Royal daughter-in-law makes money

Chapter 73

Although he had been prepared, the prince felt a headache when he thought of the many wives and concubines in the backyard and the scene of himself being fought over by a group of women.

Isn't the Crown Princess doing a good job now? Besides, the Crown Princess has given birth to two sons, so it's not like there is no successor.

"Father..." The prince wanted to refuse.

But I don’t know if this will displease the emperor.

"Your Majesty, life in my house is a bit tight. The expenses required to support those concubines are indeed quite high. I think I should set an example myself. Even if I am willing, I am powerless." The prince thought about it and finally found a good reason.

The national treasury is empty, isn’t their Eastern Palace also empty?

Those women who dress up all day long are the most expensive.

After hearing what the prince said, Chu Yuanming thought about it carefully. Which of the concubines in the harem was not gorgeous?

But if you want to dress yourself up nicely, you will have to spend a lot of money.

Rouge, powder, clothes, jewelry, everything was filled with silver. Moreover, they wanted the best, so they needed even more silver. Not to mention food, flowers, and other things. All that silver was his, and that was for the daily expenses of the concubines.

On weekdays, if any concubine made him happy, he would spend money to reward her.

Although the reward was not silver, but silk, satin, and jewelry.

But he couldn't produce these things, so he had to ask the Imperial Household Department to spend money to buy them?

Even if he hired someone to make these things, he still had to pay the craftsman's wages.

Thinking of this, Chu Yuanming felt very depressed.

He said why was he so poor?

It turned out that all his money was taken away by the women in the harem.

"Forget it, it's fine this way. It's more important than anything else to educate the children well. After all, his uncles and aunts will help him in the future." Chu Yuanming thought that it was okay as long as the pressure was on himself.

It’s better not to make things difficult for your son.

After all, being fought over by other concubines is actually quite unpleasant.

There are so many concubines, but I only have one. If I give favor to one, the other will be wronged.

"Your son will follow your father's teachings." The prince curled his lips slightly.

He knew that this trick would work.

How can I let him go through the same suffering as my father did?

"Now, the treasury of our Chuyuan Kingdom is a little richer because of the Qiao family and the Qian family. But Xijing Kingdom and Nanyue Kingdom are also eyeing us covetously. The second family developed that gunpowder last time. We still have to prepare some, and I think this will require a considerable amount of expenditure." Chu Yuanming sighed again and said.

The main thing is that they don’t know how powerful the Xijing Kingdom’s cannons are.

"Father, now that we have the gunpowder, we don't have to fear the Xijing Kingdom and the Nanyue Kingdom." The prince thought for a while and said.

"Right now, the three nations are all recuperating, but there's no guarantee the other two won't unite against us. Or perhaps one of them wants us to cooperate with them to deal with the other. Regardless, we must be fully prepared!"

What Chu Yuanming actually thought was that if the other two countries did not invade their Chuyuan Kingdom.

Then they are also willing to maintain the current peaceful state.

However, the Three Kingdoms will eventually break this balance.

After all, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.

"How's the iron ore testing going on at Zhuolin Mountain?" Chu Yuanming asked about another thing, which was the mountain contributed by the Qiao family.

How's the situation with the iron mine inside?

"Father, we have already sent people to test the iron ore in the mountain. It is all fine iron. Moreover, the amount of iron ore in the mountain is not small, and it can be prepared for mining." The prince was also very happy when he said this.

After all, this is a great joyous event for the Chu Yuan Kingdom.

"That's great. It's a blessing for our Chu Yuan Kingdom and our Chu family to have a merchant like the Qiao family. Don't get rid of us when we have done our job!" Chu Yuanming said cautiously to the prince.

After all, the current turnaround of Chu Yuan Kingdom is largely due to the help provided by the Qiao family!

"Your Majesty, I understand. I will definitely not treat meritorious officials like the Qiao and Qian families unfairly in the future." The prince knew that the emperor wanted him to treat well not only the Qiao and Qian families, but also the second prince and the fifth prince.

The emperor wanted him to remember the sacrifices made by the second and fifth princes for the Chuyuan Kingdom, as well as the contributions made by the Qiao and Qian families to their Chuyuan Kingdom.

The prince was not the kind of person who could not tolerate others. He also saw the benefits, and he was not the kind of person who would abandon the donkey after it had done its work.

next day

"Miss, the Fifth Prince is here." Bi Hen looked at Qian Duoduo who was still in bed and didn't want to get up, and reminded her with a smile covering her mouth.

"Why is the Fifth Prince here so early in the morning?" Qiuyue lightly touched Bihen beside her and asked in confusion.

"I don't know. He's waiting outside. He said he wants to develop a relationship with the young lady." Bihen told Qiuyue the news he overheard.

However, they have no right to interfere in the affairs of their masters.

Moreover, they knew yesterday that their good master had gone to the palace to ask the emperor to buy the fifth prince, and brought him back to marry their eldest daughter.

They were all shocked at the time.

But today, when I saw the fifth prince, I sighed in my heart, that prince is so handsome, like a banished immortal.

No wonder the master was so cruel as to spend 500,000 taels of silver to buy it!

Bi Hen secretly thought that the money the old man spent was well worth it.

Qian Family Garden

A little fat boy with his short legs ran up to Chu Haoheng and looked him up and down.

"You are Goose's cheap brother-in-law." Qian Yuanbao raised his head and looked at Chu Haoheng.

I feel unhappy, but this person is fine. Why is he so tall?

He looked up and could hardly see the man's face.

Qian Yuanbao ran to the stone bench in the pavilion again, and tried to climb up with a grunt, but he was small and his legs were short, so he couldn't climb up after climbing for a long time.

Chu Haoheng was stunned at first, then he remembered that the Qian family seemed to have a little master who was only three years old. He thought that it should be this little fat boy.

Besides, the little fat guy just called him brother-in-law, so Chu Haoheng automatically ignored the word cheap. After all, he felt that he was not cheap at all, five hundred thousand taels!

Then this little fat boy should be his future brother-in-law.

Chu Haoheng thought that his brother-in-law wanted to sit on the bench, and seeing that his brother-in-law was struggling to climb, he kindly stepped forward, picked him up, and put him on the stone bench.

"You...don't think that if you help the goose, the goose will thank you." Qian Yuanbao said with some dissatisfaction.

"Well, you're welcome." Chu Haoheng said while suppressing his smile.

"You want to kiss my sister?" Qian Yuanbao asked Chu Haoheng, staring at him.

"I haven't kissed your sister yet." Chu Haoheng thought for a moment and replied.

He won't take the blame for this. He didn't kiss her, and they haven't even held hands!