"...This thirty thousand taels of silver is too much."
"Mei'er, just give me twenty-three thousand five hundred and eighty-one taels."
"Mei'er, Mei'er?"
Su Wenqiang called several times in succession, and then he recalled the thoughts that had gradually drifted away.
"Ah?" Shen Mei came back to her senses, "It doesn't matter, Uncle Su, the rest will be considered as my hard work to honor you."
"It's not easy for you to help me gather these ingredients. I haven't had the chance to thank you properly!"
Unexpectedly, Su Wenqiang's face darkened: "That's not possible!"
"Lao Shen and I met each other when we were young. It can be considered a life-long friendship."
"It stands to reason that I am just helping you with a little effort, so I shouldn't charge more than 20,000 taels of silver at all!"
"But I know that if you have the same temper as your father, you will never owe anyone a penny."
"So, I took the money for the ingredients."
"This is a waste of time and effort, it's not worth it!"
Looking at Su Wenqiang with a serious expression, Shen Mei felt a little warm in her eye sockets.
"Uncle Su, thank you!"
"Hi!" Su Wenqiang waved his hand, "Thank you!"
"Isn't this what I should do?"
"But Mei'er, you just want these seafood ingredients."
"What do you need so many pig fungi?"
"You shouldn't be thinking that the medicinal materials business is doing well recently, so you want to get a share of the pie, right?"
As he spoke, Su Wenqiang lowered his voice: "As far as I know, there is a very popular medicine in Daliang now, called 'Bai Yu San'!"
"Although this thing can be sold for a lot of money, Dali Temple seems to be strictly investigating this thing."
"You must not get involved!"
She frowned with gratitude: "Don't worry, Uncle Su, my father has taught me since I was a child to be honest and make clean money!"
"I won't touch this kind of thing."
"That's good." Su Wenqiang nodded reassuringly, "If you need anything, just ask your Uncle Su."
"yes!"
Shen Mei smiled sweetly and ordered Su Wenqiang to be sent out of the house alive.
After Su Wenqiang left, Lan Yu, the sullen personal maid, hesitated to speak: "Miss, you..."
"Are you really planning to help Prince Rong?"
Shen Mei was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
Lan Yu looked around a few times and saw no one else around, then lowered his voice and said, "When I went out this morning, I heard a few words from the storyteller on the street corner."
"That's when I found out that yesterday, a loyal, courageous and outspoken academician was actually angered to death by Prince Rong just because he offended Prince Rong by a few words!"
"Besides, I heard that this is not the first time that Prince Rong has done this kind of thing."
"Before, some courtiers said something that Prince Rong didn't like to hear. Prince Rong was so angry that he made them kneel in the courtyard and slap them!"
"Senior officials cannot be killed without humiliation. If these courtiers are slapped in public, wouldn't it be more uncomfortable than killing them?"
Shen Mei's expression was a little serious: "Are today's storytellers so courageous?"
"Even the current prince dares to arrange it at will!"
Lan Yu said: "Then it must be that Prince Rong's move was too much and aroused public outrage. This is why it became a topic of conversation after dinner!"
"Such a tyrannical and arrogant prince can actually become the honored prince. Isn't this the tragedy of our country, Daliang?"
"Our Shen family has always done things neatly. If people knew that, Miss, as the head of the Shen family, you were helping such a tyrannical prince, wouldn't we also be in trouble?"
Lan Yu's words made Shen Mei fall into deep thought.
She only met Song Huan a few times, so she naturally didn't know what Song Huan's character was like.
But for some reason, subconsciously, Shen Mei didn't think that Prince Rong would be a violent person!
not to mention……
"Lan Yu, if this happens, you are not allowed to mention it again!"
"It is a crime of great disrespect to arrange princes and princes at will."
"If someone with an intention were to hear it, wouldn't it be possible to make a big fuss about it, saying that our Shen family had spoken disrespectfully to the Daliang royal family!"
Lan Yu quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "Miss, I made a mistake!"
"The reason why I say this is because I am afraid that you will suffer a loss in front of Prince Rong and bring infamy to our Shen family!"
Shen Mei raised her long eyelashes: "I don't know what kind of person Prince Rong is."
"I only know that when I needed help the most, Prince Rong extended a helping hand to me and never broke his promise!"
“Based on that alone, I would conclude that he is a man of his word.”
"Dad said that the Shen family should do things cleanly."
"But dad also said that people should repay kindness!"
"Prince Rong has helped me, so it is natural for me to help him this time."
"At worst, after this incident, I will never have any contact with him again."
After hearing what Shen Mei said, Lan Yu also nodded in agreement.
"What the lady said is absolutely true, this slave has been taught a lesson!"
"Now that Boss Su has helped purchase all these supplies, our five thousand kilograms of tea are also ready."
"Do you want me to send someone to Prince Rong's house right now?"
Shen Mei was about to open her mouth to agree, but she suddenly remembered what Song Huan had told her, so she quickly shook her head.
"No!"
"Prince Rong asked me to come forward on his behalf. I'm afraid he just doesn't want anyone to notice this matter."
"Well, you go to Prince Rong's mansion quickly and invite Prince Rong over in person!"
As soon as he heard that Shen Mei wanted to go there in person, Lan Yu subconsciously wanted to refuse.
According to those storytellers, Prince Rong was extremely cruel, cruel, and overbearing!
There are even fortune tellers who say that Prince Rong has bad luck in his destiny, and he has the fate of a murderer!
If you want to invite this god of death yourself, what if you say something wrong and offend the other party, wouldn't your life be at risk?
Shen Mei noticed Lan Yu's hesitation and said dissatisfiedly: "Just listen to what the storyteller said. There is no need to take it seriously."
"Three years ago, didn't those stinky storytellers still say that my father was the number one profiteer in Daliang?"
"My father donated three million taels of silver to the military camp, but those storytellers didn't read it."
"My father actively donates taxes every year, and those storytellers don't read it."
"But they are looking at the price of tea from my Shen family!"
"What these people say cannot be trusted at all!"
After hearing what Shen Mei said, Lan Yu nodded in agreement and said, "Not bad!"
"Those storytellers are talking nonsense and only see the tip of the iceberg, so they use this to make nonsense, which is not true at all!"
"Miss, after you enlightened me like this, my slave has become more courageous."
"Wait a moment, I will go and invite Prince Rong!"
Half an hour later.
"Miss Shen, are you looking for me?"
Song Huan had just left the palace and returned home. He wanted to go to the Liulicong Workshop to check on the progress, but he saw the frowning little maid waiting here for a long time.
Thinking that all the ingredients had been delivered, Song Huan changed into casual clothes and followed Lan Yu to Shen's Mansion.
