Every moment.
Daqian Palace, Linying Hall.
The eldest prince Zhou Yu is enjoying a sumptuous breakfast.
He is tall and strong, with eyes like red phoenixes and eyebrows like lying silkworms. He is also very energetic, so his breakfast is also very rich.
There are twelve dishes and eight kinds of snacks on the table.
He had finished six of the twelve dishes, and half of the eight snacks were missing.
But this was only half of his usual food intake. Because he was in a bad mood today, he didn't eat much.
After eating, he waved his hand, and eight graceful maids immediately walked in quietly, cleared the table quietly, and then left quietly.
Then another palace maid brought a basin of water. After Zhou Yu finished washing, he sat down and looked at Zhou Jin, and said lightly: "Does Su Shi have to go against me?"
Zhou Jin shook his head gently and said, "He didn't mean that."
"Then why did he have to touch the Dongyuan Quality Library?"
Zhou Jin said: "His purpose is to teach Bai Jiangchuan a lesson. This Bai Jiangchuan..."
She wanted to continue, but Zhou Yu waved his hand again, snorted coldly, and said with dissatisfaction: "How can Xiaochuan be taught a lesson by him? If it wasn't for you and General Su last time, I let him go in face, how dare he be so arrogant now."
Zhou Jin said slowly: "So, the eldest brother is blaming me for making peace with Su?"
Zhou Yu said: "I don't mean to blame Third Sister. I also wanted to win over the General's Mansion, so I let Su Shi go, but I didn't expect that he would go even further."
A look of disgust appeared on Zhou Jin's face, and he finally couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Are you willing to let Su Shi off? Did Bai Jiangchuan tell you that he will win the bet?"
Zhou Yu didn't care about Zhou Jin's sarcasm and just said lightly: "Do you think too highly of Su Shi?"
Zhou Jin sighed softly: "I can't see through Su Shi at all, so I don't know how high his ability is. But I know one thing, that is, if Su Shi says that Dong Yuan will be allowed to die within three months, If the quality warehouse is closed, then Dongyuan Quality Warehouse will definitely not survive the fourth month."
Looking at Zhou Jin's serious expression, Zhou Yu's expression also became a little solemn, because except for the prince, Zhou Jin had never admired someone so much.
However, he absolutely did not believe that Su Shi could defeat Dongyuan Qiku, because he knew how powerful Dongyuan Qiku was. In front of it, Su Shi was just a little praying mantis.
The mantis's arm is like a chariot, and he does not know his own strength.
But Zhou Yu still thought about it and said slowly: "If Su Shi is really as capable as you said, if he is willing to help me, I can give him some mercy."
Zhou Jin couldn't help but sigh, because she knew that the eldest prince was too whimsical, and based on her understanding of Su Shi, Su Shi had no interest in helping anyone.
However, she did not refuse directly. She just said: "I will convey the kindness of the great emperor to him, but I don't have high hopes."
A dangerous smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Zhou Yu's mouth, but the smile disappeared in a flash, and then he said casually: "Does the second brother intend to recruit him?"
Zhou Jin said calmly: "The Second Emperor Brother did have this idea, but I persuaded him to stop it, because doing so would only be a waste of effort."
In the morning, the General's Mansion.
Su Shi looked at the white porridge in front of him, and his whole face fell. Su Zhou ignored him and drank his porridge quietly.
"Only white porridge?" Su Shi couldn't help but ask.
Su Zhou snorted from his nostrils.
"Obviously there were steamed buns, steamed buns, soy milk, noodles yesterday morning..." At this point, Su Shi couldn't help but swallowed, and then asked, "Why is there only white porridge left this morning?"
Su Zhou said calmly: "Not only today, but also for the next half month, breakfast will only be white porridge."
Su Shi was startled, looked at the bowl of white porridge that could reflect people's shadows, and asked, "Why?"
After Su Zhou finished drinking the porridge, he raised his head and looked at him and said, "Because there were 51,278 silver in the cash box yesterday, but now there are only 1,272 silver left in the cash box. Two."
Su Shi couldn't help but smile awkwardly and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will return the money to you soon."
A mysterious smile appeared on Su Zhou's face and he said, "You don't have to pay me back." Then he said lightly, "Because the money is yours."
Su Shi touched his nose and asked doubtfully, "Is that money mine?"
Su Zhou smiled and said: "I said that from now on, you will be in charge of the General's Mansion, so the money is yours, and you can do whatever you want with the money in the house. But since you are in charge of this house, you should bear the responsibility It is your responsibility as the head of the family, so you will be responsible for all the expenses of the entire General’s Mansion from now on.”
Su Shi was really shocked at this moment: "I am responsible for the entire expenses of the General's Mansion?"
Su Zhou replied seriously: "Yes."
Su Shi looked at Su Zhou's serious expression and knew that he could no longer shirk it. He could only sigh and asked, "How much is the monthly income of the General's Mansion now?"
Su Zhou immediately said: "The combined monthly income of all the properties under the General's Mansion is about 7,800 taels."
Seven thousand eight hundred taels was not a small amount. Su Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "How much are the monthly expenses?"
"Eleven thousand taels."
Su Shi's smile gradually disappeared, and then he looked at his elder brother like a victim. After a long time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Then the General's Mansion cannot make ends meet every month."
"Not bad." At this point, Su Zhou seemed to remember something and continued: "By the way, I forgot to tell you something."
Su Shi shook his head and sighed: "Don't ever say that the General's Mansion still owes a lot of debt."
Su Zhou said lightly: "That's not true, but the 50,000 taels you took last night were originally used to prepare your betrothal gift and banquet, so if you can't come up with 50,000 taels within three months, what will happen to you and Qin Nan?" I’m afraid the wedding date will have to be postponed.”
Thinking of how shabby the General's Mansion was, Su Shi seemed to have lost all energy. He said feebly, "How can we wait for three months? I think the General's Mansion will go bankrupt next month."
Although Su Shi appeared dejected, Su Zhou ignored it because he had more important things to know the answer to.
"Why are you still provoking Dongyuan Zhiku when your bet with Dongyuan Zhiku has been terminated? Is it really because of those three brothel girls?"
Su Shi said silently: "They suffered a lot because of me, so I should seek justice for them."
"There are many ways to seek justice. Why must we choose this method?"
Su Shichang sighed: "Because in addition to seeking justice for Cuinong and the others, I also want to verify one thing."
