Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 249 Li Ke's Pressure

The beds and quilts in the palace were all prepared according to the standards of the palace, so Gao Ming didn't recognize the bed, and he was tired after riding in the carriage for a long time during the day, so he slept until dawn.

After Gao Ming opened his eyes, the first thing he did was to look under the bed. When he found that Ben Ben was lying obediently under the bed, Gao Ming nodded.

"You guys are pretty honest!"

"Ow!"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Benben opened his eyes immediately, then jumped onto the bed, and arched Gao Ming with his big furry head.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately reached out and rubbed its big head, and couldn't help laughing at the same time.

"Haha, okay, I know you're hungry, I'll get up and get you something to eat."

In order to prevent Ben Ben from becoming too wild, after weaning it, Gao Ming has been feeding it cooked food, but compared to raw meat, cooked food is much easier to digest, so Ben Ben is indeed hungry at the moment.

Hearing Gao Ming talk about food, it immediately became excited, jumped off the bed with a "crack", then ran to the door and squatted down, staring at Gao Ming with big eyes, as if urging him to move faster.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming grinned again, put on his clothes swiftly, and went to open the door of the bedroom.

As soon as Gao Ming opened the door, Ben Ben ran out immediately, and then started rolling around in the yard.

However, Gao Ming's attention was not on Benben at this time, and he froze the moment the door opened.

"Tiger?"

At this time, Huzi was sitting at the door of Gao Ming, with two huge hammers placed beside him, his stomach was completely wet by the dew.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming frowned suddenly.

"You didn't sleep last night?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Huzi immediately grinned, showing a simple and honest smile.

"Hey, I can't sleep."

In just one sentence, Gao Ming heard a lot, and his eyes suddenly showed a touch of emotion.

"You bastard... come on, come and have dinner with me!"

"Okay!"

As soon as he heard that there was food to eat, Huzi suddenly became happy. Seeing that Benben was still having fun beside him, he immediately ran over and held it down. Gao Ming seemed to be picked up by him, and Gao Ming was dumbfounded.

"This stuff is getting too big!"

After Huzi picked up Benben, he hugged it and ran to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, do you have meat for breakfast?"

As soon as Huzi finished speaking, Benben, who was struggling endlessly in his arms, stopped immediately, and then turned his head to look at Gao Ming with cute eyes, as if he was also asking Gao Ming if he had any meat to eat in the morning.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't laugh or cry, and nodded immediately.

"Don't worry, I've already ordered you to go down last night. There's white porridge, mutton soup, and mustard pancakes. Don't worry!"

After Gao Ming finished speaking, he found that the person and tiger in front of him all showed longing expressions...

After a while, Huzi and Benben's voracious eating completely shocked everyone, even Li Ke, who has always been calm, was a little dumbfounded.

"Brother, how much do they eat a day?"

Hearing Li Ke's words, Gao Ming pondered for a while, then nodded.

"Benben has to eat one bucket of mare's milk, two buckets of eggs and lean meat porridge a day, and the same is true for Huzi, one bucket of mutton soup, and two buckets of mustard cakes."

Li Ke: "..."

Everyone: "..."

The unit of emotion for others to eat is the bowl, but the unit for these two guys to eat is the bucket?
After a while, Li Ke came back to his senses, and looked at Huzi with emotion.

"With such a big appetite, it's no wonder that Lion Cong, who can subdue his father, can even draw with General Cheng. He really is a fierce general in the world!"

Hearing Li Ke's evaluation of Hu Zi, Gao Ming immediately rolled his eyes. He didn't know where to complain about the Tang people's point of view that "eating is equal to fighting power".

But if Gao Ming didn't speak, it doesn't mean that others didn't speak. For example, Li Yin just laughed at this moment.

"Brother, you don't know yet, not only General Cheng, but even the emperor's father was knocked out of the weapon by the tiger, and the tiger was captured alive, hahahaha!"

Li Ke: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Gao Ming still agrees with Li Yin's character of daring to tell the truth, but it doesn't mean that others also agree.

For example, Li Yin's brother Li Ke.

"Li Yin shut up, stop talking nonsense!"

Just as Gao Ming thought, as soon as Li Yin finished speaking, Li Ke stood up immediately, and then slapped Li Yin on the head with a "slap".

"Ouch!"

Li Yin who was slapped suddenly showed a face of grievance. He was about to say something, but when he saw Li Ke's murderous eyes, he immediately lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word.

Li Ke's clever thinking is understandable, because according to his understanding, Li Ke and Li Yin brothers are not very popular with Li Shimin.

According to historical records, in the second year of Li Shimin's accession to the throne, Li Ke was named the king of Shu at that time. When he was about to leave Chang'an for the fiefdom, there was this sentence in what Li Shimin said to him.

"If you want to leave your treasures to play with, I'm afraid you will be arrogant and extravagant."

The meaning of this sentence is that I originally planned to give you some treasures, but I was worried that you would become more and more pampered and extravagant in the future.

To put it bluntly, it means that although I won't give you anything, I also have my reasons.

From Gao Ming's point of view, these words are just to coax children. If he doesn't say anything else, he just said that Li Shimin rewarded Li Tai with so many property and treasures. Isn't he afraid of Li Tai's "extravagance"?
Obviously, Li Shimin is biased.

Li Ke didn't understand it before, but he understands it now. He understands that their brothers have no place in Li Shimin's heart, so he has always been cautious, for fear of making Li Shimin angry if he does something wrong.

Regrettably, although he worked very hard, Li Shimin's attitude towards him did not change significantly, which made Li Ke very discouraged.

But as the saying goes, it is called "there is no unparalleled road". When Li Ke discovered Gao Ming's transformation, he immediately stood firmly on Gao Ming's side as if grabbing a life-saving straw.

In Li Ke's view, sooner or later this Great Tang will be wise. As long as he follows Gao Ming seriously, then after Gao Ming ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, he will naturally not treat him badly.

It is also for this reason that after Li Ke knew that Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui were hostile to Gao Ming, he immediately asked Gao Ming to let him take office in Qizhou.

Because he knew that this was the only chance he could seize to "send charcoal in the nick of time".

None of these Li Ke told Gao Ming that he planned to wait until he could really help Gao Ming, and then prove his worth with actions.

The only thing that worries Li Ke is his brother Li Yin, who is a compatriot of his own mother.

This guy belongs to the type who "does not make big mistakes and keeps making small mistakes". Li Ke is very worried that when one day Li Shimin is completely bored with Li Yin, will he treat Li You the same way, drive him out of the palace, let him Fend for itself.

Li Ke couldn't imagine what would happen to a person like Li Yin who stretched out his clothes and opened his mouth to eat, if he left the palace.

But when Li Ke was full of worries about Li Yin, he was shocked to find that this guy actually dared to "slander" Li Shimin behind his back.

"If the emperor knows this, what will he think of Li Yin?"

It is precisely because of these worries that Li Ke will teach Li Yin in front of everyone, in order to hope that if Li Shimin finds out about this one day, he will not blame Li Yin for it.

Seeing Li Ke's frightened and angry look, Gao Ming immediately sighed secretly in his heart.

"Li Ke is too tired to live."

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately waved his hand towards Li Ke.

"Okay, third and sixth are telling the truth. Why are you beating him? Besides, the old man is not young anymore. It's not a big deal if his weapon is knocked off by a tiger carelessly. Even he Don't care, what else do you care about?"

"But big brother..."

Seeing that Li Ke was about to say something, Gao Ming immediately raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Okay, without further ado, sit down and eat."

"Yes!"

Seeing that Gao Ming had already talked about this, Li Ke sat down.

After breakfast, Gao Ming took out a stack of rice paper from his arms and handed it to Lu Zhi, then smiled at him.

"Old Lu, here are the blueprints for the construction of Yantian and the specific steps for drying the salt. I will leave these to you. Fan Yang, I will not go with you."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Lu Zhi quickly took the Yantian blueprint from him with both hands, and then saluted Gao Ming respectfully.

"Thank you for your trust, His Royal Highness. I will leave the matter of Yantian to my minister, and I promise not to disappoint His Royal Highness."

"Well, then I'm relieved."

After speaking, Gao Ming turned his attention to Tian Yi again.

"Tian Yi, after arriving in Fanyang, you have to cooperate with Lord Lu to manage Yantian well. When things happen, you must be calm, don't be impatient, and don't be impulsive. If there is something that Lu's family can't solve, you can go to Qizhou to find King Wu. I understand. ?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Tian Yi immediately nodded excitedly.

"Yes, I understand, please rest assured, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Seeing Tian Yi's excited expression, Gao Ming smiled and patted him on the shoulder, before looking at Li Ke.

"Third brother, Qizhou will trouble you a lot. Come back when you are tired."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Ke also showed a touch of emotion on his face.

"Brother, I understand."

"It's good to understand, between brothers, I will not be polite to you."

Having said that, Gao Ming clapped his hands and laughed at everyone.

"Okay, I've had breakfast too, I won't keep you guys anymore, let's start early."

"Yes!"

After everyone agreed, they took their family members out of the palace, and then set off in a carriage.

Watching the convoy gradually go away, Li Yin, who was standing at the gate of the palace, gave Gao Ming a suspicious look.

"Brother, don't we go with them?"

Hearing Li Yin's question, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"They are going east to Qizhou via Luoyang, and we are going north to Jinzhou via Puzhou, you..."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly noticed that Li Yin's eyes were full of confusion, and he suddenly realized that Li Yin might not understand anything.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately patted Li Yin on the shoulder, and then heaved a long sigh.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about anything, you just need to live well."

Li Min: "..."

(End of this chapter)