In the Great Tang Imperial Palace.
In a stone pavilion in the imperial garden of the Yeting Palace.
Li Yi leaned back on a chair in the stone pavilion. The stone table in front of him was filled with fruits, snacks, and tea.
Around Li Yi, there were a dozen boys and girls who were wearing bright yellow brocade clothes and expensive accessories. The youngest was no more than four or five years old, and the oldest was no more than thirteen or fourteen years old. They were looking at Li Yi with hopeful eyes as they listened to Li Yi's storytelling.
Li Yi spoke for a while, then paused for a while.
He would stop from time to time to pick up the fruits, pastries, and tea on the table before speaking.
Every time Li Yi spoke, he would stop for a while.
The boys and girls surrounding Li Yi immediately turned around and called the eunuchs and palace maids behind them to "reward" them.
The young eunuchs and palace maids could only take money from their pockets with bitter faces and place them on the stone table.
The boys and girls surrounding Li Yi were all Li Shiming's sons and daughters.
In other words, they were princes and princesses of the Great Tang.
The story that Li Yi was telling was still Journey to the West.
Compared to the scary " Liao Zhai,"" Journey to the West " was more suitable for this group of underage princesses and princes.
Because these princesses and princes had never heard of Journey to the West, Li Yi had no choice but to start from the beginning three days ago.
Li Yi felt very happy now.
This was because these princes and princesses were very generous.
He would tip a few hundred copper coins at the drop of a hat. Compared to those wealthy guests in the Drunken Cloud Restaurant, he was much more generous.
"Children's money is still the easiest to earn (cheat)!”
Li Yi thought to himself.
The princes and princesses were all immersed in the story world that Li Yi had created.
Li Yi was now talking about Sun Wukong wreaking havoc in the Dragon Palace, snatching the Godly Sea Steadying Needle, breaking into the Netherworld, modifying the Book of Life and Death, King Yama and the Four Seas Dragon Kings, and at the same time, reporting to the Jade Emperor.
"Mr. Li Yi, are there really dragon palaces in the sea, immortals in the sky, and the underworld underground?”
Suddenly, a 12-or 13-year-old princess with a beautiful face and a beautiful heart raised her head and asked Li Yi. She was wearing a pink palace dress.
Li Yi remembered that she was Princess Yuzhang.
It was said that her mother was born to a concubine. Unfortunately, her mother died in childbirth and was raised by Empress Zhangsun.
Because her adopted consort was Empress Zhangsun, Li Shimin doted on her very much.
Among all the princes and princesses who came to listen to Li Yi's story, Princess Yuzhang was one of the few princes and princesses who were most favored by Li Shimin.
"Your Highness, the characters in the story are all made up by me.”
Of course, Li Yi had to make things clear.
After all, Li Shimin himself, Wei Zheng, Yuan Shoucheng, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, and other characters would appear at the end of Journey to the West.
If Li Yi didn't explain it clearly now, wouldn't Li Shimin use the excuse of promoting superstition to punish him later?
As for Li Shimin, would he chop off his head after knowing that he was in Journey to the West?
Li Yi felt that as long as he could develop Li Shimin into a loyal listener of " Journey to the West " before this, not only would he not be blamed for telling the story of Li Shimin in " Journey to the West ", he might even make Li Shimin happy and receive a reward from him.
This was the same logic as fans of famous authors in the future. In order to make their names appear in the author's works, they would spend money to buy books in bulk and even give the author gifts.
Of course, Yuchi Jingde had offended Li Yi.
Li Yi would definitely remove Yuchi Jingde's position as the Door God from Journey to the West.
The door god that made Yuchi Jingde a household name in his previous life was forgotten by the world.
"Oh!"
Princess Yuzhang nodded and fell silent.
Li Yi looked at the cute Princess Yuzhang and felt a headache coming on. This was because Princess Yuzhang was the most unpredictable princess he had met in the past few days.
From time to time, he would ask some questions that even Li Yi found difficult to answer.
For example,'Why don't the immortals of the celestial heavens fall from the sky when they live in the celestial heavens? The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals lived in the sea, so why didn't they drown? Sun Wukong's master, Patriarch Bodhi, was an immortal. How old was he?”
Please!
These questions had to be asked. Only the original author, Wu Chengen, would know about them hundreds of years later!
Li Yi was talking about how Sun Wukong was knocked out by the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord's Vajra Bracelet when he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Then, he was escorted back to the Heavenly Court by the Erlang God Yang Jian and beheaded by the immortals on the Immortal Executioner Platform.
However, Sun Wukong's head could not be chopped by an axe, cut open by a knife, or killed by lightning. In the end, Grand Supreme Elder suggested that he put it in his Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine it. However, he did not expect that the Eight Trigrams Furnace would not only not refine Sun Wukong to death, but also refine the medicinal power of the Peaches of Immortality and Immortal Pills he had eaten previously. Under the increase in his mana, he even refined the Fiery Golden Eyes.
With no one to control him, the Buddha of the Western Paradise finally appeared and used his Five Fingers Mountain to suppress Sun Wukong…
As Li Yi explained, the most exciting scene in Journey to the West appeared in the minds of the princes and princesses.
A divine monkey with two golden beams of light shot out from the Eight Trigrams Furnace. It waved the Golden Cudgel in its hand. No one in the Heavenly Court could stop it. Buddha appeared and made a bet with Sun Wukong, pinning him under the Five Fingers Mountain.
Not far away, Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun, with a few eunuchs following behind them, had arrived at the imperial garden at some point in time. They stood there quietly without moving. It was obvious that they had also been attracted by Li Yi's story and were immersed in it.
"Let's stop here today!"
Li Yi suddenly stopped when he saw Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun.
The princes and princesses who wanted to know the ending of Sun Wukong wanted to beg Li Yi to speak a little more, but when they saw Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun standing beside them, they were like cats who saw mice. They did not dare to say anything more and obediently walked up to Li Shiming and Empress Zhangsun to greet them.
"Father! Empress!"
……
"Alright, all of you can leave!"
Li Shi Min and Empress Zhangsun had just woken up from Li Yi's story. Li Shi Min waved his hand and said.
Then, these princes and princesses led their eunuchs and palace maids and scattered like birds.
"This commoner attends Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Seeing Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun walk over, Li Yi stood up and cupped his hands.
"Mr. Li Yi, I see that you've been living comfortably in the palace these past few days.”
Li Shiming looked at the money, tea, pastries, and fruits on the table.
"Your Majesty, it's still barely acceptable! The princes and princesses insisted on pestering this commoner to tell stories, so this commoner could only agree. These were all generously bestowed to this commoner by the princes and princesses.”
Li Yi's face was not red, and his heart was not beating fast.
He had been living well in the palace for the past few days. Li Shiming had treated him well, and he could earn money from the princesses and princes.
Other than the imperial harem, which represented the emperor's authority, he could go anywhere else after asking Li Shiming.
"Mr. Li Yi, you really know how to lie through your teeth! Bengong clearly saw that you talked and stopped for a while just to get the princes and princesses to tip you.”
At this moment, Empress Zhangsun smiled and looked at Li Yi.
"Your Highness, you are wrong. The reason why the princes and princesses rewarded this commoner was because they felt that this commoner's story was well told.”
Li Yi said seriously.
"Alright, Guanyin maid, there's no need to say more. These are just small matters. Mister Li Yi, you haven't been so happy that you forgot about your bet with Yuchi Jingde, have you?”Li Shimin asked.
"Of course I haven't forgotten." Li Yi said.
"Today is the last day. Tomorrow morning, the army will set out. Tomorrow morning, you and Li Jing will go to the barracks outside the city to meet the soldiers of the Great Tang.”Li Shi Min said.
"This commoner receives the decree." Li Yi nodded in agreement.
"Oh right, Mr. Li Yi, the story you just told was good, but it was a little too exaggerated, right?”
Li Shi Min said.
"Your Majesty,'Journey to the West' is actually just a part of the story told by the commoner.”
Li Yi explained.
He knew that the Tang Empire in real history did not place as much importance on Buddhism as in Journey to the West. The Tang Emperor, Li Shimin, even became sworn brothers with a monk. The Li family claimed to be the descendants of Daoist Li Er, and the Tang Empire greatly worshipped Daoist culture.
This could be seen from the names of Taiji Palace and Xuanwu Gate in the Tang Imperial Palace, which were tinged with Taoist culture.
"I see."
Li Shi Min nodded. Li Yi had already explained that he was not a monk, so Li Shi Min did not think too much about it.
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