Chapter 42: The Controversy
Everyone had curiosity, and the emperor was no exception, so he took to the streets to experience the life of the commoners under his rule up close. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But he is also a diligent king, and he has not forgotten his identity at any time, otherwise he would not have borrowed Xu Yi's east wind to have this private visit to Weifu.
As for the encounter with 'Xia Yuhe on the shore of Daming Lake' - well, Xu Yi said that he was blindly worried, and Emperor Xu Rui said that he had not met a suitable ......
The road chosen by Cheng Mingyu was not far from the restaurant, and in the reluctant sticky eyes of the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law, the three of them entered the restaurant.
The location of the restaurant is excellent, facing the street on three sides, and it is overcrowded at this time. Cheng Mingyu was familiar with the door and went straight to the best private room, and invited Emperor Xu Yi to sit down in the window seat.
The hustle and bustle of the night market is full of people.
The signature wine and food were quickly served, and Cheng Mingyu picked up the wine glass: "This shop is the marriage of my mother, and I invited the shopkeeper to take care of it, and the business is not bad, I see that the environment here is not noisy, and the taste of wine and food is also acceptable, so I brought His Majesty and His Royal Highness here." Although it is not as good as the imperial system, it also has a unique flavor. ”
The emperor picked up the chopsticks and tasted them, nodding his head in appreciation.
Xu Yi is not very interested in the dishes on the table, although the meat on the table is absolutely organic and natural and pollution-free, but the taste buds that have been stimulated by various modern spices and condiments and various chemical additives are undoubtedly tasteless.
He was interested in wine.
Previously, he was recuperating from his injuries and was forbidden to drink alcohol. Later, he played the role of the crazy and stupid king, and the officials along the way did not dare to entertain with wine, so Xu Yi had not tasted the wine here.
And the daughter of the heroes in Master Jin Yong's novels, Hongzhu Yeqing, he is going to taste it today!
He threw his head back and drank it down.
In the mouth, the wine is light, sweet and slightly spicy, just like a modern fruit juice drink with alcohol.
"What kind of wine is this?" he asked, frowning.
"It is a secret pulp wine made in the Fuli winery, with clear color, strong taste and sweetness, and it is necessary to pay tribute to the palace several batches every year. What's the matter, Your Highness has tasted a familiar taste?" Cheng Mingyu replied, very confident. His grandfather, Dingyuan Hou Lao Hou Ye has no other hobbies except wine, this wine shop is opened by him in order to meet his pursuit of the quality of wine, gathered a number of experienced masters, dare not say that the Tang Dynasty is the first, but the whole Qingzhou is sharp, there is no doubt.
Looking at Cheng Mingyu's confident eyes, Xu Yi swallowed his saliva and said, "This wine, if it were stronger, it would be better." ”
The emperor over there spoke, "I remember that I haven't let you drink alcohol before, and the first time I drank it, I know that the wine is not strong!"
Xu Yi laughed and didn't speak again, and suddenly remembered an idiom: A thousand cups are not drunk!
This wine, a person who has a good amount of alcohol, if he wants to get drunk, it is estimated that the amount of wine will definitely not be less. This is probably how the literati's booze and cow drink came about. If these ancients had drunk Erguotou, or had seen and smelled high-end red wine, it is estimated that there would not have been poems such as "Cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep for pleasure, you will have to drink 300 cups" and other verses.
The emperor suddenly put down the wine glass, looked Xu Yi up and down, and looked at Xu Yi, who was looking down and studying the wine in his hand, a little inexplicable, before touching his chin and saying, "Cheng Mingyu reminded me that there is something to be put on the agenda." ”
"What's the matter?" asked Xu Yi.
"It's time for you to take a princess! Hmm, when I return to the palace, I will tell the queen mother, let her old man worry about it, and do it as soon as possible." ”
Xu Yi was frightened, his hand shook, and the wine in the cup spilled, he hurriedly refused: "No need, no need, the imperial brother is busy with state affairs, and the health of the queen mother is important, so it is not appropriate to worry about it, how dare I make trouble for the imperial brother and queen mother!"
Xu Yi's cold sweat came down, and the feeling of being forced to marry by his family during the New Year's holidays came to his face! But this is not the key, the key is that he wants to find Lin Suhan, if the emperor and the queen mother show him a suitable ancient woman as his wife according to the etiquette system, then what is the point of him coming to this time and space?
"What are you talking about? Is this a troublesome thing? When the man gets married, you are eighteen years old, and it is time to get married. Since you are filial and don't want to work for the queen mother, then let the queen take care of it!" said the emperor with a frown.
"I'm only eighteen years old, and I'm still young! You see Cheng Mingyu is twenty-four, isn't he still married? I also want to start a business first and then start a family! There are still a lot of things waiting for me to do!" In order to jump out of the fire pit of being accused of marriage, Xu Yi pulled Cheng Mingyu, a ready-made example, on his back.
Cheng Mingyu was lying down for no reason, and he was holding a wine glass, when he heard that he was choked by the wine, and coughed: "Your Highness said it was funny." There's a reason why I'm still not married. First, because of the death of my grandfather, I naturally couldn't get married for three years. The second is what His Majesty and His Royal Highness have seen, and the entanglement of my marriage contract with Miss Lin naturally delays my marriage. Therefore, Your Highness should settle the family affairs as soon as possible, and don't make a mess like me. ”
Cheng Mingyu kicked the ball back again, and it was not so easy to use him as a backpad.
"Hmph, you seem to be the victim, and I don't know who actually moved his fist at the woman!" Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and squinted his eyes sarcastically, in order to divert the emperor's attention, and also to hug the grievances of that classical beauty.
Cheng Mingyu smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, I really didn't touch her with half a finger." ”
"Sophistry! Even if you haven't been rude, you've already slashed a few times in the hearts of others! You proposed the divorce, right? People are your family's life-saving benefactors, right? Qiang Nan's benefactor for the concubine is something your family has done, right? Cheng Mingyu, that young lady's infatuation, do you dare to say that you have never been responsible?"
Probably because he failed Lin Suhan, so even if he understood what happened, for Cheng Mingyu's initiative to destroy the marriage, he was automatically classified as a first-class infatuated woman with a negative heart, and at this time his anger, Xu Yi himself couldn't tell whether he was angry with himself or Cheng Mingyu.
"Your Highness!" Cheng Mingyu's tone seemed to be coaxing a child, "Don't make trouble! Your Majesty is discussing your marriage! Your Majesty has his own decision on my affairs, and it's useless for you to pull it on me." ”
Cheng Mingyu was keenly aware of Xu Yi's intention to get married, and pulled him as a shield, so his response was always straight to the point.
"No, I'll take care of your business first, and then I'll talk about it. I can still learn from this experience. Xu Yi simply played tricks. Putting aside the calm and meticulous at work, in private, he is actually a person with a different personality, otherwise Lin Suhan would not often say that the two of them don't know each other.