After rebirth, she turned around and married the emperor's uncle and tore the scumbag apart

Su Lingyue and Xiao Yu got off the carriage. When the people on the street saw that it was Prince Su and the Princess, they automatically made way for them.

After walking through the crowd, Su Lingyue realized that what everyone was watching was not Xiu Luo Manor, but Zhao's Trading Company next door.

Su Lingyue looked inside and saw a woman directing a servant to take things from the store.

She was wearing an outdated pink silk coat with a fur trim on the collar and cuffs. She had big eyes, an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows and red lips, and she walked like a willow swaying in the wind.

"is her!"

Xiao Yu looked at Su Lingyue and asked, "Does Yue'er know her?"

Su Lingyue glanced at the woman calmly and said, "She is Wang Yirong, the concubine daughter of Wang Qing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. The mistress of the Wang family is a resourceful person. She has always lived a poor life. How can she have the money to come here and squander it today?"

Su Lingyue didn't have a good impression of her. She had met her several times at banquets. She acted like a concubine and was very pretentious. Su Lingyue had very few interactions with her.

Xiao Yu glanced at her and said calmly, "Maybe her family made a fortune."

Su Lingyue was amused by Xiao Yu's words. She looked like someone who had made a fortune!

At this time, Zhao Xingzhou, dressed in moon-white brocade clothes, stood in the shop and watched everything coldly.

His stern face and simple yet luxurious clothes made him look more like a young man from an aristocratic family than a businessman.

Zhao Xingzhou also saw Su Lingyue and Xiao Yu in the crowd from the corner of his eye.

After giving the shopkeeper a few instructions, Zhao Xingzhou walked through the crowd towards Xiao Yu and Su Lingyue, bowed and saluted, "Greetings, Prince, Princess!"

"No need to pay tribute."

Xiao Yu was a little confused. When he was out and about on weekdays and had nothing to do, these merchants would not come to him to pay their respects deliberately.

Zhao Xingzhou stood up and looked at Su Lingyue, "Princess, are you here to see how the cloak is made?"

Su Lingyue replied: "Well, I will come with the prince to take a look today."

Zhao Xingzhou said in a gentle voice: "In that case, can I take a look together? After all, I provided the furs, and I am also responsible for the after-sales situation."

Su Lingyue chuckled, "You are still a conscientious businessman. Okay, come along."

"My Lord, let's go and see if the cloak is ready."

As he said this, he pulled Xiao Yu up and walked into Xiu Luo Manor, but he did not notice Xiao Yu's gloomy eyes.

It was Shopkeeper Chen who greeted them again. After respectfully bowing to the two of them, he saw Zhao Xingzhou behind them.

"Why is Mr. Zhao here?"

Su Lingyue explained the purpose of their visit, "Shopkeeper Chen, we came to take a look at the cloak. He came to see the cloak after it was made."

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and said, "It was just finished yesterday. I was just about to send someone to tell the young lady when she came."

After saying that, he went into the inner room himself and took out the cloak.

"Your Highness, please try the new cloak and see if you like it." Shopkeeper Chen took the cloak that Xiao Yu had taken off.

Then, he habitually picked up the cloak and wanted to put it on Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu raised his hand to block, but Shopkeeper Chen held the cloak in his hand.

In the past, when male guests came to try on clothes, he would always lend a hand, and there was nothing wrong with this.

Xiao Yu looked at Su Lingyue and raised his eyebrows, which probably meant "you decide for yourself".

Normally, he could put on and take off clothes by himself in the room, but now he has to put on a show in front of outsiders!

Su Lingyue smiled brightly at Xiao Yu, then turned to look at Shopkeeper Chen and chuckled, "Shopkeeper Chen, my prince is a pampered one and insists that I serve him personally. Give me the cloak!"

Shopkeeper Chen was stunned. "Squeamish?" Isn't this how you describe women?

Su Lingyue took the cloak and put it on Xiao Yu, then asked with a smile, "Does Your Majesty like it?"

Xiao Yu's expression was gentle, "As long as it's a gift from the princess, I like it."

Zhao Xingzhou, who was standing aside, looked at Xiao Yu in front of him with some surprise.

Wasn't Prince Su a bloodthirsty and cold-blooded person as rumored? But he didn't see that at all.

Zhao Xingzhou said: "This cloak really suits the prince. The princess has a good taste."

Xiao Yu tidied up the hair around Su Lingyue's ears and curled his lips gently, "Boss Zhao is really good at talking. I also think that the princess has good taste."

Before, Zhao Xingzhou always felt that the Prince Su in front of him was different from the one in the rumors.

Now looking at Xiao Yu's actions, some ideas came to his mind and he couldn't help but chuckle.

The two of them have a really good relationship.

Su Lingyue looked at the finished hand warmer again, and after finding no problems, she asked Shopkeeper Chen to wrap it up.

Then, he looked at Zhao Xingzhou with a puzzled look on his face, "Why is Wang Yirong in your company?"

Zhao Xingzhou lowered his eyes, looking helpless, "My Lord, Princess, if it's convenient, let's go to Zuixianju to talk."

Su Lingyue looked at Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

When he arrived at Zuixianju, Zhao Xingzhou booked a quiet private room on the third floor.

After ordering some tea and cakes, he began to explain.

Their family is now the second richest businessman in Daning. Their family has been doing business for generations and has accumulated a lot of wealth.

But in the capital, if a scholar-official family has a member engaged in business, it is icing on the cake and makes them more noble.

But in ordinary families, among the professions of scholars, farmers, workers and merchants, merchants do have the lowest status.

Now, his eldest brother has taken over the management of the family business.

He had been taught by famous teachers since he was young, and was proficient in all six arts of literature.

So his father wanted him to take a different path and pursue a career.

However, the Daning law stipulates that a merchant family cannot marry a scholar within three generations, unless there is a scholar-official family willing to marry them as a guarantor, in which case they can marry a scholar.

So his father went around the capital city to smooth over his connections, and finally made an agreement with the Wang family to marry their concubine's daughter to him.

Su Lingyue asked curiously, "What did Miss Wang go to Zhao's Company for today? It shouldn't be to buy anything!"

Zhao Xingzhou explained with a gloomy look, "My father has agreed. If they agree to the marriage, Miss Wang can get things worth one thousand taels from the shop in addition to her monthly allowance."

"I see!"

Su Lingyue put down the teacup in her hand, looked at Zhao Xingzhou who looked depressed, and asked, "Are you not satisfied with this marriage?"

Zhao Xingzhou nodded, "Well, that woman is not only ignorant, but she is also only after the Zhao family's money. If she were an ordinary woman, it would be fine, but if we marry someone like her, there will be no peace in the harem."

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, I don't like to be a scholar. I just want to do business, but my father doesn't want to follow my wishes."

Su Lingyue probably understood Zhao Xingzhou's thoughts, and asked directly, "You want to cancel the engagement, so you want me and the prince to be your backers?"

Zhao Xingzhou looked at Xiao Yu and Su Lingyue and explained that although the marriage was arranged by his father, he was the person involved.

If the engagement is canceled hastily, it might anger Wang Qing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

As merchants, they have the most dealings with the Ministry of Revenue every year, so it would be easy for them to make things difficult for them if the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue intended to do so.

Moreover, now that Jiang Fu is in prison, the new Minister of Revenue is likely to be Wang Qing.

So he wanted to find a good backer.

"Of course, I won't just ask for it out of thin air. If the prince and princess agree, I will give 30% of the profits of the West Side Business Company I run to the prince and princess every year."

Zhao Xingzhou looked at Xiao Yu and Su Lingyue. Although both of them were wealthy, who in this world would complain about having too much money?

Although 30% profit is not high, the total profit of more than a dozen trading companies in the west is hundreds of thousands of taels, which is not a small amount for them.

If he could win over these two in this way, he would no longer have to worry about threats from any high-ranking official in the capital.

This is a great deal!

"My Lord, is the princess willing?"

Xiao Yu looked calm, but his tone was cold, "I refuse!"