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Chapter 250: Both soft and hard tactics

Qin Shou laid the groundwork for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi, why not sell the prescription and solve the problem once and for all?"

"Well, Dean Qin is indeed a talent in this area. I was not wrong." Zhou Chang applauded and even patted Qin Shou on the shoulder. "I really admire Dean Qin's brain in this regard."

Qin Shou was so scared that he wanted to hide, but he held himself back.

He is still frightened by what happened before, and until now he still has nightmares every night. He has taken a lot of tonics but none of them worked.

Even so, people still have hope for Zhou Chang's character who is determined to make money by "leaving traces when the wind blows and plucking feathers when the geese pass by."

There are no eternal enemies in the world, but there can be eternal interests.

"Hmm..." Zhou Chang held up his chin and thought seriously, "Let's listen to Dean Qin. How much silver should this prescription cost?"

Qin Shou trembled and raised a finger: "One thousand taels per person, what do you think, Your Highness?"

"One thousand taels?" Zhou Chang obviously thought it was too little. "Master Qin, don't you want to make some money?"

"Two thousand taels?" Qin Shou probed carefully.

Zhou Chang curled his lips: "Doesn't the blood and sweat that this prince has invested count?"

"Three thousand taels?" Qin Shou raised the price.

"Hmm..." Zhou Chang nodded, but changed the subject, "But once the prescription is out, won't the person who bought it continue to take it out and double the money? What should we do about this?"

"Your Highness Prince Yi is right to worry about this, and I have already thought of this," Qin Shou said, patting his chest and promising, "Your Highness, just hand it over to me. I can guarantee that no one will dare to resell the prescriptions that have passed through my hands. Otherwise, I will not let them go."

"Haha, blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents..." Zhou Chang patted Qin Shou on the shoulder again, "When it comes to money, Dean Qin is indeed no worse than me."

Qin Shou's body trembled, but he did not forget to smile: "Your Highness Prince Yi, you are joking. Compared with Your Highness, I am ashamed of myself, ashamed of myself."

"Since Dean Qin has made up his mind, then let's just charge 10,000 taels for each prescription." Zhou Chang had a hunch that Qin Shou had only come to him today because he was probably instructed by someone, and it was obvious who was behind it.

"Ah?" Qin Shou didn't bother to hide his surprise.

"Plus three more prescriptions for medicine." Zhou Chang added.

The so-called medicine guide is naturally the main medicine referred to by Taoist Master Yun Huazi.

Qin Shou's mind started to become confused again.

"Master Qin, think about it carefully. This is used to save lives, and the lives saved are those of rich people." Zhou Chang finally patted Qin Shou on the shoulder.

"But this..." Qin Shou was almost knocked down, but his mind started to work again, "I'm afraid not many people can come up with this... Moreover, if the court has issued an order for His Royal Highness Prince Yi to provide the prescription, then at that time... ah, no, I'm not saying..."

The more Qin Shou spoke, the more confused he became. He recalled Prince Yi's previous rudeness and was afraid that he would misunderstand that he was threatening the court or His Majesty.

Zhou Chang didn't care and remained relaxed: "No bargaining, Dean Qin, please believe that I have the ability to withhold the prescription. Even if the king of heaven comes, you can't have it if you don't give enough silver."

"Your Highness Prince Yi, please think twice." Qin Shou was anxious.

"Dean Qin, you'd better think carefully. Ten thousand taels of silver is not a lot. If Dean Qin still wants to make money, I don't care how much more you add on top of this. I only want one prescription and ten thousand taels." Zhou Chang's phoenix eyes sparkled and his smile turned into a crescent moon.

"This, this..." Although Qin Shoulin came here at the instruction of Prince Duan, his plan was not like this.

As soon as he said this, an official carriage drove over quickly.

The carriage stopped not far from Zhou Chang and Qin Shou, and an old man wearing a dark purple official robe and an official hat got off the carriage.

"Lord Yuan, the Minister of the Imperial Household?" Qin Shou pretended to be surprised and muttered something as a reminder to Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang also recognized this person from Prince Yi's memory almost at the same time, and the familiar carriage reminded her of Yuan Shao, the second-generation official who had said "if you can do it, you can do it" before.

My son came just now, and now I am here again. What do you want?

Yuan Chuan, the Imperial Household Officer, got off the carriage, straightened his clothes, glanced at Qin Shou, and ignored him. He just stepped forward and saluted Zhou Chang: "Your humble servant Yuan Chuan, the Imperial Household Officer, pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Yi."

"You are polite, Lord Yuan." Zhou Chang returned the greeting. Opposite her was an old man in his sixties, so she tried her best to remain basically polite.

Qin Shouze bowed beside him and said, "Greetings, Mr. Yuan."

Although Yuan Shao was arrogant, he had a face with a full forehead and a square chin.

As his father, Yuan Chuan did not have such a wealthy and noble face, but he still kept a stern face and did not show any disrespect to Qin Shou. He just nodded slightly as a return of greeting.

"Ahem, what does Lord Yuan want to talk to me about?" Zhou Chang had been standing outside for a long time and felt cold, so he pulled his cloak closer.

Yuan Chuan's icy expression remained unchanged as he cupped his hands and said, "I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Yi already has a prescription for this epidemic. Unfortunately, it was discovered last night that a palace maid was infected with the disease. Therefore, I came to ask His Royal Highness for this prescription to save people, so as to prevent the spread of the plague in the palace and prevent future troubles."

"Someone in the palace has also been infected with the disease?" Zhou Chang was surprised and looked at Qin Shou.

Qin Shou just said that the palace was safe.

Qin Shou's tadpole eyes were wide open, and he looked completely clueless.

"Yes, Your Highness Prince Yi, three people have been found so far, all of them are from the inner palace." Yuan Chuan's face seemed to be frozen by the severe winter cold.

Zhou Chang was disappointed. Those who were infected were lower-class servants. How come those "noble" people who were "thousand-year-old turtles and ten-thousand-year-old tortoises" were not infected?

Yuan Chuan took out the same arrogant thing as his son: "The epidemic has already broken out in the palace. Your Highness Prince Yi, please do not delay, so as not to endanger His Majesty."

Haha, one plays the good guy and the other plays the bad guy?

A combination of soft and hard tactics?

Others may not know, but from Concubine Shen Ruirui's memory, Zhou Chang can also learn that Qin Shou is Prince Duan's man, and so is Yuan Chuan.

He came here just a few days ago, but still pretended to be unfamiliar.

Zhou Chang sneered in his heart, but reached into his bosom, took out a prescription and handed it over: "Since Lord Yuan came here in person to ask for it, I'll give it to you."

Yuan Chuan was about to take it with both hands, but stopped midway: "Your Highness Prince Yi, this prescription... is it used to treat the untouchables in the epidemic area?"

Before this, the Taifu Lingzhong had also sent people to ask for help, but they were all ruthlessly dismissed by Zhou Chang.

Yuan Chuan knew the matter best, so the fact that Prince Yi gave it to him so readily in just a few words inevitably aroused suspicion.

Qin stood by, his tadpole eyes fixed on the prescription, wishing he could try it himself.

Zhou Chang naturally knew what Yuan Chuan was thinking, and took the prescription back, squinting and chuckling: "Why, Lord Yuan, do you suspect the prescription is fake? I want to give it to you, but you don't want it, so don't blame me."

Yuan Chuan had already extended his hand, so how could he take it back? His icy old face finally revealed embarrassment: "No, no, Your Highness misunderstood..."