The Journey of Two Worlds
chapter 11

Chapter 11 – Family Dinner

Utilizing the coolness of the morning, Li Yin and Tong Nian discussed some details of the cooperation, and handed him a list of spices.

Tong Nian took the list and left satisfied. In his heart, he laughed at Wang Anzhi a few times, thinking that he was short-sighted and difficult to become a big player.

Right after Tong Qianqian left, Li Ke arrived at the Prince Liang's Residence and brought news that made Li Yin feel uneasy. Li Shimin held a family banquet at Taiji Palace tonight, and all the princes and princesses must attend.

To be honest, Li Yin was very unwilling to see Li Shimin, a stingy father, because the shadow Li Shimin had left in his memory was too fierce, which made him a little afraid.

The emperor's orders were hard to break, and Li Min wanted to go home, so she had to dress up neatly and go with Li Ke. Before leaving, he had Butler Jin make two new pots of liquor, and Li Ke went to Consort Yang's Ziyun Pavilion first.

"The sixth male sister has made a lot of money recently!" In the carriage, Li Ke's expression was insane.

Li Yan was extremely wary, "Third brother, what do you mean by that?"

“Hey, just ask me. Among the princes, I fear that the sixth brother is the richest. We are all very poor. Just take me as an example. Even eating meat depends on whether the expenditure in the palace is enough.” Li Ke shook his head. Sighing, he looked at Li Yin's expression with his eyes.

Li Yin finally understood that Li Ke was a drunk who was more concerned with money in his pocket than drinking, and opening the curtains, Li Yin looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees, “Third sister, I was not, the weather is good today, there are no clouds in the sky! “

Li Ke had black stripes all over his head. It was now clearly covered in dark clouds, and it seemed like it was about to rain. How could there be no clouds in the sky? This kid is clearly changing the topic.

From the Prince Liang Residence to the Ziyun Pavilion, Li Ke used various means of crying over poverty along the way, but Li Min was indifferent. In the end, he simply tore Grandma Lang's clothes off completely, and scolded the iron god Li Min for being so stubborn that he was pointlessly lifted up.

Li Yin was depressed, when did she raise him.

Arriving at the Ziyun Pavilion, Li Ke became more energetic. In front of Consort Yang, he loudly accused Li Min of being rich and unkind, and showing no brotherhood, with snot and tears.

Concubine Yang looked at the joke with a smile, her two sons were her favorites, and she also heard about Li Yin selling shampoo in Chang'an City. As an official, Li Ke spent a lot of money. He persuaded: “Min'er, your brother has a lot of entertainment, so I will lend him money for a turnover. I will ask him to write IOU, and my mother will be his guarantee.”

Concubine Yang said that she had borrowed it, and Li Yin had no other choice. Seeing Li Ke succeeding in the plot and continuing to laugh, he wanted to cry, so he had to accept the five thousand taels white paper money and have Li Ke go to Liang Palace to pull it. Only about 30,000 taels of silver, which was truly heartbreaking.

The night was dim, and a family banquet was held in the Baifu Hall. The concubines, princes and princesses were all present. Li Yin and Li Ke accompanied Consort Yang to the hall and parted ways. They all had their own seats and had to sit according to palace etiquette.

The princes arrived one after another. Everyone greeted each other after meeting each other. Of course, Li Yin was no exception. He greeted Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li You and the other characters recorded in the history books one by one.

Based on age, Li Yin sat in sixth position, everyone took their seats, and Li Shimin walked to Baifu Hall accompanied by Empress Changsun.

“I saw my father and mother, may my father live a long and long life! My mother, a thousand years and a thousand years!” Li Yin peeked at Li Shimin. Now Li Shimin was a little fat, but the lines on his face were still firm. In every word and deed, it was difficult to hide the spirit of the strong soldiers.

Looking at the house filled with children, Li Shimin could not hide the excitement in his eyes, "Emperor, let's all calm down!"

"Thank you dad!".

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat in the main seat, and said with a smile, “Today is a family banquet, so don't be held back, let's start!”

As Li Shimin's voice fell, the clock bell rang, and the singer in a long red dress flowed in from outside the hall, dancing lightly, and Baifu Hall became noisy.

There was a rectangular wooden table in front of Li Yin, where there were quality dishes and wine prepared by the Imperial Dining Room, one serving for each person, each of whom had their own food, and one serving for each person, which reminded Li Yin of the buffet plate.

Seeing the dazzling dances of the beautiful women in the palace, listening to the classical and elegant ensemble of bells and bells, and tasting the delicious food in the palace, Li Yin felt at ease, she said, and his initial rejection of the family banquet gradually disappeared.

Toast a glass of wine to Li Shimin, the prince and princess started eating, drinking, and having fun at will. Several princesses and young princes went back and forth between the banquets.

"Six Brother!" A cheerful shout sounded, but Sizi was running. The little girl was holding the half-eaten chicken leg in her hand, and her mouth was shiny as she ate it.

Behind him was a little prince who was four or five years older than him. Li Yin knew that it was Li Zhi, the ninth prince without looking. Between them, the relationship of the two was the best, and was basically inseparable.

When he returned to the lake last time, Li Yin only told half of the story. The little girl was still thinking about it. When he saw Li Yin, he immediately remembered her.

Sizi wanted Li Yin to tell her a story, but suddenly saw two bottles of white porcelain on Li Yin's table, took one and held it in her arms, "Sixth brother, what is this!" The little girl's eyes widened.

Li You, who was closest to Li Yin, noticed the two white porcelain pots on Li Yin's table from the start, and now she also sharpened her ears.

Li Yan pinched Sizi's face lovingly, "This baijiu, Brother Six will give it to the emperor to drink."

"I'll give it to my father!"

After all, Sizi was a child at heart, and ran towards Li Shimin with an urn in her hand. It was too late for Li Shimin to stop him. He wanted to send it to Li Shimin after the banquet, to mend their relationship. Understood.

Li Shimin had always thought of Sizi as the seed of his eye, and when he saw the little girl running, he hugged her, "What is in Sizi's hand?"

"Sixth brother said it was wine for his father!"

"Oh?" Li Shimin glanced at the slightly embarrassed Li Min, and was a little surprised. This brat, as Consort Yang and Empress Changsun had said, had really changed quite a bit. He opened the pitcher and smelled it, and a strong wine scent shot out from his nostrils. Come on, Li Shimin refreshed for a moment. In the days of gold and iron horses, he loved wine like any other warrior. He knew that this was not unusual at all.

Pouring the glass, the wine in the glass was pure and colorless, without the slightest hint of turbidity, he picked it up and took a sip, his mouth full of fragrance, it was spicy, it was not at all soft and weak like ordinary wine.

“Good egg!” Li Shimin poured down a glass, and could not help but shout, which attracted everyone's attention, and Baifu Hall fell silent for a while.

Waving his hands to tell the dancers to stop singing and dancing, Li Shimin looked at Li Yin and said, "Lao Liu, where did you get this wine from?"

Li Yin originally wanted to be a humble person, but was simply wasting time being bullied by Sizi. He stood up and said, “I want to report to my father, when I was in Xiangzhou, I got a copy of “Ensiklopedia” from a distraught scholar. Scholars say that this “Ensiklopedia” records the development method of many things. Erchen bought it out of curiosity, but after reading it, he thought it was absurd and threw away the book. I tried it, but I never thought that the baijiu mentioned in this book has grown.”

""Encyclopedics"? What a strange name! But there are a lot of strange people and books in this world, and this is your chance to meet them. Unfortunately, you're usually stubborn and ignorant, so you didn't know it was a treasure, so you threw it away!” Li Shimin said in a sorry tone.

Li Yin lowered her head and remained silent. There was no "Encyclopedia", he made up for, otherwise, how he should explain his outrageous behavior in the future.

Li Shimin did not continue to blame Li Yin, but took a glass of wine from the urn and drank it. Li Yin sighed in relief and sat down to eat.

The family banquet lasted for an hour before it ended. This was the first time Li Shimin had drunk such good wine, he could not control it for a while, and he was a little drunk. When Empress Changsun helped Li Shimin back, she looked at Li Yin with a reproachful look.

The family banquet was over, the princes with the palace returned to the palace, and the princes and princesses without the palace returned to the palace with their respective mothers and concubines. Li Ke and Li Yin greeted Consort Yang, then left together.

In the middle of the road, there was a speck of rain outside the car, and the hot air became cold. Li Ke looked at Li Yin and suddenly said: "Lao Liu, it looks like you will make a lot more money."

Li Yin does not need to hide anything from his own brother, “I have no official position in court, and when I do nothing, I do nothing, I just rely on making a few gadgets to earn money and spend it. ”

“It's fine too. Your temperament dominates. You don't know how many people you'll hurt if you're an official in court. Better to be a happy prince who does not care about world affairs and enjoys the glory of a lifetime.”

Li Yin was a bit strange, and did not understand why Li Ke was expressing such emotions, "Third brother, what's wrong with you, why are you saying that."

Li Ke was a little depressed. In the past few days, he had failed to recommend some talents to the court, which made him aware of something. I never thought of contesting the throne, but as an official in court, I still felt a bit of resistance, and I always felt that some people were watching my every move.”

While in a modern old house, Li Min specifically consulted the history of the Tang Dynasty. The records in the history books all praised Li Ke, thinking that if Li Shimin chose Li Ke to succeed him, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty would continue, and that would not happen. The incident of the chaos of Wu Zetian's reign was only one thing, as Li Ke said, he was the blood of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and those ministers did not allow him to ascend the throne. He had no intention of fighting for backup, he only wanted to do his part for the Great Tang, and the third was Changsun Wuji's growing power in the court, he would not let Li Ke and Li Yin threaten Li Chengqian, This was also the reason why he was suppressing Li Ke everywhere, lest he have too much influence in court.

“The tree wants to calm down but the wind does not stop. Brother Wang has to show internally and externally that he has no intentions in the Eastern Palace, so that he can protect himself wisely and avoid being framed by criminals like Changsun Wuji.” Said Li Yin pretending to be relaxed.

Li Ke was startled, he did not expect Li Yin to be the person behind the scenes trapping him, which made him even more confused with this younger brother.

Back at Liang Palace, Li Yin thought hard. Although many events in the history books had yet to happen, he had to plan ahead. Now that he's here, let the historical butterfly change its flight path.

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seriate....