Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Tang Sancai is brightly colored and has various shapes, the most common of which are figures, animals, and utensils.

It is made with exquisite craftsmanship, first undergoing fine carving, then being applied with colorful glazes, and finally being fired at high temperature.

Each piece of Tang Sancai is a unique work of art, reflecting the social outlook and cultural characteristics of the time.

They not only have extremely high artistic value, but are also important physical materials for studying ancient history and culture.

Li Shen knew about Tang Sancai because it was expensive.

In his previous life, he had seen a Tang Sancai in a museum, and the tour guide said it was worth tens of millions.

When Tang Sancai was first designed, it was for people to appreciate and use, just like porcelain.

Later, it gradually became a burial object.

But Li Shen believes that these are all stereotypes of later generations.

There are many porcelain, jade and iron wares in the tombs of ancient kings and princes, but why does no one call porcelain and jade wares funerary objects?

Li Shimin did not know Li Shen's plan, and he had never seen the so-called Tang Sancai.

It was just a report from below, saying that Prince Ji ordered Gongyi Kiln to fire three-color pottery a month ago.

Gongyi Kiln is located in Henan Province, very close to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

"I don't care what you do, but remember, don't get into trouble, okay?"

Li Shimin did not ask in detail about the affairs of Ji Wangfu. Although he was Li Shen's father, Li Shen had already established his own mansion, so he would not interfere.

As long as Li Shen doesn't get into trouble, let him worry less and let him play however he wants outside.

"I understand, don't worry, I won't get into trouble. I've grown up."

Li Shen promised.

"Don't say that. Every time you say you've grown up, the trouble you get into also gets bigger.

It is not a good idea for the prince to be alone in the court. You should grow up and help the prince.

He is different from me. When I ascended the throne, all the people in the court were my confidants, and there were also many people from the royal family, such as the King of Hejian and the King of Jiangxia.

They have always been helping me.

Now the prince is alone and cannot make a forest. It may be difficult for him to win the support of the people by relying on these old ministers.

They all followed me to build our kingdom, and they are all proud of their achievements and think they are superior. I think I can suppress them as long as I am here.

But if one day I am gone, it will be difficult to suppress the prince’s interest.

Sometimes I really want to learn from Emperor Wu of Han."

When Li Shimin said this, he drank the teacup in his hand as if it were wine.

Li Shen could see that Li Shimin was worried and felt conflicted.

"Aye, how about I drink with you?"

Li Shen asked with a turn of his eyes.

"I didn't bring any wine with me on this trip."

"I brought it."

After Li Shen said this, he leaned over the car window, stuck his head out, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Shitou~~~Bring me the best bottle of wine and the wine glass~~~"

He didn't see where the stone was, so he just shouted, and he didn't know whether anyone heard it or not.

However, Li Shen guessed that someone must have passed on the message.

Not long after, Stone's panting voice came from outside:

"My Lord, my Lord, I have brought the wine."

Hearing the sound, Wang De opened the car door and went out. When he came back, he was holding a bottle of wine and a box of crystal glasses.

Li Shen skillfully pulled out the cork with a corkscrew, took out two cups from the box and poured a little into each.

Li Shen picked up the wine glass and shook it so that it was all stained with wine, then he lifted it up and looked at it.

"good."

After saying that, Li Shen drank it all in one gulp, and then he did the same with the other cup.

"Aye, this wine tastes better after it's cooled down a bit."

Seeing Li Shen's smooth movements, Li Shimin felt deeply moved that his son was sometimes very sensible and did not need anyone to remind him.

But sometimes, what I do is not as sensible as a three-year-old child.

Since ancient times, emperors rarely ate at other people's homes, and they might only eat there a few times in their entire lives.

Li Shimin reigned for twenty-two years, and in the first ten years he basically never went out to eat.

Most of the next twelve years were spent eating with Li Shen.

Others, including Crown Prince Li Zhi and Crown Prince Li Tai, all knew the rules and would not invite Your Majesty to dinner.

But Li Shen didn't care about that. It was time for dinner, so he naturally invited Li Shimin to have dinner.

Li Shimin would even go to Li Shen to ask for money, but Li Shen didn't like to play with him.

If it were someone else, they wouldn't dare to take out the wine even if they had it, as it would be a sin even if it made His Majesty sick from drinking it.

But Li Shen was not afraid.

Just as Li Shimin was about to speak, Li Shen stuck his head out again and shouted:

"Stones~~~ What about watermelons? Bring all the fruits~~~"

The entire royal team was speechless. His Royal Highness Prince Ji really didn't care about his appearance. It was so inappropriate to yell so loudly.

But Li Shen didn't care. Later generations gave this behavior a nice name, called "down-to-earth".

Soon Shitou came running over with two eunuchs.

Fortunately, the carriage was moving slowly, otherwise he would not have been able to catch up.

"Let him come up too."

Seeing Li Shen busying around, Li Shimin said something.

Wang De immediately understood and went out to call Shitou up.

"Your servant greets His Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ji."

"No need to be polite, Old Ten. You are a good servant, very clever."

Li Shimin praised him.

Shitou was so flattered that he immediately bowed.

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. This is what I should do."

"Okay, hurry up and wait on the side. Thank you, Aye, this bastard is so stupid and has no vision at all."

Li Shen scolded Shitou.

Stone put all the fruits on the table, all on plates.

When I picked up the watermelon, I was a little worried because I didn't have a knife and couldn't cut it.

"Your Majesty..."

Shitou glanced at Li Shen.

"Just say you're stupid."

Li Shen said this and reached for his waist, but felt nothing.

Only then did he remember that his dagger had also been disarmed.

Li Shimin on the opposite side took out a dagger from a partition of the carriage and threw it on the table. The scabbard was made of gold and inlaid with gems.

Li Shen's eyes lit up when he saw it.

Shitou picked up the dagger and cut the watermelon.

"You still have cold melon at this time. You really know how to enjoy it."

While eating watermelon, Li Shimin couldn't help but complain.

"Aye, this is called watermelon, a melon from the Western Regions, grown in the glass vegetable shed of Prince Ji's mansion.

I'll send a truckload of them to Aye later and put them in the ice cellar."

Li Shen ate a watermelon and looked up to spit out the seeds out of the carriage window.

"Did your chin leak? It's dripping into the carriage.

Don't you know that a carriage is hard to keep clean?

I now regret letting you leave the palace at the age of nine. You must learn the royal etiquette before leaving the palace.

Tomorrow I will arrange for the Ministry of Rites to go to your Prince Ji's mansion to teach you etiquette for a month."

When Li Shimin looked up, he saw Li Shen biting the watermelon with all the flesh all over it, and he immediately scolded him angrily.