Gongsun Ao was confused for a moment. He didn't know why Wu Shilu was still alive.
If we must say, doesn't Wu Shilu represent that the Left Grand Commandant has not yet succeeded?
Liu Tan looked at his expression and asked, "Has the Left Grand Commandant contacted you in recent days?"
Gongsun Ao suddenly became alert: "Your Highness, are you kidding? How could I collude with the Xiongnu?"
Liu Tan nearly threw the water cup in his hand. He looked at Gongsun Ao and asked, "So... you have no contact with the Left Grand Commandant. Was it the Left Grand Commandant who contacted you unilaterally?"
Gongsun Ao nodded: "That's right."
Liu Tan took a deep breath and asked, "What do you think of your father's agreement to work with the Left Grand Commandant to kill Wu Shilu?"
Gongsun Aoyi raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, of course, agreed casually, in order to divide the Xiongnu."
Damn, idiot!
Liu Tan was immediately furious and felt that he had written the letter to Liu Che too early. He had just written a letter secretly complaining, and it seemed not a good idea to write another letter in such a short time.
Seeing Liu Tan fall silent, Gongsun Ao thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what he had said wrong.
Seeing him like this, Liu Tan couldn't help but sneer and said, "Oh, then do you think Father knows that in your heart he is a king who goes back on his word?"
Gongsun Ao was stunned upon hearing this, his face suddenly changing color as he stammered, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, how can this be called going back on your word?"
After hearing this, Liu Tan almost asked back: Are you the reincarnation of Kong Yiji?
He placed the water cup heavily on the table and said, "The Left Grand Commandant sought help from the Han because his power was inferior to Wu Shilu. The Emperor agreed because Wu Shilu was more of a threat than the Left Grand Commandant, so he wanted to help the Left Grand Commandant, and also to allow the Left Grand Commandant to fight Wu Shilu and cause internal friction among the Xiongnu. When the Emperor asked you to build Shousuang City, did he mean you had nothing to do?"
Gongsun Ao felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. Even though they were of different social status, Liu Tan was much younger than him. Moreover, he had fought against the Huns before. Well, he subconsciously forgot about getting lost.
Now that Liu Tan spoke so impolitely, he subconsciously felt that Liu Tan was not giving him face.
However, he may have felt that the prince did not need to give him face, so he subconsciously thought that Liu Tan wanted to kill him in order to weaken the prince's power.
If Liu Tan knew what he was thinking, he would probably jump up and point his finger at him and scold him. His presence would be the biggest weakening to the prince.
Gongsun Ao said calmly, "Your Highness may have misunderstood the march. The struggle between the Han and the Xiongnu cannot be resolved by mere talk."
Liu Tan lowered his eyes and said, "Misunderstanding? Why don't you ask the King of Jie Kingdom if it's a misunderstanding? Oh, I forgot. King Jie has been beheaded by my father's order. I'm afraid I can't ask him."
Gongsun Ao: ...
How could he forget that the man in front of him had military merit?
In fact, Gongsun Ao was wary of Liu Tan in the beginning because Liu Tan had obtained military merits that were difficult for ordinary princes to obtain. Not to mention their generation, no princes in the two generations before them had ever had military merits!
How can this not make people feel apprehensive?
However, even if you know this matter very well in your mind, after actually meeting Liu Tan, you will subconsciously forget that he once led troops to raid and seize the lair of a country.
The main reason is that the face looks too harmless. Just looking at this face, you would never imagine that this is a ruthless person who can be secretly killed by others and then turn around to defeat others and destroy their country.
Gongsun Ao smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Highness, you are joking. I will write a letter to His Majesty on this matter."
Liu Tan said with a distressed look, "Well, let's leave this matter to the Emperor, the Emperor. Also, Shoujiang City was originally built to defend against the Xiongnu. I hope you will live up to its name."
Gongsun Ao held his breath and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness."
The two parted on bad terms. As Gongsun Ao emerged, a chilly wind blew through him, and he suddenly remembered he'd come to make peace. Why had he ended up making things even more awkward? He'd even forgotten to give the gift!
But after thinking about it carefully, Gongsun Ao really couldn't swallow this humiliation. He just won a battle, but a young boy was showing off in front of him.
Gongsun Ao was not convinced but at the same time envious. He also wanted to get the credit for the victory. Li Guangli was really a fool. If it were him, the credit would definitely be his. How could it be given to Liu Tan?
However, what Liu Tan said made some sense, and he needed to go back and talk to the prince.
After Gongsun Ao left, Liu Tan sighed and turned to play tennis in the backyard.
GunGun has been in a bad mood these past two days. First, it was because the fragrant two-legged beast threw it to a place where bears were unfamiliar with and lived alone. Then, when they met again, the two-legged beast refused to hug it!
Roll was very angry. He started ignoring people and threw a bamboo at the Twolegs.
Liu Tan dodged the bamboo and turned around to find that Gungun had turned his back to him, exuding an aura of "I'm very angry".
Liu Tan squatted over and poked its back, but GunGun remained unmoved. Liu Tan poked its back again, and GunGun began to eat bamboo on its own. Finally, Liu Tan directly stroked GunGun from head to toe, making its fur messy. After lying on the ground for a long time without being able to get up, he clapped his hands and left.
It is impossible to hug me. If I get used to it now, what will I do in the future?
Is the weight of an adult giant panda something that ordinary people can bear?
Liu Tan walked around the panda park and couldn't help but frown.
He had previously asked people to transport some young bamboo plants to see if they could be planted in Shuofang. Now it seems that the plants are alive, but the problem is that the entire panda park is just a bamboo forest, which is not feasible.
At least we have to make other toys. It’s no wonder that their son is always unhappy because the enrichment is not enough.
Well, the most important thing is to have trees. According to Liu Tan's observation of panda cubs, these sesame and glutinous rice balls especially like to climb trees, and the higher the better. Liu Tan simply asked people to build some tall trees in the panda park, and then planned to get some toys for the pandas.
Liu Tan talked for a long time in the panda park, and after making sure that the slaves working there had remembered it, he hugged Gungun with satisfaction and left.
He had to hold the little guy. The little guy kept following him and begging for a hug, with soft cries in between. Even though Liu Tan had made up his mind not to indulge the little guy again, he couldn't help it.
However, today Liu Tan was wearing a light green uniform, and Gun Gun had gotten himself covered in dust because of his mischief, leaving black marks all over Liu Tan's clothes, with a few faint panda paw prints in between.
Huo Guang, who came to look for him, saw his appearance and couldn't help but feel a headache and said, "Your Highness, go change your clothes first. This is not decent."
Liu Tan looked down and indeed felt that it was not appropriate. He asked as he walked, "Didn't Prime Minister Huo go out to do something just now?"
Huo Guang said, "Your Highness just mentioned that...rebar. Although the construction of the city wall can be delayed, the steel bars still need to be made in advance to avoid a shortage when the time comes."
Liu Tan paused: Damn, Gongsun Ao almost made me forget the most important thing!
Well, it definitely isn’t Gungun’s fault. How could Gungun have any bad intentions?
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