Chapter 424: The Crazy Shell [(3)]

Chapter 424: The Crazy Shell [(3)]

It was almost noon.

Being half asleep and half awake, Shuirong heard a crisp sound from the compartment. He got up from the bed in a daze, pushed open the door, and looked out. Unexpectedly, before he could see clearly what was happening in the hall, he was first reflected with a green color.

In the small hall, a graceful woman was kneeling on the ground, dedicated to burning and melting a section of wax. The brilliant green light was emitted by the burning of the wax.

“My beloved.”

Shuirong couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "How many times have I said that if you accidentally burn yourself, I will be sad? Just hand over such rough work to the maidservants.”

This woman was naturally Princess Consort Wei.

She turned a deaf ear and blew out the candle on the table. She then took a piece of mink skin, dipped it in the melted wax, and carefully wrapped the two bowstrings.

After tying the mink skin tightly with a ribbon, she stood up and gave a greeting. She calmly said, "I want to take care of the things I use myself, so I can feel more secure in my heart.”

Seeing her wearing a light pink biker on her upper body and riding pants on her lower body, with a heroic and handsome appearance that didn't make her eyebrows stand, she was born with a sense of happiness. The protruding parts, however, were tense and full of various styles.

Especially when he saw the two slender legs tightly overlapping, Shuirong felt a sense of dryness rising in his lower abdomen. He wished he could take the place of the black horse in the stable and let her ride ”freely” on him.

Unfortunately, Princess Consort Wei came from a reserved identity and refused to engage in any daytime sexual activities. Therefore, Shuirong could only clamp his tail and come forward to please her, asking, "Is this ”rosin wax” that I ordered someone to burn still useful?”

“This ”rosin wax” is naturally excellent.”

Wei-Shi first gave a thumbs up, but then said sternly, "It's just that the Royal Residence is currently struggling and owes a lot to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, this item is equivalent to gold, and I always feel uneasy when using it.”

She deliberately advised Shuirong not to be too extravagant and wasteful.

But upon hearing this, Shuirong laughed and said, "My beloved, don't worry about it. Now that my Brother-in-law and I are partnering to run a business, we can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just a few months. What will a few pieces of rosin wax be?”

Upon hearing this, Wei-Shi was about to inquire more about it, but suddenly remembered something and quickly changed her mind, saying, "By the way, my Brother just sent someone over to spread a message, saying that when you wake up, there are some things that need to be reported in person.”

Shuirong laughed again and said proudly, "Maybe there's some good news again. Let me go and meet my Brother-in-law first. When I come back, I'll tell you about this great deal.”

As he spoke, he gave Wei-Shi a peck on the face and ran out as if fleeing.

He happily went all the way to the flower hall, but after seeing Wei Rusong's face somewhat uncertain, Shuirong's heart suddenly became a bit uneasy. He quickly pursued and asked, "Brother, is there something unexpected?”

“Well...”

After a moment of hesitation, Wei Rusong pretended to be fine and spread out his hand, saying, "It's not a big deal, but some inconspicuous things want to make a windfall.”

As he spoke, he briefly recounted to Shuirong about the situation where someone near Honglu Temple was selling high-quality golden shells, as well as his subsequent countermeasures.

Finally, he said lightly, "Even with just two thousand medium-quality golden shells, he won't be able to make any waves. As long as we handle them properly, we may be able to take advantage of the situation and make another surge.”

Shuirong was infected by Wei Rusong's relaxed attitude and felt that it was no big deal. It was only about two thousand high-quality golden shells. It was like the five hundred in Jia She's hand. It was the stock that a merchant had withheld.

Unexpectedly, this day's great kindness even brought trouble. Starting from May 25th, he secretly sent a servant to purchase pottery, pearls, gold, and shells, but he was often intercepted by people on official roads, taking away pottery, pearls, gold, and shells with half-grabbing and half-buying.

Four times before and after, over 50,000 golden shells disappeared.

After a long investigation by Prince Zhongshun, he was unable to identify the person behind the scenes. Now he has to go to the Palace to escape the heat, he didn’t have time to settle this. Therefore, he had written a request to Shuirong to investigate on his behalf.

When Shuirong saw this, his handsome and already black pot bottom face, tried hard to lift his head and gritted his teeth, asking, "Steward Liu, how many vendors have been intercepted in our Residence since the 25th of last month? How many gold shells have we received?”

Although Steward Liu saw that his face was not right, how would he dare to deceive him?

Busy and respectful, he replied, "Report to Your Highness, since the 25th of last month, a total of seven merchants have been intercepted and more than 60000 gold shells have been obtained.”

Before he could finish listening, Shuirong kicked Steward Liu backward and angrily roared, "Damn fool, you've been fooled for so long, and you haven’t even noticed anything?!”

Shuirong has come to understand that more than half of the golden shells he recently bought were the inventory of Prince Zhongshun!

Adding in the more than 2000 medium-quality golden shells he bought at the market price before, he unknowingly had already been taken 60000 taels of silver by him!

But why did Prince Zhongshun do this?

Abandoning hundreds of thousands of taels of profits to pit oneself with these 60000 taels of silver? Wasn’t this behavior too strange?!

Unable to understand, Wei Rusong picked up the letter from the ground and quickly scanned it. Then he suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Damn it! We've always forgotten about the variable of His Majesty.”

“His Majesty?”

“Yes, His Majesty.”

Wei Rusong smiled bitterly and said, "Apart from His Majesty, who else can make Prince Zhongshun give up the silver he easily obtained and personally come forward to clean up the mess? It must be because His Majesty, after inquiring about this matter, felt that it was harmful to the people, so he ordered Prince Zhongshun to rein in the situation on a cliff.”

As he spoke, he shook the letter in his hand again and said helplessly, "However, Prince Zhongshun was unwilling to invest in us, so he had his idea on us and deceived us with money to fill his gap.”

“Fortunately, we thought we had a plan and were able to pick up a big bargain with him without any risk, but to our surprise, he played with us in applause.”

Halfway through the conversation, he saw Shuirong swaying a few times, almost falling to the ground.

Wei Rusong quickly stopped speaking and reached out to help Shuirong. While waiting to inquire with concern, he heard Shuirong gritting his teeth and saying, "This old thief is really deceiving people too much.”

During the conversation, a trace of blood seeped out of his mouth.

Upon seeing this, Wei Rusong realized that he was extremely angry and hurt his heart. Therefore, he hurriedly said, "Prince, please take care of your health. It's just a meager 60000 taels of silver. Since I came up with this idea at the beginning, I should have come up with the silver.”

He was taking care of everything here, but someone outside the door reported in a panic, "Your Highness, something big has happened! Zhou Mo, the Head Steward of Prince Zhongshun's Residence, led someone to surround and beat up Steward Chen of our Residence and even pointed out that he was delaying their job by blocking the way. He wanted to drag him to see the official in the Central Judicial Office.”

Upon hearing this, Shuirong immediately straightened his back and said in a resentful voice, "Okay, great! He took my silver and even sent someone to knock on me. It's really... Really..."

As he spoke, two red tides suddenly appeared on his face, and then his throat trembled, and he burst out with a whoosh of blood!Gét latest novel chapters on nov(e)lbj/n(.)c/om