dispelled Daddy and Auntie's strange suspicions, Su Qingluan's life returned to normal mode, every day Su Ji and the family are two points and one line, and occasionally go to Liu Yunniang's house to visit the door, which can be regarded as busy and fulfilling.

It's not that there are no long-tongued women who have nothing to chew the root of their tongues, but Su Qingluan feels that she can't control everyone's mouths, as long as the people close to her don't care, as for other passers-by, as long as she doesn't talk about it in front of her, she shouldn't see or hear.

On this day, Su Qingluan went to Hongfu Building as usual to send a new recipe to Shopkeeper Liang - considering that there are enough specialties in Hongfu Building, in the past year or two, Su Qingluan has rarely done the job of selling recipes, but there are two or three new dishes a year.

But just like that, she saw that the shopkeeper Liang, who has always liked festive dresses and prefers red and purple colors, actually asked Xiao Er below to buy some plain clothes.

"Uncle Liang, are you changing sex?" Su Qingluan was a little surprised, "Why did you start to take a restrained style?" ”

Shopkeeper Liang shook his head, looked at Su Qingluan and pointed to the second floor: "Let's talk upstairs." ”

Although Shopkeeper Liang still smiled and welcomed guests from all directions, Su Qingluan looked at him with a little worry in his eyes, and his heart sank: Could it be that there was something wrong with Shopkeeper Liang's family? Speaking of which, Uncle Liang still has an elderly mother at home, is it ......

When Su Qingluan was thinking about how to phrase it, the shopkeeper Liang had already instructed the neat junior to prepare tea and snacks, so Su Qingluan followed the shopkeeper Liang to the second floor with some apprehension.

Shopkeeper Liang still chose the room with the most inside to see the scenery of the backyard, and when the two of them sat down, Xiao Er closed the door and went out, Su Qingluan lowered his head and looked at his nose, and drank tea and snacks with his nose and heart, after all, Shopkeeper Liang didn't open his mouth, and she couldn't open her mouth rashly, right?

After Su Qingluan drank a cup of tea and ate another piece of snack, Shopkeeper Liang sighed: "This world is going to be difficult......

Su Qingluan's eyes jumped, and he unconsciously put down the dim sum in his hand: it turned out that the shopkeeper Liang belonged to "taking precautions".

In fact, she didn't hear the news at all, after all, there was still business to be done in the capital.

The old emperor who is now in power, although his health in the first two years was not good, because the people who led to the struggle for power and profit in all aspects were ready to move, but the cronies of the old emperor were all there, and he would not completely lose control of the situation.

Although this old emperor is not a Ming monarch, if he can make the imperial court relatively stable and unified, it will not make this society too turbulent - after all, a mediocre emperor is much better than a leaderless court.

Because the dragons have no leader, the people will only live more than die, and live in dire straits.

But with the past year, especially in the last six months, there has been news in Jingzhou that the old emperor's body is really dying, and even more pessimistic, whether he can survive this year is a big problem.

Therefore, because the old emperor became more and more sick and weak, and his control of power became more and more ineffective, the people below fought even more arrogantly.

Of course, in this era, there is no freedom of speech, and you can casually talk about royal topics in the teahouse and wine shop, otherwise someone will be invited to tea every minute. However, there are still news of this kind and kind of leaking from various channels, and the increasingly chaotic situation in the capital is also a good proof of this.

Su Qingluan understood why Shopkeeper Liang sighed so much.

Every year in autumn and winter, especially in autumn, because of the "autumn test", the people who pass through Lefeng Town are like carp crossing the river passing through Lefeng Town.

So every year around this time, as the largest restaurant in the town, Hongfulou has to make a lot of money - especially after Su Qingluan "tried his hand" in Hongfulou, many people deliberately took a detour to see how good the food taste of Hongfulou was, otherwise he would not pass the exam this time, and it would be a few years before he found a chance to come.

But now that the emperor is seriously ill, and he is the kind of "seriously ill" who can go to see his ancestors anytime and anywhere, and it is difficult to return, the autumn test will naturally be temporarily suspended, and even in case the emperor travels, at least for three months, any entertainment and leisure throughout the country may be banned.

Although Hongfu Building is not as dazzling as Fireworks Willow Lane, it is also a place to "eat and drink", I am afraid that if the old emperor who is now in power dies, the shopkeeper Liang and Xu Yuanwei will be "unemployed" for several months.

Su Qingluan's "Su Ji" here is okay, after all, it is just a food business, and it can't be that because the emperor died, the whole country can't eat, right? All of this is not particularly impactful for her storefront.

It's just that some of the planned planned events with a particularly large battle, if the old emperor really dies, these activities may have to be postponed or canceled - after all, those who sell food sell food, but they also sing and dance while selling food, and they are live targets.

Su Qingluan didn't know how to comfort the shopkeeper Liang, so he could only persuade: "Uncle Liang, you should take a long vacation for yourself, isn't it good to accompany your aunt and family at home?" After a pause, he added in a low voice, "Difficulties are temporary and will always pass." ”

Shopkeeper Liang sighed and nodded: "I can only hope for this, and I don't know how to ...... the dragon gives birth to nine sons" As he said, he shook his head.

The voice of the shopkeeper Liang was very low, but Su Qingluan understood what he didn't say: such a mediocre emperor, and ministers with all kinds of ghosts, what kind of virtue can these princes be?

It is said that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice are born to make holes, such an unreliable old emperor, how good can his son be? When I think about it like this, I always feel that the road ahead for the people of this dynasty is bleak......

The corners of Su Qingluan's mouth couldn't help twitching: "Uncle Liang, what if, what if there is 'out of the mud and not stained'?" In fact, although she said such things to comfort Liang Youdao, she didn't believe it.

"But there is a lone seedling that does not come out of the 'silt'." Liang Youdao muttered indistinctly, but Su Qingluan didn't hear it clearly.

But soon, Su Qingluan also learned about this lone seedling that "did not grow in the mud" - it is said that the current Emperor Mingde, that is, the old emperor who is dying on the throne, but he is holding on to the throne and refuses to let go, there is still a pearl in the sea that has been lost among the people.

It is said that this prince was very brave because of his battles in the four seas in his early years, but it is said that he died on the battlefield. I never thought about hanging the curtain, this prince was only seriously injured, but he picked up a life, but he was seriously injured in the head, and he didn't remember who he was.

But the old man in the palace accidentally found that there was someone in the people who was very similar to the late prince, and after many verifications, it turned out to be a dragon son!

There are many versions of rumors, all kinds of reliable and bizarre ones, and the common information is only the words that the prince has amnesia and wanders among the people, and he was found by chance, but he has not returned to the palace for the time being.

The people are most enthusiastic about this bizarre royal gossip and it spreads widely, and Su Qingluan's idea is: return the pearl...... Brother?