The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 29 Xuan Mingde and Li Chengqian

Carefully took out the jerky hidden in his bosom, and secretly began to eat it.

Sitting behind Xuan Shijing, Qin Qiong looked at his nose and mouth, seeing Xuan Shijing stealing food, there was no expression on his face.

The eyes of His Majesty Li Er sitting at the top are so sharp. From his point of view, Xuan Shijing is a white melon in the basket of eggplants. His Majesty Li Er noticed it when he moved a little.

Resisting the smile on his face, His Majesty Li Er coughed lightly, and said loudly: "My dear friends, since the Ding Ding of the Tang Dynasty, we have gone through ups and downs and experienced ups and downs. Overcoming the thorns and thorns, this is the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty today. It is not due to me alone, and you are also indispensable. In the days to come, I still hope that you will join me, and the monarchs and ministers will work together to protect this land. Hard-won stability."

"I will obey the order." All civil and military officials bowed down in unison.

Seeing everyone prostrating to the ground, Xuan Shijing hurriedly followed suit and put the jerky in his hand back into his bosom.

"This morning's court meeting, let's stop here, Deyi, order Shangshi Bureau to hold a banquet." Li Shimin ordered.

"No." Deyi replied with a bow, and then told the little yellow gate next to him to go to the Shangshi Bureau to convey His Majesty's will.

The banquet of the Grand Court Meeting was held in the Chengtian Hall, without it, it was just spacious. His Majesty Li Er led a group of civil servants and generals, and moved to the Chengtian Hall. He specially asked Li Chengqian to take good care of Xuan Shijing on the way.

Li Chengqian led Xuan Shijing's little hand, and led him to walk behind His Majesty Li Er. Xuan Shijing couldn't understand why Li Chengqian seemed to be so kind to him, but Li Tai's attitude towards him was completely different. different?As for the other princes, Xuan Shijing has not been in contact with them yet.

At the banquet, Xuan Shijing was also arranged by Li Shimin to sit at the same table with Li Chengqian, but it was convenient for Xuan Shijing, so he just asked Li Chengqian to see what he had to say.

"Your Highness, why does His Highness King Wei seem to dislike me so much?" Xuan Shijing raised his head and looked at Li Chengqian who was sitting beside him.

"Brother Shijing, this palace doesn't quite understand, maybe it's because of Uncle Mingde." Li Chengqian said, then picked up a glass of wine, drank it down, and then said: "My second brother, Wen Tao Martial strategy is actually not inferior to me, but in that matter back then, it was a bit too narrow."

"Is he treating me like this because of my father?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Maybe it is. This thing has to start with the battle in the fourth year of Wude. At that time, the father and Dou Jiande's [-] troops confronted Hulao Pass. At that time, the father had only [-] forward cavalry. At that time, my mother and I were still fighting against Hulao Pass." All the Qingques were in my father's army. That night, my father entrusted me and Qingque to Uncle Mingde, and asked him to lead a team of people to escort us back to Chang'an, but my mother stayed firmly by my father's side. In the end, Uncle Mingde took me and Qingque to Chang'an overnight, but was besieged by Dou Jiande's army on the way. At that time, Uncle Mingde fought hard with the team of soldiers, and Qingque and I were on the carriage. Although my uncle is very skilled in martial arts, he is hard to beat with two fists and four hands. Sometimes, the carriage was surrounded by Dou Jiande's soldiers. Before leaving, my mother told me that I should protect my younger brother. In order to lure Dou Jiande's soldiers away, I jumped out of the carriage by myself, and Uncle Mingde would protect me and fight against them at the same time. At that time, I clearly saw that Uncle Mingde had suffered serious injuries, and blood was profusely oozing out. , It all dripped onto my hand." At this point, Li Chengqian held the wine glass tightly with his hand, and the knuckles of his fingers turned white due to excessive force. After calming down, Li Chengqian continued to say: "In an emergency, , Uncle Mingde's subordinates surrounded me and Uncle Mingde, let us ride away first."

"Is it because my father took His Royal Highness away and left King Wei in the carriage?" Xuan Shijing said.

Li Chengqian nodded: "When I got out of the carriage, Dou Jiande's soldiers all came towards me, and they didn't surround the carriage at all, so they definitely didn't know that there were green sparrows in the carriage. Uncle Mingde took me to ride The horse galloped all the way, and didn't dare to turn back to check until night, the team that escorted us had all been killed, and Uncle Mingde and I found the sleeping green bird in the nearby grass... "

"It turns out that His Royal Highness King Wei must have resented my father in his heart." Xuan Shijing said.

Li Chengqian sighed: "It's no wonder Uncle Mingde, the situation was critical at that time, and he had no choice but to take it as a last resort, but taking a step back, Qingque was very pitiful. He was so young at that time, and he was alone in fear, hiding in the grass .”

Xuan Shijing stared at Li Chengqian in a daze, is this the moody Li Chengqian in history who had a back-and-forth with Yixin?no!The teenage boy in front of him is nothing more than an older brother who has a younger brother in his heart.

"Brother Shijing, don't blame Qingque, he..." Li Chengqian hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry, Your Royal Highness, I don't mean to blame His Highness King Wei, I just feel a little curious." Xuan Shijing said, but he knew it in his heart. It turned out that Li Tai didn't like him because of Xuan Mingde. No wonder, no wonder Li Chengqian lost the prince's seat and it was not his turn.

Xuan Shijing was thinking about Li Tai, but heard His Majesty Li Er calling himself.

"Shijing."

"The minister is here." Xuan Shijing quickly stood up and responded.

"Jing'er, you see, you are four years old after the new year, and it's time to enter school. I know you have spent some time at home, but without a husband to teach you, it will be difficult to become a great talent after all. , you come to the palace, and let the master test your schoolwork to see if it is suitable for you to go to the Hongwen Museum with Chengqian and the others, or to go to a private school with the pheasant slaves, and the method of using punctuation marks in the book you wrote I have studied it with several respectable gentlemen, it is very feasible, it is considered a great achievement, tell me, what reward do you want." His Majesty Li Er looked at Xuan Shijing and said with a smile.

Xuan Shijing smiled, showing two rows of white teeth: "If Your Majesty wants to reward me, hehe, why don't you reward me with more pocket money."

"Sweet and sweeping the floor, have you lost money, kid?" His Majesty Li Er finally said what he wanted to say to Xuan Shijing: "I know those yellow and white things, it's simply shameful."

Xuan Shijing's heart is full of bullshit, Your Majesty, take the yellow and white thing you said and humiliate me severely, the Hou family is poor.

"That's all." His Majesty Li Er waved his hand, feeling that he was not worthy of being angry with a brat, and said, "I reward you with five hundred copper coins and thirty pieces of brocade."

"No more?" Xuan Shijing stretched his neck and waited for His Majesty Li Er's next words.

"Huh? Is there any more?" His Majesty Li Er looked at Xuan Shijing with a smile.

"No, I thanked your Majesty, long live, long live, long live, long live." Xuan Shijing hurriedly thanked him, although the reward was not very generous, but at least he saw the money back, and as for the matter of going to the palace to study in the first month, then It was automatically ignored by Xuan Shijing.

(End of this chapter)