Chapter 654 You deserve to be called an idiot!
A gleam of light flashed in Nanny Zhang's eyes, and she leaned closer. "Princess, think about it. Once a woman becomes pregnant, her body will become bloated and out of shape, and her appearance will be much worse than before."
"As for men, how many of them are loyal?"
"The young prince is at the age of full vigor and vitality, how can he stand loneliness?"
She paused and continued, "Why don't we arrange two more beautiful women who are knowledgeable and interesting for the young prince to be with him? As time goes by, the young prince's mind will naturally shift away from that yellow-faced woman."
"By then, even if she gives birth to a child, she will just be a disgraced woman, at our mercy."
Lin Xingyao stopped.
She turned around as if she had heard some ridiculous joke, pointed at Aunt Zhang's nose, and yelled, "Idiot! You idiot!"
"Don't you think there are enough women around my brother?"
Nanny Zhang was so frightened by the scolding that she dared not say a word.
Lin Xingyao is the only one in the entire capital who covets her brother. She is even jealous that the young prince cannot have a woman around him...
Lin Xingyao walked around the room a few times, and the anger in her eyes gradually faded away.
She suddenly stopped, a sneer on her face.
"You're right. We can't let her die so easily."
Nanny Zhang looked up in confusion.
Lin Xingyao slowly sat back in her chair and leisurely adjusted her sideburns.
"Giving birth to a woman is like walking through the gates of hell. I don't want her life."
Her eyes fell on the window, as if she had already seen the scene of the future.
"What I want is to remove the mother and keep the child."
These four words were so light and airy, yet they made Aunt Zhang tremble all over.
"The princess means..."
"Doesn't she want to give birth? Then let her give birth well." Lin Xingyao's smile became brighter.
"Send someone to give the palace's kitchen some advice, telling them that pregnant women need more nourishment. Give her thousand-year-old ginseng and hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum."
"Let the baby in her belly grow white and plump, the bigger the better."
"The fetus is large, and the birth is difficult. Isn't this a natural thing?"
"By then, the imperial physician will only say that she is weak and has a short life. Who would have thought that we tampered with her pregnancy-preserving medicine?"
She picked up another intact cup of tea on the table and blew on it gently.
"My brother got a legitimate son but lost his wife, and he is heartbroken. And I just need to send Jiayou to him when he is most sad, so that he can see that in this world, there are still people like us, the Lin family, who truly care about him."
"How can a dead man argue with me?"
Just as Nanny Zhang was about to agree, she heard a servant's respectful report from outside the door.
"Princess, the shopkeepers have arrived and are waiting in the side hall."
The vicious look on Lin Xingyao's face instantly disappeared, and she resumed her aloof demeanor as a princess.
"Um."
She straightened her sleeves and walked towards the side hall surrounded by a group of servants.
In the side hall, several silk shop owners headed by Liu Dehai were fidgeting, all with sad faces, like eggplants hit by frost.
Seeing Lin Xingyao walk in gracefully, everyone stood up and saluted.
"Boss."
Lin Xingyao sat down in the main seat, picked up the tea served by the maid, and without even lifting the lid of the cup, she glanced at them coldly.
Liu Dehai was the first one who couldn't hold back. He took a step forward and almost burst into tears.
"Boss! We've been cornered by Yunshang Pavilion and have no way out! It's been days, and not even a single person has come in, let alone business! If this continues, we'll have to close down!"
Another shopkeeper echoed, "Yes, Boss, those cloths piled up in our warehouse are going moldy!"
Liu Dehai's expression turned even uglier. He gritted his teeth and continued, "Today, Chu Ruohan called over several of our shopkeepers in the capital. She said she was willing to buy the excess cloth we had at the original price."
"But she has a condition!" Liu Dehai's voice was filled with desperation. "She wants all our Shu brocade from now on to be sourced from her Chu family's weaving factory, and the price will be determined by her family!"
"She's going to lock up the entire capital's plate! From now on, she alone will have the final say on how much profit there is!"
Lin Xingyao tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest and asked expressionlessly, "Does anyone agree?"
Liu Dehai nodded dejectedly. "Manager Zhang and Manager Sun...they couldn't hold on any longer and agreed on the spot. The others were also just waiting and watching."
"Boss, we can't just sit there and wait for death!" Liu Dehai seemed to have grasped the last straw and suggested anxiously, "How about we also have a price war! If she sells it for five taels, we'll sell it for four taels! I don't believe we can't beat her."
"idiot!"
Lin Xingyao slammed the teacup in her hand onto the table.
"You deserve to be called an idiot!"
Liu Dehai shuddered when he was scolded, and all the ideas in his mind were suppressed.
Lin Xingyao stood up and looked down at him with a sarcastic sneer on her lips.
"What can you use to compete with her on price? If Chu Ruohan wants money, she has the Chu Family Chamber of Commerce and the Zhenguogong Mansion as her assets. If she wants a shop, she's already bought a prime location on Suzaku Street."
"If she wants a weaving factory, she has a weaving master like Granny Sun and a whole set of new Shu brocade recipes!"
"What about you? What do you have?"
Liu Dehai was speechless after being asked this question, and his old face turned purple.
"After we go back, tell Chu Ruohan that we agree." Lin Xingyao's voice returned to calm.
Liu Dehai suddenly looked up, his face full of disbelief: "Boss, this..."
"We're here to make money, not to argue with her for nothing." Lin Xingyao paced slowly, her tone stern, "Since she wants to dominate, then let her dominate."
She paused, turned her head, and said quietly, "Gu Junze has become suspicious about Chen Taimo's matter. Two days ago, he summoned all the jailers who had guarded Lin Wanjin in the Sky Prison for questioning."
"Right now, the most important thing is to keep a low profile and not let anyone catch us with anything."
There was dead silence in the hall.
Liu Dehai and others were shocked to realize that they only saw the business in front of them, but forgot the danger behind it that could cost lives.
They felt a chill on their backs and sweat broke out.
"Yes, yes, I understand." Liu Dehai quickly bowed in response.
"Also," Lin Xingyao continued, "don't come to my place unless you have something to do in the future, lest others notice. I'm the owner of all these shops..."
Lin Xingyao waved her hand, signaling them to leave.
Everyone bowed and withdrew as if they had been pardoned.
To say I'm not angry would be a lie.
She had been planning secretly for so many years before she had gained some influence in the silk industry in the capital.
Now, it was uprooted so easily by Gu Junze and Chu Ruohan!
This retreat not only resulted in the loss of silver, but also the breaking of one of her arms!
The Prince Yong's Mansion was no longer reliable, and she had to quickly build up her power on her own...
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