My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 30 Zhu Di Meets Xu Qin

Zhu Di sat there, and after a while, Princess Baoqing came over.

After coming in, he called out to Zhu Di in a mischievous manner: "Fourth brother! Are you looking for me?"

After Zhu Di saw Princess Baoqing, his eyes softened a lot. Princess Baoqing was very smart and clever. In addition, Zhu Di's daughters all got married early and he had no daughters around him, so he raised this sister as his own daughter.

Moreover, she was Zhu Di's youngest sister, who was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang. Perhaps Zhu Di felt guilty towards Zhu Yuanzhang, so he was especially kind to Princess Baoqing and doted on her.

"Well, come here, come to your fourth brother!" Zhu Di said with a smile.

Zhu Di never allowed Princess Baoqing to call him "Your Majesty", but instead called him "Fourth Brother". He called him "Fourth Brother" at all times, which was also a favor.

"Hehe, Fourth Brother, is there anything difficult?" Princess Baoqing came over with a smile and sat on a chair next to Zhu Di.

"Well, fourth brother is in trouble!" Zhu Di nodded with a smile.

"Fourth brother, just tell me and I'll help you find a solution!" Princess Baoqing nodded seriously.

Zhu Di thought for a moment and said, "Do you also have a share in the Chen family's cloth shop?"

"Yes, I have. When father was alive, he told my sisters that I should be included in the Chen family cloth shop. I can get a dividend of about 60,000 taels every year. What? Fourth brother, are you short of money?" Princess Baoqing nodded and asked Zhu Di.

"How could Fourth Brother still need you? I heard that your sisters wanted to ask Sakya Bao for cloth today. You know, Xu family's cloth is selling very well now, so Chen family's cloth shop also wanted to sell it. However, Sakya Bao did not agree. Do you know about this?" Zhu Di asked while sitting there.

"I know. They came to me yesterday and asked me to tell my sister-in-law. I told my sister-in-law and she agreed. She would tell Shakyabao when he came to the palace. But Shakyabao hasn't been to the palace for more than a month, and my sister-in-law is angry!" Princess Baoqing nodded and answered Zhu Di.

"Oh, okay. You go and inform your sisters and tell them not to worry about this matter and you will take care of it!" After hearing this, Zhu Di began to give instructions to Princess Baoqing.

"Fourth brother?" Princess Baoqing looked at Zhu Di in confusion.

"Don't worry, fourth brother will tell your fourth sister-in-law when the time comes. You also know that Shakyabao listens to your fourth sister-in-law. However, fourth brother still needs your help in other matters. You must keep it confidential. Don't even tell your fourth sister-in-law!" Zhu Di said to Princess Baoqing.

Princess Baoqing nodded and listened carefully to what Zhu Di said.

About quarter of an hour later, Princess Baoqing returned to Kunning Palace with a smile on her face.

Princess Baoqing now lives in Kunning Palace and is raised by Empress Xu herself.

The next morning, Xu Qin just arrived at the dyeing workshop, made a cup of tea, and listened to the report from the manager. There were about 220 pieces of grey cloth that needed to be dyed today. In addition, the ones dyed yesterday were transported to Xiao's Cloth Shop early in the morning, and the money was also deposited.

After the manager left, Xu Qin lay there and started reading a book.

Originally, Xu Qin didn't want to read, but he was really bored. What's more, Xu Qin was worried that someone would come to cause trouble during this period. After all, the business of Chen's Cloth Shop and Ning's Cloth Shop was not very good now, and they were very anxious to find him.

I had just been reading for a while when a servant came to report that Princess Baoqing wanted to see her.

"Who?" Xu Qin looked at the servant in surprise.

"Princess Baoqing!" the servant said immediately.

When Xu Qin heard this, he jumped up and walked outside quickly. He had to go to greet her in person. He had to go because Princess Baoqing was with her aunt every day. If she made a mistake with her mouth, her aunt would get angry and call him over to give her a good beating. That would be troublesome!
When Xu Qin arrived at the door of the workshop, he saw Princess Baoqing standing there wearing a white fox fur cloak.

Xu Qin hurried over, bowed to Princess Baoqing and said, "Greetings, Your Highness!"

"Come on, you are so arrogant, why do you still make me wait?" Princess Baoqing waved her hand and walked straight inside, followed by guards.

Xu Qin hurriedly followed and said with a smile: "How dare I? I am ignorant. Isn't it true that someone is eyeing my workshop now? So I dare not let anyone in casually. Princess, don't be angry, please come in!"

"You are sensible. It's worth my pleading for you in front of my sister-in-law!" Princess Baoqing raised her head and said proudly.

"That's right, it's all thanks to your help in pleading!" Xu Qin said with a smile.

Princess Baoqing had indeed helped Xu Qin to beg for favors many times before, and during the period when Empress Xu was ill, Princess Baoqing took care of her day and night. For this favor, he also needed to give Princess Baoqing enough respect.

After Xu Qin led Princess Baoqing in, they found that a burly middle-aged man had also followed in. This man was Zhu Di in disguise.

"My steward, Steward Wu!" Princess Baoqing introduced calmly, and then sat down. "Oh, what's the matter that requires you to come in person? If you have something, send someone to tell me, and I'll come right away!" Xu Qin made tea for Princess Baoqing, and also for Zhu Di. The tea was served on the tea table next to Zhu Di, and Zhu Di nodded with a smile.

"Humph, you beat Li Zhuang yesterday, and you said you would go when I told you to. Are you lying to me?" Princess Baoqing smiled and said in disbelief.

After hearing this, Xu Qin immediately said, "He deserves to be beaten. Think about it. You want to talk, come on. But he didn't come to talk, and he sent people to surround the Xiao family cloth shop and force me to come out. Isn't this crazy?"

"Didn't they look for you? They have been asking to see you!" Princess Baoqing stared at Xu Qin suspiciously.

Xu Qin waved his hands and said, "Your Highness, please judge for yourself. I am the young master of the Xu Family Cloth Shop, right? I founded the Xu Family Cloth Shop! They sent the shopkeepers of those cloth shops to talk to me! Am I Xu Qin so lowly that I am looked down upon? Are they bullying me because I am a child?

If you want to negotiate, fine, you can ask the boss to do the negotiation instead of asking the shopkeepers to do the negotiation.

If I meet those shopkeepers, what kind of person will I be? Don't I have any face?

Besides, who can make the decision about this?

They said they were looking for me, and I said they were here to insult me, Your Highness, what do you think? "

After hearing this, Princess Baoqing sat there frowning, and Zhu Di behind her also frowned. It was indeed a bit insulting.

Baoqing thought for a while, stood up, and bowed to Xu Qin and said, "I apologize to you on behalf of Chen's Cloth Shop, and also on behalf of my sisters. I really didn't think it through and shouldn't have done this!"

"It's okay, just talk it out. People who don't know me would think that I, Xu Qin, am difficult to talk to. At the very least, you need to find someone of equal standing to talk to me, right?

Why did I sell it to Xiao's Cloth Shop? It's because the owner of Xiao's Cloth Shop came to me!" Xu Qin waved his hand and said with a smile.

"That's right. Now, on behalf of Chen's Cloth Shop, can I talk to you?" Princess Baoqing sat down and asked with a smile.

"Sure, how much do you need? What's the price?" Xu Qin asked Princess Baoqing with a smile.

"Ah, this...?" Princess Baoqing looked confused, and then looked at Zhu Di. How could she know anything about the cloth shop business? She was just responsible for taking the money.

"Mr. Xu, our princess is not involved in the business of Chen's cloth shop. I thought you were unwilling to talk before, so our princess came here to talk. Since Mr. Xu is willing to talk, other people will come at that time. Please don't blame me!" At this time, Zhu Di stood up and said to Xu Qin.

After hearing this, Xu Qin nodded, then bowed to Zhu Di and said, "Why do you look so familiar to me? Have we met before?"

"I guess I have seen him before. However, Mr. Wu is the one who helps me manage my business and he also lives in Nanjing. It's not surprising that he has seen him before!" Princess Baoqing said with a smile.

"Yes, I have seen Master Xu many times before. I have watched from the side several times when Master Xu fought!" Zhu Di said with a smile and bowed.

"Oh, that's right. Well, you said you are managing the business for Her Highness?" Xu Qin nodded. He probably had seen him before but didn't know him. Now he felt familiar with him. However, when he heard that Mr. Wu was managing the business for Princess Baoqing, he felt strange.

"What's wrong? I can't have business!" Princess Baoqing said to Xu Qin with a look of feigned anger.

Xu Qin looked Princess Baoqing up and down and said in disbelief, "What kind of business can you have?"

Princess Baoqing is thirteen years old this year, three years younger than herself, and is just beginning to develop. What kind of business can she, a princess living deep in the palace, do?
"You underestimate me! I am very rich. I have 5,000 acres of land, 3,000 acres of mountain land, two mansions, eight shops, two restaurants and a cloth shop. But my cloth shop is very small!" Princess Baoqing said to Xu Qin very proudly.

"Ah?" Xu Qin looked at Princess Baoqing in surprise. Zhu Di was also surprised. Is this girl so rich?

"Hmph, adding up all these things, I have almost one million taels. I have a manager, is that not okay?" Princess Baoqing raised her chin proudly and said to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin was so envious. This girl had so much money at such a young age. His own family didn't have that much. So he gave Princess Baoqing a thumbs up and said, "Great, that's great!"

Zhu Di said to Xu Qin at this moment: "My princess has so many things, and I take care of them all! If you have any good business in the future, Master Xu, feel free to contact me!"

"Yes, that's the reason why I brought him here today, and there's another reason as well!" Princess Baoqing nodded and took over the conversation.

Xu Qin looked at Princess Baoqing.

"I will also sell your cloth to my small cloth shop! Also, I plan to have him keep an eye on you!" Princess Baoqing said seriously to Xu Qin.

"Staring at me? Why?" Xu Qin looked at Princess Baoqing in confusion.

"Hehe, I still have 300,000 taels of silver in cash, but I don't know what to do with it!" Princess Baoqing said to Xu Qin with a smile.
Xu Qin looked at Princess Baoqing in surprise, and Zhu Di was also surprised that this girl was actually a hidden rich woman!
(End of this chapter)