he was recording, and he regretted that he was reluctant to return it at the beginning, so he had to follow the prince with his head down.

"Let's go back to the East Palace to put our things in the East Palace first, and then go to the auction on Liu'an Street." Li Chengqian said.