Chapter 064 Smoothie Kiss

He first held the lotus seed between his lips and fed it to Rong Yin himself.

Then she put the lotus seeds in her palm and coaxed Rong Yin to eat them by himself. She also touched his head and said he was very good.

Then, the lotus was stuck in his clavicle again...

Seeing that Zong Zhengxiao's play was becoming more and more restricted, Rong Yin raised his hand in surrender.

Zong Zhengxiao usually looks serious, but when he acts, he uses all kinds of tricks one after another.

In the end, the lotus seeds were boiled into lotus seed soup, which was used by the two of them to cool down and clear away the heat. Rong Yin felt that Zong Zhengxiao really needed to clear away the heat, as he was almost burning with heat.

However, the lotus seed soup seemed to have no effect. Rong Yin was still taken for a ride that night. It was a hot summer day and he was so tired that he was sweating all over. In the middle of the night, Zong Zhengxiao took him to take a cold shower.

The temperature this summer is not low, and the ice business of the ice shop is still good. The milk tea shop also opened under the urging of the bakery customers.

The milk tea alone is much cheaper than the free gifts in the bakery, and the flavors have increased. If you don’t like milk tea, there are also various fruit teas. And as long as you buy milk tea, you can add ice for free three times.

So the milk tea shop was booming on the opening day, and thereafter, just like the bakery, there were long queues every day.

If you pass by this street during the day, you can see people in front of the two shops.

Some people are confused. There are more than just these two stores on this street. Some people are lining up almost to the doors of other stores. Aren’t the owners of other stores angry?

Other shop owners heard this and said, "Angry? I'm actually happy!"

It turns out that there are no snack shops or teahouses near the bakery and milk tea shop. There are only shops selling cooked food, condiments, and groceries. Bread and milk tea cannot be eaten as meals. Since customers are here, they have to eat something or take some food home.

Or if the family is short of needles, thread, seasoning or something, they will buy them as well.

With more people, there are more demands, and shop owners will naturally be able to make money. They hope that bakeries and milk tea shops will always be so prosperous.

The two stores made money for Rong Yin every day, because the initial costs were all paid by Zong Zhengxiao, so he was half the boss and got half of the profits of the two stores. Zong Zhengxiao also gave half of the money from the ice shop to Rong Yin.

Zong Zhengxiao's private treasury gradually became full, and Rong Yin also had his own small treasury.

In the blink of an eye, it was August and the harvest of Huangzhuang wheat and rice had been completed, and the yield per mu had also doubled.

After Zong Zhengxiao received the news, the smile on his face never stopped. Even the noble families that he usually disliked seemed particularly lovable to him now.

Seeing the emperor's puzzled look, the noble families felt a chill on their backs, wondering if he had come up with some new idea to torture them.

Among them, the head of the Li family was the most frightened. After returning, he scolded the emperor to his youngest son Li Ao, which made Li Ao feel even more guilty.

Li Ao didn't dare to stay in front of his father for long, so he made an excuse to go read a book and slipped away.

In fact, he can't read a single book. He's almost twenty years old, and he hasn't even passed the exam to become a student. But he's good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

In order to comfort his wounded soul, Li Ao stayed in a newly purchased courtyard that night. Living there was the replacement for Rong Yin that his eldest brother found for him.

It is said that portraits can be misleading. In fact, apart from having the same blue eyes, this Hu boy does not look like Rong Yin at all.

But the person was delivered, and the young Hu man was actually quite good-looking. After trying him, Li Ao found that he could do a good job, so he kept him.

After living with the young Hu man for a month, Li Ao felt a little tired of him no matter how handsome he was.

Li Ao was in a bad mood that night, and he forced the young Hu man to learn the Rong accent, to speak in a coquettish and domineering manner, and to have a fierce tone and look, and not to show any flattering or fawning attitude.

It was not the first time that the young Hu man had been asked to do so, and he was used to it. However, no matter how he acted tonight, Li Ao was not satisfied. In the end, he kicked him off the bed when he was halfway through.

After falling to the ground, the young Hu man ignored the pain and quickly crawled to Li Ao's feet to admit his mistake.

But he didn't know that his cautious appearance made Li Ao even more disgusted, so he couldn't escape the fate of being treated roughly that night.

It was raining that day and the business in the store was not very good. Rong Yin went out to inspect the store and check the account. Just as he came downstairs and was about to return to the palace, he met an uninvited guest.

Li Ao embraced a young man with droopy eyes and walked into the milk tea shop. With a clear purpose, he walked straight towards Rong Yin.

The waiter wanted to step forward to stop the man, and the sturdy servant behind Li Ao also stood in front of his young master. Seeing that the situation was not right, the few remaining customers in the store also ran away dejectedly with their milk tea, and the atmosphere became a little tense for a while.

Li Ao raised his chin and asked, "What? The store is open but people are not allowed to enter? Is this how you treat guests?"

Rong Yin motioned the staff to move aside and looked at Li Ao with a fake smile: "I wonder what Master Li would like to drink? I'll ask the staff to make it right away."

Li Ao pulled out a hundred taels of silver from his sleeve, slapped it on the counter, and said with a smile, "Let's talk about the milk tea later. I just wanted to reminisce with you, boss."

Rong Yin sneered: "Maybe my memory is bad. I don't remember anything about the past between Master Li and me. But if Master Li wants to relive the feeling of being hit on the leg by a cup lid, I can do it for him."

"You..." Although Li Ao liked Rong Yin's hot temper, he still felt a little unhappy when he recalled the embarrassing moment he fell that day.

However, when he thought of the purpose of his visit today, Li Ao smiled again. He pulled the boy next to him forward, raised his face to Rong Yin, and said with a wicked smile: "Boss, do you think this face looks familiar?"

The young Hu man was forced to raise his head. His eyes were red and there were purple marks on his face, which were particularly obvious against his fair skin.

The most striking thing about the boy is his light blue eyes, which easily remind people of another person present.

Lu'e looked at Rong Yin, then at the poor blue-eyed boy, and suddenly became angry.

Everyone could tell who the boy was to Li Ao. Li Ao deliberately brought him in front of Rong Yin. It was obvious what he wanted to express.

Lu'e wanted to yell, but Rong Yin stopped her with a calm expression, "I don't know this young man, but he is very handsome. I don't know which beast hurt him like this. Master Li, remember to find a doctor for him."

Hearing Rong Yin calling him a beast, Li Ao got angry at first, but when he saw Rong Yin's calm face, his anger instantly turned into desire.

If only Rong Yin could be so proud of him in his bed.

"Boss, you can try it yourself to see if it's a beast's thing." Li Ao's eyes were fixed on Rong Yin, like the mud in a stinky ditch, which was extremely disgusting.

Rong Yin resisted the urge to hit him, gritted his teeth, and said, "No need, I'm not interested in animals. If Master Li likes our store, please stay here. I'm sorry I won't keep you company."

After saying that, Rong Yin strode forward.

Li Ao's servant wanted to reach out to stop Rong Yin, but Rong Yin said the next second: "A good dog doesn't block the road. If the master of the house can't discipline him, someone else will do it for him."

The dog he was referring to here refers to both Li Ao's servant and Li Ao himself.

Li Ao understood what Rong Yin meant, and remembered the things he had hidden from his father. He was afraid that Rong Yin would go and expose him, so he could only shake his head and ask the servant to move aside.

Rong Yin got on the carriage and left without even looking back.

Li Ao looked at his back, feeling both love and hate. He waited until the carriage disappeared from his sight before he took the young man and his people away.

After a while, Rong Yin asked someone to send a message back to the milk tea shop. After hearing it, Lu'e's lips immediately raised.

After the rain stopped, the guys at the milk tea shop carried a bunch of milk tea in a hurry, and went to Li's Mansion amidst the crowds of passers-by. They knocked on the side door of Li's Mansion and told the servants of the Li family that the young master of your house loved the milk tea in our shop very much. I bought a hundred taels and they specially delivered it to my door.

The waiter also told passers-by that the young master of the Li family also had a special liking for their bread and biscuits. He often sent his servants to buy them, and he always bought a lot every time.

Rong Yin had heard gossip about the Li Mansion from Zong Zhengxiao a long time ago. She knew that he loved his youngest son the most and hated the bread and milk tea business that made them a lot of money. She strictly forbade anyone in the mansion to buy things sold by the royal family.

I wonder what expression he would have if he found out that his most beloved youngest son was secretly going against him?

Coincidentally, Li Ao was not at home at this time, but Young Master Li and the head of the Li family were both there.

How could Young Master Li let go of the opportunity to humiliate his hated brother? He immediately reported the news to the head of the Li family, and Li Ao's mother had no time to hide it.

Hearing that his youngest son was still supporting the royal business despite his clear prohibition, and that he spent a hundred taels at a time, he might have even spent more before.

No matter how much he loved his youngest son, the head of the Li family was so angry that he saw stars. He ordered the man who served milk tea to get lost, and then asked his eldest son to go and find his youngest son.

The waiters at the milk tea shop had been warned by Lu'e a long time ago. They knew that the Li family would definitely not accept this milk tea. After being scolded by the Li family's subordinates, they distributed all the milk tea to the onlookers, including those next to them. All beggars have a share.

The clerk smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what I did wrong. I delivered the goods to the door myself and was scolded."

Passerby A, holding a cup of milk tea, said, "Alas, these noble families are just like this, all of them are arrogant and look down on us ordinary people."

Passerby B: "Who said we have no power? It's not just the Li family. Most of the high officials in the capital are like this, aren't they?"

路人丙：“要我說，還是咱們當今聖上和善愛民，今年冰價又降了點，昨天我才去領了免費冰，我家孩子怕熱，吃完後精神都好了許多呢。”

“我也去領免費冰了。”有人應和，“想之前第一次去的時候，我還有些忐忑，覺得人家花錢買的東西，我免費拿，店鋪夥計怕是會瞧不上我，但要不說季家得陛下信任呢，做事風格跟陛下一樣仁善，季家冰鋪的夥計不僅沒甩臉子，還和善得我都不好意思了。”

“從去年到今年，季家冰鋪的态度一直都很好，我聽說面包店和奶茶店也跟陛下有關，裏面夥計也是熱情得不行，客人問什麽都會很耐心地回答，這要是去那些世家的店裏，哪能享受到這種待遇……”

路人們在遠離李府後，邊喝奶茶邊把自己今天的所見所聞傳了出去，百姓們對世家是越來越不滿，與此相反，宗政逍在百姓心目中的形象愈發偉岸了。

戎音用李家的錢辦自己的事，順便還坑了李家一把，一石二鳥，算是報了李傲惡心自己的仇。

李傲就慘了，他從奶茶店離開後，還在回味戎音的每句話每個表情呢，就被他大哥派來的人叫了回去，說是李父找他。

看見下人慌張的表情，李傲心裏一個咯噔，總覺得他爹叫他回去沒好事。

在李傲的威逼之下，下人說出了送奶茶的事。

李傲當時就一個想法：糟了。

可無論心裏有多害怕，李傲還是得回去，他再傻也清楚，他能有現在的快活日子都靠他爹，要是他爹放棄他，那他就完了。

一路不安地到了家，臨進府前，李大少又派了一個人過來，湊近李傲，告訴了他待會兒該怎麽應對李父。

聽完李大少的計劃，李傲眼裏的恐懼瞬間就消失了，他欣喜道：“還是大哥有辦法。”

李傲剛進入花廳，一杯冷茶就砸在了他腳邊，水漬茶葉都濺到了他的靴子和衣擺上。

“逆子，你還知道回來！”李家主怒吼。

李傲看了看站在旁邊一臉憂心的母親，再看向神情冷靜的李大少，李大少對他微微點了點頭，意思是沒有變故，還是按計劃行事。

“爹！是兒子錯了！”李傲噗通一聲直挺挺跪在了李家主面前，動靜大得旁人聽了都替他膝蓋疼。

李傲的母親露出了心疼的表情，李家主冷漠的眼神也有了一絲松動，不過還是沒有立即原諒李傲，而是道：“你說說，你錯在哪了？”

李傲想起他哥教過他的說辭，充分發揮之前騙他爹的演技，真誠地道：“兒子錯在不該瞞着爹你去買面包買奶茶，可兒子去買不是因為兒子饞，而是兒子見這兩樣東西賣得好，想買回來看看到底是怎麽做的，如果能成功學會，我們李家也可以做這個生意了，到時候若是賺了錢，爹你也不用像現在這麽辛苦了。”

說着，李傲跪着挪到李家主腿邊，眼含淚水，滿是悔恨地道：“這也怪我，前些天他家又出了新口味的奶茶果茶，我為了快點找出他們的配方，才一口氣買了那麽多。”

李傲母親不愧是寵妾，腦子轉得很快，她哭唧唧地跟着兒子一起跪下，伸手去扯李家主的袍角。

“那些買面包奶茶的錢，都是我們娘倆自己攢的私房錢，本來想着如果成功了就告訴老爺您，給您一個驚喜，若是失敗了，我們自己損失些錢財也沒關系，我和傲兒雖然身份低微，但至少為李家做過努力了，誰知這次出了岔子，我們沒交代好，不小心讓奶茶店的人直接把奶茶送到了家裏來。”

李父看她：“那傲兒回來之前，你怎麽不先跟我解釋？”

小妾抹眼淚：“方才老爺你火氣太大，妾身不敢開口，而且傲兒不在，即便說了也沒人做證，妾身怕你不相信妾身。”

這母子倆的說辭看似合理，但細究起來的話，其實還是有很多破綻的。

可李家主盯着母子倆看了許久，最終只是嘆了口氣，“你們倆先起來吧。”

母子倆互相攙扶着起身，李家主才繼續道：“其實我和另外幾家私下也在讓人琢磨他們的面包餅幹奶茶是怎麽制做的，奶茶有了點進展，但面包餅幹始終不得要領，你們那邊結果如何？”

聽見李家主的話，李傲和母親都心虛得不行，本就是騙你的謊言，哪可能會有結果。

李傲謹記大哥的話，低着頭不吭聲，妾室擦擦眼角：“人家賺錢的配方，哪是那麽好學會的。”

李家主聞言也沒再尋根問底，揮揮手讓他們母子倆退下，只将大兒子留了下來。

“你覺得傲兒說的是真的嗎？”面對大兒子，李家主的态度就不像之前一樣軟和了，眼神和語氣都變得淩厲起來，有了真正的家主氣勢。

李大少感受到了，在心裏自嘲地笑了一聲，臉上卻是一派正色。

他沒有直接回答，而是道：“小弟還年輕，也聰慧，再過幾年就懂事了。”

李家主會問他這個問題，顯然是不相信李傲母子倆的話，但他還是放過了他們。

這就是為什麽李大少沒有趁機落井下石，反而積極給李傲出主意的原因。

因為他看出來了，李父只是在知曉那個消息的時候稍微發了點火，李傲的母親過來時，他甚至都沒有對她說過一句重話。

這說明李家主覺得母子倆犯的是小錯，他并不是很在意。

至于李家主為什麽裝出一副氣勢洶洶的模樣來，李大少想，李家主應該是想試探他，因為今天确實是他心急了，沒有考慮清楚，就把事情捅到了李家主面前。

還好他反應及時，特意叫人去告訴李傲自己為他想的脫罪理由，并且叮囑手下，一定要讓老爺的人發現手下去找了李傲。

如今看來，自己這步棋沒走錯。

李大少只覺得無比悲哀，李傲犯錯，李父的第一反應不是懲罰他，而是想看他這個兄長會不會趁機害自己的乖兒子。

他想，母親說得對，在這個家，不争就只能等死！

聽見大兒子的回答，李家主還算滿意，他上前拍了拍大兒子的肩膀，道：“爹看得出來，傲兒是個不成器的，只會吃喝玩樂，爹百年後這個家是要交給楚兒你的，所以爹得趁着還在的時候，多疼疼傲兒，你別跟傲兒計較這些，兄弟倆和和睦睦，這個家才能長遠地安穩下去。”

李家主虛僞的話讓李楚惡心得想吐，但他還是維持住了表面的平靜，并且露出了感動的表情：“這些年來爹一直盡心栽培兒子，兒子都知道的，傲兒也永遠會是我的親弟弟，我一定會好好待他的。”

“有你這些話，爹就放心了。”李家主有沒有真的放心只有他自己知道，李楚也只假裝相信而已。

不過李傲終究是違背了李家主的意思，并且還被所有人都知道了，不罰他就樹立不了家主的。

于是李傲和其母親便被扣了半年月錢，并且禁足兩個月不許外出。

李傲不怕被扣錢，反正他随時随地都可以去賬房那裏取錢，他爹從來不管他，他在意的是不能外出，哪怕他清楚憋幾日就可以偷偷出去了，但他還是覺得難受。

待在家裏這些日子，他沒叫人伺候，整天整夜想的都是戎音。

這天李楚拎着酒來看他，兄弟倆喝了幾杯，李傲又提起了想要得到戎音的想法。

李楚看着李傲有些醉了的臉，不僅沒有勸阻，還暗戳戳地慫恿。

“鲛人大多數時間都在宮裏，即便出宮也有一堆人守着，你還是別想了，沒機會的。”

李傲大着舌頭：“怎麽就沒機會了？找個沒人跟着他的時機不就行了！我也不一定要把他搶回家，可至少得嘗嘗他的味道，不然我死都不甘心！”

李楚還是那句話：“別瞎想了，沒這個可能。”

“有，哥，我會證明給你看的！”李傲果然被激将到了。

李楚嘆息，垂眸掩去眼底的嘲弄之意：“你這傻孩子……”

宮裏的戎音不知道李傲這蠢貨被他坑了都還在惦記他，最近酷暑，前幾天還活力四射的戎音變懶了，把生意全部交給了綠娥和掌櫃，也不鑽研新口味面包和奶茶了，天天就趴在竹席上躺屍。

下午宗政逍回來，動手給鹹魚翻了個身，問他想不想去宮外玩，自己可以抽空陪他去。

戎音搖頭，“沒興趣。”

宗政逍端過旁邊的冰沙，親自喂給戎音，結果戎音連嘴巴都懶得張開。

“你懶蟲上身了？”宗政逍失笑。

戎音哼哼：“我已經是條廢魚了，你不用理我，讓我安靜地躺着吧。”

宗政逍挑眉，幾口吃完冰沙，俯身壓住鹹魚，重重吻上了鹹魚的唇。

戎音被他的唇冰得一激靈，又下意識去追随這份冰涼，舌尖剛試探着伸出，就被狠狠卷了過去，反複糾纏碾壓。

"Little salted fish, do you want to go into the water with me?" Zong Zheng Xiao pecked Rong Yin's lips lightly and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Yes..." Rong Yin responded while leaning against Zong Zhengxiao's face.

Zong Zheng Xiao chuckled, stripped off his and Rong Yin's clothes while kissing him, and then hugged him and went into the water together.

Rong Yin sweats easily, but it is no problem in the water. He leans on Zong Zheng Xiao's arms from beginning to end without exerting any strength. It is Zong Zheng Xiao who serves him and obeys his orders whether to do it lightly or heavily, fast or slow.

However, Zong Zhengxiao finally lent him a hand.

But what Zong Zhengxiao didn't expect was that after he worked so hard to take care of this little ancestor, when it was time to go to bed at night, not only did the little ancestor not let him hold her, but also wanted to sleep in a separate bed from him.