Chapter 270: Opening Ceremony
Xia Yu was not happy, and pointed to the 80-year-old Lafei and said: "This bottle of wine worth 100 gold, I originally planned to give it to Brother Xu, but he said that he would do it with you yesterday, and he didn't want to go." He said that you were a good official and respected you very much. Leave him to you alive or dead! ”
Thousands of clothes, not sycophants, Du Ruyan couldn't help nodding, and he touched off a lock of beard under his chin. After thinking about it, who is Xia Yu, who even the dignified Tang Dynasty has to give three points of courtesy, and he believes it at the moment.
"Master Du, can you invite your daughter out and let me see you?"
Du Ruhui instructed his subordinates: "Hurry up and invite Mei'er out and meet Xia Shi's nephew!" ”
The next person immediately went to invite Du Mei, and after a while, Du Mei came to the flower hall, as Xu Shiji said, he was born dignified, with a green and beautiful face, red lips and white teeth, and a natural charm, which made people unhappy. Standing with Lao Du, he is a head taller than Lao Du. As long as a woman is over 1.6 meters tall, she shows off her figure.
Xia Yu chatted with her for a while, and she answered fluently, and she was very experienced in human accidents. If Xu Shiji can marry such a woman, it should be a blessing from his previous life.
The official eunuch family, who is well-informed, is absolutely impossible to find death and life because he touched his hand, there is only one possibility, Du Mei fell in love with Xu Shiji at a glance. This is the farce of Du Ruhui making trouble in Xufu.
Xia Yu said tentatively: "Duke Du intends to marry you to Xu Shiji, I don't know what Miss Du wants?" ”
Du Mei lowered her head shyly, and her voice was as thin as a gnat: "The slave family has long been defiled by that guy, and everything is up to my father." ”
Du Ruhui said: "Mei'er, you go down first, Xia Yu and I still have something to say." ”
Waiting for Du Mei to walk out of the flower hall, Du Ruhui asked, "Xia Yu, what plan do you have, hurry up and say it." ”
Xia Yu has already met Du Mei, so he will no longer hide it: "Lord Du, the cow does not drink water and presses his head." Thinking that Brother Xu's parents died early, isn't it His Majesty today who can make the decision for him? Let's enter the palace and jointly ask His Majesty for marriage, what do you think? ”
Du Ruhui patted his thigh: "Wonderful, wonderful, Xia Yu, you have a lot of ghost ideas." He didn't delay, and pulled Xia Yu towards the palace.
In the Hanyuan Palace, Li Yuan is dealing with the twists and turns, the world is predecided, and there are many twists and turns of various trivial matters.
The eunuch came in and reported that Du Ruhui and Xia Yu were asking to see each other outside the hall, and Li Yuan was stunned for a moment.
Du Ruhui is the confidant of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, Xia Yu and Li Shimin have been in close contacts, how could these two people get together.
"Invite them in!"
"Your Majesty!" Du Ruhan knelt down.
Xia Yu arched his hand: "Xia Yu see Your Majesty!" ”
"Hurry up, you two, I don't know what is coming to me."
Du Ruhui told Xu Shiji about tarnishing his daughter's innocence.
Li Yuan said: "Du Qing, just let Xu Shiji pay some silver." ”
Du Ruhui: "Your Majesty, a woman's failure is a big matter, how can losing money solve the problem." ”
Li Yuan frowned: "Do you want Xu Shiji to cut off the hand that moved your daughter?" The tone was extremely displeased.
Du Ruhui wiped the sweat from his forehead.
According to Li Yuan's understanding, there is a conflict between the ministers under his two sons, and he has to fight to the death, which is something he is extremely unwilling to see.
"Your Majesty, why don't we think of the best of both worlds?" Xia Yu interjected: "You will give the marriage, Xu Shiji married Du Gong's daughter, so that Du Gong's daughter's reputation can be preserved, and Brother Xu will also have a beautiful family." ”
Li Yuan looked at Du Ruhui, who nodded again and again: "Weichen also means this!" ”
Hey, after a long time, it turned out to be a false alarm.
It would be nice if the two sons could get along. At that moment, Li Yuan laughed and said: "If this is the case, then it depends on Du Qing, and I will announce this matter in the court the day after tomorrow." ”
Du Ruhui saluted again: "Long live my emperor, thank you Your Majesty!" ”
"Du Qing, if there is nothing else, you go back first. I still have something to say to Xia Yu. ”
After Du Ruhui left, Li Yuan asked Xia Yu: "Nephew, how is your bar prepared?" ”
Xia Yu said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, it will open tomorrow!" ”
Li Yuan nodded again and again: "Nephew, you don't know." Before he became an emperor, he envied my cousin Yang Guang as the Ninety-Five Supreme, and now he is the emperor himself, alas, the blessing is not enjoyed. Now, you see, this piece alone is so thick! I've been looking at it lately, my eyes are stinging a lot, and my temples on both sides are hurting like pins and needles, and I look really old. ”
"Uncle Shi, it's not that you're old, it's because you're overtired. I have here a bottle of medicine that is dropped in your eyes and can be effective in relieving your eye pain. As for the tingling in the temples, you close your eyes the first day, press on both sides for a while, and it won't happen again. Xia Yu took out the eye drops rewarded by the reader, asked Li Yuan to lie on his back on the chair, and gave him a few drops. Then he closed his eyes and pressed on his temples.
After a while, Li Yuan opened his eyes again, and his eyes were moist and no longer dry. The temples don't hurt anymore. He was greatly surprised, and thanked Xia Yu again and again: "Nephew, it's okay to go to the palace and sit down." Stay with me, an old man. ”
There were some things that Li Yuan couldn't say to Xia Yu, but Xia Yu could see Li Yuan's old state of physical and mental exhaustion.
"Uncle Shi, don't worry, if you have time, I will come to the palace to see you from time to time."
The sun rose as usual, and on this day, the Taiji Hall did not raise the early dynasty, and the officials were all dressed in civilian clothes, and their spirits were refreshed.
"Let's go, let's go to Xia Yu's bar in the city."
At the same time, as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Su Lang intentionally or unintentionally leaked the news a few days ago, and was going to attend the opening ceremony of the Datang Bar on Longting Street today.
What these businessmen usually want most is to get to know the officials, but they have no way to hear the news. One morning, the entrance of the Datang Bar, which was about to open, was crowded with businessmen.
When I came here, there were two magnolia trees at the door, two meters high, and they were full of blue magnolia flowers. Under the light of the morning sun, the color of magnolia flowers is transparent, and slowly turns green with time.
This magnolia tree alone amazes the merchants. They speculated about what kind of character the owner was and what the bar was for. Even Xia Yu didn't expect that there were more than 400 businessmen arriving at this time.
From the palace to the city, there was still an hour, and Xia Yu was not idle, asking the clerks of the two hotel bars to carry out a hundred bottles of XO that had been stored for 73 years and put them on a long table.
At first sight of the XO in the glass bottle, the merchants, like those ministers, were the first to sigh at the exquisiteness of the glass bottle, saying that it was the most exquisite work of art they had ever seen.
"What is this, it looks so amazing?"