Chapter 701: Many, Many

"Have you thought about the consequences of this incident?"

Gu Jiu was rarely serious.

She didn't allow Liu Zhao to escape, she cut straight to the point, "You have to figure out your identity, you are the prince, the eldest prince, the eldest son of the emperor. There are some things that courtiers can do, eunuchs can do, and other princes can do, but you can't." Do. Anyone can solve the food problem, except you.

You've done enough credit in those years, but the more credit you have, the more dangerous you are. This time the food crisis, if you come forward to solve it again, I really dare not think deeply about what will happen to you. "

Liu Zhao was equally serious, "I can't just watch, but I can't do anything."

Gu Jiu snorted coldly, "Open your eyes wide and look around. This is not a palace, nor a palace, it's just another courtyard.

Our husband and wife, a dignified prince and a prince's wife, actually lived in another courtyard for three or four years. During this period, no one asked us to move back to the capital. What does this mean, don't you understand?

This in itself is a kind of exile, but instead of exile for three thousand taels, it is exile for thirty miles. The difference between three thousand taels and thirty miles is that you can still enter the palace and participate in government affairs. This gives you an illusion that you can still share your majesty's worries. Don't be naive! Let me tell you, even if those people starve to death, you are not allowed to come forward. "

Liu Zhao laughed at himself, "I understand everything you said."

"Since you understand it in your heart, you are still rushing to get ahead. Are you afraid that you won't die fast enough?" Gu Jiu snapped.

Liu Zhao's complexion twisted for a moment, he suppressed the irritability in his heart, "Then what do you want me to do? I have been trapped in another courtyard for three, five, ten years... I don't accept my fate, I never accept my fate. The opportunity is here In front of you, you have to try it out.”

Gu Jiu kicked on the poolside railing.

Liu Zhao sighed, "Why do you vent your anger on your own feet?"

"I'm almost mad at you, you still care about my feet." Gu Jiu rolled her eyes at Liu Zhao.

Liu Zhao stared at the pool, "I can't stay here forever, you know that."

Gu Jiu lost his temper, "I'm about to give birth, don't talk to me about this issue at this time. If there is any problem, we can talk about it after I give birth."

Liu Zhao sighed again.

After giving birth, it is confinement, and after confinement, it is childcare.

If Xiao Jiu made up her mind not to talk to him,

There are always various reasons to prevaricate.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Zhao said, "The Northwest Plan is about to take effect. I don't want to miss the opportunity to go to the west. If I want to go to the west, I must first return to the court. This food crisis is my chance to return to the court."

Gu Jiu remained expressionless and said after a long silence: "I know you have been training soldiers secretly. There is one thing that I never told you."

"What's up?"

Liu Zhao was curious.

Gu Jiu took a deep breath and said, "As early as a few years ago, I had a plan to start an iron smelting workshop, but I postponed this plan again and again. To this day, the plan for the iron smelting workshop is still lying in the cabinet Ashes."

Liu Zhao frowned, waiting for Gu Jiu's next words.

Gu Jiu smiled, "If I told you that I have a way to make steel, using steel to create sharper swords, harder shields, and lighter armor, how would you feel?"

Liu Zhao's breathing became obviously short.

"Aren't you teasing me?"

"Can I coax you about this kind of thing? Over the years, I have asked people to purchase mines everywhere, among which there are several large iron mines. The mining volume of these iron mines has always been very small, because I have been suppressing the people below. mining iron ore."

Liu Zhao clenched his fists, "Since you have a way to make steel, you can make sharper swords and stronger shields, why don't you want to start doing it?"

"It's not because of you. I'm afraid that you will die early, that I will become a widow, and that my children will not have a father. His Majesty cannot let me hold such a sharp weapon. He will forcefully confiscate the iron workshop and take extra precautions against you." Gu Jiu said sharply.

Liu Zhao laughed at himself, "Do you think I will die?"

Gu Jiu took a deep breath, "If I let it go, the possibility of your death will be very high. Don't talk about the distance, just talk about this dynasty, the eldest prince, which one will end well? I don't want you to follow in the footsteps of those people , understand?"

Liu Zhao nodded frequently, "I understand everything!"

His complexion was distorted and painful, and there was a lingering melancholy between his brows.

Gu Jiu gently held his hand and sighed softly, "It's not easy for us!"

Liu Zhao gritted his teeth, "My patience is almost reaching its limit."

"Don't be stupid! You can't be a real idle prince."

Liu Zhao shook his head, "Since I can remember, I've been busy and never stopped. Tell me to take a break, and I'll be idle for three to five years. If I don't have you by my side, I must have gone crazy."

What Liu Zhao said, Gu Jiu understood everything.

She is also a restless person.

When I am free, I feel uncomfortable all over.

Liu Zhao's problems are more serious than hers. Gu Jiu understands how depressed he is in his heart.

She leaned on his shoulder, "A lot of things, if you change the way, the process is a little roundabout, and you can still achieve your goal. If you want to go back to the court, you don't have to come forward to solve the food crisis. You are too impatient now, and you have lost your composure. .”

Liu Zhao held her shoulders, "You're right, I'm too impatient now, and I don't have enough self-cultivation. I will write a hundred big characters tonight, and you will supervise me."

Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at him, "I'm too lazy to supervise you. I'm pregnant with two, so I don't have the energy. Ask Lin Shuping to supervise you."

"He doesn't have the guts."

"Then let Zhao San supervise you."

Last month, Zhao San returned to Beijing from the Northwest for vacation and lived in the third phase of Xinmin County.

"I want you to supervise me." Liu Zhao cheated.

Gu Jiu spurned him, "I'm pregnant, you have no conscience."

Liu Zhao laughed, "My conscience is very bad."

Gu Jiu laughed, "Are you in a better mood?"

"If you are tired and worry about it, you will feel much better."

Gu Jiu reminded him, "Every time you enter the palace, you will become extremely irritable. In the next two months, I don't think you need to enter the palace and let the courtiers worry about it."

"It's all because of anger." Liu Zhao didn't hide it, "Someone in the court asked Father to crown the princes as kings. Only His Highness was missed by those bastards. Do you think I can't be angry? Ben Your Highness's eldest son, I'm not on the list for being crowned king. If it wasn't for being in the palace, my Highness would have already knocked at the door."

Gu Jiu frowned, "At this time Shangben proposes to be king, what exactly do you think?"

During the famine years, instead of worrying about disaster relief, Shangben proposed to be crowned king, wasting money and food. Could it be that someone's brain is flooded, or there are other deep meanings.

Liu Zhao smiled sarcastically, "What else can I think, it's just to provoke the relationship between my father and me. At this time, when Shangben proposes to be king, my father will definitely be suspicious. But my name was not listed. Father must have thought that it was I who ordered people to propose the title of king at this time, with the purpose of framing other brothers."

Gu Jiu frowned, "So in the palace today, did His Majesty scold you?"

Liu Zhao nodded without denying it.

"You didn't justify yourself?"

"Do you think Father will believe what I say?"

Gu Jiu smiled wryly.

It is obvious that Emperor Wende would not believe Liu Zhao's words.

The person who came up with this plan was obviously very aware of the rift between Liu Zhao and Emperor Wende. Taking the opportunity to provoke, one hit is sure to hit.

Gu Jiu sighed, "Someone doesn't like you and wants to give you eye drops."

Liu Zhao said indifferently: "There are too many people in the court who don't like me."

Gu Jiu looked at him and said solemnly: "I know why you are in such a hurry to go back to the court."

Liu Zhao hugged her tightly and said nothing.

Those people have started to openly and aboveboardly put eye drops in front of Emperor Wende. If Liu Zhao doesn't return to the court and fight back against those people, the hearts that have been accumulated with great difficulty will be scattered.

Those who support Liu Zhao naturally hope that Liu Zhao will fight back against those bastards.

I have been shrinking in the other courtyard and not returning to the court, allowing those people to attack me, once or twice, the people below can bear it.

Three years and five years, ten times and eight times, not to mention Liu Zhao's violent temper, the people below are about to rebel.

Even if Liu Zhao agreed to be an idle prince and continue to accompany Gu Jiu to live in another courtyard, keeping a low profile, the people below would not agree.

Seeing that people's hearts are about to scatter, Liu Zhao must take action to restore the situation.

Gu Jiu said: "If you want to go back to the court, the help of Mr. Li is indispensable."

Liu Zhao laughed, "It's not easy to convince him to help me."

"It's not easy. Isn't this a food crisis? You can ask him to have a talk."

Liu Zhao shook his head, "We can't ask him to meet so directly. Our bargaining chips can't be revealed so quickly. Besides, Master Li alone is not enough. I need to recruit several adults to come forward for me, so that I can return to the court. .”

Emperor Wende was really very guarded against Liu Zhao.

"What are you going to do?" Gu Jiu asked.

Liu Zhao said: "I already have a plan, you just need to tell me how much food you can get?"

How much grain?

Gu Jiu was stunned for a moment, "It should be a lot."

She didn't know exactly how much food there was. Anyway, that's a lot.