Five days ago, a big businessman from Guangling, Huainan bought the restaurant from the original proprietor at a low price of 6,000 yuan, as well as 20 acres of vacant land along the river, and renamed it Quannongju.

The opening ceremony was short and frugal, it was noon, many officials who came here to eat were also attracted by the sound of gongs and drums of the opening, but more of them were the old drinkers of Cuiyunju who came to cheer, and the shopkeeper of the new restaurant was the original Jingniang of Cuiyunju, a well-known signboard in Chang'an.

Jing Niang stood at the door, she was wearing a fiery red pomegranate dress, her blue eyes were full of charming smiles, and she greeted the drinkers who came to cheer affectionately.

Behind her, there stood two rows of twenty orchids, their enthusiasm as if they were so different from the elegance that was common in the neighborhood that they served the guests who had come to eat and drink so well that many of the officials who had come to join in the fun had the idea of coming back tomorrow.

Greeted at the door for nearly an hour, Jing Niang was really tired, but the opening was good, which made her very happy, she had five ingredients in this restaurant, but she never understood why Zhang Huan refused to use her real identity, if she was afraid of identity taboos, but there were still few families in the court who were doing business abroad to make money?

Zhang Huan refused to say, she didn't want to ask again, presumably he also had something difficult to say, Jing Niang had been in Chang'an for eight years, what to ask and what not to ask, her heart was like a mirror, but her two life turns benefited from Zhang Huan, and she was full of gratitude to him.

Seeing that the number of diners is decreasing. When she was about to go back to the hotel to rest for a while, a group of soldiers on horseback came from afar, and the first person in the front, Jing Niang, recognized it at a glance, and it was also her old drinker, Zhu Jun, the lieutenant general of the Longwu Army, and then looked at the person behind him, Jing Niang's face immediately sank, it was Cui Xiong, the young proprietor of Fengyunlou who annexed her Cuiyunju.

The unhappiness on his face disappeared in an instant. She immediately greeted her with a smile, "I waited until now, and I always felt that there was still one person left in the future, and now I know that it was General Zhu who was missing." ”

"I'm here to cheer up."

Zhu Jun turned over and dismounted, he looked up at the restaurant and said with a smile: "I often come to this place." In the future, Jingniang will sell wine, and I will be a regular customer, is there a quiet elegant room? ”

"Biyunxuan on the third floor is still empty, General Zhu, please come in." Saying that, Jing Niang stepped forward to greet Cui Xiong again, "Welcome General Cui Xiao to my place for dinner." ”

Cui Xiong glanced at her chest and smiled in a daze: "Last time, I took special care of them and let you go, how can you thank me?" ”

How could Jing Niang not understand what he meant. She held back the resentment in her heart and said lukewarmly: "Welcome General Cui Xiao to come to the shop often, I will use the best wine." The best dish to entertain. ”

"Wine and food are used for fart, I want the best woman, and naturally you will entertain you."

Cui Xiong laughed, he couldn't help but touch Jing Niang's face, but Zhu Zhu next to him pulled him into the restaurant. He said in a low voice: "There are many officials who eat here, so beware of being known by the head of the family." ”

Cui Xiong had no choice but to go to the restaurant. Zhu Jun bowed his hand to Jing Niang apologetically, and followed, Jing Niang sighed and went to the kitchen.

There are three floors in the restaurant, and the Biyunxuan on the third floor is the most luxurious suite, the outside is the dining hall, and there is a small room inside, which can be used for three or four people to drink and talk secretly.

"Can you hear the recent rumors?" Zhu Jun poured Cui Xiong a glass of wine and asked quietly.

"Why haven't I heard that someone said that my head of the family colluded with the family, and the head of the family was furious and was looking for the root of this rumor." Cui Xiong drank the wine, smacked the wine glass, and said angrily: "It is estimated that the old boy of the Wei family did it, although he is not in Chang'an, but he is still the most suspicious." ”

Zhu Jun poured him another glass of wine, and said with a wry smile: "I'm not talking about Xiangguo, I'm talking about the rumor that Zhang Huan is the illegitimate son of Prince Yu." ”

"That thing, can you believe it?" Cui Xiong pouted disdainfully: "Can a miscellaneous crow turn into a phoenix?" I don't even believe it. ”

"This matter has no impact on us, but it is different for the emperor, Cui Xiang, and Pei Xiang, when the palace incident occurred, more than a dozen families were wiped out, and thousands of people died, I think whether it is true or not, Zhang Huan will not be able to garrison Daming Palace, this beauty is none other than Dalang, I congratulate you first."

Zhu Jun picked up the wine glass and saluted Cui Xiong with a smile, but his expression changed in his eyes without leaking.

"Congratulations!" But I heard that the head of the family was going to appoint the post of Zhonglang in the Tianqi Camp to Duan Shengyun, the son of Duan Xiushi, a playboy, which made people very unconvinced. ”

Zhu Jun nodded secretly, as expected, Cui Yuan had already made a move, he smiled, "Don't talk about these troublesome things, come!" I'll toast you again. ”

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An hour later, in Cui Yuan's outer study, Cui Xiong told him and Zhu Zhu word for word

Cui Yuan, he finally said: "According to the instructions of the head of the family, I told him that he would be the commander of the Tianqi Battalion, and he would not talk about this matter anymore." ”

Cui Yuan stroked his short beard and nodded, "You have done a good job and made progress this time, your task is to continue to associate with him, and you must tell me everything he said as it is." ”

Cui Xiong nodded in agreement, he hesitated for a moment and then said, "He asked me to go to Pingkangfang tonight to drink flower wine." ”

"Go ahead! Drink flower wine. ”

Cui Yuan saw that he was walking away, he couldn't help but smile coldly, and said to himself: "Zhu Zhu, if you want to fight with the old man, it's still far away!" ”

He paced slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, this morning, he got the news from Hedong, Zhang Ruohao is critically ill, Zhang Ruohao is dead, the new head of Zhangjiadi is too shallow, and his father is a man who does nothing, he can't suppress those ambitious uncles at all, and there is a fierce Zhang Potian, Hedong is bound to be in chaos, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to seize Hedong.

But the Pei family in Hebei will not miss the opportunity. There is also Anbei Duan Xiushi, is it another three families?

No! Cui Yuan shook his head slightly, he looked at the white clouds in the distance with his hands, Zhang Ruohao, Zhang Potian, Zhang Huan, Li Xian, Pei Jun, Wei Ge. Distinct opponents slid through his mind like a marquee, they seemed to be disorganized and unrelated to each other, but Cui Yuan threaded them together with a thread, and this thread was Hedong.

Cui Yuan suddenly sneered. As long as he is willing, the opportunity will always be in front of him, and he immediately turned around and ordered: "Prepare the car, go to Daming Palace!" ”

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"Jump!" Cui Xiaofu smiled and hugged the emperor and jumped on his lap, it was Li Miao, the grandson of King Qing, and now he was passed on to Cui Xiaofu as his son. Not long ago, he was made the crown prince, Li Miao was only three years old, white and fat, and extremely lively, which made Cui Xiaofu laugh.

Cui Xiaofu is nearly forty years old, has no children under her knees, and like all women, the desire for children has always been a pain in her heart. But unlike other women, she doesn't want more than just a child.

"Auntie, why doesn't this little guy speak?" Cui Ning next to him asked with a smile.

"Aren't you just the same now?" Talk less. This is called great wisdom and foolishness, then what is it called if you don't speak? Is it called Acacia seriously ill? ”

"Auntie!" Cui Ning saw that Cui Xiaofu was joking with herself without anyone in front of her, so she couldn't help but be embarrassed and quietly pinched her.

Cui Xiaofu smiled and stopped teasing her. She kissed the little guy hard, and couldn't help but love it more and more, and then the nurse on the side was happy to see Cui Xiaofu. couldn't help but sneer: "The slave maid thinks that the prince and the mother are very similar." ”

"Oh! Is it? Cui Xiaofu smiled and turned back and asked, "Tell me, where does he resemble me?" ”

"Yes! The prince's skin is very white, which is very similar to Niangniang, and his eyes are as crooked as Niangniang when he smiles, and many people say that the prince is simply Niangniang's own child. ”

"What did you say?" The smile on Cui Xiaofu's face did not disappear, but her eyes were already cold, she glanced at this mouthy nurse, and asked lightly: "Who arranged for you to be a nurse?" ”

"Slaves should be damned!" The nurse knelt down suddenly, and she already felt the dissatisfaction in the queen's tone.

"If you ask Hongu well, you won't die." Cui Xiaofu suddenly found that this nurse didn't seem to be the one she had arranged, she restrained the suspicion in her heart, and quietly tentatively said: "This palace seems to remember seeing you in the Sishou Palace, right?" ”

Princess Sishou is Zhang Liang's niece, and their relationship is quite close.

There was a panic in the nurse's eyes, and she immediately denied it: "The slave maid is a person in the palace of King Siqing, and it has nothing to do with King Sishou." ”

"Really?" The little change in the nurse's eyes was seen by Cui Xiaofu meticulously, and she sneered: "Then the palace will go to King Siqing to confront now, if you are not, then I will peel your skin!" ”

The nurse was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she suddenly kowtowed again and again, "The queen mother spares her life!" The queen spares her life! ”

"Auntie, don't scare the child." Cui Ning next to her couldn't help but persuade Cui Xiaofu, she sighed secretly in her heart, the palace struggle has always been ruthless, and the superiors are deceitful, but in the end, they are all these poor subordinates.

"Oh! Don't be afraid, little darling. ”

Cui Xiaofu patted the child lovingly, and she smiled gently at the nurse: "Say it!" It's actually not a big deal, it's just that this palace doesn't like liars, as long as you tell the truth, this palace will spare you this time.

"The slave and the slave are indeed the people of the palace of the heir and the king."

Cui Xiaofu's eyes gradually narrowed, she knew that the woman in Taiji Palace would not let herself taste as she wished, and she was really ill-intentioned, and secretly replaced the prince's nurse, needless to say, if she didn't find out today, the prince would inevitably suddenly fall ill and die one day.

"This palace knows, you go down first!"

The nurse wiped a cold sweat and hurriedly retreated, Cui Xiaofu saw her walking away, so she turned around and glanced at the henchman eunuch beside her.

Meaning, Cui Xiaofu smiled again and said to her Jiao'er: "Come on!" Jump for the mother again

"The emperor has arrived!" Cui Ning was startled by a long shout from the eunuch outside the door, and she immediately said to Cui Xiaofu: "Auntie, then I'll avoid it first."

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Cui Ning had already discovered a few days ago that his emperor's uncle seemed to be looking at him a little wrong, although he was still kind and gentle. But there is always a trace of hatred in his eyes from time to time, Cui Ning is a very smart woman, she immediately guessed that this is very likely to be related to the emperor's tour of Taiyuan some time ago, although she is not sure what the Li family will do to her, but in order to protect herself, she has rarely entered the palace, and today because Cui Xiaofu specially summoned her, she entered the palace to visit the queen.

Cui Xiaofu looked at her in surprise. Still nodding, Cui Ning dodged and hid in the dormitory.

Cui Xiaofu handed over the prince in her hand to the palace maid beside her, and rushed to the door to greet her, only to see Li Ji walking to the door surrounded by dozens of eunuchs and palace maids.

"The concubine bows to welcome Your Majesty!"

"The queen is exempt!"

Li Department waved his hand and said with a smile: "I went to see the emperor just now, and said that I had been taken away by the queen, so I chased after me all the way." ”

In the past few days, the mood of the Li department has been mixed. The good thing is that he has received a secret report from Yin Han Yannian in Taiyuan, Zhang Ruohao's illness has deteriorated, and the people of Zhang's mansion are already preparing for him, if Zhang Ruohao dies, Zhang Can will inherit the head of the family, and he has promised himself that once he takes over the head of the family, he will first give up more than a dozen counties in the northeast of Hedong, such as Yunzhong County, Shuo County, and Dai County, to Duan Xiushi's garrison. This is equivalent to opening the northern gate of Hedong, so that it is logical for his army to occupy Hedong.

But the worry was that he heard a piece of news today. It is rumored in the Chang'an market that Zhang Huan is actually the illegitimate son of his eldest brother, which makes him dare not believe it anyway, but he also knows that these so-called rumors in the market are spread by people with intentions. Believe it or not.

But this incident turned over the old account from sixteen years ago, which made him very unhappy, and he had been on the throne for sixteen years. Is there still someone who wants to change the sky?

At this time, Cui Xiaofu had already hugged Li Miao in front of the Li family, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, some people say that the emperor looks like me, what do you say?" ”

Li Xian pinched the little guy's chin and whispered: "It's the same, as delicate as the queen's skin." ”

"Your Majesty. It was far away, so he laughed in a low voice: "The emperor should be careful to be heard by the historian and write it down, and the emperor will be laughed at when he grows up in the future." ”

Cui Xiaofu inadvertently said a sentence but provoked the Li family's heart, and he thought of Prince Yu again, if Zhang Huan is really the son of the eldest brother, then wouldn't he want to avenge his father? Thinking of this, Li sat down worriedly.

Cui Xiaofu saw that Li Department's face was not good, and she was slightly surprised in her heart, "Your Majesty is not feeling well, do you want to call the imperial doctor?" ”

"I'm not sick." Saying that Zhang Huan is the son of my eldest brother, I am a little worried! ”

"Prince Yu?" Cui Xiaofu was stunned, a strange gaze flashed in her eyes very quickly, and then disappeared, she thought about it, and then comforted Li Xian: "Zhang Huan is the son of the Zhang family, how can he be the son of Prince Yu, these rumors must be someone who wants to create a tense atmosphere, there is no basis for it, and the emperor can't believe it." ”

Li Department nodded, Cui Xiaofu also had a little truth in what he said, if Zhang Huan was the son of the eldest brother, how could the Zhang family ally with him, and how could Zhang Huan sabotage the assassination of the assassin in Taiyuan.

But this is on the bright side, it is related to his vital interests, Li Department has always been at ease, even if it is a rumor, the truth needs to be dug up, at this time, a eunuch hurriedly came to report, "Your Majesty, the right minister Cui Yuan has something important to see, and now he is waiting outside the imperial study." ”

"Cui Yuan." Li's brows furrowed, "What is he here for?" ”

"Xiangguo may have something important, the emperor should go! State affairs are paramount. Xiaofu gently persuaded on the side.

Li Department nodded, "Okay! I'll come to see the emperor another day. He teased Li Miao again, and hurried back to the imperial study.

Cui Xiaofu saw him walking away, so he sat down slowly, will Zhang Huan really be the son of the late prince? And who posted this rumor? It doesn't matter to her whether Zhang Huan is the son of Prince Yu or not, what she cares about is Zhang Huan's Tianqi camp, the release of this rumor will make the already tense relationship between Li and Zhang Huan even worse, and the possibility of Zhang Huan continuing to garrison Daming Palace is reduced, no! Things can't drag on any longer, Cui Xiaofu glanced at Cui Ning, who had just come out, and said with a slight smile: "I'm going to see a polo player training today, do you want to go with me?" ”

Cui Ning was stunned, then lowered her head, her eyes became brighter, Cui Xiaofu saw it in her eyes, she smiled faintly, and immediately ordered: "Prepare for driving!" The main shrine is going to the Higashi Inner Garden. ”