Chapter Ninety-One: Settling in Kyoto
This is the first time Yi Xiangxiang has seen heavy snow after coming to the Li Dynasty.
In the past, although there was snow in Tongzhou, it was all thin small snowflakes that melted after a while when they fell with the rain, and there was no chance of accumulation. Kyoto is different, there is a lot of snow in Kyoto, and it only takes a while for it to build a snowman.
The northern world is indeed vast and majestic, not to mention that Kyoto is still a place where the wind and clouds meet, and naturally the beauty is more and more atmospheric.
But Yi Xiangxiang didn't like this kind of beauty very much, maybe because Kyoto is a whirlpool of power after all, and she always feels that there is a fierceness here. Hu Xuehui's incense and jade death made Yi Xiangxiang more aware of the danger here, and since then, even if she doesn't need to be cautious, she has lost her freedom.
Forget it, if you come here, you will be safe! She comforted herself.
The Yi family's new house was given by the saint Zhao Zhengqin, because Yi Xiangxiang's mistake of "wanting a house" was that Zhao Zheng also specially sent someone to select it in Kyoto.
As for the errand officer, it also took a lot of effort, and he estimated that the Yi family used to be a merchant by the West Lake, so he picked out the largest mansion there and presented it to the saint for inspection. In fact, he was worried that the regulation would be excessive, but he didn't expect the saint to be quite satisfied, so he actually chose it. So everyone in Kyoto saw from the house that the saint Zhao Zheng attached importance to the Yi family.
Not to mention that everyone loves to please the saints, this person who has won the favor will naturally have fame and fortune.
Yi Xiangxiang is quite satisfied with her new home, with a reasonable layout, rigorous structure, elegant and chic, and very elegant and chic, very with the style of the palace marquis! This is Yi Xiangxiang's evaluation of this village.
The two brothers Yi Luochuan and Yi Hanxi, who were in Beijing, had already arranged for someone to clean up carefully, and when the Yi family's large army arrived, they moved in together.
Yi Xiangxiang's new courtyard is still named Yongleju, and the main courtyard is even more spacious than Tongzhou's, and she can be regarded as having a mansion in this precious Kyoto.
From the daughter of a nameless petty official to the daughter of a second-class official, Yi Xiangxiang has to admit that this is also an era of fighting for her father.
The house was confiscated by the hands of the convicts of the imperial court earlier, and although someone was arranged to clean it regularly, it had not been inhabited for a long time. Qingxuan opened the cage, took out the copper cloisonnΓ© enamel grape pattern milk foot stove, and lit incense to remove the smell. So in the space where the earth dragon burned warmly, the floating sweet incense was smoked so that it was easy to yawn and yawn.
The Yi family entered Beijing yesterday, and many things are still being packed, so the people below are naturally busy. Yongleju is the same, a few maids don't even have time to talk to Yi Xiangxiang, which makes the latter boring.
After feeling around, Yi Xiangxiang was ready to go to the beauty couch to take a nap. It's a pity that he was lazy and failed after all, because Yi Hanxi came to Yongleju at this time.
"Eighth sister, are you still used to this way?" Yi Hanxi took off the agarwood-colored cloak on his body and said to Yi Xiangxiang.
After Yi Xiangxiang yawned, she invited Yi Hanxi to sit down in the rosewood carved wreath chair, and called Qingxuan to take the cloak in his hand and hang it up before saying, "Except that this Kyoto is really cold, there is nothing unaccustomed." How is the fourth brother doing lately? I haven't seen him for nearly a year, but the fourth brother is getting more and more handsome! β
Today's Yi Hanxi is not the forbearant little boy he was back then, he has a charming self-confidence than before, which makes his plump and handsome facial features more energetic, and he is completely the appearance of a beautiful son.
Yi Hanxi has long been accustomed to the astonishing words of this eighth sister, so he didn't take it for granted to her ridicule.
"If it's cold, dress warmer!" Yi Hanxi said and stuffed the lacquer hand stove with the golden black ground landscape pavilion on the desk into Yi Xiangxiang's arms.
At the same time, Yi Hanxi thought in his heart, no wonder the third brother always said that the land was a little big when he was pounding Yongle House these days, and the eighth sister would definitely put on something amazing when the time came, and she had to be restrained.
At that time, Yi Hanxi didn't feel anything when he heard this, but now looking at the hand stove used by his eighth sister, the scenery on it is delicately depicted, with gold like ink, and the depth of the depiction is also appropriate, and it is a rare good product!
Even a hand stove is so exquisite, it seems that the third brother is right, it is to make the eighth sister converge.
He didn't say that Yi Xiangxiang was extravagant, Yi Hanxi knew about the profits of Wuda Business and Xile Building, and these things were just a drop in the bucket for Yi Xiangxiang. But after all, the Wuda business name is not an industry on the surface, and it is not suitable for the Yi family to be too gorgeous and rich.
Now Kyoto is staring at Yifu, but there is more than one pair of eyes.
Yi Xiangxiang didn't know what Yi Hanxi was thinking now, if she knew, she would definitely defend that this was her worst hand stove.
After Qingxuan hung up his cloak, he went out and called Shumei to serve, so Yi Xiangxiang let Shumei serve tea, and then asked Yi Hanxi: "Can Rong Xiyuan be cleaned up?" Now that the Yi family is in Kyoto City, it is not appropriate not to live together, and it is because of my grandfather that I let you move back. But when you go back, you can ask Aunt Feng to go to Ci'an Hall more often, so that the second lady will have some scruples, so she won't dare to embarrass her easily. β
Originally, Yi Hanxi bought a small mansion in Kyoto to house his biological mother Aunt Feng, but now that the Yi family has moved into Kyoto, it is natural to live back in Yi Mansion to comply with the rules.
Yi Hanxi saw that Yi Xiangxiang was so straightforward, so she didn't hide it: "Don't worry, my aunt called my aunt to help her subordinates clean up the cage early in the morning, and the meaning of care was very obvious, so she didn't dare to go too far." β
The "she" in his mouth naturally refers to Huang Yuerong, the second lady.
"Well, there's no need to be afraid of her, anyway, most of the expenses in the second room are supported by you paying the private money to the public middle school, and it's good that you didn't let them see your face!" Yi Xiangxiang said the truth.
With the rise of Yi Xihu's promotion, Yijia's utensils or consumption concept is also gradually rising. The financial industries left by Yi Kangwu, the second grandfather of Yi, can no longer support the expenses of the second room, and now all the excess shares of the second room are filled in by Yi Hanxi.
Originally, the Lin family did not approve of Yi Hanxi's actions, firstly, she didn't know that the latter also had the dividends of Wuda Firm, thinking that Yi Hanxi only had those dividends from Xile Building, so he secretly warned him to keep some money for himself. Second, the Yi family also has the ability to support a family in the second room, and he doesn't need to sacrifice so much.
However, later Yi Hanxi was strong, and the Lin family accepted it under the hint of his daughter Yi Xiangxiang.
Yi Xiangxiang understands Yi Hanxi's approach, just like now, the Huang family is not too embarrassed Aunt Feng, after all, she still spent the money earned by the other party's son.
At the beginning, the Huang family never thought that he agreed to Yi Hanxi to go on a business route, but he didn't expect it to really make people look like it, and now his heart is naturally extremely unbalanced, so he has been pinching this concubine's marriage.
This is the dark side of human nature! Yi Xiangxiang is becoming more and more shameless about the Huang family, which is quite speechless! However, she is now grateful to the Huang family for pinching Yi Hanxi's marriage before and not letting go, because the current Yi family must be able to pick a better family affair for Yi Hanxi, and it will definitely not be lower than the Li family of the second sister-in-law.
Yi Luochuan and Yi Hanchen both had wives, and they were aiming at the Yi family of the Shangshu Mansion in Kyoto, so they naturally looked at Yi Hanxi. Yi Xiangxiang can say with certainty that even if Yi Hanxi is a businessman now, his wife's life experience in the future will definitely not be low.
Yi Hanxi took the tea brought by Shumei and said with a smile: "I'm not worried about her embarrassment, now that there are a few more aunts in my father's backyard, and now that she has returned to the prosperous place of Kyoto, she has a lot to worry about!" β
There was even a schadenfreude in his words.
Not really! Now in the second-room backyard, in addition to the main mother Huang, there are also Aunt Wang, Aunt Song, Aunt Chun and Aunt Xia. Not to mention anything else, just Aunt Wang, who gave birth to Lin'er in Cuiming Courtyard the winter before last, was enough for the Huang family to have a headache.
The Wang family of Cuiming Courtyard in the second room gave birth to a son in the winter of the previous year, and was ranked eleven in the Yi family, named Yi Hanxin.
This Wang family is a very smart aunt, she teamed up with the Su family back then, but she almost finished Yi Ruonan. In the end, Yi Ruonan turned defeat into victory, and the Su family was sold, but this Wang family was unharmed and gave birth to a son in the same year. And since Yi Ruonan entered the Second Prince's Mansion after participating in the draft, the main mother Huang lost the help of this daughter, causing her to suffer several losses in the struggle with the Wang family!
Yi Xiangxiang heard the meaning of Yi Hanxi's words, and also smiled: "It's good that the fourth brother knows, I'm not afraid that you will be trapped by the so-called mother-in-law!" β
Yi Hanxi was surprised, he didn't expect that the eighth sister didn't believe in her mother-in-law! In fact, he doesn't believe in it, but he doesn't dare to say it explicitly because the rules are like this, and listening to what the eighth sister said at this time, there is some taste of sympathy.
I saw him put down the red scarlet cup in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'm not worried about the affairs of the family, after all, there is still an uncle and grandmother shaking above." I came here today to tell my eighth sister that I have to let my uncle and grandfather restrain my father. β
At the beginning, the second room of the Yi family was because Yi Tangquan offended the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion in order to grab the fans. Now that Yi Xihu has become the secretary of the ministry, I am afraid that Yi Tangquan will act mischiefly and try to provoke right and wrong.
He didn't want to run to say that his father was not in front of his uncle and grandfather Yi Kangwen, or his uncle Yi Xihu, so he had no choice but to remind his eighth sister Yi Xiangxiang, he knew that the two elders in the family attached great importance to the words of the eighth sister.
"Well, I know what Fourth Brother means. It's okay, when I came to Kyoto, my grandfather had already made three orders, and I believe that the second uncle still has a basic sense of proportion. Yi Xiangxiang put down the lacquer hand stove in her hand, reached out and picked up the tea that Shumei put down from the desk and drank it to moisten her throat.
Yi Hanxi nodded when he heard this: "That's good." β
In fact, Yi Tangquan is a time bomb, and Yi Xiangxiang has no other way but to let her grandfather beat it often. Originally, she wanted to suggest leaving the second room in Tongzhou, but first, she didn't want to keep Yi Ruofu, and secondly, she was afraid of being criticized that the big house only cared about herself going to Beijing to enjoy wealth.
There is no way to put it first, Yi Xiangxiang has never been a person who likes to drill horns.
She held the stove in one hand and knocked on the table of the rosewood desk with the other, as if she thought of something, and said: "The second uncle is not in a big deal, after all, he is his own person, and he understands the truth of both prosperity and loss." But I heard that the second lady's maiden family was in the cloth business in Kyoto? And they have used the identity of the eldest sister's prince and concubine to cage a lot of business in the past year! We have to pay more attention to this, and we have to find an opportunity to let it go when we go back, and we have to clean it up. β
Since the second room went to the big house, the mountains are far away, and the Huang family has not had much contact with the Yi family. But since Yi Ruonan entered the Four Princes' Mansion, the Huang family secretly coerced merchants in the name of the prince's concubine's maternal grandfather's family, thus taking away a lot of business. Wuda has a cloth industry under its name, and Yi Xiangxiang knows about it.
In the past, Yi Xiangxiang didn't care, but now that the Yi family has returned to Kyoto, Yi Xiangxiang is worried that the Huang family will do more unruly things under the banner of the Yi family's relatives, so she has to intervene.
Although Yi Hanxi is only a businessman, he has been in the vanity fair of Kyoto for a long time and knows the stakes.
"Yesterday, Huang Shixiang, the son of the Huang family, was clamoring to ask Xile Building to vacate a private room for him, but I asked Tai'an to refuse." Yi Hanxi said.
Tai'an is the son of Uncle Chun and the son of the Yi family, and now helps Yi Hanxi take care of Kyoto Xile Building.
Yi Xiangxiang was pleasantly surprised when she heard this: "The fourth brother is smart, but Huang Shixiang didn't make a fuss?" β
This Huang Shixiang's background is not strong, but his fame is quite big! I heard that he is a master who is very unclear about how many pounds and taels he has, and he is often taught by some sons of the family because of arrogance, but he is more and more frustrated and brave, and he is more and more unclear.
Yi Hanxi looked at Yi Xiangxiang with a curious look on his face, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it was a trouble, but at that time, Luo Baohua, the son of Huaihai Wang Jiang, and Sheng Changhong, the son of Sheng Guonian, the left deputy of the Ducha Yuan, were present, and they asked the family to beat people out directly. Huang Shixiang also scolded the Yi family for not treating the Huang family as relatives, and the whole street heard it! β
Yi Xiangxiang made up the picture in her brain when she heard this, and felt quite funny: "What you want is that he doesn't treat the Huang family as a relative, so that the Huang family will not be able to borrow the Yi family's momentum in the future." β
Huang Shixiang was beaten out in Xile Building, so naturally no one would believe that the Yi family would support the Huang family.
"Well, I have to thank Luo Shizi and Sheng Gongzi for this, if they hadn't let them do it directly, I would still be thinking about whether I should rush it!"
Yi Hanxi felt that after all, there was a room full of guests, and it was not good to move too much. Fortunately, Luo Baohua and Sheng Changhong ate in the hall because they did not have a private room, and it was more suitable for them to do it than the people in Xile Building.
"Luo Shizi? Is that the legendary Kyoto Baixiaosheng? I heard that he knows a lot about the fun in Kyoto, so I'll have to get acquainted with him another day! β
Yi Xiangxiang is a playful person, and she is very interested in these people who love to study eating, drinking and having fun, just like when she was in her last life, Weibo focused on either travel guides or eating, drinking and having fun.
If you have Luo Baohua's living map to lead the way, you can play all over Kyoto in minutes!
Yi Hanxi rolled his eyes after hearing Yi Xiangxiang's words, how could a lady say so bluntly that she wanted to get to know a man! It's heartbreaking!
"Luo Baohua is well-known and uninhibited, because his family background is illustrious and he is favored by the King of Huaihai, so no one dares to offend him. However, this Sheng Changhong is a frank and upright person, and he is also a Tanhualang hand-picked by the saint after the last Spring Festival! It's worth getting acquainted. β
He knew that even if he said that he didn't let Yi Xiangxiang get acquainted, the latter would not listen, so he could only tell Yi Xiangxiang what he knew.
Huaihai Wang Luojiang is the only prince with a different surname in the Li Dynasty, his ancestors were awarded the honor of the prince for his meritorious service in the founding of the country, and he himself is also a rescuer, and he is very trusted by the saints! However, he is the most protective person, which is the reason why everyone does not dare to offend Luo Baohua.
Yi Xiangxiang didn't expect her fourth brother to take it so seriously, so she said: "Forget it, I'm not interested in poetry, calligraphy and painting, let's talk about it later!" But how is the hot pot restaurant preparing? If it weren't for the cold, I'd like to check it out. β
Yi Hanxi slandered in his heart, Eighth sister, I know you are lazy, so you don't need to explain it.
"It's almost, the opening date has been chosen, and the eighth sister is going to cut the ribbon then?" Yi Hanxi asked helplessly.
These days, he has been preparing for the opening of the hot pot restaurant according to the plan given by Yi Xiangxiang. And when it comes to the ribbon-cutting, it was also brought by Yi Xiangxiang after opening the Xile Building before, and now most businessmen in the Li Dynasty will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony before the opening of the shop.
Yi Xiangxiang looked at the snow piled up outside the window, a little unhappy to go out, but thinking that this hot pot restaurant could be regarded as fulfilling the expectations of her previous life, she nodded.
Xile Building was hung under the name of the Lin family, but because this hot pot was a shop that Yi Xiangxiang asked Zhao Ziqian for, he did not fake it again, and directly hung Yi Xiangxiang's name. Of course, the person in charge of the operation is still Yi Hanxi.
The hot pot restaurant is called Paradise, and it was full on the opening day! That's not going to be full, this is the industry of the new official Shangshu Yi Xihu's family, and there is naturally no shortage of wealthy families in Kyoto. In addition, hot pot is both novel and delicious, and it is warm to eat on a snowy day, so it is even more popular.
Kyoto Seven Princes' Palace, Kan'an Temple.
"Got a spot?" Zhao Ziqian asked Xiong Wei.
Xiong Wei poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it with a clattering before replying: "No! It is said that the reservation was full before the opening, and now the queue is waiting to change tables. Sister Xiangxiang is really, someone booked her before the opening, but she said it in advance! β
He had just gone to the hot pot restaurant, and saw Yi Xiangxiang and her fourth brother Yi Hanxi entering the building after cutting the ribbon from a distance. And the scene was full of voices, they didn't see themselves.
Of course, this is not what Xiong Wei is most angry about, he is angry when he hears that the second prince Zhao Zi has revised it to the private room, which really makes him angry!
Eh, people just don't know how to reflect! He doesn't want to think about it, people can book a place in advance to show that people pay attention to it, you don't pay attention to yourself, how can you blame others for not reminding it!
Zhao Ziqian was not very happy when he heard the result, he knocked on the table and said, "Is there a floating pavilion in that hot pot restaurant?" If there is a floating pavilion, it will be a lot of money. β
"Yes, yes, I've already asked, the Yi family has had a banquet in the Fusheng Pavilion these days, and they can't vacate it!" Xiong Wei said helplessly.
"Who are you feasting on?" Zhao Ziqian asked as he knocked on the table.
He was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that Yi Xihu is busy with the affairs of the ministry at this time, and he should have no time to feast guests. Although the rest of the Yi family has relatives and friends in Kyoto, it is not so much that they have banquets for several days in a row.
Xiong Wei was stunned when he heard this: "I haven't asked this in detail, I'll ask again!" As he spoke, he was about to get up.
"No need, you asked people to change the number of the guests who booked a private room tomorrow in the name of the Seven Princes' Mansion! Remember, be the closest private room to the Ukiyokaku. Zhao Ziqian stopped him and ordered.
Xiong Wei wondered, does His Highness want to listen to the corner again? He didn't dare to ask this sentence, only to see him get up and say, "Cheng, I'll send someone to Paradise." β
"Wait? What paradise? Isn't it called a hot pot restaurant? Zhao Ziqian stopped Xiong Wei's movements again, so the latter stopped again.
"The food seems to be named a hot pot, but the name of the shop is Paradise! I heard that this plaque is still heavily customized, and it was just hung up yesterday, and today I didn't know until I unveiled the red silk. After Xiong Wei answered Zhao Ziqian's question, seeing that he didn't say anything more, he retreated.
And Zhao Ziqian, who stayed in Qian'an Hospital, smiled, Huanxi Pavilion, Xile Building, Paradise, Yi Xiangxiang, is this going to play word solitaire?
Wait a minute! He seems to have captured something he's been overlooking!
Mei Huan Yuan...... Joy Pavilion, Joy Building, Paradise!
Zhao Ziqian was shocked in his heart, could it be that Mei Huanyuan is also Yi Xiangxiang's industry?
But this is not right, Mei Huan Yuan is an industry under the name of Wuda Firm!
Zhao Ziqian thought about this, so he opened the rectangular box of cloud dragon pattern gold and vermilion lacquer placed on the corner of the table, and turned out a yellow ground gold painted dragon pattern raft paper from it, which was the life of Wuhan University, and few introductions fell on the paper.
Or is Wuda actually Yi Xiangxiang's pseudonym?
In the flash of light, frame by frame flashed in Zhao Ziqian's mind, Yi Xiangxiang appeared in the chess pavilion of Meihuan Yuan, and she tried her best to ask Lin Zhimeng to help shout the rouge gouache under the Wuda firm, as well as the similar business model of the Wuda firm and Xile Building...... Almost instantly, Zhao Ziqian confirmed his guess!
Yi Xiangxiang, how many surprises do you want to give to this hall?
He smiled and reloaded the raft into a vermilion lacquer rectangular box.
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