hsntnovel Chapter 2419 Stealing Stone
Chapter 2419 Stealing Stone
Wang Xuance was speechless. The great Tibetan Zamp actually had the same price as the horse.
The last time he heard King Ji say this, it was about the horse named Shifachi.
Prince Ji also said at the time that the horse could be sold for one million strings of cash.
If he continued to sell things to His Majesty in this way, Wang Xuance believed that no matter how much money His Majesty had in his treasury, it would not last long and would sooner or later be cheated away by Prince Ji.
"Okay, you go too. I'm tired. I'm a little tired from playing just now."
Li Shen yawned and waved at Wang Xuance.
"Yes, I will retire."
Wang Xuance quickly bowed and left the study.
Li Shen closed his eyes, his mind wandering. Things in the west were basically finished, and it would probably take some time before he could attack the Western Turks.
The only thing left was to solve the problem of Tubo. Songtsen Gampo came to the door himself, which made the problem of Tubo much easier.
The three armies have been staying at the border for two years. We cannot just let it go. It depends on Tubo's choice whether to cede land and pay compensation or to dismantle its own military power.
It was still somewhat difficult for the 50,000 troops from Qinghai to conquer the entire Tubo, mainly because the geographical environment of Tubo was too complex to be conducive to large-scale combat.
We can only fight for a piece of land first, train the troops there, let the soldiers in the Central Plains adapt to high-altitude combat, and then make plans.
Oh, and there are horses. The horses from the Central Plains are not enough to get there, so we also need a horse from Tibet.
Li Shen was thinking randomly like this and fell asleep without knowing when.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Shen felt someone calling him, and then he opened his eyes in a daze.
A piece of snow-white came into view, and Li Shen couldn't help but touch it, and then he heard the sound of a sedan chair coming.
Only then did Li Shen see clearly that it was Wu Meiniang.
"Your Majesty~~~~"
Wu Meiniang cried out shyly. Although they were an old couple, she still felt a little embarrassed to be touched by Li Shen in broad daylight.
"Hehe, I didn't see it clearly." Li Shen laughed lewdly twice and put his hand under his nose to smell it, appearing particularly frivolous.
Wu Meiniang glared at Li Shen unhappily, then took a bowl of soup from the servant.
"Your Highness, this is the ginseng soup I have been cooking for half a day. Please drink it while it is hot."
"Drink soup again?" Li Shen frowned when he saw the soup. The doctor had insisted that he was weak recently. According to the medicinal diet recipe given to him by Sun Simiao, he drank soup every few days.
He often felt hot and uncomfortable at night and almost had a nosebleed.
The soup contains everything, ginseng, wolfberry, etc., all of which are things that nourish yin and replenish yang.
"Mei Niang, I'm just a little tired from the recent busy official duties, not physically weak, so you don't need to drink soup all the time."
Li Shen shook his head and wanted to refuse. Drinking soup is not good, it makes my waist hurt.
"Your Highness, since the doctor has said so, you must drink it. Before leaving, the princess instructed us to take good care of your health.
If the prince is ill after returning, the princess will blame him."
Wu Meiniang spoke coquettishly, then came and sat beside Li Shen, held Li Shen's head, and fed Li Shen herself.
Feeling the softness on his back, Li Shen no longer had the persistence he had just shown and drank the soup obediently.
Wu Meiniang also considerately wiped Li Shen's mouth.
Only then did Li Shen think of Wu Dalang. He must have said "Dalang, it's time to take medicine" with the same attitude as Wu Meiniang.
She must have been holding Wu Dalang while he drank the medicine. Only in this way would Wu Dalang be so bewitched that he would drink it even though he knew it was poisonous.
Li Shen wanted to whisper to Wu Meiniang, but suddenly he remembered the half-dead Songtsen Gampo and lost interest.
Shouted outside:
"Stone, Stone, where did you go?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Stone came running in.
"I'm coming, I'm here."
"What did you steal?"
When Li Shen saw Shi Tou, he was stunned. Shi Tou's mouth was greasy and his hands were behind his back. Li Shen couldn't help but frown.
"This." Shi Tou took out the ones in his hands, a chicken leg in each hand, one of which was half eaten.
"You bastard, you have delicious food but you don't even give it to me. I love you so much in vain, you bastard."
Li Shen was so angry when he saw this that he sat up and was about to get off the couch to beat him up.
This bastard actually ate outside the door, and the key point was that he didn't tell me and ate alone.
I love him very much on weekdays.
"Your Highness, please calm down." Wu Meiniang held Li Shen back.
"Your Highness, the chicken leg that Steward Li ate was the one I just gave him. It was used to make soup for Your Highness."
Wu Meiniang explained for the stone.
"Shi Tou, don't do this again."
After hearing this, Li Shen's expression softened and he felt a little apologetic, but he still gave an order to Shi Tou.
He understood why Shi Tou was like this, but Wu Meiniang was not an outsider.
"Yes. I understand." Shitou nodded. He could feel that King Ji felt sorry for him.
But even though he promised, he would still do it.
"Your Highness, I think that Steward Li is right. After all, we are out there now, and people's hearts are unpredictable. We have to be on guard."
Wu Meiniang didn't mind, and even agreed with Shi Tou's approach. To put it bluntly, it was to test the poison for Li Shen.
It’s not that Li Shen is so pretentious, but that Li Shen has too many enemies, and no one knows how many people want Li Shen to die.
Ever since Li Shen was assassinated, accidents happened one after another, which were impossible to prevent. So from then on, whenever Li Shen was outside, he would use stones to test for poison.
There is no need to be so troublesome in Prince Ji’s Mansion. After all, Prince Ji’s Mansion is his territory.
This time Li Shen thought that it was Wu Meiniang who brought the soup, and Shi Tou shouldn't be so cautious.
But Wu Meiniang didn't think so. There were all kinds of people here, and people from all forces were here.
Li Shen not only blackmailed the officials of Xizhou, but also robbed cotton workshops from various forces.
After causing such a big incident, it is inevitable that someone will want to retaliate, so we cannot relax at any time.
"What are your instructions, Your Highness?" Shitou wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and handed the chicken leg to the servant.
"How's Songtsen Gampo? Is he awake?"
Li Shen asked.
"Your Highness, the doctor just reported that the Tibetan king has woken up and is no longer feverish. He seems to be getting better.
The doctor said we’ll know the exact results after a few more days of injections.”
Shi Tou hurriedly reported.
"Oh? The effect is so obvious? Go, send someone to summon the doctor and Wang Xuance. I will personally question them."
I felt better after just one injection, and my fever went away. Isn't that too fast?
This won’t do, Li Shen secretly rejected it. If he recovered, how could he bring Songtsen Gampo back to Chang’an? Wouldn’t his one million be gone?
Shi Tou agreed and immediately arranged for someone to notify them. Not long after, the two of them arrived at Li Shen's study.
"Greetings, Prince, Madam Wu." The two came in and greeted each other. They both knew that Wu Meiniang's status in Prince Ji's mansion was second only to that of the princess.
It is equivalent to the status of the noble concubine among the four concubines in the imperial palace.
"Well, let's talk about Songtsen Gampo. I heard he's getting better?"
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