Li Chengqian was stunned and blinked his eyes.

Mr. Cheng actually asked Li Chengqian what he really wanted to know?

Nonsense, Li Chengqian certainly wanted to know, otherwise he would have asked so much about what to do.

When Mr. Cheng asked this, isn’t that nonsense?

Li Chengqian would not mind Cheng Laohuo's nonsense questions at this time, but instead felt happy because of his nonsense questions.

For this answer, he waited for a long time and never asked Cheng Lao Huo. Now that he finally saw him and was about to say it, nothing is more happy than this.

Of course, given that Mr. Cheng had already told several lies, Li Chengqian was not sure whether he was going to be fooled by a lie again, or to tell the truth.

So under the complicated situation where Li Chengqian was half happy and half worried, he showed nothing on the surface, but just nodded seriously to Mr. Cheng.

He said: "That's natural, my heart for Wenxiao is real!"

Old Man Cheng glanced at Li Chengqian sly and said, "I said you won't believe it..."

"Uh, as long as you don't stop Wenxiao and me, I will believe it." Li Chengqian made it clear that no matter what, his goal was firm.

Cheng Laohuo said: "Your Highness once told the old minister that it is only for marrying the palace or marrying other families, all with the benefit of marriage. This is right."

Unexpectedly, the first sentence of Mr. Cheng was to admit what Li Chengqian said.

"Yes, it's better to marry me than to marry someone else." Li Chengqian said bluntly.

"To say what Your Highness doesn't like to hear, it's good for Wenxiao to marry you. But it's not good for the Cheng family to marry you." said Mr. Cheng.

Li Chengqian was very puzzled when he heard this.

The Cheng family was unwilling to marry Li Chengqian, which means that the Cheng family hated Li Chengqian or his identity as the prince.

But as a minister, he actually had such a thought, not afraid of being labeled as a rebellion, but a name that was not a royal family would be unable to stand it.

And Mr. Cheng doesn’t look like a person who is not a royal family!

He asked with confusion, "Why?"

"Whether it is a marriage that is willing to be a child or a parent's order, the marriage between the two families is naturally a combination of interests. And marriage with the royal family is naturally the best. Marrying with Your Highness is even better!" said Mr. Cheng.

That's all, please report your daughter to me!

Li Chengqian thought so in his heart, but knew that he had a turning point, so he waited for his next sentence seriously.

"Marrying with the prince is the most convenient way. If His Highness takes office in the future, the Cheng family will immediately become the most popular family in Chang'an. Not to mention that there is no second family that can compare, but there are only a few that can be counted." Cheng Lao Huo continued to talk about the benefits to the high place.

It was heard that Li Chengqian wanted to marry his daughter to the crown prince.

Of course, this is just a mood. Not to mention that he doesn’t have a daughter, even if he has one, he can’t do anything randomly.

"But there are some bad things about this convenient road, and its foundation is too shallow. Once prosperous, it will be prosperous, and once dry, it will be dry. It is not what the old minister wants!" Cheng Lao Huo said in a profound and profound way.

Li Chengqian heard this well.

Although he knows a general truth, there will naturally be shortcomings in using convenient methods. For example, there is a saying that hasteness will not be achieved.

But he knew the truth, but he didn't know what specific things Mr. Cheng was talking about here.

"Haha, Your Highness doesn't understand, then the old minister will tell you. The Cheng family, the old minister, has fought with His Majesty to conquer the world. I know that this military merit is a real thing. As long as I have military merit, my Cheng family will become stronger and stronger. Whether it is under the command of the late emperor, the subordinates of Your Majesty, or your subordinates in the future, my Cheng family will not fall."

"Then what does this have to do with Wenxiao marrying me?" Li Chengqian became even more strange.

Old Man Cheng asked back, "If Wenxiao married you, my Cheng family would become a royal relative. Then how dare my Cheng family take charge of the army? How dare I make so many military achievements?"

Because he became a royal relative, he dared not lead troops to fight?

Li Chengqian was shocked and understood what he meant for a moment.

After marrying the prince, he became a great royal celebrity. If he was in charge of the army and made military achievements, he would easily be suspected of rebellion.

Therefore, marriage with the prince became a big celebrity and earning military merits, and becoming a fish and bear's paw of the Cheng family.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was still a little suspicious, Cheng continued, "Your Highness saw the Changsun family as high as the peak and was very popular, but have you ever seen your uncle lead troops to fight?"

Changsun Wuji seemed to have been staying in Chang'an and had never led his troops to fight. This can be said to be tiring and dangerous in the battle. A big man like Changsun Wuji would not take this risk. But the most valuable thing in the Tang Dynasty was military merits. If Changsun Wuji could make some money for his family, it would be impossible to let go!

In this way, it is really as Lao Huo Cheng said, and this royal relative is not so easy to be a member of the royal family!

But Li Chengqian cannot follow Cheng Lao Huo like this. If he follows him, wouldn’t Li Chengqian lose Cheng Wenxiao?

"Uncle Cheng, although you are doing it for the Cheng family, I think you have thought too much. Now that the whole country has been unified, there are few places to fight. You have already made a lot of military achievements for the Cheng family. Now that you are married to me, isn't that adding a layer of protection to this contribution? It is completely beneficial to the Cheng family!" Li Chengqian said.

Cheng Laohuo looked north and chuckled: "It is inevitable that our dynasty and Goguryeo are fighting against Tubo, and the Turks were just destroyed by our dynasty, so they also needed to send troops to suppress them. I can't bear to have so many opportunities!"

Li Chengqian was stunned. Indeed, since he learned about Goguryeo and Tubo, he also had the urge to destroy them. In this way, if Cheng Lao Huo wanted to fight, his daughter could not marry.

"Your Highness, now you know the reason why I have always rejected you. You can't miss the Cheng family because of marrying a daughter!" said Cheng Laohuo, "I hope your highness..."

"Stop!" Li Chengqian shouted quickly.

Damn, when Cheng is usually a hooligan, Li Chengqian doesn't take it seriously. If he is asked to tell the truth this time, Li Chengqian really has no chance in the future.

Old Man Cheng looked at him.

Li Chengqian's mind started to turn sharply. When Cheng Laohuo's patience was almost over, he said: "Uncle Cheng wants to make contributions so that the Cheng family can have unsuccessful capital..."

"That's right." Cheng Lao Huo nodded.

Li Chengqian's mind was still moving when he was saying this.

"When I married Wenxiao to me, I was afraid I would not have the opportunity to earn military merits." Li Chengqian continued to talk about a delaying plan.

"yes."

Li Chengqian suddenly remembered something like gunpowder. With gunpowder, fighting is not a sharp one.

"Then as long as Uncle Cheng can earn military merits, Uncle Cheng can marry Wenxiao to me? In other words, if Wenxiao marrys me, it will not affect Uncle Cheng's earning military merits, then will Uncle Cheng not reject me?" Li Chengqian said.

Old Man Cheng smiled and said, "How can there be two beautiful things in the world!"

"What if there is?" Li Chengqian asked.

Old Man Cheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Chengqian's serious look, and nodded: "If there is, I will naturally not stop Xiaojiu that child!"

When Li Chengqian heard Cheng Laohuo agree, he was about to speak.

Mr. Cheng added, "If your highness can't do it, please respect yourself."

Li Chengqian's face turned dark and he didn't say the gunpowder he wanted to say. He said, "Don't worry, Uncle Cheng. Can I forget our previous practices? I can make some inventions and then remember the merits on the Cheng family. As long as the merits are great enough, Wen Xiao will marry me at that time. Isn't this a beauty of both worlds?"

Mr. Cheng didn't believe it: "What can be better than military merit?"

"When the time comes, Uncle Cheng will know!" Li Chengqian said.

Mr. Cheng didn't mind taking advantage of him and said, "I'm going to see it!"

After talking to Mr. Cheng, Li Chengqian left the backyard and returned to the reception hall in front. Cheng Wenxiao and his daughter were chatting. As soon as Li Chengqian came in, he stopped talking.

Cheng Wenxiao looked at Li Chengqian with some concern, but when she saw that Li Chengqian looked calm and seemed to have happened not as serious as she thought, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Chengqian was anxious to go back and get out the gunpowder, but Cheng's mother seemed to have something to tell him. After asking Li Chengqian to sit down, she talked about the matter of Hualu. In just two days, Hualu had shown its commercial value and its marketing volume was very high, reaching thousands of tents.

Among these thousand guans, there are seventy or eighty guans left to the Cheng family, which makes a lot of money for the Cheng family.

Not only did the Hulushui make a lot of money for the Cheng family, but Cheng's mother is also very popular in the circle of ladies. Wherever she goes, people say that he is one of the bosses of Hulushui, but he is envied by those ladies, which greatly satisfy Cheng's mother's vanity.

Li Chengqian was thinking about gunpowder and did not think about the consequences of Cheng's mother being so happy. In fact, this is the reason why Cheng Laohuo suddenly stopped bullying Li Chengqian. It was because Cheng's mother saw that Li Chengqian could bring benefits to the Cheng family, so she restrained Cheng Laohuo.

So after Cheng's mother spoke a call to express her vanity, Li Chengqian offered to say goodbye.

After leaving Cheng Mansion, Li Chengqian happened to see a eunuch from the chef who came to Cheng Mansion with his precious pigeon Wangcai.

Li Chengqian took Wangcai and handed it to Cheng Wenxiao.

Cheng Wenxiao asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, my father didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and asked back: "What did your mother tell you?"

"My mother said it strangely, but she didn't feel that it was good. She just asked you to go in and find my father, so I thought something bad was going to happen." Cheng Wenxiao's face was a little pale.

Li Chengqian reached out and touched her face, saying, "Go back, I'm going to make an invention, and we can be together in the future."

After saying this, Cheng Wenxiao's face turned red again, and she was curious about what invention Li Chengqian wanted to make.

Li Chengqian said: "Gunpowder."

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Chapter completed!