023. Trouble

Yan Qingru was a noble lady from a high-class family, and every move she made was gentle and soft. Compared with her father and brother, Liang Shenyu spent more time with her.

Whenever my father and brothers left home, my mother would light a hexagonal palace lantern with painted patterns at the door. This was an old custom in Xiangzhou. When someone in the family went on a long journey, they would light a longevity lamp, hoping that the returning person would live a long life and return home with wealth and prosperity.

Until Guzhuling's petition was sent back to the capital, Liang Shenyu had to ask for permission to go to Qiangzhou for the sake of the Marquis's mansion and his father and brother. That day, his mother did not take down the longevity lamp, but pointed at the bright palace lamp and said to the young Liang Shenyu tenderly: "Sanlang, this is a soul-guiding talisman. Legend has it that if the person waiting for them dies in a foreign land, this talisman will lead their souls back to their hometown. When I married your father, I knew that this day would come sooner or later. I will be here, waiting to welcome the souls of my husband and son back."

There was clearly a sparkle in her eyes, but her words were extremely gentle. She patted her son's head, who was not much shorter than her, and smiled with tears in her eyes, saying, "My son, don't worry. Go find your father and brother and bury them in peace."

Liang Shenyu was stunned for a long time in his recollection. In the past fourteen years, he was the only one left in this bustling mansion.

Finally, he tried the dumplings made by Aunt Qing. They were the light flavor that his mother often made. While eating, Liang Shenyu suddenly laughed and said, "Someone made dumplings for me today, too."

I also made three different kinds of it.

"How's it going? Is it tasty?"

Liang Shenyu thought about it and said, "It's delicious."

Hua Qing seemed to be thinking about something. She noticed the slight change in Liang Shenyu's expression when he spoke. She had never seen the Marquis smile so calmly after waking up late at night, so she smiled and asked, "Is it him? I don't know whose family he is from. If he is willing, why not bring him to the mansion?"

Liang Shenyu heard the deep meaning behind Hua Qing's words and laughed, "I'm afraid it won't work."

Hua Qing was even more surprised, "Why?"

Liang Shenyu's eyes darkened for a moment, and he licked the dog's teeth with the tip of his tongue, lowered his eyes and said, "You are of noble status, and the Marquis' Mansion cannot afford you."

Hua Qing thought she was a noble lady from a rich family. Seeing that the Marquis was vague, she nodded and said, "You can't force it."

"Yes."

The darkness in Liang Shenyu's eyes was like ink that could not be dissolved, and an inexplicable passion was suppressed under the deep silence.

In fact, he had no plan to stay in the capital for long. The regent could not ascend the throne, but the new emperor could not monopolize power. His goal had already been achieved, and he could ask for permission to return to Qiangzhou at any time.

But now...

It doesn't hurt to stay a little longer.

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Thanks to the foundation laid by the original owner, Rong Se's life was relatively easy. After leaving court as usual, he planned to take a walk around Fu Sheng Tower. As soon as he arrived at Fu Sheng Tower, he saw Lan Ying standing in the back kitchen angrily, with a vegetable leaf in her hand being torn to pieces.

"What's wrong?" Rong Se laughed, "Let this vegetable go. It will go bad if you pull it any longer."

When Lan Ying saw him coming, she dropped the vegetable leaves and said with an unpleasant expression, "Master, Qifengju has a new dish today, it's our Peony Fish Slices!"

Rong Se was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Where's Song He?"

Only Song He, who cooked this dish with him, could reveal the complete recipe of Peony Fish Slices. Maybe the Zhu family kicked that person out.

"I sent someone to check when I came this morning. Song He died suddenly last night, but before that, Zhu Hong should have sent someone to look for him."

Rong Se fell silent. He still underestimated the influence of his recipes on this era. After all, these were things that were not even available in the palace. The Zhu family must have heard about Song He's farce to pry the recipe of peony fish fillet out of him.

Song He probably didn't expect that he would fail in his attempt to scam someone and end up losing his life.

"Is this worth getting so angry?" Rong Se smiled, "Okay, little girl, there are many recipes, it's okay to give them one. Besides, everyone knows where this dish comes from. Qifengju is shameless, so let them be."

Anyway, this restaurant will disappear sooner or later, so Rong Se has no reason to be angry with them. He even feels a little regretful.

The Zhu family was cruel and ruthless. They killed Song He for a dish of peony fish fillet. He, who was holding the entire "Alien Cookbook" in his hands, would be targeted sooner or later. Rong Se even thought with some regret that the Zhu family did not take action against him this time.

If there is a big commotion, we can deal with them as soon as possible.

But Lan Ying didn't know his plan, and she frowned angrily and asked, "Master, what do you want?"

"A wine house." Rong Se said frankly, "The Regent Palace needs to eat, and the generals under Yun Zhi need to eat, so they have to find ways to make money. They can't just sit back and eat up all the money, and they can't plunder the people's blood and sweat. Naturally, they have to make money in an open way."

The original owner hated the Jin Dynasty royal family so much that he even dug up their ancestral tombs. However, digging tombs was illegal in Jin Dynasty, let alone the tombs of the royal family and nobles.

What the original owner left behind was not only money and real estate, but also mines scattered all over the ground!

In the lobby on the first floor of Fu Sheng Lou, even though Qi Feng Ju wanted to promote their new dish with great fanfare, it was only one dish of peony fish fillet, which naturally could not compare with Fu Sheng Lou's new and novel dishes. Therefore, Fu Sheng Lou's business was not actually affected and was still as busy as before.

A petite figure dressed in men's clothes walked in, dressed like a scholar, holding a folding fan in her hand. The waiter was quick-witted and knew it was a girl as soon as he saw her. He pretended not to know and immediately stepped forward to greet her: "Hey, sir, please take a seat, please take a seat, what would you like to eat?"

The man pointed at the dish name sign hanging on the wall and said in a deliberately low voice: "This, this, and that, give me one portion of each!"

"Okay!" The waiter went to serve the dishes quickly.

Not far away, there were four burly men sitting at a table. From time to time, they looked at the girl dressed as a man and whispered to each other. One of them clenched his fist with one hand and made an extremely obscene gesture with the fingers of the other hand. When the other three saw this, they burst into laughter.

The girl was completely unaware. The first person to notice that they were looking over was Xu Xing at the counter. Having lived for so many years, how could he not see what those men were thinking? He felt nervous and wanted to step forward to remind them, but he saw those men standing up and walking to the girl's table.

"Young master, where are you from? Let's have a drink together?" The man who made the obscene gesture first spoke without hesitation and reached out to touch the man's face.

The girl was startled, and quickly stood up and dodged, shouting angrily: "What are you doing?"

Another person laughed and said, "I dare not say anything. I will invite you to have a drink together. Why don't you want to?"

The diners were all shocked. Xu Xing could no longer sit still. He immediately grabbed the dazed waiter and whispered, "Go to the back and tell the host and Miss Lan!"

After giving the order, he immediately put down his abacus and walked forward, smiling, "Hey, gentlemen, what are you doing?"

While moving, he secretly pushed the girl towards the door between them.