Chapter 540: Your Royal Highness is so poor

In a courtyard in the back mountain of Xiangguo Temple, there were bursts of piano sounds.
Liu Zhao, dressed in a robe with big sleeves, sat on the floor like a noble son, stroking the piano with his hands.
The sound of the piano is sometimes far away, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes like weeping like a complaint, and sometimes sword-fighting.
The people bowed and waited by their side, not even daring to show up.
Qian Fu walked in from the outside, hesitated for a moment, still did not dare to step forward to disturb Liu Zhao's Yaxing.
The piano sound stopped suddenly.
A string broke, bounced high, and flicked past Liu Zhao's face, almost scratching his cheek.
"His Royal Highness does matter?"
The servant Lin Shuping asked worriedly.
Liu Zhao had a calm face and stretched out his hand. His own Qingjun Xiaosi stepped forward to wipe and maintain his hands.
In the past, these things were done by beautiful maids.
Knowing that Gu Jiu is a jealous jar, these close waiters are also changed to Qingjun Xiaosi.
People who didn't know saw it, and they mistakenly thought that Liu Zhao had a tendency to break his sleeves.
Liu Zhao looked at Qian Fu.
Qian Fu hurriedly bowed and said, "His Royal Highness, Li Shizhong is here."
He looked hesitant.
Liu Zhao asked: "What else?"
"Li Shizhong brought a woman over."
Liu Zhao snorted, "Lord Li, please come in."
"That woman?"
"Find another place to arrange."
"Old slave obeyed."
For a moment, Li Shizhong was invited into the wing and sat on the floor opposite Liu Zhao.
"Just heard the sound of His Highness's piano, it's really natural. I don't know when I will be lucky enough to hear the sound of His Highness's piano again."
Liu Zhao gently wiped his hands, and his servant moved the Guqin down and replaced it with tea and snacks.
"Master Li, please have tea." Liu Zhao's face was cold, and he didn't answer the other party's words.
Li Shizhong picked up the tea cup, flicked it gently, and took a sip. The temperature of the tea was just right.
The fragrance of tea is far away.
However, there is no mood to taste tea at this moment.
He put down the teacup, "His Royal Highness really calmed down."
Liu Zhao smiled faintly, "My Royal Highness is not in a hurry since it has been less than two years since my father became the throne."
"But your brothers are very anxious." Li Shizhong looked at Liu Zhao with a smile.
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows, "They are them, and I am me. If Master Li is optimistic about one of my brothers, he can just go, so why bother to take this trip."
Li Shizhong laughed.
After laughing, he said: "When someone else says this, the officer only treats the other person as arrogant. But if you are your Highness, you have that confidence. Last year, you went out of Beijing for half a year in the name of peace chaos. It is training the navy in the south.
Even the few confidant guards around you stayed south. The official heard that the navy has gradually become large, and is sparing no effort to eliminate the coastal disasters and fight against the pirate Li Hailong. "
Liu Zhao asked with a cold face: "Master Li came to see me so hard, is it possible to achieve these old news? The first year of Wende is about to pass, you and I, why not talk about the second year of Wende."
"His Royal Highness is so worried?"
"Master Li isn't in a hurry?"
Liu Zhao smiled contemptuously.
Li Shizhong held the teacup, "It seems that His Royal Highness has already guessed the purpose of this official."
Liu Zhao did not deny, "I know something about it."
Li Shizhong said: "The official doesn't sell offenses. Someone in the south entrusts the relationship to the official. I hope that the navy's actions can be restricted to the coast."
Liu Zhao laughed, and after laughing, he mocked: "Could it be that the relationship between the pirate Li Hailong was entrusted to Lord Li? He has a way."
"The person entrusted with the relationship is not the pirate Li Hailong, but the governor of the Jiangnan Metropolitan Government."
Liu Zhao's brows moved slightly, "Supervisor Zhang, please ask for a relationship?"
"Exactly. Other people's face can't be given, and Zhang Dadu's can't be given. Otherwise, your Royal Highness's navy forces will be unable to make any progress along the coast."
Liu Zhao snorted, "Is your lord threatening your Highness?"
Li Shizhong shook his head, "No. This officer is making contacts for you."
Liu Zhao: Ha ha!
"That said, my Highness would like to thank Master Li."
Li Shizhong didn't talk nonsense, and bluntly said: "Supervisor Zhang Da is on the guarantor, and the sea trade under the name of Madam Zhao guarantees that it can carry the cargo of three ships every year. There is absolutely no falsehood."
Since Gu Jiu and Zhou Jin turned their faces, Gu Jiu's sea trade business has not been smooth.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the maritime merchants on the south side of the Yangtze River are all against each other.
What the prince, the prince’s wife, is not as good as the pirate Li Hailong in the sea.
Li Hailong said that Gu Jiu's goods would not be able to go out of the coastal waters if the ships of Sea Trade were not allowed to pass.
Li Hailong is so arrogant.
Of course, Li Hailong is just a pseudonym for the pirate leader Zhou Jin.
Liu Zhao attacked Zhou Jin, and Zhou Jin in turn attacked Gu Jiu's business in Jiangnan.
Now that Governor Zhang Da's intervention appears to be an opportunity.
Liu Zhao smiled, and asked: "If your Highness disagrees, will Governor Zhang Da go to this to impeach your Highness?"
Li Shizhong said: "The Governor Zhang has been in the south of the Yangtze River for many years. In the eyes of this official, his Majesty will not replace Governor Zhang in four to five years."
The implication is that if Liu Zhao disagrees with the mediation, everyone will fight in chaos within four to five years. The unlucky may not be Governor Zhang Da.
Just because Liu Zhao was a prince, there were things that courtiers could do, but he couldn't.
What he did is taboo.
For example, last year he secretly went to Jiangnan to train naval forces.
Once this matter was broken, Emperor Wen De had to give the courtiers an explanation.
Because there was no clear order for Liu Zhao to go down the Yangtze River to train the navy. It's a matter of military power, and his identity as a prince, this matter is very taboo.
In many cases, the status of a prince is not as convenient as that of a grandson.
The biggest difference is that the prince can't control the military, at least he can't clearly control the military.
In the past, Liu Zhao, as a grandson of the emperor, could also lead soldiers in battle.
Today, he can only serve as a prison guard at best. The military power in his hand will not exceed 1,000.
Liu Zhao slowly shook his head.
Li Shizhong frowned, "You don't agree? This is a situation where both lose and lose."
Liu Zhao chuckled, "The conditions offered by the other party are not enough. The three cargoes just want to confine the navy to the coastal area. Do they treat your Highness as a beggar?"
Li Shizhong asked: "Then you set the conditions, and I will fight for you."
Liu Zhao smiled, "Twenty ships."
Li Shizhong frowned, "His Royal Highness's appetite is too big."
Liu Zhao smiled contemptuously, "Master Li can refuse."
"The official doesn't matter. The key is that the governor may not agree to it when he grows up. If there are ten ships, the official can get one or two for your Highness."
"Fifteen ships, this is the bottom line of my Highness. Otherwise, my Highness doesn't mind turning Jiangnan upside down. No matter what the result is, my Highness will always be the prince, who can turn over after a few years of silence. As for Governor Zhang, it may not be Captain."
Liu Zhao bluntly threatened and was not polite.
Li Shizhong was a little embarrassed.
Liu Zhao said: "I don't make it difficult for Master Li. On the cement road from Beijing to Luozhou, if Master Li is willing, your Highness can call the shots and give you a portion of the shares."
Shizhong Li laughed, "Can your Highness be the master of Madam Zhao?"
Liu Zhao looked at him with a faint smile.
Li Shizhong waved his hand again and again, "Well, it's considered that the official said something wrong. The official will try to mediate this matter, and please write to the navy as soon as possible to restrict their actions."
"His Royal Highness will never let Master Li down, provided that Master Li also don't let His Highness down."
"His Royal Highness, don't worry, this official has always been trustworthy."
"That's great."
Liu Zhao picked up his teacup and took a sip.
Li Shizhong said: "Come here today, the officer has something else to do."
Liu Zhao said nothing.
"His Royal Highness should already know, this officer brought a woman."
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows, waiting for Li Shizhong's following.
Li Shizhong continued: "This person's identity is very sensitive, and the officer is unable to protect her, so I have to beg your Highness."
Liu Zhao laughed, "Why does your Highness help you protect a woman with an unknown source?"
"Because this is a sin committed by your Liu family."
Liu Zhao sneered.
"Whoever did the evil, who do you look for."
"The perpetrator is dead."
"If you die, you die, there is so much nonsense."
Li Shizhong looked at Liu Zhao with a strange expression, "His Royal Highness is really not curious about the identity of this woman?"
Liu Zhao sneered, "Since Master Li mentioned that the Liu family committed crimes, it is estimated that this person should be the illegitimate daughter of the royal family. For this matter, you should go to the Shaofu. It is useless to find your Highness."
Li Shizhong shook his head, "I really can only find you for this matter. If you find Shaofu, she won't be able to survive."
"Master Li is pitying and cherishing jade, so it is better to accept her and take her back to be a concubine."
"His Royal Highness hurt me." Li Shizhong said bluntly.
Liu Zhao smiled indifferently, "Isn't Lord Li also harming your Highness?"
"How could this officer harm you."
"You let my Highness protect her, how do you tell my Highness to explain to my wife?"
The corner of Li Shizhong's mouth twitched, "I didn't expect the rumors to be true."
Humph!
"It is rumored that your Royal Highness is afraid of Madam Zhao. The official has always thought it is nonsense. Only now did I know that there must be a reason for it.
Liu Zhao snorted again.
He asked rhetorically, "If all the expenses in the adult's family should be paid, it will be the honorable wife alone. Are you afraid?"
Li Shizhong opened his mouth, with a look of disbelief, "His Royal Highness is so impoverished?"
Liu Zhao's temple twitched, his face gloomy and silent.
Li Shizhong successfully angered Liu Zhao, but laughed.
"It is worth seeing the true temperament of His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness remembers the Jingsi Master of the Ganye Temple, the most beloved Concubine Su Gui in his later years? (For details, see Chapter 473).
Liu Zhao frowned, "If my Highness remembers correctly, she will burn herself to death."
"Exactly. She died, but her daughter survived."
Liu Zhao's heart was full of turbulent waves, but his face remained calm, "She has a daughter?"
"She does have a daughter who is eighteen years old. It is the flesh and blood of Emperor Xian, you have to call her aunt."
"Nonsense!"
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