Chapter 105: Rumors Break the Situation
"The delicious restaurant that the palace people said was here?"
The second prince, Chu Linghong, dressed in private clothes, stood at the door of Michelin, turned around and asked the little eunuch who came out to serve beside him.
"Back to the words of the second prince," the little eunuch said respectfully, "this is it, called Michelin, in fact, it has been popular in the capital for a long time, but the second prince rarely leaves the palace, and there are some ......who don't know it for a while."
"Michelin, well......"
Chu Linghong said with a big grin: "This prince has indeed heard of its name, but whether it is worthy of the name or not, this prince has to verify it himself!" ”
While speaking, Chu Linghong swaggered into the Michelin gate.
"Shopkeeper!"
Chu Linghong shouted, and a handsome man in his twenties hurriedly came out of the counter, looked at Chu Linghong with a smile and said: "Oh, this son, please, you are really here, our private room upstairs, there is just one of the quietest and most elegant rooms left, isn't it just reserved for you!" ”
"Hahaha, the shopkeeper is really good at talking, reward!"
Chu Linghong waved his hand generously, and the little eunuch beside him took out a piece of silver from his arms, and threw it towards the shopkeeper without looking at it: "This is the second prince of my family, ah no, my son-in-law rewards you, if you eat and drink quickly, if my son-in-law is happy, I will reward you more!" ”
"Hey, thank you for the reward!"
The shopkeeper took the silver with a smile and personally led Chu Linghong to the private room upstairs.
"Hey, did you hear it, that little guy just now, who spoke softly, looked like a eunuch in the palace, and he also said 'Second Prince', could it be that the majestic son is the second prince today?"
A diner downstairs whispered to his tablemates.
"That man's voice is so loud, and my ears are not deaf, of course I heard it!"
The people at the same table also lowered their voices and replied: "I heard that there are quite a few forces in the court that support the second prince to ascend to the throne, hey, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really not the emperor's own son, then won't it be the turn of the second prince?" Besides, the second prince's maternal uncle is the famous and mighty general General Yang, it seems that these two princes are very likely to surpass His Royal Highness the current prince! ”
"Oh, if this is true, then what we see today is not the future emperor? Ouch, it's really an ancestral virtue......"
The other man was on the verge of kneeling, his eyes glinting with excitement.
"Look at your unproductive appearance!"
Someone else looked at the man with disdain: "Even if that's the future emperor, what?" Did he talk to you, or did he drink with you? You still don't have to be sentimental here, self-righteous, the future emperor doesn't even know that there is such a person as you in the world, you might as well go upstairs and kowtow in front of the second prince in front of the two princes, maybe you please the second prince, and the second prince will reward you with an official and a half-job! ”
These words drew a burst of laughter from the surroundings, except for an old man in his fifties who was in a single seat, his brows furrowed, and a hint of thoughtfulness flashed in his eyes.
But he said that the shopkeeper always had a pleasant smile on his face, but if you look closely, you will find that the shopkeeper's face and neck are not the same color - it is clearly a human skin mask!
It turned out that because Chen Pingzhi had not yet returned, Jing Yuan entrusted the Michelin matter to Mu Mingxuan, and after some operation, the second prince finally appeared in Michelin as he wished, and this always smiling shopkeeper was Mu Mingxuan who took off the mask and put on a human skin mask.
"This son, we have a lot of good dishes in Michelin, I don't know what the son wants to eat?"
The shopkeeper's face was respectful and personally served Chu Linghong.
"Come up with all your good dishes here, it's rare for our son to go out, if you eat well, you will let people often come to take care of your business, so that the cook can have a little heart, my son can hold his mouth!"
It was the little eunuch who followed him snorted coldly and looked at the shopkeeper proudly.
"Ouch!"
The shopkeeper patted his thigh and said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from this son, our Michelin specialty dishes are too many, and the son counts this little brother, but there are only two people, how can he finish eating?" ”
"Just let you get on you, what's the nonsense? If we can't finish eating, our son is willing to reward people, and I'm afraid that we won't be able to pay the silver, what's the matter?! ”
The little eunuch snorted coldly, looked at the shopkeeper with a displeased face, and the shopkeeper hurriedly compensated: "Yes, yes, yes, it's the small one, the little one is too talkative, the little one will go down and let people prepare, and the child's meal must be prioritized!" ”
Within a quarter of an hour, Michelin's signature dishes, such as roast duck and hairy belly, entered Chu Linghong's private room like flowing water.
While eating, the people inside continued to praise: "It's delicious, it's really delicious, it's much better than the waste in the imperial dining room, go out for a while, and enjoy it from Michelin!" Especially the cook who cooks, double! ”
"Yes......"
A soft voice responded, which made Wang San, who was listening outside, feel a little more clear in his heart.
It seems that it must be His Royal Highness the Second Prince, otherwise, how could he be so generous and so familiar with the craftsmanship of the imperial dining room?
It turned out that the person who was ridiculed by everyone downstairs was called Wang San, he was unconvinced, thinking that it was not easy to see the emperor's relatives, even if he really came forward to kowtow to the second prince, what could he do?
The second prince is so generous, maybe he can please the second prince, and really reward himself for being an official and a half-job, but won't it make those people blush themselves?
When the time comes, you can also shine on the lintel, what a good thing, it is really rare to meet but not to ask for!
Although he had already made up his mind in his heart, when he really wanted to go up, Wang San was still retreating in his heart.
Just when he was hesitating, the second prince inside seemed to have drunk too much.
"Ha, what is the prince's brother? With a little trickery, this prince can send the prince's brother from the clouds to hell! ”
Chu Linghong whimpered, as if he couldn't speak clearly, but his voice increased by three points.
"And the queen, hasn't she always felt like she was on top? Do you know what it means to kill invisibly? Haha, this prince knows now, it's a rumor! ”
After a pause, the second prince seemed to drink another glass of wine, and then continued to shout: "This prince just threw out a ridiculous rumor, which can make everyone think that the queen is a slut, and make everyone doubt the life experience of the prince's brother, who can profit from it in the end?" Not a prince yet? Hahaha, Xiao Lizi, look, in a few days, maybe this prince will be able to replace the prince's brother in one fell swoop and become the heaven of this Li country! ”
"Second prince, you've drunk too much, we're outside, let's talk quietly......"
The little eunuch whispered a word of comfort, but he didn't want this sentence to directly annoy the second prince, who raised his body violently and shouted in a louder voice: "Why do you want me to be quieter?" Let me tell you, soon I will ascend the throne and become the emperor, and when I become the lord of the world, who will dare to yell at me?! ”
The little eunuch whispered a few words of relief, but Wang San outside the door listened to these palace secrets, but the whole person was so frightened that he froze there directly, not daring to move.
"If you dare to spread half a word about these words just now, the lives of your whole family will not be saved!"
At this moment, suddenly behind Wang San, a gloomy and sympathetic voice came, Wang San was another agitated spirit, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy:
"The adults spare their lives, the second prince spares their lives, the little ones don't hear anything! The rumors made by the second prince will not spread a single word of the small one, the queen mother and His Royal Highness the prince were framed, and they have nothing to do with the small one, the small one, the small one ......"
The old man in front of him couldn't wait to cover Wang San's mouth directly, but Wang San said everything that should be said and shouldn't be said like pouring beans!
Because the movement here is too big, there are already many people who have come out to see the excitement, at this time, the old man sighed in his heart, and directly asked people to block Wang San's mouth, and then straightened out the clothes on his body, and strode into the room where Chu Linghong was.
"Minister, Imperial Doctor Sun Zeren, knock on His Royal Highness the Second Prince!"
Chu Linghong got up from the table, rubbed his eyes, looked at it drunken for a while, and then recognized the person in front of him, and grinned: "It turned out to be Lord Sun, what a coincidence, Lord Sun sit down, this prince has ordered a lot of dishes, and he is worried that he can't finish eating, Lord Sun quickly share the delicious food with this prince!" ”
"The second prince is still in the mood to eat delicious food here?!"
Sun Zeren gritted his teeth and glared at Chu Linghong, it turned out that the old man who was in the single seat downstairs was Sun Zeren, the imperial historian.
"Why aren't you in the mood?"
A touch of surprise flashed on Chu Lingyu's face, he tasted it for a while, and said to himself: "It's really strange, this prince doesn't seem to have drunk much, why does he feel drunk?" ”
"You're really drunk!"
Sun Zeren's expression was calm, and he said lightly: "Just now, you said something inappropriate, and now I am afraid that all the people in the capital will know about it!" As a doctor of imperial history, the minister has the right to listen to the wind, so about the second prince ordering people to spread rumors and slander the queen mother and His Royal Highness the prince, the minister has to report to the court according to the truth! ”
"What did you say?"
Chu Linghong's eyes widened, and he said with a stunned expression: "What evidence do you have to prove that it was a rumor spread by this prince?!" ”
"Just by saying these words, the second prince said it himself, or in front of the Michelin guests, he said it himself!"
Sun Zeren was furious, but he had to try his best to suppress the anger, and the green tendons on his neck were even faintly visible......