As Yuzhu, having a private meeting with the iron-hatted prince in the house of the Imperial Guard was definitely a taboo matter.
Yuzhu made a special explanation to Sailer, then took Xiuyun and Xiaoxuanyu and left through the back door.
Only after Prince Yu Dezhao entered the door did he realize that Yuzhu had left.
Because the auspicious time had not yet come, when Yuzhu's family left, the Sailer family had not yet started the banquet.
Xiuyun and Xiaoxuanyu were both hungry, but neither wanted to go home.
When Yuzhu thought about it, he decided not to go home and just eat out. He directly ordered people to book a single room at "Liuquanju".
Liuquanju was built in the Longqing period of the pre-Ming Dynasty. It was first famous in the capital for its yellow tavern.
Back then, there were four types of rice wine taverns in Beijing: Shaoxing rice wine, Beijing rice wine, Shandong rice wine, and Shanxi rice wine.
What Liuquanju sells is Beijing rice wine.
Today's Liuquanju integrates the essence of the three major cuisines of palace, Shandong and halal. It is good at grilling, stir-frying, stir-frying and simmering. Its famous dishes include golden cup chicken, phoenix tail white fungus, exquisite abalone, etc.
The bannermen of old Beijing were very particular, and even the places where they ate and drank were divided into many different grades.
Generally speaking, for large banquets with more than ten tables, you must book a high-end restaurant with a "dining" in advance.
For tables of less than five or six, you can go to a certain building, for example, Zhimei Building.
Both the hall and the building have dine-in and dining rooms for individual customers, which is different.
For example, Liuquanju is a small high-end restaurant that specializes in private dishes. Moreover, Liuquanju only serves reserved tables and does not accept individual guests.
In today's capital city, no matter what the name of a restaurant is, the chef must be from Shandong.
Objectively speaking, Shandong cuisine occupied an absolute monopoly in the Beijing dinner market during the Kangxi period.
According to the rules, seats at Liuquanju must be reserved three months in advance.
However, among these forty-nine cities, who dares to provoke the local emperor Yuzhu?
So, Yuzhu led his wife and son and sat in the private room on the second floor of Liuquanju.
In fact, in order not to offend the powerful, the relatively well-known restaurants of this era would leave at least one single room in the back even if the seats outside were full.
After Yuzhu sat down, the head shopkeeper of Liuquanju came in person.
After he saluted, he bowed and said: "Gentlemen, I have a new kind of baked dumpling here. It's brown and crispy on the outside, white and soft on the inside. When you open it, it's steaming, and there's an alluring aroma of wheat...
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Banner people are very particular about their food, and their staple food is especially glutinous rice cakes.
The so-called 饽饽, in this era, generally refers to steamed buns, steamed buns, northern dumplings and other pasta.
Yuzhu has no interest in grilled steamed buns at all, but Xiuyun and Xiaoxuanyu really want to try it.
After the food and wine were served and everyone else left, Yuzhu asked Xiao Xuanyu to sit next to him, and the father and son enjoyed the food together.
Privately, Yuzhu always ignored the so-called etiquette and rules. If he thought the food tasted good, he picked it up with serving chopsticks and put it on the plate in front of Xiao Xuanyu.
Xiao Xuanyu is also very good at getting things done. He eats all the dishes served by Yuzhu without making a sound.
Eating silently is a basic quality that a wealthy family must have. Anyone who dares to chew indiscriminately while eating will be slapped.
As for eating without speaking, hey, Yuzhu has already broken the rules in private.
Xiaoxuanyu is Xiuyun's biological son, and Xiuyun is naturally very satisfied that Yuzhu loves him so much.
When Yuzhu's family was enjoying their meal, Wei Zhu came over.
"Your Majesty's decree, with a jade pillar, comes to you in Changchun Garden."
After Yuzhu received the order, he did not leave immediately, but asked Wei Zhu: "Master Wei, why is the emperor looking for me so late?"
"Well, to be honest with you, Xiao Zhongtang, something big has happened. Ce Leng, a bastard, drank too much and actually beat Alabutan, the empress dowager's grandnephew. The emperor was extremely angry."
When Yuzhu heard this, he was really in big trouble.
Cereng was an important tool for Kangxi to appease the Khalkha Mongols, and the Khalkha Mongols were also the front line against the Junggars.
Alabutan is the grandson of Ezier, the brother of the current empress dowager, and the eldest son of the current Horqin Beilbakshgur.
Hey, on the left is the son-in-law of the old emperor, and on the right is the empress dowager's grandnephew. The emperor's relatives beat the relatives of the country, and Yuzhu also had a headache!
"Mr. Wei, which yamen took this person?" Yuzhu was an old bureaucrat, and he got to the point with just one mouth.
"When I returned to the small middle hall, I was bumped into by Nancheng Yushi." Wei Zhu didn't hide anything from Yuzhu and told the truth.
Besides, you can't hide it even if you want to, so it's better to be a smooth favor.
The Nancheng Censor is affiliated with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is the top leader of the Nancheng Procuratorate.
"Oh, it's something that happened in the outer city. Old Wei, just say that I'm sick and can't go."
Wei Zhu never expected that Yuzhu would dare to pretend to be sick and refuse to see the driver despite the order.
"Xiao Zhongtang, you are obviously drinking here, I dare not hide it from the emperor." Wei Zhu's scalp felt numb for a while, and he deliberately reminded Yuzhu that he could not pretend to be sick.
"Oh, my Lord Wei, I have a bad stomach and I want to go out." Yuzhu pretended to cover his stomach and wanted to escape.
Wei Zhu didn't dare to let him escape, so he quickly reached out to stop him.
"Xiao Zhongtang, after Long Live Master punished you, I didn't sleep well for several days. I was thinking about you all the time." Wei Zhu used his housekeeping tricks to trick Yuzhu into seeing Kangxi.
Yuzhu didn't like Wei Zhu's tricks. He covered his stomach and screamed, "Oh, oh...".
To serve the emperor, one must be proficient in human nature.
Yuzhu had just been punished, and he was so young and scary, how could he not have a temper?
Taking this opportunity, Yuzhu let out his temper, and Kangxi just regarded him as a child who couldn't stand the grievance.
If Yuzhu behaved like a normal person after being punished, Kangxi would probably become suspicious.
Wei Zhu knew why Kangxi insisted on finding Yuzhu.
To put it bluntly, because of the life-saving grace and the relationship between Lao Wu, the Queen Mother had a very good impression of Yuzhu.
In addition, Yuzhu and Celeng have fought together, and they cooperate well and have a good relationship.
There is a jade pillar in the middle to persuade peace, which makes it easier for big things to be reduced to small things and small things to be reduced.
After all, Kangxi needed Ce Leng to help guard the border, and he also needed to show his filial piety by respecting the Empress Dowager. Anyway, it was quite a lot.
As for Yuzhu, he deliberately made excuses not to go. It wasn't that he really didn't go, but he was waiting for two things: closing the city gate and the impeachment announcement by the Nancheng censor.
Except for a few bookworms, most of the censors in the Imperial Procuratorate are human beings.
These guys, under normal circumstances, had an eye on the old emperor's attitude, and then made some excuses to help bite him.
When a censor bites a powerful person, he must know the right moment and take action blindly, and most likely he will be kicked on the iron plate.
However, Nancheng Yushi was a unique old scholar. Otherwise, he would not have brought the matter of the emperor's relatives fighting against the country's relatives directly to the old emperor.
Wei Zhu didn't dare to leave, and he couldn't persuade Yuzhu to do anything. He was so anxious that he jumped up and down.
After a long period of distance, the signal cannon sounded and all the major city gates were closed together.
Yuzhu stopped pretending and said with a smile: "Master Wei, how about sitting down and drinking some hot tea?"
Wei Zhu also understood that he would definitely not be able to go back to Changchun Garden tonight, so he had no choice but to sit down.
"Master Wei, don't worry, I will go to Changchun Garden with you early tomorrow morning." Yuzhu deliberately gave Wei Zhu a reassurance.
At this point, no matter how anxious Wei Zhu was, it was of no use. Anyway, he hadn't had dinner and was already so hungry that his chest was touching his back.
Yuzhu ordered him to go down, set a new table with waiting tables, and invited Wei Zhu to sit down.
Wei Zhu took a sip of rice wine, blinked, and said, "I'll just tell you, Xiao Zhongtang, that you are drunk and can't leave, okay?"
Yuzhu chuckled softly and said, "Master Wei, you are really a wonderful person."
Wei Zhu was very satisfied when he saw Yuzhu, and couldn't help but feel a little proud secretly. It was not easy for Yuzhu to owe him a favor.
To be honest, Wei Zhu had long been tired of eating the royal meals in the palace.
The various Shandong dishes at Liuquanju are very suitable for Wei Zhu's taste, and it is very comfortable to eat.
The relationship between Yuzhu and Wei Zhu is very delicate. The relationship between the two of them can neither be too close nor too far away.
The most important thing is that Yuzhu is by the emperor's side and has no natural enemies. And above Wei Zhu, there is also the general manager Zhao Chang sitting on his head.
After Liang Jiugong died, the old emperor did not promote Wei Zhu to the position of chief steward. Instead, he promoted Zhao Chang, who was sitting on the bench, to the throne of chief steward.
Wei Zhu did not dare to complain about the old emperor. He could only hold a grudge against Zhao Chang and wanted to hoe him away.
Yuzhu naturally knew it, and Wei Zhu took the initiative to sell him a favor just to win him over and help him deal with Zhao Chang.
Zhao Chang learned the lesson from Liang Jiugong's death and has always been very respectful to Yuzhu. Yuzhu had no reason to attack Zhao Chang.
From Yuzhu's point of view, Zhao Chang and Wei Zhu can only maximize his interests by fighting each other.
I remember that when Yuzhu was still young, every time he saw Wei Zhu, he would secretly stuff him with a banknote.
Now, even if Wei Zhu had 800 courage, he would not dare to accept any more money from Yu Zhu.
When people are in the temple, benevolence, justice and morality should be put aside, and those with strength should be respected. This is the last word!
After Wei Zhu had eaten and drank enough, he took the car back to the mansion he had purchased privately.
The great eunuch in the palace had a private residence outside. The old emperor knew it clearly, but he kept pretending to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to know.
The eunuch in the palace who had no eggs and no heirs was not only not a bad thing, but also very beneficial to the emperor's safety.
Yuzhu kept his promise, and as soon as it dawned, he and Wei Zhu went out of the city to visit the old emperor in Changchun Garden.
Kangxi knew Yuzhu's temper very well, and indeed he did not hold him accountable for deliberately delaying. However, the old emperor also left the big trouble to Yuzhu to handle.
"Before this matter gets bigger, I don't care what means you use, you must calm it down." Kangxi's order could not be refused.
Yuzhu did not refuse, but just whispered: "My method is very effective, it does not kill anyone, and it does not hurt anyone. They will definitely be willing to take the initiative to reconcile."
Kangxi said nothing, which was regarded as his acquiescence.
Yuzhu also understood that the old emperor didn't care about the process, only the result.
When Zhang Tingyu handed over the secret decree to Yuzhu, he whispered: "The emperor has given orders, and I have ordered my subordinates to accompany you on errands."
Yuzhu knew that Zhang Tingyu had gained the old emperor's trust and was about to rise to power in the court.
(Yesterday’s third update has been completed. There are many monthly ticket rewards, so I will continue with the third update today.)