The Queen Mother needs to prepare for a celebration for her birthday, because the Queen Mother will turn 40 this year. Mu Ziyu, as her mother's family, is naturally the best person to handle this matter.

The royal celebrations in Great Britain are not so cumbersome and extravagant, because Satsuki discovers that the country's philosophy of statecraft is entirely about honoring Lao Tzu's thoughts. So it is like: "The house is full of gold and jade, and Mo can keep it, and the rich and arrogant are self-inflicted." Such a concept makes the royal family also focus on diligence and thrift, and dare not be extravagant.

At the same time, Xiao Yue saw that the budget for the Queen Mother's birthday was only two hundred taels, so she knew that Yuan Chenhao had put a large amount of silver into Hu Changqi's money bank before, and she was afraid that the inner library was a little stretched at the moment.

Mu Ziyu listed a lot of items on the list, most of which were colored cloths, lanterns, flowers, firecrackers and fireworks and other items that set off the atmosphere.

The second is some special types of food and drink, such as seafood from Qiongguo, as well as special products from Mi and so on.

The last one is an entertainment project, but this project only has a budget of ten taels of silver, and it is specifically written that Lin Yu needs to tell the story.

When Xiao Yue saw this, she immediately found a clue in her heart.

In fact, the procurement work is generally handed over to cronies to do, because it is not a difficult task, and there may be oil and water.

However, in the end, it was not easy to ask Lin Yu to go to the palace to tell the story.

Not to mention the high price of inviting him, the ten taels of silver in the list are only enough for a few people to go to Jiang Shangyue to have a cup of tea and listen to the cost of a day.

Not to mention that basically no one can please him.

Satsuki guessed that this proposal should be made by the Queen Mother on her own initiative.

And Mu Ziyu was afraid that he should have tried to contact Lin Yu, but he should have been rejected. And the budget for this preparation is too low, so he wants to throw this hot potato to Satsuki.

Xiao Yue actually had a premonition in her heart, feeling that although Mu Ziyu proposed to help her meet the emperor on the surface this time, she actually had bad intentions secretly.

After reading it, Xiao Yue decided to go out and talk to Mu Ziyu to reason, at least let him know that this request was really unreasonable in the end.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she changed her clothes to go out, she saw Xu Chengchang coming out of the back garden and walking towards the main house.

"Hey, Chengchang, are you back so early today?"

Xu Chengchang looked at Xiaoyue's face flushed, and said hesitantly: "Childe is going out now?"

"Well, what's the matter, there's something urgent looking for me?"

"This... If Childe is in a hurry, let's talk about it later. ”

Xiao Yue looked at the list in her hand and felt that it was not too urgent, so she said, "Don't worry, let's go, let's go to the study." ”

The two entered the study one after the other, and Xiao Yue felt that he looked different, afraid that something was wrong in the business.

After entering the study, Xiao Yue hurriedly asked, "Is there something bad?"

Xu Chengchang lowered his head and thought for a while, then plucked up his courage and said to Xiaoyue: "Childe, did you ask Mrs. Zhu to help me arrange the marriage?"

Xiaoyue laughed when she heard it, these days, when the single men and women in the family see Xiaolan, they are like mice seeing cats, they are afraid of being forced to marry by her, so they hide far away.

"I think you're not too young, it's time to start a family. ”

Xu Chengchang took a deep breath and asked tentatively: "That son helped me choose a good candidate?"

"Not yet, I didn't care about it, you want to know. I'll just ask Mrs. Bamboo. Xiao Yue smiled a little meaningfully.

Xu Chengchang hurriedly shook his head, "Childe, don't talk nonsense, I... I just wanted to ask, can I choose my own daughter-in-law... ”

Xiao Yue burst out laughing, "Stupid, of course you can, as long as you are happy, I will let Mrs. Zhu help you get hired." ”

Xu Chengchang's face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "Well, in fact, I know what Childe is like, but I just want to get a word from you." ”

"Oh? Do you have a sweetheart?" said Satsuki happily.

"Childe, don't make fun of me, I don't know what people think now, I'm sure I'm telling you, I'm going back to the restaurant now." After speaking, Xu Chengchang lowered his head, ashamed, and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute," Xiao Yue suddenly wanted to know if Mu Ziyu had seen Lin Yu, so she asked, "There's nothing going on in the restaurant lately, right?"

Xu Chengchang saw Xiaoyue asking about business, and immediately became serious, he thought for a while and said: "The restaurant is still very normal, and the business is still as good as ever, but I heard that there are several shops on the opposite street that have been taken down by the Wen family." ”

"Wen family?" Xiao Yue was shocked, "That Wen family?"

"There is only one Wen family in Yingjun City, Lord Wen and their family!"

Xiao Yue was very puzzled, Wen Youyou was an honest official, and his style of being an official was also inherited from his father, so Xiao Yue knew that the Wen family was not rich.

"What do they buy stores for?"

"I don't know about this, anyway, it's not open for business, it's all closed. ”

Xiao Yue became more and more suspicious, and she asked, "The business of this store is all private, how do you know that they bought it?"

Xu Chengchang smiled and said, "This is just a coincidence." ”

He suddenly thought that it was not a good thing for Wen Youyou to be demoted, so he quickly put away his smiling face and said with a straight look: "A few days ago, Lord Wen was demoted, and it had nothing to do with our restaurant. ”

Thinking of this, Xu Chengchang's eyes suddenly flashed, and he clapped his hands and said: "Childe, I forgot to tell you about this, many people in Yingjun City think that the real owner behind Jiang Shangyue Restaurant is Lord Wen." ”

"What?!" Satsuki said in surprise, "Who said that?"

"I don't know where this rumor came about, I guess it was spread by the people in the store, everyone knows that the owner is surnamed Wen, and then after it was passed on, I don't know how, this word came and went, and it was said that Lord Wen was the owner of the restaurant. Therefore, when Lord Wen was demoted, someone came to ask if he wanted to sell the restaurant. ”

"And this kind of rumor?" Satsuki felt a little strange, "When did this claim start to spread?"

"I don't know about that, I'm afraid it's only been the last few months. ”

"Well, go on. ”

"Shopkeeper Cheng knows that this restaurant is so profitable now, he is reluctant to sell it himself, and of course he doesn't take it seriously. After another period of time, he was originally diligent to ask him for tea and wine, and the person who talked about the sale of the restaurant suddenly stopped contacting him, and the shopkeeper felt that this matter was a little strange, so he asked someone to inquire from the side, only to know that the Wen family had bought several shops across the street. It is estimated that the people who sell the restaurant feel that the Wen family has not fallen yet, so they dare not act rashly. ”

"It's kind of weird... Xiao Yue lowered her head and thought about it, she suddenly smiled, "Hahaha, it turns out that this is the reason why the prince asked me for help." ”