Li Siye knew that with his own riding skills, a saddle and stirrups would be too difficult. Without a saddle and stirrups, he would probably be knocked off the horse as soon as he got on the horse. He stopped riding and ran after him with his legs.
Li Ying rode his horse across the lotus pond in his East Palace. Some flower petals that had passed their flowering period had fallen and drifted on the water. The mandarin ducks and ducks raised on the water were frightened by the sound of the horse's hooves, but he did not stop at all and continued.
He ran forward along the stone path and ran all the way to a hill in the back garden.
He looked at the palace walls of the Daming Palace in the distance and at the raised eaves of the palace on Longshou Plain. He found that these things seemed like unreal dreams to him, but now this dream was getting closer and closer to him.
the further away.
It's really tiring to be the prince. Secretly, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him, waiting for him to make a mistake. Once he makes a mistake, what awaits him is a disaster.
Li Siye and a group of thousands of oxen also quickly dismounted and followed the prince to the mountain. However, they did not dare to get too close to the prince and only stood ten steps away waiting for the prince's order.
Li Ying looked back at the followers around her. There were many things she wanted to vent in her heart, but what was the use of speaking to these people?
Not far away, there was the sound of Zhan Shi approaching on horseback. As soon as he ran to the foot of the mountain, he turned over and dismounted, and ran up the mountain shouting loudly: "Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Li Ying turned around and frowned and asked, "What happened again?"
Now he doesn't have to bite anyone if he has too many lice, and he doesn't have to worry about too many debts. He just wants to deal with all the bad things together.
"Your Highness, Concubine Wu Hui ordered that in order to demonstrate the brotherhood and friendship among the kings, it was decided to hold a polo match in the Daming Palace. Someone was sent to invite the prince to lead the team to participate."
"Do you still want to play polo?" Li Ying suddenly felt dizzy. Playing polo is very expensive. After these seven days of competition, it is estimated that he has squandered more than 100,000 yuan. Usually he doesn't care about these small sums, but at this critical moment
, he has not yet settled the money he owes Taifu Temple, and he still has to devote himself to playing polo with them. He is in such a mood.
"I refused! I already owe the treasury six million yuan! How can I find the time to play ball with them!"
Zhan Shi quickly went up and crossed his arms to dissuade her: "Absolutely not, Your Highness, if you reject Concubine Hui, not only will it be disrespectful of etiquette, but it will also make her resentful and say bad things about you in front of His Majesty."
Li Ying said angrily: "This is clearly the plan of that vicious woman! She first sent someone to report to me, and then asked me to take people to participate in the polo match, which cost more money and made me unable to spare the energy to repay the misappropriation of Taifu Temple.
Money!"
"I know, but even though I know this is a strategy, we cannot be absent. This is a rule in the palace, and your Highness cannot violate it."
"I know! Get down!"
Li Ying sat softly on a large stone, as if his thin body could not bear such a heavy burden.
Li Siye listened for a while and finally understood the whole story. Six million dollars was nothing to the royal family, but for the prince in his current situation, he would not be able to raise so much money in a few days.
In fact, there are many ways to make money, and I don’t know if the prince can accept them.
"I'm thirsty. Which one of you brought water?"
Everyone touched their waists, and it seemed that no one had any water. Li Siye happened to have a water bag hanging next to him, but it was filled with wine.
Li Siye walked over, half-crouched on the ground, took off his water bag and held it up with both hands.
Li Ying took it, stretched out her hand to pull out the cork, and drank heavily. Before Li Siye had time to remind her, Li Ying's face was already red from choking on the drink.
"You actually brought wine?"
Li Siye quickly folded his hands and apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but I have never missed anything while drunk."
"Did you know that the guards on duty in the palace are not allowed to drink? Should I punish you severely?" He lowered his head and looked at Li Siye carefully: "You are Li Siye."
Li Siye replied: "It is your Majesty."
Li Ying didn't look at him, looked ahead and said: "I want to thank you for the demon case, for helping me resolve a fatal crisis. I originally wanted to recruit you into the prince's palace to repay your favor, but I didn't.
Thinking that you had hooked up with my father, I didn’t give this favor away.”
"What a pity." Li Ying sighed and said, "I won't be able to turn danger into good fortune this time, and no one will be able to help me resolve a certain death situation."
Li Siye had a thought in his mind. During this period of time in the East Palace, Li Siye found that Li Ying was quite a good person. Although there were those in higher positions who looked higher than the top, he was more tolerant and lenient towards his subordinates in the East Palace. Such a person
When he becomes emperor in the future, his ministers will definitely be very relaxed.
But does Li Ying have a future? If history does not change, he indeed has no future.
Thinking of this, Li Siye raised his head and said, "Your Highness may not know yet, but I have only been in the Western Market for three days and received fifty thousand yuan for nothing."
Li Ying regarded it as a novel joke, nodded and said: "Really, you do have some abilities."
"So, although I don't have other abilities, I still have the ability to make money. If Your Highness is really short of money, I can think of a way."
Li Ying did not take his words seriously. She raised her head with her hands behind her hands and said with a smile, "It's enough for you to have this childish heart. I owe the treasury too much money."
"I know, isn't it more than six million dollars?"
Li Ying added: "This money needs to be returned to the treasury within the next few days."
"I only need seven days, the seven days when His Highness will participate in the polo match."
The prince suddenly stopped talking and turned around in surprise and asked him: "Can you really raise six million for me within seven days? Li Siye, borrowing money is not feasible. All the princes and princesses at the moment
The government is preparing to accept debt collection from the government treasury, and it is even more impossible to borrow money from officials. Once exposed, the prince will openly ask for bribes."
"Of course you can, and it's not a loan, it's a means of doing business."
Li Ying asked: "Tell me your method."
"The prince can agree to Concubine Wu Hui's participation in the polo match, but the venue should not be in the palace, but outside the palace."
"What's the difference?" Li Ying asked.
"I want the prince to invite the noble people of Chang'an to come and watch the polo match. The key is that they must have tickets issued by the prince, that is, invitation letters. Each invitation letter is worth..."
After Li Siye finished speaking and gesticulating, Prince Li Ying opened his mouth wide and his head felt dizzy. Finally he stood up from the stone and asked, "Can you tell everyone about your plan in the main hall?
"
"Of course, this cannot be done by one person. It requires the cooperation of everyone."
"Mount your horse! Go back!"
Prince Li Ying got on his horse and ran towards the Jiade Palace with his horse's mane. Although Li Siye's method sounded a bit weird and a bit unreliable, it was the only method he could use.
Li Ying returned to the Jiade Hall, where the civil servants and military attachés of the East Palace were still arguing, either thinking that they should obey Taifu Xiao's opinion, or that they should sell their horses to pay off their debts.
The prince looked at the group of people with contempt, waved his hands and said loudly: "Stop making noise!"
"This prince has already thought of a way."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this: "I wonder what solution His Highness has thought of?"
Li Ying shouted to Li Siye who was standing outside the hall: "Li Siye, come in and tell them!"
Li Siye was still standing guard outside the door at this time. When he heard the prince's call, he took off the horizontal sword from his waist, placed it on the weapon rack at the entrance of the palace, turned around and walked into the palace.
Qian Niu, who was standing guard with him, was stunned: "This guy is so brave!"
Li Siye entered the palace, faced the questioning and surprised looks of all the East Palace officials, crossed his hands and saluted the prince and said, "Your Highness."
Li Ying waved her hand, sat back in front of the Quzu table, sat cross-legged, pointed at Li Siye and said, "Tell everyone your method."