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Chapter 323 Taking Advantage of the Opportunity

"Not right, not right." Zhong Yu's face turned pale. "If people knew about this kind of thing being kept in our palace, I'm afraid half of the officials in the court would..."

I dare not even think about it.

The Yuan family really doesn’t give it for free.

Zhou Chang was in a dilemma as to what to do with this thing.

Zhong Yu looked at it and shook his head: "Not right, not right, really not right..."

Zhou Chang's mind was not with Zhong Yu, and he was thinking about where to put it. "Oh, right, let's put it in the study. This new desk is a lot bigger than the old one, so it can hold more things."

Zhong Yu shook his head again.

"Didn't the master also say that the toys with three holes are for children, and no one would notice them if they were placed here? The more deliberate it is, the more it looks like 'here is a cover-up'." Zhou Chang clapped his hands, and felt that his idea was a good one.

Most importantly, she didn't want to worry about something that she would never use.

He put the account book in his hand back into the wooden box, then took the wooden box from Zhong Yu's hand, closed it, and with a "click", the wooden box was locked again.

He didn't even want to ask what the order of the three holes was. He turned around and placed the wooden box on the corner of the table.

Zhong Yu stared at the wooden box, still feeling uneasy.

"Mr. Zhong, don't look at it. Just pretend it doesn't exist." Zhou Chang diverted Zhong Yu's attention. "By the way, Mr. Zhong, the gifts sent by the wedding people have not been exchanged for silver yet, right? We need to hurry up and exchange them for silver."

"Your Highness, we have so much income now, do we still need to exchange it for silver?" Zhong Yu had long noticed that Zhou Chang always seemed eager to exchange things for silver, and then eager to spend the silver.

"Of course, the sooner the better. Mr. Zhong may not know yet, but Master Yuan has entrusted all of the Yuan family's medicinal materials and medicine shop business south of Peishui to me. This way, income is just around the corner." Zhou Chang just thought of another source of income, and his mood suddenly brightened.

"Why?" Zhong Yushun asked.

"Why?" Zhou Chang didn't understand.

"Your Highness, court officials are not allowed to do business privately, and royal family members are even more so. How can Your Highness agree to this?" Zhong Yu said anxiously.

"Uh..." Zhou Chang didn't think of it at the time, and he was speechless now. "I, I was thinking that we had talked about building a free school, an orphanage, a charity hall, etc., which would all require a lot of money. So..."

"Alas... all these require money, but Your Majesty, you are of a special and noble status, so you must be extra cautious in these matters." Zhong Yu's eyebrows twisted into knots, "As for those things, we are just doing our best. Even if God himself comes, we can solve all of them."

"Mr. Zhong also knows this." Zhou Chang was relieved when he saw that Zhong Yu did not mean to blame him. "Mr. Zhong is weak. He should find two more helpers instead of doing everything by himself."

Zhong Yu pretended not to hear and was still thinking. After a while, he said, "I will go back and discuss this matter with Manager He Xi. Since the prince has agreed, we should do things according to the convenience."

"Take advantage of the opportunity?" Zhou Chang really didn't understand idioms.

"However, this is an opportunity. Instead of being unfamiliar with it and groping in the dark, we might as well make use of the Yuan family's experience and manpower in this area, leverage their strengths and take advantage of the situation." Zhong Yu didn't pay attention, but what he said explained it clearly.

Doesn't this mean we still have to rely on the Yuan family?

Zhou Chang was somewhat reluctant, and then he heard Zhong Yu continue to say: "It is very difficult for Brother Ma to open a clinic and medicine shop in the south. If he can borrow the power of the Yuan family clinic, he should be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"In that case, we'll do as you say." Zhou Chang felt that he had no right to interfere in these matters. Moreover, it would be difficult to accomplish anything with only one person's limited energy. "Mr. Zhong's idea is good. It would be best if we could recruit a few experienced people from the Yuan family. That would be even better."

"Your Highness, you used the word 'dig' very cleverly." Zhong Yu heard a new word.

The two discussed some more things, and Skinny Monkey helped Zhong Yu collect the boxes on the ground and carried them out.

After a while, Aunt Jing came in with a plate of snacks and sweet water.

Now Zhou Chang felt like a mouse seeing a cat when he saw Aunt Jing.

But the way was blocked and they had no choice but to deal with it.

Aunt Jing placed the snacks and sweet water on the table and said, "My Lord, it has been three days since then, and the princess's complexion is getting worse and worse."

Zhou Chang knew that they would have to talk about this topic again and couldn't avoid it: "Why is it not good?"

Although she did not sleep with Yuan Qi, it had been four days since their wedding and she saw Yuan Qi every day. She did not notice that Yuan Qi looked very bad.

"The prince didn't enter the bridal chamber with the princess for three days after the wedding. Which bride would be happy?" Aunt Jing had a sad face, with obvious resentment in her eyes.

"Aunt Jing, this is all your imagination." Zhou Chang used the same rhetoric.

Aunt Jing didn't care what Zhou Chang said: "If this continues, rumors will definitely spread. If it gets to the palace, it will be even more troublesome."

"Then I'll have to ask Aunt Jing to take more care and keep an eye on those who want to gossip and spread rumors." Zhou Chang had learned some tricks in front of Aunt Jing.

"Alas..." Aunt Jing sighed again, "Of course I will do my best to keep an eye on them, but there are many people and many gossips, whether it is the palace or the palace, it is the same."

"Alas..." Zhou Chang also sighed.

This was a trick she used when facing Aunt Jing. Whenever she had nothing to say, she would just sigh along with her.

"Forget it, Your Majesty, you should drink the sweet water while it's hot. You still have to pay attention to the things that need to be paid attention to. No matter how much I say, it will be useless. I will take my leave first." After Aunt Jing finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave.

At this time in the past, Aunt Jing would just be “opening the show”, why isn’t she being nagging today?

Zhou Chang was greatly surprised. He looked up and saw that Aunt Jing had a worried look on her face, and it didn't seem like she was just worried about her.

"Aunt Jing, are you worried about something?" Zhou Chang realized belatedly that Aunt Jing was not in a good state today.

"There's nothing wrong with me. I'll be relieved if Your Highness pays more attention to his own affairs." Aunt Jing denied, avoided his gaze, and walked out.

Zhou Chang stood up and stopped her: "Aunt Jing, what's the matter? We are a family, there is nothing we can't talk about."

Although Aunt Jing nagged her, it was the nagging of an elder who cared about the younger one.

Zhou Chang could feel Aunt Jing's genuine love from the bottom of her heart.

Aunt Jing subconsciously twisted the handkerchief in her hand, struggling internally.

Zhou Chang pushed her to sit on the chair directly: "Aunt Jing, tell me, no matter how big the matter is, I am still here."

Aunt Jing was obviously already tangled up to a point, and she was not someone who could keep secrets: "Your Highness, I hope that I am just overthinking this matter, but I also thought that you should know so that you can have a clear idea."