Zhu Shichang found it strange; apart from Steward Chen, the person he trusted most in this manor was Liu'er.
Although he was dark-skinned, thin, and ugly, he was extremely perceptive of people's hearts.
Whenever someone came to the estate, he always made sure the guests and hosts had a great time. He was also very good at keeping accounts and managed the estate very well with Steward Chen.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept such an ugly person here as a head maid.
Logically speaking, Lin Yan'an was only seventeen or eighteen years old, a time when he was full of vigor and vitality. There was no reason why he wouldn't have designs on the beautiful girls in the village.
The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed, so he tentatively pushed the door open.
Upon seeing the situation inside the room, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.
He saw that his favorite male prostitutes were bound up in their clothes like caterpillars, wriggling helplessly on the ground.
He was tied to the table and couldn't move, and his mouth was even stuffed with a rag, which made him look particularly pitiful.
Everyone's face was covered in sweat, and their smooth hair was stuck to their faces, making them look somewhat disheveled.
Looking at Lin Yan'an again, the other man was also covered in sweat, his clothes were in disarray, and he was staring intently at him, his eyes seemingly spitting fire.
The guards behind him all looked at him with the same expression, as if they wanted to skin him alive.
Zhu Shichang was a little uneasy, unsure of the situation inside the room. He tentatively asked, "Is Young Master Lin dissatisfied with these gentlemen? Should I call a few more to serve you properly?"
He really couldn't figure out what was going on inside the room. It seemed like Lin Yan'an had been well taken care of, but it didn't look like that.
But if not, the sight of these people covered in sweat and with flushed cheeks made it hard for him not to overthink things.
For a moment, I realized that what Liu'er said made some sense; it seemed that this person was indeed difficult to please.
Upon hearing the other party's words, Lin Yan'an almost threw the cup in his hand at Zhu Shichang, as if to say, "Serve my bastard!"
He now wished he could kill that old bastard Zhu Shichang. His wisdom and prowess over the past ten years had almost been ruined by a few men today.
Fortunately, he was clever and tied these people up immediately; otherwise, his innocence would have been ruined.
That son of a bitch actually dared to say that someone should serve him. If it weren't for the fear that this would cause trouble and affect Jiang Yimian's affairs...
He's definitely going to rush up and beat this bastard in front of him to a pulp.
That shameless old pervert.
He took a deep breath for a while before he could barely suppress his anger and said with a forced smile, "Lord Zhu must really know how to enjoy himself, with both women and men."
At his age, doing this kind of thing, isn't he afraid of dying in bed?
Zhu Shichang just laughed and said, "If Young Master Lin likes it, he will be able to enjoy even more in the future."
"Young Master Lin, would you like to continue?"
Lin Yan'an gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Zhu, let's get down to business."
He was afraid that if he continued, he would lose control and hit someone.
If he hadn't realized those male prostitutes were innocent people, he would have beaten them up.
Zhu Shichang assumed that the other party wanted to continue enjoying himself, but was too embarrassed to speak up, so he smiled and said, "It's alright, if Young Master Lin wants to enjoy himself while discussing business, that's fine too. I'll keep you company."
Lin Yan'an almost couldn't help but curse, and his voice turned cold, "Since you know that the Lin family's affairs are of great importance, sir, don't joke around."
Zhu Shichang was taken aback. Seeing that the other party was truly angry, he quickly laughed it off and said, "Indeed, this matter is of great importance. Young Master Lin is very thoughtful. Young Master Lin, please come with me to the study to discuss this in detail."
What's with this scoundrel pretending to be a gentleman? He's only enjoying himself, and now he's putting on an act. Once he takes over the Lin family, he'll definitely teach this guy a lesson.
Once inside the study, Lin Yan'an breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back in his chair, and said lazily, "Speak, how does Lord Zhu wish to discuss this?"
Zhu Shichang just smiled, ordered someone to pour tea before saying, "Young Master Lin, please try this. It's a tribute tea that was recently sent from Jiangnan. There aren't many of it in the entire capital."
Lin Yan'an glanced at it, showing no intention of drinking the tea.
He dared not drink tea in this manor. Just now, those men took a sip of the tea in that room, and they went crazy. They were already exhausted, but they suddenly lunged at them again.
It's obvious that something was added to the tea.
Seeing that he showed no respect whatsoever, Zhu Shichang was also somewhat dissatisfied. He slammed down his teacup and said coldly, "Young Master Lin seems to have forgotten one thing: your Lin family has only obtained an opportunity to become an imperial merchant, and it's not finalized yet."
He simply had the best chance of winning among several merchants. This person was far too arrogant. If those merchants weren't all powerful families, whom he couldn't possibly be worthy of, why would he even bother looking for this person?
If they can't reach an agreement, he can simply kill Lin Yan'an in Pingjiang County right now and then fabricate a pretext for it.
Lin Yan'an is now in charge of the Lin family's main businesses, and it's said that the higher-ups decided to appoint the Lin family because of him.
If Lin Yan'an is gone, it's still uncertain who will take over the Imperial Merchants!
Lin Yan'an scoffed and said arrogantly, "So what? The Lin family is the most suitable among those aristocratic families. Besides, it was the Princess who introduced me to this matter. Do you think those people still have a chance?"
Your sincerity doesn't seem quite enough!
Although these words were said intentionally to scare the other party, they were true.
Xie Yu confirmed that the Lin family would become imperial merchants, partly because he thoughtfully asked Jiang Yimian to make vegetarian meat, but more importantly because it was a good fit.
The Lin family are independent merchants, not affiliated with any powerful families or nobles. They have a clean background, run a large medicinal herb business, and are also famous in the Great Jin Dynasty for their soap business, which has won them many fans.
Huichuntang is now highly sought after, and the imperial merchants won't go wrong by choosing the Lin family.
Zhu Shichang paused, clearly not expecting the other party to directly mention the title of the Eldest Princess.
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