Based on what Minister Li said alone, Liu Zhao naturally would not believe that the late emperor still had descendants living outside.
If the nun from Ganye Temple, whose Buddhist name was Jingsi, had really given birth to a daughter for the late emperor, how could she have kept it secret for more than ten years?
Besides, Jingsi was originally the concubine of Emperor Zhongzong and nominally the elder of the late emperor.
If the two had a child, it would mean that the late emperor was cheating on Zhongzong, which would be incest.
Minister Li stressed, "This is a matter of great importance. I dare not say a single false statement."
Liu Zhao sneered, "You and I both know what kind of person Master Jingsi is. If she had a daughter with the late emperor, would she have kept it secret? And how could her daughter be in your hands?
Minister Li, please don't tell me that all this is just a coincidence. I have reason to suspect that you are colluding with Master Jingsi and that you are also involved in the kidnapping case.
"I knew that once this matter became public, I would be suspected. The reason I approached His Highness instead of the Minister of the Household was because His Highness would believe in my innocence."
Minister Li spoke with a serious expression.
Liu Zhao didn't believe a word of it. "Tell me, what's going on? Where did that woman come from?"
"She is indeed the daughter of Master Jingsi and the late emperor. If you don't believe me, you can ask her to come in and see. She has a token in her hand that proves her identity."
Liu Zhao remained silent. "First, tell me how she ended up in your hands."
Minister Li did not hide anything. "After Master Jingsi passed away, I received a letter from her. She asked me to take care of her daughter. She also confessed the child's life story in the letter. I have brought the letter here today. Your Highness, please review it."
As he spoke, Minister Li took out a yellowed letter from his bosom and placed it on the table.
Liu Zhao narrowed his eyes and read the contents of the letter in silence.
"Just based on a letter, you believed it? How do you know she wasn't playing a trick on you?"
Liu Zhao did not believe a single word that Master Jingsi said in the letter.
Minister Li frowned, "She is indeed the daughter of Master Jingsi and the late emperor. You will understand once you meet her."
"Well, Your Highness will meet her."
Lin Shuping received the order and personally brought the woman mentioned by Minister Li into the side room.
The eighteen-year-old girl was young, beautiful, and had outstanding looks. Her eyebrows did bear some resemblance to the late emperor.
Liu Zhao met Master Jingsi once.
This woman's lower face, especially her chin and lips, does look like Master Jingsi.
There is no doubt that she is the daughter of Master Jingsi.
But whether she is the daughter of the late emperor is a question.
Liu Zhao asked expressionlessly, "What's the name?"
The woman frowned slightly, as if dissatisfied with Liu Zhao's attitude. She replied softly, "Su Wenzhi."
"Do you know your own background?" Liu Zhao looked the other person up and down.
Su Wenzhi nodded, "I know."
Seeing such a calm reaction, Liu Zhao became interested. "What do you think?"
Su Wenzhi gritted her teeth and frowned, her face hesitant.
Liu Zhao smiled, "Do you want to restore your identity?"
Su Wenzhi looked at Liu Zhao, "Can I regain my identity?"
"No!" Liu Zhao directly shattered the other party's dream.
Su Wenzhi was obviously annoyed. "Why not? I do have royal blood."
hehe!
Liu Zhao laughed sarcastically, "Is royal blood so rare? Is the royal family short of people? Adding you is a waste of food."
"you……"
Before Su Wenzhi came, she never expected Liu Zhao's attitude to be so bad.
Minister Li tried to smooth things over, "No matter what, she is still your Highness's elder."
Liu Zhao sneered, "Her? Elder? Is Lord Li kidding?"
Minister Li suddenly felt something was wrong. "What does your Highness mean?"
Liu Zhao suddenly stood up, walked in front of Su Wenzhi, and walked around her. "I find you quite annoying. With your status, you should be hiding like a rat in the gutter, living in seclusion. But you have no self-awareness and insist on showing off, thereby sullying the late emperor's reputation."
"I didn't slander him." Su Wenzhi did not avoid Liu Zhao's malicious gaze.
Liu Zhao sneered. He reached out and lifted the man's chin. "Look at your face. You are indeed that woman's child. As the descendant of a bitch, what qualifications do you have to walk in the sun?"
"Shut up!" Su Wenzhi trembled all over. "It's you who harmed her, ruined her life. Now she's dead, and you still won't let her go?"
Bang!
Liu Zhao suddenly took action and slapped Su Wenzhi in the face, causing bleeding at the corner of her mouth.
"Your Highness, what do you mean?" Minister Li never expected that Liu Zhao would suddenly take action.
Su Wenzhi tilted her head and gently wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. "Only useless men would hit women."
Liu Zhao sneered, "Your Highness, I am not beating a woman, but a rebel. Come, arrest this woman and interrogate her strictly."
"Your Highness, please think twice." Minister Li spoke out to stop him.
"You dare!" Su Wenzhi's eyes were full of hatred.
"What is there that your Highness dares not to do? Arrest him."
The guards received the order and rushed into the room to arrest Su Wenzhi.
Su Wenzhi did not resist. She glared at Liu Zhao and said, "You will regret this."
Liu Zhao smiled maliciously, "Okay, Your Highness will be waiting for you."
Su Wenzhi's heart was bleeding and she was burning with anger. "You will definitely regret it."
"Take him away."
The guards escorted Su Wenzhi away.
Minister Li's expression was gloomy and displeased. "Your Highness, what is your intention in doing this? I brought this person here because I trust Your Highness. Yet, Your Highness has placed me in such an unjust and unjust situation."
Liu Zhao sneered, "Lord Li, please stop acting. You brought this person here, hoping that I could help you deal with this difficult situation. I've already dealt with her, and now you're not grateful, but you're blaming me. How can that be justified? Could it be that Lord Li is planning to burn his bridges after crossing them?"
Minister Li was drinking tea, but when he heard Liu Zhao's words, he couldn't help but cough twice.
After he finished coughing, he said, "Your Highness has obviously misunderstood what I meant."
Liu Zhao chuckled, "Does your Excellency care if this is a misunderstanding? When I attacked just now, did your Excellency expect me to kill her with a single blow? After all, keeping her alive would only bring disaster."
Minister Li shook his head repeatedly, "I have absolutely no such intention. She is the descendant of an old friend, and I have been entrusted with this task, so I must be loyal to her. I only want to make a good home for her and provide her with support for the rest of her life."
"You speak so truthfully. Lord Li's sentiments are truly admirable. I just wonder if the emperor will become suspicious of Lord Li if this gets to his ears."
Liu Zhao was clearly threatening.
Minister Li frowned and sighed, "Your Highness is indeed prejudiced against me."
Liu Zhao smiled and said nothing.
The guard rushed in and said, "Your Highness, that woman has run away."
Minister Li was horrified, "How could we let her escape?"
Liu Zhao smiled knowingly and asked sternly, "Did you send anyone to chase him?"
"Our people have caught up."
"Follow closely, don't lose the person."
"As you command."
The guards withdrew.
Minister Li suddenly realized, "Your Highness deliberately let Su Wenzhi go?"
Liu Zhao poured tea and took a sip, "How can the daughter of the dignified Concubine Su be so helpless that she needs help from you and me to survive in this world?
Did Lord Li underestimate Concubine Su? That woman had acted wildly, boldly, and cautiously throughout her life. Even within Ganye Temple, she had the harem at her fingertips. How could she not have left a way out?
"Master Li, you are not deeply involved with that place, are you? It's not too late to withdraw now. If you get stuck in it, you will eventually die from your own cleverness."
Liu Zhao's words were very rude. He almost pointed at Li Shizhong's face and cursed him, "Traitor, you must not die a good death."
Minister Li's face turned grim. "Your Highness, I appreciate your kindness. When you catch the person, don't forget to let me know. I'm also very curious about how many people are behind Su Wenzhi."
"I promise you that I will send someone to inform you once I have the news. However, how should Lord Li repay me?"
Minister Li looked surprised, "Your Highness still needs a report?"
Liu Zhao chuckled and pointed at the people around him, "Your Highness also needs to eat and support people, and can't work for nothing."
Minister Li pondered for a moment, "Your Highness, would you like to be transferred? How about going to the Ministry of Personnel for training?"
"Not much." Liu Zhao was obviously dissatisfied with the reward.
Minister Li frowned, "What does Your Highness want?"
Liu Zhao was very decisive, "Your Highness wants to enter the Secretariat."
Minister Li's face turned green. "Your Highness is trying to embarrass me."
Liu Zhao raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Yes, he was just making things difficult for the other party.
Minister Li himself handed the handle into his hands. If he didn't use it, he would not be a man.
Minister Li bared his teeth, feeling somewhat regretful that he should not have tried to get the skin of a tiger.
He wanted to plot against Liu Zhao, but unexpectedly, he was plotted against by Liu Zhao instead.
This person's train of thought is very unique.
If it were someone else, upon suddenly hearing that the emperor's bloodline was scattered outside, wouldn't they bring it back, control it, and then slowly investigate it?
Liu Zhao, on the other hand, would turn hostile if he disagreed with someone, beating, arresting, releasing, and stalking people, one thing after another.
Minister Li was very tired. He hated people who did not play by the rules the most.
"Your Highness must join the Secretariat, that's not impossible. However, there isn't enough time this year, so the earliest you can do so is next year."
Liu Zhao also said simply, "Okay! It will take one year. If you lend me a hand within the year, I will naturally not make things difficult for you."
"Then it's settled."
Minister Li, feeling exhausted, did not want to stay any longer, so he said goodbye and left in a hurry.
Liu Zhao was alone, drinking by himself and enjoying himself.
Lin Shuping stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, it's getting dark. Should we set off to return to the palace?"
Liu Zhao said, "Ask Qian Fu to investigate Minister Li's past."
"Your Highness, have you forgotten? I've already checked Minister Li's background and there's nothing wrong with it."
Liu Zhao smiled and said, "Then let's start from his eight generations of ancestors. I don't believe that we can't find out even this little bit."
"I obey your command."
After drinking tea, Liu Zhao set off back to the palace.
Before leaving, he did not forget to say hello to the monk and asked the monk to save some good tea for him next time.
"Amitabha, there are mountains of good tea in your house, why do you come to steal my tea?"
"The monk is as stingy as ever. He asked you for some tea, but you were reluctant to give it to me."
"Is the donor a Pixiu? Light comes in but never leaves."
Liu Zhao smiled calmly, "Your Highness actually wishes he were a Pixiu. Lin Shuping, you're worried about me. After Qingming Festival, come and ask the monk for tea."
Lin Shuping smiled broadly, "I will definitely keep this in mind."
The big monk looked like he had made a bad friend and waved his sleeves, "Hurry up and leave. This is a place of pure Buddhist practice and does not welcome people with lustful desires like you."
"Master, be careful not to get angry."
The big monk's face froze, he chanted a Buddhist name, and simply said nothing.
Liu Zhao smiled indifferently. Fortunately, he still had some conscience and did not continue to provoke the monk.
After going down the mountain, I went straight back to the palace.
As soon as I entered the door, I found Gu Jiu and Yu Ge'er, the mother and son seemed to be angry with each other.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Jiu snorted, "Come and take care of your son. I can't control him anymore."
"How did he make you angry? Tell me and I'll take care of him."
Nanny Fang said distressedly, "Brother Yu is fine, Your Highness must not do anything."
As he said this, he was about to carry Yu Ge'er downstairs.
Gu Jiu roared, "Don't carry him down."
"Don't be angry first, tell me what's going on."
"Your son has a bad temper. You don't allow him to eat snacks. Look how fat he is. He actually threw a tantrum at me. Look, look..."
Gu Jiu took out one ravaged book after another.
While the adults weren't paying attention, Yu Ge'er took a brush and scribbled on the books and account books. The account books that hadn't been read yet, as well as two famous works, were ruined.
Gu Jiu was almost mad to death.
Although he is young, his temper is worse than anyone else.
I don’t know whose temper Yu Ge’er resembles.
If someone scolded him, he would cry silently and act pitifully to gain sympathy.
This made Gu Jiu laugh and cry.
You really can't hit or scold him.
After listening to what happened, Liu Zhao rolled up his sleeves and said, "You little brat, you're itching for trouble. Let me beat him up."
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