After Concubine Hua entered the study, she repeated what Shi Qingluo had said.
Prince Jin was a little surprised, "I didn't expect her to be so straightforward today. Not only will she give you the recipe for transforming paper, but she will also give you the recipe for the food."
Concubine Hua chuckled and said, "I am just taking advantage of the prince."
"And Shi Qingluo is a smart person. When I saw the recipe for the modified paper, she used me to present it to His Majesty."
The reason why Shi Qingluo agreed was definitely not because of her as a person, but because of the King Jin behind her.
Prince Jin played with Concubine Hua's hand and said, "My beloved concubine is really smart."
"I will go to the teahouse with you tomorrow."
It’s just right to take the old Taoist priest with me.
Concubine Hua had no objection and asked, "Your Majesty, do we get this prescription for free, or do we have to pay a price?"
King Jin raised his eyebrows, "Do you think there will be pie in the sky?"
Concubine Hua shook her head, "Of course not."
Prince Jin smiled and said, "So Shi Qingluo won't give it to us for free. Let's go see what she wants tomorrow."
Concubine Hua finally understood. No wonder the prince wanted to go with her tomorrow. It turned out that he wanted to negotiate the price.
She smiled and said, "With the prince here, I feel relieved."
The two chatted for a while, and then Concubine Hua left.
Deputy Governor's Office.
After Tao Liu returned home, she went to Xiao Yuanshi's yard.
At this moment, Xiao Yuanshi was practicing calligraphy in the study, which had become his daily compulsory course.
He put down his pen only when he saw Liu Ru coming back.
"Nothing happened today, did you?"
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Ru returned safely.
Although he sent a lot of people to protect him, he was afraid that Shi Qingluo would cause trouble.
Tao Liu walked over and said with a smile: "It's okay, everything went smoothly when I went to Prince Jin's Mansion today."
Xiao Yuanshi thought for a moment and asked, "Shi Qingluo is gone. Did anything happen?"
He always felt that it would be abnormal if nothing happened wherever his bad daughter-in-law went.
Tao Liu did not hide anything and repeated what she had heard.
Xiao Yuanshi was shocked. "Are you saying that Shi Qingluo gave Concubine Hua an idea to make money?"
Tao Liu nodded, "Yes, it's out. The two of them even agreed to go to the teahouse tomorrow to continue the conversation."
She also admired Shi Qingluo for being able to think of so many ways to make money.
Xiao Yuanshi frowned, "What does she want to do?"
When Prince Jin gave them money before, Shi Qingluo and his wife refused it, which also showed that they probably didn't want to have anything to do with Prince Jin.
But she took the initiative to attend the banquet and even gave advice to Prince Jin's concubine in public, which made him confused.
Although Liu Ru had been trained before, her vision was limited, so she didn't quite understand what Xiao Yuanshi said.
She thought for a moment and said, "From what I see from Shi Qingluo's appearance, it seems that she is willing to get closer to Concubine Hua."
Xiao Yuanshi frowned even deeper, "Okay, I got it."
He reached out and touched Liu Ru's belly, "You are tired today, go back to the yard and rest."
Liu Ru nodded tactfully, "Okay."
Xiao Yuanshi sat in the study and thought for a long time, but he was still very confused. Could it be that Shi Qingluo wanted to surrender to King Jin?
Finally, he couldn't help it and sent someone to Shi Qingluo's yard to invite her over.
When Xiao Yuanshi's entourage came over, Shi Qingluo was chatting with Xi Rong.
She was not surprised to hear that her scumbag father wanted to see her.
After saying something to Xi Rong, he followed his entourage to Xiao Yuanshi's yard.
Xiao Yuanshi was not in the study at this time, but sitting on a stone bench in the yard.
It would be inappropriate to meet the daughter-in-law who had broken off the relationship with him alone in the study. If it happened in the yard with the guards and servants watching, it wouldn't matter.
She took the initiative to speak, "The deputy governor wants to see me for something?"
Xiao Yuanshi instructed his entourage to take the people away so that no one could hear their conversation.
Then he said to Shi Qingluo: "There is indeed something I want to talk to you about."
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just speak directly."
Xiao Yuanshi didn't beat around the bush, "You helped Concubine Hua come up with an idea to make money?"
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Yes."
Xiao Yuanshi frowned and asked, "It's not important to not mention the recipe in advance, but what impact will it have if we change the paper to reduce the cost and the selling price? Do you understand?"
Shi Qingluo asked back: "What impact do you think it will have?"
Xiao Yuanshi said truthfully: “First of all, King Jin can benefit greatly from it.”
Since its founding, Daliang has attached great importance to the training of civil servants, so there are many students from all over the country and the consumption of paper is huge.
If the paper made by Jinwangfu is of the same quality but cheaper than that made by other companies, anyone who is not a fool will definitely buy the one made by Jinwangfu.
This would also allow Prince Jin's Mansion to make a fortune.
"Secondly, when the price of paper drops, Prince Jin will definitely have people spread the word that this is a good thing he did for the students, which will be a great help to his reputation."
Anyway, I will definitely win the favor of many students.
Shi Qingluo nodded, "You are right, but what does this have to do with anything?"
"It's a good thing after all. It allows more people to afford education and helps many poor and small families save a lot of money every year."
Xiao Yuanshi: “…” Does this girl really not understand, or is she pretending not to understand?
"Have you ever thought about what would happen if the emperor heard about this?"
"Don't you think about Zheng'er?"
Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows, "Former father-in-law, I never realized that you still care about your son."
"You don't have any plans, do you?"
Xiao Yuanshi: “…” Is this human language?
Why couldn't he care about his son? Of course, he would find Shi Qingluo today to ask for clarification, the point was that he didn't want her to ruin the plan he had deployed.
He has complicated feelings towards his son Xiao Hanzheng. On the one hand, he doesn't want him to go astray, but on the other hand, he doesn't want him to go too far in his official career.
If one day Xiao Hanzheng goes further than him and stands higher than him, it will mean that his previous choice was a huge mistake.
If he wants to survive in the cracks of North City, he has to find opportunities.
Prince Jin and Xiao Hanzheng are restraining each other, and even more so, if Shi Qingluo goes against Prince Jin, this would be an opportunity.
Who would have thought that Shi Qingluo would not do things according to common sense.
He sneered: "I just don't want you to go astray. What other intentions can I have?"
Shi Qingluo looked at him and asked with a smile: "What is the wrong path?"
Xiao Yuanshi found that this bad daughter-in-law was really difficult to deal with. After talking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out her intention of doing this.
He said earnestly: "Don't take things too lightly."
"You want to do good deeds for poor students, which is indeed a good thing, but you also have to consider who the target is."
"Will the Emperor be happy that you are giving advice to Prince Jin to make money for his fame and fortune?"
"I will definitely vent my anger on you and Zheng'er by then. I just want to remind you to think twice before you act."
Shi Qingluo said playfully, "Are you advising us not to board King Jin's ship?"
Xiao Yuanshi nodded, "Of course."
Shi Qingluo suddenly asked: "But I heard that you accepted 50,000 taels of silver from Prince Jin's Mansion. Does that mean you are on Prince Jin's ship?"
Xiao Yuanshi: “…” I beg you to be a human being.
She pokes wherever it hurts. This bad daughter-in-law is really not a good person.
(End of this chapter)
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