My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 31: Zhu Di is a loyal servant?
When Xu Qin heard that Princess Baoqing had 300,000 taels of cash at home, his eyes lit up.

Of course, he was not planning to rob Princess Baoqing. He did not have the courage to do so. Not to mention others, even his own aunt would not let him go.

Empress Xu really raised Princess Baoqing as her own daughter, even though she was just a younger sister!
"Don't believe it?" Princess Baoqing said very proudly.

"How do you have so much silver? You, what do you do? A princess doesn't have so much silver!" Xu Qin still didn't quite believe it, but of course, he also wanted to confirm it.

Princess Baoqing sat there and started counting on her fingers: "Humph, my mother left me a lot, my father also rewarded me a lot of money, and my nephew also rewarded me a lot before, and now my fourth brother and his wife also reward me a lot, and then every New Year, my nephews and nieces would give me gifts, and I couldn't use up all those gifts, so my sister-in-law asked someone to deal with them for me, and gave me all the money.

My sister-in-law says I'm a little rich woman! They say when I get married, I don't know whose boy will be lucky enough to be mine! "

"That's true!" Xu Qin nodded in agreement.

"I don't care anyway. I will get a share of any business you do in the future. You can discuss it with him. No, I will let him keep an eye on you. If you make any move without telling him, I will go to my sister-in-law!" Princess Baoqing stood there and said very proudly.

"Ah, this is not good, right?" Xu Qin pretended to be embarrassed and said, thinking to himself, this little rich woman, he has to borrow chickens from her to lay eggs.

"Hmph, you have no conscience. Tell me yourself, how many times have I helped you?" When Princess Baoqing heard Xu Qin say that it was not good, she immediately stared at Xu Qin unhappily.

"Okay, okay, I'll go find him then, okay? Do you have anything else to do?" Xu Qin nodded immediately.

"No, he is the one looking for you. He can come here at will in the future and you are not allowed to stop him. If you stop him, I will think that you are hiding business from me. Then I will go to my sister-in-law and cry. I will say that you are bullying me, no, you are flirting with me!" Princess Baoqing challenged Xu Qin proudly.

"No, Your Highness, this is not a joke you can take. You can't say it nonsense. If you say it, it won't be my aunt who will punish me, but His Majesty!" Xu Qin was shocked when he heard it. How dare he flirt with her?

How many heads do you have? Everyone knows that Zhu Di loves this youngest sister very much.

"That's good to know. It's settled. Manager Wu, you stay here and discuss my business with him. Do whatever you want. In a word, if he makes money and you don't notice it, then you're derelict in your duty!" Princess Baoqing said to Zhu Di and winked at him.

Zhu Di nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Your Highness, please rest assured!" He thought to himself that his sister was really smart. Look, she scared Xu Qin so much that he didn't dare to speak.

"Your Highness, this is fine, but what if we lose money?" Xu Qin shouted hurriedly.

"Lose money? I only get a small part. You lose the majority and I lose the minority. That doesn't matter. But if you cheat me of my money, huh!" Princess Baoqing immediately warned Xu Qin.

"I wouldn't dare. Don't worry, I absolutely wouldn't dare!" Xu Qin said, waving his hands quickly.

"You wouldn't dare to leave it hanging. By the way, Manager Wu, my small cloth shop also needs Xu's cloth. You can discuss it with him. I'm leaving now, so you don't have to see me off!" Princess Baoqing said as she walked out with her hands behind her back.

Xu Qin and Zhu Di quickly stood up and bowed to see him off.

After Princess Baoqing left for a while, Xu Qin said to Zhu Di enthusiastically: "Come on, come on, sit down, sit down, don't be polite, I'm just bored!"

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. Our princess may have offended you just now. Please forgive me!" Zhu Di said to Xu Qin with a smile.

"No, no, no, don't worry, I dare not. You don't know how favored your princess is. He is favored by His Majesty, the Queen, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. Who dares to look down on her? Come, Mr. Wu, you are so lucky that you can actually be his steward!" Xu Qin pulled Zhu Di to sit down and said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, I was arranged by the Zhang family. After the eldest lady entered the palace, the Zhang family also had some dowry. I was responsible for managing the dowry. After the eldest lady left, she specifically asked me to do a good job for Her Royal Highness the Princess. Over the years, it has indeed increased! Her Royal Highness the Princess also has a lot of cash.

Today, His Highness said he wanted to negotiate, and specifically told me that he hoped I could build a good relationship with Master Xu. He praised you as a peerless business genius, and specifically told me that whatever Master Xu wanted to do, our princess only had to contribute a small part!" Zhu Di sat there and began to make up stories, all in line with what Princess Baoqing had just said.

At this moment, Zhu Di admired his sister even more. She was so smart. She had portrayed herself as a wealthy princess. Moreover, Princess Baoqing had a good relationship with Xu Qin. If she wanted to get involved in some business at this time, Xu Qin would probably not refuse.

"Okay, don't worry. Come, have some tea. From now on, there will be one for me and one for Princess Baoqing. To be honest, Princess Baoqing has spoken well of me in front of my aunt. Otherwise, I don't know how many times I would have been scolded!" Xu Qin sat there, holding a cup of tea and said to Zhu Di with a smile.

"Yes, thank you, Master Xu, but Princess Baoqing also spoke for you in front of His Majesty, right?" Zhu Di said with a smile. "Tsk!" Xu Qin immediately sneered when he heard him mention Zhu Di, and then said: "I don't know whether Princess Baoqing spoke for me, but that His Majesty, hehe, forget it, let's not mention it!"

"Ah!" Zhu Di saw Xu Qin said this, this... is he dissatisfied with him? No, I have to find out clearly!

"Yes, when I came here, I also heard Princess Baoqing say that His Majesty is very dissatisfied with you, and even says that he doesn't trust you! This really puts Mr. Xu in a difficult position!" Zhu Di said this deliberately, thinking to himself that he had to hear Xu Qin's true thoughts.

"Tsk, let me tell you, as for His Majesty, eh, there's nothing much to mention. Believe it or not, I haven't met him yet! And, eh, he doesn't have a broad mind anyway! And, well, he's too bullying!" Xu Qin sat there and waved his hands, not wanting to continue talking!
But Zhu Di wanted to hear more, so he continued to add fuel to the fire and said, "No way, you haven't seen His Majesty yet. I don't believe this. Don't you go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings every year? Also, every time His Majesty leaves the palace, don't you see him on the street? I have seen His Majesty from a distance several times!"

"Come on, can you? I get angry when you mention this!" Xu Qin got even angrier when he heard this, and then he said angrily, "Is this possible? You won't let our family go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to my aunt during the Chinese New Year?

Moreover, I need to apply every time I go to the palace. I have applied ten times before, so it’s good enough if I get approved once.

Also, I get even angrier when it comes to him leaving the palace. Every time he leaves the palace, people in my Xu family are restricted from traveling. Even I am not allowed to go out, as if they are afraid that I will assassinate him. Do you think there is such an uncle?

Oh! Forget it, let's not talk about this! Let's talk about the cloth shop. Doesn't Princess Baoqing have a small cloth shop? How much do you need every day? I give Xiao's cloth shop 40 taels of silver for each piece of cloth. He didn't raise the price. It's my cloth that drives his cloth sales! Princess Baoqing is one of us. I'll give you 39 taels for each piece of cloth, but you don't tell anyone!"

"This!" When Zhu Di heard this, he didn't know where Princess Baoqing's cloth shop was or how great the demand was.

"What? Do you dislike the high price?" Xu Qin asked with a frown when he saw Zhu Di's hesitation.

"No, no, no! Master Xu has misunderstood, misunderstood!" Zhu Di waved his hands quickly and continued, "This is what I think. This time, our Princess Baoqing came here on behalf of the Chen family's cloth shop. The Chen family's cloth shop hasn't reached an agreement yet. If our princess's cloth shop buys your Xu family's cloth, then the other princesses will have opinions about our princess. You also know that our princess is the youngest and has not yet married. If those princesses hold a grudge against our princess, what about that?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qin gave Zhu Di a thumbs up and said, "Manager Wu, you are a loyal servant! No problem, OK, when we have settled the matter, come and get it!"

"I dare not! Your father is the loyal minister in the eyes of many scholars in Nanjing City. Of course, I also know that, eh, it can only be said that he was unlucky!" Zhu Di continued to lead the conversation in this direction, just wanting to hear Xu Qin and Xu Huizu's opinions on Zhu Di.

"Don't mention it, my father. He just can't think straight. What does the fighting between the Zhu family have to do with him? He insists on taking sides. You say you can take sides, and just admit it if you lose, but he won't. Look, our Duke of Wei has lost his title!" Xu Qin sat there, shaking his head and sighing.

"Don't you hate Your Majesty?" Zhu Di was a little surprised when he heard Xu Qin say this!

Moreover, Xu Qin's words just now about the fighting among the Zhu family members having nothing to do with him won Zhu Di's approval.

"Hmm? I can't say I hate him. Anyway, I feel my father did the right thing!" Xu Qin said again.

"Is that the right thing to do?" Zhu Di didn't understand, because that's not what he said just now!

"Think about it, those ministers who surrendered before, especially the military generals, are almost all dead, right? My father is also a military general. Do you think Your Majesty can tolerate my father? This is the best way for my father now! Being imprisoned but not killed is pretty good!" Xu Qin said in a low voice.

After hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but recall the generals who surrendered to him, and found that it was true, so he nodded and said, "It's true!"

"Really? My dad is very smart!" Xu Qin said happily.

"But why didn't your father be loyal to Your Majesty and help Your Majesty from the beginning?" Zhu Di immediately asked such a sensitive question.

When Xu Qin heard this, he looked at Zhu Di suspiciously.

Zhu Di also realized at this moment that his question was a bit abrupt. Their friendship was not that good, and Xu Qin might not dare to say it, so he quickly bowed and said, "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry, this question shouldn't be asked!"

"It doesn't matter. This thing, hey, who could have thought that Zhu Yunwen, with a million troops of the Ming Dynasty, could still lose? Besides, who could have thought that Li Jinglong, eh, let's not talk about him. But, hey, let me tell you in secret, how do you know that my father didn't help His Majesty?" Xu Qin lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

"Ah?" Zhu Di was shocked when he heard the last sentence.

(End of this chapter)