At this time, Zhu Gui, facing the rude Lan Yu, nodded to him with a smile and said: "General, you are polite."
After saying that, he actually stood aside and took the initiative to make way for the other party's carriage.
Lan Yu's eyes flashed with surprise, and his driver's jaw almost dropped.
The guards at the entrance of the palace were even more amazed at this. They had long been accustomed to Lan Yu's arrogance and rudeness, but Lan Yu had never been so rude to a prince, and the prince had not yet gotten angry.
However, considering that the acting king Zhu Gui has the worst reputation among the many princes, he is also the one who is the least lovable in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang.
This is probably the real reason why Lan Yu is so confident, but they never expected that the acting king Zhu Gui could be so forbearing.
However, despite the doubts, and although Lan Yu was a little surprised, she still got on the carriage and entered the palace.
Zhu Gui looked at the carriage leaving and thought to himself: "It's so dangerous that we almost missed this person. If this person is not eliminated, he may become a dangerous factor."
Thinking of this, Zhu Gui boarded his carriage and returned to the Prince Dai's Mansion.
What he didn't expect was that the Guo family had been waiting at Dai Wang's Mansion for a long time.
Guo Huanzhi stood at the door of the living room, bowed his head and said, "My lord, are you back?"
Zhu Gui just nodded and entered the living room from his side.
"Where is the princess?" Zhu Gui asked the servants in the living room.
"The princess has gone to the Xu Mansion." the servant replied.
Zhu Gui ordered the pillow again, then sat on the chair, and then looked at Guo Huanzhi.
"What do you mean you are here? If you want to negotiate with me, then don't say anything." Zhu Gui said calmly.
"Why is this, Your Majesty? The Guo family is the natal family of Concubine Hui, and can also be regarded as the Prince's in-laws. Since we are a family, what can't we talk about?" Guo Huanzhi said with a surprised look on his face.
He still doesn't understand how the Guo family offended the young prince in front of him.
Zhu Gui snorted coldly and said, "The Guo family's wishful thinking has all come to me. Isn't it just relying on my mother and queen? But business is business, and relatives are relatives."
"If the Guo family is in trouble, I will naturally provide some assistance, but there is no room for negotiation on business matters. The Guo family will either surrender to the Dai Wang Mansion and join the Datong Chamber of Commerce like the other three major families, or they will be completely replaced by Dai Wang.
The palace is excluded from the entire Nanjing market. It is up to you to decide how to decide."
Zhu Gui said calmly.
Guo Huanzhi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is there no other way?"
"Of course there is. The Guo family can completely give up on business from now on and concentrate on being relatives of the emperor. How about that?"
Zhu Gui snorted coldly and asked.
Guo Huanzhi's face became even more ugly.
It is precisely because of this so-called royal relative that the Guo family has completely lost the opportunity to enter the official career. This seems to be an opportunity to rise to the top, but it is also a rein that limits the development of the Guo family.
Therefore, the Guo family can only develop in business by relying on the name of this royal relative.
But now, due to the emergence of the acting king Zhu Gui, all the Guo family's industries have suffered an unprecedented impact, and now it is very difficult to continue operating.
The Guo family also did not expect that Zhu Gui's methods were so sharp. In a short period of time, he completely controlled the entire Nanjing market and even made the three major families completely surrender to him.
But since the Guo family has Guo Huifei as a backstage, how can they be willing to do this?
But what they didn't expect was that Zhu Gui didn't even give Concubine Guo Hui face.
But they didn't know that Concubine Guo Hui loved her son very much and had no intention of putting pressure on Zhu Gui on this matter.
So the balance of victory completely fell to Zhu Gui's side.
The only two family cards that the Guo family could play have completely failed with Zhu Gui. They now have only two choices, either to completely give up all commercial business, or to surrender to Zhu Gui.
Guo Huanzhi's face became struggling. After a long time, he slowly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your explicit explanation. It's just that this matter is too big. I have to go back and discuss it with the clan leader before we can make a decision."
The reason why the Guo family is so hesitant is actually entirely due to the issue of face. They are not only businessmen, but also relatives of the emperor. Because of the blessing of the latter's name, they want more.
The other three major business families in Nanjing do not have so many worries. After all, the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty is very low, and now they can completely join the line of leading the king by joining the Datong Chamber of Commerce. It can be said that
Very wise.
It was precisely because of this consideration that Zhu Gui showed such an aggressive attitude towards the Guo family.
Guo Huanzhi left with hesitation on his face, and Zhu Gui was about to get up and go to Xu Mansion to have some food, but Xu Miaoqing unexpectedly came back first.
The reason she gave made Zhu Gui dumbfounded, "The food at my home is not as delicious as yours, so I came back."
"Xu Mansion is your home, so where is this place?" Zhu Gui asked him with a smile.
"This is...this is also my home?" Xu Miaoqing pouted and whispered.
"By the way, the queen mother asked us to have a child. Do you like children?" Zhu Gui suddenly remembered what Guo Huifei had told him before she left.
"Children? Of course I like children, but where are we going to have children?" Xu Miaoqing asked innocently.
Zhu Gui couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth after hearing this. Didn't the Xu family educate her in that area?
This is a very troublesome problem.
Seeing Zhu Gui's speechless look, Xu Miaoqing continued to ask, "You haven't told me how to have a child yet?"
"This..." This time it was Zhu Gui's turn to hesitate.
"I'll tell you when I have time later. Now I'm going to prepare delicious food for you." Zhu Gui immediately changed the subject.
Xu Miaoqing's eyes lit up as soon as she heard about eating. As expected, she did not continue to struggle with the child's issue, which made Zhu Gui breathe a sigh of relief.
However, this is always a problem, and it is best to go to Qufu and ask for advice.
So Zhu Gui went to the kitchen of Prince Dai's Mansion and got busy.
Almost every day when he had time, he would prepare delicious food for Xu Miaoqing in different ways. This made Xu Miaoqing's eyes look like she was looking at delicious food every time she saw Zhu Gui.
"Did you go to see the prince today?" Xu Miaoqing asked while eating elegantly and looking at Zhu Gui.
Zhu Gui shook his head and said that he had not been to the East Palace for several days.
"I don't know how the prince's condition is. I heard from my father that the emperor seems to have found a way to cure the prince." Unexpectedly, Xu Miaoqing got the news.