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Chapter 195 Chance Encounter

Zhou Chang didn't really care about these details. He looked across the street and didn't see any shops selling food, drinks or toys open. There seemed to be a restaurant in the distance, but the door was also closed.

Zhong Yuzheng was still muttering, "The price on the black market cannot be compared with the official price. It is much lower, usually more than half. If it weren't for the tense situation in North Vietnam and the upcoming New Year, with food shortages, it wouldn't be possible to get this price. Sigh..., by this calculation, the people will have a hard time this New Year."

The price of grain in the imperial court was not cheap, and it was also affected by the war, and there were so many strange taxes to pay, the people could only suffer even more.

"Oh, so that's how it is..." Zhou Chang agreed halfheartedly.

Zhou Chang was scratching his head and couldn't find a chance to speak, so he could only follow Zhong Yu's lead and ask, "By the way, how much grain does the three or four acres of land behind the palace produce in a year?"

Zhong Yuben was about to get on Gao Yuan's carriage, but stopped and replied, "The crops in the palace can probably produce more than ten shi of grain, which is enough for self-sufficiency. If there is any left, we can give porridge to beggars. Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I would like Gao Yuan to drive to the Xinghuafang medicine store to check the situation there."

When the Xinghuafang pharmacy was mentioned, Zhou Chang's nerves tightened, and he simply gave up asking for the silver. In order to avoid losing the last bit of silver in his pocket, he quickly said, "Ah, sir, go and do what you have to do. I'll go shopping with Shouhou."

Zhong Yu said goodbye and left with Gao Yuan.

As soon as Zhong Yu's carriage left, a familiar figure came into view.

Even though Yuan Qi's body was covered by a wide silver gauze veil, Zhou Chang still recognized his tall figure at a glance.

She was wearing a light white fox fur coat and a pink and blue dress with gold embroidery, which was particularly dazzling in the sun. She was standing at the door of a shop, accompanied by an elderly shopkeeper.

"Miss Yuan..." Zhou Chang walked over quickly to greet her without thinking.

Yuan Qi came over from behind the veil, perhaps because the veil was thick in winter and blocked her view, so she lifted a corner of it and was surprised. She opened her mouth and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi, you have heard that Prince Xian was defeated and retreated to Maicheng, right?"

"Uh..." Zhou Chang knew it of course, but his heart still shrank suddenly as if it had been "attacked".

Ever since Zhong Yu broke into the study this morning, she has been trying her best to avoid thinking about this matter.

The most important thing is that everything that can be done has been done, and she is powerless to do anything.

"Ah, to pay respect to His Royal Highness Prince Yi..." Yuan Qi realized his impoliteness and knelt down to pay respect, "Your Royal Highness Prince Yi, why are you here?"

Zhou Chang felt bitter and didn't want to continue her previous words: "I came out for a walk. What a coincidence to see Miss Yuan."

"It seems that Your Highness's foot injury has healed?" Yuan Qi could actually still remember what happened half a month ago.

Zhou Chang didn't really care about his feet: "Yes, it's healed now. Thank you Miss Yuan for the supplements."

Although Yuan Yuanqi left with a bad mood, he did not forget to ask Manager He to send some supplements afterwards.

After learning about this, Aunt Jing insisted on boiling these things together in bone soup and gave it to Zhou Chang to drink. She also insisted that it was because of these supplements that he recovered so quickly.

"Your Highness Prince Yi, you are too polite. I was impolite for leaving in a hurry last time. I hope Your Highness can forgive me." Yuan Qi apologized, and his tone seemed a little unfamiliar.

Zhou Chang felt that he hadn't seen Yuan Qi for a long time, and he also had something to discuss with her: "Since we meet by chance, Miss Yuan, can you please find a place to chat?"

"Okay." Yuan Qi agreed without hesitation.

But Zhou Chang intuitively felt that there seemed to be a hint of sadness in Yuan Qi Qiuhong's bright eyes.

Yuan Qi then thought of something else: "Hmm..., Your Highness, could you please go to the teahouse across the street and sit for a while? I have some things to take care of here and will be there soon."

"Of course." Zhou Chang reacted and realized that Yuan Qi was the young master, and this shop might belong to the Yuan family. She should have come out today to inspect her own business.

Yuan Qi watched Zhou Chang walk to the teahouse opposite, then turned around and went back into the shop.

Zhou Chang turned and went to the teahouse opposite.

Seeing that the door of the teahouse was closed, a question occurred to me. Aren't restaurants and teahouses not allowed to open now?

Just when she was wondering whether to turn back, the door of the teahouse opened from the inside, and a waiter greeted her with a smile: "Sir, would you like some tea?"

"Ah, yes..." Zhou Chang laughed at herself, she was thinking too naively. When doing business, there is no way to do business privately. You can't just judge by appearances.

As soon as Zhou Chang stepped into the teahouse, his feet began to hurt.

The appearance of this teahouse was not that great, but the interior decoration of the lobby on the first floor was elegant, and it was obviously a high-end consumption place. She didn't even know whether the few taels of silver in her pocket could be used.

But this was the teahouse Yuan Qi had pointed out, and she couldn't change places, so she could only bite the bullet and go in first: "I want a private room."

The teahouse has three floors in total. The first floor is the lobby, and the second and third floors are probably private rooms.

Now that we're here, we can't talk to Yuan Qi in the lobby on the first floor. We need a private room.

"Sir, I'm really sorry. Due to the ban on entertainment, the second and third floors are not open to the public." The waiter lowered his voice mysteriously, "Do you have an invitation or have you made a reservation?"

Zhou Chang didn't react and said bluntly: "I'm still waiting for a friend."

"Friend, does your friend have a private room here?" the waiter asked again.

Zhou Chang shook his head blankly: "Then I'll wait here."

Yuan Qi probably had a private room, otherwise he wouldn't have pointed here, but she couldn't go back and ask.

"Okay, sir, please sit inside for a while." The waiter invited him in.

Zhou Chang looked towards the street towards the door that had not yet closed. He did not want to sit inside. "It's okay. I'll just stand here and wait. That's fine."

"Why is Your Majesty standing here?" The skinny monkey just parked the carriage next to the teahouse.

Zhou Chang did not answer, but asked the waiter: "Do you know what the window tax is?"

"I know. It's a house along the street. If you want to open the window, you have to pay." The waiter thought this was a very normal thing.

"What?" Zhou Chang felt that he had misheard. How could there be such a weird tax? "Then if you open the windows of your teahouse..."

By the way, looking at the houses on the street outside, it is winter now, and there are not many windows open.

The clerk was used to it: "It's okay in the winter, but you can't escape the summer. Stores like ours are the ones that collect the money."

The skinny monkey didn't care at all: "It won't happen to us anyway, it has nothing to do with us."

"Nothing to do with it? What about ordinary people's homes?" Zhou Chang was puzzled. "Are they suffocating people to death? This makes no sense." "Luck is all about luck;

When three people walk together, there must be three of them;”