Chapter 298: Sharing Wine and Coincidental Encounters
The emperor's arrival not only surprised Mu Qiyue and others, but also made the scene a little stiff. For the Du family's grandson or Mu Qiyue, it might be better. But for Lin Zhu, the pressure was too much.
Not to mention there was someone Lin Zhu didn't want to meet right now, Mu Qingqi, Fu Douer's nominal biological father.
So when everyone knelt down to welcome the emperor, Lin Zhu had no choice but to kneel down to the most inconspicuous corner. He couldn't help but secretly blame Mu Qiyue in his heart, "Well, why did you invite the emperor?"
"Everyone, get up. Today I just came here casually to take a look, no need to be formal." The emperor said with a smile.
After everyone stood up, Lin Zhu stood in an inconspicuous place. Fortunately, the emperor thought she was just a servant of Mu Qiyue's village and did not pay much attention to her.
Mu Qiyue tried his best to regain his normal expression and asked the emperor respectfully, "Your Majesty and Prince Qi are here, but they are not welcome at a distance. But please tell me what is going on?"
"Haha, I heard someone said today that you brewed good wine. I was curious, so I came over to take a look. I didn't expect that there is a better wine than Zhuji sake." The emperor smiled and walked to the upper seat and sat down.
He waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down.
But Lin Zhu felt that something was not right. Now her identity was not enough to be introduced to the emperor, but she couldn't just stand here. It was really embarrassing.
But Mu Qiyue reacted quickly, and he started to introduce, "Back to the emperor, this wine was brewed by Mr. Du, and assisted by Mr. Du. But this time, some of the raw materials for Zhuji Sake are made by
This is provided by Miss Lin. Miss Lin had earlier become the godfather of Dr. Zhang, the Royal Physician."
"Oh, Mr. Zhang's god-granddaughter?" The emperor looked at Lin Zhu with interest.
Lin Zhu had no choice but to step forward and salute the emperor respectfully again. Because of Aunt Chang's teachings, her etiquette was very good.
"Nv Lin, a folk girl, pays homage to the emperor." She lowered her head.
"Get up." The emperor raised his hand and asked Lin Zhu to stand up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Zhu secretly felt sorry for his knees. Fortunately, the weather was cold now and he wore thick clothes. Otherwise, it would be strange if his knees were not bruised after kneeling on the ground twice.
"When did you and Mr. Zhang recognize that they are related to each other?" the emperor asked.
"Back to the Emperor. Four years ago, my god-grandpa traveled to the village where a commoner's daughter lived. The girl and my god-grandfather were destined to know each other, so they recognized him as a relative." Lin Zhu replied cautiously.
"Oh, Mr. Zhang loved to walk around and look around at that time." The emperor nodded and no longer paid attention to Lin Zhu, and Lin Zhu also left the hall at Mu Qiyue's signal.
"I came here this time because I also want to taste this new wine, which is better than Zhuji sake. Can we start?" The emperor looked at the people sitting around and said.
The emperor is already talking about it, how can other people have any opinions? Even if they have opinions, they don't dare to show it on their faces.
Mufeng was very discerning. He found two new wine glasses and filled them with wine for the emperor and Prince Qi. After he finished doing this, the emperor's attendants immediately came to check the glass of wine that the emperor wanted to drink. There was no
After asking the question, he respectfully presented it to the emperor.
The others had no choice but to pick up the wine glasses in front of them one by one, and after the emperor finished drinking, they all began to taste it carefully.
To be honest, with the emperor here, everyone is really under a lot of pressure. Whether it is good or not is not theirs to decide.
So after drinking, everyone stopped and waited for the emperor to express his opinion.
"It's very good. It's better than Zhuji sake." After the emperor finished drinking, his eyes lit up.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty." Mu Qiyue was very respectful to the Emperor in front of the Du family.
"It's really good. I thought the Zhuji sake that Xiaosi brought out was good enough, but I didn't expect that there is a better wine than that. It's worth the trip. It's worth the trip." Prince Qi Mu Qingqi also shook his head.
He said, "You think so? Brother Huang."
"Haha, you are right." The emperor smiled and nodded, "Xiaosi, how much wine are you planning to send to the palace?" The emperor glanced at Mu Qiyue, and the meaning was very obvious, that is, the emperor is interested in me.
If you are drunk, show it quickly.
"Back to the emperor, there are only one hundred and twenty jars of this kind of wine, and my brother only accounts for one-third." Mu Qiyue smiled bitterly in his heart, how could the emperor come in such a timely manner? He glanced at those sitting beside him.
Prince Qi looked like he was watching a good show, and Mu Qiyue understood that it was him who caused the trouble.
"As a master, you only have such a small position, don't hide it from me." Although the emperor knew that Mu Qiyue would not lie to him, he still didn't believe it.
"Going back to the emperor, I only brought out the wine from one place this time, and others were provided by others, so it is rare to have these forty jars, so I am going to send twenty jars to the palace, and the rest are
I will share the portion with others. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Mu Qiyue said the word "others" very clearly.
"Haha, that's it." Although the emperor had no other expression, Mu Qiyue knew that he would have to give the emperor a good explanation afterwards.
Now that he got what he wanted and the emperor had accomplished the purpose of his trip, he prepared to go back with Mu Qingqi. Before leaving, he specially praised Mr. Du and Du Bin. One was still young with his sword, and the other was as good as his old one. Let both of them
Very excited.
Especially when Mr. Du sees his grandson showing his face in front of the emperor, as long as he makes no mistakes, his future will definitely be very bright.
There was a gust of wind when the emperor came and went, which made everyone a little confused. After he left, Lin Zhu was also invited to the front hall.
"Miss Lin, I'm really sorry. I don't know why the emperor suddenly came over and frightened you." Mu Qiyue apologized to Lin Zhu very sincerely.
However, Lin Zhu didn't blame Mu Qiyue too much, because in the eyes of others, being able to see the emperor once was a blessing, but what about the blessings gained through several lifetimes? If a woman from a powerful family really saw the emperor, she would be so happy that she fainted
past?
"Young Master Mu, don't worry, I am lucky enough to be able to see the emperor." Lin Zhuyan said insincerely. However, he still had an expression of honor on his face.
Mu Qiyue knew Lin Zhu's thoughts, so he didn't explain it more, fearing that the more he explained, the worse it would be.
"Miss Lin, a total of one hundred and twenty jars of this wine were produced. I secretly decided to distribute twenty jars to the emperor. I will pay the price to the girl in full." Mu Qiyue continued.
"You don't have to be like this, Fourth Young Master Mu. You already have a share of this wine, and it's not for sale to outsiders, so you deserve one-third of it." Lin Zhu didn't know what Mu Qiyue said to the emperor.
If so, I just think it would be better this way.
But because she had to share it with many people, she could only give him one-third. In fact, Lin Zhu felt a little embarrassed.
The rest of the wine was distributed by Lin Zhu. Dr. Zhang and General Chang would definitely have a share, and Mr. Du was indispensable. Moreover, these were all people who knew about it, especially General Chang who had already been very tough with Lin Zhu.
As she said, they are both godfathers, and she cannot favor one over the other.
General Chang has sent someone to clearly mention it to Lin Zhu. In a few days, Lin Zhu will be regarded as his granddaughter, and he has already found out the way through the emperor. This means that people all over the world will know about Lin Zhu.
He is from the Chang family.
Lin Zhu was also very grateful to General Chang Hui for doing so, because she knew in her heart that even if she had a life-saving favor for Chang Tianlei, he could return this favor to her as long as he spent a little money or a little thought.
But General Chang brought herself under his protection in this way. Lin Zhu was very grateful to General Chang in turn.
"Brother, aren't you curious about the origin of Miss Lin?" Mu Qingqi, who was sitting in the same carriage with the emperor, asked curiously.
"Xiao Si will explain it clearly in a while." The emperor smiled. He knew Mu Qiyue quite well. Knowing that he had deliberately concealed Lin Zhu's origin just now, he would definitely explain it to him afterwards.
"Haha, brother, don't you think this girl might mean something different to Xiaosi?" Mu Qingqi thought for a while and laughed, with an ambiguous light in his eyes.
"She is still very young." The emperor glanced at Mu Qingqi, who was gossiping.
However, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, settled down and decided to ask Mu Qiyue in the future.
"Your Majesty, there are some people on horseback coming in front." The voice of an attendant came from outside the carriage.
"Get out of the way." The emperor said. They were going out in a low-key manner, so it was better not to be too public.
"Yes." The waiter responded.
"Uncle Chang Shi, do you think my fourth uncle will be surprised when he sees me?" Fu Dou'er actually rode on his pony Hongyun, his small body jogging along with the horse, and they were in perfect harmony with each other.
"The Fourth Master will definitely be shocked, but girls are not so easy to talk to." Chang Shi looked at Fu Dou'er riding the horse with a headache. Although the pony is already one year old, it is not yet old enough to ride.
I don't know how Fu Dou'er did it, but he actually rode it. And he rode it very well.
Fu Dou'er stuck out his tongue and slowed down the pony even more slowly, almost walking. "Otherwise, I won't ride anymore. Uncle Chang Shi, please take me."
"Okay." Chang Shi agreed happily. In fact, he had been thinking that this should have been the case a long time ago.
They paused for a moment, Chang Shi jumped off the horse, took Fu Dou'er down, and put him on his horse. Someone beside him pulled Fu Dou'er's little red horse aside and led him forward.
All this happened to be seen by the Emperor and Prince Qi Mu Qingqi who were passing by.
"Brother, that boy is so courageous. He dares to ride a horse at such a young age." Mu Qingqi was a little envious. He had already prepared a pony for his son, but he never liked it and did not dare to ride it.
Going up, even if there are many people around to protect you, is not possible.
"You are indeed brave." The emperor also nodded, but then became a little silent. He had just heard the child's words, and what surprised him the most was that the child's appearance looked so familiar.
The orderer looked at the direction in which they were traveling, and it was heading towards Mu Qiyue's Zhuangzi. Putting aside the doubts in his heart, the emperor prepared to question Mu Qiyue later. It seemed that he was hiding a lot of things from him. (Unfinished)
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