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

Chapter 63 Your Majesty, Don’t Get Excited!
Li Shimin took another bite and couldn't help but praise it highly.

After a while, a piece of melon was eaten by him.

After eating, he pointed at the melon and said to Zhang An:
"Ananda, taste the fruits and vegetables grown by this rebellious son!"

Zhang Ananda quickly shook his hand:
"I dare not. This is presented to Your Majesty by the Sixth Prince!"

Li Shimin shook his head and smiled:
"It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. This rebellious son actually came up with such a brilliant idea. How can I bear to enjoy it alone!"

Zhang Ananda had no choice but to pick up a piece of melon. After taking a bite, he couldn't help but be surprised and exclaimed.

"So sweet!"

As Li Shimin's close attendant, he had eaten all kinds of fruits and vegetables.

This melon is not a rare thing, and he has naturally eaten a lot of it.

But it’s the first time that we can eat melons in spring!
"Your Highness, Sixth Prince, I have eaten many melons, but it is rare to find such sweet melons in spring!"

"Although I serve the emperor on weekdays, I also know that melons are best grown in sandy soil, and the hotter the weather, the sweeter the melons will be!"

"When I tasted this melon, it tasted as sweet as the best melons. I don't know how Your Highness did it!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little more surprised.

He has never studied how to make melons sweet.

After hearing what Zhang Ananda said, he realized that just because a melon is grown it is not necessarily sweet and juicy; it also requires many objective conditions.

Li An smiled slightly and glanced at Zhang Ananda.

What a good supporting actor!
If you hadn't asked, I'm afraid your father wouldn't know the benefits of this melon!

You are worthy of being father’s personal attendant!

I'll definitely give you more money later!
"This is easy!"

"Melons like sandy soil. This is very easy. We just need to get some sandy soil for them to grow. As for this hot climate..."

He glanced at Zhang Ananda and Li Shimin, and saw that they were indeed craning their necks and staring with wide eyes waiting for him to reveal the answer.

"I built a small greenhouse in the greenhouse and used a fire to continuously send warm air into it. It is hot as summer inside. With the addition of sunlight, it creates the effect of a hot summer!"

"Growing in such an environment, the melons are naturally sweet and juicy, and the fragrance is overflowing!"

"Wonderful!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ananda couldn't help but applaud:

"The Sixth Prince is extremely intelligent. I'm afraid it will be hard to find another one like him in this world!"

After hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded and smiled.

When others praise his son for being smart, he, as a father, is naturally happy.

This is his, Old Li’s, child!

The good fruits are naturally because the seeds are of high quality!
Besides that, this place...

He looked up at the portrait of Empress Changsun and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It seems that Guanyinbi is too kind, so that Li Zhi always appears too cowardly!
It's ok to be a king who maintains the status quo.

As for the rest...

At this time, Zhang Ananda was still praising Li An:

"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince is extremely talented. He has governed Lingnan in an orderly manner. The barbarians of Baiyue in various places have been beaten to a pulp by him and dare not harass the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

"I heard that the Sixth Prince brought the leaders of those barbarians to Chang'an and rehearsed something..."

Li An smiled and added to Zhang Ananda, whose memory was not very good:

"The Tang Dynasty Redress of Injustices!"

That's right, he has renamed this drama performed by the chieftains of the Baiyue Kingdom as The Story of Redressing Injustices in the Tang Dynasty.

After all, this play is a drama that shows how the Tang Dynasty upholds justice for the people and punishes the barbarians.

Moreover, they are preparing to perform in Chang'an.

Calling them Yang Bailao and Huang Siren anymore would be a bit inappropriate.

"Oh!"

Li Shimin had long known that Li An had captured these barbarian chiefs in Lingnan and made them act.

However, he had not seen this play yet. Now that Zhang Ananda mentioned it, he could not help but become interested.

"Your Majesty, since the Sixth Prince has brought these barbarians to Chang'an, why don't we go and take a look?"

"Okay!"

Li Shimin immediately became very interested.

……

evening,

The lights in the Hua'e Xianghui Building were bright, as if it were daytime.

A stage was built in the lobby of the building.

Sitting right in the center of the stage was none other than the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Heavenly Khan Li Shimin.

Sitting beside him were Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Yuchi Gong and other veteran ministers!

After Zhang Ananda's suggestion yesterday, Li Shimin immediately became interested.

He also defeated DTZ in those days, captured the opponent's Khan and brought him to Chang'an, where he made him dance in public to entertain the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, Li An actually captured the chieftain of the Baiyue tribes in Lingnan and brought him to Chang'an, and staged a play for him to watch. How could he not be happy!
After Li Shimin sat down, he saw Wu Zhao dressed in brocade and holding a tea bowl in her own hands to serve tea to her father-in-law.

Wu Zhao behaved very respectfully, with her brows lowered and her eyes downcast, not even daring to raise her face.

This made Li Shimin very satisfied!
But it was completely different from when he was in Li Zhi Palace, the residence of the Ten Kings!

At that time, Wu Zhao was still somewhat rebellious, which further proved the saying that the hen crows at dawn.

Now that he lowered his head and looked down, it seemed that he had understood what An'er had taught him.

Li An then came over:

"Father, can we begin?"

Li Shimin took a sip of tea and nodded.

Li An immediately clapped his hands.

The curtain on the stage slowly opened, and a beautiful woman in plain clothes walked onto the stage and sang softly:
"The north wind is blowing, the snowflakes are floating..."

This time, Li An did not let the tribal chief play the role of Xier, but let the dancer from the palace play the heroine.

After all, this was to be performed for Li Shimin, not for the common people or tribes!
When Li Shimin and others heard the woman's singing, their eyes lit up.

This opera is really melodious and beautiful!
Coupled with the dancer's figure and appearance, it looks very pleasing to the eye.

The life and expectations of the poor people that she sang about were also something that even Li Shimin, who had founded his empire, could relate to, and he couldn't help but clap and nod.

After a while, a tribal chief dressed in a wig and tattered clothes, disguised as Yang Bailao, came out.

Coupled with his pale and thin appearance, he looked like a poor citizen from Lingnan.

After the father and daughter were reunited, Yang Bailao took out the red hairband.

The dancer dressed as Xier sang joyfully:
"Other girls have flowers to wear, but my father has little money and cannot buy them for me. Please take a two-foot red hair string and tie it up for me..."

Li Shimin and others couldn't help but sigh.

On the side, Wei Zheng shook his head and sighed:

"The people are poor, it's not easy!"

……

After a while, a chief with a pointed chin and monkey face came out disguised as Mu Renzhi, walking in a sneaky and furtive manner like Japanese invaders entering the village.

Li Shimin and a group of old ministers couldn't help but shake their heads and laugh.

Soon, Mu Renzhi came to collect the debt and forced Yang Bailao to use his daughter to pay off the debt:
"I'm telling you, Yang Bailao, our chief has taken a liking to your Tangren daughter, and is being extremely merciful by letting you use her to pay off your debts!"

"If you don't obey, I will lead my troops to kill all the Tang people in your village!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin could not help but slam the table and jumped up.

"Assholes, how can we, the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, allow you to be so presumptuous!"

On the side, Zhang Ananda quickly advised:
"Your Majesty, don't get excited!"

"This is a play. It's a play!"

(End of this chapter)