"I wonder why Mr. Lu came here this time?" Li Xiaogong picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then said in a neutral tone.
"Don't you know why I'm here?" Lu Chen also picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then looked at Li Xiaogong and asked.
"I have been in the mansion these days, how can I know why Duke Lu is here?" Li Xiaogong pretended to be confused and looked at Lu Chen with a chuckle.
"The prince is indeed sitting at home, but the people below you are very active!" Lu Chen said directly and pointedly.
"There are so many people under my command, how can I still watch them all day long?" Li Xiaogong asked Lu Chen, pretending to be angry, his voice was much louder, and the voice even spread from the front hall, causing people to walk down the steps. The guards couldn't help but turn around and take a peek.
"Could it be that Mr. Lu County came here to question this king?" Li Xiaogong continued to ask loudly.
"How can I dare to ask the prince of crime? After all, the people under the prince in the prosperous era have been busy recently. I just want to ask the prince if he knows about this!" Looking at the somewhat angry Li Xiaogong, Lu Chen smiled and put down Said the tea cup in his hand.
"So what if it is? So what if it's not?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and continued to ask in a deep voice.
"If the prince arranged it, of course we have to ask why. If the prince doesn't know about this, then the prince should know about Lu's temper!" Lu Chen also put away his smile and looked at Li Xiaogong with a gloomy expression.
The voices of both of them were not low. Not to mention the guards standing outside, even the servants who occasionally passed by could vaguely hear them clearly.
"Are you threatening me? Do you really think that I am afraid of you?" Li Xiaogong slapped the table with a sullen face, stood up and stared at Lu Chen and asked.
"The prince is on the battlefield and looking down on the world, so naturally he won't be afraid of this little county prince?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and sneered, not at all frightened by Li Xiaogong's cold eyes.
"Besides, I'm just here to ask about the reason. Why should the prince be angry?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and continued.
"Courtesy first, then soldiers?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and sneered. After returning to the main seat and sitting down, he looked at Lu Chen and said.
"Maybe it's just a courtesy?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and smiled.
"What is the reason? Could it be that Mr. Lu is so smart and can't think of it?" Li Xiaogong picked up the tea cup and took another sip, and said it calmly, as if he was not the one who was angry and angry just now.
"Money moves people's hearts?" Lu Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and asked with a smile on his face. As for the confrontation between the two just now, it seemed as if it had never happened.
"Otherwise?" Li Xiaogong raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Lu Chen and asked.
"If this is the case, it will be easily solved!" Lu Chen nodded, took out the deed of the iron stove shop from his arms, and put it on the coffee table, "If this shop is given to the prince, right? Does that solve the problem?" Lu Chen said, stretching out two fingers and pushing the deed in the direction of Li Xiaogong.
"Oh?" Glancing at the deed that Lu Chen put on the coffee table, Li Xiaogong raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you, Mr. Lu, such a soft person?" Li Xiaogong's words contained a hint of sarcasm. As for the deed, Li Xiaogong did not immediately pick it up and watch it.
"I'm not a fool. I understand that it's better to make friends than to make friends!" Lu Chen smiled and pushed the contract again, "I think I have made many enemies. If I can use such a small shop Why not form a good relationship with the prince?" Lu Chen said with a smile.
"Mr. Lu is a smart man!" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen and nodded with a smile on his face. He reached out and picked up the deed and looked through it. "Iron stove shop?" Li Xiaogong looked at Lu Chen in surprise.
"If you want to form a good relationship with the prince, how can you do it with a light gift?" Lu Chen said with a smile, "Since the prince has taken over this shop, can the things between us be considered settled?" Chen looked at Li Xiaogong and continued to ask.
"It's natural. If Duke Lu needs my help in the future, just come to me!" Li Xiaogong nodded, put the deed in his sleeve, and said with a smile.
"Then I won't disturb the prince anymore, and I'll say goodbye!" Lu Chen stood up and said goodbye to Li Xiaogong.
"Then I will send you off not far away! Uncle Fu, see you off!" Standing at the door of the front hall, Li Xiaogong bowed his hand to Lu Chen, and then called out to the housekeeper Li Fu.
"Yes!" Li Fu saluted after hearing Li Xiaogong's order. "Master, please come this way!" Li Fu saluted Lu Chen and said.
"Your Majesty, say goodbye!" After Lu Chen said goodbye again to Li Xiaogong who was standing on the steps, he took Liu Jing and Feng Huai and followed Li Fu out of the Zhaojun Prince's Mansion.
After Lu Chen got on his horse, he took Liu Jing and Feng Huai and left Li Xiaogong's Zhaojun Palace.
"Leaving?" Li Xiaogong, who was sitting on a chair sipping tea, heard the footsteps and looked up at Li Fu who walked into the front hall. The deed that Lu Chen had just given to him was placed on the coffee table beside Li Xiaogong.
"Return to the prince, County Duke Lu has already taken his people away!" Li Fu saluted Li Xiaogong and said.
"Yes!" Li Xiaogong nodded, "The bait is ready, now is our part!" Li Xiaogong put down the tea cup and said with a smile.
"My lord, do you need to go find those families now?" Li Fu came to Li Xiaogong and asked in a low voice.
"No!" Li Xiaogong waved his hand, "Uncle Fu, brother Lu Xian just came to see me today. It would be inappropriate to contact me immediately. Please wait two or three days!" Li Xiaogong thought for a while and said, "After all, it takes some time for the news to get out, right?"
"Your Majesty is still thoughtful!" Li Fu nodded after listening to Li Xiaogong's words.
"By the way, Uncle Fu, let the news spread quickly!" Li Xiaogong warned Li Fu again.
"Yes!" Li Fu responded.
"Also, let those people withdraw! After all, it is to put on a show for those people. If the trouble continues, if brother Lu Xian is really angry, there will be trouble!" Li Xiaogong warned again.
"Understood!" Li Fu nodded, "If you don't have any other instructions, just follow the prince's arrangement?" Li Fu asked in a low voice.
"Go!" Li Xiaogong nodded, and after Li Fu bowed and saluted, he left the front hall.
In the next two days, some news spread throughout Chang'an City, that is, Lu Chen, the Chang'an County Duke known as the "Cleaning Street Tiger", "hit a wall" with Prince Zhao Li Xiaogong. Many people even felt that, This county official, who was known for being "arrogant and domineering", finally met someone who could deal with him.
"Your Majesty, the news has almost spread!" In the study of Li Xiaogong in Prince Zhao's mansion, Li Fu reported in a low voice to Li Xiaogong who was writing.
"Yes!" Li Xiaogong, who was still writing furiously with his head down, responded. After a long while, he put down his pen, looked at the words on the rice paper in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction, "Uncle Fu, don't say anything yet. , The rice paper made by Brother Lu Xian is indeed much better than the previous ones!" Li Xiaogong said with a smile as he moved his wrist.
"Your Majesty's calligraphy has improved a lot!" Li Fu looked at the words "sprinkle fragrant bait to catch golden turtles" on the rice paper and said directly in compliment. Li Fuk still remembered that this sentence came from In Lu Chen's mouth.
"Uncle Fu, you mean this as a compliment! Don't you know my name? You have watched me grow up!" Li Xiaogong said to Li Fu with a smile, and after hearing Li Xiaogong's words , Li Fu's wrinkled eyes couldn't help but feel a little moist.
"Uncle Fu, there are some things that you don't need to do by yourself. Let the people below do what they should do!" Li Xiaogong motioned to Li Fu to sit down and talk. Li Fu saluted and sat opposite Li Xiaogong.
"But I have to go to this matter in person before I can rest assured!" How could Li Fu not understand the meaning of Li Xiaogong's words and said directly with a smile.
"This matter is over, it's time for you, Uncle Fu, to take a rest! Let that boy practice the things that should be taken over by that boy. With me here, nothing will go wrong!" Li Xiaogong looked at Li Fu and said with a smile.
As for "that boy" in Li Xiaogong's mouth, he was naturally referring to Li Fu's son Li Yuanzhong.
"The prince said so!" Li Xiaogong said so, so Li Fu was naturally willing. Li Fu stood up and saluted.
"Then Prince, do you want to inform those families now?" Li Fu and Li Xiaogong asked in a low voice.
"It's almost time to calculate! Let them go to the Wang family's banquet building!" Li Xiaogong nodded and said.
"Yes!" After receiving the order, Li Fu left the study directly, and Li Xiaogong also left the study afterwards, went to the back house to change clothes and went to the banquet building to wait for those people from the aristocratic family.
At this time, Xiao Yu and others were meeting at Xiao Yu's house, and they were talking about the now widely circulated matter of Lu Chen's humiliation in front of Li Xiaogong.
"It seems that the arrogant Lu Chen is not good enough to face those princes!" Wang Gui said with a sneer while stroking the teacup.
"Wang Zhongyun, I always feel that something is wrong here!" Zheng Shanguo on the side said with a cautious expression.
"Oh? What does Zheng Shangshu think is wrong?" After hearing Zheng Shanguo's words, Xiao Yu raised his gray eyebrows slightly and looked at Zheng Shanguo and asked.
"I believe everyone here knows what Lu Chen's character is. Is he someone who is so easy to give in to?" Zheng Shanguo continued to ask the people present.
"This..." After being asked by Zheng Shanguo, coupled with Lu Chen's usual behavior towards them, everyone couldn't help but groan in unison, and even felt that Zheng Shanguo's concerns were indeed necessary.
"Is it possible that Lu Chen is afraid of making too many enemies?" Wei Ting on the side asked cautiously, stroking his beard and smacking his lips.
