The man was covered with a thick mink coat, and underneath, the hem of his robe, adorned with gold-threaded python patterns, was visible.
The January sunlight cast a shimmering glow on his handsome features.
King Qi walked up cautiously.
"Fourth Brother, why are you sleeping here? Be careful not to catch a cold."
Zhao Changqing opened his eyes: "I'll wait for you here."
King Qi said awkwardly, "Why were you waiting for me? I just... came to chat with my sister-in-law."
Zhao Changqing sat up halfway, propping one elbow on the recliner: "Just chatting? Nothing else?"
"Just chatting, nothing else."
"Then it's the same if you talk to your brother."
Zhao Changqing had someone bring him a small stool.
The moment the King of Qi sat down on the stool, he felt something was amiss.
The atmosphere is off.
Why does he look like a child being scolded?
His brother, Zhao Changqing, was reclining on a chair, one hand supporting his forehead, facing the other side, exuding an imposing aura.
"Seventh Brother, you've heard something, so you've come here to interrogate me, haven't you?" As he spoke, he raised his eyelids and coldly glanced at his brother-in-law. "You've brought people with you? Quite a show of force."
The man shuddered as he was swept by his icy gaze.
King Qi hurriedly said, "Brother, how could I dare? I just heard that my sister-in-law is busy and I was worried that she would overwork herself, so I came to see if there was anything I could do to help."
"You're helping by not causing trouble here."
"Brother, how can you say that..."
Zhao Changqing lowered his head, reached into his sleeve, and pulled out a stack of silver notes.
“This ten thousand taels is my annual salary for one year. I’m giving it to you now in exchange for your freedom to not interfere with Youyou’s business.”
King Qi pouted: "Brother, this is clearly my business."
Zhao Changqing's eyes immediately turned cold: "You don't want it?"
"Yes, I want it!" King Qi hurriedly accepted it with a grin.
Zhao Changqing pulled out another stack of taels: "This fifty thousand taels was a reward from my elder brother when I was made a prince. Consider it my investment in your ironware business."
"Hehe, thanks, Fourth Brother."
King Qi was all smiles and reached out to take it, but Zhao Changqing dodged him.
“You can’t keep this 50,000 taels for your investment. You should give it to He Youyou and tell her it’s your own investment money. Don’t mention me.”
"Alright, alright, don't worry, Fourth Brother."
Zhao Changqing then gave him the silver note.
Just as the King of Qi was about to enter the house with the silver notes in his hand, Zhao Changqing stopped him again.
He gestured with his chin towards his brother-in-law: "What...what's the meaning of this you brought?"
King Qi followed his gaze and realized that he had come to cause trouble, and had even brought witnesses for confrontation.
Now that the conflict has been resolved by the power of money, there is naturally no need for a confrontation.
"Brother, I'll send him away right away."
Brother-in-law: Oh my... where did this vixen come from? She's bewitched the King of Yue like this? Not only is she paying to settle things for him, but she's also personally guarding his house?
From that day on, a piece of gossip quietly began to circulate in the capital.
King Yue, Zhao Changqing, kept a mistress outside the palace.
This mistress is extremely seductive.
Very resourceful.
She has a firm grip on men.
If the Prince of Yue were to marry a princess, he probably wouldn't even be able to compete for the emperor's favor with a concubine.
The more sensational the gossip, the faster it spreads.
Within three days, the news reached Cheng Tingrui's ears.
Cheng Tingrui strolled over to the He family's house with his hands behind his back.
As soon as I entered, sure enough, I saw a guard standing in the yard.
"This humble subject pays his respects to the King of Yue."
Zhao Changqing raised an eyebrow, but did not tell him to get up.
"Why is Master Cheng here again today?"
Cheng Tingrui smiled faintly and took out a booklet from his sleeve: "At Youyou's request, I've drafted some rules and regulations for His Highness Prince Qi's ironware shop. As soon as I finished writing them, I brought them here for Youyou to review without delay."
"Master Cheng has gone to a lot of trouble." Zhao Changqing said this, but he didn't really like him.
However, even if you don't like someone, there's no reason to make them kneel forever.
No need for formalities.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Cheng Tingrui stood up: "Why is Your Highness so free today, coming to the He family to guard the gate?"
Zhao Changqing: You should have been kneeling all this time...
"I didn't expect that Manager Cheng would be so free, managing so many businesses and still having time to come here."
Cheng Tingrui lowered his head and smiled, "As long as it's something Youyou needs to do, I'll always have time."
After saying goodbye to Zhao Changqing, he stepped into the house.
Zhao Changqing quickly followed.
The two entered the house one after the other.
He Youyou was engrossed in looking at a table full of documents.
The table was covered with personnel documents they had compiled.
The personnel screening process had already been completed, and all employees were in place, so the personnel files could have been sealed.
However, He Youyou took them back and examined them carefully.
"Youyou, what are you looking at?"
When He Youyou saw the two of them come in, she didn't say much, just nodded and gestured for them to sit down.
As a participant in the project, Cheng Tingrui moved closer to her and watched it together.
As an investor, Zhao Changqing couldn't understand it and could only sit there staring blankly.
"Minzhi, I want to group these people into a separate group."
Cheng Tingrui quickly looked for similarities among these people, trying to understand why she had chosen them to form a group.
They are young, all in technical fields, quick-thinking, and have strong hands-on skills.
"Youyou, what do you need these people for?"
"Do incubation."
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