Chapter 355: Chang'an Paper Expensive (4)

Li Shi stood at the door of the palace and muttered for a long time before he roughly understood what Li Li meant.

From his father Li Li's words, he faintly felt that the one in the palace now seems to have a considerable degree of suspicion of the Chu king's line, since the court and His Majesty returned to Chang'an, the power of the Chu king's family has been rising day by day, and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces have been held hostage, constituting a kind of public opinion to force the palace - the emperor will not give up if the emperor does not canonize the king of Chu as the crown prince.

There were constantly courtiers who praised the merits and talents of the king of Chu, and even many courtiers jointly signed the recital, asking the emperor to canonize the crown prince as soon as possible and let the king of Chu live in the East Palace.

The emperor's attitude was originally very clear, revealing the intention of appointing the king of Chu as the crown prince. Recently, however, the emperor's attitude seems to have changed subtly, and the tighter the courtiers, the more ambiguous he becomes, and he begins to drag it back on the grounds that he has done everything in his bidding.

This made Li Jiao deeply vigilant. Therefore, Li Jiao has only recently lived in seclusion, almost put an end to private contacts with ministers from all walks of life, and temporarily stopped all kinds of behind-the-scenes layouts, and his style has become low-key and silent.

That's the crux of the matter.

Li Shi figured out this verse and understood how to do it.

He must do everything his father explained to him, and gradually establish his own status in Li Jiao's heart. Otherwise, his future status in the future will be an empty word.

Although he is the eldest son of the king of Chu, he is a concubine, and if he wants to become the prince of the king of Chu as he wishes, and even the crown prince of the king of Chu after becoming the emperor in the future, he must pay more from other princes and show extraordinary ability.

Li Shi thought about it. Feel like it's not too late. I simply took the car out of the house. went directly to the Chang'an Hou Mansion. When Li Shi rushed to the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion, he met Li Xi, the king of Zhao, leaving.

Li Xi's chariot guard of honor is naturally incomparable with that of the king of Chu, who enjoys the emperor's authorized half-lieutenant luan, and the Praetorian Guards accompany the road, which cannot be compared with the scale and momentum.

Although Li Shi was hiding on the side, Li Xi still saw Li Shi's figure through the curtain of the carriage. Li Xi frowned, and secretly sneered: Li Li arranged for his eldest son Li Shi to come over, it must be that the weasel didn't have any good intentions to give the chicken a New Year's greeting!

Li Shi walked up the steps of the Chang'an Marquis Mansion. The soldiers guarding the door recognized him as the eldest son of the King of Chu, and the grandson of Banzai today, so he naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately went to the palace to report. When Kong Sheng heard the news, out of etiquette and decency, he personally greeted him.

The two greeted each other and walked into the Hou Mansion side by side, entered the flower hall, and sat down as guests. Li Shi talked for a long time, and then he clarified his intentions, but he didn't say it explicitly. Instead, he tried a few words.

Kong Sheng's face remained dark and continued to smile. But there was some anger in my heart.

He knew in his heart that there were not a few people in Chang'an City who coveted and envied his way of making money, and there were not a few people who made small moves behind his back and tried to steal and spy on the secrets of his financial resources, but there were only one person who was close to open fire and openly asked for "dry shares" and was ashamed to try to share profits.

It's outrageous.

Kong Sheng pretended not to understand anything.

Li Shi stared at Kong Sheng deeply, feeling a little dissatisfied in his heart. Kong Sheng is such a shrewd person, how could he not understand, he just pretended to be confused.

Since the temptation was not good, Li Shi patiently began to show off his tongue, and said it clearly, talking about the various bright prospects of the cooperation between the Marquis of Chang'an Mansion and the Chu Wangfu, and at Li Shi's age, it was difficult for him to be able to do this.

But Kong Sheng was indifferent. No matter what Li Shi said, he still sat on the Diaoyu Tai without moving.

Li Shi was finally still a young man, but he still couldn't hold it back, and got up with a cold face and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an Hou, my father is also a kind of fist, you don't want to live up to his kindness." You must know that in this Chang'an City, there is nothing that our Chu Wangfu can't do. ”

Kong Sheng said lightly: "The kindness of His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the prince is appreciated. But whether Kong Sheng brews his own wine or sells the copyright of the manuscript, he is just entertaining himself, and he has no intention of making a big deal. The prince also knew that Kong was a Chang'an candidate after all, and he couldn't really leave his body to be a mercenary businessman. ”

Li Shi became annoyed: "Chang'an Hou, you have opened a wine shop and a bookstore successively, and you make money every day, is this still entertaining yourself?" The so-called solitary happiness is not as good as public happiness, if Chang'an Hou really wants to make a fortune by himself behind closed doors, I'm afraid it will ......"

Kong Sheng looked at Li Shi with a calm expression: "Kong Sheng operates in accordance with the law, so he naturally has a clear conscience, that's all." ”

"Since this is the case, then, a certain family will leave, and Chang'an will do it for himself." Li Shi sneered, turned around and left.

A sneer tuded at the corner of Kong Sheng's mouth: "Prince, please go, forgive me for not being far away." ”

Princess Ningguo flashed out of her curly figure from behind the curtain of the flower hall, raised her willow eyebrows lightly, and said softly: "Chang'an Hou, Brother Chu is no better than others, he will repay him, if you refuse like this, I am afraid that he will retaliate with anger." The palace of the king of Chu in the middle of the court and in Chang'an can be said to cover the sky with one hand, you have offended the king of Chu repeatedly, are you really afraid that he will turn against you and become enemies? ”

Kong Sheng smiled lightly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, doing things for people in the next place, I only want to conform to the sincerity, but I want to have a clear conscience, I have my own principles and bottom line in my heart, no matter who it is, as long as it touches Kong's bottom line, it is a knife and axe, Kong Sheng does not dare to have the original intention, and will never accept threats." ”

A slight flush appeared on Princess Ningguo's gentle face, she stared at Kong Sheng seriously, and said softly: "Kong Sheng, in fact, this palace has always been unable to understand, you are not a person who loves money, but why are you now competing with this kind of money-making business, it seems that you have penetrated into the eyes of money...... Can you tell Hongu why this is? ”

Kong Sheng was silent for a moment before he said with a smile: "Princess, Kong Sheng is not greedy for money, but in this world, no matter what you do, you need money...... You see, I want to feed the huge population of this house, and it is not enough to rely on my Chang'an's waiting for him and His Majesty's reward. ”

Princess Ning Guo shook her head helplessly, she knew that Kong Sheng didn't open her heart to herself at all to tell the truth, if Kong Sheng did all this just to "support her family", she would never believe it. It's just that she has a gentle and quiet personality, and since Kong Sheng is unwilling to say it, she won't force it.

"Okay, Kong Sheng, Bengong has been fascinated by your Journey to the West recently, and I can't wait for your new book to come out, so you can tell Bengong the truth, has your follow-up manuscript been written? If you have, let this palace have a sneak peek, this palace promises you that you will never spread it and will not destroy your financial route. Princess Ning Guo waved her long sleeves and took the initiative to change the topic.

Kong Sheng smiled slightly: "Princess, not yet." After Kong Sheng was busy for these two days, he took the time to finish the third book. Please rest assured that as soon as the new books are printed, I will send someone to the princess's mansion as soon as possible. ”

Princess Ning Guo sighed in disappointment, glanced at Kong Sheng, and turned to walk out of the hall. She also thought that Kong Sheng didn't tell the truth, but she was unwilling to show the manuscript to herself in advance, lest it be leaked and ruin his money-making business. (To be continued.) )