Chapter 197
"Lord Xu, if there's nothing else, I'll be taking my leave now." Li Tianyou's expression was rather unpleasant.
“Lord Li, it’s fate that we’ve met. Look, we were originally from Li’an County and Xin’an County respectively. It’s fate that we met in the capital. And now, it’s even more of a great fate that we’ve met here in Xiliu Lane. Lord Li, would you do me the honor of having a meal with me today?” Xu Xiangren asked Li Tianyou with a fawning expression.
"Excuse me, I have other matters to attend to." Li Tianyou cupped his hands in farewell and prepared to leave.
"Hey, Lord Li, please do me a favor." Xu Xiangren thought to himself that his wife had already made arrangements; as long as he brought Li Tianyou over, she would let his daughter out.
When Li Tianyou sees his daughter, he will surely be attracted by her beauty.
When the time comes, I'll put on airs again, and Li Tianyou will have to use all his strength to marry my daughter.
The one who benefits is oneself.
The thought that he could leave the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and take up a post elsewhere made Xu Xiangren work even harder.
"Lord Xu, we're not acquainted, are we?" Li Tianyou sighed.
He said somewhat impatiently.
"Aren't we friends?" Xu Xiangren didn't expect Li Tianyou to speak to him like that.
“When have we ever been friends? My relationship with you is nothing more than a nodding acquaintance!” After saying this, Li Tianyou quickly walked towards the direction of Prince An’s residence.
"Master, could it be that this Lord Xu is trying to take advantage of the fact that Li'an County and Xin'an County are adjacent to each other to get you to promote him?" Zhou Tong, who was standing beside him, whispered.
"He's dreaming." Li Tianyou isn't stupid; he'd never do something like that.
Moreover, he only met Xu Xiangren twice in total.
He himself hasn't even established himself in the capital yet, why would he help him?
Li Tianyou arrived at the Prince An's mansion in a huff. When the steward Liu Ming saw Li Tianyou arrive in such a rage, he secretly thought something was wrong.
He had no idea what foolish thing his lord had done to anger his father-in-law.
I never noticed before that my lord had a habit of provoking his father-in-law.
Otherwise, why would Lord Zhou never come to the Prince's door to assassinate him?
However, Liu Ming dared not say that his prince was innocent.
After all, buying counterfeit liquor as a gift for his future father-in-law, Prince Wang was the first person in the capital to do so.
"My dear in-law, what brings you here today?" Liu Ming greeted him with a smile.
"Hmm, come and sit down." Li Tianyou sat in the flower hall, wondering how to ask without embarrassing himself.
"Oh, so you're trying to freeload off our Prince's mansion again?" Zheng Qiaoshu came out with a smug look on her face, and just then she saw Li Tianyou sitting in the flower hall, so she couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
"Steward Liu, when did the Prince An's Mansion change owners?" Li Tianyou's expression darkened as he looked at the sarcastic Zheng Qiaoshu.
Before the daughter even entered the mansion, this woman was already saying she was there to freeload?
Hmph, I didn't take anything from the Prince An's mansion.
“Miss, Lord Li is a distinguished guest of our household.” Butler Liu’s expression was also not very good. This Miss has become increasingly arrogant and domineering lately.
This Lord Li is the father of the future princess. Even if he did take something from the palace, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Besides, even Lord Li doesn't eat, live, or spend as much as this young lady in the Prince's mansion, does he?
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