"Si Zi!" Li Yin turned his head in surprise. The five-year-old girl was Princess Jin Yang, born by Empress Zhangsun. Her nickname was Si Zi. The other three were also his half-sisters. Among them, Princess Li Yue of Xiangcheng, Princess Li Lizhi of Changle, and Princess Li Jing of Qinghe were all present. They all looked at the pleasure boat with interest.
"Sixth Brother!" The other three people also walked up to the bow of the boat and called out sweetly to Li Yin who was sitting upright in the pleasure boat.
When the group of dissolute disciples saw such a beauty, they seemed to have lost their souls. They drooled all over the ground. When they saw these beauties call Li Yin their sixth brother, a thought flashed through their minds.
Xiao Rui was the first to react. He instantly turned into a gentleman and stood up to bow respectfully." I am the son of the current Prime Minister, Xiao Yu. I am Xiao Rui. Greetings, Your Highness!"”
"Lu Boyan, the son of the Minister of Works, attends the princess!”
“……”
The voices were louder and louder. Only Cheng Huailiang was still drunk and playing with his rolling pin. Everyone quickly kept a distance from him, lest the princesses think that they were on his side.
"So it's my sisters!" Li Yin stood up and gently jumped onto the painting opposite him. He picked up the porcelain doll-like rhinoceros. In his memory, although Li Yin was a wanderer, he had a very good relationship with his brothers and sisters. Under the influence of Li Yin's memory, he was especially close to these sisters.
"Sixth Brother, do you still have your shampoo?”The rhinoceros in his arms asked with its big round eyes.
"Yes, what's wrong, Si Zi?" Li Yin scratched her little nose and asked.
Chang Le covered his mouth and smiled." It's all because of her mischievousness. She broke all of Mother's shampoo. She was afraid of being scolded by Mother, so she made a fuss today and wanted to swim with us. She thought she could escape Mother's scolding."”
Xiang Cheng and Qing He nodded and smiled in agreement.
Li Yin laughed and said," I see. Don't worry about Si Zi. Brother will send a servant to the residence to take a few boxes and send them to the palace. Tell them that Si Zi gave them to mother. That way, Si Zi won't be scolded!"”
"Thank you, Sixth Brother. Sixth Brother loves rhinoceros the most!”The little girl acted like she had gotten a bargain.
Changle, Xiang Cheng, and Qinghe were instantly unhappy. They all pouted. Xiang Cheng said,"Sixth brother is really biased. He only knows how to care about Si Zi and doesn't care about us!”
"Look at my brain. It's brother's fault. Give it all, give it all. Sixth brother treats all the younger sisters equally.”Li Yin said with a bitter face.
" Hehe..." Their scheme succeeded, and the girls started laughing, causing the group of " scholars " to reveal their " wolf " faces again.
"Brother, who is that person? Why is he so strange?”Qinghe didn't say anything. He looked at Cheng Huailiang and found it very interesting.
Li Yin glanced at Cheng Huailiang who was pointing at him and said,""He's the second son of General Cheng Yaojin, Cheng Huailiang. He's performing the Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Axes!”
"So it's Old General Cheng's son!”Qing He pursed his lips into a smile. It was so beautiful that it made all the prodigals suck in a breath of cold air. They wished that they could replace Cheng Huailiang so that the princess would look at them more.
The wolves were ignored for a long time. They were all anxious. It was a blessing to be able to meet the princess by chance. They all hoped to take this opportunity to show their faces in front of the princess. Each of them wanted to jump onto the opposite pleasure boat. However, there was a difference in seniority. They did not dare to act rashly. They only held on to the hope that the princess would invite them warmly.
"Big brother has been in Xiangzhou for a few months, and all of us miss him very much. Why don't you come with us to the lake today?”Princess Xiang Cheng said. The other girls nodded.
"I came with a few friends today. It's not good to leave them behind!" Li Yin hesitated for a moment.”
Si Zi pouted and said,"Can't we just let them come together? Our ship is very big!"”
The wolves were excited, but Si Zi was a child after all. The final decision was still in the hands of the older princesses.
The three women looked at each other. Xiang Cheng was the oldest and the most reasonable. These people were the sons of the founding ministers, so they had to care about their face."Si Zi is right, big brother will bring them along!”
The Tang Dynasty's people were open, and it was very normal for men and women to play together. His sisters didn't mind, and this matter didn't hurt the atmosphere. They could take into account both sides. Li Yin couldn't say anything and said,"Everyone, the princess has invited you warmly.”。
When everyone heard this, their faces lit up, and they all boarded the pleasure boat in an imposing manner. Even Cheng Huailiang was pulled up.
Xiao Rui brought a group of unworthy children to set up a banquet at the bow of the ship. Li Yin was pulled into the cabin by his sisters. They had been living in the Imperial Palace all this time. No matter how far away they were, they would only reach this Qu River. Li Yin had been an official in Xiangzhou for a few months, and they all wanted to hear about the outside world from him.
Li Yin did not do anything good in Xiangzhou in the past. He could not tell his sisters that he was a bully. It would affect his glorious image in their hearts.
After thinking for a while, Li Yin said,"The things in Xiangzhou are very boring. Let me tell you some interesting stories, okay?!"”
Si Zi was the youngest, clapping his hands and said,""Alright, Si Zi loves to listen to stories.”
"Alright, today I will tell you a story about an old gardener who met a fairy late in the night. Night wind and rain closed the wooden door, fall all crimson only willow leaves, want to sweep the green moss and stop the broom, in front of the steps a little flower marks. This story is about a hermit surnamed Cui…"
The story that Li Yin told was from " Awakening the World's Eternal Words " compiled by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty. The moral of this story was to make people cherish flowers and love flowers. The whole story was full of fantasy. During Zhenguan, Taoism was prevalent, and people also yearned for immortals. This story naturally matched the daydreams of the people of this era. Coupled with Li Yin's embellishment, the girls listened to it like they were intoxicated.
After the story was finished, the girls were still not satisfied. They shouted for Li to tell another story, but they could not resist their younger sisters 'begging. Li had to compromise. Who would have thought that at this moment, a voice like a drake suddenly sounded from the bow of the boat." There is a river in front of the boat. The water is blue. Four or five white geese jumped into the river with a splash!”
"Wonderful, wonderful. Brother Hiroshi, you really have a good poem that makes us blush!”Young Master A praised and pocketed the 10 taels of silver that Lu Boyan gave him.
Lu Boyan was standing at the bow of the ship, facing the cabin. The summer wind blew his clothes, and he said proudly,""No, no, my poor work, my poor work!”
It turned out that after Li Yin and his sisters entered the cabin, the young masters suddenly lost their passion. After holding it in for a long time, they finally came up with an idea of drinking and poetry. These guys had long wanted to show off in front of the princess, but they were worried that they could not find a way to release their coquettish aura, so the proposal was immediately passed.
Lu Boyan's hands were wet. Xiao Rui stood up again, cleared his throat, and looked at the other young masters who were also looking at him with contempt, just like a group of bulls who had seen red.
"Qu Jiang, there are lotus flowers in Qu Jiang Hu. On the lotus flowers, toads jump, jump!”After Xiao Rui finished reciting, he narrowed his eyes, still intoxicated in his own poem.
The young masters took turns to fight, one more lewd than the other. In the cabin, other than Si Zi, who didn't know poetry, Li Yin's sisters were all laughing.
Li Yin's face was pale. No matter what, these guys were on the same side as him. They had really thrown their face all the way to Taihang Mountain. Even if he didn't understand poetry, he knew how bad their poetry was. To think that they would allow themselves to be talented scholars.
The young masters had been listening to the movements in the cabin. When they heard the laughter inside, they thought that their poems had satisfied the princesses and worked even harder.
Enduring the noise outside, Li Yin began to tell his four younger sisters about " The West Chamber." The three older sisters were all in their prime, and they were all young girls who were in love. They were immediately attracted by the content of Li Yin's story...
Unknowingly, the sun was in the middle of the sky, and the cabin gradually became hot. Li looked at the sun and said to his four sisters,"It's already noon. You should go back.”
Li Yin only told a small part of the story. The four girls all had bitter faces and were very unhappy. However, the rules of the palace forced them to go back, so they were very unhappy. It was not until Li Yin promised to continue telling them the next time that they reluctantly let the boatman dock.
Xiao Rui, Lu Boyan, and the others at the bow of the ship were almost roasted into dried human flesh, and they didn't have the strength to recite poems. When Li Yin brought his sisters out, they were all like frosted eggplants, and they didn't have the high spirits they had at that time.
After sending off his sisters, Li Yin took out a folding fan under the resentful eyes of the unfilial sons and fanned himself."Everyone, did you enjoy the lake today?”
"Tsk!" Everyone waved their hands and scattered like birds and beasts. They had really failed to get the princess's attention and had been exposed to the sun for the entire morning.
Li Yin smiled happily. He deserved it for having ideas about his younger sisters!
Three people came and three people went back. On the way, Cheng Huailiang finally sobered up. He heard from Lu Boyan that Princess Qinghe had asked about him. This guy was so excited that he swore to practice the Heavenly Constellation Thirty-six Axes hard and surpass his father Cheng Yaojin.
When they returned to the Liang residence, before the three of them entered, Jin Daqian and Gao Zhangfang greeted them and told Li Yin about the shampoo sales in the morning.
The servants of the prince's mansion worked overtime. When they sold the shampoo, the stock reached more than 3,000 boxes. Li gave them a price of 250 yuan per bottle. This time, Jin Daqian only sold 3,000 boxes, which was 7,500 taels of silver. It was a considerable income.
"How much is left?" Li Yin asked as he thought of his sisters and the things he had promised Xiao Rui and the others.
"There are still a hundred boxes!" Accountant Gao replied.
"How many original ones are left?"
Accountant Gao flipped through the account book and said,""There are only 33 bottles left!"
"Gone again!" Li Yin frowned. He had to go shopping again.
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