Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 97 Ji Qingkong Seeking Credit

After bidding farewell to the Second Prince, Zhao Qi'an came out of the Zhaixing Tower with a book box in his hand.

His carriage was waiting outside the restaurant, but to his surprise, the old Duke was not waiting in the carriage, but was standing outside the carriage talking to someone.

As soon as Zhao Qi'an walked out of the restaurant, the two people who were talking noticed him.

The man who was talking to the Duke of England turned around and greeted Zhao Qi'an in a friendly manner: "Sister-in-law."

This person is Zhao Qi'an's brother-in-law, Ji Qingkong.

Zhao Qi'an stopped and looked at Ji Qingkong, wondering, "My uncle is here, are you waiting for me?"

"That's natural."

After Ji Qingkong said something to the old Duke, he walked quickly towards Zhao Qian'an with a smile on his face, looking quite intimate and enthusiastic.

He is more handsome than Yuzhen, and his smile is as gentle as spring breeze, making it hard not to like him.

But Zhao Qian'an frowned, as if he saw trouble when he saw him.

Ji Qingkong came in front of Zhao Qi'an, looked at the gate of Zhaixing Tower with curiosity, and said, "I have been waiting for my brother-in-law for a long time. What did the Second Prince talk to you about in private?"

Seeing him reaching out to hold his shoulder, Zhao Qi'an moved away calmly and said, "Uncle, why don't you go and ask the Second Prince in person?"

Ji Qingkong stretched out his hand but it fell into the air. He withdrew his hand with an embarrassed smile and did not mention the matter again.

He glanced at the empty space nearby and said, "Can I have a moment to talk?"

Zhao Qi'an said calmly: "Let's talk about it here."

Although the two are uncle and aunt, it is obvious from just a few words that their relationship is not very harmonious, and is even a little cold.

But Ji Qingkong was thick-skinned and didn't care about this at all and continued to come forward.

He glanced at Zhao Qian'an with some resentment and said, "Brother-in-law, you are too unkind. No matter what, Yuzhen is your wife and my biological sister. We are a family. Family members should be closer to each other..."

"If your Highness has nothing else to do, I will leave first."

Seeing Ji Qingkong playing the emotional card, Zhao Qian'an didn't want to pay any attention to him and turned around to leave.

Ji Qingkong quickly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute... The Second Prince bought your Enlightenment Tea. I was the one who introduced him to the store and secretly sent someone to raise the price. Anyway, you made such a big profit this time, so I should have a share, right?"

These words made Zhao Qian stop and look at him for a second.

He said calmly, "What do you mean by this, uncle?"

Ji Qingkong smiled proudly: "Don't play dumb with me. His Majesty's birthday is coming soon. Your Zhao family has a treasure like Enlightenment Tea. You don't keep it for yourself and offer it to the emperor, but put it up for auction. Isn't it obvious that you want to rip off the victim? Now that I have brought you this fat sheep, are you satisfied?"

It was hard to imagine that this was Ji Qingkong who had just behaved submissively in front of the Second Prince.

At the moment, there were only him and Zhao Qi'an, but he actually directly called the second prince a "fat sheep".

Zhao Qi'an glanced at the Zhaixing Tower behind him and said coldly, "The Second Prince is still in the Zhaixing Tower. Uncle, aren't you afraid that there are ears on the other side of the wall?"

Ji Qingkong said with a smile: "There are only you and me here, and don't say that this matter was all the idea of ​​the Zhao family. You are the young master of the Zhao family, and you are also involved in this matter. So who would spread this word?"

Zhao Qi'an also laughed and said, "The Zhao family's auction is fair and honest. If someone raises the price maliciously, what does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with the Zhao family?"

Ji Qingkong suddenly stopped laughing.

He held it in for a long time, then said, "Don't be ridiculous. How could my brother-in-law betray me?"

"hehe."

"People can't, or at least shouldn't... After all, your family is making more money, right?"

Zhao Qi'an interrupted him and said directly: "Tell me, what are you going to do?" Ji Qingkong's face looked better and he smiled and said: "It's not that my father's birthday is coming soon, but I... I am really short of money, so I hope my brother-in-law can help me."

Zhao Qi'an asked, "You want money?"

Ji Qingkong's face turned serious, and he shook his head and said, "I want a treasure that will satisfy my father. I don't ask for it to be better than the gifts prepared by my brothers, but I just want it to be so that no one can find fault with it."

After saying this, he looked at Zhao Qian'an nervously, as if he was afraid that he would not agree.

But unexpectedly, Zhao Qi'an nodded and agreed readily: "Okay..."

Ji Qingkong's eyes suddenly lit up, and his face showed joy.

But the next moment, Zhao Qi'an's words froze the smile on his face: "Return some of the things that should have belonged to my house."

Ji Qingkong looked somewhat at a loss: "What does my brother-in-law mean by this..."

Zhao Qi'an didn't give him the chance to play dumb and patted him on the shoulder: "Uncle, go back and think about it carefully. If you have made up your mind, come to my house to find me."

After saying that, he and Ji Qingkong passed each other and walked towards the carriage.

The frivolous look on Ji Qingkong's face disappeared and his eyes became gloomy.

……

At the princess's mansion, Zhao Qi'an returned to his own courtyard.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Chou Nu sitting at the table, his chin resting on his hand, taking a nap.

Perhaps startled by the sound of the door opening, she nodded her head sharply, then opened her eyes and looked around in confusion. When she saw it was Zhao Qian'an, she wiped her mouth hurriedly and stood up: "Master, you're back?"

Zhao Qi'an asked: "Why don't you go to bed?"

"Aren't you going to a banquet tonight? I thought you would come back from drinking, so I made you some hangover soup and kept it warm on the stove. I'll go and bring it to you."

Although Chou Nu is a bit careless in his actions, he is still thoughtful.

As she spoke, she walked out of the house.

There is a kitchen in the yard. It is a shack built by Chounu herself after she came. There are several earthen stoves inside. Not long ago, she used this earthen stove to cook for Zhao Qian'an every day.

However, the meals in this courtyard are now prepared by the kitchen staff of the mansion, so Chounu saved some effort, but the shack was not demolished. Occasionally, when Zhao Qi'an was still busy in the study late at night, she would go and make some midnight snacks herself and bring them to him, so as to save the trouble of waking up the servants of the mansion in the middle of the night.

After a while, the ugly slave came in with a bowl of hot soup.

Although Zhao Qi'an drank alcohol at night, with his cultivation level, he was able to eliminate the smell of alcohol by exhaling it.

However, he did not reject the kindness of the ugly slave. He took the bowl and drank from it with a spoon.

The soup was still warm, with sourness from hawthorn and black plum, a light herbal flavor from kudzu flowers and Hovenia dulcis, and even a few slices of ginger to dispel cold and warm the stomach.

It's not very tasty, but it's not bad either.

While Zhao Qi'an was drinking his soup, Ugly Slave slapped his forehead and remembered something: "Oh, by the way, after you went to the banquet today, someone came to your house and delivered an invitation."

She reached into her arms and fumbled around for a while, took out an invitation and placed it in front of Zhao Qian'an.

Zhao Qi'an put down the soup bowl, took the invitation and looked at it. After seeing who sent it, a look of slight surprise appeared in his eyes.

This invitation was sent by the third prince.

He personally sent someone to your house to deliver the invitation, which shows his sincerity.

(End of this chapter)