Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Rival Visit
The other partners are already a little scared, offending King Qin is not a joke, and if you don't do it, you will lose your head.
"The officials in Kyoto were bribed, and the market was monopolized and not reported to the imperial court, and now they have been taken to the prison for interrogation, and Xiang Manlou has used improper means to frame his opponent, but now he has admitted his mistake, in order to avoid everyone's excessive losses, this king suggested signing a contract from now on the well water will not violate the river water."
Listening to what Shen Nanfeng said, Yu Xizhou was a little confused, obviously it was the fault of Shixianglou, how could it become Hua Ze's fault.
After listening to Shen Nanfeng's words, the steward of Shixianglou directly signed his name, he actually didn't want to do too much, and now that King Qin has come forward, he can't keep relying on it.
"Shen Nanfeng, what's going on? Why is it wrong to become a fragrant building? Leaving Shixianglou, Yu Xizhou was pulled by Shen Nanfeng to Xiangmanlou, Shen Nanfeng didn't say a word along the way, and Yu Xizhou was a little anxious.
"I don't blame King Qin, I only blame me for not knowing people clearly, so I let the bad guys take advantage of the loopholes." Hua Ze saw that Yu Xizhou had been questioning Shen Nanfeng, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain.
Hearing Hua Ze's words, Yu Xizhou was even more at a loss, could it be that he ignored something?
Hua Ze asked Yu Xizhou not to be angry first, and then asked people to take out the account book of Xiangmanlou, Xiao You and Yun Xi were there to calculate, while they were waiting for the results.
"There are a total of thirty-two accounts marked in it that do not match the inventory, each of which is not a large number, but there are more than 1,000 taels of silver plus the unmarked, and the number of ingredients that go out to buy is also very different from the inventory." Xiao You looked at the account book, frowned, and looked at Shen Nanfeng seriously.
Yu Xizhou was stunned all of a sudden, more than a thousand taels! It's enough to buy a villa, who is so ruthless and makes so much money.
Hua Ze took the account book in Xiao You's hand, and said unhurriedly: "A few days ago, the little guy in my store fought with the guests, and I took the little guy away without asking the reason, and now I know that it was the steward of the store who was doing nonsense outside to let the guests bring the words to the store, and the bad words about me were heard by the little guy." ”
The other hand took the abacus in Yun Xi's hand, Hua Ze's slender and slender fingers played up and down, and there were words in his mouth, of course Yu Xizhou couldn't understand it, she was a cook who could only cook, and she wasn't very good at math when she was in school.
"Zero is always in Xiangmanlou, in addition to deducting the wages of small servants, judging from the account books, one thousand taels must be more than that." Hanazawa sneered self-deprecatingly.
If it weren't for Shen Nanfeng starting to investigate from the people who monopolized the market, I'm afraid he wouldn't have found so much.
"What about the others?" Yu Xizhou understood what it meant, that is, the steward of Xiangmanlou did something bad and asked Hua Ze to wipe his buttocks, and then ran away with the money.
"The names are all fake, the other day I said that there was something at home, and then I allowed him to leave, and the village he said was also fake, it didn't exist at all." Hua Ze said that he was very angry in his heart, and his hands were clenched into fists, eager to smash the table.
His hard work was almost ruined by the people he recruited, and Hua Ze was angry and hateful, more wronged.
Seeing that Hua Ze's eyes were already shining with tears of remorse, Yu Xizhou took her hand and said, "It's a big deal, let's start again!" The name Xiangmanlou is too unlucky, so it would be better if we changed the name. ”
Hua Ze looked at Yu Xizhou gratefully, and was about to thank them, but heard someone push the door in.
"Isn't it a little bad for me to come?"
"See the Emperor, the Empress."
The huge room suddenly knelt together, and the emperor smiled, went over to the crowd, found a stool and sat down, and said, "Get up!" ”
Everyone got up, and Shen Nanfeng looked at the two people traveling in plainclothes suspiciously, and looked at the emperor who was still smirking, waiting for his explanation.
"I'm tired of eating the food cooked by the imperial chef, and I heard that a newly opened fragrant building in Kyoto is full every day, so I brought the queen to try it, but I didn't expect to see such a good show." The emperor looked at Shen Nanfeng, patted the queen's hand with one hand, and touched his beard with the other, with a smile on his face.
Hua Ze knelt on the ground and said with some guilt: "The emperor also asks for forgiveness, it was Hua Ze who begged King Qin to help Xiang Manlou get through the difficulties, Hua Ze didn't expect things to be so big!" ”
"Monopolizing the market, this matter is really big, it was originally just a business competition between two restaurants, but it directly punished local officials, Hua Ze, how do you punish you!" The emperor slowly stood up and walked in front of Hua Ze.
Yu Xizhou gasped, punishment? Why punish Hanazawa? It's obvious that the official is corrupt and perverts the law, she just helped the emperor find a corrupt official by mistake, why should she be punished, isn't she rewarded?
Thinking about it, Yu Xizhou was angry, and directly stood up and said what he thought, Xiao You saw that the situation was not right, and wanted to stop it but did not succeed.
And Shen Nanfeng looked at his little wife arguing indignantly, without the slightest intention of hindering, and looked at her with a doting and adoring face.
"Does the princess mean that I did something wrong?" The emperor was a little angry in his words, returned to his seat, and looked at Yu Xizhou fiercely.
Hua Ze didn't want Yu Xizhou to take risks for himself, so he quickly kowtowed and confessed.
"Your Majesty, it's all Hua Ze's fault, it has nothing to do with the princess, and I ask the emperor to condemn you!"
"Good!" After listening to Hua Ze's words, the emperor stood up again, looked at the people in front of him who didn't dare to come out, and Shen Nanfeng next to him, who looked indifferent, and couldn't help laughing all of a sudden.
Everyone was puzzled for a while, didn't they want to punish Hua Ze? Why did you suddenly laugh.
The emperor clenched his hands into fists and put them to his mouth, coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, and said, "Then I will punish Hua Ze and immediately cook a table of good dishes for me!" ”
Hanazawa breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly thanked him, got up and prepared to go into the kitchen to stir-fry, but was stopped again.
"Is this the end? Did I let you go? ”
Yu Xizhou frowned, which one is the emperor singing? It's the same for a while, how can you change more than Sun Wukong!
complained silently in her heart, but Yu Xizhou knew that he would definitely not punish Hua Ze, because she saw the indifference on Shen Nanfeng's face.
"Someone came, I demolished the plaque of the fragrant building, and gave it the name of the royal building." Originally, the previous sentence almost made Yu Xizhou step forward to discuss life with him again, but the latter words made her almost kneel down to thank Lord Longen.
Hua Ze recovered from the fright, knelt down with a happy face, thanked him vigorously, and when his eyes turned to Yu Xizhou, he just nodded silently, and then went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Yu Xizhou originally wanted to do something to help, but was stopped by the emperor, and his eyes motioned for Yunxi and Xiao You to help Hua Ze and stay by himself.
"Your Majesty, you've done a bit too much in this play! If you scare Hanazawa stupidly, you won't be able to eat her cooking. Yu Xizhou waited until they were all gone, and said teasingly.
The emperor stood up, looked at Yu Xizhou, his eyes gradually descended, down to her lower abdomen, the smile was frozen on his face, and he looked at her suspiciously.
After receiving the emperor's gaze, Yu Xizhou's hand involuntarily placed on his lower abdomen, feeling that the palm of his hand seemed to have the temperature of a baby, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he nodded lightly.
"Won't I be able to eat the dishes fried by the chef in the future?" The emperor returned to his seat and teased.
Yu Xizhou returned a big smile, glanced at Shen Nanfeng next to him, and said with some embarrassment: "If the emperor doesn't dislike it, I can let Hua Ze do it on his behalf." ”
"That's not necessary, I'm just lamenting the passage of time!"
Soon Hua Ze put the dishes on with the help of Xiao You, and the emperor was amazed after eating, saying that he would come here to eat when he was free, so that Hua Ze could be ready at any time.
After eating, there was no long delay, and the emperor left.
After the emperor left, Shen Nanfeng asked Yunxi and Xiaoyou to send Yu Xizhou back to his home, and he had other things to do.
When I came to Zhao Qingran's residence, I saw a familiar figure.
"How could Shen Huang be in Zhao Qingran's mansion?" Shen Nanfeng stood still, looking at the two silently, they seemed to have some disputes.
Originally, he wanted to come to Zhao Qingran, but he didn't expect to suddenly encounter this scene, in order not to startle the snake, Shen Nanfeng pretended not to be here, and left silently.
"Qingran, don't spread this troubled water anymore, it will only harm you, you know?" Shen Huang looked at Zhao Qingran, who still looked like he was rejecting thousands of miles away, and felt a little distressed.
Although he knew that the person in her heart was not himself, he couldn't bear to watch Zhao Qingran make mistakes again and again.
Zhao Qingran looked at Shen Huang's eager appearance, sneered, turned his back on him, and said with a cold face: "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean by this?" It was you who let me join, and it was you who let me leave, Qingran's goal has not been completed, I'm afraid it's hard to stop. ”
"I'll help you get rid of Yu Xizhou." Shen Huang blurted out, he knew that Zhao Qingran regarded Yu Xizhou as a thorn in his eye, as long as he got rid of Yu Xizhou, Zhao Qingran would not go on like this again.
Hearing Shen Huang's almost blurted out words, Zhao Qingran turned around, stared at Shen Huang with a cold gaze, looked at him with a somewhat evasive look, and pretended to be casual and asked: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so good to Qing Ran, could it be that he has a different kind of affection for Qing Ran?" ”
When Shen Huang heard what Zhao Qingran said, he felt his heartbeat like a deer crashing, and he looked at Zhao Qingran's playful eyes, and he was so nervous that he didn't know where to put it.
"Yes!"
I didn't want to admit it, because I knew that what she was in her heart was not herself, but she thought that if she didn't say it, she might regret it for the rest of her life, so Shen Huang gritted his teeth and said the answer in his heart.
Zhao Qingran sneered, and at the same time was a little surprised, Shen Huang liked his own thing Shen Yunchen had already told him last time, and he also threatened himself not to delay him, but what Shen Yunchen didn't know was that in her Zhao Qingran's heart, except for Shen Nanfeng, everyone else was bullshit.