Zhao Fujin, the Emperor who brought disaster to the country

Chapter 16
"Xiangzhi, you are very fast. What I ordered at noon, you found out clearly in the evening. You deserve a reward!" After Zhao Fujin heard Cai Wei's life experience, he looked at Xiangzhi with great appreciation: "It's just that he and Meng Why didn’t you tell me about the family relationship, but you couldn’t find it?”

"Di Ji, I don't dare to be your reward. A large part of what I just told you was told by Mr. Cai Wulang's personal servant." Xiangzhi said with some shame: "I left the palace at noon. I went to find a cousin who worked as a servant in the Cai family, and borrowed his time to drink tea in the teahouse. By chance, I met Zhenghai, Cai Wulangjun's servant. Zhenghai was very familiar with his cousin and said I have received his kindness in the past, if there is anything he can do to help me, please ask my cousin to stay away."

Cai Chi's servant?
Zhao Fujin's heart moved, he stopped the chopsticks in his hand and looked at Xiangzhi.

Xiangzhi continued: "Of course my cousin couldn't talk about me looking for him in front of him. He just kept trying to shirk it. As a result, Zhenghai turned his head and saw me. He said that I looked familiar. Then he patted his head and said, this Aren’t you the female envoy from Emperor Kangfu’s Pavilion?”

"He said: 'Oh, what a coincidence. When my Wulangjun met the Emperor Ji in the palace, he stopped thinking about food and drinks. He was afraid that his humble background would bring discredit to the Emperor Ji.'"

"When I heard this, I knew that I was looking for my cousin to inquire about the Cai family. Lord Cai Wulang found out and sent Zhenghai to look after me.

Just as he was about to leave, Na Zhenghai started talking to himself, starting from the late Emperor Liu Xiang and ending with Tao Niang being taken to the jewelry shop in Beijing.

Everything is explained clearly, down to the smallest detail. "

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for this slave to find out so many things in one go." Xiangzhi lowered his voice: "Zhenghai also said that his husband booked the Peony Pavilion on the top floor of Mingxing Building and often ate alone. , quite lonely and pitiful."

Is this an invitation?
Zhao Fujin's heart moved and he wanted to know more about this possible future partner, so he turned to look at Qiong Ye: "Maybe I will leave the palace?"

"Emperor Ji, Xiangzhi rarely leaves the palace. The only time I went out under your order, I met Mr. Cai Wulang's personal servant. This is really too much of a coincidence." Qiongye did not answer directly, but tactfully He persuaded: "You have a noble status, and the matter of marriage with the Cai family has not been put on the official agenda. If you go to the appointment easily, it may not be appropriate."

Xiangzhi was a second-class maid in Qionghua Pavilion and rarely went out. Logically speaking, it was impossible for the Cai family to know her, but Zhenghai recognized her at a glance and knew her purpose, which was very subtle.

This shows that the Cai family has been keeping an eye on Qionghua Pavilion.

"It's just a coincidence that I have to go to the appointment." Zhao Fujin picked up the chopsticks again and looked at the lukewarm food on the table: "Many things that have happened in the palace in the past few days are all due to the discussions between me and Cai Ji. After the wedding, I want to see what kind of dragon and tiger's den this Cai family is."

"My slave agrees with Emperor Ji's idea. As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs." Xiangzhi said with great appreciation.

"You agree, why do you agree!" Qiongye glared at Xiangzhi: "The Emperor is of high status, how can she stand under a dangerous wall? I think you have evil intentions, and you want to lure the Emperor out for another purpose, right? ?”

"Ah, Sister Qiongye, why do you think so?" Xiangzhi said aggrievedly: "The purpose of Mr. Cai Wulang sending Zhenghai to tell me these old things must be to surrender to the Emperor Ji. If he dares to surrender, our Emperor Ji Just dare to take it!"

"You still said that!" Qiongye was afraid that Zhao Fujin would really leave the palace after listening to Xiangzhi's words, so he hurriedly persuaded: "The reason why Mr. Cai Wulang knew that we were inquiring about his family must be because Xiangzhi was not careful and was discovered. Got a clue..."

"Qiong Ye, don't worry. Cai Wei probably didn't have any bad intentions when he asked me out." Zhao Fujin interrupted Qiong Ye and put down his chopsticks: "I asked Xiangzhi to check the relationship between the Cai family and the Meng family, and Cai Wei asked me to go out. He only talked about the past of the Cai family, but said nothing about the Meng family, so he was saving it to explain it to me in person."

"But~~" Qiong Ye still wanted to stop it, but she thought that Zhao Fujin's food was obviously not delicious these days. In the past, she would ask the official's permission every once in a while to go out of the palace to taste delicious food.

This time, it was just Mr. Cai Wulang who invited him, and it was no different from the past. At most, he could just ask more officials to ask for more forbidden troops to protect him. "These are troubled times. If the emperor wants to go out, she must bring more guards." Qiong Ye said: "Usually the emperor dresses up in men's clothes when traveling, so I will go and get ready."

……

Mingxing Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Tokyo. Its owner's surname is Shen Mingyue, who is the concubine of the Haofu family in Jiangnan.

Shen Yue's father died that year, and as a concubine, he was only allocated a small part of the family property.

He and his mother left the Shen family in Jiangnan and headed north. In half a month, they turned that small portion of the family property into a hundred times more assets.

After entering the capital, he used his mother's relationship with the third prince Zhao Kai's maternal family, which was eight hundred miles away, to get in touch with the royal concubine. Then he gave Zhao Kai two cents of the dividend and bought a house in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital. Restaurant.

This restaurant covers an area of ​​[-] acres and is divided into five floors. The Peony Pavilion is on the fourth floor, which is a VIP area. There is another staircase to go upstairs.

Zhao Fujin wore a moon-white robe, and her hair was tied on top of her head with a jade crown. Above the jade crown was a wide black gauze hat, which hung down to the corners of the robe, completely covering her entire body.

After she entered Mingxing Tower, she was led up the VIP staircase. On each floor, two guards stopped to guard her.

When she reached the Peony Pavilion on the fourth floor, before she could even move in, four guards went in to search. After the search, Qiong Yu and Qiong Ye surrounded Zhao Fujin and walked in.

Cai Wei bowed at the door and saluted. It was not until Zhao Fujin entered the room that he turned around and walked in.

He only brought one boy with him. When the guards entered the room to search, he retreated outside the door. When Cai Ji entered the room to see Zhao Fujin, the boy turned around and entered the next room.

Inside is the kitchen dedicated to cooking for the Peony Pavilion, and the door has long been guarded by guards.

"Cai Chi, Cai Yunliang, see Emperor Kangfu!" After closing the door, Cai Chi crossed his hands and saluted, and said: "I heard that Emperor Ji likes fragrant tea very much, so I brought some that I think are fragrant, and I plan to order some to taste with Emperor Ji. ?”

"Cai Wulang is so polite." Under Qiong Yu's service, Zhao Fujin took off the bamboo hat from the jade crown, turned around and sat at the tea table behind the screen.

Cai Wei wore a bamboo green robe with wide sleeves and a simple headband of the same color. He behaved softly and elegantly, which was very pleasing to the eye.

He sat at the tea table behind the screen, holding his sleeves with one hand and holding the pot with the other. After a smooth operation, the tea mist rose and the fragrance spread.

"Cai Langjun invited me here just for a sip of tea, right?" Zhao Fujin took the tea handed over by Qiong Ye and asked straight to the point: "Qiong Zhi told me that you and your childhood sweetheart, the little lady of the Meng family, are together. When you grow up, why not forge a friendship between the two surnames?"

(End of this chapter)