The owner of Hefenglou was quite knowledgeable, but when he first met Xiaonian, for some reason, he just listened to everything she said. She asked, "Do you have any shark fin that's been soaked and the customer canceled their order?"
He foolishly said yes, packed it up for Xiaonian and took it away. Later, he refunded the customer's money and compensated the customer for the entire table.
Xiaonian and three other girls, Xiaoyue, Xiaotian and Xiaoye, were sent by Sun Yannan to four major grain-producing counties.
The three owners of Hefenglou, including Xiao Xiaonian, can be considered as "provincial governors" and are in charge of a certain area.
Later, the shopkeeper opened a Hefenglou branch in the county where Xiaonian was located. People would go there whenever they had something to do. The branch was unexpectedly popular. People from the surrounding counties said that the big restaurants were all in the county capital, and now they had a big restaurant here, so they didn’t have to go to the county capital anymore.
Now the two have been married for several years and are living a good life. Hearing that Sun Yannan has returned, the four girls were overjoyed and all returned to the county capital.
Sun Yanan had received a lot of gold and silver items from children. Now, Sun Yanan gave some to each of the four girls' children.
The owner of Hefenglou invited everyone to have dinner at Hefenglou. During the meal, Xiaotian, who has always been the timidest, said in shock that someone died in her county a few days ago, but the death was so horrific that it didn't look like he was killed by someone.
Sun Yannan was deeply troubled by what he heard. Could it be that the demons had come out to harm people? He asked for details. After Xiaotian described it vividly, everyone else felt that he was exaggerating. He was either frightened or his eyes were blurry.
Only Sun Yanan recalled the servant who died tragically in the yard outside the kitchen, and knew that what Xiaotian said was most likely the truth.
If He Qing fought with Prince Guanghuai, Sun Yannan was sure that He Qing would win. She went to the border to see Ling Ruofei and witnessed Ren Jiayu's death with her own eyes. She had heard too much about He Qing.
To be so loved and respected by the soldiers and civilians at the border, this person must be quite capable. The news about Prince Guanghuai that the cavalry brought back was just average.
But what if demons joined the battle? Was what Xiaotian saw just a coincidence, or were demons beginning to infiltrate the human world?
Sun Yannan recalled that when they were in Tianyuan Temple, the abbot, the Buddhist disciple and the little kid had a dispute over whether they should keep their merits as a trump card if a battle between the human and the demon was inevitable.
so……
The more Sun Yannan thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. After dinner, he immediately asked to see Lord Shang from Shang Huaitang.
For Shang Huaitang, Sun Yannan left a deep impression on him the first time they met; the second time, His Majesty told him that there were members of His Majesty's Imperial Guards accompanying her cavalry into the fiefdom; and now as soon as he returned, the Shi family grain store was selling affordable rice... He had to meet her no matter what.
Sun Yanan recounted what he had seen and heard, and also stated what he was worried about.
After hearing this, Shang Huaitang felt that if the matter he didn't know about was true and very important, he should try not to delay the flow of information. So he quickly wrote a memorial and presented it to His Majesty.
At the same time, he sent someone to deliver a letter to He Qing.
Xuanyuan Hao was assassinated in Kyoto.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhang Ru held a small holiday banquet. Because of the war and the emperor and his ministers on duty, everyone was a little tired. Shangshu Wang and his son, Zhang Guanghe, and the prince were in the upper study.
Zhang Ru simply called a few children and their spouses into the palace, and also invited the wives of Shangshu Wang and his son, and the wife of Zhang Guanghe, to come together to eat rice dumplings and drink some wine, and also prepared some simple dishes.
Shen Zhaoshu, Zhao Xinran and Zhang Guanghe's wife Li Lin certainly felt that this was somewhat of an honor. After all, this was almost a family dinner for His Majesty, and only these two or three ministers attended because they were on duty in the study.
Unexpectedly, a servant who was serving wine suddenly jumped up, pressed the handle of the wine jug, and several silver needles shot towards Xuanyuan Hao.
Xuanyuan Hao was talking to Zhang Ru and had no idea that the prince and Xuanyuan Huaiyu were rushing forward.
One of the two men picked up a tablecloth and swung it over, knocking the silver needle away; the other picked up a plate and threw it over.
In order to avoid the flying large disk, the assassin slipped and somehow fell in front of the seats of Shangshu Wang and Shen Zhaoshu.
Shen Zhaoshu picked up the large plate of rice dumplings in front of her and smashed it hard on the assassin's head.
This time, there was no danger, and afterward, everyone rushed forward to subdue him. The Queen Mother hurried over when she learned that Xuanyuan Hao had been assassinated.
The assassin confessed that it was Prince Guanghuai who sent someone to do it. Because Shen Zhaoshu made a quick decision and smashed a large disk down, His Majesty asked her if there was anything she wanted.
Shen Zhaoshu is no longer like the other children who faced life and death uncertainties. Now she has nothing else to ask for. Suddenly, she remembered that Madam Handan had asked her for help.
He then asked for freedom for Madam Handan. Now Madam Handan was very old, and Xuanyuan Hao felt that it was inappropriate to imprison her for her entire life just because of the fortune-telling of a heavenly master.
As for the ability to see the future, the Xuanyuan Dynasty also had quite a few talented people with their own strengths and extraordinary qualities, and none of them was imprisoned for life because of this.
Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Hao agreed to Shen Zhaoshu's request and released Old Madam Handan from the Duke of Rong's Mansion. From then on, she could go wherever she wanted.
At first, Old Lady Handan didn't believe that the matter would come to a conclusion so quickly. When she happily left Rongguo Mansion, Shen Zhaoshu accompanied her like a child.
The old woman walked and stopped on the street, and her eyes widened with joy at everything she saw. After all, the streets now look very different from when she was young.
But Shen Zhaoshu always felt that her happiness and her regained freedom were mixed with a hint of sadness.
I asked curiously, "Now that the old lady has gotten what she wanted, why is she still so worried?"
Madam Handan smiled calmly and said, "I originally thought that I had two endings. If I work hard to push it towards the good one, I will have a good ending myself.
But recently someone gave me a hairpin and asked me to help her find out where her daughter is now. Because of this hairpin, I actually saw some other pictures of myself.
When I connected these images with the clips I had seen before, I realized that I didn't have two endings at all, but only one.
It's just a matter of sequence. Just like now, I have been rescued by you. This is not another ending at all, but after I am rescued by you, I will usher in my final ending.
But I'm always happy to be out, and the final outcome is what I want. Don't overthink it. I'm still extremely grateful. You've given me freedom, and made me feel like even breathing these days is sweet. But I also have things I need to do in the end."
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