Genshin Impact: I, the Winter Prince, reign supreme.

Therefore, every executive will try every means to find the weaknesses of others.

If Pantalone finds out that Sandone personally served the prince a bath, she will surely report it to the Ice Queen.

At that time, Sandone will inevitably be reprimanded by the Queen, and in more serious cases, he may even lose his position as executive officer.

To make matters worse, when word got back to the other executives that Sandonne had "stolen" the job of the lady of the Tibetan mirror, he would probably never be able to hold his head up high again.

Moreover, given Columbia's personality, she might very well take her life.

Considering that a group of women might cause such a commotion that it would turn the whole winter upside down over this matter, the wisest course of action would be to prevent Pantalone from running into Sandone directly.

After calmly analyzing the situation, Su Yu made a decisive decision.

"Come in."

"what?"

[Puppet] Sandoni was stunned for a full three seconds, then, after confirming Su Yu's meaning again, she lifted her skirt and jumped into the bathtub.

Then he took a deep breath and hid at the bottom of the bathtub.

At the same time, the wealthy Pantalone knocked on the bathroom door.

"Your Highness, it's me."

"Come in."

[The Rich Man] Pantalone bowed his head and went into the house.

He then stood behind the beaded curtain and said respectfully, "Your Highness, according to detailed statistics, the amount of Mora circulating in the Liyue market is two trillion. To maintain a balance between supply and demand in the market, the minimum amount of Mora required cannot be less than one trillion."

"In line with your prediction, the warning line is one trillion mora."

"If the amount of Mora circulating in the market falls below the warning line, it will cause chaos and collapse of the market order."

"As of today, our Northern Bank has absorbed nearly 800 billion Mora in deposits from the circulation sector. If we absorb another 200 billion Mora, Liyue will fall into deflation, which will then trigger an economic crisis."

"However, in the last two days, our deposit absorption rate has slowed down significantly. To absorb another 500 billion rupees in deposits, it will take at least three months and at most a year and a half."

[The Rich] Pantalone reported on the achievements, but also on the bottleneck in the Northern Bank's deposit absorption.

After hearing the report, Su Yu immediately gave instructions.

"First, strengthen cooperation with Minghua Bank. Some old merchants in Liyue have always been skeptical of the Northern Bank. You need to use the name of Minghua Bank to dispel their concerns and worries."

"Second, wait for the Liyue Asgardians to deplete their Mora."

[The Rich Man] Pantalone replied, "Yes, Your Highness."

"I will go to Minghua Money Shop myself right away... Your Highness, where is Lady Cangjing?"

He remembered clearly that when the prince bathed, the ladies-in-waiting Zang Jing would always be by his side to serve him.

"I wanted to eat some vegetarian dishes, so I sent her to the kitchen."

“Then I will find a new maid for Your Highness.”

"No need, I'm done washing."

"Then I shall take my leave."

Chapter 123 Cutting in Line

As the rich man, Pantalone, stepped away, he glanced around the room again.

"No need to look anymore. Sandone left before I took a bath."

From behind the beaded curtain came Su Yu's indifferent voice.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Pantalone was not at all surprised that Su Yu had seen through her little scheme.

But precisely because of this, these executives, who scheme against each other, never need to deliberately hide it from Su Yu.

Nothing can escape the Prince's eyes; this is the consensus of the eleven executives.

Thus, the "conspiracies" of the executives scheming against each other, squeezing each other out, and fighting each other all became "open schemes."

Stepping outside, the wealthy Pantalone gently closed the door.

Seeing him come out alone, a trusted aide hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, I saw Sandone enter His Highness's room with my own eyes, I can't be mistaken."

He came to report at this time because he had received a report from his subordinates, so he launched a surprise attack, wanting to catch [Puppet] Sandone in the act.

Pantalone walked ahead while replying, "Sandonne has many puppet clones; what you see may not be the real her."

The trusted aide asked again, "Sir, is Sandone really not inside?"

"You doubt my observation skills?"

"I am simply unwilling to accept this. My lord, last time Sandone accused you of accepting bribes, Her Majesty the Queen was furious and fined you a year's salary. It would be a disgrace not to avenge this."

[The Rich Man] Pantalone replied, "His Highness is alone in the living room and bathroom. There is no need to doubt anymore."

"Is it possible that His Highness the Prince is deliberately protecting her?"

[The Rich Man] Pantalone stopped in his tracks, turned around, and glared fiercely at his confidant, saying, "Do you want to die?"

The subordinate slapped his own cheek hard, reflecting, "Sir, I deserve to die. You emphasized that His Highness the Prince's words must never be doubted, at any time or in any place."

"If this happens again, we will punish them severely."

"The rich," Pantalone said coldly.

The subordinate shuddered, his body drenched in sweat from tension.

What he didn't see was that Pantalone, on his way out, also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The phrase "Never doubt the Prince, at any time or in any place" was actually the warning the Ice Queen gave to the eleven executive officers.

Inside, the room was shrouded in mist.

Su Yu used his divine power to dry his body.

Meanwhile, Sandone, the "puppet," squatted in the bathtub, with most of her head sticking out. When she saw Su Yu's agile body, a shy look appeared on her face.

"Aren't you coming out yet?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

[Puppet] Sandonne, holding her skirt, stepped out of the bathtub.

Her top was wet, clinging tightly to her fair skin, revealing the curves of her delicate figure.

She used her divine power to dry the clothes, then draped a bathrobe over Su Yu's shoulders, tied the gold and jade belt around his waist, and finally combed his hair.

“Your Highness, it sounds incredible that you promised the Dharma Protector Yaksha Xiao in Luofu Cave to take him to see the four dead Yakshas.”

Su Yu sat upright in the large chair and asked, "Do you find it unbelievable to see a dead person, or do you find it unbelievable that I helped him?"

[Puppet] Sandoni chuckled, "I believe everything Your Highness says. Even if you said they would come back to life, I would believe you unconditionally, let alone see the dead. I just don't understand why you're helping him?"

Su Yu replied, "The Yaksha clan can clear away the resentment of deceased demon gods, and has a unique function. Furthermore, it is related to the consumption of Mora."

"So Your Highness intended this. I can't wait to know the details of the plan, hehe."

Su Yu replied in a deep voice, "No rush. Let's watch this good show between the Liyue Seven Stars and the Celestials first."

……

The next morning.

As one of the largest medical clinics in Liyue, Bubulu already had a long queue forming at its entrance.

Customers buying medicine, patients seeing doctors, and patients from out of town seeking medical treatment all first have their numbers called at the entrance, and then queue up according to the order of their numbers—the process is remarkably orderly.

Since the Northern Bank invented the queuing system, all businesses in Liyue that require queuing have adopted this method.

As it turns out, the lottery system is excellent, and the disputes caused by queuing in the past have never occurred again.

But there are always exceptions.

Suddenly, a sprightly old man with white hair, thick eyebrows, a long beard, and bright, piercing eyes appeared on the opposite street. He was leaning on a cane, wearing a funeral robe, and had a venerable and otherworldly appearance.

The old man walked straight into Bubulu, bypassing the crowd queuing at the entrance.

"Who is this person? He looks like someone of high status or great wealth."

"Who cares who he is? The rule of calling numbers for medical treatment was personally set by Mr. Bai Shu. I bet he'll be kicked out by the staff inside in less than ten seconds."

"This person has really low manners."

Some people frowned and pointed, no one likes someone cutting in line.

However, they all miscalculated.

After the old man went in, he was not kicked out. Instead, Bubulu suddenly announced its closure, with the reopening time to be announced later.

The person who came out to announce the news was a little girl with a still-childish face, her legs wrapped in bandages and a talisman pasted on her forehead.

Her face was expressionless, as pale as paper, and her skin tone made her seem like a living person, but her rose-colored pupils shimmered with a soft luster.

People from out of town in the crowd were startled.

The locals greeted her warmly.

It's no longer news in Liyue that Bai Shu, the owner of Bu Bu Lu, is always accompanied by a strange little girl named Qi Qi.

"We have a very important guest at the shop today... The owner said he has to close. I apologize to everyone."

After Qiqi finished speaking, she bowed deeply to the crowd in line.

Although everyone was puzzled, they could only complain a few times; no one wanted to take their anger out on the adorable Qiqi.

"Thank you... for your cooperation."

Qiqi, thank you again.

"Huh, what am I here for...?"

The next second, she forgot everything and stood there scratching her head in distress.

On the second floor of Bubulu, the old man who had just entered the shop stood by the window.

He stared at Qi Qi downstairs and scolded, "Tianxuan Star, don't let her do these trivial things anymore. I told you a long time ago that she is the True Lord of Salvation from Suffering and Calamity, who is immortal and can be regarded as one of the 'Three-Eyed and Five Manifestations' immortals, whose status is equal to ours."