Jiang Yao and Liu Ye didn't come to the door for a long time. Li Xiang has been closed at home for more than a month, reading books behind closed doors at home, and his body is about to grow hair. The two children did not come to see him.

Also, Liu Ye is now Xuanzong's favorite minister, so he naturally has to avoid suspicion. He is now the one who is being left out in the cold, and he can't let the child come to visit him if he has nothing to do, isn't this making trouble for him.

But Jiang Yao can come. Li Xiang was thinking about the east and west in the house. Li Yu came in and brought him lunch, a few side dishes grilled fish, glutinous rice porridge, scrambled eggs with leeks, duck feet, and rice.

"My lord, let's eat." Li Yu was ready to retreat and eat with the guards.

Li Xiang reads books behind closed doors at home, has little activity, and doesn't eat much, mainly because he can't be idle, and he always feels empty in his heart. After Li Yu finished eating, he came over to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

"My lord, if you don't have an appetite, I'll go to the kitchen and let them cook separately." I didn't move my chopsticks too much in a few dishes, and I drank the glutinous rice porridge and ate the rice. It's not okay to eat without vegetables.

Li Xiang poured himself a cup of tea, "Li Yu, what is Jiang Yao busy with now, do you have any contact?" ”

Liu Ye and Jiang Yao left the capital without telling their father, they couldn't say anything about it, they were secretly operating, and the road ahead was unpredictable, so they couldn't say it. The two said goodbye.

Li Yu: "My lord, I'll go to Liufu to see Gongzi." ”

Li Xiang nodded, "Go ahead,." ”

Li Yu came to the Willow Leaf Mansion, Guangtai lived in the Willow Leaf Mansion, Li Yu entered the living room, and Guangtai entered the door with a hand-cranked folding fan.

"Li Gongzi, rare guests, there is a long way to go." Guangtai greeted warmly. The prime minister's door is a third-grade official, not to mention that Li Yu is Li Xiang's personal guard and a confidant by his side.

Li Yu bowed and saluted, "Son, I was ordered to visit a few sons." "It's to find Jiang Yao and Liu Ye, Guangtai can't tell the truth.

"They weren't at home, they said they were out playing." Guangtai casually found a reason.

Li Yu was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he inquired about the situation, got up and said goodbye, "Childe, you have time to go around the house." Li Yu greeted.

Guangtai didn't keep Li Yu and sent him to the door, it seemed that he had time to see Li Xiang. I am also avoiding suspicion, I am an imperial businessman, and I am too close to important members of the imperial court, for fear of being suspected of trading power and money.

Fortunately, Xuanzong did not attack Guangtai because he was an imperial merchant established by Wuzong. His status as an imperial merchant was earned by relying on his efforts to quell the rebellion in the southwestern feudal towns. Zhengda is bright and right.

The next day, Guangtai prepared jewelry and jade and brought it to Li's mansion to visit Li Xiang on behalf of Jiang Yao. It was not a day or two days before Li Xiangmen was sparsely deserted. Li Yu took Guangtai to the study.

Guangtai Shili: "The younger generation meets the adult." ”

Li Xiang was very happy to see outsiders now, got up from behind the desk and walked around to Guangtai, and helped him up with his own hands. "Shan Gongzi, you are still thinking about the old man, the old man is very idle now, it is rare that you can think about the old man."

Li Xiang's words were relieved and disappointed. Guangtai: "The younger generation has always wanted to visit the adults, but they were worried about affecting the work of the adults, so they didn't dare to come." ”

Li Xiang sat at the top, and Guangtai sat at the bottom. "My lord, this is brought by Shan Gongzi." Li Yu placed the treasure jade on the table.

Li Xiang excused himself, "You can come to visit the old man, the old man is happy." Bring things back, if it is like this, the old man will not be able to treat guests. ”

Guangtai got up and said sincerely: "My lord, the younger generation is visiting the adult for the first time, and I hope that the adult will not dislike it." The next is not an example. ”

Li Xiang is not good at prevaricating, "Li Yu, set up a banquet, and my son and I will have two drinks." ”

Li Yu put the baby in the bookcase and went out to prepare the banquet. Guangtai: "My lord, Gongzi Jiang, Gongzi Liu went out to travel. I don't know the specific situation, anyway, it's just to go out and go around, the two of them are strong in martial arts, and they won't be chivalrous outside, let's go to the rivers and lakes. Guangtai tried his best to talk about the situation in a light-hearted and humorous way.

He was very sad in his own heart, and the three of them had been away for a while, but they didn't say a word back. The situation in Tibet was turbulent, and he was so anxious that he couldn't receive the news. Occasionally, I will suffer from insomnia.

Li Xiang's mind is spinning, it will not be so easy and simple, he has been in the court for many years, a prince said to leave, and he was a minister who had just been rewarded as a prince. Li Xiang was silent, his eyes thoughtful.

Guangtai picked up the teacup and drank the tea, and he should be careful when talking to Li Xiang, and his mouth should be tight. He's asking and saying, it's better.

Li Xiang didn't quite believe Guangtai's words, "When will the two of them come back, and where will they go?" How did I suddenly have the idea of traveling? Did Jiang Yao bring it up, or did Liu Ye bring it up. Does the emperor have any thoughts on his side, and they haven't mentioned any of this to you? You have a close relationship and what other specific information do you know? ”

Li Xiangyi threw out several questions in a row. Guangtai is to cope with all changes with the same, "I don't know about the others, they just say to travel." ”

The more Guangtai didn't spit out and bit a sentence, the more Li Xiang was suspicious, this was wrong. Li Xiang was no longer forcing him to answer, but changed the topic and talked about the business he was good at.

Guangtai told Li Xiang about his experience in doing business, as well as a summary of the requirements of the merchants of the Celestial Empire over the years, and conveyed them to Li Xiang.

"My lord, businessmen are the creators of social wealth, but the law and social atmosphere of Datang are not friendly to businessmen. Let's talk about marriage if nothing else, if, I mean, if the prince of Li Mansion wants to marry, choose a woman, the family is a merchant, the family is a scholar, my lord, which one will you choose? "Guangtai wants to make a voice for the merchant's house.

This is the case with his own marriage, in the southwest region, his family is one of the richest families, and his father is dedicated to marrying a famous family, a family of poems, books, and rites. But the daughter of such a family also chose the home of the poet, calligrapher, etiquette, and doctor.

Li Xiang was embarrassed, "Virtuous nephew, the old man's answer is also a secular point of view, choose the family of the scholar first." You're right, everything is inferior, only reading is high. This is a wise saying left by the ancestors for many years, and the old man can't deny it and change it. ”

It seems that he is just a layman among the vulgar, and he is not exempt from vulgarity. Li Xiang replied that it was the truth, Guangtai: "So my lord, this is the reality, and the accumulation of wealth by businessmen is also not easy to come by." But the guarantee of wealth is a sentence from the government, the era of the monarch of Shengming is fine, and the most pitiful thing in the era of chaos is the merchant. Wealth not only does not bring a prosperous life and a higher social status, but also often leads to death. ”

Guangtai and the prime minister in the prime minister's mansion vented bitterness. This kid said that it was very disadvantageous, and there were many examples of the unfair treatment suffered by wealthy families, and in the Manna Incident, the rich merchants in the capital were not remembered by others because of their huge wealth, and they suffered from flying disasters!