Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 28
It was not the first time that Gao Ming encountered such a thing as going out without money, but the position he was in now made him feel a little embarrassed.

You don’t need to bring money when you enter Wanhualou. This is no longer a simple concept that you don’t need to bring money when you eat. If you follow the saying of the Chinese people more than 1000 years later, this is called "piao Bawang chicken"!
Gao Ming had already expected that when he said the words "forgot to bring money" to the boy in Wanhualou, the other party immediately summoned several eight-foot men to beat him up violently.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming roared in his heart.

"Big trouble!"

It’s definitely not okay to show your identity, let’s not talk about whether the thugs of Wanhualou believe it or not, if it is known that he, the prince, brought his younger sister to Wanhualou to play, the impeachment papers of those courtiers alone may be able to bury him alive !
Even if the courtiers let him go, the sentence "The prince can't spend money in Wanhualou" may ruin his reputation.

How embarrassing it would be if it got out!

After thinking about this, Gao Ming's face suddenly turned pale. He quickly lowered his voice and asked Li Mingda: "Sis, do you have any money with you? Let me borrow some from you first, and I will pay you back when I return to the palace!"

Gao Ming couldn't care too much at this time, anyway, Li Mingda was his younger sister, so it wasn't too embarrassing to borrow money from his younger sister.

But to Gao Ming's surprise, Li Mingda shook his head.

"Brother, Sizi didn't bring any money either!"

"Uh……"

The boy in Wanhualou had extraordinary eyesight, and immediately saw Gao Ming's embarrassing expression, and immediately laughed.

"Did this master forget to bring money? It's okay, the villain can come to your house with the master to withdraw money, and then just give the villain some errand money!"

After speaking, he looked at Gao Ming with a smile on his face.

In fact, it was because he looked at Gao Ming's luxurious clothes and guessed that the other party was an official, so he didn't dare to do it lightly. If it was someone else, he would have been impolite.

But when he saw that Gao Ming neither paid nor reported his mansion, the smile on his face suddenly began to slowly disappear.

"Grandpa, what is this?"

Seeing that the boy looked a little unkind, Gao Ming had an idea, and immediately took off the jade pendant from his waist.

"It's better to go to my house or forget it. How about it, I will put the jade pendant here, and I will redeem it with money later. What do you think?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, before the boy from Wanhualou could speak, Zhou Hong, who was standing behind him, took out a few pieces of broken silver from his bosom.

"As for the silver, I still have some here, my lord, you should take the jade pendant back!"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Hong handed over the money in his hand to the servant, and then gave Gao Ming a blessing.

"Please leave everything to the young master, the little girl is here waiting for news from the young master!"

Hearing Zhou Hong's words, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

He knew that there was no way to take Zhou Hong away now. After all, he couldn't directly reveal his identity, so he nodded.

"Okay, then you can feel wronged here for a while, and I will send someone to pick you up before tomorrow at the latest!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming turned his head to look at the boy from Wanhualou, this time before he could speak, the boy immediately laughed.

"Master, don't worry, when the time comes, we will personally send the person to your house!"

Seeing that he was so knowledgeable and interesting, Gao Ming didn't say any more, took Li Mingda's hand and walked out quickly.

After leaving Wanhualou, Gao Ming still felt a little embarrassed.

"I planned to go to Wanhua Building to find a girl to play, but I didn't expect to let the girl treat me. Is it considered soft food? Damn, it's really embarrassing."

At this time, Gao Ming had already made up his mind, no matter where he went in the future, he must bring enough money to save such embarrassing things from happening again.

After returning to the palace, Gao Ming immediately called a female official to Wanhualou to redeem Zhou Hong's body, while he himself changed into a suit of clothes, and then went to find Li Shimin.

At this time, Li Shimin was reviewing the ministers' papers in the imperial study, and when he heard that Gao Ming wanted to see him, he was immediately called in.

After entering the imperial study room, Gao Ming immediately bowed to Li Shimin.

"My son has seen his father!"

In the past few days, Gao Ming often saw other people saluting to him, and at this time, he naturally did it decently.

When Li Shimin heard Gao Ming's voice, he relieved the brush in his hand, then raised his head and smiled at him.

"Gao Ming can recognize me now?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming felt a little embarrassed, but he still shook his head.

"To be honest, not at all. In fact, since Erchen woke up from a coma last time, I have nothing in my mind, and I don't remember anything about the past."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes widened and he met his eyes. After a while, he sighed slightly, and then nodded.

"I don't see the fear in your eyes like before. It seems that you really forgot, alas... But it's okay to forget..."

Having said that, Li Shimin looked at Gao Ming again.

"So what's the matter with you coming to see me this time?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming immediately stood up straight, and then cupped his hands towards Li Shimin.

"Father, this time my son came here for the case of Jin Dan. Father, my son went out of the palace this time to conduct an open investigation and unannounced visit, and finally discovered one thing, that is, someone used the Jin Dan case to form a clique for personal gain and exclude dissidents. Come and tell your father."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed.

"Who?"

This time Gao Ming didn't answer directly, but leaned into Li Shimin's ear and whispered, "Mr. Zhao!"

Gao Ming didn't call Changsun Wuji "Uncle", but "Zhao Guogong". After hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin frowned.

"Is there any evidence?"

Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"My son has already found Zhou Hong, the daughter of Zhou Zheng, the governor of Jinzhou, so I will first inform my father about this matter. My father only needs to send someone to Jinzhou to investigate this matter. Jinzhou is only a few dozen miles away from Chang'an. In three to five days, we will be able to find out the truth!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes immediately.

"Zhao Guogong is your uncle, why do you want to fight against him for an irrelevant person?"

Regarding Li Shimin's rather sharp question, Gao Ming laughed.

"Father, this son-in-law is not fighting against uncle for an irrelevant person, son-in-law just wants the people below to know that Datang's surname is Li."

Hearing Gao Ming's answer, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, and nodded while laughing.

"That's right, it's time to let the people below know that Datang's surname is Li. Well, I will handle this matter myself, and you don't have to worry about it."

Now that Li Shimin said so, Gao Ming could only nod his head.

"Yes!"

Just when Gao Ming was about to find an excuse to get away with it, Li Shimin spoke again.

"Gao Ming, are you really going out of the palace to investigate this time? Why do I think you plan to go out to avoid the limelight because you have harmed my fish and algae pond?"

"Uh……"

Now Gao Ming was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)