"The day you lied about going to see Miss Su, you didn't go home until nightfall. In fact, you went to Jixiang Building. Because there was a food festival, there were a lot of preparations, and you had to take care of everything, so you were busy.
So late. If nothing unexpected happened, the four sisters of the Liu family were also taken advantage of by you. You knew that they liked you and were against you, so you brought them to the food festival and let them build momentum for you. The palace snacks were sold, and the four sisters of the Liu family got off to a good start.
The contribution of the sisters is not small. Of course, Princess Yongjia's participation in the bidding was an unexpected surprise. You deliberately angered her and made more than one hundred thousand taels from her alone." Speaking of this, Zhou Mu's deep eyes became dark and unpredictable.
: "Xi Yan, do you know what your biggest flaw is?"
There were so many flaws in Gu Xiyan's heart, but he discovered an even bigger flaw
She really couldn't think of any flaws, so she responded obediently: "I don't know."
Seeing her quiet and well-behaved appearance, Zhou Mu felt hot in his heart and couldn't help but want to hug her, but he couldn't fall into her beauty trap at this time.
"The 'flying to the sky' dish you made. Since it is a secret recipe of the palace, how can it be easily copied by you? The aroma you made is exactly the same as the one photographed by Princess Yongjia, although I have never tried it in Yongjia.
The princess’s dish, but I believe even the taste is the same. So there is only one possibility, that you created this dish yourself.”
Gu Xiyan was speechless for a moment, and after a while she argued: "You are not allowed to have talent in cooking? I can do whatever I learn."
Zhou Mu looked at her indifferently, obviously not believing what she said.
Facing Zhou Mu's see-through eyes, Gu Xiyan was finally defeated: "Jixiang Tower is one of the dowries prepared for me before my mother passed away. It was built ten years ago.
My mother passed away the year I was born, and there was a six-year gap. No one would have thought that I was the real owner of Jixiang Building. It was only two years ago that I found out that the shopkeeper Wu of Jixiang Building had been raped by me.
Thanks to mother's kindness, he used to be in the restaurant business, but because he was harmed by an adulterer, it was difficult to support his family."
After a pause, she continued:
"That year, my mother was waiting for marriage. The Gu family was running a business. My mother was not short of money and saved shopkeeper Wu and his family at a critical moment. From then on, shopkeeper Wu worked for my mother. It was a pity that my mother married
She passed away not long after giving birth to me after entering Wanqinghou Mansion, and my mother’s plan to build a restaurant for me was not implemented in time. Shopkeeper Wu stayed in the capital for several years after my mother’s death, and finally found an opportunity to sell the restaurant to me.
The building opened. When I was fourteen years old, I learned that Jixiang Building was the dowry my mother wanted to give me. So when I was called over by the Queen Mother for questioning, I was really not afraid. After all, I had never really
In a sense, I directly ran Jixiang Restaurant, but I only occasionally made suggestions. The shopkeeper of the restaurant was originally Wu Tong."
"No wonder Jixiang Tower's reputation gradually spread two years ago. It turns out it's all your fault." Zhou Mu thought thoughtfully.
Gu Xiyan was ashamed: "I happened to have a little research on food, so I gave some ideas to shopkeeper Wu. The business of Jixiang Building was not bad before, but it lacked some features. The capital is also a place where the powerful gather, and there are many noble people.
It’s not a waste of money. As long as the dishes are fresh and taste great, there’s no need for diners to patronize the restaurant. Then I thought of a way. Every month, Jixiang Restaurant must produce a new dish, so that diners have a chance to try something new, and it also makes the restaurant more popular.
Diners miss Jixianglou every month..."
Zhou Mu listened intently, secretly thinking that since she rarely left the Marquis' mansion in the past, where did she get all these insights? It couldn't be that they were all from books.
Gu Xiyan kept talking for a long time, only to realize that Zhou Mu was too quiet.
"Xiyan, you seem to have never asked who is in my family, nor why I grew up in Fallen Immortal Temple." Zhou Mu took a sip of tea and opened his lips indifferently.
Gu Xiyan's heart skipped a beat and she thought to herself that it was over.
She had exposed such a flaw herself without noticing it, and it was only after he reminded her that she discovered the problem.
If she hadn't made an appointment with Zhou Mu, it would have made sense for her not to ask about his family background. But they were engaged and would get married in February next year, but she didn't mention a word about his family.
This is fundamentally unconscionable.
Zhou Mu saw Gu Xiyan's confused look and couldn't help but smile: "Did you know my identity earlier?"
Gu Xiyan opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer.
"I remember going to the Fallen Immortal Temple on the ninth day of September. You seemed to be very familiar with the terrain of the Fallen Immortal Temple. You didn't need me to guide you and you found the Bamboo Garden..."
Gu Xiyan laughed dryly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to calm down her shock: "That, that was just a coincidence, I just walked blindly, and somehow ended up in front of the Bamboo Garden."
Zhou Mu took a deep look at his girl, her excuse was so insincere.
"Do you know my identity?" Zhou Mu asked the same question again.
He guessed that this girl probably wouldn't answer honestly.
The fact was just as he had guessed. The girl blinked her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, her eyelashes flapped like wings, and she was obviously a little nervous.
She looked around with her beautiful eyes and said softly: "According to the master's demeanor and character, he should be either rich or noble. Because the master didn't take the initiative to speak, I was thinking that if the master wanted to say something, he would naturally tell me. If the master didn't want to, he would tell me.
Said, even if I asked, the young master would not answer."
Zhou Mu laughed angrily: "You and I are going to get married next year, and you will be my wife by then. We are one husband and wife. Is it possible that if you and I get married, you don't want to know who my parents are!"
He stared closely into Gu Xiyan's eyes, but Gu Xiyan's eyes were a little dodgeful.
She knew she had exposed her secret, but how could she explain that she knew his identity? She couldn't tell him that she was reborn, and she had been with him all her life in her previous life.
Not to mention that others find it absurd, if she hadn't experienced it herself, she wouldn't have believed that such bizarre things existed in the world.
Anyway, as long as she refuses to admit it, there is nothing he can do to her.
"I want to know who your parents are and why you grew up in Fallen Immortal Temple. Would you like to tell me?" Gu Xiyan simply met Zhou Mu's gaze and asked frankly.
Zhou Mu couldn't help but go up and pinch Gu Xiyan's tender cheeks twice to vent his anger: "You clearly knew my identity!"
Gu Xiyan replied with an innocent face: "Young Master, what you said makes no sense. I am not a roundworm in the Young Master's stomach. How could I know the Young Master's identity? Listening to what the Young Master means, the Young Master's identity has a lot of history." p>
Zhou Mu looked at her helplessly, not knowing what to do with the scoundrel her.
Gu Xiyan looked at Zhou Mu's helpless look and said with a smile: "If the young master's status is too noble, then how can I, a down-and-out noble girl, be worthy of the young master?"
