In the afternoon, Du Qi went straight to the palace.
He was going to see Li Yuan now. After all, he had to present the latest Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Investiture of the Gods every day. Especially now, Du Qi entered the palace every day and saw Li Yuan every day. The relationship between him and Li Yuan was even closer.
His speech and behavior were even more relaxed.
After Du Qi entered the palace, he presented the latest content first. After Li Yuan finished reading, Du Qi said seriously, "Your Majesty has finished reading the latest content. I will take my leave."
"Don't worry!"
Li Yuan waved his hand to stop him.
For Li Yuan, he would talk to Du Qi every day now. He also understood the situation outside through Du Qi. Even though Du Qi would wait for him to finish reading before saying goodbye every time, Li Yuan would ask Du Qi to stay every time.
Li Yuan snorted and said, "Erlang, you brat, every time you present the content of the new book, you can't wait to leave. Could it be that you don't want to talk to me? "
"No way, no way!"
Du Qi hurriedly said.
To him, this was something he was used to.
Li Yuan said, "Tell me, is there anything interesting in Chang 'an City now?"
Du Qi's eyes turned and he suddenly said, "Your Majesty, speaking of which, there is a matter in Chang 'an City. It's not considered interesting because this matter is related to me. Speaking of which, it's actually an embarrassing matter. "
Li Yuan was immediately interested and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
He was very interested in Du Qi's embarrassing matter.
Du Qi said seriously, "This matter is actually related to the number one tea shop in the world. Not long ago, this brat's number one tea shop in the world was attacked by a group of people."
"After they left the number one tea shop in the world, they founded the number one tea shop. Just yesterday, except for the previous contact, Cai Bida, the rest of them actually found this brat again and wanted to leave the number one tea shop. "
"These people came to me again, hoping that I can help them."
The kid thought to himself, "It's not easy for them either. After all, they were once people from the world's number one tea. Therefore, I gave them a way out and allowed them to open a branch of The World's Number One Tea Company in the south of the city. "
Du Qi talked about the world's best tea.
After Li Yuan heard, he shook his head and said, "Erlang Du, this aspect of yours is very bad. You brat, you're too kind. If you are too benevolent, you will be easily bullied. If you are too benevolent, it will be easy for others to take advantage of you. "
Du Qi said sternly, "Your Majesty, these people have families to feed. It's not easy to live in Chang 'an. So, give them a way out. But even so, it won't be easy for them to establish themselves in the southern part of the city. "
Li Yuan said, "What do you mean?"
Du Qi smiled and said, "When the news spread that Lin Changhe, Qiu Tong, and the others had opened the world's number one tea shop in the south of the city, Cai Bida spread the news that he was backed by the Eastern Palace. What Lin Changhe and the others did was tantamount to becoming enemies with them."
"Cai Bida said that he would not let Lin Changhe and the others go. He wanted Lin Changhe and the others to be unable to continue operating."
"Now, this brat has done his utmost benevolence. In the end, whether they can endure and block Cai Bida, it will depend on Lin Changhe and the others' own good fortune."
Du Qi said sternly, "All of this depends on their good fortune."
After Li Yuan heard this, his eyes narrowed. He looked at the imperial chamberlain at the side and cast an inquiring look.
Xiao Li nodded.
Because this matter was already the talk of the town, especially the negative news about Cai Bida, there was also a lot of negative news.
Li Yuan said again, "Brat Du, aren't you worried that the existence of The World's Number One Tea House will affect your business?"
Du Qi looked confident and said, "Your Majesty, The World's Number One Tea Company has been operating until now. It has already made a resounding brand and even made a name for itself. It's not something that one or two tea shops can affect. What's more, this brat doesn't lack food and clothing now, nor does he have to worry about money. Earning a little more money, earning a little less money, it doesn't matter. "
Li Yuan said, "You're quite open-minded!"
Du Qi continued, "Speaking of which, this brat's biggest worry now is that wherever I go, there are countless people chasing after me. Because once I'm recognized, it's like being looked at like a monkey. Sigh, this is the price of being a celebrity! "
Li Yuan smiled when he heard this.
Especially when he saw Du Qi's slightly complacent but also unwilling look, he teased, "You're really, having your fame is a good thing, but you're good, but you're not willing."
Du Qi said, "Your Majesty, this is the trouble of being a celebrity! Yes, just like what I said just now, it's the price of being a celebrity. "
Li Yuan smiled again.
As if he was looking at a silly brat.
Du Qi talked about a few more interesting things before he excused himself and left. After Du Qi left, Li Yuan looked at Xiao Li and said sternly, "Xiao Li, is it true that the Crown Prince arranged for people to open The World's Number One Tea House mentioned by Du Qi?"
"Yes!"
Xiao Li nodded and answered.
Li Yuan said gloomily, "In that case, The World's Number One Tea House was the East Palace who schemed against Du Qi. Previously, although Du Qi did not mention the East Palace, in fact, it must have been the East Palace who arranged for people to contact Cai Bida and let Cai Bida hollow out Du Qi's people with the intention of dealing with The World's Number One Tea House, right? "
Xiao Li shook his head, his face full of smiles, and said, "Your Majesty, this old servant does not know about this matter. I only know that Cai Bida publicized that he was the Crown Prince's person, but I don't know the rest. "
"Hahaha …"
Li Yuan immediately stroked his beard and laughed, shaking his head and saying, "You old thing, playing dumb."
Xiao Li chuckled.
He did not say much.
The East Palace's Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Du Qi's relationship was not harmonious, he knew about this matter. However, Xiao Li could not say it out loud. Of course, Li Jiancheng arranged for people to contact Cai Bida and hollow out Du Qi's Number One Tea House, he actually knew about it, but he did not say it.
When Li Yuan mentioned it, he just chuckled, playing dumb and saying that he did not know.
Li Yuan snorted and said, "You old thing, not willing to tell the truth. But this Crown Prince really refuses to change despite repeated admonishment! Previously, I already arranged for people to reprimand the Crown Prince, telling him not to make things difficult for Du Qi. But I didn't expect that during his closed-door reflection, he still did not stop and still wanted to scheme against Du Qi, making me too disappointed! "
Xiao Li chuckled and did not speak.
To Xiao Li, he did not meddle in the matters between the prince and Li Yuan. He only cared about being Li Yuan's mouthpiece.
Seeing Xiao Li not speak, Li Yuan sneered even more coldly in his heart. He and Xiao Li had a master-servant relationship for many years. The more Xiao Li was like this, the more it indicated that there was a problem.
Li Yuan pondered for a while, then said, "Xiao Li, you pass an oral decree to the East Palace again, tell Li Jiancheng, let him not meddle in the tea house's matters. Especially, he is not allowed to implicate Du Qi anymore. He first assassinated, and now he arranged for people to make a move like this, making me too disappointed. A country's heir apparent, going against a child at every turn, without the least bit of foresight and breadth of mind. "
Xiao Li inquired, "Your Highness, is this okay?"
Li Yuan said, "What's not okay about it?"
Matters involving Du Qi, Li Yuan was very furious. Du Qi did things perfectly fine, not courting disaster nor causing trouble. Yet, Li Jiancheng targeted Du Qi at every turn, becoming enemies with Du Qi time and time again.
This kind of situation made Li Yuan too disappointed.
Moreover, Li Yuan's impression of Du Qi was extremely good now. This was the reason why Li Yuan did not like Li Jiancheng.
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