Rebirth and madness, I am no longer the mistress of this high-class family!

Chapter 19: Sea urchin sales encounter obstacles (please vote for collection recommendations)
  "Brother!"

Shen Xuan stood next to the vermilion palace wall, wearing a green winter coat that echoed the evergreen phoenix tail bamboo beside him.

The mottled bamboo shadows hit his elegant and handsome face, and his gaze seemed to be fixed on Shen Yuan for a long time.

Almost as soon as she looked over, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, waiting for her to come over.

"Brother, why did you come here in person?" There was wind at Shen Yuan's feet, and she walked through the crowd to find Shen Xuan. Seeing that the tip of his nose was red from the cold, she realized that he didn't have Tang Pozi in his hand, so she hurriedly gave him her own.

"Why don't you bring a Tangbao with you in this cold weather? Just take it and cover it up."

"I'm fine." Shen Xuan said this, but still took Tang Pozi with his hand sincerely, and told Shen Yuan that the reason why he came with him was because he was afraid that there would be problems with the sea urchin, so he wanted to supervise it personally.

She didn't tell Shen Yuan because he came here as an ordinary merchant and was afraid of losing her face.

"I never thought that I would see you fighting back others' verbal bullying from a distance. It seems that you have really returned to the wanton temper you should have had before."

Shen Yuan was a little embarrassed when Shen Xuan saw her quarrelsome side, so she scratched her face and told him:

"Next time if something like this happens again, brother, remember to inform me immediately. If I hadn't just glanced around, I wouldn't have known you were here."

"By the way, has the sea urchin tasting started?"

Speaking of this, Shen Xuan sighed, looked at the Japanese people over there who were wearing Japanese clothes and had no intention of touching the sea urchin, and told Shen Yuan that no one dared to eat it.

"Perhaps it's because sea urchins have a weird and scary appearance and no one dares to eat them. Plus..."

"What else?" Shen Yuan didn't expect this situation at first, but he could understand it after being stunned.

After all, new things must be questioned before they are accepted. Just like modern crabs, there must always be the first person to eat the crabs.

Shen Xuan looked at the imperial merchants standing not far away and told Shen Yuan that they cooperated with the Wang Family Merchant House and knew that he had brought sea urchin meat to pay tribute. They blocked him in every possible way and even gave him a chance to show the Japanese envoy how to eat it. They refused to give it.

"I guess it was because you saved me the last time that Wang Family Shangfang had a grudge, so you deliberately targeted us this time."

It was almost noon, and most of the seafood on the table had been eaten by the visiting Japanese envoys.

It is twice as difficult to get the Japanese people who have put down their tableware and been sipping hot tea to start eating again when they still need to keep half their stomachs waiting for the royal banquet at noon.

Shen Yuan went to Japan and the UK to study in modern times, and his English and Japanese are both good.

She was not sure whether the gap between the Japanese spoken by the ancient Japanese and the modern one was big, but now she had no choice but to take the risk first.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yuan asked Shen Xuan to order someone to open a plate of sea urchin, and she went to find Pei Zhaoxue for help.

The only people who are qualified to talk to envoys from other countries are officials with official positions above the third rank.

She was just Pei Zhaoxue's wife and had no right to talk to the envoys alone. She could only hold Pei Zhaoxue's official position.

When she turned around, she realized that the man had come over at some point and was standing under a cedar not far away. He stared at her and Shen Xuan with cold eyebrows and his thin lips pressed into a straight line.

Looking at him now, I actually had the illusion that he was colder than frost and snow.

But she didn't know if she was overthinking it, but she felt that the look in his Rui Feng eyes seemed a bit inexplicable, as if he was looking at some cheating girl.

"Husband."

Shen Yuan walked over with Zhi Luo and told her what she was going to do for Shen Xuan later.

"So if it's convenient for you, can you take me to talk to those Japanese envoys?" "Were you talking about this just now?" The cold frost on Pei Zhaoxue's face melted a little, and Shen Yuan nodded in confusion. He completely relaxed his frown and let her follow.

More than 300 people from Japan came this time.

Those with higher status are now meeting with the emperor, queen mother, etc. inside the palace, while the two hundred or so people staying outside are ordinary officials with mediocre status.

As soon as they heard that Prime Minister Yan Chao was coming, they all stood up and saluted.

The Minister of Honglu Temple was the main official responsible for receiving these Japanese envoys. In the modern era where Shen Yuan lived, he was similar to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Seeing Pei Zhaoxue coming, he went up to him personally and asked him what was important.

Pei Zhaoxue was about to tell what Shen Yuan had just said when her sleeve was pulled by her.

The girl took a step forward and bowed to the Minister of Honglu Temple.
  "Actually, I have something to ask you for a favor. You must also know that I come from a merchant family. My family's shop also participated in the seafood tribute. However, because of the obstruction from thoughtful people, I have not been able to present the specialties from my hometown. "

The Minister of Honglu Temple is an old man who is nearly fifty years old and usually behaves uprightly.

He was also aware of the seafood tribute from the merchants, and had also received offers from some merchants to make it easier for him to make his own merchants stand out. However, he refused them all, thinking that the outcome would depend on the taste of these Japanese envoys. evaluation given later.

Hearing this, he subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after his eyes touched Pei Zhaoxue's cold eyes, he swallowed his words, looking embarrassed.

"This"

Shen Yuan had contact with the Minister of Honglu Temple in her previous life and knew his temperament, so she spoke more clearly.

"I just need your help when I communicate with them later. For example, if I say something wrong in Japanese, my intention is just to let them taste the specialties of my hometown. If they feel dissatisfied, I will tell you I promise I won’t take out more for them to eat.”

The minister of Honglu Temple looked at her in surprise: "Can you speak Japanese?"

"Well, I studied some when I was bored when I was young." Shen Yuan had never revealed this matter in front of Pei Zhaoxue in his previous life, so he was a little surprised when he learned about it.

This little wife of his seems to be capable of anything.

This kind of request is not a big deal, and the minister of Honglu Temple rarely sees officials who can speak Japanese well in Honglu Temple, so he is worried.

After thinking for a moment, he tentatively spoke a few words in Japanese to Shen Yuan, and then he made a decision in his mind after finding that she really understood.

"Okay, then Mrs. Pei, just follow me."

Pei Zhaoxue understood why Shen Yuan wanted to go there in person. She would promote it herself, so that the Japanese envoys would focus their attention on her. If they had good reviews after tasting it, they would remember her shop.

But it would be different if he went there.

Once the Prime Minister comes over, even if the food is unpalatable, people still have to say it tastes good. He may be able to get the same result by relying on his official authority, but the effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

So he stood there honestly and waited for her to come back.

When Shen Yuan and Honglu Siqing entered the area where the Japanese envoys were resting, they found that a man wearing a token symbolizing the Wang Family Shop was delivering plump shrimp meat to the envoys one by one.

At this time, Shen Xuan came over, bringing only a plate of sea urchin meat that had been pried open and cleaned in advance.

Shen Yuan saw the Japanese envoys starting to eat the shrimp meat brought by the Wang family business shop, took the sea urchin meat from Shen Xuan, and made a move that surprised everyone.

　Shen Yuan: Is this man sick?
  　　Pei Zhaoxue: If you dare to do it, why don’t you dare to let people see it?
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)