hsntnovel Chapter 1854 The Taste of Copper Coins
Chapter 1854 The Taste of Copper Coins
Li Shen swallowed the two pills with tea, thinking that the taste this time was not as good as the previous times.
After I go back, I have to tell Sun Simiao to pay attention to the taste while paying attention to the efficacy of the medicine.
Li Shen's move was also to show that the pills were non-toxic.
If it was poisonous, Li Shen would be poisoned to death after eating it with the emperor.
I hope the prince can investigate thoroughly by then and prove that it was someone else who poisoned him, and then spare his family.
Although the probability of this happening is small, Li Shen has to be on guard, as it is not uncommon for disasters to strike while one is at home.
This was the only way he could express his loyalty.
"This pill gives me a familiar taste. Old Ten, do you know what it tastes like?"
Li Shimin, who was chewing a pill, looked at Li Shen and asked.
"Familiar taste?" Li Shen was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Hasn't Aye taken this kind of pill before?
I've been eating all the time." Li Shen was a little puzzled as to why his father would ask such a stupid question.
This large hawthorn pill was specially prepared by Li Shen for his mother.
Concubine Wei, you are old, over fifty, and you don’t exercise much. Li Shen learned from the maidservant beside Concubine Wei that his mother sometimes suffers from stomach discomfort.
Li Shen guessed that it was because of his old age and poor digestion. The living conditions in the palace were better now.
Especially in winter, eating more meat is a test for the digestive system of older people.
That's why Li Shen asked Sun Simiao to make some hawthorn balls for his mother and put some qi and blood warming medicines such as astragalus in them.
It can not only stimulate appetite and help digestion, but also help sleep.
But it was not good to only give it to his mother, so he asked Sun Simiao to make more.
He also gave it to Empress Changsun and his own father.
Take at least one pill a day, it helps in digestion and is sweet and delicious.
This is what my father eats every day, and I ask myself if the familiar taste is due to Alzheimer's disease?
"Father, this pill is the same formula that I gave to the Imperial Medical Bureau, but this time it has been improved by Divine Doctor Sun.
But basically nothing has changed, so the taste is no surprise.
I will send the prescription to the palace later, and let the Imperial Medical Bureau prepare it on their own."
Although I suspect that my father has Alzheimer's disease,
But Li Shen still explained patiently.
Li Shimin shook his head after hearing this.
"No, that's not the smell I'm talking about. I think it smells like copper coins.
It was with this little pill that you cheated me out of four million strings of cash, four million strings of cash.
How could you be so cruel? I am your father. You are too cruel.
You don't think of me as the emperor, do you?"
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He wondered how many years it had taken him to save up four million strings of cash.
He was gone just like that, without even a burial place.
"Uh..." Li Shen was speechless, his mind was filled with black lines. How much time had passed?
My father is still thinking about this, should I do this?
"Father, calm down. I was young and ignorant, so I did some wrong things.
Now he has reformed himself and started a new life.
Besides, my son didn’t get that much money.
Didn’t we return one million strings of cash to Aye out of the four million strings of cash?
In addition, the rewards for the soldiers in Qinghai Province were also issued in the name of Aye, which amounted to two million strings of cash.
Another 300,000 strings of cash were given to my eldest brother.
Oh, Aye, if you want to blame Aye, you should blame your elder brother. It was your elder brother who sent someone to deliver the letter to Qinghai Road.
He told me that Aye was obsessed with alchemy and asked me to come back to dissuade him.
There was nothing I could do. The prince's order could not be carried out. I could only come back and use this method to dissuade Aye from wanting to make the elixir.
All of this was the eldest prince's idea, and has nothing to do with me."
Li Shen pushed all the responsibility onto Crown Prince Li Chengqian without hesitation, saying that it would be fine if my fellow Taoist died instead of me.
Everything is about your eldest son. If you want to take revenge, go find your eldest son.
Li Shen felt that this was not the time for good brothers to show their loyalty.
But Li Shimin was not someone who could be easily fooled.
“Humph, you’re quick to shirk responsibility, your eldest brother told you something different.
You left him 300,000 strings of cash and ran away, just to ask him to ward off disaster for you.
Gao Ming said that he had no idea that you had lied to me.
He just asked you to come back and persuade me.
Also, the one million strings of cash you gave me was for building a temporary palace, but in name it was still given by you. Everyone in the world knows this, but you accepted it in name only.
You gave Gao Ming 300,000 strings of cash, and you got 1.7 million strings of cash. If you add the fame of the 1 million strings of cash,
That's 2.7 million strings of cash. You cheated my father and framed my elder brother. You're guilty of treason. How could you be so cruel? How could my Li family produce someone as cunning as you?
How can I face my ancestors in the future?"
Hearing Li Shen's excuses, Li Shimin immediately became angry and started to settle accounts with Li Shen.
Li Shen knew that he was in the wrong and that he would not win by arguing, so he could only admit his mistake and said:
"Aye is right, it's all my fault, I hope Aye can forgive me.
I have already reflected on my mistakes and will never do it again."
After saying that, he bowed. Anyway, what happened was over, he had been scolded and beaten, what else could you do?
Li Shimin did not delve into the matter, but instead held up the medicine bottle and shook it in front of Li Shen and said:
"So how much money do you want to cheat me of with this pill this time?"
"Ah?" Li Shen didn't expect his father's thinking to be so quick, and he was stunned for a moment.
"What? Haven't you made up your mind yet? I'm telling you, I don't have much money left.
If you dare to cheat me of my money again, don't blame me for not warning you. I will confiscate the treasury of your Prince Ji's mansion."
Li Shimin warned seriously. To be honest, he was really a little scared.
My son is very cunning and I have to be on guard against him all the time. I never know when he will fall into his trap.
Li Shimin had many opportunities to make money over the years, but he didn't dare to take action for fear of being cheated by this rebellious son.
After the incident with the magic pearl, Li Shimin was full of doubts about the world.
He didn't understand why a group of shrewd nobles and aristocratic families were so crazy for a tiny bead.
Even he could see that this was a trap, but these people were desperately jumping into it.
Even his two sons were the same, they would jump in even if they had to borrow money.
Now his two legitimate sons still owe him hundreds of thousands of strings of cash and are unable to repay them.
Then, the various operations of Prince Ji’s Mansion over the years directly caused the aristocratic families to lose most of their financial resources.
Even those princes and nobles who were accidentally injured lost their fortunes, which even he, the emperor, found unbelievable.
From a bystander's perspective, he felt that these people were just a bunch of fools.
(I have a sharp pain in my right back. Is there anyone who studies medicine who can explain this to me? I checked Baidu and it told me it’s a heart attack.
I found that I was being hypocritical. I didn’t even dare to go to the hospital.)