Chapter 278: Li Yu and Emperor Zhou E are present

Cao Deshun respectfully invited Han Xizai into the lobby on the first floor, and many officials came to greet Han Xizai when they saw him come in.

Han Xizai greeted everyone with a smile, and after greeting for a while, he was invited by Cao Deshun to the second floor and arranged to be in Xu Xuan's room.

At this time, it was already close to about ten o'clock in the morning. Quanjude was already full, and the guys were going back and forth between the tables like butterflies wearing flowers, serving tea and all kinds of dried fruits to the guests.

More and more people gathered outside Quanjude, crowding the streets. The people of Jinling City watched the lion dance with great interest, and they all pointed out and cheered loudly.

There were a few carriages at the entrance of the street, all decorated in ordinary fashion, followed by a dozen men dressed as servants, all of them tall and strong, with cold faces, and they looked like no one should enter.

When the convoy came to the street, it could not move forward. The streets were blocked by people watching the excitement.

A white-faced, beardless middle-aged man, dressed in the clothes of a steward, he couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw this scene.

He walked to the side of the second carriage and said through the curtain: "Official, the carriage can't get in, what do you think?"

The curtain opened, revealing Li Yu's smiling face.

"It's okay, let's get out of the car and walk, it's very lively inside! What are these people watching? ”

The steward bowed down and said, "The slave doesn't know, and it must be inseparable from Quanjude." ”

Li Yu got out of the carriage, walked to the front of the carriage behind, lifted the curtain, and said to Emperor Zhou E inside: "Lady, it's already here, I'll help you get out of the car." ”

Emperor Zhou E is dressed very simply today, wearing a plain skirt and no extra jewelry, but she still can't hide her national beauty.

She smiled and handed her hand to Li Yu.

Li Yu helped her get out of the carriage, and the palace maid in the carriage behind came over and helped Emperor Zhou E bring a hat.

Emperor Zhou E put down the light veil on his hat and covered his beautiful face.

The steward hurriedly ordered the servants to open the way in front and protect Li Yu and Emperor Zhou E as they walked towards the gate of Quanjude.

Several powerful palace guards struggled to separate the crowd and carve a way.

A few idlers who were pushed away were very unhappy and hurled insults at the guards in the local dialect of Jinling.

There was a man who came over and wanted to compete with the guards.

At this moment, out of nowhere, four men in civilian clothes came out, and they swung wooden sticks more than a foot long, and smashed them on the idler's back, and immediately put him to the ground.

Then he quickly pulled out the rope, tied him up, dragged him into the crowd, and disappeared.

Li Yu took Zhou Ehuang's hand and slowly walked into the crowd. All around them, there were men in civilian clothes, surrounding the two of them in the middle, vigilantly observing the surrounding situation.

Squeezed to the door of Quanjude, Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang saw the lion dance performance. They were all interested, and they stopped to watch.

After a while, Li Yu pulled Emperor Zhou E and walked towards the gate of Quanjude. The guards around them hurriedly followed, advancing around the two of them.

Seeing this, the surrounding people knew that it must be a big man coming, so they all avoided it one after another, and quickly made a way.

At the gate of Quanjude, Cao Deshun, Guo Kai, and Zan Xin were waiting anxiously.

Seeing a large group of people coming, the three of them hurriedly greeted them, and immediately let Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang into the lobby of Quanjude.

Li Yu is wearing blue casual clothes today and a black hat on his head. He looked around with a radiant look and saw many familiar faces sitting in the lobby.

Many people noticed Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang, so they hurriedly stood up and wanted to come over to pay their respects.

Li Yu waved his hand and stopped the officials. He came out to relax today, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with these people at all.

Guo Kai invited Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang to the second floor and entered the private room next to the Qinhuai River.

There are only Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang in the house now, as well as Guo Kai and Cao Deshun.

Li Yu looked at the furniture and furnishings in the room with great interest, feeling very curious.

In this room, there is a sofa against the wall, which Cui Daoshu brought from Qishan Island.

The sofa is about eight feet long, wrapped in whale skin and padded with soft feathers and cotton.

Cao Deshun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please sit down and feel it." ”

Li Yu walked to the front of the sofa and sat down carefully, feeling his body sink into softness. He leaned back and leaned back in great comfort.

He said to Emperor Zhou E: "Empress, you can also try it, this chair is very good." ”

Zhou Ehuang walked over, sat down elegantly, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Yu.

"Hey, it's very soft!"

Cao Deshun explained: "Your Majesty, the queen mother, this kind of bench is called 'sofa' in the West, and it was brought by Cui Daoshu's son from Mingzhou. ”

Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang both thought that the sofa was good, and Cao Deshun hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, Cui Daoshu has handed over the practice of this sofa to the craftsmen in my house. It is estimated that the grass people will be able to make it soon, and I will send it to the palace as soon as possible, and I invite you two to enjoy it. ”

Li Yu nodded: "Mr. Cao has a heart, and the widow likes this sofa very much." Is Cui Daoshu here? The widow wanted to see him. ”

Cao Deshun replied: "He has already come with Qi Jiuniang, and he is resting now." ”

Li Yu smiled and said, "It's morning, why are they tired?" ”

Cao Deshun replied: "Back to Your Majesty, they haven't slept for two days, and they have been taking care of Na Zhe. ”

Li Yu's face changed, and he said eagerly: "Quickly call Cui Daoshu, the widow wants to ask about Na Zhe's situation." ”

Cao Deshun agreed, turned around and walked out of the house.

Soon, Cui Daoshu and Qi Jiuniang came in.

Cui Daoshu's face was pale, Qi Jiuniang's face was haggard, her eyes were red and swollen, and she definitely wiped too much ginger.

Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang were very surprised, why didn't they see each other for a few days, and the two of them became like this? Could it be that Zhe is seriously injured?

Cui Daoshu and Qi Jiuniang saluted the two, Li Yu waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, Cui Gongzi, how is the gentleman?" ”

Cui Daoshu sighed: "Hey, back to Your Majesty, he is very seriously injured, he has been suffering from a high fever, and his wounds are festering. ”

Li Yu asked, "Didn't the widow send an imperial doctor to treat him?" What did the Imperial Physician say? ”

Cui Daoshu replied: "The imperial doctor has seen it, treated his wounds, and left a prescription, as well as many precious medicinal materials. The grass people thanked His Majesty for his kindness for the third brother. ”

Li Yu asked again: "Then why did his injuries worsen?" ”

"Master Tai Qin, who is proficient in medical science, took the pulse of the third brother, saying that the arrow was probably coated with poison. But he couldn't see what kind of poison it was, so he couldn't prescribe the right medicine. ”

Cao Deshun and Qi Jiuniang were snickering in their stomachs, Cui Daoshu was too good at making it up, and even the poison was pulled out.

Qi Jiuniang covered her face with her sleeves and began to cry.

Cui Daoshu thought helplessly in his heart, Jiuniang, you must not overdo it and make a mess! That would be self-defeating.

Emperor Zhou E hurriedly comforted Qi Jiuniang: "Jiuniang, don't cry, the Buddha will bless Mr. Na, he will definitely get better." Your Majesty, can you think of a way to save that gentleman? ”

Li Yu thought about it and said: "Guo Kai, you immediately send someone to the Tai Hospital, and ask them to send Lang Zhong, who is good at treating knife wounds and has research on poisons, to rush to Qingliang Temple as soon as possible to treat Mr. Na." ”

Qi Jiuniang knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang.

Then he said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you Queen Mother, now the third brother is saved." ”

Emperor Zhou E hurriedly said: "Jiuniang doesn't have to be like this, Cui Gongzi, you quickly help her up." ”

Cui Daoshu saw that Qi Jiuniang was energetic, and he performed hard, secretly amusing in his heart. Hurriedly pulled Qi Jiuniang up and stood aside.

Guo Kai went out to make arrangements, and Cao Deshun asked: "Your Majesty, there will be an opening ceremony in a while, please ask Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to cut the ribbon for Quanjude." ”

Li Yu asked curiously: "What does 'ribbon cutting' mean?" ”

Cao Deshun replied: "Back to Your Majesty, cutting the ribbon is a ceremony to get lucky and please the lottery. At the time of opening, please cut the red silk with scissors with scissors on top of a section of red silk with the queen's mother, so that you can do it. ”

Emperor Zhou E was very interested, and she said to Li Yu: "Official, this 'ribbon cutting' is very interesting, the concubine wants to try it." ”

Li Yu smiled and said, "Okay, let's try it together." ”

Cao Deshun respectfully invited the two of them downstairs, and Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang went out with him.

Cui Daoshu saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Qi Jiuniang: "Jiuniang, you must stop pretending to be a ghost." It scared the hell out of me. I'm really afraid that if you mess up, then we'll be in trouble. After all, this is Jinling, not on Qishan Island. ”

Qi Jiuniang rubbed her red and swollen eyes, "Childe, the slave family is measured." It's just that this ginger is so spicy that people always want to shed tears. The slave family thought that he couldn't waste his tears, so he couldn't help crying. ”

Cui Daoshu shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, let's go out too, don't you like to watch the excitement the most?" Let's go to the opening ceremony. ”

Qi Jiuniang said wryly: "Childe, the slave family must be very ugly now, right?" I'm not going out, I'd better hide. ”

Cui Daoshu thought about it, so he went out and borrowed a hat from a palace maid and put it on Qi Jiuniang.

He smiled and said, "Then there will be no problem, let's go out." ”

Qi Jiuniang felt very sweet in her heart, she pulled Cui Daoshu's sleeve, followed him downstairs, and walked out of the gate of Quanjude.

Outside is now crowded with people, and the palace guards have driven away some of the people who were watching the excitement, and vacated a large area at the gate.

Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang stood side by side at the door, smiling and talking to Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and other officials.

At this time, several beautiful women wearing cheongsam, wearing high heels produced by the leather workshop of Qishan Island, walked over with a long red silk in their hands.