Li Shimin

Chapter 457 The return of Li Jing and others
"My lord, a team of imperial guards led by Li Tong is here!"

At noon, Li Chang came in to report to Li Xuan.

"What is Li Wei doing here?"

Li Xuan was a little curious.

"Back to Your Majesty, you promised His Majesty yesterday that you would sell His Majesty five hundred bottles of liquor!"

Li Chang glanced at Li Xuan secretly, and said cautiously.

Li Xuan slapped his head, and then remembered the bold words he said after drinking too much yesterday, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

However, it was only five hundred bottles of liquor!

"Five hundred bottles of baijiu are worth Li Wei coming in person? Bring Li Wei to the brewery and fill them directly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Chang hastily clapped his hands in response.

Soon, Li Chang brought Li Wei, followed by a team of guards and five carriages, to the gate of the brewery.

"Li Wei met His Royal Highness King Jin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Okay, no need to be polite!"

Li Xuan waved his hand casually, and asked Li Wei directly, "Where's the money?"

"money?"

Li Wei was startled for a moment, and then reacted.

"The money is in the car, wait a moment, Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly walked to the first carriage and ordered the guards to move out the two boxes of money inside.

"My lord, these two boxes are five hundred guan!"

"Ok!"

Seeing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"Li Chang, fill them with wine!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Chang responded, and hurried into the brewery.

Soon, craftsmen came out of the brewery one by one, holding boxes of liquor in their hands, and handed them to Li Wei.

Each wooden box contained ten bottles of liquor, and each was wrapped in linen to prevent collisions.

The [-] bottles of liquor were transported to the carriage brought by Li Wei after being inspected one by one by Li Wei in a short time.

"Thank you, my lord, I will leave now, my villain!"

"Still leaving, waiting for this king to send you off?"

For some reason, seeing Li Wei's mean look, Li Xuan wanted to curse.

"hey-hey……"

Seeing this, Li Wei didn't dare to stay in front of Li Xuan any longer, and hurriedly drove five carriages to Chang'an.

Along the way, the guards were strict and cautious, for fear of any accidents.

In Li Family Manor, Li Chengqian, Li Chongyi and others did not dare to hang around in front of Li Xuan.A group of people, holding a book, wandered around Li's village one by one, and recorded them one by one, and wrote down everything they felt they needed in their own village, and then arranged for people to build it!
But I don't know, Li Xuan is not so depressed.

However, it was only [-] bottles of liquor.

A hundred shi of grain can be brewed.

But now, the most important thing in Lijiazhuang is food!
Four days later!
Outside the city of Chang'an, Li Jing, Li Daozong, Xu Shiji and other generals of the Tang Dynasty returned in mighty form with an army of [-].

Although there were [-] troops when we went there, except for the [-] who were drawn from the Twelve Guards of Chang'an, the others were recruited from various Zhechong prefectures.

Twenty thousand elite soldiers were left in Turkic to guard those Turkic captives.

The remaining [-] will be returned to their hometowns by their respective lieutenants, leading two generals from each Zhechong Mansion.

Come out of the autumn harvest, and return triumphantly before the spring plowing.

After half a month's rest, you can start preparing for spring plowing, so that the war without delaying the farming season will be very satisfied with the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin brought Li Chengqian, Fang Xuanling and other courtiers to greet him outside the Mingde Gate of Chang'an City.

And Li Chongyi, Li Baoding and others also sneakily stood in the crowd, joining in the fun.

Only Cheng Chusi and Yuchi Baolin looked at the generals with eyes full of light, but at the same time they were anxious, their faces were bitter, and they felt their butts were already hurting.

Sure enough, at night, as soon as the two returned, they let out a miserable howl.

It lasted for half an hour before he stopped weakly.

Li Xuan didn't know about all this.

Li Shimin will host a banquet for civil and military officials in Weiyang Palace to celebrate the pacification of the Turks and the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, what interested Li Xuan the most was that Turkic Khan would dance for Li Shimin in public.

Since Li Xuan has already agreed to such an interesting event, he will not be absent.

However, what made Li Xuan's face full of depression again was that he needed to wear royal clothes because he was going to the palace or to attend the state banquet.Under Li Chang's supervision, Li Xuan was tossed about for half an hour by several older maidservants before he put on the king's clothes.

Wearing a very heavy crown on the head, wearing a purple big Ke Lingluo prince costume, tied with a gold jade belt, and thirteen hairpins.

Afterwards, Ma Xi led two hundred personal guards in front, and in the middle was a guard of honor holding placards, Li Xuan's carriage was in the middle, and at the end was Xue Rengui, holding a gleaming horse lance, leading the two hundred Jin prince's personal guards, followed closely thereafter.

In a mighty way, he entered Mingde Gate, walked along Zhuque Avenue, and headed for the imperial palace.

On the way, occasionally you can meet some dukes and nobles who also set up guards of honor and headed for the palace.

However, when these nobles saw Li Xuan's honorary guard, they subconsciously avoided to the sides.

By the time Li Xuan came to Weiyang Palace, more than half of the hall had already been seated.

Both sides are full of officials with large purple silk, red small silk, yellow silk or miscellaneous small silk, but one side looks handsome, and the other looks rough and fierce.

With just one glance, one can tell which side is the civil servant and which side is the general.

And in some corners, you can still see some foreign envoys in weird clothes.

Seeing Li Xuan, everyone hurriedly saluted.

Led by the servant, Li Xuan walked all the way forward and sat in the second row in the middle, with only two dragon chairs above it, which should be the seats of Li Shimin and the old man.

On one side, on both sides of the surrounding area, there were also some princes and county kings who also wore crowns on their heads, wore purple silk, and tied gold and jade belts.

Many, Li Xuan just looked familiar, but didn't know each other.

The only thing that comforted Li Xuan was that the one next to him on the right was Li Chengqian.

On the side, there are a few little kids he doesn't know, they should be his cheap brothers.

Li Yuanchang?
Suddenly, seeing a somewhat familiar kid staring at him, Li Xuan couldn't help grinning, and smiled at him, but Li Yuanchang trembled in fright.

Seeing this, Li Xuan's expression froze.

On the side, Li Chengqian was also stunned, and quickly explained: "Uncle Jin, Uncle Lu just came out of grounding!"

"I see!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, so that little brat was afraid of him!

Afterwards, Li Xuan ignored it and began to raise his head, looking around curiously.

Weiyang Palace has a huge area. According to his estimation, this kind of hall occupies at least three acres, and there are four hundred seats in it, and a bottle of white wine is placed on each table.

Many officials stared at the liquor with glowing eyes.

No wonder, Li Shimin will hold a banquet here, and it can accommodate so many people at one time. It is estimated that there are not many people in the whole palace.

Moreover, with so many important ministers and honorable officials, plus those stationed in various places, how many important officials under Li Shimin are there...

Li Xuan's eyes were blank, and he couldn't help but start thinking wildly.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian at the side didn't dare to disturb him.

After Li Xuan came back to his senses, the banquet had already begun, and in the center of the hall, there were already two teams of maikos dancing gracefully, with light and tender gestures.

After a while, a group of female generals in golden armor walked in from outside, beating the golden drum.The whole team circled from left to right, leaning first and back, flexing and stretching staggeredly, like a fish-like goose stork, dancing gracefully, with vigorous and powerful movements, looking at Li Xuan with doubts on his face.

I couldn't help but look at Li Chengqian who was on the side, and asked, "What is this?"

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(End of this chapter)