EBE Chapter 345 Two Debts
Chapter 345 Two Debts
Gao Yuan finally came to his senses, but he was still worried: "I was just thinking, how can I pay it back, pay it back to the princess..."
"Who needs your repayment? Go and get the job done first." Neither Zhou Chang nor Prince Yi had ever thought of asking Gao Yuan to repay.
Gao Yuan gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I will return it. I thank you, my lord and princess."
"No need to say, no need to say. Go have breakfast and get ready. We'll set off soon when the banknotes arrive." Zhou Chang waved his hand.
Gao Yuan bowed deeply with one hand across the screen, then strode away.
The skinny monkey looked left and right and couldn't help asking, "My Lord, what's going on?"
"Oh, don't ask, you'll know sooner or later." Zhou Chang wanted to shake his head, but it only caused his ears to blink twice.
Ever since I turned into a "pig head", my appetite has also increased.
Zhou Chang picked up some sweet snacks and stuffed them into his mouth. Although he was a “math idiot”, he still had no problem with basic addition and subtraction. “So, by this calculation, I owe you a total of 35,000 taels of silver. I don’t know when I can pay you back. But don’t worry, I have this debt in my mind and I will definitely pay it back.”
This little bit of money was nothing to Yuan Qi, and he didn't even bother to raise his eyelids: "Your Highness, don't take it to heart."
The more this happened, the more Zhou Chang became determined: "I must return this money."
Yuan Qi suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, since the prince asked me to borrow money, why didn't he use the gold bricks and silver bars in the treasure house?"
"Ahem..." Zhou Chang almost choked, and pretended to cough while trying to think of an explanation, "Ah, those are naturally kept at the bottom of the box, and can't be used easily."
"Oh..." Yuan Qi didn't know whether to believe it or not, but it wasn't the first time he tried to find out the truth.
Zhou Chang made many mistakes because he talked too much, so he just ate hard for a while. When he stopped, he regained his thick skin and asked, "Do you have any quick way to make money? Can you teach me?"
She was in debt on both ends, and now she was not only penniless but also in debt. Not to mention that her "live streaming with goods" business could not be carried out, even Prince Yi's Mansion had to find a way to increase its income, otherwise how could she pay it off.
Yuan Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, there is, but will Your Majesty agree?"
"I'm talking about serious business that makes money quickly." Zhou Chang immediately understood that Yuan Qi was joking.
"Then no." Yuan Qi finally scooped up half a bowl of porridge and started eating.
Although Zhou Chang knew this clearly, he still felt disappointed.
Yuan Qi, however, had another question: "Your Highness is doing his utmost to help Gao Yuan. This is an unprecedented master-servant relationship. Your Highness should know that Gao Yuan will never be able to pay back tens of thousands of taels of silver, let alone his entire life, even if he sacrifices his life."
"He doesn't need to pay it back. As long as they can get what they want, it will be worth it." Zhou Chang, with his "pig head", was also drinking the last bowl of sweet soup made of unknown ingredients. It tasted fresh and sweet, a flavor he had never tasted before.
"They?" Yuan Qi had already put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked in confusion.
It is understandable that she spared no effort to help Gao Yuan, but Liu E and Prince Yi must have only met once last night.
Zhou Chang made up a lie: "Ah, if Gao Yuan is happy, Gao Yun can rest assured. Both of them are working in this government, and I hope they can live a good life."
Yuan Qi sighed with emotion: "It is their great fortune to meet a master like the prince."
"Me, Gao Yuan and Shou Hou, we are considered a 'dog hole'..., that is, extraordinary." Zhou Chang almost said the four words "dog hole friendship" directly, but quickly swallowed the words back while drinking the sweet soup.
Yuan Qi still heard it clearly: "What's a dog hole?"
Zhou Chang regretted what he said immediately. He couldn't bring up Prince Yi's past, so he had to play it safe: "It's a long story. It was a misunderstanding that caused Gao Yuan to save my life. So, now that he wants to get married, how can I not fully support him?"
"Oh..." Yuan Qi nodded, as if this made more sense.
Zhou Chang's mind was filled with the "dog hole friendship" issue, but Prince Yi had another question of interest: "The yard next door was bought by your father as a dowry for you, but I'm still curious, what was that yard used for before? Who was the owner?"
"We have to ask Madam Duan about this matter." Yuan Qi was not very clear about the East Courtyard, and urged, "Lu Ping, go and see why Lu Ju and Madam Duan haven't come yet. By the way, ask her to bring the sales contract of the East Courtyard as well."
"Yes." Lu Ping agreed and stepped back.
"No need, I'm just asking casually." Zhou Chang was just asking casually, he didn't expect Yuan Qi to be so serious.
After eating breakfast, I couldn’t go anywhere with my “pig head” on my head, so I moved back to bed. I ate and slept, slept and ate, and I really became a pig.
Just as she got on the bed, Nanny Duan came in with a brocade box and an older man following behind her.
Yuan Qi knew Zhou Chang was anxious, so he didn't need her to speak, and instructed first: "Manager Duan, take 30,000 taels of silver notes and go to Yaoyuefang with the prince's personal bodyguard Gao Shiwei to redeem Liu E. If the deposit of 30,000 taels of silver is not enough, you can add to it as appropriate. Make sure to get the job done."
"Yes, I know." A man bowed and answered in an incomprehensible southern accent, then immediately retreated.
Zhou Chang could only see a vague figure through the screen and the curtain. He knew that the steward Duan should be Nanny Duan's husband, but he didn't know whether Nanny Duan was called Nanny Duan because of her husband's surname. Other than that, he had no impression of her at all.
After Manager Duan left, Nanny Duan stepped forward and said, "Princess, the house deeds and land deeds are in the box. I couldn't find them all at once, so I took them all here."
Yuan Qi went out to receive her and asked, "Madam Duan, how much do you know about the east courtyard?"
"I heard from my wife that there was a family living in the yard above, but someone died there and it became a haunted house. Later, it was sold at a low price and used as a warehouse. It usually stores goods there and is guarded by only a few people, so it looks deserted. The master bought the house because it was close to the palace and convenient to use." Nanny Duan reported.
As Yuan Qi listened, he flipped through the property deeds in the brocade box, and finally found one. He showed it to Zhou Chang and said, "It says here that the previous owner was a merchant named Jin who resold it."
"Yes, his surname should be Jin, and he seems to be in the fur business." Nanny Duan thought she was talking to her through the screen.
"Haunted house?" Zhou Chang looked at the title deed in his hand and could not understand anything. However, he did not expect that the yard actually had a history of being a "haunted house".
Nanny Duan quickly explained outside: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Before buying the house, the master asked someone to calculate it, and later asked a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirits. It must be clean now."