Chapter 69: Return to Beijing
In the Xichun Palace, seeing Li Xun's face regain its former brilliance, and he was struggling with the food at the same table, the heart that the concubine had been carrying these days finally let go.
Some time ago, Li Xun was playing outside and suffered from the wind and cold, and had a fever for several days, and he finally got better during this time, but he didn't want to eat the food in the palace's imperial dining room.
Fortunately, Yang Gonggong reminded him in time, saying that the princess liked to eat Li Qingqian's dishes in Luoxian Tower, and in desperation, the concubine had no choice but to summon Li Qingqian into the palace.
Turned her head and looked at Li Qingqian who was standing aside, so that the concubine's eyes were full of appreciation, this was the first time she saw Li Qingqian seriously, she looked beautiful, and her craftsmanship was not bad. Cooking skills are secondary, but I don't know how the temperament is, and it looks quite quiet.
"Let Miss Li bother." Lin Ling looked at Li Qingqian and said.
"The mother is overrated, this is what a little woman should do." Li Qingqian hurriedly said, she didn't dare to hold it up, this is the most powerful lady in the palace, there is no queen in the country, and the harem has always been presided over by her.
"I've heard that it's very difficult for this Beijing to eat your table." Lin Ling said with a smile.
"It's all lifted by diners in Beijing, and the princess has time for what to eat." Li Qingqian was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but complain about Lin Yuan's rules.
"Sister Qingqian is good to Xun'er, and she can meet Xun'er's requirements every time." Li Xun said on the side, and there was food in his mouth to excuse Li Qingqian on the side.
"Like your uncle, your elbows are always turned out, slow down, swallow carefully." Ling Guifei didn't have a good airway.
Li Xun smirked, didn't say anything, and turned his head to concentrate on dealing with the food. And Li Qingqian on the side suddenly remembered that Concubine Ling was Lin Yuan's own sister, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Concubine Ling seemed to have noticed the changes in Li Qingqian, and she smiled secretly in her heart. Instead, he asked: "You are not busy in Luoxian Building, I heard that Gonggong Yang who brought you here said that you have not been staying in the store much during this time, what are you doing?" ”
"Hui Niangniang, I have been in the Bao'en Temple in the outer city for the past few days." Li Qingqian replied.
"Where and what?" Ling Guifei was a little curious.
"Some time ago, a lot of porridge fields were opened in the capital to help the victims, and the little woman has been helping in Bao'en Temple for the past few days." Li Qingqian explained.
Concubine Ling nodded, it seems that this woman has a good heart. Just as he was talking to Li Qingqian, a voice suddenly sounded outside: "The emperor has arrived!" Ling Guifei and Li Qingqian hurriedly got up and saluted.
"How? Did Xun'er start eating? Li Yuan walked into the house, and just came over to him today, but as soon as he entered the house, he was stunned at the door, looked at Concubine Ling suspiciously, and asked, "Who is this?" ”
"This is Miss Li Qingqian from Luoxian Tower, who went into the palace to help Xun'er cook." Ling Guifei replied.
"The little woman Li Qingqian has seen the emperor." Li Qingqian was a little nervous, although she might see the emperor in the palace, but she didn't expect such a coincidence.
"Flatten, how is Xun'er?" Li Yuan didn't pay much attention to Li Qingqian, and looked up at Li Xun, who was eating at the dinner table, and Li Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I've seen my father." Li Xun just nodded at Li Yuan, still holding a spoon in his hand and drinking the soup again. Li Yuan was not angry, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Slow down, be careful of burning." ”
Ling Guifei looked at this scene a little speechlessly, how can this have half the momentum of the emperor and the princess, outsiders are still there, and they are not afraid of being laughed at. With a light cough, Li Yuan came back to his senses. There are outsiders here.
Sitting in the seat, Li Yuan looked at Li Qingqian carefully, and secretly praised, this woman is really not bad with the rumors in Beijing, and she looks really good.
"Luoxian Lou is still in charge now?" Li Yuan asked.
"Back to the emperor, now another person is in charge, and the little woman is not so busy." Li Qingqian replied.
"This Lin Yuan is afraid that you will be tired." Li Yuan muttered, although the voice was small, Concubine Ling and Li Qingqian in the room still heard it. In just an instant, Li Qingqian went from blushing to the base of her neck, which made the concubine feel happy when she saw this, and turned around and glared at Li Yuan fiercely.
Li Yuan, who was a little embarrassed, looked at other places, saw that Li Xun was eating happily, and his heart was also a lot more relaxed, and said with a smile: "You have a good cooking this time, and the princess also likes it very much, so say what reward you want." ”
"It's just a meal, the princess likes it as a gift, and the little girl doesn't dare to have any other ideas." Li Qingqian said.
Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and Wang on the side said worriedly: "Pen and ink waiting, I am in a good mood today, write a few words." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang replied worriedly.
The pen and ink are extremely fast, looking at the rice paper in front of him, Li Yuan thought about it, filled the brush with ink, and the pen danced on the paper for a while, and the three big characters of 'Luoxian Building' jumped on the paper. nodded with satisfaction, and said to Li Qingqian: "This painting will be rewarded to you, and as for the seal, I won't cover it." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Qingqian said excitedly, this is the emperor's word, just ask the capital, no, which restaurant in the world has the word given by the emperor.
"Alright, get up. Since the princess likes to eat the food you cook, and I am not good at taking away the beauty of people, you can go into the palace to cook a meal if you have time, Wang is worried, go and get a brand for Miss Li. Li Yuan commanded.
"It's the emperor."
Li Qingqian felt like a dream, and he hadn't come back to his senses after walking out of the palace, and he didn't figure it out until he was about to return home, this was just for Lin Yuan's sake. Thinking of the way Concubine Ling looked at her eyes today, Li Qingqian blushed for a while. That look was too obvious.
"What does Ling'er think of that girl?" Li Yuan asked with a smile. Li Qingqian had already left, and Li Yuan had no scruples.
"The person is good, and he looks good, Lin Yuan, this kid, finally opened his eyes and didn't look for it." Concubine Ling said with a smile, she was also very satisfied with seeing Li Qingqian today.
"I don't know if the two sides mean this." It made the concubine a little worried.
"It's good that you like it, it's a big deal that I give marriage by holy decree." Li Yuan said indifferently, so that the concubine turned around and patted Li Yuan lightly, "What nonsense?" The things that are pleasing to each other make you say like this. Although there was some annoyance on his face, he was still very happy in his heart.
"I just received the news that Lin Yuan will be back in the next two days." Li Yuan said.
"It's good to come back, it looks like it's the end of the year." Ling Guifei said, Lin Yuan has been away from home for ten years, this is the first time to spend the New Year in the capital, and the Yasukuni Mansion that was deserted in the past has not had a chance to go back to the province, but this year it is okay.
Knowing what Lin Ling was thinking, Li Yuan gently hugged her into his arms and comforted: "You can go home for a few days this year, and you haven't been back for many years." ”
On the Gyeonggi Road, Yu Shi gently buckled the carriage that Lin Yuan was sitting in, and reported: "Young master, I have arrived at the boundary of the capital, and it is getting dark, whether to continue to hurry or find a post house to rest." ”
Lifting the curtain of the car and looking at the sky, Lin Yuan said: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, go to the front county to rest, and set off tomorrow morning." ”
"It's the young master." Answer the way in the world.
Wannian County is a large county in Gyeonggi, and Lin Yuan's convoy entered the city before the city gate was closed. Because it is not too far from the capital, Wannian County is also relatively prosperous, and the rush for several days has made Lin Yuan a little tired, after all, he can't sleep well in the car.
"Serve some food, I'll eat with Shen Bin and Wang Ming." After giving Yu Shi's command, Lin Yuan took the other two upstairs. Along the way, the other two were also a little tired, but Shen Bin was lucky, after all, he was going to see his wife.
"I will be able to enter Beijing tomorrow, and I will have a good rest here tonight, and I have something to tell you." Lin Yuan said.
"Grandpa, please speak." Wang Ming said.
"Brother Shen, after entering Beijing, you can live in my mansion, and you don't have to look for a place to live." Lin Yuan looked at Shen Bin and said.
"Don't bother, I have already sent people to the north to enter Beijing before I set off, let people find a yard first, and in the future, my Shen family's business will gradually move to the capital." Shen Bin said with a smile.
"Why?" Lin Yuan was a little curious, the Dai family, the largest pharmaceutical merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, had fallen, and the Lin family only had the only daughter of Shen Bin's wife, and the future Lin family could be the Shen family, and if it developed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it might not replace the Dai family.
"It's just that after figuring it out, the Shen family will expand their current business in the future, not just involving medicinal materials. I wanted to see the situation in the capital. Shen Bin explained.
Lin Yuan nodded, this was Shen Bin's own plan, and he was really not good at interjecting. Turning his head to look at Wang Mingdao, "How did you think about that matter?" ”
"I'll do it, but you give me as much autonomy as you want." Wang Ming asked.
"It's not my property, and it's not up to you or me to control it in the future." Lin Yuan said.
"Then who can call the shots." Wang Ming was a little puzzled, he thought that this was Lin Yuan's own industry, during this time on the road he thought about it carefully, if this thing is done, the income must be huge, during which he asked once, when an advertisement like the Chef God Contest can also be done, he got a positive answer.
Lin Yuan pointed to the sky, Wang Ming was shocked when he saw this, it turned out that this matter was not so simple. Seeing that Wang Ming was a little nervous, Lin Yuan said: "It's not as bad as you think, at least I can still lead it now, but it doesn't mean that I don't care about the content, you know, sometimes the pen can write, and it can kill people." ”
"I see." Wang Ming nodded.
"Then let's eat, rest early, and leave early tomorrow morning." Lin Yuan said.
Early in the morning of the second day, Lin Yuan's convoy set off towards the capital, and arrived in the capital at noon. Startling everyone, the gatekeeper guarding the city frowned, and was just about to step forward to ask what he was shouting, but he was pulled by the team on the side.
"Looking for death?" The team was scolding.
"Who is this man, what are you yelling about?" The doorman asked.
"This is the Duke of Yasukuni, even if he stands on the imperial city and yells, no one cares." Team is saying.
"Oh, it turned out to be Yasukuni Gong." The doorman broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately he was stopped and did not come forward to interrogate.
Because it is approaching the end of the year, although the weather is cold, there are still many people on the street to buy New Year's goods, Lin Yuan's convoy is relatively large, passers-by at first thought it was a caravan, and when they saw the knight next to the car, they couldn't help but smash their mouths.
"Obediently, it's a border army, looking at this momentum, it's not like an ordinary army." Someone said.
"Outsiders, haven't you seen the icon on the car at the beginning?" Someone in the crowd said.
"Just the bamboo?"
"Yes, that's the symbol of the Yasukuni Mansion, does the Yasukuni Mansion know? The top nobles of our Great Zhou are the only ones with border guards. You'll have to see it in the future. ”
"The Yasukuni Mansion has always had a good reputation, and there are no unscrupulous children in the family, as long as they don't commit crimes, they are rarely provoked." Someone explained.
"Then who scores, this time I heard from the south, the Duke of Yasukuni went to clean up a lot of people in less than two months, does the Xue family know? The house was burned, and I didn't dare to put a fart. Someone gloated.
Looking at the convoy walking over, Cui Ming's eyes were a little cold, he had been planning in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for many years, and now he was completely destroyed by Lin Yuan, how could he swallow this breath. Snorted coldly and turned to leave, in the future, Lin Yuan will definitely look good, snorted coldly Cui Ming turned around and left.