Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

"You didn't remember it wrongly, did you? I left the palace in the eleventh year of Zhenguan, and until now, in the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, I have not received any salary.

You tell me now that there are still nine years left, doesn’t that mean I will not receive my salary for twenty years?

That’s two hundred thousand strings of cash.”

Li Shen himself was shocked that he was fined twenty years' salary.

Li Tai and Li Zhi were also dumbfounded. Li Shen was actually fined twenty years' salary, more than 200,000 strings of cash.

This is not a small amount, especially since Li Shen was fined twenty years of salary without being granted a fiefdom.

They wouldn't be able to bear this.

"I won't remember it wrong, and it's all recorded in the Zongzheng Temple." Wang De continued with a smile.

He found it ridiculous that Prince Ji was truly the number one prince in the world, yet he was fined twenty years' salary.

This alone is enough for this young prince to go down in history.

"What's wrong with 200,000 strings of cash? Can it compare to the more than 4 million strings of cash you cheated me of?"

Seeing the distressed look on the face of this rebellious son, Li Shimin asked angrily.

"Aye, I took out one million strings of cash, and I gave 300,000 strings of cash to my eldest brother.

I only got 2.7 or 2.8 million strings of cash.

Another one million strings of cash were awarded in the name of Aye.

The actual amount I got was just over a million guan, where can I get so much money?" Li Shen corrected immediately.

"How dare you say that? I gave you a third-rank official rank as a general.

What's more, you dare to say that you gave Gao Ming 300,000? Don't you know what your purpose is?"

"That's right, Aye is right, Old Ten, you are really cruel. Three hundred thousand strings of cash, and you let your eldest brother take on such a big thing for you."

Just when Li Shimin finished scolding Li Shen, Li Chengqian came in with Crown Princess Su and echoed him.

This younger brother is capable of anything. He even dares to use me, the crown prince, and take the blame for him.

"See Aye, Mother."

"I've met eldest brother and sister-in-law."

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen, as if to ask if he had anything else to say.

Li Shen was indeed in the wrong in this matter. He gave Li Chengqian 300,000 strings of cash just because he wanted Li Chengqian to bear the first wave of anger.

"Um...Brother, this is all a misunderstanding. I have no intention of giving you money. I just want to give you some money.

This money is all earned by me through hard work, it is not stolen money."

Li Shen hurriedly explained.

Li Chengqian scoffed at Li Shen's explanation.

"This is...."

When Crown Princess Su came to Empress Changsun's side, she saw the box filled with pearls and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"You came just in time. These are the South China Sea pearls that Shen'er just brought into the palace. You can pick some and take them back to make some jewelry."

Empress Changsun said gently, even though Su was the Crown Princess, her life was indeed not that good.

Because the prince was not very wealthy and had to be careful about the impact, for fear that he would be impeached for not being frugal, he wore very few jewelry and accessories.

Empress Changsun certainly knew this too, so such a good thing would of course require the Crown Princess to be chosen together with her.

"Thank you, mother, Your Majesty." Crown Princess Su immediately thanked.

Who doesn't like pearl agate?

Li Chengqian also noticed a box of pearls on the table and was shocked.

"Is this how you got it?" Li Chengqian was also speechless.

"If not this way, can you pick it up with your hands?" Li Shen said unhappily.

Because of this, I was fined two years' salary.

"Tenth brother, you are really wasting this big box of top-quality pearls. If they get scratched, they will be worthless."

Li Chengqian couldn't help but complain after hearing this.

This younger brother is such a prodigal son.

Li Shen became even angrier when he heard what Li Chengqian said, as his father had just said the same thing, and then he fined him two years' salary.

Then he raised his neck:

"I have money, I am willing to do it."

Li Shen's words immediately choked Li Chengqian back.

What they said is indeed right, you should be willing to do what is yours.

"Alas, even if you are rich, you can't be so wasteful." Li Chengqian said with regret.

Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard Li Shen's words.

"Humph, you have money but you still cheat me of it, do you think I'm easy to cheat?"

Li Shen's eyes turned and he immediately raised his hand:

"Aye, I am reporting this. Big brother is also involved in this matter. Big brother and I are accomplices. It was also big brother who asked me to come back and find a way to stop Aye.

Most of this was suggested by my elder brother and has nothing to do with me.”

Humph, if I let you beat me, then we'll die together. If you say anything more and get beaten up again, you won't be any better.

Li Chengqian panicked immediately after hearing what Li Shen said.

"Old Ten, you are slandering me. I just asked you to come back and persuade Aye."

This is outrageous. It seems like this younger brother is determined to fight him to death.

"Huh, do you really think I'm a three-year-old child? So easy to deceive?" Li Shimin didn't believe what Li Shen said either.

"Yeah, I have evidence. Big brother divided the stolen money and took my money." Li Shen immediately produced the evidence.

"Old Ten, you sent me that money for no apparent reason. I had no idea about it."

He knew that the three hundred thousand strings of cash was not that simple.

"Big brother didn't know about it? Why did Big brother, who wasn't instructed by you, take my money? Why did you share the spoils with me if you didn't participate?"

Li Shen immediately asked back.

"This..." Li Chengqian was suddenly speechless and was stumped by Li Shen's question.

He didn't know how to explain this. Was he greedy? Or did he think Li Shen was helping him?

But Li Shen would never admit it.

Li Shen's question was very profound. Even Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun Li Tai and others looked at Li Chengqian.

Li Shen’s question makes sense. If it’s not you, why do you take the money?

That's not three thousand strings of coins, nor is it thirty thousand strings of coins; that's three hundred thousand strings of coins.

Maybe it was only one tenth of the money Li Shen had defrauded, but for others, 300,000 strings of cash was a huge sum of money.

Apart from Li Shimin and Concubine Wei, who else present could come up with 300,000 strings of cash?

All the property of Li Tai and Li Zhi added together, even if the palace was sold, would not amount to more than 300,000 strings of cash.

Li Shen admired himself for being able to remember this formula-type problem.

"Old Ten, please stop slandering me. I didn't do that."

Li Chengqian was so angry that his face turned purple, and in the end he could only utter such meaningless words.

Li Shimin sighed in his heart. He certainly didn't believe that Li Chengqian and Li Shen were in collusion. He sighed that this rebellious son was indeed meticulous.

The prince was stumped by just one sentence.

It seems that the prince still needs to be tempered. However, he thought about how he would answer if he were asked this question.

After thinking for a long time, Li Shimin only came up with one solution, which was to confiscate the property of the person who was questioning and exile him to a cold and bitter place.

Don't ever let him come back.