Hearing that Jing Zhe had assaulted someone at the winery, Su Moyan, fearing things would escalate, quickly sent Su Xinping to resolve the situation.
However, Su Xinping did not rush to the winery after leaving the East Palace, but went to the Prince of Xiang's residence first.
Su Mowu was quite annoyed by Su Xinping's inefficiency, but he became curious after hearing that Su Xinping was going to invite Jing Zhe to the East Palace for drinks.
"What, have you come up with another idea?"
"Your Highness is incredibly insightful; nothing can be hidden from you!"
After a routine flattery, Su Xinping revealed his idea, and Su Mowu frowned upon hearing it: "Didn't you say you failed the first two times?"
"The first two times were accidents! I only wanted to teach him a lesson, and Qingqiu also intervened, so neither attempt succeeded!"
His eyes turned cold. "But things are different now. Qingqiu went to Jinxi, and he only has this big, dumb guy by his side. When he comes out of the East Palace tonight, I'll send someone to finish him off!"
The idea sounded good, but Su Mowu was still a little worried: "We absolutely cannot allow any more mistakes to happen!"
"Don't worry, Your Highness!"
Su Xinping patted his chest and said, "Tonight, I will also get drunk. When he comes out of the East Palace, my men will take care of him cleanly and efficiently. When the investigation is carried out, the Crown Prince will be the prime suspect!"
Su Mowu smiled and nodded. He loved this kind of framing and slander. He would be even happier if it could really hurt Su Moyan.
"There's no time to lose, let's go!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
...
When Su Xinping arrived at the winery, he found Jing Zhe and Zhang Xuexian sitting at a stone table in the courtyard, drinking tea in a very leisurely manner.
Several groaning men lay sprawled on the ground, while Song Zude stood to one side, his eyes filled with anger and helplessness.
When he saw Su Xinping, he excitedly ran over.
"The Crown Prince has finally arrived!"
"It's them! They insist that this distillery belongs to them!"
"Not only did they not leave, they also hit people!"
“However, I never yielded, and I told them that this winery belongs only to the Crown Prince!”
While expressing his loyalty, Song Zude also complained. After he finished speaking, he stood next to Su Xinping and looked at Jing Zhe with some smugness: Hehe, the Prince of Jin's heir is not comparable to Wu De, the son of the prefect. If you offend the heir, you will be severely punished, if not killed!
But what happened next was beyond his expectations.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound rang out in the courtyard.
"Your Highness..."
Song Zude covered his face, looking completely dazed.
"That slap was for talking nonsense. How did this distillery belong to me?"
"Slap! Slap!"
Then came two more slaps: "This distillery clearly belongs to Manager Zhang, so tell me, shouldn't you have hit me?"
Song Zude covered his face, not yet able to react, when a third round of slaps followed.
"Clap clap clap!"
"I, the young master, am hitting you, and you still dare to cover your face? You deserve to be hit!"
After a series of slaps, Song Zude was disheartened, knowing that his employment relationship with Su Xinping was likely to end from today onwards, though he felt somewhat unwilling.
If it weren't for his collusion with Su Xinping, how could Su Xinping have so easily taken over Zhang's winery?
"Clap clap clap!"
This time it wasn't about hitting someone, but rather Jing Zhe applauding... Su Xinping's performance.
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!"
Su Xinping smiled. "Young Master Jing, are you satisfied?"
"Very satisfied! Now I'll announce that Zhang Family Winery is still the same Zhang Family Winery, and there will only be one manager!"
As he spoke, he pushed Zhang Xuexian forward.
"As for you..."
Jing Zhe glanced at the men lying dead and said, "Pack your things and get out of here!"
Upon hearing this, the men stopped pretending and quickly got up.
Why should we leave?!
"That's right, who are you! We've been working for Manager Zhang for so many years, we've earned our keep even if we haven't made any great contributions!"
"That's right, we're not leaving! We still need to stay and work!"
These opportunists weren't stupid. They had also heard the news that the Zhang family had strong liquor. Although they didn't know exactly how Zhang Xuexian had taken the distillery back from Su Xinping, they could foresee that with strong liquor, the Zhang family's distillery would be even more powerful and become the number one distillery in Anguo!
The workers at the distillery naturally receive good pay!
How could I bear to leave at this point?
Moreover, they knew that Zhang Xuexian was soft-hearted, and even though they had betrayed him before, they were sure they could get his forgiveness if they pleaded with him.
So someone turned to Zhang Xuexian and pleaded, "Boss, you can't kick out the brothers who fought alongside you back then!"
"Yeah, you always say we can't let our brothers down!"
"You still say your brothers are family!"
"..."
But an unexpected scene unfolded: Zhang Xuexian, who used to be so soft-hearted, pretended not to hear and strolled into the front hall with his hands behind his back.
"So you're all Manager Zhang's brothers? Alright, then you can stay, but—"
"But what?"
Upon hearing that he could stay, the men all gathered around Jing Zhe.
"I just have one question for you."
He glanced at them and said indifferently, "Can you take a beating?"
"..."
Jing Zhe had thought that a heavy punch would surely produce a brave warrior, but he never expected that the big, clumsy fist would be so unbearable for these guys. Before they even threw a punch, the group of them slunk away.
"Aren't the persimmons pretty?"
Su Xinping, who was watching from the side, was so stunned that he almost forgot about the important matter. But when Jing Zhe said that, he immediately came to his senses: "Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Young Master Jing's moves are always so sharp!"
Jing Zhe chuckled twice but didn't say anything.
If you weren't the Crown Prince, you would have tasted the pain of this punch long ago!
"By the way, Young Master Jing, the reason I came here today is actually to invite you to a banquet!"
"Attending a banquet? Whose?"
Jing Zhe raised an eyebrow and asked.
"It is His Highness the Crown Prince's banquet, but I, the young master, am the host. I hope Young Master Jing will do me the honor of attending!"
Su Xinping said with a smile.
Based on Su Xinping's ugly face, Jing Zhe didn't really want to reward him, but he always felt that his passionate night with Wang Yingqiu last night was not simple and seemed to have something to do with this guy in front of him.
In the end, I agreed.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. He wanted to see what Su Xinping was really up to!
Seeing that Jing Zhe agreed, Su Xinping was quite pleased and cupped his hands in greeting, saying, "Young Master Jing, then we'll meet again tonight!"
Then he left happily.
"Young Master Jing, I'm afraid this banquet is going to be anything but pleasant!"
Zhang Xuexian came up and reminded him.
Having dealt with Su Xinping for so long, he knew Su Xinping's character very well. He didn't believe that such a petty and vindictive person as Su Xinping would suddenly change his ways!
Jing Zhe smiled and said, "Uncle, you're overthinking it. With my current reputation, who would dare to touch me?"
Zhang Xuexian nodded when he heard him say that.
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