Under the increasingly skilled skills of No. 3 technician Xiao Qingmei, Li Zhao successfully fell asleep.
"Ah Xi, who is plotting against a certain family?" Li Zhao rubbed his nose and woke up.
Xiaohong took Li Zhao's clothes and put them on for him. Her gentle chest gave Li Zhao a strong touch. Li Zhao smiled with satisfaction and took out some money and threw it to the two women.
Although this is my personal maid, there is still a sense of ritual in tipping.
"Wu Diao Temple! What time is it today?"
"June 15th!" Wu Diaosi said immediately.
Li Zhao sighed: "Time flies so fast!"
"Yes, the Queen's..." Wu Diao Temple reminded that although Li Zhao goes every year, this year may be the last time to pay homage.
Li Zhao nodded after hearing this.
Although he has never met the empress, the original owner can make her miss her so much. I think she dotes on him very much.
"Bring over all the catalogs of sacrifices from previous years..." After Li Zhao finished speaking, Wu Diao Temple had already brought them.
The queen only had two sons in her life, but she treated all the princes equally. Now that she has been dead for many years, Emperor Wu has not established another queen, which shows the deep love between the couple.
During her lifetime, the queen loved pastries and pastries the most, and most of the tributes were made of these.
"I will personally prepare this year's tribute."
"Ah?" Wu Diao Temple and two maids dressed as maids all looked at Li Zhao in surprise.
"Ah what?" Li Zhao glared at them.
Just as Li Zhao finished speaking, the eunuch announcing the order arrived at the door of Prince You's Mansion.
"His Royal Highness Youwang, Your Majesty invites you!"
Li Zhao immediately took his guard Li Bin to Tai Chi Hall.
He couldn't figure out why his father called him over at this time.
In the carriage, Li Zhao carefully reviewed what he had done, coupled with the intelligence collected by Wu Diao Temple and the sales of sugar in the past few days, he came to a conclusion.
"If we follow the previous development trend, it will take at least half a month for the sugar to explode. However, because of the secret help of the prince, brother, and others, my sugar exploded in advance."
Li Zhao secretly thought to Qi: "At most, I can earn 50,000 taels in the second half of the year. In this way, my father will definitely not stop me from going to the fiefdom."
After he revealed this idea, Li Zhao actually clearly felt that the hostility of the imperial brothers towards him was reduced.
Li Zhao didn't have much interest in scheming with them. He was still a prince in the feudal era. If he didn't enjoy it, why should he get involved?
I've already done enough in my previous life, wouldn't it be nice to be a free and easy-going prince?
Of course, Li Zhao would not be so stupid as to leave his fate in the hands of others.
He won't take such nonsense as saying that if you want your minister to die, he will have to die.
It would be best if no one messed with him. If someone really came to him regardless of life and death, Li Zhao would definitely kill him without hesitation.
He didn't have much respect for the imperial power, but in this era, it was always necessary to put on a show.
He took the initiative to start the sugar business, which indirectly contributed to many things, resolved many crises, and released his greatest goodwill. Li Zhao felt that he had given in enough.
If there are still people who want to target me, then they can really only become enemies.
"Your Majesty, we're here!"
Li Zhao dismounted and walked to the Tai Chi Hall.
The palace was very quiet, with only the serving maids and eunuch Chang Lin. As for Emperor Wu, he was reviewing the memorial.
Seeing Emperor Wu working day and night, Li Zhao couldn't help but think of the blessings of his previous life.
The emperor sounds very noble and great, but what happened?
Not a wage earner?
Look at Emperor Wu, isn't he just sitting here and working in a decent manner?
What’s even more ridiculous is that the emperor is not allowed to leave the palace at will, which is equivalent to life imprisonment, okay?
Li Zhao knelt down and sat aside. Seeing that Emperor Wu ignored him, his thoughts began to wander.
Such a comparison makes me feel more and more pitiful to be an emperor.
So, Li Zhao silently stood up and walked towards the imperial dining room.
Not long after, Li Zhao came back with others.
It happened that Emperor Wu also put down his ink pen and pinched his eyebrows.
Even though there were countless candles lit in the Tai Chi Hall, the brightness was still not enough.
Working at a desk for a long time not only causes back pain, but also makes the eyes blurry easily.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince You has arrived." Chang Lin reminded.
Emperor Wu then raised his head and saw Li Zhao walking in with someone. He frowned slightly. What kind of tricks was this bastard doing?
"Father...are you hungry?"
Even a man like Emperor Wu who had seen the world and personally went into battle to kill the enemy was a little confused by Li Zhao's behavior.
However, when he saw Li Zhao coming over with something, he couldn't help but feel slightly strange in his heart.
Among his nine sons, only this one seems to be the most ruthless and lawless.
Even the naive eldest prince had a natural fear when facing him, and few people could be as calm as Li Zhao.
Li Zhao placed the tray on the table and said, "Father, guess what we will eat today?"
Chang Lin's eyes widened. He had grown up with Emperor Wu and had never seen any prince dare to talk to His Majesty like this.
"It should be the kind I had a few days ago?"
"wrong!"
"pasta?"
"That's not right either!"
"Get lost!" Emperor Wu missed twice in a row. He was a little impatient and opened the lid directly.
It turned out to be strange-shaped pastries that he had never seen before.
These pastries are so colorful and look like real ones.
A faint aroma of bread and pastries filled the air, both hot and cold.
Although they are all pastries, they are not exactly the same.
At least, it is still very different from the Chinese pastries of this era.
Emperor Wu liked food very much and immediately said with joy: "Did you make this?"
"Emperor Wu, try it?" Li Zhao said with a smile without admitting it.
Emperor Wu picked up the little rabbit pastry and held it in his hand. It was a bit chewy. When he took a bite, it turned out to be extremely soft and steamy. The taste was not very sweet when he first ate it, but the more he chewed, the sweeter it became.
Emperor Wu was very happy. He was tired of the food in the palace.
"what is this?"
"Meatloaf!"
"Well, not bad! This shape is very unique, I like it very much."
"what about this?"
“This is called Xiao Long Bao!”
"Why did it squirt out?"
"There is soup in it. You have to suck it first to make it taste better! Like this..." Li Zhao demonstrated.
Chang Lin drooled at the tempting fragrance. These things are delicious at first sight.
"Hey... what kind of meat is this? It tastes very good."
"pork!"
"???"
Chang Lin: "???"
"Pig...pork?" Emperor Wu and Chang Lin were both shocked: "Is that the pig with the strong smell?"
