Seven years later

"The Birdsong Pavilion Teahouse is open, all tea and pastries buy one get one free,

Come in and have a try! ”

Outside the teahouse, a young man shouted at the top of his voice, and the house was crowded with guests.

"Teng'er, don't shout yet, the guests are full, come in and help!"

"It's Yun Niang!"

Heng Teng squeezed into the crowd and saw Qi Xiaoyun standing in front of the counter with an abacus in his hand, busy and happy.

"Let it go, I say let it all!"

Hu Oak had just walked out of the back kitchen with pastries and tea when he was almost knocked aside by the crowd rushing over.

"Hey, who allowed you to be so cruel to your guests? Do I still want to do this business? ”

Seeing Hu Oak's fierce eyes, Qi Xiaoyun immediately scolded.

"No... No... How dare I...."

When Hu Xiang saw that Qi Xiaoyun was angry, he hurriedly put on a smiling face.

"I said everyone let go, and the tea is served."

"Alas, don't step on my feet!"

"Whose little doll is this, can you take a look!"

"There's the back kitchen, don't break in!"

Heng Teng saw Hu Oak looking angry through the sea of people,

remembers that a few years ago, this guy was still a mountain bandit leader who was not afraid of heaven and earth,

Now he has become a lowly hired man in the teahouse.

However, it is not an employment, after all, Qi Xiaoyun did not pay him for his work.

"Firecrackers, firecrackers! The back kitchen lets Aunt Ma be busy first, and you come out to entertain the guests first. ”

"Good!"

The woman opened the curtain in response, and a gaze in the corner followed her closely with her appearance.

Seeing that although there are many guests, she is not as busy as other fellows,

is still calm and unhurried, and arranges the tea guests at each table in an orderly manner.

She always had a smile on her face, like a fresh breeze.

"Sister Ruyu is here."

Hengto saw that Ruyu and her husband had stood outside the door.

"Great, I'm here to help again!"

Qi Xiaoyun squeezed out of the counter, Ruyu just stepped into the door with her front foot,

The hind feet were pulled into the back kitchen.

"Sister Yun, I'm here for tea..."

Ruyu looked embarrassed.

"What kind of tea, don't you see that we are busy? Come and help! ”

"Oh..."

She reluctantly agreed.

Alas! I finally understood what it meant to be a slave for one day and a slave for life.

"What about Ruyu? Didn't people come? ”

Firecrackers were busy greeting guests, and just heard Hengdo shouting,

As soon as he looked up, the figure of Ruyu disappeared.

"Help in the kitchen!"

Qi Xiaoyun waved his hand disapprerovingly.

"People are here to cheer, but you pushed her to the back kitchen to help,

Is this suitable? ”

Even after so many years, Qi Xiaoyun still can't change this habit of being the master.

Just look at Hu Oak, you will know that a rough man with five big and three thick is yelled at by her every day like the little grandson of a family selling sugar gourds on the street.

"Then I'll just share her salary?"

When Qi Xiaoyun said this, he also felt a little bad in his heart.

"That's double."

Firecrackers deliberately tease her.

"Double? Then I don't need to..."

Sure enough, as soon as he mentioned double the salary, Qi Xiaoyun's face immediately changed.

"Ruyu, come out for tea, don't help!"

She hurried into the back kitchen.

"Firecrackers, Brother Hengyuan is also here."

After Hengyuan followed Prince Duo a few years ago, when the Hengfu family was exiled,

was bailed out by Prince Duo with a package adjustment scheme, changed his name and followed Prince Duo.

Now his name is Li Yuan, and he is the fourth official in the court.

"Why did you come all the way here?"

The firecracker put down the work in his hand and welcomed Hengyuan in.

"Naturally, I'm here to cheer you on, but this teahouse has you to sit in,

Are you still worried that your business is not booming enough? ”

Looking at the woman in front of her, her face was still pretty,

The gestures are more calm, a pair of big eyes are the same, just blink,

There is no problem that cannot be solved, and over the years, I have been walking around with them frequently.

But it's all because of the reluctance to see the beauty in front of you.

"Come in and sit, there will be no place later."

She beckoned Hengyuan and Ruyu to sit together, and then turned around and went into the back kitchen.

"Eh, when do you think Yun Niang will be able to take a look at Brother Hu?"

Hengdo came to a few people by wiping the table.

"I don't think there's much of a chance, but Big Brother Hu Oak is also quite good.

Sister Yun's life-saving benefactor again, looking at the time since Brother Hu shaved his beard,

It also looks quite like after Tadashi. ”

Ruyu whispered to everyone.

"Are you praising him or are you hurting him?"

Hengyuan shook his head helplessly.

"It may not be a good thing for Hu Oak to stay here, the situation in the imperial court has been unstable recently,

The village on several hills has been cleared, but fortunately, the Hu family has already washed their hands.

so as not to be uprooted. ”

"The situation is volatile? But what happened? ”

Ruyu asked.

"The emperor has been seriously ill for some time."

"The Emperor is seriously ill?"

Ruyu almost exclaimed, and hurriedly covered her mouth,

He glanced at the back kitchen with palpitations.

"Tea is coming!"

Firecracker came over with tea, and saw that Ruyu's face was a little ugly.

"What's wrong? Uncomfortable? ”

"No... Nope..."

Ruyu smiled and took the teacup.

How old is the emperor, how can he be seriously ill?

Could it be that he was framed? Well, I can't tell the firecrackers about this news,

so as not to disturb her mind.

Towards noon, the guests finally dispersed, and a few people had time to sit down and rest for a while.

"I really can't imagine that the business of this teahouse is so prosperous,

I was worried last night that I would be able to meet today..."

Qi Xiaoyun looked at the morning's income and couldn't help but smile.

Although this tea and pastries are buy one get one free, but because they have raised the price beforehand, and the cakes and tea gifts are not as high as the original price.

But it's still a small profit.

"If you want me to say, there is a smart head in this family, which is the capital of business!"

Qi Xiaoyun touched the head of the firecracker and smiled quite proudly.

"Then those of us who contributed don't count?"

Hengto and Hu Oak were also busy all morning.

"Calculate, I'll do the east in the evening, and let's go to the newly opened Full Moon Building in the east of the city to eat!"

Oops, the iron rooster is plucked.

Full Moon Tower is the largest restaurant in the city, and I don't know where this boss came from.

A restaurant is magnificent, decorated like a palace.

Hengdo's eyes widened.

"I can't do it, I still have business to do in the afternoon."

Hengyuan stood up and said goodbye to everyone.

"What a busy man, it's good that the Heng family still has a bloodline in the court..."

Qi Xiaoyun looked at Hengyuan's back and sighed.

Thinking about how majestic Hengfu used to be in Xi Yan, now it is in response to the sentence that the country is ruined.

In the evening, the group came out of the Full Moon Building with a full meal and a full meal.

"You say, why did this boss waive our food money?"

Ruyu was puzzled.

Just after a few people finished eating and checking out, they were told by the guy

The boss has explained that he is not allowed to take their money.

"Do any of you have old acquaintances with the boss of the Full Moon Tower?"

"Nope..."

"Never seen it..."

Everyone shook their heads.

"Who is Xu who fell in love with Sister Yun's beauty, so as to borrow flowers to offer Buddha!"

As soon as Ruyu's voice fell, Hu Oak immediately stopped.

As soon as he heard the idea that someone was going to beat Qi Xiaoyun, he suddenly shouted angrily:

"I'd like to see who dares!"

Qi Xiaoyun didn't say anything after hearing this, he only hooked the corners of his mouth for some reason, as if he was not disgusted by Hu Oak's words.

As soon as everyone saw that the two of them were playing, they began to go back and forth to hold the red line for them.

A few people were in a mess, but suddenly they heard a bell from the west of the city.

"Huh? Why did the bell ring? ”

"It's Kaede-waji Temple in the west of the city."

"It's... Death knell..."

"The emperor died, and from now on, the whole country will be mourned, wearing plain clothes, quitting a hundred operas,

Don't marry until the mourning is over! ”

Not far away, the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and the messenger shuttled through the streets and alleys to announce to the people.

"Emperor? Dead?

Didn't you say you were seriously ill before? ”

Ruyu's face became more and more pale as she looked at the firecrackers.

"Still on your knees?"

Qi Xiaoyun pulled Ruyu to kneel, and the people knelt on the ground wherever the horse's hooves went.

Firecrackers stand behind the crowd and listen to the bells in their ears.

"He's dead? How could it be! ”

Grief gradually hit my heart, followed by a wave of dizziness in front of my eyes, and I staggered backwards.

She closed her eyes and felt a pair of hands wrap around her from behind, holding her firmly.

"What? Bad appetite for the meals at Full Moon Tower? ”

When the familiar voice sounded, it was like a bolt of lightning that struck her ears.

She froze in place, but her neck stiffened and she didn't dare to look back.

"Scared?"

He scoffed, and his arms tightened around his waist.

"You... How did you end up here? ”

She asked in a trembling voice.

It turned out that he was not dead.

"Haven't you already used the trick of feigning your death?"

"Why?"

Why did he do that?

"If you don't want the country, I'll come to look for you."

"Really?"

She turned and saw that he had not changed in the slightest,

The eyes that looked at her were as tender as ever.

"Are you willing to lay down the throne?"

"I passed the throne to my second brother, and as for how to govern, it is his business."

"So irresponsible?"

She finally came to her senses and taunted him.

"He will definitely do his best better than me, I have concerns in my heart, and I can't be a good emperor."

"You planted the apricot blossom forest under Sunset Mountain?"

"I went at the beginning of the month, and every one of them was planted by my own hands."

"Why do you always go there when you know it's an empty tomb?"

She leaned into his arms and felt the beating of his heart,

to feel that all this is not an illusion.

"See things and think about people."

"Not going to leave in the future?"

She looked up into his eyes.

"If you're here, I'm not going anywhere."

He kissed the corner of her eye, but the kiss was slightly moist.

"I gave up the country and don't regret it?"

She couldn't stop crying.

"After letting you go, I regret it every night."

He gently wiped away tears for her.

The bell stopped, and the group stood up,

When I turned around, I saw the firecrackers gone.

"What about people! The firecrackers are gone! ”

"Will you be unable to think about it in the short term?"

Ruyu shouted that it was not good.

"Quick! Let's split up and find it! ”

Qi Xiaoyun's face was flushed with anxiety.

A group of people scattered around the street corner, looking for people everywhere in a panic.

And on the roof of the Full Moon Tower behind them, a man and a woman were sitting in each other's arms.

"The moon is out..."

The woman looked at the sky and sighed softly.

"It's a full moon tonight."

"You're on your birthday again."

"You too..."