Chapter 268 Where do these relatives come from?
The shopkeeper was dumbfounded again, and made a gesture of picking his ears with his hands, and said, "What did you say?"
The shopkeeper was extremely surprised, but he didn't dare to hit anyone. He arranged for Li Tiedan and the others to stay, and asked someone to report to the city lord.
The Lord of Yicheng arrived soon.
Jiang Shuang was still shocked: "What's going on? Yan'er is here to kill me?"
The Lord of Yicheng asked curiously, "Are you the mother of Emperor Yan?"
"Yes, I'm her mother." Jiang Shuang described Xie Yanyan's childhood in detail.
"But now Yan Di's biological father is the retired emperor of Jiuzhou Empire. How could it be you?"
Although I have never seen the true face of the emperor, it is impossible that he is the person in front of me!
It was obvious at first glance that he was a country bumpkin. The retired emperor was originally the legitimate son of the Marquis of Wuyi and a general. How could he be such a wretched man?
When Jiang Shuang heard that Xie Anfeng was the emperor emeritus, she felt even more mixed emotions and developed a lot of hatred towards Xie Anfeng.
She raised five children for him, but they all fled to Lingnan. He actually divorced her.
He still has the nerve to be the emperor emeritus. That is her, Jiang Shuangsheng's daughter. What did Xie Anfeng do to deserve the title of emperor emeritus?
So the Lord of Yicheng saw her expression and didn't indulge her, saying: "Emperor Yan and Emperor Chen just conferred titles on their royal relatives a few days ago. If you were their parents, would you come here to cheat? If you spread rumors again, I will lock you up."
Li Tiedan had no choice but to shut up.
Since Xie Tingting announced the notice to the whole country, there has been an endless stream of people coming to the embroidery workshop to apply for the job. Many embroiderers from near Xiangyang came, and later, those who came from other places to apply were basically those who were particularly good at embroidery. She recruited a lot of good embroiderers.
Seeing that the work in the embroidery workshop was quickly getting on track, she felt relieved.
I'm hungry and want to go to Xie Huan's food street.
Xie Huan worked in the Merchants Bureau as a third-rank official, and he was in charge of the newly emerging food street in Kyoto.
Aunt Xue couldn't stay idle at home, so she also worked in the food court. She opened her own shop and her business was booming.
If she didn't say it, no one would know that she was the mother of the supervisory official, and she could also collect some information for Xie Huan.
Tiffany Hsieh walked to the food street and first squeezed into the fried tofu stall to buy a string of tofu. She ate it while queuing in front of the roasted gluten stall.
When the common people saw her queuing in her official uniform, they all made way for her. She said thank you and bought a string of gluten.
The stall owner was embarrassed to take her money, so she said, "How can I eat your food for free? Otherwise, won't I be spanked by Emperor Yan?"
Everyone laughed and said that Emperor Yan was the most compassionate to the people.
She walked past the snack stalls and went to Aunt Xue’s candied haws shop.
Aunt Xue is the best at making candied haws. She learned how to make hawthorn, yam, beans, and even some other fruits. Xie Yanyan taught her that. But Aunt Xue is very smart and the candied haws she makes are better than Xie Yanyan's.
When we arrived at the candied haws shop, there were only two sisters-in-law hired by Aunt Xue helping with the sales at the door, but Aunt Xue was not there.
Xie Tingting bought a string of candied haws with a few coins and asked the saleswoman, "Where's Aunt Xue?"
In front of others, she doesn't call her Aunt Xue, but Aunt Xue.
The saleswoman smiled and said, "My wife is upstairs. Someone is coming from my hometown."
"Someone from my hometown is coming? Who?"
"I don't know, her last name seems to be Xie. I heard the lady call her Miss."
What, Miss, and your last name is Xie? Could it be Xie Xiangxiang?
Xie Tingting rolled her eyes and asked in a low voice: "Is he still there?"
"Yes, I think Madam doesn't like it."
Well then, Tiffany Xie is basically sure that it is Xie Xiangxiang.
She didn't go upstairs, but immediately turned around to look for Xie Huan.
Xie Huan was discussing the national work plan with others in the Merchants Bureau. When he saw Xie Tingting coming to find him, he immediately called her to the conference room and asked her why she was there.
Xie Tingting said: "You can go to Aunt Xue's store and take a look. It seems that Xie Xiangxiang is here to look for Aunt Xue."
Xie Huan got angry when he heard this. Aunt Xue had been following Xiao Shen's rules for decades in Xie's mansion, so she was very wary of Xiao Shen's family and was afraid when she saw them.
He hurriedly said goodbye to his colleagues and left.
The two of them rushed to a place not far from Aunt Xue's candied haws shop. Xie Huan's personal servant Wang Fugui went to the candied haws shop, went in and went straight to the second floor to find Aunt Xue.
When Aunt Xue saw that it was Wang Fugui, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Fugui took a look at the people in the living room. There were three of them: a young woman wearing a veil, an old country woman, and a rough and dark country man.
Wang Fugui said with a smile: "Madam, the young master heard that there are guests coming to his hometown, so he asked me to take you to Juxianlou for dinner."
Juxianlou is also an official hotel, mainly used to entertain official guests from various countries and regions.
Xie Yanyan stipulated that officials from the imperial court could entertain guests in this restaurant and just keep accounts.
Xie Huan had already booked a private room in Juxian Building, and Aunt Xue, Xie Xiangxiang, Jiang Shuang, and Li Tiedan all came.
When Xie Xiangxiang saw Xie Huan, she smiled and said, "Brother Huan has grown taller again."
When Xie Huan heard the condescending tone of an elder, he felt unhappy, but he was now a third-rank official in the court, and his sister Xie Yanyan was the empress of the Jiuzhou Empire, so he was confident enough.
"Yes, I am already seventeen years old," Xie Huan said with a smile, "How come you have time to come here, young lady?"
Xie Xiangxiang listened to his official tone, smiled and said: "The Tang Kingdom was destroyed, and the Wei Kingdom was also destroyed. I had nowhere to go, so I came to seek refuge with my aunt and brother Huan."
She had been a legitimate daughter for more than ten years and had also been a palace concubine. She was very familiar with being flexible in officialdom, so she did not lie and directly said that she had come to join them.
But she still called her "Aunt Xue". Xie Huan was very unhappy. Did he still think that his mother was the exploited concubine?
"Young Miss, please stop calling me Aunt Xue. There is no Aunt Xue here, only Old Madam Xie. Or you can call me Aunt Xue." Xie Huan said, "In Jiuzhou, no one dares to disrespect my mother."
"Oh, I am sorry for being rude, Aunt Xue. I hope you and Brother Huan will take good care of me in the future."
"How do you want to take care of me?"
"Now I just want to support myself by working with my own hands. Can you give me a shop like Aunt Xue's? I can make a living on my own, or I can work for Aunt Xue." Xie Xiangxiang said, "I'm not picky, as long as I can have a way to make a living."
As they were talking, Jiang Shuang and Li Tiedan were staring at Xie Huan.
A third-rank official, and Xie Xiangxiang's half-brother! Will Xie Xiangxiang get rich soon? What about us?
Li Tiedan became a little anxious. Who should he look for?
Thinking of this, he wanted to ask how he met Xie Yanyan, but Jiang Shuang seemed to understand what he meant and stopped him immediately, asking: "Huan'er, I want to find a job in the embroidery workshop. I just happened to see Aunt Xue on the street today. I heard that Tingting is in charge of the embroidery workshop?"
Only then did Xie Huan see Jiang Shuang. She looked much older than before. If his mother hadn't told him that this was Jiang Shuang, he wouldn't have dared to recognize her.
"What are you going to do?" Xie Huan didn't know how to address her.
Unexpectedly, before she could say anything, Li Tiedan spoke up: "We want to meet Emperor Yan. We are her parents. We have to meet her when we are here."
Xie Huan was immediately furious!
But before he could curse, he heard a voice: "Hey, relative? Who is this?"
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