Chapter 49: Li Ke's Request
After listening to Wu Meiniang's words, Qin Mubai also guessed the current situation of the world's first wine.
"Hehe, why don't you tell me that there are also people like Li Ke, King of Wu, and Li Tai, King of Wei, who have driven countless princes, nobles and dignitaries to cheer you on?" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "People now have a sense of blind obedience. Seeing what the emperor liked, what the royal family and princes and ministers liked, they followed suit. The world's No. 1 wine can be so popular, Li Ke and Li Taiding have helped a lot, right? ”
"Hey, you're smart, and you're well-informed." Wu Meiniang smiled wryly and said, "Li Ke doesn't need to say it, he, a big matchmaker, has changed the fate of my life, so why should he help me." Li Tai, unexpected. I don't know why this most popular prince at the moment brought a large group of sons, brothers, talents, and celebrities to me. Spending money is naturally not a problem, and many of them chant poetry here, leaving a lot of excellent poems to be praised abroad. Those people can't do anything else, they are doing things like the wind and the moon, and they describe my small shop as like a heavenly palace where fairies live, which has attracted the curiosity and envy of countless people. In this way, it will be difficult for my small wine shop not to become popular all over Chang'an City. ”
"I'm afraid it's more than that, right?" Qin Mubai said, "Mu Xiu will urge Lin Feng, there must be many peers with backgrounds who will want to come to you for trouble." If no one comes to the world's first drunkenness, I definitely don't believe it. Who helped you settle the matter? ”
"Do you still need me to do it?" The corners of Wu Meiniang's mouth gently lifted to reveal two tiny dimples, and she smiled and said, "The hooligans in Chang'an City are here to make trouble." But how can a guy like Yuwen Hongtai be a vegetarian? Without saying a word, they were picked up and beaten stupidly, and in the end, they were thrown into the yamen to suffer and sin. Naturally, there are also people in the officialdom and fellow businessmen who have come to provoke unreasonably, but there is no need to ask Li Ke to come forward, as long as they inquire about the background of my small wine shop, they will already retreat on their own. After a fuss once or twice, no one dared to come here to make trouble again. Occasionally, one or two drunken fellows were molesting the girl in the shop, and I didn't care if he was a general or a minister, and I told him to be beaten out with a cane. When people sober up, they have to apologize. Otherwise, he will not be able to get off the stage. ”
"You cow !!" Qin Mubai had to dare to point fingers at Wu Meiniang. This woman, who can seize a country and change an era in history, is now running a small restaurant, which is really overkill.
"Hey, I said." Wu Meiniang suddenly laughed, got closer to Qin Mubai, and said in a low voice, "You seem to be quite powerful as a hundred horsemen, even Li Tai wants to win you over, otherwise why would he suddenly take such care of my small shop?" He told me that if I had any trouble in the future, I could ask him or his friends for help. He had too many friends. Such as Du He, Fang Yiai, and the eldest grandson Chong are all famous sons and brothers in Chang'an City. ”
"You're smart." Qin Mubai stretched out a finger to hook her chin, Wu Meiniang jumped out of the way, glaring at him with disgust: "Hmph, come to tease people again!" Deng's disciple will not change his life! ”
"Is your own wife also considered molesting?" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Mei Niang, now in your small restaurant, there are politicians and generals and all kinds of big people, and it can be regarded as a place of right and wrong. Listen to my advice and stay away from politics. Whether it's Li Tai or Li Ke, you can treat them as guests. Don't get too close, and don't owe them too much. ”
"Why?" Wu Meiniang pursed her lips, and said reluctantly, "People are willing to help and take care of them, why don't I accept it?" ”
"You don't understand that, do you?" Qin Mubai smiled slightly, stood up and walked to her side, and said in a low voice, "There is no free lunch in this world, the princes are all big politicians, and they never do favors in vain." They are doing this to you just to show their affection for me. And now, I don't want to get too close to any of the princes. ”
Wu Meiniang's eyes rolled, and she nodded, "Oh, I thought of some." Is it because you are now on an errand by the emperor's side, and your identity is more sensitive, so it is not good to get too close to any prince...... In particular, the prince who is related to the struggle for the crown prince? ”
"Clever." Qin Mubai nodded and said, "Fighting for the heir has always been bloody, either you die or I die." Imagine, if I stepped on the two boats of Li Tai and Li Ke at the same time today, and the relationship with them was very close, and the two brothers fought over each other day, how would I be good? The battle has come to an end, no matter who the winner is, who can spare me? As for you and this wine shop, you are naturally unlucky. Therefore, you should only do your business, and never involve the affairs of officialdom. ”
"Got it!" Wu Meiniang pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice, "I didn't provoke others, someone else provoked me." I just want to do some business and make some money, can't I? This can't be done, that can't be, it's like a child, it's really ......"
"Hehe, you're really playing a child's temper." Qin Mubai slapped his hand and stretched out his arms exaggeratedly, "Come here, husband hug!" ”
"Get out-" Wu Meiniang was angry and funny, jumping to the side and gesturing to hit him with a cup.
At this moment, a cough came from the door: "It seems that Xiao Wang came at an inopportune time to disturb the sweet love of a young couple." ”
"Li Ke?!" Qin Mubai's heart lit up, and he hurriedly walked up and opened the door, sure enough, it was Li Ke!
Li Ke wore an unassuming simple flat suit, and looked at Qin Mubai with a smile on his back with his hands cut: "Third Brother Qin, you welcome old friends like this?" ”
"Your Highness, please come in!"
"Don't, just call me Li San. His Majesty grounded me, and I sneaked out to have fun. Li Ke signaled that he didn't need to expose his name, and walked into the Accord with a smile.
Wu Meiniang also saw the salute, so she stood aside and was silent.
"What's the matter, the famous Wu Dong family, I don't want to say a word when I see Xiao Wang, is it still angry with Xiao Wang?" Li Ke said with a smile.
"How dare the little woman be angry with His Royal Highness King Wu, hum!" Wu Meiniang turned her face away.
"Haha!" Qin Mubai and Li Ke laughed together.
Li Ke pulled Qin Mubai to sit side by side and said, "Two or three months ago, I was secretly brought here by Yuwen Hongtai and Yin Yang to have fun. Unexpectedly, a geisha here suddenly made my heart go up and down. I'm going to buy this geisha and go home. Unexpectedly, this Wu Dongjia is not happy, alas, no matter how much money I pay. Afterward...... Hehe, the girl's family took the initiative to go back to the house with me to serve me, so they left with me! ”
Qin Mubai shook his head with a wry smile: "Then I suggest you come a few times, otherwise the girl here will let you abduct everything!" No wonder Mei Niang's face was green when she saw you. You're obviously demolishing her stage! ”
"Haha!" Li Ke laughed loudly, spread his hands and said, "It's no wonder that I, Mei Niang, the girl herself is happy!" Didn't you also let out your words early to set the rules? If the girl's family herself is unwilling, no matter how much money anyone pays, it won't make anyone leave. But if it's a consensual relationship, the girl in the store who wants to go will go by herself. Looks like I didn't break your rules, did I? ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Wu Meiniang snorted annoyedly, "But you are a big man, but you are born with such a good appearance, you can charm people like a ghost, and you are a young prince, this is a bad thing!" What girl's house is not taken away by you? It's still Qin Mubai who said it well, you, it's better to come a few times less in the future, hum! ”
"Haha!" The two laughed together, and Wu Meiniang couldn't help laughing.
"Mei Niang, please go and get some food and drink for Xiao Wang. I haven't seen your husband for many days, so Xiao Wang wants to have a few more drinks with him. Li Ke said.
"Don't you just want to drive me away, why don't you talk about business? Let's just say it! Wu Meiniang stuck out her tongue and turned around and walked out, saying, "Don't get drunk, play drunk crazy with me!" ”
"Haha, this little lady is so funny!" Li Ke shook his head and smiled, "Mu Bai, your daughter-in-law who has never passed through the door is really a rare wonderful person. A smart and clever business wizard, unforgiving and quite interesting, your future life will definitely be colorful. ”
"Isn't it thanks to His Highness?" Qin Mubai said with a smile.
Not long after, the beautiful Mei Ji Xiaoer brought good wine and delicacies, and the two sat down and drank each other. After three rounds of drinking, Li Ke sighed and patted his belly.
"Fat, fat." Li Ke shook his head with a sigh, "I nested in the palace all day long, eating, sleeping, eating, sleeping, eating and doing nothing, and I grew a fat body." ”
"It's a good thing, then it's even more pleasing to the girl's family." Qin Mubai said jokingly. Datang takes fat as beauty, a little rich, as long as it is not swollen and stupid, it is the best body, especially for men, that is a blessed body. But Qin Mubai knew that Li Ke was insinuating, because he was impeached last time, he was still an idle prince, and he definitely couldn't get better in his heart.
"Mu Bai, you say, if I make a proposal to His Majesty the Emperor and ask for an errand to do, will his old man agree?" Li Ke really said this.
Qin Mubai frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "This, I can't tell." Although I was on an errand before His Majesty the Emperor, I seldom spoke directly with him, and I did not know much about the Emperor's thoughts. ”
"Then you are on an errand in the Jinluan Hall and the Imperial Study all day long, even if you don't participate in politics, you should have heard a lot of things." Li Ke's eyes narrowed slightly, and inadvertently revealed a gleam, "Have you ever noticed that there are any errands suitable for me to do?" I can also go and ask His Majesty the Emperor for help. I'm only in my early twenties, so it's not a thing to eat and wait for death in the palace all day long! ”
Qin Mubai's heart moved slightly: Li Ke, you are asking me about the emperor's secrets...... If I really say it, it will be a crime of deception by leaking state secrets!
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