Chu Qing sent several teams of carriages to the East Market and West Market to bring all the distinguished guests attending the opening ceremony to the Blue House.

The Secret Detective Department looked over and saw that there were so many ladies and even princesses here. They generously gave up the third floor and ran to take up space on the second floor.

There are few guest rooms on the third floor, and the decoration is the most luxurious and comfortable, so I might as well leave it to these women.

Aunt Yu did not stay, but came to say hello to Chu Qing and then returned to the palace. Her mission for today has been completed.

Chu Qing had just settled the ladies and ran to the second floor to entertain the leaders. Eunuch Li, who was beside the emperor, came in person.

Chu Qing hurried downstairs to greet him, and Eunuch Li stood waiting at the door with a smile.

It was quiet from the first floor to the third floor.

Eunuch Li is the emperor's personal chamberlain. Even if you don't know him, you can tell by his clothes that he has a good reputation. What's more, more than half of the distinguished guests are people who have been to the court.

Eunuch Li ignored the others and just said: "Master Chu's things are good. Your Majesty ordered me to buy some of your wine and take it back with you. I am also very happy."

The emperor said that your wine is really good. He likes the yellow jar the best, and the queen likes the cyan jar the most. He asked his servant to buy back a few more jars. In addition, the emperor orally said: "

Before he finished speaking, there was a clattering sound of tables and chairs being moved, and everyone stood up and bowed. The emperor is speaking!

I just heard Eunuch Li say: "The 'Yuye Qiongjiang' wine is really good. You won't get drunk even if you drink too much. This is the bar for future palace banquets! I hope Chu Qing can brew more wine so that the people can have this good taste."

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As soon as he finished speaking, the "buzzing" discussion in the restaurant gradually began to sound.

"Master Chu's 'Bao Qingxiang' should also be replenished quickly. The emperor heard that you have colored cotton here, which is very novel, so he asked his servants to wrap it up!"

This time the "buzzing" sound was louder.

Hu Hengqiu secretly pinched his thigh a few times: Your Majesty, are all of you royals so enthusiastic? I haven't even put in my "kind words" for Chu Qing, and you are all here to support me?

Chu Qing felt that she understood what the emperor meant by wrapping the cotton cloth around: it was originally given to the palace as a gift, and the Queen Mother liked it so much. The Emperor definitely didn't want the Queen Mother to lose these things.

In fact, the emperor really didn't think so.

He heard from the queen that the queen mother had taken action to save face for Chu Qing. The queen was afraid that the emperor would not have time to prepare, so she quickly followed Feng Xian and sent it with a plaque inscribed on it, which represented the emperor's wishes.

It is said that they set off on the road before the words were completely dry. Along the way, people kept fanning the gold-lacquered inscriptions, and finally they were almost done when they arrived at the place.

The emperor has not yet thought about what kind of support or guarantee he should provide to Chu Qing. However, the Queen Mother started making preparations after receiving the New Year gift. The emperor was indeed caught off guard today.

Fortunately, the queen saw the opportunity quickly, so she added a little bit to prevent the queen mother from feeling that her words were not taken seriously.

Aunt Jade returned to the palace and reported today's events to the Queen Mother, and then said: "The Queen Mother's guess is indeed correct. The Queen Mother was so anxious to have people look for the plaque in the morning because she wanted to send it to Chu Qing with an inscription.

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The Queen Mother smiled helplessly: "The Ai family is just afraid that the emperor will be embarrassed. Every decision of the emperor is of great importance. Since we want to give Chu Qing a certain amount of support, it is better for the Ai family to express it. It seems that the queen is still worrying too much."

"My slave, you see, this is the filial piety shown by the Emperor and the Empress to you." Aunt Yu said. As she was talking, another palace official came to report: "Empress Dowager, the Emperor has sent someone to bring you something."

Then the Queen Mother received several boxes of cotton cloth and couldn't help laughing: "Did the Emperor buy it again? Forget it, think of it as opening for Chu Qing."

How could Chu Qing know what was going on? At this moment, he was taking care of Eunuch Li. Not only did he load several carts of wine for the emperor, but he also said that he would not charge for it and that he was treating guests at the opening of the business.

Afterwards, he gave Eunuch Li a red envelope of one hundred taels of silver notes, plus a bunch of food boxes. These were all delicious meals from all over the north and south compiled by Xiaobao. They said they were inviting the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Queen to have a taste.

Special dishes of Cheong Wa Dae.

I returned to the second floor with sweat on my forehead and went to have a "heart-to-heart" talk with Hu Hengqiu.

"Sir, I would like to thank you for taking care of me." Chu Qing expressed his thanks first.

"Well, I didn't even speak for you, there's no chance!" Hu Hengqiu told the truth and didn't take any credit.

"Then today..." Chu Qing couldn't figure out the situation. The three most distinguished people in the three stores and the palace all made public statements.

"You're lucky!" Hu Hengqiu said. Chu Qing's luck was really good. She didn't need his help and the royal family praised her.

"What a fart!" Chu Qing muttered.

After the decree to pay taxes to the Secret Investigation Division was issued, Chu Qing felt that her relationship with Hu Hengqiu was more "equal".

Today’s scene looks respectable and refreshing, but it’s too eye-catching!

The capital is so big, everyone is either an official or a family member of an official. I don’t know what kind of background these people have.

If there is someone with a "deep" relationship who doesn't like me, how capable is my small Secret Investigation Department Baihu, or a Baihu in a distant place, to compete with others?

No matter how supportive the royal family is now, how much protection can the royal family give itself when it really conflicts with the so-called "noble families" and "powerful" forces?

According to Chu Qing's original intention, with the Secret Investigation Department as a shareholder and the Duke's government as the endorsement, his store would be stable enough, but he never expected that the imperial palace would get involved.

When it comes to business, I am competing with the big businessmen for the market. What are the backgrounds of the big businessmen in the capital?

When it comes to competition in the workplace, I have "no party or faction", and the emperor is not a big tree that I can really rely on, so how can I take advantage of it?

The royal "favor" was so great that Chu Qing couldn't bear it. People gave too much, so he had to spit out some of it.

"Sir," Chu Qing invited Hu Hengqiu to his special lounge, "I have an idea."

Chu Qing first calculated an account for Hu Hengqiu, which was the conversion account from cotton to cloth reported to the Queen Mother.

Then he said: "It is not enough to just buy cotton from other countries. Even if we buy all the cotton in the Voss country, we will not be able to meet the needs of the population in Kyoto.

A few days ago, the Queen Mother said that the late Emperor once tried to grow cotton, but failed to gain any harvest. His subordinates thought..."

"You want to grow cotton?" Hu Hengqiu asked.

"It's not the subordinates who planted it themselves, it was planted by the whole society!" Chu Qing responded.

"Impossible!" Hu Hengqiu resolutely said: "This kind of experiment is not only done once by the late emperor, but has also been done before. Using farmland as cotton fields has failed every time!

The family made concessions several times and used the best land in the south of the Yangtze River to grow cotton, but in the end they got nothing. Do you think you can make the family sell their acres again to do this fruitless thing?"
Chapter completed!