Chapter 442 - Chapter 442: Chapter 429: I Cant Believe You (1/2)

Chapter 442: Chapter 429: I Can’t Believe You

“Among all the princes, you cause the most headaches for the Empress. If she’s angry with me about anything, seeing you, she’d probably only think about blaming you and forget about me.”

That was Chu Jinnian’s muted reply.

“Damn you, Chu Jinnian, you’re actually harboring such a scheme!” Chu Yunzhao waved off his statement dismissively, “Go on your own then, I won’t accompany you!”

“Oh?” Chu Jinnian cast a glance at Chu Yunzhao, “Is the Fourth Prince sure he won’t accompany me?”

“If the Empress has invited others, there must be other women accompanying our visit…”

If there are other women present, then why can’t the Luo family be there?

Moreover, since they have already planned to meet with the Empress, it’s never impossible to find an excuse to invite the Luo family over. Even if the Empress pays close attention, she can’t restrain them forever, there will always be opportunities.

If he were to invite Miss Luo, it might seem abrupt, and give people reason to gossip, but now with the Empress as a cover, things are different.

“Let’s go, how can we not?”

Once Chu Yunzhao figured this out, his prior dissatisfaction quickly transformed into a smiling face, his grin showing unreserved obsequiousness.

“Everything else doesn’t matter, as long as you, Jinnian, invite me to go with you, I’ll accompany you even through fire and water!” Chu Yunzhao pounded his chest with “thump-thump” sounds.

Seeing that Chu Jinnian had no response to his words, Chu Yunzhao chuckled again, “Thank you, my Prince.”

“If your gratitude is just in words, it seems a little insincere.” Chu Jinnian tilted his head, “How about something more substantial?”

“What do you want?” Chu Yunzhao quirked his chin up.

“Didn’t you offer me a shop before, asking me to choose one out of two? How about giving me the other one now?” Chu Jinnian made his request without any hesitation.

Asking for the shop right away, Chu Jinnian was certainly not modest about it.

And it seemed rather strange somehow…

Chu Yunzhao raised his eyebrows, “Have you recently encountered some financial difficulty? If you need silver, say it directly.”

As Fourth Prince, with the additional backing of Concubine Hui, and even beyond that, the Emperor and the Qiao family, they may not be rich enough to rival the country, but they are absolutely capable of solving the majority of money problems.

“But, wait a minute, you’re short of money?”

The gifts from the former Princess Qi’s dowry had mostly been given to Chu Jinnian, not to mention the Emperor and Empress’ rewards…

Chu Jinnian should be flush with wealth, not in need of funds.

“I am not short of money.” Chu Jinnian answered.

“Then you…” Chu Yunzhao grew increasingly perplexed.

“I just want the store.” Chu Jinnian rubbed his nose, “And it need to be a better and more abundant one.”

“I see, you’re not satisfied unless you can get something out of me…”

Chu Yunzhao sneered.

What are shops for?

They’re for doing business and earning silver.

If he’s not short of money, why would he want so many shops? The highly respectable Prince of Qi doesn’t have any particular interest in business, it’s obvious he just wants to get something from him to be satisfied.

“I can’t give you a shop this time, how about…”

The newly acquired pair of jade vases in the study, Chu Yunzhao found them a bit inconvenient to keep, and thought about giving them to Chu Jinnian to get rid of him.

“If it’s not enough, just save it up, and give it when it is enough.” Chu Jinnian answered.