Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

"How much?" Li Chengze asked. The world didn't know that he had the secret support of the eldest princess Li Yunrui behind him, so he didn't lack money. After all, Li Yunrui controlled the inner treasury, and she had earned a lot of wealth through embezzlement and smuggling over the years.

"A ton of gold!" Li An affirmed.

A thousand taels of gold!

After hearing Li An's words, not only the Second Prince, but even the cold-blooded Xie Bian showed surprise on their faces.

What a big mouth!

"Yes, it can be delivered to your house tomorrow!"

After receiving Li Chengze's affirmative answer, Li An said: "It won't happen!"

Li Chengze frowned and thought, his expression gradually calmed down, but he didn't expect to get a negative answer. Li An watched him thinking about things, but didn't interrupt him, and continued to eat the grapes on the table. Suddenly, he thought to himself that it had been half a day, and the second prince really didn't see him spit out the grape skins when he ate the grapes.

Just when Li An was enjoying his meal, Li Chengze suddenly asked, "Why can't you do what you want?"

Li An shook his head and did not answer. Li Chengze continued, "Then can this answer be changed?"

"I've said before, nothing is absolute. If you are willing, you can change it. But I don't know how to change this outcome."

Li Chengze finally revealed a look of surprise, which turned extremely ugly: "Sir, you don't know how to change? According to what you said, failure is inevitable?"

Li An was already sweating coldly. Why are you asking so much? Are you a curious baby? How should I answer this question? Should I tell you, don't mess around. You can't beat Emperor Qing. Don't you see how much weight you have?

Stop it, A-Zu, there are only Uncle Longs outside!

If you don't answer this well, you will be in trouble later. Do you want to continue to fool people and make more money?

Li An raised his left hand and began to calculate. After a moment, he decided to give up. He looked up at the scenery outside and said, "The sky outside is vast and there are many beautiful scenery. Your Highness, it's getting late. My next guest is about to arrive."

Hearing Li An's intention to send the guest away, Li Chengze calmed down his anger and had an answer in his heart. He adjusted his bangs and suddenly said, "Then, can the prince get what he wants?" After saying that, he signaled to Xie Bian to let the servant outside come in.

After the servants had cleared the table and slowly left, Li Chengze calmed down and waited for an answer.

Li An was slightly surprised. What did this mean?

"This question, the value... Oh, forget it, I won't talk about this question."

Li An sighed. If he told the second prince that the crown prince would eventually fail and die, he would be able to deduce a lot of things.

"What if I really want to know the answer?"

Facing the second prince's toughness, Li An could only choose to remain silent. If what happened today was spread out and known to Emperor Qing, one could imagine what would happen to him. After all, Emperor Qing, as the emperor, hadn't expressed his opinion yet. How could a mere fortune teller like you decide the fate of the princes? Regardless of whether what he said was accurate or not, he would be killed first and then quickly.

At this moment, Li Chengze laughed and said, "I also know your concerns, but your non-answer made me understand! Although I didn't get an answer from you, it still counts as a question! Tomorrow, I will pay you the divination fee!"

Li An nodded. Since Li Chengze had given a positive answer, he would not break his promise. For a man who was obsessed with the throne, breaking his promise was more serious than anything else.

He also offered an extra reward for one question, which slightly changed Ang Lee's opinion of him.

"In the end, I'll give you an answer for free. If you want to succeed, you should figure out your true opponent. Everyone else is dispensable."

"Thank you very much! Goodbye."

Li Chengze walked to the door and put on his shoes. He wanted to go back and continue thinking about the answer he got today.

Upon seeing this, Xie Bian immediately followed and looked at the fortune teller in front of him with a puzzled look.

"Then I won't see you off."

Li An sat in his seat without moving, thinking that his strength was still too low. If he was at the Grandmaster level, why would he have to hide it like this? What if the news got to the Crown Prince, the Princess, or even Emperor Qing?

After leaving the living room, Li Chengze walked out without looking back, but his cheerful voice slowly spread into the house.

"The matter of recruiting you will always count. If you ever come to your senses, I will welcome you at any time!"

Watching the Second Prince's large army gradually leave and disappear at the courtyard gate, Li An got up and changed the tea, then sat on a chair, picked up a book, and waited silently.

"The content of books in this world is rather empty. I feel like there are not many original thoughts. There are not many well-known institutions in the world. Only the imperial court has the Imperial Academy, which is an official school. Only the Northern Qi has some great scholars."

Li An looked at the book in his hand and felt a little bored.

Not long after the second prince left, the second guest that Li An was waiting for slowly came to the door.

Chapter 22 The prince is here too.

"Oh, it's really troublesome to do everything myself. It seems that I have to hire someone to handle some trivial matters for me. Otherwise, if I have to do everything myself, wouldn't it be too cheap for me to be a fortune teller?"

Li An poured two cups of tea and sighed silently. But he also knew in his heart that it was probably impossible to find a clean and flawless person to serve him in this capital. Not to mention the complicated and entangled forces of all parties, just say that the Supervisory Office is in charge of all matters in the capital. The people on the street, even a waiter, may be Chen Pingping's people!

If we go to the suburbs outside the city or the countryside to look for one, we are afraid that there will not be enough people to help us. After all, we need to be able to read and handle some basic tasks.

Do I have to train myself? Li An shook his head.

At this moment, a sharp cry interrupted Li An's thoughts.

"Is Mr. Li in the mansion?"

A carriage had already stopped outside, and there were many people travelling with it. Judging from the pageantry, it was actually much bigger than that of the Second Prince!

"Please come in, guests!"

When the person in the carriage heard someone respond, he got off the carriage, walked to the door, looked up at the "Wanshizhai" sign above, thought to himself that the tone was quite arrogant, and stepped into the open courtyard gate.

The person who came was dressed in bright yellow brocade clothes, and his whole body was meticulous, without any inappropriateness. He walked very politely, with a gentle smile on his face, which made people feel friendly at first sight.

This person is none other than the Crown Prince of Qing—Li Chengqian!

Seeing the prince enter the courtyard, Li An also did not move. One reason was to maintain his status as a master, and the other was Li An's attitude towards the prince himself.

Compared to the second prince's somewhat schizophrenic personality, Li An hates hypocritical people like the crown prince even more.

"Mr. Li, I have heard of your great name for a long time. I am late to meet you today!"

Li Chengqian spoke sincerely, and after he finished speaking, he came over and sat down in the seat where the second prince had just sat.

Li An nodded to the prince, and bowed, saying, "I don't deserve the title. Li An greets His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Li Chengqian was not surprised and nodded with a smile.

The same scene continued to play out, and a cup of hot tea was in front of Li Chengqian in an instant, with tea leaves floating in the water.

"I won't hide my identity anymore. I'm sure you've already expected me to come, and you've even prepared tea!"

Facing this move, Li Chengqian said with a smile, but a look of fear flashed across his face, and he secretly regretted not bringing his servants in with him.

"The second prince just left." Li An decided to break this atmosphere.

Li Chengqian showed an unnatural look. He had many spies under his command, and many of them had sneaked into the Second Prince's residence. Naturally, he knew about this matter, but he was not very clear about what the Second Prince had said today and what questions he had asked.

He was feeling a little angry in his heart.

It goes without saying that you know what the second prince asked here!

According to his guess, Li An must have revealed a lot of his own affairs to the Second Prince, and he should teach him a lesson. But then he thought that this person was already on the list in his father's heart, so he should not be reckless.

At that moment, he raised his cup and drank tea, saying: "Sir, you are so talented, so naturally your place is always crowded with people."

Li An didn't want to be too polite with the prince. He thought that if the other party had any questions, he should ask them immediately and take out the silver after asking. Don't delay everyone's business as everyone is very busy!

"Your Highness, you must have something to ask. Why don't you talk about business first?"

Li Chengqian shook his head, as if he was misunderstood by Li An, and said hurriedly: "Hey, sir, you are wrong. Divination and solving doubts are just small matters. How can it be as important as knowing you and having a good chat with you as a friend?"

Hypocrisy, it’s so damn hypocritical!

Knowing that the Second Prince had come to my place, Li Chengqian might have quickened his pace to come here, and arrived and left at the same time as the Second Prince.

Come on, we are all hermaphrodites, let’s get started!

In my previous life, I was also the ultimate hermaphrodite who claimed to have read the entire book "Emotional Intelligence and Dialogue in the Workplace". Then I was fired because I didn't have enough diplomas! As you can imagine, hermaphrodites don't have a good ending!

"Your Highness, now that we have met today, I believe we have gotten to know each other. There is still a lot of time in the future, and we will have a lot of time to meet and spend time together." Li An said with a smile.

The implication is that just ask quickly and don't just stand there.

How could Li Chengqian not understand the meaning of Li An's words? It was just that his habit over the years made him say a few more polite words: "So, we are friends. I don't know where you are from, sir? How about I host you today and go to the Yunlai Restaurant in the city for a few drinks?"

Li Chengqian's intention to win over the girl was very obvious and he was overly enthusiastic.

But he was also very puzzled. Since he learned about Li An's affairs from his father a few days ago, he also sent people to investigate Li An's background. However, after a few days, no useful information was found.

Li An smiled mysteriously: "Just treat me as a Danzhou native. Your Highness and I are naturally friends now, but the banquet is not convenient today."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian looked a little uncomfortable. Few people could refuse an invitation from a crown prince in person, not to mention that the person in front of him was a commoner. But he still managed his expression: "Oh? I wonder why it is inconvenient for you today, sir?"

"Your Highness knows that I am a fortune teller, and this is also for business. I told the fortune today and calculated that there will be three guests visiting today, and Your Highness will be the second one..." Li An explained.

"I see. Then let's meet again next time, sir."

"Next time, definitely next time."

Li Chengqian nodded, no longer dwelling on the matter, and got down to business: "I heard that you just divined for the Second Prince and answered his questions. I wonder if you can do one for me as well? I also have many questions that I would like you to answer!"

Li An replied: "Of course, my Wanshizhai is a place for fortune-telling and answering questions for people. If you can pay the fortune-telling fee, I can tell you!"

After hearing this, the prince was really angry. I just said we were friends, and now I want to ask you a few questions and tell you a fortune, and you ask for money?

If Li An knew what Li Chengqian was thinking, he would definitely spit at him. How shameless of you to think of getting something for free.

He looked at Li An with a very obscure look and asked, "Mr. Li, you still don't consider me a friend!"

Facing Li Chengqian's creepy gaze, Li An smiled and said, "It's not that I don't consider Your Highness a friend, it's just that the rules are like this."

Hearing what Li An said, Li Chengqian nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. As the saying goes, there is no order without rules. I am not a stingy person, so let's do as you wish."

Li An echoed, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding!"

No matter if he is an ordinary wealthy businessman, the second prince, or even Emperor Qing, he has paid the divination fee. Even if you are the crown prince, you are no exception.

Seeing that the foreplay was complete, Li Chengqian said to Li An, "I know Mr. Li's rules. Please help me solve my doubts."

Li An made a gesture for him to speak.

"The first question is, I want you to tell me my fortune. I wonder if the person I'm thinking of and I can end up together?" Li Chengqian said vaguely, also with some thoughts in mind.

Phew~ This time Ang Lee really couldn't help himself and choked on his mouthful of tea.

What, you and the second prince are really brothers! The first question always uses this marriage as an introduction? Can you ask a more important question?

Get away from me!

Chapter 23 You are playing very fancy!

Seeing Li An's strange behavior, Li Chengqian asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Li An waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no."

After sorting it out, Li An thought: I don't know if I can handle telling the answer behind this question. It seems that I have to answer it in a more obscure way. He said:

"Your Highness, this is a mental illness that cannot be solved by divination."

Li Chengqian's face was full of displeasure, with a hint of suspicion: "Just calculate how my thoughts are related to my heart disease? Just answer my question just now!"

Li An nodded helplessly. He said, "Your Highness, you and the person you are thinking about have finally come to an end."

"How does it end?"

"A thousand ounces of gold and silver."

Ahem, hearing this, it was the prince's turn to choke on his tea. He kept saying, "I will definitely pay you the divination fee later. Sir, you don't have to do this."

"In that case, I will reply to your Highness's words. You and the person you are thinking of will not be together in the end."

This world is not like the ancient Blue Star, where etiquette is very important. Even if you become the emperor and want to be with your aunt... that is not allowed, as it goes against ethical principles.

Li Chengqian was not satisfied with Li An's reply, and asked immediately: "Do you know who the other party is?"

"I won't tell you who she is, just tell you where she is."

"Where is she then?"

"It's in the palace!" Li An's words were earth-shattering.

Li Chengqian had originally suspected that Li An was wasting his reputation, but after hearing this, how could he not know that he had already known about this? People in the palace! Who else could there be in the palace? Apart from those palace maids, they could be either members of the royal family or the concubines of Emperor Qing!

He was shocked at the moment! Thinking of this, Li Chengqian put on a false smile and said, "Sir, you are joking."

Li An also smiled without saying anything, waiting for the prince to digest it slowly.

After a while, Li Chengqian said quietly, "It was just a joke, but I will also give you some money. Now tell me the real purpose of your visit."

"Oh?" Li An didn't care whether it was a joke or not, as long as the money he got was not small.