Lin Mei was late, and when she arrived at the Yi River, the dragon boat race was already coming to an end.

Father Lin frowned and asked quietly: "That person is not a guy from the restaurant, I looked familiar, and I thought for a long time before I remembered that he was a descendant of the Luo family, how did he come to the door, it wouldn't be any trouble for the Luo family, right?" ”

Lin Mei secretly thought: When will the cheap daddy become smart, this can be guessed. He smiled bitterly: "It's not a big deal, my father also knows, he is not good at business, only half a year, Yipinlou can't be opened, he simply closed the restaurant, but he was afraid that the two families would be evil because of business, so he sent Ah Da to secretly come out to report a letter." ”

"Really?" Father Lin asked as he stared at her suspiciously.

Lin Mei glanced at him with a smile and said with a smile: "Daddy has also been doing business for more than half a year, do you think this business is easy to do?" He is a scholar and a half-grown child, can he still be expected to fail?! ”

Hearing her say this, it seems that there is still some truth, Father Lin is thoughtful, recalling the first time he took over the business, he also doesn't know anything, if it weren't for his daughter pointing on the side, I'm afraid that this shop would have been smashed in his hands. I couldn't help sighing: "Also, the twists and turns in this business, if someone hadn't pointed it out from the side, it would really be a blind man crossing the river, and he couldn't see or touch it." ”

Peach pouted and muttered, "The eldest sister came really late, and said that she would accompany us to watch the game." ”

Lin Mei scratched her nose and said with a smile: "Okay, in order to apologize, let's go shopping in the West Market together in a while, and tell me what you want to buy." ”

After the game, Lin Mei did what she said, and took her family to the West Market, the most convenient silk and jewelry stores in the West Market.

The only common hobby of women is probably shopping, and after entering the jewelry store for a while, they are reluctant to leave, and Daddy Lin is happy with the family.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any jade pendants? Take them all out and see. ”

Lin Mei thought about the hot mountain stick, so she made a temporary decision and bought three jade pendants of different sizes in one go.

Zhou Ximei glanced at it and said to her daughter in her arms: "Little Four, thank you, eldest sister, this Jin Yingluo Little Four likes it the most, right, Little Four." ”

Looking at the golden Yingluo that was as thick as a little finger, Peach and Xi'er glanced at each other, and Peach pouted and said: "Mrs. Yingluo's eyes are really cheesy, this Jin Yingluo is afraid that it weighs fifteen taels, and she is not afraid of crushing the little four." ”

Zhou Ximei didn't care, and picked out a pair of solid gold bracelets to take on her hand, and said with satisfaction: "Those fashionable jewelry are only suitable for you delicate little ladies, I am still more stable at this age with the old style, master, you say yes?!" ”

Daddy Lin has always been with the mud in this kind of trivial matter, laughing twice and amusing the little four.

Lin Mei didn't know the calculation in her heart, she just didn't bother to pay attention to it, "Second sister, third sister is also a big girl, choose two more jewelry, accompany me to the Bai family to attend a banquet in a few days, and I also know some of the ladies." ”

When Zhou Ximei heard this, her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "Seeing that the children are all older, go out to meet some new friends and gain some knowledge, otherwise you will stay at home all day long, and you will marry into your in-laws' family in the future, and you won't even have a good friend." ”

It's a pity that no one answered her words, Zhou Ximei smiled awkwardly, and didn't want to be bored, so she shut up.

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Time passed quickly, and it was the end of August in a blink of an eye, and Lin Mei had been paying attention to the movements of the imperial court since the closure of Bingzhou, but she never expected that the King of Qin, who rebelled in Bingzhou, had not yet been caught, but King Qi was the first to suffer.

The reason is very absurd, when the county lord of Jiaoyue got Lin Mei's suggestion, he really thought about it, but unfortunately he was looking for a suitable object for a while. But I didn't want to, after getting along with Shangguan Jun for two days, I actually felt that he was the best choice, and it happened that Taifu didn't advocate harmony, and when Jiaoyue asked Shangguan Jun for help, he actually responded.

So the two families soon exchanged birthdays and signed a wedding letter, which spread to the court within a day, causing quite a stir.

Soon, Princess Xianyi was also taken back to the palace to prepare for marriage.

Soon, the imperial history collected a lot of evidence about the Shanggong family, wave after wave of impeachments, and even Shangguan Jun and Uncle Guo fought in Luoyang and almost killed people. Among them, it was actually involved in collusion with the Zheng family's officials and businessmen, and the emperor was furious, and reprimanded Taifu for not having strict family education, arsoning with his son, committing favoritism, corrupting the law, and thinking about the apostles, he was only dismissed from office and repatriated to his hometown Xiangyang, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict. To add insult to injury, King Qi was also unfortunately implicated and relegated to Juzhou.

When the news reached Luoyang, Lin Mei was taken aback, but she didn't expect that the emperor was already suspicious of King Qi to this level. This court dispute seems to be aimed at the Shangguan family, but in fact it is aimed at the King of Qi, which is completely barbaric, a poor and remote country, and the territory of the queen's mother's family, which is equivalent to imprisoning the King of Qi in Juzhou.

At the beginning of September, in the Red Apricot Building in the West Market, Lin Mei got an edict, which made her immediately leave for the palace to buy a longevity banquet for the royal ancestors of the Double Ninth Festival.

Lin Mei gave Qi Niang a look, took out a purse and put it in the hand of the eunuch Xuanzhao: "I don't know my father-in-law's surname, it's very hard to travel a long distance, I have prepared a table of noodles, and my father-in-law will eat two bites casually, let me go back and clean up, say goodbye to my family, and it's not too late to leave." ”

I saw the eunuch weighing the fluttering purse in his hand, pinching it with his hand, and suddenly his eyebrows opened, "After a day's journey, our family is really hungry, the Lin family is not in a hurry, let's go tomorrow morning." ”

Lin Mei hurriedly thanked her and placed the person directly in the Hongxing Building. Hurry up and hurry back to the Lin Mansion in Sweetwater Lane.

"Sixi, you ask Steward Xu to quickly hand over this letter to Mr. Bai and tell him that his family will hand it over to Mr. Bai in person."

Sixi saw that her expression was solemn, and the governor was very important, so he didn't dare to be sloppy, so he hurriedly responded.

"Master, how is this good? Our Nanshi pair has just opened, and Nafan Lou is singing against the stage, if you are not there at this time, and then take away the two of them, we must be short of manpower. The shopkeeper Tong rushed over when he heard the news.

Lin Mei already had a plan in her heart, "This happened suddenly, I'm afraid it's not accidental, this time I entered the palace, I won't bring an assistant, you and Fugui will definitely take care of the three restaurants, don't let outsiders take advantage of the loopholes." ”

"Can you do it alone? In my opinion, eighty percent of this matter has nothing to do with Fan Lou, otherwise you should take Ah Qing with you, he has a calm temperament and will definitely not cause you trouble. Tong Dacai said indignantly.

Shopkeeper Tong's face froze: "How is this possible?" Can the Sun family still instruct the emperor? ”

Tong Dacai frowned, "It's really hard to say, you must know that there is a lady concubine in the Sun Family Palace." ”

"We know this well, although there are three points of danger in entering the palace this time, but I have always been cautious and cautious, as long as there is no mistake at that time, I can get out of the whole body, you father and son only need to guard the restaurant for me and do a good job." Lin Mei said comfortingly.

Tong Dacai smiled, glanced at his father, and asked, "Master, I have already hooked up with that tea merchant in the past two days, but his asking price is too high, and we are afraid that we can't afford it." ”

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