Chapter 19: Changle's Plea for Help
"How much is the price of grain in Chang'an?"
"Qi Qi sage, now the price of grain in Chang'an is changing ten times a day, and the slaves and maids have paid attention to the price of grain, and today's grain price is almost the same as a bucket of grain."
"What? Always have a bucket of money, don't these profiteers want to live? Whoever dares to arbitrarily raise the price of grain will be punished with confiscation of all his family property and a felony. ”
"Yes!"
After receiving the decree, the eunuch withdrew from the palace and went to Jingzhao Mansion to deliver the decree, but what Li Shimin didn't know was that his trick was just a stupid trick, those families had expected him to be like this early on, and the ones he caught were just small fish and shrimp, which did not cause any harm to them as predators, they have the ability to make the price of grain rise, and they can also make hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City starvation, this is why Li Shimin hates these families, controlling everything in this court and the people, These families used various means to coerce and lure cheap prices in various places to buy the official grain of the granary of the government, and sold it to the people and the court of Chang'an City at a sky-high price, and the angry Li Shimin couldn't wait to let his army destroy them, but now more than 100,000 victims are waiting for his help, and hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City are waiting for food to eat, Li Shimin feels frustrated and powerless, if these people are not handled properly, a civil strife will inevitably occur, and Li Er suddenly feels that he does not want to be the emperor.
"See Father!"
"Lizel is here? Excuse me, our father and daughter don't have so much courtesy. ”
"Thank you, Father."
Li Li stuck out her tongue, walked up to Li Shimin very cutely, looked at her favorite daughter, and touched her head dotingly.
"Why do you have time to come to my father today?"
"Doesn't it look like my father is busy, and I haven't asked my father for a few days."
"It's still our daughter who knows how to love her father."
Li Lizhi poured a cup of tea for Li Shimin, and looked at her smiling father worriedly, she knew the seriousness of this locust plague, fortunately, Li Yong had already arranged it, and let her stop collecting grain when the food skyrocketed early, and the rest of the things were handed over to Li Yong to deal with, so Li Lizhen studied in the deep palace and learned to be a female celebrity with her mother, only let Chunlan pay attention to the changes in Chang'an City, and pass some news to Changle Township from time to time, but recently she received news that the current food price in Chang'an has risen to a sky-high price, and she can't help worrying about her father, So he came to Li Shimin under the pretext of greetings, Li Shimin took a sip of the tea made by his daughter, and said with a smile that it was still delicious to be cooked by his daughter, but he was in the mood to drink tea, and now this situation has made him and his civil and military officials anxious, Li Li sensibly reached out and gently massaged Li Shimin's temples on both sides, Li Shimin's headache was relieved under his daughter's massage, and he asked with concern while enjoying his daughter's massage with his eyes closed.
"Liqin, you are almost the age of Lu, I have discussed with your mother, I want you to marry Chong'er, what do you think?"
In ancient times, this kind of intimacy was the best marriage in their eyes, but the harm of close relatives marriage made their offspring either die or be deformed or foolish, Li Lizhi heard that she and her cousin Changsun Chong were stunned for a moment, if she didn't meet Li Yong or didn't know Li Yong, she did marry Changsun Chong in history, she used to think that her cousin was indeed a talent, and it was not bad to marry him, but since Li Yong's appearance, she only had Li Yong's shadow in her heart, Li Shimin saw her daughter stunned and didn't say anything, Thinking that his daughter was still young, there was no need to decide so quickly, so he patted the hand on his temple.
"Haven't you always liked Chong'er?"
"Father, my daughter is still young, and I don't want to get married so soon."
Li Shimin shook his head and said.
"Okay, you've been like this since you were a child, and your father won't force it, and after this period of time, let's go down, my father still has a twist to criticize."
Li Lizhen watched Li Shimin bow his head and start to review the folds again, so he saluted him and walked out of the Xiande Palace, after leaving the Xiande Palace, Li Lizhen returned to the harem and wrote a letter, asking Chunlan to send it to Li Yong tomorrow, Li Lizhen looked up at the white moon in the night sky and thought.
"Will the bad guys miss me as much as I do?"
Li Yong likes to look up at the sun, Li Lizhi likes to look up at the moon, it's really not a family that doesn't enter the door, Li Shimin suddenly advanced her and Changsun Chong's family affairs tonight, indicating that her mother also agreed to this marriage, the words of the parents matchmaker, in ancient times, no child can disobey, this is like a shackle and a dead imprisonment on each child, not to mention what kind of person his father is, Li Lizhi knows very well, that is the person who even killed his brother and brother, not to mention that their children can allow them to exchange for greater political bargaining chips, Li Shimin will not hesitate to sell them.
Li Lizhen's private message was transmitted to him in Chunlan through the secret channel established by Li Yong, Li Yong looked at the beautiful Feibai, Li Liqin liked Li Shimin's Feibai, and also wrote a good Feibai, Li Yong sighed when he read the content of the letter.
"Alas, the inertia of this history is really big, she still wants to marry her eldest grandson, but why did she ask me for help? Did she like me? It's a bit too, but she doesn't like me, so why should she ask me for help? ”
For Li Yong, who is emotionally white, he has entered a dead loop.
"Young master, what are you talking about? The noodles are ready, so let's eat the noodles first. ”
Gundam came in with two bowls of noodles the size of a basin, this is the only cooking skill he learned from Li Yong, watching Li Yong, who was chattering, absentmindedly holding the noodles, Gundam is eating a mouthful of garlic and a mouthful of noodles with a bloody basin.
"Gundam, let me ask you, what does it mean if a girl is about to marry someone else, but another boy asks for help?"
"Fools know, that girl likes him, otherwise they are all about to get married, why ask him for help, don't you just want to save her and take her away, ......"
As if it made sense, Li Yong looked at Gundam, an emotional expert, in surprise and snatched the chopsticks from his hand.
"Don't eat it yet, if the girl wants the boy to save her, but the girl's parents are powerful and can kill the boy with a sneeze, what do you say, do you want to save her?"
"Uh...... Master, can you return the chopsticks to me, the noodles will not taste good. ”
"Eat, eat, know how to eat, tell me what to do first."
"Then young master, I told you, can you eat braised pork tonight?"
"Yes, as long as you tell me, make braised pork tonight."
Hearing that Li Yong promised to make him braised pork tonight, Gouda didn't care about the noodles in front of him, because after eating the braised pork made by Li Yong that time, Gouda never forgot it, and it was not fragrant to eat anything, and pestered Li Yong to make braised pork for him every day, and Li Yong copied this brick to shoot him to death.
"It's simple, young master, I told you, when I was a soldier in the northwest before, I fell in love with a girl, that was beautiful, and now I drool when I think about it, hehe......"
"Don't talk about those useless ones, get to the point."
"Young master, the point is here, that girl is a widow, and that husband is a short-lived ghost......"
"Wait, widow? What does this have to do with widows? ”
"Young master, don't worry, you can continue to listen to me."
Li Yong felt that he had been pitted, but seeing that the goods in front of him seemed to be quite experienced, he listened patiently.
"That lady fell in love with me when she saw me, crying and shouting that I didn't marry, but her family is a big local family, and the family is either an official or a businessman, the house is so big, that magnificent......"
Seeing Gundam dancing with his hands and spitting like a fountain, Li Yong turned around to look for bricks, and Gundam saw Li Yong looking for bricks and got up holding two bowls of noodles and ran out of the door, talking as he ran.
"Young master, you dissipate your anger, I'll tell you next time how I broke through the widow's door at night."
"I'll shoot you to death."
Li Yong threw a brick towards the person who had already run away, he was hurt by the liver of the bastard, and thought he was some kind of emotional expert, and he was a bastard who kicked the widow's door, Li Yong sat on the rocking chair in the courtyard and thought about Li Lizhen, who had not seen him for a long time, and the beautiful woman's eyes and smile seemed to be in front of him, Li Yong knew that he liked Li Lizhen, but the identities of the two were very different, not to mention that he had never seen Changsun Chong, but historically, Li Lizhen seemed to have a happy marriage after marrying Changsun Chong, Filial piety to the in-laws and the eldest grandson Chong Qinse and Ming, but what the bastard said of Gundam was right, Li Lizhi risked the danger to ask for help from herself, that is interesting to herself, can she give up her happiness? No, I have to grab it, so I got up and went back to the house to pick up a pen to reply to Li Liqing, the letter said that he already knew about this matter, so that she didn't have to worry too much, he would find a way to solve it, and then vaguely mentioned that he liked her, after Li Lizhen received Li Yong's reply, how could she not see the vague admiration in the letter, after knowing Li Yong's affection for herself, Li Li's delicate exposure made all the flowers dare not compete for beauty, at this moment after finally knowing Li Yong's mind, Li Lizhen's worries were finally relieved, She still thought that only she liked him, if this was the case, she could only promise her father and her childhood sweetheart's cousin, and now that she knew that he also liked herself, then she wanted Li Yong to be together again, but thinking of her identity and her father, she was very embarrassed, Chunlan looked at her master and smiled sadly for a while, very worried about what happened, but the master didn't speak, and it was not good to be a slave and maid.
"Chunlan, what if, I said if, I fell in love with Li Yong?"
When she heard the princess say that he liked the strange Li Yong in the valley, as the princess's personal maid, Chunlan didn't feel particularly strange, because at that time, she had already seen a clue, the princess had never had any man show such a smile, let alone be coquettish, Chunlan saw that Li Gongzi should also like the princess, otherwise how could the princess be laughing and sad.
"Your Highness, forgive the slave and maid for talking too much, I don't think Gongzi Li is worthy of you, Your Highness."
"Huh? How so? ”
"Li Gongzi came from an ordinary background, not to mention that the sage disagreed, and the ministers of the court and the central government would not agree, and in all aspects of knowledge, he was not as good as those officials and eunuchs in Chang'an City, let alone the eldest grandson."
After Li Lizhi listened to Chunlan's words, Liu Mei frowned and looked displeased, maybe the girl who belongs to her heart doesn't like others to say bad things about the person she likes, if it weren't for her cold personality, and Chunlan is her own personal maid, if she changed to another princess or prince, Chunlan would have been killed a long time ago, Li Lizhi waved her hand so that Chunlan didn't have to say any more, sat on the desk and asked Chunlan to grind for her, Li Lizhi thought about it, and still mustered up the courage to express his heart to Li Yong, hoping that he could not offend his father and eldest grandson's family. Find a way to solve this matter.