Everyone must know how Li Shimin ascended to the throne.

Today's Supreme Emperor Li Yuan can be said to be a complete and utter man without any symbol of power.

It is difficult for ordinary foreign ministers to see him.

Now that Li Yuan no longer had the slightest threat, Li Shimin also began to consider fulfilling his filial piety at this time.

It was against this background that some people in the court began to talk about building a summer palace for the Supreme Emperor.

Since ancient times, whenever an emperor wants to build a palace, he will inevitably attract a lot of criticism.

Not only is it wasteful for people and money, it often causes many disasters.

Although the palace was built for the Supreme Emperor and not for Li Shimin's personal enjoyment, there were still many objections in the court, and there was no final decision at all for a while.

"Your Majesty, the cost of building a new summer palace is huge, which is beyond what the current Ministry of Household Affairs can afford."

Dai Zhou, as the Minister of Household Affairs, was one of the strongest opponents.

Once this matter is settled, the most miserable person will be myself.

"Xuan Yin, this summer palace is not built in one year. You can build a few palaces first, and then slowly build them year by year; divided into ten and eight years, the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs should not be so great.

Alright?"

This proposal from the DPRK was originally made by Li Shimin in private, and in his heart, he naturally supported it.

"Your Majesty, when building the Summer Palace, it can't be very shabby, right? It's actually for the use of the Supreme Emperor, at least it can't be worse than the Taiji Palace, right? The minister will build a new palace the size of the Taiji Palace, even if it takes ten years to finally

When it is completed, the property that the Ministry of Household Affairs needs to point out every year will cost at least one million yuan, or even more, if converted into money."

Dai Zhou was determined not to agree to Li Shimin's construction of the summer palace. Unless he was not in the position of Minister of Household Affairs, he would cause himself a lot of trouble and might even leave a bad reputation in Qing history.

"This issue of the cost of building the summer palace can still be discussed. Until it is resolved, it will naturally be inconvenient to start construction."

Li Shimin knew the annual income of the Tang Dynasty Household Department. When Dai Zhou said that building the summer palace would require more than one million yuan a year, he hesitated a little.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue can't come up with this money anyway."

Dai Zhou frowned and said with a strong face; that is to say, in the Tang Dynasty, the ministers dared to criticize the emperor so fiercely, if they were in the Braided Dynasty, haha...

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"Sanniang, you said this Miss Xueyan is really the one who made an appointment to meet you at Baqiao on the Weishui River at three quarters. Why haven't you arrived half an hour later?"

Green Bamboo stood on the Ba Bridge, looking at the endless flow of cruise ships in the Weishui River, and wished she could go there too.

"Maybe Sister Xueyan was delayed on the way, let's wait a little longer."

Cheng Jingwen was not too anxious. She was a girl with a relatively quiet temperament.

"Boom!"

The sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and then stopped suddenly behind Cheng Jingwen, master and servant.

"Miss Cheng, why did you arrive so early?"

Li Kuan jumped off his horse and looked at Cheng Jingwen in surprise.

"His Royal Highness King Chu? Are you also going out for an outing?"

Cheng Jingwen didn't react for a moment and thought she bumped into Li Kuan by chance.

"Of course, why do you seem to have been waiting for so long?"

Li Kuan looked up at the sun and realized that the time he asked Li Xueyan to make an appointment would not arrive for a while.

"Hmph, Miss Xueyan said we were going to meet at three o'clock, but we haven't arrived yet."

Luzhu muttered and complained to the side.

"It's three o'clock? This Xueyan, I obviously asked her to make an appointment at eight o'clock, so I came here early for this reason. I didn't expect that this girl dared to play tricks on others, and I didn't want to teach her a lesson when I turned around."

Li Kuan probably understood what the problem was, and was a little speechless. Fortunately, Cheng Jingwen probably wasn't such a fussy person.

"Ah? Didn't Miss Xueyan invite the third wife of my family to go on a cruise? How..."

"Ahem, Luzhu, haven't you always wanted to go on a cruise? Why don't you go and have fun by yourself first?"

Cheng Jingwen's face turned slightly red, feeling a little uneasy and a little surprised.

After hearing Cheng Jingwen's words, Lu Zhu had a look of resentment on her face. It was because she got away from her husband when she saw him.

"Qing'er, why don't you pay Luzhu and go with her, so she doesn't get bored by herself."

Today Li Kuan came out with Xi Junmai, Wang Xuanwu and Qing'er, but they all stood more than ten steps away consciously.

Qing'er knew very well what Li Kuan's purpose was for coming out today, so naturally he wouldn't get in the way, "Okay, Miss Luzhu, I see there is a boat waiting for guests on the other side of the bridge, how about we go to that boat?"

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Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, Lu Zhu was half dragged onto the cruise ship by Qing'er. Suddenly, Li Kuan and Cheng Jingwen were the only ones left on the Ba Bridge.

"I wonder why the prince is looking for Jingwen today?"

Cheng Jingwen lowered her head and fiddled with the stones on the bridge with her little feet.

"Can't I come to you if nothing happens?"

Seeing Cheng Jingwen's appearance as a little girl, Li Kuan felt inexplicably very happy.

"of course not."

"What? The voice was too low, I didn't hear it clearly."

"I said no, the prince can come to me at any time."

After saying that, Cheng Jingwen's face turned even redder.

For her, saying these words was much more difficult than knitting a few sweaters.

"Hey, you said that, I am very happy." Li Kuan smiled and took out two bottles from his arms, "Here, I give them to you, see if you like them."

"Ah? What is this?"

Cheng Jingwen took the two glass bottles with body temperature from Li Kuan, and Li Kuan deliberately touched her little hand with his finger.

"Open it and smell it."

The small bottles made by the glass workshop are very delicate, with a pear wood stopper, which is very suitable for holding perfume.

"Huh?" Cheng Jingwen opened one of the bottles, put it in front of her nose and smelled it, "It seems to smell like peach blossoms, but peach blossoms don't seem to have such an obvious fragrance."

"The smell of peach blossom is very light, with a bit of fragrance. I had people pick the flowers of several peach trees and make it into a peach blossom-flavored perfume."

"perfume?"

"That's right, you can apply it on your body or sprinkle it on your clothes. You only need a little at a time and it will smell good all day long."

The Tang Dynasty actually respected spices, but they mostly used incense and sachets. Cheng Jingwen had never seen someone like Li Kuan make perfume.

"This fragrance seems to be much purer and more elegant than the sachet, and it gives people a very comfortable feeling." Cheng Jingwen smiled lightly, "Your Majesty, I like this gift very much, thank you."

"The other bottle is pear blossom flavored, you can use it instead."

"Um."

"The beauty of the Weishui River is in March, and the spring rain is like wine and willows are like smoke. We are destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, but if we are not destined to meet each other, it is difficult to hold hands. It takes ten years to cross the same boat, and a hundred years to sleep together."
Chapter completed!