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Hearing Su Yu’s extremely displeased tone, Wang Jinhe’s mouth twitched. She was just expressing her feelings, why was he so upset?
“I was just saying it casually.”
“Even casual remarks are not allowed,” Su Yu said in an unusually domineering manner.
Wang Jinhe pointed at herself. When did this guy become so domineering?
Rolling her eyes at Su Yu, Wang Jinhe didn’t say anything else to him. She got up and went to the wine shop to check on a new wine that had just been prepared. She wondered how it tasted.
Su Yu didn’t follow her. Instead, he called Yuan Bao to arrange everything Wang Jinhe wanted to do.
Yuan Bao was surprised to learn that all these things were what Wang Jinhe wanted to do. He looked at Su Yu curiously and asked, “Is this really what the young lady said?”
“Otherwise?” Could it be someone else?
Yuan Bao couldn’t help but speak, “If it’s really the young lady, then she has truly come to a complete realization this time.”
However, as soon as they spread the news, an unexpected visitor arrived at the house.
“Young Master,” two days later, Yuan Bao came in from outside and walked up to Su Yu, whispering something in his ear.
After listening, Su Yu’s expression became even stranger. He touched his chin and said to Yuan Bao, “Yuan Bao, what do you think Xiao He’s expression will be when she finds out?”
It must be quite interesting.
“The Madam is not at home; she went to the homestead. The young master is already waiting outside. Don’t you plan to go and see?” Yuan Bao looked at Su Yu and asked.
Su Yu nodded with a smile. It seemed like he was going to see the person, after all, he was one needed forXiao He’s scheme.
Accompanied by Yuan bao, Su Yu walked over to the man sitting there.
“Gu Yanqi pays his respects to the Prince.” The man sitting there saw Su Yu approaching and knelt down to pay his respects.
“This is not the capital; there’s no need for so much formality. Please rise,” Su Yu said coldly.
Gu Yanqi got up from the ground. This time, he didn’t sit down but said, “Prince, may I ask where the Princess has gone?”
“Do you have business with my wife?” Although Su Yu knew Gu Yanqi didn’t mean it that way, he still felt angry.
This guy’s words were really easy to misunderstand.
“Prince, you’ve misunderstood. I just heard that the Princess has a lot of good wine here, so I wanted to collaborate with her,” Gu Yanqi said. Hearing Su Yu’s words, Gu Yanqi had no more doubts. The Prince had misunderstood.
“If you want to discuss business, talk to me.”
Gu Yanqi twitched his mouth as he looked at Su Yu. How did he not realize that Su Yu was actually a jealous person? But he couldn’t say that.
“Prince, I want to buy some wine, if…” Gu Yanqi hesitated, but in the end, he couldn’t say what he wanted to say.
“Do you want the recipe for brewing the wine?” Su Yu looked at Gu Yanqi and asked.
Gu Yanqi looked surprised, as if he didn’t expect Su Yu to say such a thing.
“I want to buy the recipe.”
Yuan Bao handed a price list to Gu Yanqi and said, “Madam’s winery currently produces a total of twelve types of fruit wine and spirits, with each type priced at no less than one hundred taels per pound. Even so, our Madam’s wine sells very well, and there are times when it’s even out of stock, and this is the result after the Madam controls the quantity.”
Gu Yanqi frowned as he looked at Yuan Bao. What did he mean by saying these things?
“Mr. Gu, after you’ve looked at the price list, then we can discuss buying the brewing recipe,” Yuan Bao said, not looking down on Gu Yanqi. The wine brewed by their Madam was not ordinary. How could Gu Yanqi just say he wanted to buy it and expect to get it?
Gu Yanqi lowered his head and looked at the price list, feeling increasingly apprehensive as he looked at it.
The wine was so expensive?
“How much silver do you think it would take to buy my wife’s brewing recipe? Can you afford it?” Su Yu said coldly, looking at Gu Yanqi.
Gu Yanqi frowned, his face turning somewhat unsightly.
In the past, he had been able to buy good brewing recipes with money, and many people were willing to sell them to him. But now, after seeing this price list, he felt uneasy.
In the past, the recipes he bought cost no more than a hundred taels, while Wang Jinhe’s wine was priced at a hundred taels per catty, and the most expensive grape wine cost several hundred taels per catty.
What could he use to buy the recipe? Even if Su Yu and his wife agreed to let him buy the brewing recipe, would he have the money to buy it? All the recipes they held were worth a fortune.
“Can you supply me with wine for a long time?” Since he couldn’t obtain the recipe, he planned to buy wine from Su Yu.
“Supply wine?” Su Yu pondered over these words and suddenly burst into laughter.
Seeing Su Yu laughing, Gu Yanqi frowned. Was his question really that funny? Why did it make Su Yu react like this?
“After our wine is released, no one has ever shamelessly asked us to supply wine to their family,” Su Yu said. Gu Yanqi was either too confident or something else, to be able to say such things.
“Our wine has always been limited in quantity, and it’s first come, first served. We’ve never agreed to long-term supply,” this was a rule known to everyone, and Gu Yanqi seemed to be taking it for granted.
Was he too used to buying wine in this manner, thinking that everyone would fall for it?
Gu Yanqi seemed to realize that he had made a mistake and quickly said, “Prince, I misspoke. We will buy the limited quantity from you.”
“Unfortunately, we just sold a batch of wine yesterday, and the new batch won’t be available for at least a month. The stock has already been sold out,” Su Yu didn’t lie. Many people did come to buy wine yesterday, and the previous stock was completely sold out.
Frowning, Gu Yanqi thought it was too much of a coincidence.
“Are you suspecting me?” Su Yu saw Gu Yanqi’s expression and couldn’t possibly not know what he was thinking.
“I dare not.”
“Gu Yanqi, what I said is true. Whether you believe it or not is up to you,” Su Yu said coldly, even colder than at the beginning.
Gu Yanqi felt regretful and annoyed. He shouldn’t have said such things. If Su Yu took it seriously, wouldn’t he be completely unable to buy wine here?
When he came, he had inquired about many things, such as Wang Jinhe’s ability to grow fruits and vegetables that could nourish the body, and the fragrant wine she brewed. She was not only the imperial Princess but also a titled county princess with a fief, and she even managed to grow rice with a yield of a thousand kilograms per mu.
He had learned about all of this, but he had not learned about her husband, Su Yu.
“Prince, I didn’t suspect you, I just found it a bit too coincidental,” Gu Yanqi explained, feeling even more regretful. What was he even saying?
Su Yu shrugged noncommittally, showing that he wasn’t bothered by Gu Yanqi’s words. He didn’t continue to engage with Gu Yanqi, instead choosing to sit and read a book.