The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Yuan opened the account book out of curiosity.

"Who in the palace is such a jerk that he would charge five coins for a lantern?!" Li Yuan was surprised.

"Ah, this..." Li Fu was embarrassed and coughed twice: "Uncle, this account book was given to me by my second brother."

"Erlang?" Li Yuan was confused: "Why did he give you this account book? Isn't this the account book for the expenses of the Lantern Festival banquet held in the inner court?"

Just now, Li Fu was worried about going bankrupt or something. Is it related to this account book?

Li Yuan looked through it carefully again and saw the total of 76,543 strings of two coins and one coin at the end of the account book.

My God, this inner court actually spent so much money on a banquet? How should it be arranged? How many people were invited? How many rewards were issued? Is the inner court going to have to live?

"Yes, my second brother asked me to report this money to him." Li Fu said.

"Reported? What do you mean?"

"It's this money, nephew will pay for it."

"Why should you pay for the banquet in the palace? Can't the inner court make ends meet? You do have some money, but I can't treat you like this." Li Yuan frowned: "I'll ask Erlang to come over now."

"No, no, no." Li Fu said: "Actually, there is a reason for this. My nephew is willing to pay for it, but after reading this account book, my nephew felt that it was not right, so I came to you."

Li Erfeng made false accounts to fool her own money, this example should not be opened.

There will be countless times after the first time of false accounts...

As for the account book for the previous repair of Da'an Palace, was it a false account? It was not a false account, it was all "technical" fees, "material" fees, and "work hours" fees.

Those were all legitimate expenses, how could they be the same as false accounts?

"Oh? Why is that?" Li Yuan asked.

Li Fu told Li Yuan about what he had asked Empress Changsun to do.

Only by inviting more women from the families of the high officials and dignitaries in Chang'an City to the Lantern Festival banquet can the identity of the savior be confirmed. Therefore, the banquet in the inner court of the palace this year is naturally more lively.

Li Yuan suddenly realized it after hearing this.

"So that's it." Li Yuan smiled and said, "Now that you have found your savior, how do you treat it? Since she is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Ying, her family background is not bad, and she is only three years younger than you. I think it's good."

"Uncle, I don't mean that." Li Fu hurriedly explained.

What's wrong with the people of the Tang Dynasty? What's this idea?

Why do they always mention repaying a favor, regardless of whether it's a man or a woman, and the four words "give your body to someone" are all on their heads.

Is there nothing else?

Can't the thoughts be simpler?

"I think it's good." Li Yuan said earnestly: "Huairen, you are now crowned, you are nineteen years old, when I was your age..."

It's still the same old rhetoric.

When I was your age, I already had several children...

"Uncle, I just want to make friends and repay my gratitude. How can I be so careless about this important matter?" Li Fu still felt that Li Yuan's idea was not very appropriate.

"Is this careless? You have gone to so much trouble to do so much, and now even the account book has been messed up. The expenses of more than 70,000 guan are not careless. When I married Empress Taimu, I didn't spend so much." Li Yuan said.

This is the truth. Although the two families were also a perfect match between aristocratic families at the beginning, the scene was grand, but in terms of pre-marriage expenses, it was not like Li Fu. He didn't even meet formally, but he spent more than 70,000 guan just like that. The follow-up expenses have not been calculated yet. Of course, I don't know how much the follow-up expenses will be.

You can't be rich like this, right?

"Besides, from the perspective of status, it is also a good match. Although Li Ji's family is not as good as our Li family, he is a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty after all. He has made great contributions and is now favored by the emperor. It is not bad." Li Yuan said: "Since it is a good match, plus I or your second brother has issued an order to grant the marriage, this marriage will definitely be famous in Chang'an. What's wrong with it?"

"Yes, uncle, what you said makes sense, but I don't want to go to the stage of discussing marriage because of this. My original intention is to repay the favor." Li Fu said.

I want to repay the favor and also want to make friends with this heroic woman.

But how did they end up talking about discussing marriage?

Li Fu felt a little embarrassed.

If it was really like what the emperor and Li Erfeng thought, he wouldn't have to go to such trouble.

Now he racked his brains to make friends with the Duke of Ying in a more reasonable way, isn't it just to prevent the two sides from becoming so embarrassed?Li Fu was a slow person in interpersonal communication and did not dare to act rashly.

"You and my second brother both thought and said so, which made my nephew embarrassed." Li Fu said embarrassedly.

"Oh?" Li Yuan smiled and looked at his nephew: "Are you still embarrassed? Why are you so thin-skinned? It will be difficult for you to marry a wife in the future. Do you want to be a bachelor as the King of Jingyang? That's not possible. You are the only child in my third brother's lineage. You can't be a bachelor."

Li Yuan was most worried about this problem, so he always kept Li Fu's lifelong event in mind. Now that such a suitable woman happened to appear, Li Yuan wanted to match this up very much.

His nephew was grateful to her, and the woman was also extraordinary. She saved his nephew and her family background was worthy of her.

How great, this is simply a match made in heaven.

In Li Yuan's view, it was not too much for the two to get married and have a baby right away.

But the same situation seems very radical in Li Fu's mind.

After all, what is in his head is not the thought of the Tang Dynasty.

There is still the "subtlety" of later generations.

Now Li Fu has understood a little bit. At some times, some ideas and practices of modern people are really "feudal" in the eyes of the ancestors.

"Anyway, you must not do this about the marriage, otherwise my nephew will dig a crack in the ground and hide in it, and I will be ashamed to see people." Li Fu said: "It's like my nephew secretly coveting the women in other people's families..."

Li Yuan laughed when he heard this.

"Hahahaha, good, good, let's put this matter aside for now. I want to see what you want to do." Li Yuan laughed.

"Uncle, my nephew came to you to complain today. You made me unable to do it this time." Li Fu sat aside, very depressed.

Li Yuan then remembered the account book in his hand.

"Hahahahahahaha." After figuring out the reason of what happened, Li Yuan laughed even more wildly.