Young Master Liu looked at Liu Zhi'an's aggrieved expression, picked up the wine glass and handed it over with a strange expression.
"Old man, to be honest, you should feel lucky that you guys have achieved great justice.
Otherwise, I estimate, young master, that this farce cannot be solved with two hundred thousand taels of silver for decoction and medicine."
Liu Zhi'an reached out and took the wine glass handed over by Mr. Liu, chuckled and shook his head.
"You're right, I should feel lucky that I am on the right side.
There is no way, the situation is not up to anyone!
Who makes me have the noble status of being the prince of the current dynasty and the successor of the king, while I am just a student of my own family who came from a merchant family!"
"Later, I feel that the matter between you and my father-in-law is not just as simple as competing for a brothel oiran, right?"
Liu Zhi'an gently turned the wine glass in his hand, and remained silent for a long time with complicated eyes. He turned to look at Young Master Liu and nodded silently.
"Because of Ouyang Xiyue's incident, I have some kind of friendship with your father-in-law Li Zheng, which is not a friendship at all."
"Friendship that's not friendship?"
"Yes, it's not a friendship.
Boy, you have to know that there are many things in this world that cannot be separated from money.
Your father-in-law, Li Zheng, was the prince of the dynasty at the time. If he wanted to completely secure that position, he also needed a lot of money.
Therefore, under certain circumstances, there was a fight between me and your father-in-law Li Zheng...
No, there were several interactions between power and money.
Of course, it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s a transaction.”
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Zhi'an's melancholy expression and remained silent for a long time with a complex expression.
"Then you, old man, what will happen between you and your father-in-law?"
“It’s just using each other and giving each other away.
However, the few friendships between the two of us were all very harmonious.
Later, after he truly ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor and became the king of our country, the relationship between the two of us gradually became estranged.
They gradually became estranged from each other tacitly.
After all, as an emperor, there can be no stain on him."
Liu Zhi'an drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, smiled lightly and picked up the pot to refill himself and Young Master Liu with a glass of wine.
"Later, I got married to your mother, and a year later, you, the bastard, was born.
Your son was born, and both my husband and your mother were very excited.
However, who would have thought that you, the boy, would come to this world with the Seven Stars on your feet.
Do you know how uneasy your mother and I felt when we saw your boy stepping on the seven stars?
Stepping on the seven stars, stepping on the seven stars, that is the legendary destiny of the emperor.
Once this kind of thing spreads, not only will your kid die, but our whole family will die without a burial place.
In fact, anyone who has even the slightest connection with our family will die without a burial place."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Liu Zhi'an's expression full of emotion, picked up the drink on the low table with a heavy palm, and brought it to his mouth with a slight trembling.
With a glass of wine in his stomach, Young Master Liu let out a long sigh with a complex look on his face.
"Oh, old man, I'm sorry, I have made you two elders worried."
Liu Zhi'an casually placed the wine glass on the low table, chuckled and breathed hot air into his palms.
"Pour the wine."
"good."
"I can tell you clearly, kid, that I was indeed very afraid of this old guy, your father-in-law Li Zheng.
After all, his identity is there.
However, although I am afraid of him, I am not really afraid of him.
Do you know why, kid?"
Young Master Liu frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then with a clear look in his eyes, he picked up the pot and refilled a glass of wine for himself.
"If it's not what I expected, it's because, old man, you have in your hands the stain on my father-in-law, the king of a country."
Liu Zhi'an reached out and picked up the wine glass, looking at Young Master Liu and nodding happily.
"As expected of you, boy, you hit the nail on the head.
The reason why I am afraid of him, but not afraid of him, is indeed because of this.
To be honest, at the beginning, I was worried all the time, worried that your father-in-law Li Zheng would kill me and silence me in order to maintain his reputation.
Facts have proved that I am indeed the one who judged the gentleman with the heart of a villain.
As I said just now, Li Zheng is indeed a hero.
In the next ten years or so, we had several encounters, but he never once mentioned the friendship between the two of us.
It was as if, as if there had never been any friendship between us.
From then on, I knew what to do."
Liu Mingzhi turned his head and looked towards the imperial mausoleum on the outskirts of Beijing, smiled lightly and took a sip of his drink.
"There is nothing easier than dealing with two smart people."
"Hahaha, yes, dealing with smart people is indeed the easiest thing.
However, the birth of you, a bastard with seven stars on his feet, has made me, a smart man who dares to compete with your father-in-law, Li Zheng, completely panicked.
In order to conceal your kid's identity, I, your mother, and I have racked our brains and taken great pains.
Thus, a game of money and power began.
Quietly, it started again."
Liu Mingzhi retracted his gaze from looking at the imperial mausoleum, and offered Liu Zhi'an a glass of wine with a sad expression.
"Old man, do you know? There is something that I didn't discover until today."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
Young Master Liu picked up a peanut and threw it in his mouth, laughing happily.
"Your life is pretty tough."
Hearing this, Liu Zhi'an raised his brows slightly and relit a pot of dry smoke with a smile.
"Yes, you are absolutely right, my life is indeed very tough.
Being able to survive from the hands of that old guy, your father-in-law Li Zheng, and then being able to witness with your own eyes how your kid has reached this point today.
If my life were even the slightest bit worse, I'm afraid I would have gone to heaven to accompany our ancestors of the Liu family."
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a moment, then raised his hand to pick up the fishing rod and lifted it hard.
With only half of the bait left on the fishing rod, he put on another piece of bait with a smile, and threw the hook into the water.
"What happened to the courtesan named Ouyang Xiyue who is still alive?"
Liu Zhi'an gently took a puff of dry cigarette and picked up his wine glass with a look full of vicissitudes of life.
"Alas, beauties have had a bad life since ancient times."
"Ah? What's wrong with her?"
"The symptoms of qi disease will disappear without a trace in twenty-nine years."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Liu Zhi'an's expression full of emotion, smiled bitterly and nodded.
"It's such a pity. It's really a fate for beauties since ancient times!"
"Alas, nature is impermanent, and things in the world play tricks on people. It's nothing more than this."
Young Master Liu stretched out his hand and flicked the melon seed shell on the hem of his clothes, then looked curiously at Liu Zhi'an.
To be continued...