That night, the Dew Hall was brightly lit.
It was a hot summer night. Li Shiming was wearing a thin imperial robe and holding a bowl of black medicine in his hands. He looked out of the hall as if he was waiting for something.
Da da--
Suddenly, footsteps sounded.
With a creaking sound, the tightly shut door was pushed open from the outside. Guardian Si, who was wearing a purple robe and an official hat, led nine figures in respectfully. He bowed slightly and said,
"Saint, the princes are here."
Li Er coughed lightly and waved his hand without saying a word, asking him to leave for the time being.
"Yes."
After Si Shoushou bowed with his hands folded in front of his chest and left the hall.
The eyes of the eight princes immediately turned red. They walked to Li Er with sorrowful expressions and knelt in front of him. They wiped their tears and sobbed softly.
" Father, you've suffered-"
"It's all because of us that Imperial Father is infected!”
"If Imperial Father can recover, I'm willing to let the illness fall on me!”
Hearing the heartwarming words, Li Er's face revealed a gratified expression. He gently patted their shoulders and said in a gentle voice,
"It's fine. I'm fine."
As he spoke, Li Er glanced at Li Dun, who was still standing at the entrance of the hall. His eyes were gentle as he waved at him.
Li Dun sighed and walked over.
He really didn't want to come today, but the one who came to announce the imperial edict to meet the emperor was the internal servant, Si Shoushou. Previously, on Xiao Li's matter, Si Shoushou had helped him. This time, it was to return the favor.
"You are all my children. I thought about it and felt that there was something I needed you to do, so I gathered you all in the Dew Hall.”
Li Shi Min put down the bowl of soup in his hand and said with a warm smile,
"Now that the treasury is empty, we need one of you to stretch out your hand and support the sky of our Great Tang!”
"Who's willing to go?" Li Er asked softly.”
The eight princes looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.
Crown Prince Li Chengqian sat down on his knees and lowered his head in deep thought. He pondered over the meaning of his father's words before he carefully opened his mouth and said,"
"Imperial Father, the national treasury is empty.”
"Minister of Revenue Du Ruhui should not be punished.”
Li Er's tone was firm and decisive as he refused. Then, he said solemnly,
"This is an old debt. The national treasury is empty. The cause was during the Wude years. At that time, all the civil and military officials of the court borrowed money from the imperial court to live. Now it's time for them to pay it back.”
Pursue the imperial envoy?
Hearing this, the princes were shocked.
An imperial envoy was an official personally dispatched by the emperor to represent the emperor in handling important matters.
If it could be done, wouldn't he be loved alone?!
Compared to the results of the school examination, this matter was what satisfied the current emperor!
The eight princes were so excited that their eyes turned red.
Li Dun raised his eyebrows. He felt that this was a trap.
"Imperial Father, your son is willing!"
Crown Prince Li Chengqian looked at him expectantly and said without hesitation.
"You can't!"
Li Er shook his head and said in a deep voice,"
" Crown Prince, although you have a good personality, you are ignorant and incompetent. You can't take on a big responsibility..."
"King Qi has some accomplishments, but he has a bad temper and isn't suitable for this…"
" Although the King of Wei is gentle, he can't stand being wronged..."
"Wu Wang likes to stir up trouble, but he is a good person…"
"King Chu…"
"King of Shu…"
" Ninth Prince Li Dun, self-taught, but even though he said it well, he needs to be sophisticated when doing things..."
The eight princes held their breaths.
Li Dun's face darkened. Was he complimenting him or mocking him?
Why is this Li Shi Min so annoying?
After Li Shiming had described the nine princes one by one as if he was praising them, he ignored everyone's stiff expressions and sighed,
"But Zhen really can't find any other suitable candidates. This task of chasing the imperial envoy is a task that offends people. If you do it, they won't make things difficult for you.”
The Crown Prince was speechless.
"..."
The princes were speechless.
" It's as if we won't be criticized if we do it." The princes secretly cursed. However, they didn't dare to say what they were thinking in front of Li Er. They could only smile bitterly at Li Er.
Everyone's hearts trembled at the same time. If their father could say this, it would be a difficult task. Moreover, it was very likely that the amount of money to be pursued this time would be huge. They might offend all the civil and military officials because of this!
"Alright."
Li Er glanced at the princes." Now, choose one person to be the imperial envoy."”
"This child thinks that the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne of the Great Tang and is competent!”
"No, no, no. Imperial Father said that King Qi had learned well, so it was only right for you to come!”
"I don't want it. Imperial Father is right. I can't stand being wronged.”
"The King of Wu is a good person. Many of the civil and military officials in the court have a good impression of him..."
"I can't do it, but you can. Don't push it to me!”
At first, the princes were still talking gently, but gradually, their faces turned red and their necks became thick as they started to quarrel angrily.
Li Er was a little disappointed. These princes usually cared about his well-being and wished that they could bear the burden of his illness.
But now, they had to take on a task, and they were making excuses!
Li Er knew what they were afraid of.
He was afraid that he would offend people if he asked for money from all the civil and military officials!
It would make those people not stand on their side and chill their hearts!
However, did they not know that they were doing this to chill their father's heart?
"Enough!"
Li Erhan's face was cold. Seeing that the quarrel was getting more and more intense, he suddenly slammed the table and shouted,
"Since you don't want to be one, then don't be one. I'll order people to lock all of you up now and starve you in prison for three days to see if you can be one!!!”
The princes were speechless.
"..."
Was this a f * cking father?
Li Dun could not help but roll his eyes.
Suddenly, Ying Zheng's words floated across the chat box of the emperors 'group chat,"
"[× `Д ×] Group Leader, this MelonRind is stepping on your nose and is about to kick your face with his donkey hoof, yet you're still tolerating it (what)? This job, we'll take it, isn't it just asking for an account? If he dares to say it, we'll dare to do it!”
Liu Bang: " Believe me, I have done many things like asking for money!”
"That's easy!"
"What are you afraid of with us helping you?"”
Zhu Yuanzhang: " Back then, my treasury was empty, and I loved to confiscate property!”
"Don't panic, it's a small matter!”
Ding! He received a group mission!
At the same time, a friendly notification from the system suddenly popped up in the Emperor group chat:
[Group Mission: Take on the role of an imperial envoy to collect money. Upon completion of the mission, you will receive an exclusive red packet reward from the group members. At the same time, you will increase the number of group members by six. The group members will be automatically replenished by the system!]
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