After Jinxi saw off the Xiang Keyu sisters, she and Qin Langyue returned to the private room on the second floor.
"Are Gege worried that she will be harmful to our Xivine?" Qin Langyue brewed a pot of top-quality cave-top oolong that he carefully collected for Jinxi and asked calmly.
Jin Xi nodded, then shook her head, "Xi Teng's reputation has already been established, and even trying to slander her alone will have no effect. I'm just afraid that if she makes a fuss today, she will already be remembered by someone who is interested...
You also know that there are countless pairs of eyes staring at our Xiteng, and there is no guarantee that they will not want to use her to attack Xiteng..."
"What Ge Ge means is that those interested people hiding in the dark are very likely to ask her to cooperate and use the dim sum recipes she has mastered to compete with Xi Teng?" Qin Langyue thought about it and roughly understood Jin Xi's plan.
worry.
However, Jinxi was worried about more than that. She was already certain that Xiang Keyu was a time traveler from modern times.
Fortunately, although the decoration of Xi Teng Tea House is very modern, after a period of operation, many colleagues have learned from Xi Teng Tea House's Chinese and Western decorative elements. Just looking at the surface, it should not make Xiang Keyu doubt himself.
He and Yinzhen came over.
Besides, there are more and more Western goods on the streets now. Even if she had any doubts, she could just blame them on foreign goods and foreigners. No, there were two foreign doctors in charge of Renhe Medical Clinic.
Where there are foreigners, there are more modern, European-style furniture and furnishings, nothing surprising.
What Jinxi is worried about now is if Xiang Keyu leaks history intentionally or unintentionally. For example, the person who will take over the throne in the future will not be the prince, but Yongzheng. Although, she still doesn't know who Yongzheng's elder brother is.
But just like this, the disputes between the royal family will get worse. Will she and Yinzhen have a peaceful life in the future?
Furthermore, will this change the history of the Qing Dynasty?
Alas, Jinxi will inevitably have a headache when she thinks of this. It is also troublesome to have so many people traveling through time.
If Xiang Keyu was a straightforward, cheerful, kind-hearted person, maybe she could become friends with her. But now it seems that this is impossible. She will never become friends with a person who is full of calculations.
. Not only can’t we be friends, but we will also avoid each other from now on. It is best not to have any contact with each other until we die.
She admitted that in some ways she was timid.
"Gege doesn't need to worry too much. We are not afraid of slanted shadows. Our Xiteng business is open and aboveboard. We are not afraid of people coming to investigate, let alone competing with others. Only with competition can we compare, and only with comparison can our Xiteng's strength be highlighted.
Excellent quality."
"Well said!" As soon as Qin Langyue finished speaking, the private room door was pushed open, and Yinzhen strode in with a slight smile.
"Why are you here?" Jin Xi asked in surprise: "Did Feng Yi send you a message?" While asking, she got up and twisted a wet handkerchief for him and asked him to wipe his face. It was the end of May.
In the capital city, there is already a faint feeling of summer.
Yinzhen took the handkerchief generously, wiped his face with cold water contentedly, glanced at Jinxi, and smiled without answering her question. It was a disguised admission.
In fact, as soon as Feng Yi stepped into the lobby, met Xiang Keyu and the two sisters and understood the general idea, he glanced at the secret guards of the Feng Group who were hidden in the crowd, asking them to spread the news quickly.
Entered the palace.
"Whether what that person said is true remains to be verified, and she has to find the evidence. Otherwise, if there are so many merchants in the capital who are eyeing our Xiteng Teahouse, if all of them come to Xiteng to trouble us like her, we can't do it.
Doing business?" Yinzhen hung the handkerchief back on the washstand in the corner, sat down next to Jinxi, and said calmly while taking the tea cup from Qin Langyue.
"Yeah, why did I forget this! The burden of proof should be borne by her! Look at me! I was so frightened by her words that she even forgot this most basic truth... Did you say that?
Wrong, even if she goes to the government and makes empty claims, the government will still say that she wants to frame our Xiteng!"
Jinxi suddenly became enlightened after being reminded by Yinzhen.
Although this is ancient times, it does not mean that you can make false accusations casually. Who will believe that what you say is true or false if you make empty claims.
If she were to compete with anyone who could come up with more dim sum recipes, Jinxi thought she would not fall behind. Anyway, she had taken a year of culinary arts credits back then and participated in more than a dozen competitions across the United States. Not only was she familiar with the recipes,
, even if she is asked to do it with her eyes closed, she is confident that there will be no mistakes.
But this is not necessarily the case for Xiang Keyu. Regardless of whether she can make those snacks, even if she can, she will definitely not be able to compete with herself. Just imagine, if she really had this level, she would not be in such a situation now.
. Even if you can't dominate one party, you will still be a small snack shop owner, right?
At least he will never be reduced to the helpless situation of being taken in by his uncle and aunt...
Thinking like this, Jin Xi raised her eyebrows and smiled deeply at Yinzhen, "I know, thank you for coming all the way from the palace at this time..."
Yinzhen shook his head and said with a smile: "Today, I don't have to rush back to the palace before the palace door is closed. I have the emperor's words."
When Jinxi heard this, he was very curious, "Spoken words? What kind of hard work did the emperor ask you to do again?" His words were full of disapproval of Kangxi.
This made Yinzhen laugh for a while, and he couldn't help but reach out and pat her head.
As soon as Qin Langyue saw Yinzhen's arrival, Jinxi completely dispelled her previous worries and couldn't help but relax. However, she was embarrassed to continue sitting in front of the two people who looked intimate, so she stood up and said: "Since the master is not here today,
I'm in a hurry to return to the palace. Can we have dinner at the teahouse? I'll ask the cook to cook some of his specialty dishes."
"Just do it as usual. After dinner, you come with me out of the city." Yinzhen nodded and gave Qin Langyue instructions at the same time.
Qin Langyue was stunned for a moment, and then thought that this was not the master's intention to reuse him, and the person who allowed Yinzhen to take him by his side must be a powerful confidant in the future.
With joy, Qin Langyue bowed and exited the box.
"Going out of the city at night? But is it related to what happened last time?" After Qin Langyue left, Jin Xi asked with a frown. Although more than a month had passed, she was still a little worried.
"Yes, but not entirely. This time I left the city, apparently on the order of Emperor Ama, to deal with the batch of muskets stored in the suburbs, and transport them to the palace early tomorrow morning, so that the princes and ministers can start testing
Practice. If the effect is good, I may buy a batch from foreigners, and at the same time, I will ask the Ministry of Industry to step up research... In the dark, I took Qin Langyue to meet Dou Erdun of the Shangwu Alliance. After the establishment of the Yi Alliance, this is the first
This meeting. Han Dongpei has already solved the Shangwu Village issue. Next, he plans to move the focus of the Shangwu Alliance to the southern coast, and wants to leave his only disciple Dou Erdun to work with me. "
"Who knows if Han Dongpei has any selfish motives for doing this..." Jin Xi couldn't help but snort when he heard this. Since coming to the Qing Dynasty, there have been many tricks. Secretly, who knows if the leader of the Shangwu Alliance has done this?
selfishness.
Although after the establishment of the Yi League, the other three parties must listen to the leadership of Yinzhen, and the leader of the Yi League can be said to be the new leader of their group. But there is no guarantee that these shrewd businessmen are not wary of the Qing prince in private.
Just like this time, Han Dongpei sent his apprentice Dou Erdun to Yinzhen, maybe to ask him to be an eyeliner.
"Your suspicion is not entirely unreasonable." Yinzhen smiled and nodded, "So I plan to take Lang Yue there. No matter what purpose Dou Erdun has in approaching me, Lang Yue will be responsible for taking him first, and then make sure that there is nothing wrong with him."
After solving the problem, we can make other plans.”
"If you do this, be careful of Lang Yue being angry. Didn't you see his expression when he went out just now? He must have thought you were taking him to do something big, but in the end...if he knew you were using him as a shield, how could he still
Ignore you!" Jin Xi then understood Yinzhen's plan and cursed in his heart: He is indeed the reincarnation of a profiteer.
When Yinzhen heard this, he knew that she was fighting for Long Yue's injustice, and he burst into laughter: "Lang Yue has always been someone I value. He has not figured out whether he should reuse it or not. Otherwise, why would I send the seal to Xi?
I entrusted him with the management of the Teng Tea House? But Luo An was sent by me to build a base in Jiangnan? In terms of the qualifications of the shopkeeper, Luo An is more than a hundred times smarter than him."
"Is Xivine really so important to you?" After hearing what he said, Jinxi stopped serving tea and looked up at him in surprise.
Yinzhen looked at her deeply and suddenly smiled, "It's named after you, do you think it's important?"
This man! Jin Xi glared at him secretly with red ears and then withdrew her gaze from him. But her heart was filled with emotion.
"...Ahem, it's getting late. I have to go find a girl to meet my mother. I'm going back first." After finally finding her calm voice, Jin Xi chose an excuse that was fairly factual, but a little uncomfortable.
He stood up very naturally.
She had never had a serious relationship in her previous life, and now she was like a coward. She cursed herself in her heart, "It's useless!"
"I'll send you there. It's still early for dinner anyway. Let's talk to Long Yue later. He always thinks that I have always regarded him as my savior. Little does he know that after so many years, he has become my indispensable left-hand man.
My right arm is dead." Yinzhen didn't take it seriously and stood up, packed the remaining fruit and tea for Jinxi and motioned for her to take it back home.
Hearing this, Jin Xi suppressed the enthusiasm in her heart that was ignited by what he just said. She nodded solemnly and advised: "I know you two will drink some wine when talking about things. Since you are going out to the office in the evening,
Don’t drink too much, or drink some fruit wine with very low alcohol content.”
"I know, now it's your turn to nag. Why don't you sit down for a while? Let's finish chatting before leaving?" Yinzhen's rare joke was rejected by Jinxi with a glare. So, he pretended to be innocent and touched the tip of his nose.
, followed Jinxi downstairs with amusement in his heart, the two of them got on the carriage and headed to Xunfang Cloth Art Museum. (To be continued)