After a brief chat, Chen Xueyan and Su Ruyu left the Qin family courtyard to attend to the salt sales. That's how business people are; as long as there's money to be made, they'll forget about eating and sleeping.
As early as the first month of the lunar calendar, Qin Chuan's batch of iodized salt, with its advantages of high quality and low price, quickly monopolized the salt markets of nine surrounding provinces centered on Jiangzhou, directly causing other coarse salt to be unable to sell at all.
Some wealthy salt merchants considered teaching Chen Xueyan a lesson for disrupting the market and preventing other salt merchants from making money, but after learning about Chen Xueyan's background, none of them dared to take action...
His father-in-law was a fifth-rank prefect, his fifth sister's husband was once the national advisor and has now been promoted to king, and his wife's eldest sister is a princess. Although Chen Xueyan was just a salt merchant, the power of the entire Su family of sons-in-law behind his wife was too great!
Given his background, who would dare to touch him?
This is also a major reason why he was able to make a fortune quickly by selling iodized salt.
With such a terrifying background, no one dared to even consider making a move against him...
Instead, they tried to curry favor with him through various means, hoping to get more goods from him and join him in selling iodized salt, so that at least they could have some soup to drink!
...
After his second sister and brother-in-law left, Qin Chuan handed all the silver notes to Su Ruyan, saying, "Wife, you should manage the finances."
Su Ruyan smiled and glanced at him, "Alright, alright, I'll keep it for you and our child."
After collecting the silver notes, he gave each of the maids one hundred taels of silver.
When Lian'er saw the hundred-tael silver note, her eyes widened in disbelief!
What kind of divine master is this!
He spent a hundred taels of silver in one go!
She had heard that in the most famous brothels in Jiangzhou, wealthy young men would spend a hundred taels of silver a night on famous courtesans.
At the time, she thought, "One hundred taels is such a huge number! How much millet can it be exchanged for? It's an unimaginable amount!"
And now, the young lady casually gives a tip of one hundred taels!
Looking at the silver notes in her hand, she felt as if she were in a dream.
But when she glanced at Sister Yuan'er, she found her to be incredibly calm, as if she had only received a few copper coins...
As expected of Sister Yuan'er!
Thinking of this, she immediately followed suit and remained calm, pretending to casually put the silver note into her sleeve pocket.
All day long, Lian'er was filled with excitement, but when she saw Yuan'er, she found that she often seemed sullen and unhappy, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"Sister Yuan'er, is something on your mind?"
Lian'er asked with concern.
Yuan'er shook her head, then suddenly stuffed the one hundred tael silver note into Lian'er's hand, "This is for you..."
"Sister Yuan'er, you mustn't, I can't accept it!"
Lian'er declined several times, but Yuan'er still insisted on giving it to her.
Lian'er's eyes nearly popped out of her head in shock. "Sister Yuan'er, this is a hundred taels! How can you give it to me? It's too much. I really can't accept it. I haven't done anything for you, sister. You even teach me to read."
"Lian'er, take this. Remember, serve Miss wholeheartedly. The young master will be grateful to you from the bottom of his heart. What he gives is more than what Miss gives..."
She stopped abruptly, afraid of revealing the secret.
Lian'er nodded, seemingly understanding, "Sister, you're so good to me. Besides the young master and the young lady, you're the best person to me. I'll remember that for the rest of my life..."
"Alright, enough of that. Go and brew the prenatal soup for the young lady. I'll go see if the young master needs any help..."
After Yuan'er finished speaking, she went to the inner courtyard.
Seeing the young master sitting with the young lady, the two chatting and cracking melon seeds, laughing occasionally, their extremely intimate manner was quite enviable...
As she gazed at the young master from afar, she felt that the noble air between his brows was becoming more and more pronounced. She used to think that his appearance was not worthy of her, but now it seemed that after cultivating his temperament, the young master and the young lady were a match made in heaven!
"Yuan'er, come here!"
Su Ruyan beckoned, and Yuan'er walked over shyly, bowing her head in embarrassment: "Young Master, Miss."
Su Ruyan then whispered a few words in Qin Chuan's ear, and said to Yuan'er, "Tonight, wash yourself clean, change into something nicer, and go sleep in the young master's room..."
Not only Yuan'er, but Qin Chuan was also astonished.
What's truly astonishing is that Ruyan was far too direct...
To everyone's surprise, Su Ruyan didn't see anything wrong with it and whispered in Qin Chuan's ear, "Ping'er is also willing. I'll make the arrangements tonight, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied, my lord..."
Qin Chuan stared at his wife as if he didn't recognize her.
"Why are you looking at me? I'm six months pregnant and can't serve you, my lord. If I could serve you, you could add me to the list..." Su Ruyan said, spitting out a melon seed shell.
Qin Chuan: "..."
Yuan'er didn't hear her mistress say to her husband, "Ping'er is also willing." She thought it was just her serving her husband alone. She was both nervous and surprised. She shyly gathered her robes and stood behind Su Ruyan.
Qin Chuan's state of mind at this moment was actually somewhat complicated.
There have been significant changes compared to the past.
After experiencing the Empress's emotional entanglements, he actually just wanted to come back to see his wife and take care of a few things.
Su Ruyan gave him a feeling of relaxation and unexpected surprises.
The Empress gave him a feeling of oppression, melancholy, and depression.
It's not that the Empress isn't beautiful; the moment you see her, you'll feel that she is absolutely the most beautiful woman in the world, even surpassing Ruyan...
However, her obsessive nature and possessiveness still left him feeling that something was missing...
When he came back this time, he didn't even think about sleeping with any of the maids; he just wanted to chat with his wife and enjoy some relaxation and happiness.
"My wife, I don't think that's necessary. I'm going back to the capital tomorrow. I'll sleep with you tonight, and with our child, the three of us can chat together, that will be fine," Qin Chuan said seriously.
Su Ruyan smiled and said, "As you wish, my lord."
...
By evening, Qin Chuan thought there would be nothing to do that night.
Unexpectedly, Su Ruyan made him drink alcohol for no reason, saying that if he couldn't hold his liquor, he needed to practice more.
After finishing the drink, Qin Chuan realized something was wrong.
He was drunk and carried into the room and placed on the bed.
Then, Ping'er and Yuan'er climbed into bed together...
"Young master, young master..."
"It's a pity the young master is drunk..."
The two maids whispered to each other, then blew out the lamp and began to enjoy their intimate night together.
However, Qin Chuan was drunk and didn't feel much at first.
By the time he realized what was happening, he was already powerless to stop himself and could not extricate himself, so he could only close his eyes and enjoy it.
When Ping'er woke up the next day, she gazed at him with a seductive look. Recalling her actions the night before, he couldn't help but smile. She was much more proactive than Yuan'er...
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