368 Trading (2/2)

”Did you take me as a customer?” Ming Hui laughed bitterly.

”There is no way a merchant would pass off change like this, Prince Ming Hui,” Tang Xuan answered calmly, ”You're rich and I think you can help me by buying them.”

Ming Hui shook his head, ”even if I don't need them?”

”You can buy them for the future.”

”No thank you, I'm not that rich to buy your things and our funds are used to maintain a better place for our people here,” the fund they have already decreased a lot because of the war. He himself didn't have much money anymore aside from the one he got from opening his hospital.

”I see. It's too bad,” Tang Xuan retrieved the paper back and focused his attention back to the two merchants in front of him. The two of them were still busy discussing how the trade can benefit the two of them. As talented merchants, the two of them would not accept being on the losing end of this trade.

Ming Hui watched the two of them with curiosity, ”Does the princesses in your country are excellent merchants?”

”Not all of them, Princess Xiao Meng is an exception,” Tang Xuan answered.

Seeing how Tang Xuan can maintain a refined bearing, Ming Hui remembered about Jun Min again. Both of them looked exceptionally harmless. If not for him seeing Tang Xuan fighting with Soujin just a few minutes before, he would never think that this person was someone so capable even though he already heard many things about the other party. It was the same with Jun Hua, if not because he had seen how Jun Hua fought in the past, he would never believe that Jun Hua and Jun Min was the same person.

Before the meeting ended, Lin Hong came to the room politely. He was one of the officials in the palace who worked under Ming Hui for the time being.

”Your Highness, this is the report for today's court,” Ling Hong handed a stack of paper to Ming Hui.

Ming Hui stared at the paper helplessly. Because Yan didn't stay in the court today, they needed to discuss the matter themselves. Some of the important ones needed the emperor's personal permission and the number of these kinds of paper was not small.

”Help me group them into several stacks,” Ming Hui beckoned Lin Hong to help him.

Lin Hong nodded his head and started working. From the corner of his eyes, he could see that the emperor and the princess were still busy talking about trading and all. He was not a merchant, but he knew that the trades they were talking about were of large scale.

”Ignore them and focus on the paper,” Ming Hui said.

Lin Hong nodded his head. He wondered whether the emperor finally took a fancy to a noble girl or if she was just a merchant in front of his eyes.

Ming Hui shook his head as if reading what Ling Hong thought, ”Don't think about it. He won't be happy with you interfering in his life.”

Lin Hong nodded his head. He knew that there would be no one who would be happy with other people interfering with his life. He too shouldn't do that, especially since the other person is the emperor of Long Kingdom.

”Besides, his reaction with every pretty girl is mostly the same.”

”…” At that point, Lin Hong didn't want to think about the matter anymore. There was simply nothing he could say about this emperor's conduct and he won't be able to bear the punishment should he say something wrong.

In the end, inside that big room, the people were separated into several groups. Yan and Xiao Meng were talking about trade, Tang Xuan wrote down the discussion, and Ming Hui with Lin Hong were busy separating the task. On the side, steward Du just stood quietly as if he was a statue watching the movement of the people inside the room without moving even an inch.