Chapter 307: A Handful
In the front hall of Prince Qi's mansion, the furious Minister of Rites Fu Xun was waiting for Xiao Jin's arrival.
He was originally busy in the yamen, but someone suddenly came from the mansion and said that something had happened. He immediately rushed back and found that Xiao Zhou was covered in wounds and crying about how Su Ying had brutally abducted her eldest son.
Fu Xun, who was born in a first-class duke's mansion, had never encountered such a thing before. Even if it was the King of Qi, he would go to ask for an explanation.
Fu Xun decided to preemptively question Xiao Jin as soon as he arrived, leaving Xiao Jin speechless. But for some reason, when he met Xiao Jin's black eyes as deep as the abyss, all his anger was instantly choked.
Xiao Jin sat down on the chair and looked at Fu Xun expressionlessly, "Master Fu."
Fu Xun came back to his senses and immediately bowed, "Your Majesty."
"Master Fu, is there something you want to ask me?"
Fu Xun thought about the purpose of coming here today, "I heard from my wife that the princess kidnapped my eldest son. I came here to ask what happened?"
Xiao Jin frowned, "Kidnapped?"
"Yes, my wife has no grudge against Princess Qi. I don't know why the princess wanted to embarrass my wife and even injured her."
"The princess also beat your lady?"
Fu Xun thought Xiao Jin didn't know, "Yes."
"She deserves it. The princess never hits anyone without reason."
"This." Fu Xun choked. "Your Highness, you are going too far. It was clearly the princess who bullied others first. Is it my wife who is wrong? The Qi Palace is really bullying too much!"
Xiao Jin nodded at the table with a long smile, "I remember your eldest son is already eight years old, right?"
Fu Xun didn't know why Xiao Jin suddenly asked this, "Yes."
"I have seen him today and he is not as tall as Ji'er. Sir Fu, you are being harsh on your eldest son."
"What?" Fu Xun was stunned.
"He has bruises all over his body, and his face is pale and thin. He said that he can only eat at the same table with the servants in the mansion. What's worse, he can't even stay in the servants' room. Isn't this harsh treatment?"
Fu Xun showed an annoyed look on his face, "Your Highness, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. Zheng'er has been weak and sickly since childhood. He can't nourish himself no matter what he eats, and he doesn't like to eat..."
"He ate two big bowls of food here at noon." Xiao Jin interrupted him indifferently.
"This, this is impossible..." Xiao Zhou didn't say that to him.
"If Master Fu doesn't believe me, then have someone stay in the palace for seven days. After seven days, you can judge whether what I said is true."
"That won't work. He is the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. How can we let him stay in the Prince of Qi's Mansion?"
"Then I can only give you a report."
Fu Xun clenched his back teeth. He didn't believe that Fu Zheng was being treated harshly. "Okay, seven days. I will come to pick him up after seven days." If there was no change in Fu Zheng after seven days, he would see what Xiao Jin would say!
Fu Xun said goodbye and left, forgetting to ask for an explanation on behalf of Xiao Zhou.
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Fu Zheng just felt hot all over and uncomfortable. He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw Su Ying sitting on a chair eating melon seeds.
"Princess..." Fu Zheng opened his mouth, his throat feeling as if it was on fire.
Su Ying threw away the melon seed shells and stood up, reaching out to touch his forehead, "Does the burning sensation hurt?"
Fu Zheng nodded and sat up. He originally thought that his body would feel uncomfortable, but after sitting up, he found that he seemed to be a lot lighter.
"The heat will subside soon. Sit cross-legged and I will teach you a few ways to practice inner breathing. You should learn them well."
Fu Zheng nodded obediently.
"Put your tongue against the roof of your mouth, and then breathe in through your nose. Can you inhale the air all the way down to the dantian in your abdomen?"
Fu Zheng did as Su Ying said, and he could really feel the air flow through his body and into his abdomen.
"You are weak and your breath is too short. This method can replenish your breath. After you inhale as much air as possible, hold your breath for three moments, and then exhale slowly. When you exhale, tighten your Dantian and compress it to the extreme. Then hold your breath for three moments again. Repeat this. Every morning after you wake up, exhale for an hour to replenish your breath first."
"Yes, I understand."
"Well, practice on your own first."
After Su Ying finished speaking, she sat aside and began to regulate her breathing.
When she was in close combat, she used ancient martial arts, and her moves would be more lethal if she was lucky.
In the next few days, Su Ying gave Fu Zheng special training from morning to night.
It is impossible to train a child with no basic skills into a master in seven days, but it is enough to deal with ordinary people.
"Princess, I have read all the account books sent over from the Su Mansion!"
Lin Zhuyu ran to Su Ying with the account book in her hands.
"Any questions?"
"At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with the account book."
"kindness?"
"But I found some problems."
Su Ying raised her eyebrows. She was still very concerned about her own personal fund. "What's the problem?"
Lin Zhuyu spread out the account book she had summarized. "Let's take one of the restaurants as an example. This restaurant is located on the main street of the capital. It has been open for more than ten years. But the strange thing is that this restaurant is in a state of loss every year. The best case scenario is that the income and expenditure are balanced, but the loss is not much every year, only a few dozen taels of silver."
As she spoke, she turned a page in the account book. "There is also this jewelry store, which is not far from the restaurant. It has also been losing money for years, and the amount of loss is even greater than that of the restaurant. The reason why I use these two places as examples is because such situations are too rare."
Su Ying replied, "Tell me about it."
"I checked the house and land deeds of the shop and have a rough idea. The shops in these two locations can earn thousands of taels of silver every year even if they are rented out. I don't understand why such a shop would continue to operate after years of losses."
Su Yingen said, with no expression on her face.
"After I discovered this problem, I specially asked someone from the mansion to go to the scene to check the situation. The person who went to investigate said that the two shops were doing very good business and I couldn't figure out why they couldn't make any money."
"Go find Mother Zhao."
After Mother Zhao came over, Su Ying asked her directly which ones were the most profitable among all the dowry shops of the Jiang Yuan family.
Mother Zhao mentioned several places, including the jewelry shop and restaurant that Lin Zhuyu mentioned.
"Princess, is there something wrong with the account book?" Mother Zhao was a smart person and she understood it immediately.
Su Ying showed Mother Zhao the summary Lin Zhuyu had made. "Since the things were in Xiao Jiang Yuanshi's hands, they have been losing money. Doesn't Mother Zhao find it strange?"
Mother Zhao frowned as she watched. She knew all of Jiang Yuan's dowry shops. Every location was good. Even if she didn't run them herself, she could make a lot of money by renting them out in a year.
Su Ying narrowed her eyes slightly, "No wonder those things are so neat, it turns out that he still has a lot in his hands."
(End of this chapter)
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