Xie Mingze came out of the courtyard humming a little tune in the morning. As soon as he went out, he met a dejected Li Si and a golden jade that looked like a small green onion behind him.

When the young man saw Xie Mingze, his eyes suddenly lit up and he ran over. His throat was better after taking medicine before going to bed overnight, but his speech was still a little hoarse: "Well, my benefactor!"

When Xie Mingze saw the young man beaming, anyone would be unhappy if he saw a golden doll early in the morning. This meant that he was going to get rich when he went out today.

I lost 5,000 taels in the palace yesterday. I have to go to the shop today to find out. It has been half a month. It is time to reconcile the accounts and see if the five shopkeepers have been honest recently.

Xie Mingze rubbed the boy's head like a puppy: "Master Jin, how did you sleep last night?"

The young man had a sweet face. Except yesterday, a bunch of people suddenly broke into the house and said they wanted to investigate someone. They also called him out. Fortunately, Li Si was there. After checking the identity document, I heard that he was the son of the richest man in Jiangnan.

He was immediately very polite when he came as a guest. Although his family was a merchant's home, his father had just been granted the title of Imperial Merchant by the emperor and would come to Beijing in a while. From now on, he would also be eating from the public family, so the guards did not dare to offend him.

But he was timid and was still frightened. In addition, he fell asleep after drinking the medicine and fell asleep. When he woke up early in the morning, he followed Li Sixiang and ran to find his benefactor.

The young man felt close to Xie Mingze when he saw him. In addition, he was rescued by Xie Mingze when he was most helpless the night before. He looked at Xie Mingze like his third brother.

He has three brothers. He is the youngest. The eldest brother is cold-tempered. The second brother is outside the customs. Only the third brother grew up with him. He is the youngest. The third brother usually dotes on him and has a good temper. He looks at his benefactor.

It was just like meeting my third brother.

Especially when he smiles, he looks more like the third brother.

When the young man got closer, he whispered that the man who suddenly came over yesterday was very fierce, but he didn't dare to offend him. He was so powerful that he didn't show any timidity at all.

It was also at this time that Xie Mingze learned that Jin Yubao's father would come to Beijing soon and would be named an Imperial Merchant by the emperor. The family might also be stationed in Beijing permanently.

Xie Mingze talked to the young man for a while, then looked at Li Si, wondering: "Li Si, what's wrong with you?" Although Li Si didn't talk much, he was not so taciturn.

Li Si was worried: "Madam, do you want to have breakfast? Do you want to eat it with me?" When he said the last sentence, Li Si was obviously guilty and full of expectations.

Xie Mingze became more curious and said deliberately: "It's better to say goodbye. I will have dinner with Mr. Jin today."

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Li's head drooped down and became even more wilted.

Xie Mingze had a smile in his eyes: "Of course, if you give me a reason why I must have dinner with you, I will consider it."

Li Si suddenly raised his eyes: "Ma'am, are you serious about what you said? This, this reason..." He met Xie Mingze's cunning eyes, and his heart moved, knowing that his thoughts had been seen through by the madam, so he simply said honestly, "Yes, he has never

Yesterday, when I came back from the palace, I locked myself in my room and didn't use my dinner. My subordinate just went over to inquire and I didn't plan to use my breakfast."

So he thought that if Madam and I had dinner together, I would usually agree to it, but this time if Madam went to find Him, maybe...

Xie Mingze was stunned. When he came out of the palace yesterday, his thoughts were all on Queen Zhao, but he didn't pay much attention to Chu Li.

Chu Li's face was indeed ugly at that time, and he didn't think much about it. He just thought that Emperor Chu Yin said something unpleasant. After all, Emperor Chu Yin dared to poison, so there was nothing he wouldn't dare to do.

Although he was very curious, he didn't want to expose anyone's wounds, so he didn't ask. Who knows, this time it seemed to be more serious than usual.

"You haven't taken any medicine yet?" Xie Mingze squinted his eyes and felt unhappy.

As a doctor, what I dislike the most is disobedient patients.

If he didn't cherish the pair of legs he had exchanged for so much health, wouldn't it be a loss of his reputation if he didn't recover well?

Li Si frowned, that's why he was worried.

His Highness has not had much contact with the Emperor in the military camp these years. His Highness has not done so for a long time.

After a cup of tea, Li Si returned to the main wing of the main courtyard and asked twice: "Sir, Madam said she has something to tell you later and would like to have breakfast with you by the way. Do you want to get up now?"

There was no sound in the room, and Li Si didn't even know if he was up or not.

But he was very patient this time. As expected, not long after, a low but clear voice came from the room: "Yeah."

Li Si's eyes were filled with joy, and he immediately opened the door to help Chu Li get up and wash up. But when he went in, the light came into the room, and Li Si found that Chu Li was sitting in a wheelchair in front of the table, with his back to him. He had been sitting there for an unknown amount of time.

Li Si didn't dare to ask any more questions, and quickly went over to help. When Xie Mingze came over at the right time, the room was bright and clean. Chu Li had changed into a brocade robe, with dark lines, and his eyebrows were colder than when they first met.

There were bloodshot eyes, but there was no sign of fatigue on his face, but his brows were deeply furrowed.

Xie Mingze didn't ask any questions and sat down to have breakfast with Chu Li. Chu Li was now conscious and the toxins were gone. He just needed to take good care of himself, but he still needed to drink the medicine on his legs. He would wait until he finished his meal.

, automatically took the decoction handed over by Li Si and handed it to Chu Li smoothly.

The latter just put down the bowl and chopsticks, saw the medicine bowl in front of him, raised his eyes and landed on Xie Mingze, who blinked innocently: "Husband?"

Chu Li paused his hand, then took it and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Si was overjoyed and quickly handed over the mouthwash.

Xie Mingze let out the breath he had been holding back, and he was quite obedient. Otherwise, he wouldn't be used to his temper. He didn't treat his legs anymore even if they didn't want them anymore. He didn't mind, so what was he worried about?

Fortunately, there is still hope.

"Husband, I want to go out and have a look at the shop today. Do you have anything you need to buy? For example, clothes or something else. You haven't made new clothes for a long time. There happens to be a ready-to-wear shop in the shop. How many pieces should I make for you?

"Xie Mingze asked smoothly.

He originally thought that Chu Li would not speak, but the other party not only agreed, but also wanted to accompany him.

Xie Mingze: "..." Forget it, who made this man feel bad? Just treat him as coaxing and take him out to be happy.

After lighting the incense, a carriage drove out of the Ninth Prince's Mansion and happened to pass by the Prince's carriage.

When the prince hurried to the Ninth Prince's Mansion, he found that no one was there.

Chu Li sat silently in the car, looking at Xie Mingze not far away and the young man opposite him, his eyes became darker.

Jin Yubao felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was a bit cold. Fortunately, his benefactor was there. He felt that he might have thought too much. The benefactor said that the benefactor's husband was a good person.

Jin Yubao whispered: "Benefactor, can you help me find my servant? I came to Beijing and got lost with him, and all my clothes are with him."

Xie Mingze thought to himself, this kid is really big-hearted. Fortunately, he brought the banknote with him.

"That's no problem. I'll just go to the clothing store later and buy some. We just happen to be making clothes too," Xie Mingze said casually.

Chu Li, who was not far away, glanced at him and said nothing.

When Xie Mingze got off the bus, he realized that the cheap man seemed even more unhappy.

Jin Yubao was indeed a prodigal master. When he arrived at the shop, with a wave of his hand, he ordered ten pieces of ready-made clothes, both inside and outside.

Xie Mingze immediately beamed: "Shopkeeper, give me a 20% discount and just charge 80% of the price." As expected of a golden doll, this potential customer must stay.

At least until the Jin family's shop is opened, this golden doll must be kept.

When Jin Yubao saw the shopkeeper calling Xie Ming Zedong, he immediately shook his head: "No need for discounts, my benefactor saved me, so you don't need to save me this little money."

Xie Mingze put his arms around his shoulders: "One code equals the other. This is not okay. Although we are buddies, we are also brothers who have settled accounts. This is not okay. Otherwise, I won't sell you. Let's buy it elsewhere?"

Seeing Xie Mingze's insistence, Jin Yubao could only honestly buy it at 80% of the price.

After Jin Yubao finished choosing, Xie Mingze looked at Chu Li and said in a good mood: "What do you want, husband? Choose whatever you want, it's all ours, no money required!"

Chu Li's originally gloomy mood suddenly turned sunny when he glanced at Xie Mingze.

Only outsiders can settle accounts, and their own family members don't have to settle accounts.

After such a comparison, it will be clear who is the guest and who is the host.

Li Si kept pushing his father, and he clearly felt that he was suddenly in a better mood. Could it be that...he also likes to buy, buy, buy?

After all the clothes have been chosen, Xie Mingze wants to reconcile the accounts.

As soon as the account book was taken out, Xie Mingze's face turned dark. He looked up at the shopkeeper and smiled.

The shopkeeper was laughing so hard that he was about to cry without tears, and was trembling: "Dong, boss, I have a hundred courages. I don't dare to do tricks anymore after that time. This is really the profit of Ban Yue Shop."

Xie Mingze looked at him with squinted eyes: "Are you kidding me? This shop is open at the intersection, and people come and go. In previous years, there was no month where customers came like clouds. The profit in half a month was 500 taels? Mr. Jin alone bought more here today.

One hundred taels."

The shopkeeper didn't dare to hide it: "Don't be angry, boss, it's really... To tell the truth, boss, what you said is true. In the past, guests were indeed coming like clouds, but not two days after I sold myself to the boss, the front

We opened another ready-made clothing store. And... all the suppliers we purchased from before have stopped supplying us with goods, and those that have not stopped supplying us with defective products. Not only that, their prices are also cheaper than ours..."

Xie Mingze understood: "Did Sun drive it?"

The shopkeeper didn't expect Xie Mingze to guess right: "As for the former owner, the previous suppliers were all connected with Sanfang."

Xie Mingze understood when he said this.

Sun has an elder brother who is an official, two younger brothers, and the third brother is a merchant. He has been in Beijing for many years and has a wide network of contacts, so he naturally has many suppliers on hand.

In the past, this shop belonged to the Sun family, so the prices they offered were fair and the goods were good. But now the shop is no longer owned by the Sun family. If the Sun family doesn't get it, they will destroy it directly.

It's okay to give up on the goods, but you actually find a rival and want to defeat them with a price war?

Other brands' fabrics are of good quality and cheap, so I guess they are attracted to them.

The shopkeeper felt uneasy: "Boss, business is really not very good recently. I don't dare to disturb you..."

Xie Mingze rolled his eyes at him: "The ready-made clothes you just ordered are also defective?"

"No, no, absolutely not, it's the leftovers from before, that's it... it's not sold out yet."

"In other words, the inferior goods were given and they haven't been sold yet?"

The shopkeeper's jaw said: "None of them have been sold, but the order was signed before and the money was paid, so the small one can only give it according to the rules. Otherwise, if you break the contract, you will have to pay three times the price."

Although Jin Yubao doesn't care about his family's business, he still owns a shop. Hearing this, he got angry and asked, "Can I sell this product?"

Xie Mingze asked him to calm down, and he asked the shopkeeper to get the contract he signed before.

Chu Li frowned: "Want to help?"

Xie Mingze smiled and said: "No, for such a trivial matter, didn't he sell me defective products? I asked him to beg me to take them back for ten times the price."
Chapter completed!