After the court session, the ministers dispersed, but the emperor specially kept the sixth prince, Zhao Yunjin, behind.
Zhao Yunjin assumed that his father must have important business to discuss with him if he left him behind alone.
To everyone's surprise, the Emperor walked up to him carrying a salted fish stick, leisurely stroked his beard, pointed at the stick, and asked with great interest:
"Jin'er, do you have any more of these interesting items? Your mother only gave me this one. It's not only novel and unique, but it's also incredibly comfortable to use as a backrest. I'd like to put a few more in the Imperial Study."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yunjin remained calm and composed: "No."
The Emperor was clearly not prepared for such a decisive refusal. He paused for a moment, then his eyes darted around before he smiled and said:
“If you don’t have it here, Yun Zhizhi definitely has it.”
The meaning couldn't be clearer.
"She does have some dolls left, but not enough to sell. Father, would you like to buy a few?"
The Emperor smiled slightly, a sly glint in his eyes, and said slowly, "Yun Zhizhi will be my daughter-in-law in the future, the dignified Sixth Imperial Consort."
"We're about to become a close-knit family. Talking about money now would only hurt our relationship!"
Zhao Yunjin's lips curled slightly upward, forming a smile that wasn't quite a smile, as she responded:
“Father, although Yun Zhizhi is about to become the Sixth Imperial Consort, we are not officially married yet.”
“Now, everything she sells at her stall belongs to her personally. Even as her fiancé, I would never dare to give away her property so casually.”
Upon hearing this, the Emperor understood everything.
This brat went on and on, clearly wanting to pay for all these dolls himself.
Left with no other choice, the Emperor turned his head and instructed the servants behind him, "Eunuch Li, quickly bring me the silver notes."
Eunuch Li respectfully replied, "Yes, sir!"
Not long after, the Emperor turned to look at Zhao Yunjin and asked, "I bought five dolls for two hundred taels of silver. I wonder if that's enough?"
Zhao Yunjin's gaze quickly swept over the stack of silver notes in Eunuch Li's hand, and then she lied without batting an eye: "Father, it's just enough to buy it."
The Emperor frowned slightly, took three silver notes from Eunuch Li's hand, handed them to Zhao Yunjin, and said, "In that case, let's consider the remaining one hundred taels of silver as a reward for Yunzhizhi."
Zhao Yunjin accepted the silver notes with both hands and nodded in response, "Thank you for the reward, Father, but..."
The Emperor asked in confusion, "But what?"
"However, the supply of these dolls is currently quite tight, and Father may need to wait a few more days. Once new stock arrives, I will immediately send someone to deliver the dolls to the palace."
To help Zhizhi ease some of the pressure and earn more money, Zhao Yunjin had no choice but to trick his father.
After explaining, he quickly bowed and left.
The emperor was left standing there, stunned.
Doesn't it mean I'll deliver the goods immediately if I pay right away?
He felt like he'd been fooled by his own son.
Half an hour later.
Zhao Er rode a fast horse to the Yun residence and immediately relayed his master's words to Yun Zhizhi.
Yun Zhizhi was overjoyed: "You mean Yun Jin has a wealthy relative who gave her three hundred taels of silver to buy five medium-sized salted fish stick dolls?"
A wealthy relative is like the emperor.
It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it.
Zhao Er nodded repeatedly, "That's right."
Yun Zhizhi was overjoyed on the spot.
We're rich!
Each medium-sized doll cost six taels of silver to purchase from the velvet embroidery workshop.
By this calculation, she made a pure profit of 270 taels of silver, which is an outrageous profit!
Before Zhao Er left, Yun Zhizhi reminded him, "When you get back, remember to remind your master to get along well with this wealthy relative. He'll need his help in the future."
Zhao Er replied, "I will certainly relay this truthfully when I return."
It seems that Miss Yun and my master are kindred spirits; neither of them is simple.
I wonder what Miss Yun's reaction would be if she knew that this wealthy man's relative was the Emperor.
Zhang Lei, Xu Yuanting, and Yu Shujin haven't been seen swaggering around the streets like they used to for some time now.
The main reason was that one night before, the three of them were unfortunately frightened by ghosts, and the embarrassing scene spread throughout the entire capital city.
As a result, the three of them haven't dared to show their faces in public lately.
Today, the three of them were invited to the mansion by a classmate from Lishan Academy, who was also their little follower.
At this moment, Luo Hanyu was leading them towards her room.
As he walked, he said cheerfully, "I'll show you the treasure I finally managed to get these past two days. I heard this thing can ward off evil spirits."
Zhang Lei exclaimed in surprise, "Really?"
He'd been having really bad luck lately, and this thing immediately piqued his interest.
Xu Yuanting, who was standing next to him, chimed in, "Take us to see it quickly. If this thing is really that magical, I'd like to buy one to ward off evil spirits."
Luo Hanyu gently grasped the doorknob, slowly pushed open the door, stepped out with one foot, and entered her room first.
The others followed closely behind, filing in one after another.
After everyone had entered the room.
Luo Hanyu's face beamed with a smug smile as she pointed to the dolls and figurines hanging on the bed curtains, walls, tables, and casually placed on the bed, eagerly showing them off:
"Look at these four No-Face dolls! Don't let their ugly appearance fool you, they're super popular now!"
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