If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 10 This rebellious son must not be allowed to stay!

"You treasonous son! You treasonous son!"

After the waiter left, Li Shimin was so angry that he gritted his teeth and flew into a rage in the house.

"Today I will definitely capture this rebellious son and bring him back to Chang'an. I will make him apologize in front of all the officials and repent in front of the ancestors in the Imperial Ancestral Temple..."

Seeing that Li Shimin was very angry with Li An, Yuchi Gong stood aside and did not dare to interrupt.

After the emperor's anger subsided a little, he said slowly:

"Your Majesty, didn't you just say that the situation in Lingnan seems to be quite complicated? We should not be blinded by one thing! Maybe..."

He glanced again at the glass bottle on the table and the dressing mirror in the corner, and suddenly felt a pang in his conscience.

"Maybe this waiter is exaggerating!"

After Li Shimin calmed down, he was silent for a while and nodded:
"Okay, let's go to the street and see how much this mirror costs!"

After saying that, he immediately took Yuchi Gong out of the inn and came to the street.

Soon, they found a shop on the street that specialized in selling dressing mirrors.

When the shop owner heard that they were from Chang'an and were going to buy a large number of dressing mirrors, his chubby face immediately smiled like a brilliant old chrysanthemum:
"Sir, you have a good eye. You will never find a cheaper place than our store in the whole Lingnan!"

"You know, we are the dressing mirrors that the prince has specially approved for direct sales. Every mirror is a top-quality product that comes out of the glass workshop, without any flaws!"

Li Shimin didn't seem to be impressed by his talk.

After all, compared with his own son, the shop owner seemed to be bragging too conservatively.

It sounds like he's not upset at all!
"I want a lot of this mirror. How much do you sell it for?"

The shop owner pretended to calculate in his mind and said with a painful expression:
"Sir, since you are a distinguished guest from Chang'an, I will spend a lot of money this time. I will give you the most favorable discount. Each mirror only costs five taels of silver. What do you think?"

Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong looked at each other silently, then extended two fingers to the fat boss.

The fat boss looked shocked:
"You mean... three taels of silver? That's too much..."

Before he could finish, Li Shimin said in a deep voice:

"It's thirty cents."

The fat boss's face twisted instantly:
"Sir, are you kidding me?"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

The fat boss's expression changed again and he shouted:
"Sold! Sir, it's only thirty cents. Please buy more!"

Li Shimin's face darkened again, and he continued to walk out with Yuchi Gong.

The fat boss suddenly became anxious:

"Sir, it doesn't matter if it's a little less, I'll sell it to you as well!"

"If you buy a lot, I can lower the price by another 5 cents! Don't go, sir. Ten cents..."

Hearing the fat boss's shout behind him, Li Shimin staggered in anger and almost fell to the ground again.

Profiteer!

There are unscrupulous businessmen everywhere in Lingnan!
And that rebellious son was the biggest profiteer! He actually sold a mirror that was worth only twenty coins at most to his father, the emperor, for twenty taels of silver!
Moreover, he sold it to him for a full two hundred and fifty dollars!
You really are taking me for a fool!

Although this number was chosen by Li Shimin himself...

However, such a rebellious son who betrays his father is something that even his uncle, aunt and even his own father cannot tolerate!

When he returned to the inn, the anger on Li Shimin's face had disappeared, but his expression had become extremely cold.

Seeing his expression, Yuchi Gong knew that His Majesty was really angry this time.

Li Shimin's face would only have such a cold expression when he was about to kill someone.

This time, Your Majesty will not really kill the Sixth Prince in anger, right?
Yuchi Gong felt that he had an obligation to persuade them.
After all, His Majesty had already killed his own brother at Xuanwu Gate and deposed his own crown prince some time ago.

If the Sixth Prince who guards Lingnan is killed again this time,
Then maybe I will really be alone in the future!

"Your Majesty, although the Sixth Prince has a bad temper, he has made contributions in Lingnan. Apart from anything else, it is true that the people of Lingnan are prosperous!"

Li Shimin smiled coldly:
"There are so many unscrupulous merchants in Lingnan. It's time to clean it up. Even if the people are rich, what's the point if their hearts are not as pure as before?"

Yuchi Gong bared his teeth, thinking that His Majesty was taking his anger out on the entire Lingnan area.

This really requires some persuasion.

"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince is very filial and sends you a letter every month..."

Li Shimin snorted through his nose:
"What kind of family letter is that! He pretends to obey but actually disobeys, describing Lingnan as a place of great hardship and suffering, but in fact he is far away from home and bullies others every day!"

"The Sixth Prince is quite talented. He founded newspapers and movable type printing..."

"That newspaper boy is also very hateful. He said that sixty-year-old women are frequently pregnant and hundreds of sows scream in the middle of the night... There is no such thing in the newspaper! The people of Lingnan have been corrupted by this rebellious son!"

"Let's not talk about anything else. The Sixth Prince dared to lead his soldiers to pacify the surrounding barbarians and led the troops in battle. This is quite similar to the style of Your Majesty in the past..."

"I was just wondering, this kid actually threw the barbarian leader into an iron pot and stewed him! I've put him in Lingnan for three years, and he dared to eat people. If he continues like this, what will happen!"

Li Shimin's beard trembled with anger. He slapped the table, stood up, and said through gritted teeth:
"Jingde, you don't need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind. We will set off back to Chang'an tomorrow, and then send someone to summon this rebellious son back to question him!"

Seeing that Li Shimin was so angry and seemed to have made up his mind, Yuchi Gong dared not persuade him anymore.
Li Shimin returned to his bed in a rage, lay there staring at the beams, tossing and turning in anger, unable to sleep.

He was really angry.

Back then, he used three thousand black armors to help his father Li Yuan build the Tang Dynasty. Even when dealing with his mortal enemy, he did not throw him into the iron pot to stew him.

How dare the rebellious son be so cruel!

Moreover, Li Shimin was well aware that water can carry a boat but can also capsize it, so he treated the people with great kindness.

But this rebellious son actually captured street beggars to build roads and took teenagers to test drugs!
When recruiting the bandits in the mountains, they did not even distinguish between good and evil!
What else is there that he dare not do!
What worried Li Shimin the most was Li An's words about the current situation in the court.

He actually said that none of the princes in the court were capable of anything. If this continued, there might be chaos in the court of the Tang Dynasty, and a situation where hens were the only ones to rule the country!
What a treason!

If Li Shimin had chosen a somewhat cowardly prince like Li Zhi to inherit the throne, I am afraid that Li An, the rebellious son, might gather troops from Lingnan and march north to rebel and seize power!

and so……

This rebellious son must not be allowed to stay!

(End of this chapter)