Imperial study, east warm room.
The temperature in March is still a bit low, but there is a stove burning in the warm room, so the temperature is quite warm.
But the four ministers standing in front of Qi Yuan at this moment all had ugly expressions and a chill down their spines.
Minister of Revenue Cui Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his palms and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is due to our negligence. I beg Your Majesty to punish us."
The Minister of War's eyes were furrowed tightly.
"Your Majesty, I request that you send someone to Liangzhou to thoroughly investigate this matter. If this is true, I'm afraid that everyone in Liangzhou will be in trouble."
Yang Enshi, the Left Censor-in-Chief, also requested an imperial decree: "Your Majesty, this matter was a result of our negligence. I implore Your Majesty to give me a chance to make amends."
Supervising all officials is the job of the Censorate.
As a result, they heard about the Liangzhou incident from His Majesty.
He is really ashamed!
The Right Censor-in-Chief did not speak, but he did not refute his superior's words either.
Qi Yuan pondered for a while:
"Well, the Censorate will send someone to investigate. Let the young man from the Xu family accompany you and escort you to Liangzhou. The Ministry of Revenue will also send someone to report back to me on the population and land situation in Liangzhou."
“Here!”
The four ministers all bowed in agreement.
It was not until Qi Yuan waved his hand and asked them to leave that they said goodbye.
After leaving the East Warm Pavilion, they looked at each other.
Cui Yuan rubbed his stomach and asked, "My three lords, would you like to have dinner together?"
At noon, they were called into the palace.
There is not enough time during the morning court session.
So, they hadn't eaten anything all day.
The other three exchanged glances and chimed in, "Obedience is worse than respect. I happen to know of a newly opened restaurant with a very nice ambiance. What do you think, gentlemen?"
Everyone had no objection, so they left the palace together.
The house is full of spring.
The Ninth Prince Qi Li played with an empty teacup in his small hands, looking at his Tenth Brother, whose face was covered in grease from eating, and laughed heartily:
"Xiao Shi, slow down, no one is trying to snatch it from you!"
After talking with his father that day, he immediately arranged for someone to take Xiao Shi to the prince's residence.
The prince's food is good.
It’s just that the food in the palace has always been rationed.
Xiao Shi was very hungry before, but now he always feels hungry when he eats.
Chunmanlou opened a few days ago, so he took advantage of the fact that he was free today and brought Xiao Shi out for dinner.
Just consider it a celebration for Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and laughed: "Brother Jiu, the food in your restaurant is really delicious!"
He has a simple smile and looks silly.
Xiaojiu reminded: "You also own 10% of this restaurant!"
"Hehe!" Xiao Shi was really happy, laughing so hard that his teeth were showing.
He is so happy.
Brother Jiu gave him another gift!
Brother Jiu is always very nice to him!
He will be very good to Brother Jiu in the future!
Xiao Shi stuffed food into his mouth while secretly swearing in his heart.
Xiaojiu was helpless and ignored him.
Tenth brother is too stupid. He needs to be protected more in the future.
As I was thinking, my eyes inadvertently fell on the lobby on the first floor.
Looking at the four people who came in together, Xiaojiu was stunned for a moment. Why did these four high-ranking officials come to the restaurant together?
However, he quickly looked away and had no intention of prying into the gossip of the four people.
However, he doesn't inquire about gossip, but there is always excitement coming to him.
The four people were just led by the waiter to a private room on the third floor by the railing and sat down. Before they could order, they were interrupted by an arrogant voice:
"What do you mean it's occupied?! Who dares to occupy my box?! Hurry up and get someone to vacate it for me!"
This arrogant voice instantly attracted a lot of curious eyes.
The structure of Chunmanlou's private rooms is slightly different from that of ordinary restaurants.
The entire three-story building, the first floor is an open hall.
The second and third floors have the same layout, with two rows of private rooms.
One row is close to the street outside, and the other row is equipped with railings and is semi-open, so you can see the situation on the first floor at a glance.
At this moment, many people in the private rooms, like Xiaojiu, stretched their necks and looked towards the lobby on the first floor.
In front of the counter, a group of young men in gorgeous clothes gathered together.
Although the leader was not tall, his chubby face showed a sturdy look, which showed that he ate very well on a daily basis.
At this moment, under the gaze of others, he raised his chin even higher as if he had received affirmation and attention:
"Hurry up! What are you dawdling for?!"
The shopkeeper was also somewhat helpless.
He was transferred from another shop by his master, and he also knew the real owner of his own restaurant.
Therefore, although he was polite to these powerful people on weekdays, he believed that he had never flattered them and had never brought shame to his master and employer.
But I didn't expect that I would meet so many ignorant people today.
Xiao Shi swallowed the food in his mouth and looked down curiously:
"Nine Brother, aren't you going to take care of it?"
He heard from his ninth brother that Chunmanlou was funded by his father and opened by his ninth brother.
Xiaojiu shook his head: "No, the shopkeeper can handle it."
If he had to step in for even such a small matter, wouldn't he be exhausted to death?!
Xiao Shi nodded as if he understood, and continued to stuff food into his mouth.
But his eyes kept drifting downstairs.
"Young Master, you haven't made a reservation yet and haven't requested a private room, so I'm sorry, I really can't do that."
The young boy in the blue robe had a chubby, white face that looked like a soft steamed bun, and he suddenly showed great anger.
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