[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er":3,"chapter-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-61":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Starting Off by Vindicating Li Er",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351192,4596,"Chapter 61: Li Yuan Visits, Adding a Child Bride","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-61",61,"\u003Cp>Just as Li Er and Su Liang were discussing football, Li Yuan arrived with Wu Shihuo and a few others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Su Liang also caught a glimpse of the third female emperor in Chinese history: Wu Zhao, or Wu Zetian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Historically, there were two female emperors before Wu Zetian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first female emperor was the Northern Wei Emperor Shang, known as Lady Yuan, with the era name Wuqin. The second female emperor was Chen Shuozhen, the Wenjia Emperor of the peasant uprising during the fourth year of the Yonghui era of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the endings for both of these female emperors were quite tragic. The Northern Wei Emperor Shang was merely a farce orchestrated by the Northern Wei Empress Dowager Hu; she was killed less than a year into her reign, and not even her name was left behind. As for Chen Shuozhen, she could not bear to see her fellow villagers being exploited and persecuted by imperial officials, so she led them in an uprising. After the uprising, she proclaimed herself \"Wenjia Emperor,\" but unfortunately, she was no match for the Tang Army and was defeated and killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Su Liang was sizing up Wu Zhao, Li Yuan had already reached Li Er and, staring at the football in Li Er's hands, said, \"This ball is quite interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... Your Majesty may try it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er could see that his father was quite interested in the football in his hands, so before Li Yuan could ask for it, he immediately handed the football to his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good, good... It has elasticity; using this for football will surely be much more fun,\" Li Yuan said, patting the football.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had the words left his mouth than Li Yuan kicked the football into a water vat outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell... is this really a 60-year-old man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Su Liang was truly shocked by Li Yuan's ball skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What shocked Su Liang was not that the water vat was a full 20 meters away, nor that the vat was only 80 centimeters in diameter. What shocked Su Liang was that the opening of the vat was facing upward; for the football to arc into it, the precision of the force required was immense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Li Yuan's smug expression, it was clear he hadn't even used his full strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... what are you two, father-in-law and son-in-law, discussing again?\" Li Yuan said, still feeling the thrill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Liang coughed lightly, then looked at Li Yuan and said, \"Retired Emperor, His Majesty and I were just discussing holding a football tournament for the Mid-Autumn Festival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, hey, hey... stop right there. Just call me Grandpa Li from now on. Starting today, Grandpa Li is going to stay here at the Lotus Garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh...\" Su Liang was truly taken aback by Li Yuan. Last time, he thought Li Yuan was just joking and didn't take the title \"Grandpa Li\" to heart, but today, Li Yuan's attitude made it truly difficult for Su Liang to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately cast a glance at Li Er, who also shook his head helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Su Liang and Li Er were communicating silently, what Grandpa Li said next left Su Liang speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... Little Su, my old friend here will soon set off for the south to help you handle the materials needed for building roads. You can take care of little girl Wu Zhao here at the Lotus Garden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... this... Su Liang didn't know what to say for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, Wu Shihuo, was going south—what did that have to do with Wu Zhao? Hadn't the Wu family already moved to Changancheng this year? Besides, didn't Wu Zhao have a mother? Didn't she have two older brothers and an older sister?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is this situation... Su Liang was in a state of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this the plan all along, the reason Wu Zhao hadn't come to the Lotus Garden before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Su Liang was pondering this, Wu Shihuo said with a smile, \"Hehe... I will have to trouble the Prince of Chu to look after my daughter. That way, I can focus on handling the raw materials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wu Shihuo said this calmly, he immediately bowed slightly to Li Yuan, Li Er, and Su Liang, and then... then he just left?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell... he didn't give Su Liang a chance to object at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was clearly... making Su Liang take her in as a child bride!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Liang never expected that his first meeting with Wu Zhao would end like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a little thought, he recalled that historically, it was precisely because of Wu Zhao's outstanding beauty that Yang Shidao recommended his niece to Li Er, and Li Zhi also doted on Wu Zhao! Su Liang had no choice but to accept it with tears in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Little Sizi had completely settled into the Lotus Garden, Su Liang's place had become a nursery, so one more wouldn't hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wu Zhao was looking at Su Liang with a shy expression, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem...\" Seeing this, Li Yuan coughed twice and then said, \"Aren't you two, father-in-law and son-in-law, just discussing the football tournament? Has the event been finalized?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It has been finalized. It will be held on the fifteenth of the eighth month. The morning will be the preliminary rounds to select four strong teams, and the afternoon will be the finals...\" Li Er informed Li Yuan of the tournament process he had discussed with Su Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, there were 32 teams in total, the bracket would be decided by drawing lots, and it would be a single-elimination tournament!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team that ultimately won the championship would receive the \"Hercules Cup.\" The four teams that reached the finals would receive a tournament prize of ten thousand gold, that is, ten thousand taels of gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Er finished speaking, Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Su Liang and laugh, \"Hehe... Little Su, you really have money to burn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the words fell, Su Liang just smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the World Cup prize money of later generations, his prize money still seemed quite small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, I think this plan is excellent. Let's do it this way,\" Li Yuan said, immediately urging Li Er to announce the tournament to the world as soon as possible. With a month and a half left, they should get as many teams to participate as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Li Er immediately went to get busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Er left, Li Yuan told Su Liang to quickly arrange a cool place for him to stay, as he wasn't leaving today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Li Yuan said he wanted to come live at the Lotus Garden last time, Su Liang had already reserved a luxurious residence for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he only needed to settle Wu Zhao in. He was troubled for a moment, not knowing what kind of room Wu Zhao liked, so in the end, he had no choice but to leave the matter to the thoughtful Ruyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening, at the Lotus Garden's dinner, everyone except Changle, Little Sizi, and Li Xian'er was exceptionally reserved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had eaten with Li Er and Empress Zhangsun before, facing the Retired Emperor Li Yuan—a stranger—they still felt somewhat unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan also noticed the strange atmosphere and immediately said happily, \"From now on, just call me Grandpa Li. Just treat me like your own grandfather; there's no need to be formal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell, Changle also chimed in, \"Sisters, don't worry, Imperial Grandfather won't blame you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Li Yuan also looked at everyone with a loving expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, under Li Yuan's initiative, everyone in the Lotus Garden soon hit it off with Grandpa Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that they couldn't bring themselves to call Li Yuan \"Grandpa Li,\" so finally, at Little Sizi's suggestion, they followed the example of Changle, Little Sizi, and Li Xian'er, and respectfully addressed Li Yuan as Imperial Grandfather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhangsun Yue was fine; after all, she was a relative of the imperial family, so calling him Imperial Grandfather was not inappropriate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan had also watched Wu Zhao grow up, so calling him Imperial Grandfather was no big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Ruyan and Yu'er, they had inexplicably gained an Imperial Grandfather, and they were simply flattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meal, Li Yuan pulled Uncle Fu and Erhu aside to chat about daily life. Seeing that both were still single, he patted his chest and guaranteed that he would make sure both of them brought a beauty home soon.\u003C\u002Fp>",1448,"2026-06-21T02:53:01.560Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a2f652586a316f5ec023d776ec606266889abf90c568067cb09b86d1e15711f4","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-62","great-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-chapter-60",63,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-starting-off-by-vindicating-li-er-cover.jpg"]