"Curing illnesses and saving lives is a doctor's duty. How can it be considered a burden?"
"Besides, I am now the Supervisor of the Imperial Hospital. If the imperial physician cannot cure an illness, I will naturally examine it myself. Why, Brother Zhuang, do you not trust me?"
"Sister-in-law, you are too kind. You are the imperial concubine appointed by the Emperor. How could I not trust you?"
Prince Zhuang's expression gradually turned ugly.
No wonder Jiang Li is difficult to deal with. He has finally experienced it thoroughly.
"In that case, then..."
Before Jiang Li finished speaking, Prince Zhuang quickly took the box from the servant beside him and placed it on the table.
"It's just... Jingyi did that to you. I really can't bear to trouble you again. This is my apology to my sister-in-law. Please accept it."
At this point, he took the opportunity to change the subject, "Speaking of troubling you, there is indeed something I would like to ask my sister-in-law for her opinion on."
Seeing Prince Zhuang's attitude, Jiang Li stopped talking and said, "Brother Zhuang, please speak."
"I wonder if your herbal medicine shop has any plans to open another branch? If so, I'd like to cooperate with you. Do you think it's feasible?"
Jiang Li suppressed the sneer at the corner of his lips.
This Prince Zhuang is really a weirdo.
Instead of worrying about his wife's illness, he came to do business with her.
Where is the idle prince who has no desires and no demands?
His character collapsed so quickly?
"cooperate?"
Jiang Li glanced at Gu Qingchen and asked doubtfully, "Brother Zhuang Wang, how do you want to cooperate?"
Prince Zhuang said with a smile, "Of course I'm using real money to expand the business with my brother and sister-in-law."
"To be honest, although Prince Zhuang's mansion has been doing okay these past few years, the children are all grown up now. I haven't really taken care of them all these years. Now I just want to save more money for them..."
As he spoke, his face was full of helplessness and guilt.
Like a loving father, but not much more.
If his acting skills were better, Jiang Li might have believed it.
Jiang Li paused and asked, "Then I wonder how much silver Brother Zhuang Wang can come up with?"
"As Brother Zhuang Wang said, I do have the idea of expanding the herbal medicine shop. However, you also know that this herbal medicine is not like other herbal medicines. The ingredients alone cost a lot of money."
"Even close brothers should settle accounts clearly. Since Brother Zhuang has mentioned business, let's get straight to the point. If you can provide enough money to join, then this matter is not impossible."
Hearing Jiang Li say this, Prince Zhuang immediately became alert.
His plan was to obtain the operating rights of the herbal medicine shop in the name of a partnership. As long as he replaced the medicinal materials with inferior ones during the operation, he could make money quickly by relying on Jiang Li's reputation. On the other hand, if something went wrong with the herbal medicine shop, he could blame it on Jiang Li.
After all, he was just an ordinary partner, and everything was arranged by Jiang Li. What did it have to do with him?
"This king wants to pay one hundred thousand taels."
Prince Zhuang took a sip of tea and raised his eyelids. Seeing Jiang Li's slightly surprised look, he felt certain in his heart.
Unexpectedly, there was silence in the room for a moment.
Prince Zhuang frowned and asked tentatively, "But what's the problem?"
Jiang Li shook her head, "Of course no problem."
Then he turned his head to look at Gu Qingchen, smacking his lips and said, "Your Highness, did you hear that? Brother Zhuang is too sincere. One hundred thousand taels of gold."
"puff--"
Prince Zhuang almost choked on the tea in his hand.
After putting down the teacup and wiping his mouth with a handkerchief, he quickly said, "Sister-in-law, you misunderstood. I meant one hundred thousand taels of silver."
One hundred thousand taels of gold?
Jiang Li is a bit too greedy!
She asked for 100,000 taels of gold right away. Was it her brain that was kicked by a donkey, or was it mine?
Really, he's obsessed with money!
Prince Zhuang cursed repeatedly in his heart, but he did not show it on his face at all.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver should be more than enough to open a herbal medicine shop, right?"
"When doing business, you have to take it step by step. You're still young, so your appetite shouldn't be too big, don't you think?"
"Ah~ One hundred thousand taels is silver..." Jiang Li said with embarrassment: "Brother Zhuang Wang, stop joking."
"If it's 100,000 taels of silver, the herbal medicine shop can earn that much in less than half a month. Are you looking down on me?"
As he spoke, Jiang Li's face turned serious.
It was just to test his limits, what's the matter? Are you still going too far?
More than enough? Phew!
Jiang Li doesn't want to spoil this man who raised a naughty child.
"I accept Brother Zhuang Wang's apology. However, I will pretend I never heard of the cooperation. It would be impolite to continue talking about it."
"Since Your Highness still has something to discuss with Brother Zhuang the Prince alone, I will withdraw first."
After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the hall.
Prince Zhuang: “…”
Is this woman sick?
What do you mean it's rude to continue talking? Do you mean you think I'm poor?
Prince Zhuang was so angry that his liver ached.
The main thing was that he had 100,000 taels of gold, but he couldn't let anyone in the imperial family know about it, or it would surely attract the emperor's attention. And why would he give Jiang Li 100,000 taels of gold? If anything went wrong, who would he turn to?
"Ali's words are too blunt, Brother Zhuang Wang, please don't take them to heart."
Gu Qingchen's tone was flat, as if he was used to it.
Prince Zhuang became even angrier when he recalled the rumors in the capital that Prince Jingling favored Jiang Li alone.
Pamper her, pamper her, but one day, your pampering will inevitably lead to trouble!
Prince Zhuang kept complaining in his heart.
However, he couldn't show it, otherwise Prince Jingling would mention it to the emperor, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself.
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