thefictionvixens Chapter 2633 Are you going to borrow money from me?
Chapter 2633 Are you going to borrow money from me?
Li Shen treated his brothers and sisters very well; he was not a heartless person.
Therefore, Li Shen would provide some assistance to the princesses who remained in Chang'an. When they got married, each of Li Shen received a dowry of 5,000 strings of cash, which exceeded the standard of the royal family.
Moreover, when these women encounter difficulties and come to him, he does his best to help them.
Everyone thought Li Shen was a good younger brother, except for Gao Yang, who had seen Li Shen's true self.
Every time Gao Yang thought about it, it terrified him so much that he couldn't sleep at night.
When Gao Yang and Bianji were caught in an affair by Li Shen, Li Shen's sinister gaze had already left a psychological scar on her.
What frightened her even more was that Li Shen not only dared to hit her, but also silently made Bianji hang himself.
Although there was no evidence, Gao Yang knew that it must have been Li Shen who did it.
Years have passed, and I thought I had escaped Li Shen's shadow, but last year Li Shen pulled this stunt again.
He beat her senseless in his princess's residence and even took out His Majesty's golden knife to threaten her.
Gao Yang saw real killing intent in Li Shen's eyes. If she didn't back down, Li Shen would really dare to kill her.
From then on, the name of Prince Ji was forbidden in the entire Princess's residence; Princess Gaoyang was so frightened.
The way Li Shen looked at her just now made Gao Yang tremble with fear, and all her memories came flooding back at once.
Instinctively, she grabbed Fang Yi'ai's arm.
"Yishi, how is Sixth Sister's health?" Li Shen asked as he approached Tang Shanshi.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. The princess is currently recuperating. Fortunately, Physician Sun's medical skills are superb, otherwise..."
Speaking of this, Tang Shanshi felt a little scared. His wife, Princess Yuzhang, suddenly fell ill and was on the verge of death. Fortunately, Prince Ji built this medical school.
It took years of treating various difficult and complicated diseases to finally have the opportunity to cure Princess Yuzhang.
"Well, that's good. I know your family is small, but my sixth sister has already given birth to a son for you. I hope that you can have another child after she has recovered."
You've frequented brothels and pleasure boats quite often; you mustn't ruin my sixth sister's health, do you understand?
Li Shen nodded and gave instructions, noting that women in this period generally did not live long and many died of illness.
Li Shen guessed that the reason was probably due to premature birth, which led to physical weakness and low immunity, resulting in many illnesses.
To solve this problem, we need to raise the marriage age to at least eighteen.
"Yes, Your Highness, I will follow your instructions. I will do anything to help the princess recover."
Tang Shanshi bowed after hearing this. Although many powerful families looked down on marrying a princess, it was actually a good thing for him.
Although he was Tang Jian's son and a descendant of a meritorious official, he was the fifth son in his family. The eldest son, Tang Songling, inherited the title, and the remaining brothers probably wouldn't get much of the family property.
He probably wouldn't be qualified to be an official; only by relying on his status as a son-in-law of the emperor could he have a chance to climb the ranks.
"Good to know. My sixth sister is here?" Li Shen looked around.
"The princess is here, over there." Tang Shanshi pointed to a spot not far away and saw Princess Yuzhang talking with her other sisters.
Li Shen nodded without saying anything more and followed the group ahead of him.
Several of the imperial sons-in-law had good relationships with him, such as Tang Shanshi, Fang Yi'ai, and Cheng Chuliang.
Arranged marriages were also a means for the royal family to consolidate its power.
"Tenth Brother, it's been a long time." Just as Li Shen returned to his seat, a voice called out from behind him.
Li Shenyi turned around and found that it was Princess Chang Le, Li Lizhi.
A smile appeared on Li Shen's face:
"Hehe, so it's the eldest sister."
Li Lizhi was the eldest sister, and Li Shen habitually called her "eldest sister".
"Since I'm here today, please don't call me 'elder sister'," Li Lizhi said with a smile.
With Princess Xiangcheng here, even as the eldest sister, she wouldn't dare to take the blame, otherwise it would be a breach of etiquette.
Li Shen nodded and changed his words:
“Sister is right. Please forgive me, sister. I’ve only been back for a few days. My elder brother has been taking me out every day and hasn’t had time to pay his respects to you. You can blame the monster on my elder brother.”
He completely shirked responsibility, and Li Chengqian, who was in front of him, swayed and almost fell when he heard this.
However, he refrained from turning around to argue with Li Shen, silently telling himself not to stoop to the level of a petty person.
"Hehe." Li Lizhi was amused by Li Shen. This younger brother was really bold, daring to openly slander their Crown Prince.
Looking at Li Shen, who was already a head taller than her, Li Lizhi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
My younger brother has grown up, but he's still the same mischievous little boy he was when he was a child.
However, Li Shen is now quite powerful and is no longer the little kid who came to me directly asking to do business together.
Looking back, it was astonishing that an eight- or nine-year-old child would directly discuss business with him and even ask him to invest five hundred strings of cash as a stake.
At that time, he had given 500 strings of cash as a thank-you gift because he had saved his mother. Little did he know that these 500 strings of cash would become a legend in the business world and be talked about by everyone.
The initial investment of 500 guan has yielded a return of 100,000 to 200,000 guan annually.
Countless royal nobles covet the shares she holds; if it were anyone else, why would they give her so much money every year?
This younger brother is very loyal and affectionate.
Overwhelmed with emotion, Li Lizhi couldn't resist touching Li Shen's head, but Li Shen instinctively dodged backward.
"Sister, what's wrong...?"
"Hehe, tenth brother, you've grown up. More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. You're taller and stronger than you were back then."
Li Lizhi said with a smile.
“Um… Sister, we had dinner here before I went to Xizhou this year.”
Seeing Li Lizhi's emotional outburst made Li Shen feel somewhat uncomfortable. "You're talking like you're my mother," he thought.
It's not like we haven't seen each other for ten years, it's only been a few months, okay?
"You, your older sister is just thinking about you when you were little." Seeing Li Shen ruining the atmosphere, Li Lizhi said irritably.
"Oh." Li Shen responded with an "oh," recalling his childhood and how money was always involved, either through gift-giving or lending money.
Li Shen became alert, fearing that someone might ask him for money.
"What's with that expression?" Li Lizhi was both amused and exasperated by Li Shen's change in expression.
"Does Sister need to borrow money?" Li Shen asked in a low voice.
"Borrow money?" Li Lizhi was taken aback, then she realized why Li Shen's expression was so strange.
“Tenth brother, your elder sister has always lived a secluded life and doesn’t spend much money. Why would she borrow money from you?” Li Lizhi scolded.
Li Shenyi thought that made sense, and then smiled, as long as he didn't have to borrow money.
"Since you won't lend me money, did something happen? Did Changsun Chong bully you?"
(Li Shimin actually had one daughter, but only a few people recorded her birth mother. Why is that?)