Hearing Fang Er say he was going to sea, Li Shimin's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, immediately settled back into his stomach.
He looked at Fang Er with relief and said, "If you need anything, just ask me."
"Last year, Qing Que told me he wanted to write a book, collecting all the famous mountains and great rivers in the world, to broaden the horizons of scholars.
If possible, I hope you can take him with you."
Li Tai wanted to write a book?
And about famous mountains and great rivers?
Good heavens, was "Kuodi Zhi" about to be released?
Fang Er had no objections to such a matter and immediately agreed, "Then shall I send someone back to Chang'an to fetch the Prince of Wei?"
Li Shimin shook his head and chuckled, "No need. Send a telegram to the Duke of Wei.
There are still three airplanes in the palace, and Qing Que can fly one himself, so let him fly over.
My Qing Que has grown up and is going to fly~"
After saying that, he picked up his wine cup with a look of melancholy and downed it in one gulp.
Fang Er offered no opinion. It was only a matter of time before the princes left the capital. If they stayed in the imperial city, problems would inevitably arise.
He was checking the mission tracker, which showed that the fourth mission item, the Imperial Seal, was located in Luoyang City.
The main world's records stated that after the Imperial Seal fell into Sun Jian's hands during the Three Kingdoms period, it was hidden with his wife. However, Yuan Shu learned of this, captured Sun Jian's wife, snatched the Imperial Seal for himself, and declared himself emperor.
After Yuan Shu's death, Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou, took the seal to Xuchang and presented it to Emperor Xian of Han, but it actually fell into Cao Cao's hands.
After that, the artifact changed hands several times, eventually reaching Yang Guang. After his death, Empress Xiao fled north with the Imperial Seal and joined the Turkic faction.
However, Empress Xiao was nowhere to be seen during the battle at Qikou.
Furthermore, Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, and others had not mentioned Empress Xiao.
Could it be that this world was a parallel world, and history was different from the main world?
"Young man, this is for you, I hope you... forget it, never mind~"
As he was still pondering the matter of the Imperial Seal, Li Shimin took out a scroll of imperial edict from his embrace and placed it before him.
Fang Er picked it up doubtfully and opened it, only to find it was an award for Fang Xiao Ya!
County Princess of Southern Kingdom!
Granted the Five-Tailed Phoenix Hairpin!
Piaojun was renamed Nan Guo County, as Fang Xiao Ya's fief!
What the hell!
This was unprecedented!
Let alone a county princess, even Changle had no fief!
Compared to this, the Five-Tailed Phoenix Hairpin was merely a trifle.
After reading the contents of the imperial edict, he asked in surprise,
"Your Majesty, how did you get the court officials to agree?"
Li Shimin was pleased with Fang Er's reaction. He smiled and said, "I merely said I wanted to enfeoff you as a king.
When they disagreed, I then said I would enfeoff Fang Xin with Wajun.
The officials still objected, and Wei Zheng almost crashed to his death in the hall.
Finally, I said I would enfeoff Xiao Ya with Nan Guo County, and they agreed."
Fang Er: ...
Good heavens, he had even resorted to military strategy!
As for the reason for the enfeoffment, there was no need to think; it was definitely because of Australia.
He was only twenty years old, and being enfeoffed as a king was indeed too early.
Fang Xin already had the fiefs of Liúqiú and Luzon, so it was no wonder the ministers had objections.
He chuckled and shook his head, "Father, you've gone too far this time!"
With such an enfeoffment, if the two siblings joined forces in the future, they would almost be able to control all the passages for the Great Tang to sail south!
Li Shimin patted Fang Er on the shoulder twice, "As long as you don't blame me for not enfeoffing you as a king."
Fang Er smiled, "Father, honestly, I really don't care about titles and ranks!
As long as the Great Tang can prosper, anything is fine.
According to the system, I am a man destined to save countless worlds, so what are mere titles?"
Their voices were not loud, and with the banquet hall already in chaos, no one noticed them.
After the banquet, the division commanders and workshop foremen led their subordinates away.
Cheng Yaojin and the others, who were drunk and staggering, were carried to the side courtyard and settled by Su Feng and his men.
After Chai Shao escorted Li Shimin to the entrance of the courtyard he had previously stayed in, he quietly slipped two small pills to him.
"Your Majesty, please rest well. I shall take my leave~"
With that, he turned and left.
Li Shimin, confused, pushed open the courtyard door and was stunned to find three women inside.
They were the young women who had been kept in his residence by Fang Er for him and Li Ji.
Looking at the two small pills in his hand, he knew Chai Shao's intention.
He popped the pills into his mouth, chewed them a couple of times, and swallowed them, skipping even the step of drinking water.
"Your servant pays her respects to Your Majesty~"
The three women in the courtyard, upon seeing who it was, knelt down with joy and greeted Li Shimin.
"Hahahaha, rise, rise!"
Old Li closed the courtyard door and walked towards the three women with a smile.
A quarter of an hour~~
Two quarters of an hour~~
A roar suddenly came from the room.
"Damn it!"
Li Shimin wanted to find a piece of tofu to smash himself to death; it was too embarrassing!
After taking the two pills, there was no reaction at all. What was wrong with him???
The three women knelt uniformly below the bed, trembling with fear.
A moment ago, they had thought they had become phoenixes, and the glory and wealth of their future lives were within reach.
But now, they wished they had never been favored.
"Your Majesty is incapable." Such a matter must never be spread.
Otherwise, where would the royal dignity lie?
They feared being silenced!
Li Shimin looked at the three lovely women before him, hesitated for a moment, and then got out of bed without a word.
The three women were a little at a loss. Seeing him extend both arms, they quickly came forward to help him put on his clothes.
"No one is allowed to leave this room, not even half a step!"
Dressed neatly, Li Shimin uttered this sentence and then walked out of the courtyard.
It was already dark outside, and Deng Dengjie stood at the courtyard entrance, acting as a gatekeeper.
Suddenly, he saw the courtyard door open from the inside, and his master emerged with an unhappy expression. He quickly bowed and stepped aside.
"Your Majesty, is something troubling you?"
Li Shimin said with a gloomy expression, "Seal the gate, lock it, and allow no one to enter or exit!"
With that, he walked north without looking back.
In the small courtyard of Bai Cao Ju, Sun Simiao had just finished soaking his feet and was about to get into bed when he heard someone knocking on the door from outside.
Li Chunfeng had been dragged away by Yuan Tiangang to assist him, and Yuan Mengjia was staying at the hospital. Thus, he was the only one in the courtyard at night.
He put on a robe, slipped on his shoes, and walked out of the room.
Upon opening the courtyard gate, he found it was Li Shimin, and he was alone.
"Your Majesty? Why is it you? Please come in quickly!"
ps: I returned to my hometown these past two days and didn't get enough rest. The remaining chapter will be posted in the afternoon. My apologies~~