novelraw Chapter 347
Chapter 347
347~ Discussing Cooperation~
"About this, Lady Liuli, it's not very convenient for me to speak here."
He glanced at He Yan.
"I feel this topic is only suitable for the two of us to discuss. Having other people around is not very convenient."
"Speak freely. She's my personal maid. Her mouth is very tight. She won't carelessly say anything to outsiders."
"But..."
He only wanted the Little Princess alone to know! He couldn't guarantee he would still be here safe and sound tomorrow if anyone else besides her heard this news.
Moreover, he had already heard long ago that this maid was called He Yan, personally promoted by Maid Xiao Xi. And Maid Xiao Xi was Princess Mo's personal maid, wholeheartedly serving the Glaze Royal Family. He worried Maid He Yan would report everything she heard today one by one to Maid Xiao Xi, which would then reach the King's or Princess Mo's ears.
You should know, these two were both decisive killers. Although they were enlightened rulers, they wouldn't show the slightest mercy to nobles like him who wanted to compete with the royal family for interests. They might even afterward directly distribute the family business he had worked so hard to accumulate to those commoners below. This was something he absolutely couldn't tolerate!
If the Little Princess's original intention was just to sanction nobles while collecting wealth into her own hands, it wouldn't have aroused so much public anger among nobles. But the problem was that while weakening them one by one, she also distributed the businesses and family fortunes they had worked so hard to build to the commoners below...
For this kind of thing, as a noble, he absolutely couldn't tolerate it. The wealth he had finally managed to extort from those people below was being returned without compensation. Even his status kept falling again and again, while the commoners' status kept rising with the tide. In the end, he might even be pulled down to the same level as these commoners, sitting on equal terms with them. This was something they absolutely couldn't tolerate!
He had also heard that Princess Mo had originally planned to directly abolish the nobility system. But because the nobles' power was still relatively strong now, plus most of the commercial trade in Glaze Nation currently had nobles' hands in it, maintaining the normal operation of commercial trade, that First Princess and the current King would have probably already made a move against them!?
There were indeed spies within Glaze Royal Palace. Although a whole bunch had been purged before, that bunch was mostly people from other countries controlling the Glaze Royal Family, not ones they had planted within the Glaze Royal Family.
Conversely, the Glaze Royal Family naturally also had some planted within their family. Both sides grasped each other's every move. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they knew each other inside and out.
"It's fine. Speak freely. He Yan prioritizes following my orders. Without my permission, she won't tell others."
The Little Princess propped up her chin, her two little legs crossed and placed together, her eyes carrying a trace of teasing.
However, the middle-aged noble family head sitting opposite didn't notice this point and was still considering whether to speak or not.
"If you don't speak, I'm leaving. I still have other matters to attend to. I don't have time to waste here with you!"
She didn't have much time left for shopping... ah no, for her incognito visit. If this first noble who came looking for her didn't plan to say something useful, she really was going to leave.
"Don't! Lady Liuli, I'll speak, I'll speak!"
Really having no choice, he cleared his throat, went over it briefly in his mind, and spoke:
"Lady Liuli, actually I want to cooperate with you. The people below all hope to have a royal family member cooperating together. That way, the chances of success will be higher..."
"Enough!"
The Little Princess forcefully slapped the armrest of the chair and stood up.
"He Yan, we're leaving."
Talking for so long without getting to the point, she was starting to suspect this so-called family head was just toying with her! Simply wanting to pull her over to pour a whole bunch of garbage talk on her, then delusionally expect to get her support.
The middle-aged noble also seemed to realize something and hurriedly changed his words:
"Wait! Lady Liuli! Those merchants and commoners below, and we nobles all very much hope you can reach cooperation with us! Otherwise, the market simply can't stabilize!"
He believed that as long as Liuli before him wasn't blind, she should be able to hear something from his words.
One was that Glaze Nation's current market wasn't stable. After experiencing the reform, many original businesses lost their markets.
For example, on the alcohol industry side, after the Little Princess's institutional reform, sales had obviously become much bleaker. Because the Little Princess's system had directly destroyed the originally legally existing brothels from the start, that originally most distinctive type of service was directly canceled. Afterward, there was various suppression, causing brothels that were originally full every holiday to suddenly become cold and desolate.
Also because of this, many brothels really couldn't maintain their foothold and directly went bankrupt, leaving only a few particularly large establishments that hadn't collapsed yet for the time being. But afterward, basically what they did was all normal entertainment business. Each brothel also put up signs saying "Selling art, not bodies."
It was precisely because of this that it implicated the alcohol industry.
The alcohol industry mainly supplied the major brothels, as well as some people who needed it or taverns and restaurants. Among these, brothels were the big head of orders. Now that brothel business was bleak and so many had closed down, those alcoholic beverages that were originally mass-produced suddenly couldn't be sold. Many were stockpiled in hand with no idea what to do.
Whether lowering prices for sale or directly giving free advertising to brothels, there was no sign of business picking up on the brothels' side. Whether brothels or the alcohol industry, both had been operating at a loss all along.
"So what's your meaning?"
"Cooperate with us. Try to modify the policies back. Only this way can Glaze Nation's commerce and economy develop again."
"So the meaning is to squeeze Mo off the stage?"
"Uh, it's not that meaning. It's just that Lady Liuli, you should count as one of the people who understands Princess Mo best, right?"
After all, that was what the rumors said, and an informant he had planted inside the royal family also said so. Princess Liuli was very familiar with Princess Mo, even to the point where Lady Liuli could casually sleep in her bed.
If they weren't the same gender, the rice might have already been cooked into a meal, right?
At least everyone thought so, so his guess that Princess Liuli absolutely had an extraordinary relationship with Princess Mo wasn't unfounded either.
The Little Princess also nodded to indicate acknowledgment.
She indeed was the one who understood herself best. If even she didn't understand herself, who else in this world could understand her?
"I hope Lady Liuli can properly persuade Princess Mo and make her change her mind."
"About this..."
After all that, the result was wanting her to persuade herself?
The Little Princess was somewhat speechless but still bit the bullet and replied:
"I'll try my best."
"So Lady Liuli, you agree to cooperate!?"
The middle-aged noble was somewhat excited.
If Lady Liuli could agree to cooperate, perhaps they could not only stop Princess Mo from reforming the system and changing policies, but also assist a royal family member who represented noble interests, striving for huge benefits for the nobility in the mutual power struggle among Glaze Royal Family members!