If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 28 This must be Sixth Brother's evil magic

"Your Highness, do you know..."

Li Zhi's personal attendant, Rui An, came running over in a hurry, panting and saying:
"Your Majesty sold two hundred mirrors in Taiji Hall today!"

When Li Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

What is this?

Father is selling mirrors in the Taiji Hall?
Isn’t the Taiji Hall the place where the court holds political discussions?
Why is my father selling mirrors there?
Besides, it's just a mirror, what's so good about it...

"Your Highness, this is not an ordinary mirror. His Majesty asked what this mirror is called... That's right! Qiankun Baojian!"

"Your Majesty not only ordered the mirror to be inlaid with golden nanmu, but also inlaid with various pearls, agates, white jade and jadeite on the edges, and the frame was even wrapped with gold thread!"

"I just took a look at it, and the mirror is indeed very clear. The reflection of a person is clearly visible in it. It's so clear!"

Li Zhi frowned again.

This mirror is praised so highly, it must be worth at least a thousand taels of silver!

"Where is it, Your Highness!"

Ryan shook his head like a rattle:
"Ten thousand taels of silver a piece!"

"what……"

Hearing this, Li Zhi's mouth seemed to be stuck with a cooked egg and could no longer close.

Ten thousand taels of silver for a mirror...

This is too outrageous!

"That's right, Your Highness!"

Rui An imitated Li Shimin's tone, shaking his head and saying:
"At this price, there's no discount!"

"You have to understand the mentality of the royal relatives and nobles in Chang'an. They only choose expensive things, not good ones. This is called not seeking the best, but seeking the most expensive!"

When Li Zhi heard this, his mouth finally closed.

But his eyebrows furrowed even more tightly.

Where did your father learn these nonsense?
Ten thousand taels for a shadow and a mirror, isn't this treating the ministers like leeks?
"Father...how many did he sell?"

"How many dollars?"

Ryan laughed:

"Your Highness, it's two hundred dollars!"

"Each mirror costs 10,000 taels of silver. Your Majesty has obtained 2 million taels of silver for the Tang Dynasty treasury in one fell swoop!"

"ah……"

Li Zhi's mouth opened wide again and he couldn't close it for a long time.

Two million taels of silver!

This is the financial revenue of the Tang Dynasty in the past year!

I was actually tricked by my father using two hundred mirrors in just one morning!

What kind of magical operation is this?

Ryan paused for a moment, then looked at Li Zhi's face carefully and said:

"Your Highness, there is something I must report to you!"

"what's up?"

"I heard that this mirror was presented to Your Majesty by His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince!"

"what!"

Li Zhi stood up suddenly in astonishment.

It’s Sixth Brother again!

How come he knows everything?

I can actually make a mirror!

If these two hundred mirrors were all made by my sixth brother and presented to the emperor, then the emperor used these mirrors to get two million taels of silver.

that……

Hasn't Sixth Brother made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty?
No!

Ever since my father came back from Lingnan, I have been constantly frustrated.

First, it was because of Mei Niang’s affairs that made the emperor unhappy.

At this moment, my father used the mirror made by my sixth brother to get two million taels of silver.

This time, I was really completely outdone.

Do not!
I can't die so easily! Thinking of this, Li Zhi immediately said:

"Ryan, find a way to get a mirror so that I can see it!"

Ryan nodded quickly:

"Yes, Your Highness!"

"Your Majesty really did leave many mirrors in the palace. I will go and find a way to get one first!"

After saying that, Ryan ran off quickly.

In less than two sticks of incense, he came over with two young eunuchs, carrying a mirror.

Li Shimin left some mirrors for internal fighting in the harem and the princesses and princes' palaces. There was no need for Li Zhi to ask for them specifically, so Rui'an went to explain and got one immediately.

After the two young eunuchs placed the mirror in front of Li Zhi, he looked at his own clear image in the mirror and was shocked again.

Such a clear mirror can show every detail!

But it is clearer than the bronze mirrors used in the palace.

and……

Such a big mirror, but it feels much lighter than a bronze mirror!

The mirror frame is made of golden nanmu wood, and is inlaid with many gold, agate, pearls, jade and jadeite...

It looks so gorgeous!
How did Sixth Brother do it?
No, I can't let myself be outdone by Sixth Brother like this!

If things continue like this, I can’t even think about the position of the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty!
Thinking of this, he frowned and asked Ryan:
"Do you know how Sixth Brother made this kind of mirror?"

Ryan shook his head:

"I heard from Lord Yuchi who went to Lingnan with His Majesty that this mirror seemed to be made of sand..."

"sand!"

Li Zhi was shocked again.

It is unexpected that such a clear mirror can be burned out of sand.

How on earth did Li An do this!
Could it be...

What magic does he know?
Rui An saw that Li Zhi was unhappy, so he nodded quickly:
"Your Highness is right. There are many witchcraft techniques in Lingnan. Your Highness the Sixth Prince must have learned some evil techniques from some weird barbarian tribe!"

"There might be some evil hidden in this mirror. If..."

Having said this, he didn't dare to continue.

This mirror was brought back from Lingnan by the emperor himself.

If it is said that there is some magic involved, doesn't that mean that the emperor is using magic to harm people?

But Li Zhi did not see Ryan's expression. Instead, he seemed to see some flaw in Li An from his words.

He immediately clapped his hands excitedly and said:

"Yes, there must be some evil magic in this mirror!"

"If you take pictures frequently, you will definitely be bewitched by the devil, and it's possible that your soul will be taken away!"

Having said this, when he looked into the mirror, he couldn't help but feel some disgust and fear in his heart.

In a rage, Li Zhi suddenly picked up a golden pumpkin and smashed it on the mirror.

boom!
There was a loud bang.

The mirror was instantly smashed into countless glass fragments, reflecting Li Zhi's face, which was somewhat distorted by jealousy and anger.

Looking at himself in countless mirror fragments, Li Zhi couldn't help but take a step back.

Pointing at the broken mirror, he screamed:
"Look!"

“This isn’t witchcraft!”

“So many fragments, yet they reflect so many parts of me!”

"Did this shatter my soul and hook it inside?"

"Quick, put all these things away!"

Seeing this, Ryan quickly asked two eunuchs to clean up the glass fragments on the ground.

The two young eunuchs had never seen such a glass mirror before. When they tried to clean it up, they accidentally cut their hands with the sharp glass fragments and blood immediately flowed out.

Li Zhi became even more frightened when he saw this.

"This thing...can hurt people if it breaks!"

"It seems that this must be a sorcery. I absolutely cannot let my father be hurt by the sorcery that my sixth brother brought from Lingnan!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran quickly out of the palace.

(End of this chapter)