Great Tang princess

Chapter 819 Prince Candidates

As for his own image, Li Xian still had some doubts in his mind.

After all, beauty may vary, but ugliness is definitely the same.

It's just because the character is too lazy, so I don't bother to subtract.

Besides, in terms of status, I don't seem to need a particularly good image, not that necessary.

But in front of the children, Li Xian still didn't mind using himself as a negative example to educate them.

Not to mention, at least from this point of view, Li Xian has a good personality, at least he doesn't mind using self-deprecation as humor.

After hearing this, the children also smiled and agreed, promising not to become like their father.

"Grandpa, grandpa, will my aunt come to the banquet today on New Year's Eve?"

"I won't come today, but tomorrow the court will definitely be here." Li Xian replied with a smile.

Hearing that Li Yuechen was not coming, Li Qiule immediately drooped her face, with a disappointed expression: "Why doesn't my aunt come?"

"I invited her, but she said that she wants to stay in the princess mansion to accompany her two elder sisters and sister-in-law." Li Xian smiled and patted his daughter's head.

Although the children of their generation did not have too deep feelings for Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang.

However, after hearing the old man's answer, he still nodded in understanding to express his understanding.

They knew very well that the two princesses had lived with their aunt since they were young, and their relationship with each other was naturally very deep.

It's normal to want to spend time with them on New Year's Eve.

It's just a pity that I can't see my aunt for the first time this year, and I can't help feeling a little disappointed.

"What? You all only care about your aunt when you come back, and you don't want to accompany your mother and your grandfather?" Wei Lian'er raised her eyebrows and asked.

In any case, her child is not close to her, but closer to her husband's sister, which makes Wei Lian'er feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Xianhui immediately comforted her: "Don't think too much, Auntie. Of course, we come back to see the two adults first, and then we want to see my aunt."

Hearing her daughter's sensible comfort, Wei Lian'er felt a little better, but she still didn't recover completely.

In fact, she also knew that these children entered the military camp to study since they were young, and rarely met their families.

In my memory since I was a child, Li Yuechen is much more than my parents, so it is normal to be closer to her.

But this is again impossible.

Wei Lian'er naturally didn't want her children to go to the military camp to suffer, but at the same time, she had to admit that the children were indeed fundamentally different from the children of ordinary wealthy families after they returned.

This is enough to show that the education in the military camp must be fine, not to mention that the current royal family's policies are basically dominated by the eldest princess Li Yuechen.

Don't look at yourself as a queen, but Li Xian will definitely be the first to ask Li Yuechen about any important national affairs.

It's actually quite abnormal to say it, but the princess is the minister of the Ministry of War and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. She basically owns the whole country's army.

Not to mention that she still has a detached position in the army that is almost legendary. It can be said that if she wants to change the emperor, it is only a matter of one sentence.

So even Wei Lian'er didn't dare to say much about this kind of matter, for fear of making Li Yuechen unhappy.

He sighed helplessly, but in the end he didn't say anything, and continued to chat with the children.

Now Wei Lian'er doesn't care much about national affairs, she just wants to live a good life with Li Xian.

I will do my best to help him where I can. Anyway, the eldest princess will support him when the sky falls, so I don't need to worry about it myself.

Now that the family is happy and the children are growing up healthily, there are no other extravagant hopes.

So she chatted happily with the children.

The children are all in different places and have seen different environments and customs.

Moreover, in different units, the training they receive is also different, and these can be good talking points.

Besides, Wei Lian'er is still the queen, so you don't have to worry about leaking secrets when you talk to her about military affairs, so you can say whatever you want.

Li Xian was also very curious about the affairs in the military camp, and joined their conversation, asking all kinds of curious questions while twirling the health ball.

When talking about some interesting things, the children will take out corresponding photos to look at.

All of a sudden, laughter could be heard in Jixian Hall from time to time.

Once the chat is in, the time will pass very quickly, and before the reaction is over, it will be dusk.

……

At the gate of the palace at dusk, the soldiers who were standing guard raised their hands to salute when they saw the man coming on horseback.

"Your Highness!"

"En!" Li Chongrun jumped off the horse, handed the reins to a guard beside him, and walked into the palace by himself.

All the way to Jixian Temple, Sun Jingbang who was guarding the door saluted and said hello.

Before Li Chongrun went in, he could already hear faint laughter.

"Mother and Dad don't know, but now the military dogs in the northern military division have already started to breed with wolves."

"Oh? Isn't that more effective than our Yizhou military dogs?"

"More than that, this military dog ​​bred with a wolf is very smart, and it is tall and can run better... There are many advantages."

Li Chongrun was very familiar with this voice, it was his younger sister Li Xianhui.

At the beginning, he followed him to the northern military division. Among his brothers and sisters, he was the most familiar and closest to him.

After entering the hall, Li Xianhui immediately ran over: "Brother! I'm back!"

"Well, it's been a long time, but I've grown a lot taller." Li Chongrun raised his hand and touched his sister's head.

Li Xianhui slapped his hand away: "I'm already sixteen, I can't touch my head anymore!"

"You are also a younger sister at sixteen!" After speaking, Li Chongrun rubbed her head vigorously a few times, making her hair a bit messy.

In this regard, Li Xianhui felt helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

"Speaking of which, is Hou Chao okay?" Li Chongrun asked.

Since he returned to Dongdu, he hasn't been back to the barracks, but he hasn't forgotten his old subordinates.

When I have nothing to do, I will also exchange letters and the like.

"It's very good." When answering, Li Xianhui couldn't help but blush a little, and then added in a low voice, "Show courteousness in front of me all day..."

Li Chongrun patted her on the shoulder with a smile: "Well, I have been in the army all my life, if I meet the right one, I will probably get married."

"Oh?"

Hearing that his daughter might be in a relationship, Li Xian turned his head suddenly: "Why don't you tell me, who is this Hou Chao?"

The emperors of this era seldom call themselves Zhen in their daily life.

But once such a title is used, it means that this matter is not a discussion, but a notice.

Wei Lian'er next to her also had the same curious expression. Li Xianhui was her biological daughter, so she was naturally very concerned about this kind of thing.

And now Li Xianhui is 16 years old, even in the law after the reform, he has reached the age of marriage.

Seeing the two parents who became serious, Li Xianhui cast a disgusted look at his elder brother.

Li Chongfu and the others on the side all looked gossip and looked forward to it, as if they were ready to eat melons.

Li Chongrun explained with a smile: "He was a subordinate of the military sub-district at that time. During the war to recover Tubo, he followed Haier through life and death. He was an extremely reliable person! If Xianhui is interested, entrust him to him, and you can rest assured as a brother!"

"Wait, is your surname Hou?" Li Xian raised his eyebrows, "A member of Chen Guogong's clan back then?"

The Chen Guogong he was referring to was Hou Junji, the general of the Taizong Dynasty, who was later implicated in the case of Prince Li Chengqian's rebellion and was killed.

But Taizong Nianqi was a meritorious person, he did not kill his wife and children, and still left his portrait in Lingyan Pavilion.

Li Chongrun nodded slightly: "It's a nephew of the same clan."

Li Xian didn't say much about this.

Although Hou Junji did rebel against him back then, he was still a loyal minister who left his name in Lingyan Pavilion.

What's more, he is just a member of his clan, not a direct nephew, so he doesn't need to care so much.

He just turned his head and said to his daughter: "Well, you are sixteen now. If you are really interested in her, it's fine..."

"Oh, grandpa, don't bother with this matter, let the child handle it by himself." Li Xianhui was a little embarrassed by the words.

"Hahaha..." Li Xian laughed twice, "Okay, okay, I don't care about it for my father. But Hui'er, please pay attention, before getting married, don't go too far..."

Li Xianhui quickly waved her hand: "Okay, okay, my child understands."

Sex knowledge is included in the education of these children in the military academy, and there is still a sense of proportion in this regard.

"Speaking of which, I heard that elder brother is getting married soon?" Li Xianhui shifted the focus of the topic to elder brother.

"Well, after the Chinese New Year, you get married on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, and you haven't returned by then, so you should be able to catch up." Li Chongrun nodded and said.

The other brothers and sisters were about to ask for details, but were interrupted by Li Xian.

"Speaking of which, I called you back this year to talk about this matter."

At this time, Li Xian's expression was more serious, and he put down the health ball in his hand: "If you want the crown prince, you can fight for it, but in order to avoid blood relatives killing each other in the future..."

With a serious expression, he said again forcefully what he said to Li Chongrun at that time.

Today's children are also very smart, so they can naturally understand the meaning.

To put it bluntly, it is okay to want to be a prince, but the competition must be placed on the bright side.You can't be bewitched by outsiders, and you can't kill each other by blood.

Regardless of the final outcome, a family is still a family.

It stands to reason that this is a very sensitive topic, but just after Li Xian finished speaking, Li Chongfu said: "My child quit, I am not interested in being a prince!"

"Oh? Why?" Li Xian stared into his eyes and asked, as if he wanted to find out his true thoughts through his eyes.

Li Chongfu replied: "Prince, one day I will become the emperor. But being an emperor is very tiring. I have to read a lot of memorials every day, and I have to fight wits with the ministers... Grandpa is also very tired, right?"

"Who said it wasn't!" Li Xian nodded, with a painful look on his face, "I didn't want to sit on this dragon chair at the beginning, if it wasn't for..."

"Ahem!" Wei Lian'er coughed hard twice, "Your Majesty, I'm digressing!"

Li Xian, who realized that he had lost his composure, quickly recovered his previous expression: "Well, since that's the case, what do you plan to do in the future?"

"My aunt said that the child is suitable for sitting in the dark, so why not help Auntie in the dark guard in the future." Li Chongfu replied.

Hearing this answer, Wei Lian'er froze for a moment, then nodded: "That's fine!"

Although she has no objection to these two children, they are not biological after all.

People's hearts tend to be long, and he is willing to withdraw from the competition for the crown prince, which is naturally the best.

As a queen, of course Wei Lian'er still hopes that her child can become a prince.

"What about you?" Li Xian turned his head and asked Li Chongjun.

Seeing that the topic came to him, Li Chongjun thought for a while, and then said: "My aunt said that my reaction and eyesight are good, and I can be a pilot. And I will form an air force in the future. My boy thinks that I am more suitable to stay in the army... "

Li Chongjun's personality is relatively introverted, and he doesn't like to communicate with people very much.

He himself knew that he was not made to be a prince, so he simply made it clear today that he didn't want to be a prince either.

Neither of the two non-biological children wanted to be the crown prince, Wei Lian'er was relieved, and then looked at the two daughters.

At this time, she was a little nervous, because these two daughters were her own.

The most important thing is that there is already a record of the female emperor, in case the two of them are interested in it...

Wei Lian'er really didn't want to see her children fighting each other for the dragon chair, even though Li Xian just said that the competition should be put on the bright side.

But after all, it is said so, since ancient times, there has been no such example, and no one can guarantee whether the situation will develop as expected.

Since ancient times, the most ruthless emperor's family, if the blood fraternity starts again, that's not what Wei Lian'er, a mother, would like to see.

"Aniang, don't look at me like that!" Li Xianhui shook her head, "It's good to be in the army every day, I don't want to be an emperor."

"Why?"

Li Xianhui smiled and said: "In the army, everything is planned. When to wake up in the morning and when to go to bed at night. What should you do every day...just follow the plan...but if you become a prince, you will definitely I don’t have so many explicit plans, and I think about many things by myself, which is very troublesome.”

"That's right!" Li Qiule, the youngest, also said, "Being a prince, you can't shoot guns, fire cannons, or throw grenades...it's so boring! I'm waiting in the army, I have nothing to do on weekdays, and I can go hunting in the mountains , Go down to the river to catch fish... If you become the crown prince, you may not be able to go out to play once a month."

After listening to the children's answers, Li Xian raised his head and looked at his eldest son, Li Chongrun.

Li Chongrun grinned: "If the boy answers, I don't want to be one, so how about Grandpa?"

Li Xian really didn't expect him to say that, he froze in place, his eyes wide open.

Wei Lian'er was the first to react: "Nonsense! You are the eldest son, how can you..."

"That's right, I'm the eldest son, I have to take care of my younger siblings...then since they're all wrong, then I'm the only one left." Li Chongrun spread his hands and replied.

If there is a choice, it is of course not the best.

But there is no way, the content of the first class that year has been firmly memorized in my mind, that is the responsibility of being a royal family!Li Chongrun was talking to himself secretly.

　Thank you [Mercury's Masked Superman] for rewarding 500 starting coins!
　　Thank you [Twilight] for rewarding 500 starting coins!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)