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Chapter 423 Childhood Friendship
Seeing her sincerity, Liuli felt relieved, and said: "The queen has an order, how can I not obey it?"

It is impossible for Chen Yuan not to care about the rumors outside, but what is rare is that she can correct her mentality. It is unwise to care about these rumors when she has just entered the palace and has not established a firm foothold.There are already two princes, two concubines and several wives in the palace, all of whom came before her, and she has to be busy dealing with them these few years.

Furthermore, as long as she grasps the line of praying for the family, and after she gives birth to her son, she will be well educated. Wouldn't it be easy to become a prince?By that time, the children of both families will be grown up, and based on her friendship with Liuli, it will be logical for her to marry the Qi family.

Therefore, although Chen Yuan's coldness is a weakness, it can also become her advantage at this time. She will not be easily confused by these appearances. What about quarrels?
At the beginning of September, Dazhuangzi in the eastern suburbs was officially listed as "East Pavilion", and in mid-September, it opened its doors to welcome guests.On the first day, all the [-] small buildings and the eight thatched cottages in the field were fully booked, and all the shareholders of Dongge were present. They sat in the meeting hall of Xujia Village and saw Jin Xuan orderly dispatching the general manager.Song Ziyu and Xu Yuan were also too busy to touch the ground.

After returning to the city, Liuli sent people to collect feedback on the East Pavilion from the market. The news from Wanlou Ji Xiaoquan said that the biggest news in the city is the appearance of the East Pavilion. Of course, those who can live in the East Pavilion are those with spare money. High officials and nobles, they can't come out to speak, but they can't help the servants who go with them to show off.

The servants who can be singled out to follow are very limited, and those who have no taste are not qualified.Therefore, the wildness, elegance, luxury, and coziness of Zhuangzili have been described as a paradise-like place.All of a sudden, those dignitaries who were watching began to order posts from Your Excellency Dong, and Jin Xuan began to turn around like a spinning top. Seeing this, Song Ziyu took the initiative to take on the task of leading people to register and order posts, and ignored the decency of scholars at all. Disgraceful thing.

As the price of Dongge rose, because it was hard to find a house, the external parties of the shareholders began to be frequent, and some people spent a lot of money on banquets and entertainment just to book a small building.As the big proprietor, Liuli of course received the most posts, but she refused to go to any such entertainment and pushed them all to Du Rui and Nie Jue.

But Du Rui and the others couldn't get rid of their sympathy at first, so they had to go, but they couldn't take it one after another, and the relatives and friends around them also asked for the convenience of booking in advance in various ways, so they simply pushed the ball to the hotel. Jin Xuan—As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. Jin Xuan is the chief treasurer, and he has the most right to distribute preferential treatment.

As a result, Jin Xuan became the hottest person in Kyoto. As the business of Dongge became more and more popular, his reputation increased day by day, and his reputation spread all over the country.Now, when people in the city hear his name, they can't help but respect him: "Master Lu Shiyi? Isn't he the chief shopkeeper of the East Pavilion?"

Jin Xuan ranks eleventh according to the seniority of the Lu family, so now everyone calls him Eleventh Lord.

Gradually, people's admiration for Jin Xuan turned into an exploration of the origin of Master Lu Shiyi's identity. At this time, someone intentionally or unintentionally revealed the truth that he was the son of Prince Yong who was murdered.The city began to discuss the case in private again. Although Lu Zhao is in the palace, how can he be free?In less than three to five days, he will go out of the palace in a low-clothes for a walk, and these words naturally fell into his ears.

Lu Zhao felt like he was on his back, and he became anxious about stepping up to rehabilitate King Yong.Du Rui and Sige Lao were summoned to the palace overnight to discuss.

Liuli is very proud, because there is no one else who is taking advantage of the situation to fuel the flames, but her.

Not long after the opening of Dongge, Xu Yuan’s tea shop also opened. It was located in Lizi Hutong diagonally opposite Wanlou. There were two frontages in a row, two floors above and below. Try tea and taste tea, and the shop below is used to display goods for business.

Liuli once tested his intentions and wanted him to come to Dongge to help, so Liuli gave him [-]% of the shares.But his ambition is not here, he was born to be a tea addict, so Liuli is not easy to force him.So I helped him buy these two shops.Xu Yuan insisted on not wanting it, Liuli finally said: "Just treat it as a loan from me, and when you make money, you can return it to me as well." Only in this way can he reluctantly accept it.

There is a courtyard behind the teahouse, and Xu Yuan took Shen and the child to live in the back hall for the time being.Because Min Hua was also helping in Dongge, he moved there with his children.The house in Half Ping Hutong was vacant because of this, but Liuli was still reserved for them, and they could come back whenever they wanted to live.

It's just that Xu Huan couldn't live anymore after living in the teahouse for a few days, because he was still learning boxing from Li Xing. Although he hadn't formally apprenticed to a teacher, he didn't want to give up.Besides, he also misses Xiaodulu.Just because these brothers have all left, Xiao Dulu has been very sick these days, and he doesn't even eat the frangipani made for him by Xie Er's family.Seeing this, Liuli couldn't bear to see the children's identities being separated, so she discussed with Shen and took Xu Huan back to the palace.

Putting it in the palace, why are Xu Yuan and Shen worried?Afraid of disturbing Liuli.Seeing Liuli coming in person, she immediately called Xu Huan over and said, "Don't disturb my sister. Otherwise, be careful."

Xu Huan nodded hastily, and returned to the palace with Liu Li's arms around her.

Su Zhong and Su Liang over there were also bored. Although Zhuangzi was fun, they got tired of it after a long time. Besides, without Xu Huan and Xiao Dulu, they would have no energy.On this day, the two brothers looked through the imperial calendar and saw that the first day of October would be here, so they said to Jin Xuan: "Brother Shen's birthday is tomorrow, we want to celebrate his birthday, please give permission from Dad."

Jin Xuan really loved these two children very much, and was very happy to see that they were close to Little Dulu, so he said, "What gifts have you prepared?"

Su Zhong was older and said: "I want to give Brother Shen the bloodstone that Daddy brought back to me earlier."

Jin Xuan nodded, then looked at Su Liang with a smile: "What about you?"

Su Liang glanced at his elder brother embarrassedly, took out a bamboo dragonfly, and said, "My mother took everything my father bought for me. I only have this."

Su Liang is the worst at tidying up things, he often misses one or the other, so Min Hua simply took all his things away.

Jin Xuan said with a smile: "This is also a good thing, Brother Shen will like it."

Su Liang became happy, "Really?"

Jin Xuan touched their heads and said, "Come back early!"

When the two brothers arrived at the palace, although their hearts had already flown to Xiao Dulu, they did not dare to forget the rules. They first went to Chaoqing Hall to greet Liuli, and then went to Rongxi Hall's study room to greet King Dingbei.

It just so happened that King Dingbei and Xiangying were washing the faces of Xiaodulu and Xu Huan who were eating sesame seeds, so they stayed behind.At noon, King Dingbei entertained them with a banquet to celebrate Xiaodulu's birthday together, and at night they returned to Chaoqingtang to eat the birthday banquet prepared by Liuli for them.

When they arrived at Chaoqing Hall, Ji Xiaoquan's son, Ji Shen, also came, and the little boys confided in each other, Su Liang leaned in front of Liuli, shook her arm and said like a twisting candy: "Jiuyijiu Auntie, I really want to stay and play with Brother Shen, Brother Huan and the others, please tell my mother to let me stay."

Seeing this, Xu Huan also came over and shook her other arm: "Sister, sister, you can go and talk to my aunt!" Look at the chaos in this generation!
Little Dulu saw that both of her mother's arms had been separated by her brothers, so she could only twist her little fat buttocks and shake Liuli's knee: "Mother, mother, Shen'er wants a brother, Shen'er wants a brother!"

Looking at these children, Liuli felt as if a sun was nestled in her heart, not to mention how warm it was, she immediately said: "Okay, okay, I'll tell your mother later."

At night, I sent someone to the eastern suburbs to return to Jinxuan, saying that the children were staying.Anyway, autumn is high and the sun is cool, and the next day they lead a group of little boys and bring Minniang to Dongzhuang.As soon as he told Jin Xuan Min Hua, Min Hua stared at the Su family brothers with doting, Su Zhong pursed his lips and remained silent, but Su Liang grinned at his mother and acted like a good boy.

Jin Xuan thought for a while and said: "Liang'er is still young, I think it's no problem for him to live in the palace, he is about the same age as Huan'er, maybe you can ask Li Xing to teach him boxing as well. But Zhong'er is already seven years old, I have already been enlightened, and I went to the village school to study with Mr. Li, but studies are more important. I think Zhong'er will stay if I don't."

Su Zhong felt a little lost at once, but he still obediently said to him: "My child obeys."

Jin Xuan was a little reluctant, and then added: "When your studies are not tight, you can also go to the palace to have fun, it doesn't matter."

Only then did Su Zhong wake up again.

Min Hua poked Su Liang's forehead: "I'm going to listen to Aunt Jiu. If you're naughty, Aunt Jiu can beat you!"

Su Liang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

The children got together again, and they seemed closer than before. Although they didn't understand the meaning of reunion after parting, they had the instinct to cherish this friendship. Every day, the two older ones looked at the two younger ones— - Ji Shen is only three months older than Little Dulu, as long as the maids change their clothes frequently, they don't have to worry about Little Dulu's mood anymore.

Liuli always liked children, but now she was surrounded by little ones chattering every day, and felt that happiness was pouring towards her continuously like a spring.

She also recalled when she was in He Fu. At that time, besides Huanhua, who had given her a pure friendship in her childhood?Even Shuhua didn't take her seriously at first.

It is precisely because of the lack of such childhood support and friendship that she loves every child like her own. No matter who makes a mistake, she will be punished and punished, and whoever behaves well will be rewarded.Although Ji Shen was a servant, she couldn't bear to hurt his self-esteem in front of a child, so the reward and punishment were the same.It's just that rules are still necessary, otherwise how can you manage your subordinates?So he proposed in front of Rui'er: "When brother Shen enters school, let Shen brother be his school boy! Although he can't get a good grade in the exam, it's good to learn some characters along with him."

(End of this chapter)