Su Ziji asked Ye Buhui to rest first and went to the study. When he saw Jian Qu and Cen Rubai, they immediately saluted: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty."
Su Ziji's eyes flashed and he said, "Why are you so happy?"
"Although no celebrities came this time, the reward from the emperor and empress is the best support. The lord still got the holy favor. After all, the lord is the son of the prince."
The two of them looked as if they suddenly realized something.
Su Ziji smiled and looked in agreement, but the wild Taoist knew something about the inside story. He thought about it in his heart and was silent for a long time. He still didn't dare to tell the truth. He just changed the topic and told the matter.
The day after the tasting, Su Ziji made the decision to officially open Mengyuanlou for business.
There was a lot of seafood that came to Beijing with the Ye Dao people, and only a small half of it was consumed on the first day of the trial. The rest could last for a few days at most. If we reopen after a few days, the first shipment of sea fish would be wasted.
The success of the food trial indeed made Mengyuanlou an instant hit as soon as it opened.
"My lord, Mengyuan Tower's income and expenditure are good and have stabilized. However, recently many people have been eyeing the restaurant's business. Many people heard that it is your business and did not dare to provoke it. But there are local gangsters.
It's really unusual to dare to come to a restaurant to cause trouble, and it doesn't seem like something a local gang would do."
"Oh? Tell me, what did they do when they arrived at Mengyuan Tower?" Su Ziji raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.
The wild people said that these people did not look like ruffians sent by local gangs, Su Zixin.
As early as not long after he arrived in the capital, the wild Taoist, a snake from outside, attached himself to him and gradually beat up the local snakes so that they did not dare to provoke him.
Now that he is a Daihou, it is even more different than in the past. Although the local gangs are local gangsters, they are also very smart. There are still those gangs today, who are not extremely smart and know who they can mess with and who they are.
Not to be messed with?
Let them have trouble with Daihou Mansion, even if they are afraid of being beaten to death.
There may be someone else behind these ruffians.
Su Ziji already had a vague guess about who it was.
The wild Taoist added: "They don't do much. They just come, order one or two dishes, and say they are not delicious. They also block the doors on the street and yell that the shop is bullying customers and paying for their money."
Su Ziji thought for a while and sneered: "It's just some underhanded tactics. If I handle it too much, they say I have no benevolence. If I don't handle it, I will lose points."
"Lord, please leave this matter to me." At this time, Jian Qu said.
Su Ziji glanced at Jian Qu: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to Mr. Jian."
Seeing Jian Qu and Cen Rubai taking their orders and retreating, Su Ziji took a sip of tea and finally let out a breath of relief.
"Finally the plan went well."
"The first step is to clear up the suspicion. From now on, I will no longer have the suspicion of a princeling. Otherwise, it will always be a thorn in the emperor's heart."
"With thorns, no matter how many reasons there are, there will be misfortune once the scene is met, and it will be difficult to bear it."
Pulling out thorns is ten times more effective than cultivating meritorious deeds and planting blessings.
"Only when the thorn is removed can I be qualified to compete for a big position, but I cannot slack off and must press forward step by step."
"My husband doesn't fight, so no one in the world can fight with him, haha!"
Su Ziji cheered up and asked the wild Taoist again: "It was actually a small matter just now. Shan Wenhui's fire is not enough. Do you know who the most popular general is now?"
"The most popular general?" The wild Taoist felt a chill in his heart. He thought about it for a long time before speaking.
"My lord, there are probably three most popular military generals right now, namely Fu Sangyun, Duan Yanxing, and Zhou Lu."
"Fu Sangyun, this man is the Crown Prince of Yongchang. He is only thirty years old and has been promoted to the rank of infantry commander. He is a second-grade military attache. I heard that he is very trusted by Your Majesty."
He performed meritoriously and was valued by His Majesty. Over the next seven years, he was promoted continuously and became a third-rank official."
"Zhou Lu was once a local military attache. He was promoted several times for his merits in defeating thieves a few years ago. This year he was transferred back to the capital and currently serves in the Ministry of Punishment."
Su Ziji listened to the names and simple information of the three people: "Go and investigate to find out which of these three people is unruly and has committed many crimes. If not, you can find others."
Jian Qu and Cen Rubai just thought that the reward from the emperor was a fluke or good luck, but the wild Taoist vaguely knew that it was all calculated. Now after hearing this, they felt secretly in their hearts: "Yes, I will do it immediately."
Zhou Mansion
"Miss, please go to the study in front of me." The maid walked carefully to the outside of the lady's piano room and said softly.
After coming back today, the young lady entered the piano room, but did not play the piano. She did not know what she was doing. The maids did not dare to ask, so they could only wait outside carefully. At this time, after hearing the message from the maid who came in front, she came over to say something.
Miss, tell me this.
After a while, Zhou Yao came out, her face slightly tired, and she changed into another dress.
"Let's go." After saying that, Zhou Yao went out.
When he arrived at the study room in the front yard, he passed by one of his father's staff members. Zhou Yao didn't look calm. After asking, he got his father's permission and then opened the door and entered the study room where his father was alone.
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"Father, are you looking for me?" Seeing his father's face looking solemn, Zhou Yao asked.
"Yao'er, you just came back from Daihou's cultural gathering, are you tired? Sit down and talk." Seeing that his daughter didn't look good, Father Zhou hurriedly asked her to sit down and talk.
Zhou Yao sat down on the chair: "Since the journey back and forth is not close, I am indeed a little tired."
"Yes, the venue for Daihou's cultural conference this time is Huafang, not Daihou's mansion. It does require more traveling back and forth. By the way, I heard that at the cultural conference, there were imperial envoys from His Majesty and the Queen to announce the decree?"
After hearing her father's question, Zhou Yao calmly replied: "Yes, the Queen gave Daihou a wooden box. What is inside is not known to the guests. And His Majesty rewarded Daihou and his wife each with a jade Ruyi, and each with a wooden box."
The more you have, the more blessings you have."
"Jade Ruyi?" Hearing that the emperor actually rewarded Dai Hou with jade Ruyi, Zhou's father secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This shows that the emperor does have goodwill towards the naturalized grandson, and at least intends to support him.
As for his daughter's friendship with Ye Buhui, it seems that this is the right path.
After asking about some details about the cultural meeting, Father Zhou saw that his daughter was even more tired. Father Zhou felt sorry for his daughter and did not ask more questions, so he asked her to go back and rest.
Zhou Yao resigned to her father and was silent all the way. The lanterns in the corridor of the mansion lit up one after another. Under the light, her skin was white and her head was slightly lowered. The strange thing is that with just this move, the shyness of her lowered head suddenly appeared in her eyes.
In the minds of the people around me, I couldn't be more depressed.
The mother-in-law, who had seen so many young ladies, couldn't help but gasp for a moment, thinking that this young lady was only outstanding at first, but now she is getting more and more beautiful, and she couldn't help but look at her.
But no one knew that in her silent mind, a mysterious voice had been talking to her since she didn't leave the study.
Even if Zhou Yao didn't respond, the mysterious voice didn't mind.
"Your father just breathed a sigh of relief. You should have noticed it, right?"
"Speaking of which, I also think that Su Ziji may have some confidence in Jackie Chan now. Are you really not tempted?"
Zhou Yao didn't hear anything and just walked forward quietly. As he breathed, a little light entered his body, and the mysterious voice stopped. He only watched Zhou Yao's change, secretly envious.
"By using the harp to enter Taoism, the human race will truly be favored by heaven."