The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

On the carriage, Li Yuan looked at Li Fu.

"I just told you before that I was an official in Chang'an City." Li Yuan said: "You are a smart man, I guess you should have guessed my identity, right?"

At this point, Li Yuan planned to speak openly.

Li Fu nodded after hearing this.

"If I can't even recognize the private seal of His Majesty, then I really don't deserve to live under the feet of the emperor." Li Fu laughed, then bowed his hands and saluted: "Now that I know the identity of His Majesty, this courtesy should be made up. I pay my respects to His Majesty."

"Hahaha." Li Yuan laughed loudly, then reached out to help Li Fu: "No need to be polite, you are interesting."

Li Yuan was very happy to see Li Fu like this.

Yes, he is smart, clever, and calm.

After knowing his identity, he didn't kneel down in front of him like ordinary people.

"Li Fu, the one next to me is also my nephew, Li Xiaogong, the Prince of Zhao."

Li Fu bowed to Li Xiaogong.

"If the young man is really the descendant of the late Han Wang, you and I are brothers." Li Xiaogong said with a smile.

Li Fu smiled.

"It's not certain now. You have to wait until Your Majesty sees the jade pendant left by my mother to confirm it, right?" Li Fu smiled.

"You are calm and cautious." Li Yuan praised: "Have you ever thought about your life experience?"

Li Fu nodded.

"Of course I have thought about it, but my mother passed away, and there has been no news from my father's family. How can I know which family my father's family is." Li Fu smiled and said: "But even if I have no family, haven't I grown up so much? With Lao Zhao, Liu Niang and others, life is still normal."

Anyway, even if he doesn't recognize his relatives, with his talents, he won't make his family unable to live.

In this respect, he is different from the original owner.

"If the jade pendant proves that you are a royal relative, what will you do?" Li Yuan asked.

"What else can I do?" Li Fu said, "Just live your life as usual. The only benefit is that at least I am related to your majesty. No one will dare to bully people in the manor in the future."

"Oh? Someone bullied you before?" Li Yuan asked.

"I told you before about the dispute with the manor next door." Li Fu said, "The owner of the manor next door is the Pei family, which is also a big family. I am a small person and cannot fight against them. If I have this identity, at least when your majesty is here, they will definitely not dare to touch me, including the business in Chang'an City."

"But even if I don't have this identity now, it doesn't matter." Li Fu smiled and said, "Anyway, your majesty also has a share in that business, and your majesty can't just watch the money disappear."

Li Xiaogong smiled when he heard this.

"You are smart. You dragged your majesty with you."

Li Fu spread his hands helplessly.

"There's nothing you can do about it. You need a backer to survive. If you just do small things, it won't attract attention. It doesn't matter what happens. But once you start doing business, it will attract attention." Li Fu said, "There are so many people in Chang'an City, they are not human beings, they are hungry wolves with green eyes. If you don't have a backer, they can mess up any profitable business for you."

Either you give up your interests and work for the noble family, or wait for others to take advantage of you.

Li Fu has no money and no power, so he can't fight, so he is always cautious.

After knowing Li Yuan's identity, he gradually became bolder.

Now Li Yuan told him that he might be the emperor's nephew.

If so, it's a good relationship.

At least there is an identity, a royal relative, who dares to touch it?

"The nobles in Chang'an City are not like this, right?" Li Yuan said with sympathy.

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor, would you think that there is too much money in the treasury or the inner treasury?"

Li Yuan shook his head.

Who doesn't want money?

With money, the court can do more things.

"Look, you are the emperor, and you don't think that there is too much money, let alone a noble family. He has a big family to support." Li Fu said.

The word support is not appropriate. It should be said that there is a big family waiting to squander.

The carriage came to Li Fu's house. After Li Fu returned home, he went to his room, took out the jade pendant, went to the front hall, and handed it to Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty, this is the jade pendant my mother left me." Li Fu said.

As for whether it is, it depends on Li Yuan.

At this moment, it would be a lie for Li Fu to say that he was not nervous.

Li Yuan took the jade pendant, rubbed it carefully, and looked at it.

Things from the Tang Guogong Mansion have specialHe was looking for a special mark on the jade pendant.

As expected, he felt a different touch in a dent on the jade pendant.

But now, Li Yuan's eyes are a little blurry and he can't see clearly.

He handed the jade pendant to Li Xiaogong.

"Xiaogong, look at this jade pendant, here." Li Yuan pointed to the place for Li Xiaogong to see.

"Is there a mark of the Duke of Tang's Mansion on it?"

Li Xiaogong took the jade pendant and looked carefully at the place where Li Yuan pointed.

After looking clearly, he handed the jade pendant to Li Yuan.

"Your Majesty, it does have the mark of the Duke of Tang's Mansion." Li Xiaogong said.

Some valuable things from aristocratic families have unique marks. Sometimes, even if someone in the family steals it and wants to pawn it, once it is taken over by the industry under their hands and discovered, the person who took the things to pawn and sell them can't run away.

This is also their anti-theft and anti-counterfeiting mark.

Including the carriages that the people in the mansion take when they go out, there will be the mansion's mark in a conspicuous position on the carriages to facilitate identification by outsiders.

"In this way, this jade pendant really came from the Tang Guogong Mansion." Li Yuan said: "In this way, Li Fu, your identity is also clear. You are the son of my third brother who has been away from home."

"Is it confirmed? No need to drop blood or test the relationship?" Li Fu asked with a smile.

Although that thing is not accurate, people these days believe in it.

Li Yuan shook his head.

To test the relationship by dropping blood, the third brother must be alive. Now that he is gone, how can it be verified?

The jade pendant in front of him from the Tang Guogong Mansion is the best proof.

This jade pendant is of excellent quality, and ordinary people can't imitate it even if they want to.

Not to mention that there is a special mark on it.

"This jade pendant left behind is enough." Li Yuan said.

"I'm curious about one thing." Li Fu said, "Why doesn't even my mother know my father's identity? If she knew, why didn't she tell me? Why didn't my father tell my mother back then? These are all questions."