Chapter 264: Shangfu Bureau, Aunt
Zhu Lan and the other two were brought to an extremely spacious and luxurious private room. There were only three of them in the huge private room, making it seem empty.
"Didn't they say that everything was fully booked? Why are you unwilling to do business that is right at your doorstep..." Zhu Qingyan was a little puzzled.
Chu Xin didn't say anything, and the child was almost stunned.
She had never eaten in such a place in her life! No, she had never seen it before.
Zhu Lan smiled but did not answer.
As one of the shareholders of Yuxiang Pavilion, she was naturally aware that the private rooms of Yuxiang Pavilion open to ordinary people and general officials were only a part of the building.
The Imperial Fragrance Pavilion was very famous in the capital, and some princes and nobles would often come to dine there. These people were of prominent status, and the Imperial Fragrance Pavilion could not afford to offend them, so it specially prepared some places that were not open on weekdays for these people to use.
The private room they were in now was a treatment that only princes like Yan Yuze could receive.
"Have you ever tried the 'Eighteen Delicacies' of Yuxiang Pavilion?" After sitting down, Zhu Lan asked Chu Xin with a smile.
Chu Xin opened her mouth slightly and shook her head. She had only heard that these were the 18 famous dishes of Yuxiang Pavilion that were never revealed to others, and they were also the famous skills of Yuxiang Pavilion.
Zhu Lan directly asked the waiter to serve all the eighteen delicacies in small portions. The three girls could not eat too much and there was no need to waste it.
"Sister Zhuangyuan, you are actually the owner of this Yuxiang Pavilion. It's amazing!" Chu Xin looked at her with admiration, and then looked at Zhu Qingyan, "Sister Tanhua, are you too?"
Zhu Qingyan smiled and snorted, "I'm not as free as she is."
She only knew that Zhu Lan had a close relationship with the Imperial Fragrance Pavilion, and that the so-called "Eighteen Unique Flavors" seemed to have been created by Zhu Lan.
As for how Zhu Lan could think of those recipes, there is no need to ask, he must have read some strange book that no one else has ever heard of and learned them from the book.
After a wave of delicious food, Chu Xin had completely let down his guard against the two of them, calling them "Sister No. 1 Scholar" and "Sister No. 3 Scholar" one after another, admiring them very much.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhu Lan finally got to the point.
"Chu Xin, I heard you tell a story the other day, and it seemed that you mentioned a girl who disguised herself as a man to take the imperial examination. Is this a fabricated story?"
"How could it be!" Chu Xin shouted, wiping his mouth and said, "That absolutely happened. You are a puppy if you lie!"
He paused for a moment, "Uh... the last part about Wenquxing descending to earth to experience trials and tribulations was made up by me. But think about it, if it wasn't a deity descending to earth, how could a living person disappear in prison?"
"Then how did you know about this? From your accent, I can tell you're not from the capital, but when you were lecturing that day, you seemed to know more than the people in the capital." Zhu Lan continued to ask.
"Well, because the woman and I are from the same hometown, everyone in my hometown knows about this."
Zhu Lan quickly asked where her hometown was and what the woman's name was.
"My family is from Xiang County, Tongzhou. As for that person, I only heard that her name seemed to have the character 'Lan', which means orchid. The rest I know was mentioned when I was reciting the book, and you heard it too."
"No more?"
Chu Xin thought about it and said with some embarrassment: "You know, that was all 20 years ago. I wasn't even born yet, how could I know so much!"
After saying that, he continued to drink the soup in big gulps.
Zhu Lan was a little disappointed. He didn't expect that Chu Xin only knew so little. Although he could ask Chang Yunxiao to help him check the relevant records in the files, how could he enter the Dali Temple just like that?
The most important thing is that Chang Yunxiao has just been sent to several important prefectures and counties in Daliang to train coroners in autopsy and dissection skills, and it is unknown when he will be able to return.
So she could only check it herself first.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet. Seeing that things were getting awkward, Zhu Qingyan asked Chu Xin, "Since you are from Tongzhou, why did you come to the capital?"
"My parents are both dead, and I have no relatives at home, so I came to the capital to live with my relatives." Chu Xin answered seriously.
"Relatives? Did you find them?"
Chu Xin was a little discouraged, "Not yet."
Zhu Lan suddenly remembered that when he signed the lease of the courtyard with Li Duchang, Li Duchang's place of origin and other information were written on the lease. He was also from Xiang County, Tongzhou.
"Your relative's surname can't be Li, right?" Zhu Lan asked casually.
Chu Xin didn't even think about it. "My aunt has the same surname as me, Chu. How could she have the surname Li?" Then he lowered his head again. "Alas, my aunt is working in the palace. She doesn't know I'm in the capital. I don't know how I can see her."
It turned out to be my aunt. It seemed that she had nothing to do with Li Duchang. They were just from the same hometown by chance.
So, that woman and Li Duchang are from the same hometown. Zhu Lan thought of this and shook his head slightly. This information seemed to be useless.
Zhu Qingyan asked, "You said your aunt works in the palace?"
"Yes, I found out that she is in the Shangfu Bureau, but I don't know what she is doing specifically. That's right!"
Chu Xin suddenly looked up, "Aren't you going to ask about the woman who disguised herself as a man to take the imperial examination? My aunt has been in the palace for many years. I remember that she came home to visit her family a few years ago and talked about this matter with my father, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Sister Zhuangyuan, if there is anything you want to know, maybe you can ask my aunt!"
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The three of them left the Imperial Fragrance Pavilion. Chu Xin prepared to continue his lectures in another place, while Zhu Lan and the other two were going back to the Hanlin Academy to report for duty.
"Sister No. 1 scholar, sister No. 3 scholar, can you really help me find my aunt?" Before leaving, Chu Xin asked them with his head tilted up.
"Let's give it a try." Zhu Lan smiled at her and said.
After Chu Xin left happily, Zhu Qingyan said with some difficulty: "You agreed so quickly. Although the Shangfu Bureau and our Hanlin Academy are both in the palace, the Shangfu Bureau is under the management of the harem, and has nothing to do with us, the outsiders. We can't get in there, so how can we find someone?"
"You're right. I need to think about this."
Zhu Lan pondered for a moment, then suddenly stopped and said that he had something to do, so he asked Zhu Qingyan to go back to the Hanlin Academy alone.
After Zhu Qingyan left, Zhu Lan stood there and thought about it again, then turned around and went back to Yuxiang Pavilion.
When she saw Wang Defa again, she said bluntly:
"Manager Wang, I have something to tell your brother. Do you have any solution?"
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