eurekapd Chapter 462 Tired
Chapter 462 Tired
Yes, it’s not that generous.
This is like burning down Prince Yi's house and then giving him some compensation.
A slap in the face and a sweet date?
What's more, Zhou Chang now has Yuan Qi, a real rich man, as his backer, so thirty thousand taels of silver is nothing.
"Your Highness Prince Yi may as well accept it..." Zhou Chang was about to refuse, but he didn't know when Concubine Yi Gu stood behind the pearl curtain, "This money is just for your Highness to repair the house, there is no need to burden it."
The other party had said so. If Zhou Chang refused again, he would be ungrateful. He turned around and bowed slightly to Concubine Yi behind the pearl curtain: "Thank you very much for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Concubine Yi, Gu, nodded across the beaded curtain.
Gu Yan handed the brocade box to Zhou Chang and said, "Your Highness, you may want to think about it again, but don't think too long. Prince Rong is very powerful now. If we delay any further, no one will stand a chance."
Zhou Chang took the brocade box, which was heavy and substantial. He regarded it as compensation to Prince Yi, but did not say anything else. He just nodded and turned to leave.
Zhou Chang was in no mood to visit Feng Suo again, so he took the skinny monkey out of the palace.
They didn't talk along the way, and when they were almost near Xining Gate, they ran into Feng Suo head-on.
Feng Suo was obviously waiting for Prince Yi. As soon as he saw Zhou Chang, he rushed over and asked, "Where did Brother Nine go? Why did he want to leave after leaving a letter?"
Zhou Chang was already feeling uneasy, and he forced himself to answer perfunctorily: "Ah, it was too hot, so I found a place to cool down, but I didn't expect to fall asleep. I have been in the palace for a long time now, so I can't accompany you. I have to leave the palace in a hurry, and I will come to see you in a few days."
Feng Suo pouted: "I was looking for Brother Nine in the Imperial Garden but couldn't find him, so I ran here to wait for him. Why do you want to chase me away as soon as we meet?"
Zhou Chang was in no mood to coax a child, but he knew that Xi'an Gate was the only way from the harem to the outside of the palace. It was too late to run away, so he could only coax him: "Be good, Brother Nine has something else to do today. I will definitely come to the palace to see you in a few days, and then I will bring you delicious food and fun things outside the palace."
Feng Suo still refused to give in.
Yuan Jie pulled Feng Suo from behind and said, "Your Highness, Prince Yi must have something to do. It's already noon, and maybe Concubine Qin has already sent someone to bring delicious food to Your Highness. If she can't find anyone, Concubine Qin will be worried again."
After hearing this, Feng Suo had no choice but to give up.
Zhou Chang looked at Yuan Jie with gratitude.
Yuanjie put on a mature face and pretended not to see it.
Feng Suo looked back every few steps as he said goodbye to Zhou Chang.
Zhou Chang got rid of Feng Suo, left the palace and went straight back to the palace.
They were silent all the way, even when they returned to the palace and when they reached the study.
Zhou Chang didn't want to talk, and didn't know what to say. He just wanted to be alone.
After a moment, the skinny monkey picked up the bag he had "taken" from the palace and put it on the ground.
Zhou Chang at least remembered that he still had the "sales promotion" business to pursue.
Just as he stood up from the chair, Yuan Qi walked into the yard with his men.
Zhou Chang had no choice but to send the skinny monkey away first, and then asked Yuan Qi: "You didn't go out today? But do you have something to talk to me about?"
Yuan Qi seemed to be in a good mood, with a smile in his eyes, and took out a piece of light yellow mulberry paper from his sleeve.
As soon as Zhou Chang saw the paper, he felt it looked familiar and his spirits perked up.
"Your Highness, this is the share after the first half of the year's settlement. The 160,000 taels are missing, and the remaining part will be made up." Yuan Qi said as he handed the interbank bill of exchange to Zhou Chang.
Zhou Chang took it and opened it. He couldn't recognize all the extra words on it, so he just looked for the part with numbers.
"Five hundred thousand taels?" He looked up in surprise, "Why is it so much?"
Yuan Qi had already sat down on the chair, smiling with a bit of complacency: "This is not much, it should double in the second half of the year."
"I can't accept it." Zhou Chang refused firmly.
Is the Yuan family’s business really that easy?
Yuan Qi refused and said something else: "This is the dividend, Your Majesty does not need to feel burdened."
Why this sentence again?
I couldn’t refuse Concubine Yi just now, and now I can’t refuse Yuan Qi either.
Zhou Chang shook his head like a rattle and insisted on stuffing the bill back into her hands: "No, no, no... No matter what, I can't accept it."
"Then let me keep it for you, Your Highness." Yuan Qi never forced anyone to buy or sell anything, so he could only take it back. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the gilded brocade box on the table again. "Huh? This box is quite beautiful. How come Your Highness has something like this?"
"Ah, nothing, I want..." Zhou Chang was about to say "If you like it, take it", but then he thought, this is Concubine Yi's thing, even if it is brought to the level, it should not be given to Yuan Qi, so he changed the subject, "It's a gift from someone else, it's nothing."
Yuan Qi had many things more exquisite than this box, but she could tell at a glance that it was something used by women, so she asked this question. However, Zhou Chang obviously didn't want to say more, so she stopped asking and changed the subject: "Your Majesty, did you go to the palace today to see the twelfth princes Feng Shuo and Yuan Jie? Are they okay?"
Zhou Chang lost interest in anything after coming out of Jianing Palace. He just glanced at Yuan Jie and responded casually, "They are all fine. Yuan Jie is studying with Feng Shuo and looks much better than before."
"That's good..." Yuan Qi thought about how he hadn't seen Yuan Jie for a while and felt relieved. "Father will be back from Nanqing soon. He will definitely be very happy to see Yuan Jie's progress then."
"Is the old man coming back? Is everything going well?" Zhou Chang forced himself to ask out of politeness.
Yuan Qi nodded: "Everything is fine."
After that, the two talked for a few more words. Yuan Qi seemed to see that Zhou Chang was tired, so he stood up and said goodbye.
After seeing Yuan Qi off, Zhou Chang quickly took all the things out of the palace and sent them to the other plane.
"Congratulations, the transaction was successful, and the total commission was thirty thousand taels." The voice of the viewpoint system finally announced and displayed at the same time.
[Level: Upper Nine-Three]
【Commission: -4,811,000 taels】
【Order: 27】
Zhou Chang was too lazy to read the information and just asked, "Why is it so little? That gem-studded box should be very valuable."
"This is the income after deducting late payment fees and interest." The viewpoint system replied.
Zhou Chang was tired, and he was even more unwilling to ask about the numbers that he didn't understand. He waved his sleeves to sweep the information away from his eyes.
The brocade box and the plates and bowls from the imperial kitchen had disappeared, but Concubine Yi's thirty thousand taels of silver were still on the table.
Is this something that can be collected or not?
Zhou Chang was still unsure.
He turned around and went behind the screen, lying on the rattan chair, trying to carefully understand Prince Yi's consciousness.
What exactly is Prince Yi thinking about the sudden "pie"?
I thought about it over and over again, but I couldn't figure it out.
From this point of view, "live streaming with goods" is easier, but no matter how hard you work, you can't earn enough to become an emperor, right?
Zhou Chang failed to find out Prince Yi's consciousness, and now he couldn't even understand his own thoughts.