What Do You Think of the Emperor?
Chang 'an Fortress, Tang Empire.
In the Imperial Palace.
"Your Majesty, please reconsider. That Lin Fan is from a poor family. How can he be worthy of the princess's precious body?”Zhangsun Wuji immediately knelt down.
Li Shi Min put down the memorial in his hand and felt a headache.
Back then, outside Luoyang City, he was almost surrounded and killed. By chance, he was saved by a barefoot merchant, and only then did he survive.
The two of them were heart-to-heart and regretted not meeting each other earlier. They chatted for three days and three nights before finally deciding to make a verbal agreement. If they were both boys, they would become brothers of the opposite sex.
If the children were all girls, they would become sisters.
If they gave birth to a boy and a girl, they would directly become husband and wife.
Unfortunately, by the time Li Shiming returned to Luoyang, his old friend had already left.
All these years, Li Shi Min had been sending people to look for him, but there was no news.
A few days ago, Li Shi Min finally found the descendant of his old friend.
But he couldn't be happy.
This undoubtedly gave Li Shi Min a difficult problem.
If he followed the agreement and betrothed Chang Le to Lin Fan, then he would have broken his promise to the officials.
If he followed the plan and betrothed Chang Le to Zhangsun Chong, then he would lose his promise to the world.
Li Shiming rubbed his sore temples and said,"Get up. Put aside the marriage between Chang Le and your son Zhangsun Chong for now.”
" Your Majesty!" Zhangsun Wuji was about to remonstrate when he noticed the change in Li Shimin's expression.
How could Zhangsun Wuji, who was extremely intelligent and knew the Emperor's thoughts, not understand? He quickly changed his words,"I will obey."
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In an inconspicuous tavern in the south of the city.
Lin Fan lay on the rocking chair and hummed a tune out of boredom. His gaze landed on the bustling streets outside.
Lin Fan was originally a history teacher. After a car accident, he had transmigrated to the Great Tang. It had been almost ten years.
A few years ago, Lin Fan's father died of illness and he inherited this tavern.
Business was not good, but he could guarantee that he would not have to worry about food and clothing.
Thinking of his deadbeat father, Lin Fan's lips twitched. The memories of his childhood were still fresh in his mind.
"Fan 'er, your father, I, had a drink with the current Emperor!”
"If we were to really talk about it, Li Shi Min would call me big brother.”
"When you're older, I'll bring you to propose marriage. In the future, this old man will be able to enjoy a good life.”
The young Lin Fan was dumbfounded. He suspected that his father was the real transmigrator. Otherwise, how could he be so good at telling stories? Speaking of which, he had a nose and eyes.
At this moment, two middle-aged men in luxurious clothes walked in and pulled Lin Fan back to reality.
"Shopkeeper Lin, you're in a good mood today.”
Lin Fan quickly stood up and greeted,""Sorry for the joke. What do you want to eat today?”
Lin Fan recognized the person. He had been visiting his business every other day for the past two weeks. He had even specially chosen to come in the afternoon, which was already past mealtime.
He had an extraordinary temperament and was well-dressed. The jade pendant hanging on his waist was obviously not an ordinary item. In addition, he was generous and did not care about trifles. After a while, Lin Fan became familiar with this Old Li.
"This is Brother Sun. Like me, he runs a business. You can call him Old Sun.”Old Li extended his hand and introduced.
When Lin Fan heard that, he looked at Old Sun. His forehead was covered in sweat and the muscles at the corner of his mouth were twitching. He looked like an epilepsy patient who was about to act up. No matter how he looked at him, he felt uncomfortable.
Was it that hot outside?
"Just serve a few of your signature dishes. Today, I mainly brought him here to taste your wine!”Old Li pulled the person beside him to sit down and said.
Lin Fan didn't think too much about it. He took two wine jars with each hand and said,""Let's quench our thirst first. The dishes will be ready soon.”
After saying that, he turned around and went into the kitchen to get busy.
Lin Fan, who was already familiar with the customers 'tastes, didn't do anything fancy.
Not long after,
Lin Fan brought over a few plates of home-cooked stir-fried food.
The steaming aroma of the dishes and the lingering fragrance of the wine made even Old Sun, who was "not feeling well," feel like eating.
"Eat and drink." Old Li couldn't wait to pick up a piece of spicy chicken and put it into his mouth. He took a big gulp of wine and said softly,"Are you waiting for me to pour it for you?"
Hearing this,
Old Sun's entire body shivered and he hurriedly lowered his head to eat.
"Good wine, it's really good wine. Your wine-making skills are not inferior to your father's!”Old Li praised vaguely.
Lin Fan, who was behind the counter, was stunned. He asked,""Old Li, you know my father?"
"Ahem…Cough!" Old Li's action of sending wine into his mouth suddenly froze and he choked twice." In the early years…I was lucky enough to taste it when I passed by Chang 'an City on a business trip…You were still young at that time."
"Anyway, there are no customers now. Let's have a drink and chat.”Old Li wiped his mouth and waved at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan closed the account book and replied before sighing softly.
No wonder Old Li could drink so much. It turned out that he was friends with his father. This was not strange. He was a master who would not be happy without alcohol.
He was already used to the scene of drinking with him. As long as Big Li drank to his heart's content, he would definitely let him sit at the table.
Moreover, they would always ask some nonsensical questions, such as " Is the business doing well now?"," The price of grain, oil, cloth ", and so on.
After all, there was no lack of dignitaries eating in this tavern. Sometimes, when they were drunk, they would inadvertently reveal some gossip.
As a businessman, it was understandable for Old Li to want to know some insider information in advance.
"The profiteer is referring to you, Old Li. You always want to get some information from me.”Lin Fan smiled and filled their bowls with wine. He sat on the bench opposite them and said,""What do you want to ask this time?"
"Pfft…" Old Sun almost spat out the wine in his mouth.
Old Li glanced at him, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Shopkeeper Lin, what do you think of the current Emperor?”
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