For a moment, they looked at each other.

They hadn't seen each other for almost ten days, and at the moment when they looked at each other, there seemed to be an invisible thread pulling them.

Xie Wan's heart trembled, and she was about to raise a smile at him, but she saw a person who appeared behind him.

Now don't say it's her, except for the eldest princess, everyone present was startled, and they all curtshowed their knees: "I've seen Your Majesty ......"

"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Emperor Wen Zhao waved his hand and interrupted them: "I'm just out to join in the fun, don't let everyone know." ”

Indeed, they are still at the top of the stairs now, and this salute is bound to be heard by the people downstairs.

The crowd swallowed back the words of greeting and waited on both sides.

Li Yu and Emperor Wen Zhao went up to the fourth floor, the eldest princess looked at the clothes on Li Yu's body, then looked at Xie Wan's, smiled and didn't speak, turned her eyes to Emperor Wen Zhao and asked, "Why is Your Majesty here?" ”

Emperor Wen Zhao glanced at Xie Wan's clothes, and then replied: "Didn't King Ning hand over power, I and the courtiers had a lot of unknown things, so I left King Ning to discuss, but in the middle of the discussion, he left me behind, saying that there was something important to go to the palace, and I followed him out to see what was important." ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at Xie Wan, and there was a little ambiguous smile on their faces.

Li Yu was as immobile as a mountain, but Xie Wan was slightly red.

The two were dressed in almost identical clothes, and handsome men and beautiful women stood there, even if they didn't know them, they knew at a glance that they were a pair made in heaven.

The eldest princess smiled and quipped, "Isn't it just a matter of business?" ”

Emperor Wen Zhao didn't speak, turned his eyes to look at Xie Wan, and was silent for a while and said, "How are you lately?" ”

It was originally a question that was ordinary when meeting people, but it could be said from the mouth of Emperor Wen Zhao, but it was not the same thing, not to mention, it was a person who could hear how complicated his voice was when he said this.

Li Yu frowned when he heard this, and looked at Xie Wan with lowered eyes.

No matter what Emperor Wen Zhao is in the eyes of others, but he is considered kind to Xie Wan, because when she was in the most difficult time, it was Emperor Wen Zhao who made the decision and let her go back to the mansion, and gave her the opportunity to sue her two uncles.

Xie Wan curtsied and replied, "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, the courtiers are fine now." ”

Emperor Wen Zhao lowered his eyes and looked at her, and smiled: "Yes, you are very good now." ”

This was a little unacceptable, but fortunately, Emperor Wen Zhao quickly spoke again: "I heard that you want to marry King Ning?" ”

Xie Wan was slightly stunned, how could she ask someone if she wanted to marry anyone?

Thanks to her thick skin, if she changes to a thinner one, I'm afraid I'll die of shame at this time.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Li Yu, but still hummed lowly.

Hearing this, Emperor Wen Zhao was silent for a moment, and then slowly said with a complicated expression: "I hope you won't regret it in the future." ”

After saying this, he turned around and looked at the fourth floor as if nothing had happened: "Yes, yes, I can see that it took a lot of effort." ”

He walked in style, but the people who stayed behind were in mixed moods.

What does Your Majesty mean by this? Did you agree to the marriage, or did you not agree? I won't regret it in the future, and since I mentioned the future, it means that I agreed, right?

Li Yu frowned, turned his eyes to Xie Wan and said, "This king and His Majesty still have something to do, sit down and leave." ”

Xie Wan snorted and smiled at him: "You're busy." ”

Li Yu snorted, bowed slightly to the eldest princess and turned to leave.

The eldest princess glanced at his back and said to Xie Wan with a smile: "See, the gap between this palace and you in his heart is simply clear at a glance." ”

Hearing this obvious joke made Xie Wan a little embarrassed, Li Yu's blatant preference for her made her heart full.

She stepped forward and grabbed the eldest princess's arm and said, "Your Highness said that you are laughing, in the heart of King Ning, Your Highness will never be replaced." ”

"Or can you talk!"

The eldest princess smiled and patted her hands: "Let's go in too, urge the back kitchen, when the palace came, I met Mrs. Chu downstairs, but she gave the palace a package ticket, saying that the dishes will inevitably make the palace refreshing." ”

Mrs. Chu was so confident in the new dishes, Xie Wan was naturally very happy, and immediately ordered Rushi to urge the kitchen.

Li Yu and Emperor Wen Zhao entered the suite, and as soon as they sat down, Li Yu frowned and asked, "What did the imperial brother say before, what did you mean by regret?" ”

"It's regret." Emperor Wen Zhao looked at her as usual: "Do you think, didn't she find you just for power?" Now that you have handed over the power, you will be an idle prince in the future, won't she regret it when the power is gone? ”

Li Yu felt that it was not so simple, not only the simple sentence of regret or not, but also his attitude towards Xie Wan: "Is there something about the imperial brother hiding it from his brother?" ”

"What can I hide from you?"

Emperor Wen Zhao snorted lightly, picked up the booklet on the table, opened it and looked at it, and immediately became happy, and beckoned Li Yu to come over: "No wonder when I came in, I didn't see the menu of dishes, it turned out to be all on it, it's really interesting, and there is actually a picture, what it looks like at a glance." ”

Today's menus are engraved on wooden plaques, either hanging outside the restaurant, or hanging in a conspicuous place after the entrance, specially made into a brochure and painted on the picture, Furong House is the first.

Li Yu knew at a glance that it was Xie Wan's handwriting, and he nodded and said, "There is indeed something new." ”

Emperor Wen Zhao smiled: "That lady Chu Huai, I can't think of such a wonderful trick." ”

Li Yu didn't answer, and the previous matter was also diverted by such a conversation.

Emperor Wen Zhao ordered a few dishes, and they were all full of praise: "Gai Ming'er asked the imperial chefs to come to learn, I am tired of what they do!" ”

After finishing the meal, Emperor Wen Zhao left, and when he left, he also offered to inscribe a plaque on Furong Building.

Xie Wan was accompanying the eldest princess and them, and she didn't know about it, and she didn't know until Mrs. Chu came.

Happy is naturally happy, with the inscription of Emperor Wen Zhao, it is natural for Furong Lou to become the first restaurant in the capital, but Emperor Wen Zhao's behavior today is really abnormal.

Whether it was a familiar tone asking her how she was doing, or that sentence that she would not regret, or even taking the initiative to propose an inscription, it all gave Xie Wan a feeling that he was actually very familiar with her, and even knew that Furong Building was her property and was helping her.

But she had clearly only met him once, and even today was only the second one.

After thinking about it, she couldn't think of any reason, so Xie Wan could only attribute it to the fact that this was Emperor Wen Zhao's care for the orphans of the old ministers.

The first day of opening of Furong House was a great success, and Xie Wan originally had a lot of promotional activities, but because of the booming business, she simply did not implement it, and only retained the membership card system.

After she sent the eldest princess and the others away, Mrs. Chu smiled and whispered, "Do you know how many membership cards we sold today?" ”

Taking into account the customs and workload, Xie Wan's membership card is not a stored value model, but an annual fee.

The membership card is made of silver, the annual fee of fifty taels can be discounted, the designated wine is free-flowing, each card has a number, the validity period of the number is one year, expired and invalid, only recognize the card does not recognize the person, and it is also possible to borrow.

Xie Wan was a little curious and asked, "How much was sold?" ”

Mrs. Chu smiled and stretched out three fingers: "More than thirty!" ”

"So much?" Xie Wan was a little surprised, this was only a noon meal.

The crux of the matter is that ordinary people only earn twenty or thirty taels a year, and those who can afford the membership fee must be guests on the third floor.

Mrs. Chu smiled and said in a low voice: "They didn't expect that this membership card can be borrowed from each other, and some people have done several." ”

Hearing this, Xie Wan also reacted, today everyone who was invited by Mrs. Chu to have dinner in the private room on the third floor are all well-known figures in the capital, and they don't care about such a little silver, let alone pull their faces, saying that it is a card for a large family.

Anyway, it's a good start. But whether Furong House can be popular or not will have to wait for a while to know.

After working for most of the day, Xie Wan and Mrs. Chu were a little tired, and after a busy noon, the operation of Furong Building was also on track, and Xie Wan and Mrs. Chu went back with confidence.

Furong Lou is a great success, Xie Wan and Shiruxiang are very happy, they are laughing and talking on the way back, and they should not have to worry about silver in the future.

However, they didn't expect that this joy would come to an abrupt end after returning to the Yongyu Mansion.

As soon as Xie Wan returned home, Steward Fang greeted her with a happy face: "Miss, in the morning, the queen sent someone to bring the little marquis into the palace, saying that she would stay for a few days and be a playmate for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Hearing this, Xie Wan instantly seemed to be splashed with a basin of cold water on her head in the cold winter moon.

She stopped suddenly, her face was a little pale, and she looked at Steward Fang and said, "What did you say?!" ”

Her tone was definitely not good, and Steward Fang was suddenly a little at a loss: "The servant said that in the morning, the queen mother sent someone to pick up the little marquis to live in the palace, saying that she was to be a playmate for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xie Wan's head suddenly buzzed, and she stood in place for a while, not knowing where she was.

Steward Fang looked at her appearance and knew that things might not be as simple as he thought: "But what's wrong?" The slave originally thought that the queen mother took the little marquis into the palace and made His Royal Highness the prince a playmate to show her favor, after all, everyone knew about the matter between the young lady and King Ning......"

His voice became lower and lower, and he was very worried in his heart: "The slave originally wanted to send someone to inform the girl, but the female official sent by the queen said that the girl is very busy today, and His Majesty and the prince are there, and they came back to say that it was the same, so the slave did not send someone to inform the girl." ”

Steward Fang said apologetically: "Did the slave make a big mistake?" ”

Xie Wan finally came back to her senses, although her heart was still flustered, her head was finally clearer.

She said in a deep voice, "It has nothing to do with you. ”

Since Queen Ma can say such a thing, she must have arranged it a long time ago, and she deliberately chose a busy day today to take Xie Lin to the palace.

Even if she was informed, it was useless, after all, the queen's decree was an excuse for the prince to be a playmate, and she had no reason to refuse at all.

But the prince is nine years old, and Lin'er is not yet four years old, what kind of playmate can he be for the prince?!

In such a place in the palace, the slightest carelessness is a severe punishment, Xie Wan didn't even dare to think about what kind of situation it would be if the queen intended to harm Xie Lin.

Xie Wan said coldly: "What else did the female official say?" ”