Chapter 174 Meeting Lu Shengling in the Clouds

Damn it!

If Lu Yanxin couldn't tell the man's identity just now.

But now the slender woman said it clearly, who else in the whole capital city fits the bill except her cousin Lu Shengling?

After hearing gossip about her own family, Lu Yanxin, who always regarded her cousin Lu Shengling as a "god", could no longer sit still. She stood up angrily, grabbed Su Yuan's wide sleeves and walked out.

And in the private room separated by a wall.

A masked man in a snow-white robe with wide sleeves was leaning on the couch as if he had no bones.

He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the woman in red who was still chattering about her conditions:

"Without saying too much, leave two positions in the Lu Family Army for me. Oh, remember the kind that doesn't require you to fight on the battlefield, but can still earn you military merits."

"Hehe, when my two sisters become high officials, you will give up the position of general to my family and stay in the backyard to be my mistress."

The woman in red went on with a long speech.

Lu Shengling was not very angry. He had heard many insults and provocations from the enemies on the battlefield.

He was too lazy to even open his mouth to pay attention to this woman's unrealistic dreams, and instead thought about the origins of this shameless woman.

Lu Shengling suddenly sneered.

His half-aunt was really thoughtful. I don't know how she persuaded her paralyzed mother to ask him to come and see her.

The result... is this?

Lu Shengling's gaze was fixed on the corner of the woman's bright red clothes, and his mind couldn't help but think of the new top scholar he met at the city gate half a month ago.

——Su Yuan.

She is wearing red clothes and silver belt, and has a beautiful face.

This made him, who was already somewhat obsessed with looks, feel happy at the first sight, and then he came up with the idea of catching a son-in-law from the list.

But the good times did not last long. At the next day's banquet, he learned that this woman already had a husband.

As everyone knows, he is the only son of Marquis Wu'an, and all the Lu family's successors depend on him.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to get married like an ordinary man. What he should do is to find a wife to live with him. It is also for this reason that he went to Shuiyunjian to meet her today.

Oh……

I never expected it, what a big surprise!

Think of this.

Lu Shengling drooped his eyelids, yawned calmly and slowly, and slowly stood up from the couch.

Then he walked around the woman who was standing in front of him and talking nonsense, opened the door and left.

Behind.

Seeing this, the woman in red chased a few steps out of shame and waved at the back of the man in snow-covered clothes, trying to keep him:

"Hey, hey, come back——"

"I'm not finished yet!"

Let’s talk about the other side.

As soon as Lu Shengling walked out of the elegant room, he bumped into Lu Yanxin and Su Yuan who were rushing to look for him.

Seeing this, his eyes passed through the two people calmly, lingering on the face of the purple-clothed woman for a moment without any expression, and then fell on his cousin, asking in a nonchalant tone:

"Where are you going, in such a hurry?"

Lu Yanxin glanced behind the man, but did not see the sarcastic woman.

She felt relieved, looked up at the ghost mask on her cousin's face, sighed, and said with a smile, changing from worry to joy:

"Well, it's nothing. I just heard someone slandering you in the next room, so I couldn't hold back my temper and ran over here."

"Now think about it, my cousin is a great general, how could he be bullied by a vulgar woman? It's all my worry as his cousin."

Lu Shengling nodded and said "hmm", his narrow eyes swept around the corridor, his voice was low and hoarse, and there was a hint of smile in it:

"I still have to go to the military camp and can't stay in Shuiyunjian for long. You and Lord Su have a drink, and I won't accompany you."

Lu Yanxin replied "OK" and moved aside to make way. After separating from Lu Shengling, she and Su Yuan returned to the elegant room for a drink.

…

As the sun sets, the blood-red sunset glows like a bowl of blood spilled across half the sky.

Su Mansion, in the study.

Su Yuan had returned to her mansion since she parted with Lu Yanxin in the afternoon. She was currently sitting cross-legged on the couch by the window with Meng Yunqiao, discussing the future plans for the store:

"The hot pot restaurant has been open in Beijing for a month. Although it is not as good as the old brands like Ruyizhai, it has retained many diners thanks to its publicity and good taste."

"Another thing is that it is the hot summer now. In half a month, it will be autumn. Especially in the winter, the north is cold. Then our hot pot will definitely be very popular."

Meng Yunqiao pursed his lips unconsciously, a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's good, but nowadays people in Tongzhou and even in Beijing are imitating our hot pot dishes."

"There are several Fugui Hotpot restaurants and Laicai Hotpot restaurants opening one after another, and our business has been taken away a lot. Do you think we should take some measures?"

Su Yuan raised his eyebrows without any surprise, chuckled, and consoled:

"Don't worry. I've known about this for a long time. If people are scrambling to imitate something, it means we're doing a good job."

"As for the solution, I will write you a few hot pot bases that are suitable for the tastes of northerners later. Also, I called you here today to discuss with you the issue of expanding our hot pot restaurant."

Having said that, she picked up the teapot and poured a cup of herbal tea for Meng Yunqiao, cleared her throat and continued:

"Qingyi Grain Store has been praised by His Majesty and has been named the Royal Special Supply Store. It is natural that it will be opened throughout Fengqi Country, but our hot pot restaurant should not be left behind."

"Well, let's start with the fifteen cities of Jiangzhou, the capital of the north, and Suizhou and Mingzhou on both sides. Let's spread the name first, and then attract merchants from all over the country to cooperate, quote the name and recipe of our Suyun hotpot, and open Suyun hotpots all over Fengqi."

In this way, not only will the Su Yun Hotpot Restaurant become famous throughout the country, but she and Meng Yunqiao will also receive generous dividends, and they will also avoid having to worry about competition from various places. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Meng Yunqiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped his hands in agreement:

"Okay, that's a good idea."

"As for the new hot pot base, please write it to me later and I'll ask the chef to research it. When you come to taste it, I'll add it to the menu."

The corners of Su Yuan's lips curled up slightly, he picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth and took a sip.

Then he looked up at Meng Yunqiao and was about to say that he would write it down and give it to her right away, when a series of slightly hurried footsteps suddenly came into the room from outside the door.

When Su Yuan heard the voice, her eyebrows twitched. According to her experience, it was likely that something had happened again!

Thinking of this, she quickly put down the teacup and looked towards the person who came, and waited until she saw clearly who it was.

Su Yuan felt that the matter was not simple, so without waiting for the woman in white to speak, she jumped off the couch and asked:

"Sister Shian, what happened?"

Ji Shian did not answer, but frowned as he glanced at Meng Yunqiao on the couch. He then took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Su Yuan, saying in a low voice:

"You will know when you read the letter."

She couldn't say it out loud, so she let the person involved figure it out for themselves!