My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 37 Two Princesses Visit
When Xu Qin heard what Xu Huizu said, his face was full of contempt. A grown man was afraid of a woman!
"What are you looking at? Let me tell you, your grandfather loves your eldest aunt the most. Your eldest aunt is smart, much smarter than the rest of us. She is better than us at studying, martial arts, and military tactics. When we were young, your grandfather went to war and it was your eldest aunt who watched us study. We were beaten every day!

Even now, if I fight your aunt, I may not be your aunt's opponent. Don't underestimate your aunt. When I was 18 years old, I fought with your aunt once, and your aunt beat me so hard that I had to lie in bed for half a month. "Xu Huizu continued to warn Xu Qin.

When Xu Qin heard this, his eyes widened. The elder aunt looked very gentle and a lady from a noble family, but beneath her gentleness, she actually hid such violent energy.

"Do you know why Zhu Di was afraid of your aunt? Zhu Di was beaten by your aunt and knocked off his horse. Your grandfather often said, it's a pity that she is a girl, and it's a good thing for Zhu Di!" Xu Huizu said to Xu Qin with a sigh.

"What should I do if my aunt comes to find me?" Xu Qin asked Xu Huizu.

Xu Huizu answered without hesitation: "Then solve it yourself, don't ask me, and don't let your aunt come back!"

"No, how can you just ignore it? I'm your son! Can you carry it for me?" Xu Qin said to Xu Huizu with contempt.

Xu Huizu sighed and said, "Bao'er, even if Zhu Di wants to bully you, I, your father, will stand up to him. But I really can't stand your aunt. You don't know your aunt. Sometimes she is really unreasonable. Don't mess with her. Do you hear me?"

"Coward!" Xu Qin still said with contempt.

"I'm a coward?" After hearing this, Xu Huizu stood up angrily and pointed at Xu Qin and said, "You know Li Jinglong, right? He's not good at commanding a war, but he does have some skills. You know, when he sees your aunt, he walks around her. If he stands in front of her, his legs tremble uncontrollably!
When he was young, your aunt beat him half to death several times. In his own words, he was on the verge of death several times. If you don't believe me, go ask him!"

Xu Qin stared at Xu Huizu in amazement. His aunt had such a brilliant record and was actually so powerful.

"Anyway, if you offend your aunt, don't count on me. To be exact, don't count on anyone else. Even Zhu Di doesn't dare to act rashly in front of your aunt! You'd better be careful. If your aunt knows about this, you have to think of a countermeasure." Xu Huizu said to Xu Qin.

"Your Majesty, are you really afraid of my aunt?" Xu Qin frowned and said to Xu Huizu.

"It's not that I'm afraid. After all, your aunt won't cause trouble easily. But if she does, Zhu Di will have to hide. He has to hide. Sometimes your aunt gets mad, and she can be quite cruel!" Xu Huizu sat down and said after thinking for a while.

After hearing this, Xu Qin thought about it, touched his head, and murmured, "I was thinking that you would help me, but I didn't expect... It seems that I can't count on you. At worst, I won't go to the palace!"

Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qin in shock: "Not going? How brave are you? Let me tell you, if you don't go, you can think about the consequences yourself. I dare not bear the consequences for you!"

"Ah?" Xu Qin looked at Xu Huizu in amazement.

The next day, it was still noon when Xu Qin got up and went to the workshop.

When they arrived at the workshop, they found several carriages parked there. When Xu Qin saw the signs hanging on the carriages, he knew that the princesses had arrived.

Xu Qin smiled and walked inside with his hands behind his back.

Before he sat down, the servant guarding the workshop door came over and said, "Princess Ningguo and Princess Daming want to see you."

Xu Qin nodded after hearing this. Princess Ningguo was Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest daughter and Zhu Di's full sister. However, she was not the eldest. The eldest was Princess Ning'an, who was originally married to Li Shanchang's son. Later, when Li Shanchang was killed, he was sent to live in Jiangpu. Now among those in Nanjing, Princess Ningguo was the eldest.

Xu Qin stood up and walked towards the workshop door with his hands behind his back. No matter what, the other party was a princess, of his father's generation, so he had to give her some face, but it was just a little face.

When Xu Qin arrived at the door of the workshop, he saw two princesses standing there. Xu Qin knew them both, but Princess Daming stared at Xu Qin with anger. After all, Xu Qin had beaten his son Li Zhuang.

"I, Xu Qin, pay my respects to Princess Ningguo and Princess Daming!" Xu Qin said to them with a smile and bowed.

Princess Ningguo raised her hand and smiled, "No need to be polite. I wanted to visit you at your house, but I was worried that it would cause unnecessary trouble, so I can only wait for you here. Please forgive me!"

"I dare not, please!" Xu Qin said with a smile. His father was imprisoned and most people did not dare to visit him.

Xu Qin led the way and took them to the workshop's office.

The weather is already quite cold, but when I entered the office, the heating felt very comfortable.

"Your Highnesses, please take a seat." Xu Qin gestured to them for invitation, and then went to make tea for them.

"Shajiabao, why are you still making tea by yourself? Didn't your mother arrange a few maids to serve you?" Princess Ningguo asked curiously with a smile. Logically speaking, how could a young man like Xu Qin do things by himself?
"I've arranged it, but it's troublesome to bring him over. There are people working here, and there are many things to do in the mansion, so it's better for me to come by myself and save trouble!" Xu Qin said with a smile.

"Well, there have been great changes!" Princess Ningguo nodded and said with a smile.

Then he looked around Xu Qin's office. It was very simple, with a stove he had never seen before, a table, a few chairs, and a recliner. On the table were some pens, ink, paper, and inkstone.

After Xu Qin finished brewing the tea, he brought it over and placed it in front of them, saying, "Please forgive me for my limited conditions!"

"Well, it's okay. We were wrong in the previous incident, so when Princess Baoqing sent the news yesterday, we came here today. I have to say, Sakyabao, you are indeed very capable!" Princess Ningguo sat there and said with a smile.
Princess Daming still didn't say anything. She came here today mainly to accompany Princess Ningguo. This was also Princess Ningguo's intention. If they could talk it out and let Princess Daming and Xu Qin apologize, the matter would be over.

Princess Daming was of course not convinced, but when she thought about the Chen family cloth shop, she could get a dividend of tens of thousands of taels every month. Now they could hardly sell any of their cloth. For the sake of money, they had no choice but to endure it.

Xu Qin smiled, holding his teacup and sitting on the recliner.

"Shijiabao, tell me your conditions. The Xiao family's cloth shop has no relationship with you, so you don't need to support it so strongly. The conditions of the Xiao family should be the same as those of our Chen family's cloth shop. How about it?" Princess Ningguo looked at Xu Qin and said with a smile.

"Well, the condition is that the cloth costs 40 taels of silver per piece. You get the money first and then the goods. And you get the goods yourself." Xu Qin nodded and said.

"What? Forty taels of silver per horse? Doesn't that mean we can't make a penny and we have to pay for the transportation ourselves?" Princess Daming became unhappy when she heard this and said to Xu Qin.

"That's the condition. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask me! However, even with that condition, I probably won't be able to give it to you before the end of the year. I value my promises."

When Xiao's cloth shop approached me and was willing to sell my cloth at this price, I was grateful, so I thought to myself that I would supply them before the New Year. If they want cloth, they can get it after the New Year. "Xu Qin sat there and said lightly.

"After the New Year?" Princess Ningguo couldn't help but frown after hearing this!
Princess Daming couldn't help it, and said to Xu Qin: "Shajiabao, there are still two months before the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year is when cotton cloth is sold in large quantities. It can be said that more than half of the annual sales of cotton cloth are sold in the month before the Chinese New Year. You want us to wait until after the Chinese New Year? If you say so, how can we talk about it?"

"This is my condition. I am grateful to the Xiao family's cloth shop. Is that not okay?" Xu Qin said calmly while looking at Princess Daming.

"Shakyabao, no matter what! We must get the goods before the New Year." Princess Daming said firmly.

Princess Ningguo frowned slightly, feeling that Princess Daming was too harsh in her words, but Xu Qin was also too arrogant, so Princess Ningguo did not try to stop her.

"Your Highness, I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you, but it's not possible before the New Year. Before the New Year, we may not even be able to satisfy the Xiao family's cloth shop, and there are more than ten Xiao family cloth shops across the country. Besides, it's not that I want to neglect you on purpose. In fact, hey, I have my own difficulties!" Xu Qin first smiled, then said with embarrassment.

"What could be the reason?" Princess Daming asked, and Princess Ningguo also looked at Xu Qin.

"You didn't hear the news? That's impossible?" Xu Qin pretended to be surprised.

"What news?" Princess Daimyo asked casually.

"Your Majesty wants to take over my Xu family's workshops and merge them into the Weaving Bureau. We have been discussing this. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been going to my house every day these days, hoping that my father will agree. My father disagrees. So, if I agree to you now, once the Weaving Bureau takes over and we can't supply cloth, it will have a greater impact on your cloth shop, right?
Besides, once the Weaving Bureau takes over my cloth shop, these cloths will definitely be sold at Ning's cloth shop, and you will have nothing to do with it. So when I said after the New Year, I didn't mean to neglect you or embarrass you. You can go and ask!" Xu Qin sat there and said with a smile.

Princess Daming immediately turned her head and looked at Princess Ningguo. Both of them frowned. They really didn't know the news.

"You really don't know?" Xu Qin said in surprise.

"Yes, but, right? Can the Weaving Bureau seize private workshops?" Princess Ningguo still looked at Xu Qin with a frown.

"If you don't believe it, you can go and ask around. It shouldn't be difficult to find out news like this. If you don't dare to ask His Majesty, you might dare to ask the Crown Prince, especially Her Royal Highness Princess Ningguo. What do you think?" Xu Qin said with a smile.

"Well, if that's the case, we really need to reconsider. Are you sure the Weaving Bureau wants to take all of them away?" Princess Ningguo stared at Xu Qin and asked again, unable to believe it.

If this is the case, then their Chen family cloth shop might have to go bankrupt, which is not acceptable. Chen family cloth shop is very important to those princesses.

(End of this chapter)