The hot weather made Zhu Youzhen sweat a little, and Ke'er took a fan to fan Zhu Youzhen in distress.

When he was full of food and drink, Zhu Youzhen burped.

"Your craft is getting stronger day by day, and if anyone marries you in the future, it will be a blessing for three lives."

Ke'er listened to Zhu Youzhen's praise, her heart was sweet, she took the copper basin from the palace maid's hand, wrung out the towel and wiped Zhu Youzhen's face.

"Slaves and maids are in this deep palace, how can they talk about marriage. I just want to be able to serve His Highness well. ”

In the dead of night, the dim candlelight flickered, adding a touch of ambiguity, Zhu Youzhen looked up at the delicate and soft Kerr, and a primitive impulse arose, which made his heart shake.

Cao Huachun beckoned to the palace people and cautiously retreated.

Ke'er took off her shoes and socks for Zhu Youzhen with a blushing face, put her feet in warm water, and wiped them.

"As soon as you enter the palace, it is as deep as the sea, as you said before. If you want to leave the palace, I can help you. ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't turn his head, and said to himself.

Unexpectedly, Ke'er's face darkened when she heard this, her big eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and she burst into tears after a while.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly helped her up, and said anxiously: "What's the matter?" Is it Cao Huachun bullying you, I am in charge of you. ”

Ke'er shook her head lightly, looked at Zhu Youzhen with tears in her eyes, and said with a face full of grievances: "The slave doesn't want to leave the palace, let alone get married, she just wants to serve His Highness for the rest of her life." ”

Zhu Youzhen stood in place, and at this time, he understood Ke'er's intentions.

The beautiful woman and I stood at dusk, and the beautiful woman asked me about the porridge.

The beauty and I twisted the lights out, and the beauty accompanied me late at night.

Looking back at the dim lights, a person always returns.

Looking at the gentle and lovely woman in front of him, Zhu Youzhen was also accustomed to her company.

"Okay, if you don't want to leave the palace, you won't leave the palace, if you leave, who will take care of me." Zhu Youzhen held Ke'er's small face and gently wiped away her tears.

"Then it's okay, Your Highness is not allowed to drive Ke'er away again." Ke'er wrinkled her little nose and said aggrievedly.

"Got it, you little girl is getting more and more unruly." Zhu Youzhen scratched the bridge of her little nose and said a little dotingly.

The night breeze is cold, but the people's hearts are hot, Zhu Youzhen had to sigh secretly, he only hoped that he could grow up quickly, but this young man's body couldn't withstand the toss.

Because of this incident, Zhu Youzhen's mood was not very good in the next two days, and Cao Huachun hid pitifully, because the frequency of his scolding in the past two days has increased significantly.

Wu Xiang took Chang Yanling to serve in the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households in the west of the city, only Zhang Shize took a few people to keep an eye on the progress of the project in Ping'an Fang all day long, and Chang Yanling, who wanted to play a prestige, had already begun to hunt down bandits in the west of the city.

In just two days, three murderers were arrested in the west of the city, and two settlements for photographing flowers were destroyed.

But on the third day, when Zhu Youzhen was drinking tea in Ruyi Building, Chang Yanling no longer had the vigor of the previous two days, and slapped the embroidered spring knife on the table in frustration, opening his mouth to drink.

"What's wrong? You peeked at a woman taking a shower and got caught? ”

Chang Yanling drank the wine angrily and let out a long sigh.

"I caught a few fierce bandits, I thought it was a big deal, but I didn't expect to find out today that it was arranged by my father in advance, which was to pave the way for my career."

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "I thought something happened, your father loves you so much, shouldn't you be happy?" ”

"Am I happy? I met Guo Peimin yesterday, and as soon as he proudly showed off a few words, he was exposed in public and lost face. ”

"So, you're like this because you haven't been in the limelight?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Chang Yanling sighed again, and said with blank eyes: "It's nothing to lose face, but you can be kept in the dark as a fool, how can you not be sad?" ”

Zhu Youzhen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I heard that you chased the murderer, led people to guard it for a day and a night, and chased three streets before taking it." There are eight abducted children in the nest of the flower child, and their parents are crazy in a hurry, and you send them back and pull you to kowtow to you, are these true? ”

Speaking of this, Chang Yanling scratched her head embarrassedly and smirked.

Zhu Youzhen looked at him with disdain, "Your father did deliver the news and fill the manpower, could it be that this credit is your father's?" In my opinion, you caught the murderer and saved the child, this is a credit that no one can wash away, Guo Peimin is just envious and jealous. ”

After hearing these words, Chang Yanling's mood suddenly improved, but he still pretended to be casual on the surface, and was about to leave with the embroidered spring knife.

"Why are you going?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

Chang Yanling turned his head and said with a wicked smile: "I'll go home and let my father activate all the connections and help me solve the case." ”

It is a fool not to take advantage of it, Chang Yanling is very smart, he knows that in front of false fame and benefits, he can get both.

These noble children don't have the slightest psychological burden for using the power of their families, they are just young and have a good face, and when they have face, they are willing to let go and use their power to do a big job.

Zhu Youzhen likes to do things with them very much, and is willing to be friends with them, because in essence, he and them are the same kind of people.

Pouring Chang Yanling's remaining wine into the cup, Zhu Youzhen drank it all and stood up.

Liuli, who was dressed in a plain white round-necked robe, sat in front of the counter, holding the account book for a long time without turning it, and looked like he was worried, and it looked like something had happened.

Zhu Youzhen walked over and knocked on the table, causing Liuli to wake up suddenly.

"If you, the beauty shopkeeper, are like this every day, can the business of this Ruyi Building continue?"

Liuli lowered her head with shame on her face, and only said in a low voice after a while: "The concubine is incompetent." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at her with a smile, "Ruyi Building welcomes so many guests every day, and you take care of them all in good order." Sometimes when I see your relaxed face, I wonder if I am a condescending talent, why am I talking about incompetence now? ”

Liuli smiled helplessly and said: "The concubine body can naturally cope with business, but in the past two days, I have seen someone use methods, and the concubine body has taken a lot of precautions, but it is useless." ”

"Do you mean a few troublesome beggars? They are just a group of poor poor people with only one life left, Hou Guoxing is very good at dealing with this kind of people, you don't need to worry. ”

Ruri shook her head, indicating that she didn't take these things to heart.

"So something else is going on?"

Liuli nodded, "The vegetable vendors who have supplied the vegetables in the past two days have raised their prices, and it stands to reason that the vegetables are in the season of prosperity, so they have no reason to do so." When the concubine accepted the price increase, they directly said that they could not do this transaction, because from now on their vegetables and vegetables were all packaged, and even the seeds that grew in the ground had owners. The concubine had no choice but to look for other vegetable vendors, but overnight, the vegetables in the entire capital were bought. ”

Isn't this a monopoly?

Zhu Youzhen thought of what Liuli said in his mind, the Chamber of Commerce that was rich and rivaled the country, it seemed that they didn't get what they wanted, so they began to take action.

"The other party obviously came prepared, with a deep heel. You are just the shopkeeper of Ruyi Building, they are not something you can deal with, you just need to think about how to make Ruyi Building's business do well. Zhu Youzhen comforted.

Liuli nodded, took out a list and handed it to Zhu Youzhen.

Looking at the vegetables, fish, and meat on it, Zhu Youzhen suddenly understood, "You want me to find someone to supply vegetables?" ”

Liuli nodded, and said with a sly smile: "The concubine body naturally has no choice, but His Royal Highness's mana is boundless, and it will definitely be no problem to let the palace people who have purchased in the palace help with this little favor." ”

"So you're waiting here for me." Zhu Youzhen laughed, looked at Liuli playfully and said: "Your trick is clever, directly let the palace supply vegetables and vegetables, not only the price is lower, but I am afraid that it will also reduce a lot of trouble." ”

Liuli smiled and said lightly: "No matter how powerful they are, do they dare to cut off the vegetables in the palace?" ”

"Okay, just let Cao Huachun handle this matter."

Summoned Cao Huachun, Zhu Youzhen unceremoniously asked him to deal with this matter.

Although Cao Huachun was pitiful in front of Zhu Youzhen, he had just been promoted to the eunuch in charge of Shangbao Prison a few days ago, and the official rank of the fourth rank was becoming more and more arrogant in the palace.

This is also why Zhu Youzhen wants to beat him at every turn.