Others are walking on thin ice when they are princes, but Li Xiao does whatever he wants as a prince, seizing the treasures of powerful officials, protecting Zhongliang's integrity, using the wisdom of future generations to disrupt the situation in Chang'an, and frightening the barbarians from all directions with his arrogance. Some people scolded him for being stubborn, but he smiled and established an iron-blooded record of not cutting off territory or paying compensation. Some people were afraid that he was too sharp, but he had quietly laid out the blueprint for a prosperous age above Zhenguan.
