Li Shimin hasn't gone back to the harem to rest for a few days, and because there are more things at the end of the year, he has been resting in the Ganlu Hall these days.

Today, everything is done, and I am ready to go back to the harem, the first stop is, of course, the Lizheng Palace, to see the eldest grandson queen, and to see my two little baby daughters.

Li Shimin generally does not report when he enters the Lizheng Palace, and before he enters the main hall, Li Shimin finds that something is wrong, it is too quiet, so he asks the maid of the Lizheng Palace.

"Isn't the queen in the palace?"

"Back to the saint, the queen mother and the two princesses are now in the side hall."

"Side hall?"

Li Shimin was puzzled, how cold it was in the side hall at this time, and the cold was also a reason why he didn't return to the harem, and there was a warm pavilion in the Ganlu Palace.

Li Shimin followed the maidservant to the side hall and heard the frolicking sound of the two princesses inside. Li Shimin pushed the door in, and felt a wave of heat coming.

I saw two little princesses playing in the house in their robes.

"Erlang, come in." Empress Changsun saw Li Shimin and hurriedly pulled him in. Close the door to help Li Shimin change clothes.

Li Shimin felt that the room was surprisingly hot. So he asked:

"Guanyin, why is this room so warm."

"Erlang, this is all the credit of Shen'er, the day before yesterday, Shen'er took the craftsman to renovate this side hall, saying that it was a temporary winter, and the spring flowers will bloom next year."

As he spoke, he pulled Li Shimin to sit on the kang.

"This..."Li Shimin just sat down and found that it was hot underneath.

"This Shen'er is called Kang, and he makes a fire outside, which is similar to the warm pavilion." Empress Changsun explained to Li Shimin.

"It's called the Earth Dragon over there, and it's the same." Empress Eldest Sun said again.

"Isn't that the case with the old ten mansions?" Li Shimin asked.

Shen'er said that it was almost the same, but it was too cold in winter now and needed to be done again next year. Shen'er is benevolent and filial, and the day before yesterday, I went to the Daji Hall and saw the concubine and Meng Jiang freezing on the fire.

So I immediately called a craftsman to renovate, and I also borrowed the light of the concubine. ”

"Well, this is good, Lao Shi is indeed stronger in filial piety. It would have been better if he had caused me less trouble. ”

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Hundred Cavalry Division." Ang Lee's voice rang out outside.

Li Shimin's first thought was that it must have something to do with his son, so he couldn't help but chatter.

Li Shimin opened the door and asked

"What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the news from the Northwest Hundred Cavalry Division that the caravan of King Ji's Mansion has brought back six or seven hundred carts of grain and salt. It is said that it was exchanged from Tibet.

Our people found a lot of corpses hundreds of miles from the checkpoint, all buried in the snow. It is estimated that there are two or three thousand people. Li An reported in a low voice, afraid that Empress Eldest Sun would hear it.

"Hmph, I also called from Tubo, Tubo now lacks anyone who can exchange it for him, it must have been smuggled by the family and robbed by the guards in his house. Let the hundred horsemen always pay attention to the movement of the pass,"

Li Shimin scoffed at this excuse, but he didn't care, anyway, he dealt with the family.

Li An took the order to go down, and Li Shimin closed the door.

"Hmph, just said something, and it caused me trouble again."

"Erlang, what did Shen'er do to make you angry?" Empress Eldest Sun said soothingly

"Grab other people's things, Guanyin don't ask, I'm hungry, let's get ready for dinner."

"Huh? Oh good, the concubine will arrange it. ”

After Empress Changsun went out, Li Shimin said to himself

"Six or seven hundred carts, at most five thousand stone grain, a little less."

At this moment, Li Shen is taking Lu Dingniang to skate at the manor by the Zhuan River. His fish pond was frozen.

A natural skating rink was formed, and Li Shen made a few ice cars and took a few people to run around in the fish pond, followed by four puppies.

These four puppies are named Li Shen, the eldest and the second, the third and the fourth, which is convenient and easy to remember. This made the women complain,

Under the condition that Li Shen feeds meat every day, he has grown up a lot, and chased after Li Shen's ice car.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun, slow down, don't fall on me. l”

Lu Dingniang said scaredly.

"Don't worry, it won't." Li Shen said while pushing behind,

"Lord Wang, there is urgent news in the northwest."

"What news." Li Shen turned his head and glanced at Wang Xuance on the shore.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun," "Bang" Lu Dingniang crashed into the snowdrift.

"Uh......" Li Shen was speechless

"Lord Wang, urgent news has just come back from the northwest, and it seems that a third force is sending grain to Tubo."

Li Shen came to the shore, and Wang Xuance took out the note.

"A third force?" Li Shen took the note and read it.

The simple thing is that after they intercepted a team of the family and a few small caravans, they recently intercepted a number of large caravans.

But after the battle, it turned out that it was not a family, nor was it a merchant. Exactly who is unidentified.

They are better equipped than the Maisons, but in smaller quantities than the Maisons.

"This is strange, is there still a force in our Datang that we don't know about? Xuan Ce, immediately send someone to check, I think these goods are definitely not from the border city, to check their source, you should be able to find out which force they are. ”

"It's the prince, then are we going to rob them?" Without knowing the details of the other party, Wang Xuance felt that it was best not to act rashly.

"Why not, is what this king said a fart? I said that if I sanctioned Tibet, no one would be allowed to transport it over, and I would investigate the names of the caravans transporting the supplies, and if it was the Chamber of Commerce, I would be expelled immediately. ”

The members of the Chamber of Commerce dare to go against their will, so what's the use of leaving you.

"Yes, lord."

Wang Xuance took the order and left,

When Li Shen walked back, he saw Lu Dingniang looking at him angrily. Li Shen pretended to have an innocent expression,

"Oh, what's the matter, who provoked the princess of this king," coaxing the child Li Shen still has a hand.

On the same day, Li Shen also asked people to dig an ice hole and catch a few fish. Brought back to the palace and had a good whole fish feast.

"Lord Wang, the envoy of Tibet, Sangyang Dunne asks to see you."

"Didn't you see that this king was eating, let him wait?" Li Shen was very unhappy.

Li Shen ate and drank tea for a while, and then came to the front hall.

Sangyang Dunne knew that Li Shen was deliberately hanging him, but today he came to ask someone to do something, and he still had to bow his head when he should bow his head.

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Ji." Seeing Li Shen coming, Sangyang Dunne stood up and saluted.

"Well, I don't know what is the matter with your envoy coming to this king, you should know what should be discussed with Honglu Temple, it is not in accordance with the rules to come to this king."

Li Shen sat down and said expressionlessly.

"This matter can only be discussed with His Royal Highness King Ji,"

"Then let's be straightforward, this king's time is precious."

"I hope that His Royal Highness King Ji can open up trade with my Tibet, and release Gar Chizheng Zandro."

"Why?" Li Shen's tone was equally emotionless.

"We have been friends with the Tang Dynasty for generations, and King Ji has hurt the relationship between the two countries by doing so. If this incident leads to a war between the two countries, I am afraid that the prince will not be able to afford it. Sanyang Donne's tone was serious.

"Don't worry, there are people above this king, and they can afford it."