A few days later, in the port outside Dengzhou City, Li Su and Wen Xin stood on the dock in civilian clothes, with only a few guards around them, and there were some stewards and subordinates of the palace, but they did not bring the honor guard of the palace, and the group looked like ordinary people who came to the dock to greet relatives and friends, but Dengzhou is Li Su's fief after all, and many people in Dengzhou know him, so when they saw His Royal Highness King Qi here, although some people had the courage to come forward and salute, most of them chose to avoid it.

The reason why Li Su and the others are dressed as ordinary people is mainly because the person they came to pick up today is his eldest brother Li Chengqian, who was demoted to Shanghai. Li Chengqian was demoted from the position of the crown prince to a commoner all of a sudden, and now he must be very disappointed in his heart, so if Li Cheng poses as a prince in front of the other party, it is equivalent to cutting flesh in Li Chengqian's heart. It was precisely because of this consideration that Li Su decided to greet Li Chengqian's family as a private person, so as not to make the other party think too much.

Li Su They didn't wait long, a medium-sized fleet under the leadership of the pilot ship, slowly sailed into the port, the ships in this fleet are not very large, the front of the big ship should be Li Chengqian's boat, the bow position is written 'Gefeng' three words, just look at the size of this Hefeng, but only one-third of Li Su's Qi Wang.

After the Hefeng slowly parked on the dock, Li Su and Wen Xin led the people to the bow of the boat, and the people on the boat also began to stretch down the planks on the dock along the boat, and the first to get off the bow was Li Chengqian, the abolished prince of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that when Li Su saw this person limping off the bow of the boat, he almost didn't dare to recognize him. He and Li Chengqian haven't seen each other for more than a year, but now when they see each other again. found that Li Chengqian's temples were white, and there were a few fine lines on his forehead and the corners of his eyes. Although Li Chengqian is only in his twenties this year, he now looks like a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties.

saw Li Chengqian, who described the great change. Li Su was also taken aback, and saw that Li Chengqian's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he immediately stepped forward to help the other party get off the boat. However, Li Chengqian was stunned, struggled instinctively, and found that Li Su was really helping him, so he was a little moved to get off the boat with Li Su.

Seeing Li Chengqian get off the boat, Wen Xin hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then took Li Chengqian's wife Su Shi off the boat. Su is the eldest daughter of the secretary Cheng Su Yan, and she is one year younger than Li Chengqian. The appearance is naturally very beautiful, but because her husband was degraded, her face was also a little sad and haggard.

In addition, in addition to the Su family, there are several sons and daughters of Li Chengqian, that is, Li Su's nephews and nieces, the eldest is five years old, and the youngest is just half a year old, among which the eldest son born to the Su family is named Li Xiang, who is just two years old. This time, he was demoted out of Chang'an with his father, and now he is being led by the Su family.

Su was born in a scholarly family, and when he saw Li Yu and Wen Xin coming to greet him in person, he hurriedly led Li Xiang forward and saluted: "Su Shi pays a visit to His Royal Highness King Qi. Meet Princess Qi! ”

Seeing that his wife was about to salute people, Li Chengqian's face darkened, thinking about when he was the crown prince. Only others saluted the couple, but now they were once degraded. His status plummeted, and he went from a prince to a commoner. Now he even has to salute when he sees his brother, which makes him even more depressed.

Seeing Su's salute, Wen Xin hurriedly helped the other party up, and at the same time, Li Su next to him also spoke: "Sister-in-law doesn't have to salute, today I just greeted the eldest brother and sister-in-law as a younger brother, so if it is a salute, it is time for me and Wen Xin to salute the eldest brother and sister-in-law!" ”

Li Su said, and Wen Xin saluted Li Chengqian and Su Shi together, seeing Li Su and his wife so polite, Su and Li Chengqian were very moved. Since they were demoted, it can be said that they have suffered from the warmth and coldness of people, and even when they left Chang'an, they were ridiculed by Li Tai, for which Li Chengqian almost fought with the other party. When they went to sea to take a boat, the petty official of the Ministry of Rites who was responsible for arranging their itinerary refused to use a big boat, and only chose a small boat like Hefeng, as long as there was wind and waves, the boat would be very bumpy, so Li Chengqian also got seasick, and it took several days to get used to it before he could eat, but the whole person was even more old and haggard.

Li Su saw the expressions of Li Chengqian and his wife, and guessed that they must have tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection along the way, so he didn't want to show too much, and when he saw his nephew Li Xiang who was holding his little hand by the Su family, he immediately stepped forward to pick up Li Xiang, who was a little timid, and changed the topic: "Big brother, the last time I saw Xiang, he was just a baby in swaddling clothes, I didn't expect it to grow so big!" ”

Li Xiang is only two years old, and he is still a little afraid of life, plus he has never seen Li Su except when he was born, so when he was first picked up by Li Su, he still looked very resistant, two big watery eyes looked at his mother Su, and at the same time, his mouth was flattened, and he seemed to want to cry.

At this time, Wen Xin took out the candy that had been prepared a long time ago and shook it in front of Li Xiang, which immediately attracted the attention of the little guy, and opened two chubby little hands to grab it, which caused Li Xiang to laugh. Wen Xin also lost no time in putting the candy in Li Xiang's little hand, and finally attracted all the attention of this little guy to the candy, and no longer resisted Li Xiang's embrace.

Seeing that Li Su and his wife loved their son so much, Li Chengqian and Su also had a little smile on their faces. And Li Su played with Li Xiang while beckoning Li Chengqian and his wife to leave with them, as for the other former prince's mansion personnel who were demoted with Li Chengqian, naturally the stewards of the palace would arrange it.

Since you come to Dengzhou, then the first thing is naturally to take a train, after all, this has become a landmark thing in Dengzhou, in fact, as the train is gradually accepted by people, Dengzhou City and several nearby big cities have also built train tracks, but the construction of train tracks consumes a lot of steel, although Datang's steel production is growing rapidly, but the price is a little expensive, at least this train track is not anywhere can be built.

Li Chengqian's family was greeted by Li Su and his wife on the train, when the train spitted black smoke and began to slowly accelerate, the two-year-old Li Xiang was jumping with joy, and even climbed onto the stool next to the window with a few brothers and sisters, while hooking his head to look out, while chattering and discussing something, they are all children, the oldest is only five years old, and they don't understand what will happen to their identities after their father is demoted, so there is nothing to worry about, naturally happier than their parents, and Su and Wenxin, and several of Li Chengqian's concubines were worried that they would fall, and they were all protecting them with a smile.

Although Li Chengqian was depressed because of being degraded, he was also very curious about the novelty of the train, and when the train started, he finally showed a strange look on his face, and took the initiative to ask Li Su why the train could move forward without cattle and horses? What is the black smoke that spit out?

In fact, when Li Chengqian was in Chang'an before, he had also heard of these novelties made by Li Su, but at that time he and Li Taidou died and lived, and he didn't care about these things, and he always thought that others were spreading falsehoods, but he didn't expect to see it with his own eyes today before he realized that there was really such a thing in this world, and it was even more magical than he imagined.

For Li Chengqian's questions, Li Su naturally answered them one by one, and also pointed out the scenery along the way, now the train money is no longer just between the main city of Dengzhou and the wharf, but in the middle of a few turns, the middle of the two acropolis and several important factories included, in this way, although it took a little more time from the wharf to the main city, but it is convenient for the people of Dengzhou, it is really a rare political achievement.

took a group of unfinished little guys off the train, and then everyone returned to the Qi Palace, where a banquet had already been prepared. Because this time only Li Chengqian's family was invited to the banquet, and it was a family banquet, so there was no need to divide any men and women, everyone sat together to eat and chat, and they all participated in the banquet together.

Among them, the ugly ugly is more than a year old, and when she saw Li Xiang's cousins and cousins who were not much older than herself, she ran up excitedly, but the way she greeted was really unbearable, and she had to go up and take a bite when she saw anyone, so Li Xiang and them were all scared to run around, and the whole hall was about to be turned upside down by them.

Maybe it was because of seeing these carefree children, or maybe it was because of Li Su's warm hospitality, Li Chengqian's mood was obviously much better, there were a few more smiles on his pale face, and he even ate more wine and food. This makes Su Shi, who has been carefully observing her husband, very comforting, after all, whether Li Chengqian is the prince or not, he is his husband, and along the way, he sees that her husband's body is not as good as day by day, and even the diet is much less, which makes her look at it in her eyes, but she is anxious in her heart, and now she can see her husband eat a few more mouthfuls of food, which has made her very content.

After the banquet, Wen Xin took Su's, Li Xiang and other female dependents and children to play in the palace, while Li Su and Li Chengqian found a pavilion and ordered someone to make fragrant tea, and the two sat opposite each other, drinking tea and chatting at the same time.

"Big brother, the third brother already knows about your trip to Shanghai, and the house has been prepared for you and your sister-in-law, in addition, although Shanghai is a new city, it has a prosperous appearance, I believe that as long as it is a few years, it will definitely not be worse than Dengzhou, and even more than Dengzhou in the future, becoming the most prosperous port in my Datang." So the eldest brother and sister-in-law, you can live there for a while, just take a break, and when your father's anger passes, the queen mother will persuade you again, maybe you will be recalled by your father to Chang'an in the future! Li Sushen said with a smile, although the content of the words was very mixed, but it expressed a younger brother's concern for his brother.

However, after Li Chengqian listened to Li Su's words, he glanced at him with complicated eyes. In fact, since he met Li Su, he has always had a question that he wanted to ask the other party, but the families of the two were there before, and he was embarrassed to ask, but now that there are only the two of them left, he has nothing to care about. (To be continued.) )