Li Yuan leaned on the soft couch, Ling Guifei was gently massaging his head with both hands, and Yang Gongcheng reported to the emperor in detail what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

Gently patting Concubine Ling's arm, Li Yuan sat up and looked at Gonggong Yang and asked, "So, Lin Yuan has earned money just sitting there in the past few days, and he has also found a few chefs with good skills?" ”

"Back to the saints, so to speak." Yang Gonggong thought about it and bowed in response.

Looking at the concubine sitting on the side with a smile, Li Yuan smiled and said: "Your younger brother, I haven't seen you for so many years, there are still a lot of ghost ideas, and the deal of the empty glove white wolf is so smooth." I don't know how the bitter cold land in the north raised him like this. ”

Lin Ling was a little embarrassed, and said embarrassedly: "This can't be blamed on him, if his brain doesn't turn faster, I'm afraid that he will already confess in the north." ”

"Well, I didn't mean to blame him." After comforting Concubine Ling for a few words, Li Yuan turned his head to look at Gonggong Yang and asked, "Why did he recruit so many cooks?" Yasukuni Gong is just him, can he use it? ”

"The slave doesn't know, but these days, the Duke of Yasukuni has been discussing with Li Xiandao of Luoxian Tower about the expansion of the store, and I think it is prepared for Luoxian Tower."

"He's in?" Li Yuan was a little curious.

"There are some, but not much. But..."Yang Gonggong's words were a little slurred, and he didn't know whether he should say this or not.

"But what, just say it." Li Yuan frowned.

"There is a rumor in Beijing right now that the Yasukuni Gong did this for a girl." Yang Gonggong said cautiously.

"Girl? Which girl? Why didn't you say it earlier? When Concubine Ling heard that the Yasukuni Gong was doing business for a girl, she instantly became interested and hurriedly asked.

"It's the eldest lady of the original owner of Luoxian Building." Yang Gonggong hurriedly replied. The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are open, although there is no such thing as a door-to-door statement, but there are some rumors and rumors from the same woman from a common family, which really doesn't sound very good.

"Is it the beautiful chef of the honorary Jingshi?" Li Yuan said with a smile.

"The emperor knows?" Concubine Ling looked at Li Yuan, saw him nodding, and hurriedly said, "Tell me how that girl is?" ”

Li Yuan motioned to Yang Gonggong to introduce this person, and Yang Gonggong said: "This girl's name is Li Qingqian, and she is the only daughter of Li Wei, the original owner of Luoxian Building. Li Wei was a friend of the Imperial Diet Manager Lord Kang, Li Qingqian did his father's true inheritance, and he supported Luoxian Lou at a young age, and his cooking skills were also praised by Lord Kang. And she looks really beautiful. ”

"Have you seen this woman?" Ling Guifei was curious.

"Back to Niangniang, I have seen it, this woman has a good personality, and she has been very happy with Her Royal Highness the Princess these days." Yang Gonggong said, as if he heard someone mention himself, Li Xun, who was playing outside the door, hurriedly ran in and looked at his father: "Did my father call me?" ”

Beckoning to Li Xun and picking up the child, Li Yuan asked with a smile, "Have you had fun these days?" ”

Li Xun nodded his little head vigorously: "Happy, father, let me tell you, Xun'er has eaten a lot of delicious food these days, and there is a beautiful sister who cooks food for Xun'er every day, but his uncle is very bad, he said that Xun'er will become a piglet if he eats too much." After speaking, the little face was also a little angry.

Li Yuan was amused when he heard it, but Concubine Ling on the side asked, "You and that beautiful sister have been staying with your uncle?" ”

Seeing Li Xun nodding, Yang Gonggong lamented in his heart, this little ancestor sold cleaner than himself. Ling Guifei touched her baby girl with a smile, and thought to herself, the Yasukuni Mansion never values her background, even her biological mother is also a small rich family, and her status is not as good as some low-level nobles in Beijing, and she is not a housewife who has entered the mansion, and a good person is the king. This man sounds good-natured, and he needs to meet him when he has a chance.

Looking at Concubine Ling with a smile, Li Yuan shook his head helplessly, he knew too well what he was thinking, but the male in the Yasukuni family was in a single line, and now Lin Yuan was alone in the entire mansion, and he had reached the age of talking about marriage, it was time to think about these things, and he could only go with the flow if he couldn't persuade him.

Li Yuan waved his hand to let Yang Gonggong step back, and began to tease the daughter in his arms, which was one of the few times he could relax.

Lixian, one of the subordinate counties around the capital, because of its excellent location, the official road into Beijing passes through here, so there are many people who enter Beijing and settle down here. People come and go from all over the world, creating a variety of food tastes here, the first to eat the local cuisine, here to find a new discovery, but the quiet town in the past, these days have happened a big thing. In the Chef Contest held in Beijing, there was a chef in the county, and he won the third place all the way. The delicious people inquired about meeting him.

Zhao Ting's mother and son haven't gone out for two days, looking at the silver on the table, Zhao Ting smiled bitterly: "Mother didn't expect that this would become a trouble." ”

"Mother is relieved, those people are just admiring, don't worry too much." Zhao Tingyu persuaded.

Zhao Ting shook her head: "My mother is worried that it will disturb your study." ”

While the mother and son were talking, there was a knock at the door. Zhao Ting was a little puzzled, although there were many people in the past few days, most of them were waiting at the door, after all, the door of orphans and widows was not very good, and few people knocked on the door.

Suspiciously opening the door, Zhao Ting glanced at it, but saw a familiar face, and exclaimed: "Shopkeeper Li, why are you here?" ”

"I'm bothered, can I go in and talk about it?" Li Xiandao smiled.

Zhao Ting was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, she still let people in. Seeing this, the people waiting outside the door were a little curious and asked, "Who is this person?" How could Mrs. Zhao let him in? ”

"I'm afraid it's a concubine." Someone viciously speculated.

"I don't want to live and go elsewhere, don't even tire me and wait." Someone glared at the man who was talking nonsense.

"Brother Tai knows this person?" Someone wondered.

"Of course, this is the big shopkeeper of Luoxian Tower in the capital, and I was fortunate to meet him." The man said triumphantly.

"The shopkeeper of a restaurant, can he condemn me to life and death?" Someone said disdainfully. It's just a bigger restaurant shopkeeper in Beijing, and it can turn the sky upside down.

"He can't, but the Yasukuni Gong behind him can." As soon as the words in the crowd fell, everyone was taken aback, and the people who didn't talk much secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and distanced themselves from the two who were cheap just now. The atmosphere was a little awkward, and the two looked around as if they were hiding from the plague god, and fled with their faces hidden.

As soon as Li Xiandao entered the house, he saw a young man wearing a scribe's uniform, which was only worn by scholars, and looked at Zhao Ting and wondered, "Who is this?" ”

"It's a dog." Zhao Ting smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Li, sit down." ”

"It's really a talent." Li Xiandao praised and saluted Zhao Tingyu, he has always respected scholars. Seeing this, Zhao Tingyu hurriedly returned a salute.

"What's the matter with Shopkeeper Li?" Zhao Ting put the teacup in front of Li Xiandao and asked.

Li Xiandao didn't go straight to the point, but looked at Zhao Ting and asked, "I wonder if Zhao Niangzi has any other thoughts about this competition?" ”

"Shopkeeper Li laughed, what can I think as a woman, but here I still want to thank Shopkeeper Li for giving me this opportunity."

Li Xiandao smiled and said, "You are a big celebrity now, it is said that someone offered you a hundred taels to apply for you as a chef, I don't know why you are not impressed?" ”

Looking at her son Zhao Tingyu, Zhao Ting said: "The child is about to participate in the scientific examination, I have to take care of him." ”

Zhao Ting's words made Li Xiandao stunned, how is this good, this person is valued by Lin Yuan, the future pillar of Luoxian Tower, Li Xiandao thought for a while and said: "I see, I still think about whether I can be cheeky to hire you to come to our Luoxian Tower." It seems that this is a bit difficult to do. ”

Zhao Ting's eyes lit up when she heard that Li Xiandao planned to let her go to Luoxian Tower, but then she remembered her son again, and could only say: "I'm tired of Li Shopkeeper's thoughts, and I really can't let go of my hands below." ”

Zhao Tingyu, who was on the side, captured her mother's momentary loss, and thought for a while: "Mother, I can take care of myself, you can go if you want." ”

Li Xiandao's eyes lit up, he deserved to be a scholar, so reasonable. It's just that Zhao Ting shook her head, looked at Li Xian and said, "Shopkeeper Li, let's talk about it first, why did you find me?" ”

Li Xiandao had no choice but to say: "I want to expand the store in Luoxian Building, Miss Qingqian is really too busy to do it alone, but we don't want to smash the signboard of Luoxian Building, your performance in the competition is highly praised by Master Kong, and it is he who recommends you to us." ”

"This...."Zhao Ting was a little embarrassed, it stands to reason that Shopkeeper Li has the grace to recreate himself, and now that he has a difficult situation in the Xianlou, it is really unreasonable for him not to help.

Zhao Tingyu knew that his mother liked to cook, but now for his own sake, he had to think about himself everywhere, which made him feel very guilty.

"Since Shopkeeper Li is in trouble, the mother will help herself, and the son can take care of himself." Zhao Tingyu persuaded.

Li Xiandao is now more and more fond of this Zhao Tingyu, and said with a smile: "Zhao Niangzi, I know that you are a little hesitant, but listen to the conditions first, you are not busy after you go, and you are only responsible for a small part of the menu a day." It's easy not to let you make a move. Seeing that Zhao Ting was still hesitating, he continued: "Your monthly money is two hundred taels, and there is also a dividend from the restaurant at the end of the year." ”

The conditions opened by Shopkeeper Li can be said to be that no restaurant can take it out, but Zhao Ting is a little moved in her heart, the most important thing is that she can cook. Zhao Ting was embarrassed: "Shopkeeper Li, I know you are sincere, but I also have difficulties, Tingyu stays here alone, I don't worry." ”

"I'm not going to have anything difficult, this matter is easy to solve, I'll rent a yard for your mother and son in Beijing, and you can all move over." Li Xiandao smiled.

Seeing that her son was also persuading herself, Zhao Ting thought for a while and said, "Okay, I promise you shopkeeper Li, but I can pay for the rent myself." ”

Li Xiandao breathed a sigh of relief, and after Zhao Ting was done, the grandfather's plan could be implemented. said with a smile: "I'll talk about the house later, I'll go back and prepare for it in the next place, and Zhao Niangzi can come to Beijing and say goodbye." ”

"Walk slowly." Sending Li Xiandao out of the door, seeing that there were still many people waiting on the street, Li Xiandao smiled and arched his hand around: "Everyone, please go back, Zhao Niangzi will go to the capital in the near future, if you want to taste the food, you can go to my Luoxian Building." ”

The people on the street were a little lost, and they were really taken first, but everyone didn't have anything to do, and it was the Jingguo Gong who stood behind the Luoxian Tower, which they could afford to provoke. Shaking his head helplessly, he scattered.

"Then I'll wait for good news in the capital." Say goodbye to Zhao Ting. Li Xiandao left in the carriage, Zhao Ting went back to the house and looked at Zhao Tingyu and said, "You pack up, bring all your books, and in the future, we will live in the capital." Seeing the smile on his mother's face, Zhao Tingyu nodded and said, "I know my mother." ”