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After chatting with Xu Huaiyi, Gu Huanxi had been waiting to see what was going on. Before he heard the news about the quarrel between the princes, Su Zhe's roast duck restaurant became popular in the capital.

Normally, a roast duck restaurant is not a big business, and the Su family doesn't lack a restaurant or hotel, but the timing was quite clever, so it was inevitable that it would be popular.

The most famous restaurant of the Su family in the capital is Chunshuilou, which is a high-end luxury restaurant. It was originally owned by Su Rui, who had committed suicide several times and had been deprived of his qualification as an heir, so he lived a life of idleness and waiting for death. Therefore, Chunshuilou was given to Su Zhe as compensation.

After Su Zhe took over, after some rectification and operation, the building regained vitality and was even better than before. It became a landmark building in the capital, with crowds of people coming and going every day.

In addition, there is Shuiyunxuan, which he has been managing. It has an exquisite and novel style and launches two new dishes every ten days, attracting many curious diners to check in and taste the food. Word of mouth has also spread, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it makes a fortune every day.

Especially after the tomato and spicy hotpot were served, it was hard to get a table.

With these two huge obstacles weighing on their shoulders, it was wishful thinking for other restaurants to come out on top. They could only survive in the cracks. Until the beginning of the year, Taihe Restaurant suddenly emerged. At the beginning of its opening, it attracted the attention of the entire city with its unrivalled attitude.

Taihelou's signature dish is Northwestern cuisine. One dish, roasted whole lamb, has conquered the stomachs of countless people. It is hard for any guest passing by to resist the temptation of the aroma.

Gu Huanxi also had someone buy one and the taste was indeed amazing. The meat of the Northwestern sheep was delicate, without any fishy smell of the local goats. After being smeared with Northwestern seasonings, it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Everyone was speechless after eating it.

There is also hand-pulled lamb, which has a unique flavor even if it is simply stewed.

With good ingredients, delicious taste and warm and hospitable service, Taihelou has been a booming business since its opening. Customers come in droves every day, and it is said that the queue alone is two miles long.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated and a means of hype, but it is true that there are many customers, business is good, and it is very popular.

Gu Huanxi checked the owner behind the restaurant and found out that it was undoubtedly the Yin family.

The Yin family is considered the richest in the northwest, but it is still difficult for them to get a share of the pie in the capital. However, since they gave their daughter to Prince Qi as a concubine last year and gave countless properties as dowry, they have also fought for a place in the market. They opened several shops in one go, and their business is remarkable, and they have barely managed to gain a foothold.

Afterwards, the girl from the Yin family successfully ascended to the throne after a struggle in the backyard of the palace and won the title of concubine. She was so favored that she also gave back to her natal family.

The Yin family has become more confident. The most conspicuous manifestation of this is that they dare to open a restaurant with great fanfare to compete with the Su family.

They are no longer afraid of confronting the Su family because they also have the capital and backing to compete.

In fact, the girl from the Yin family was a concubine in the Prince Qi's Mansion who was listed in the royal jade disc, while the girl from the Su family was just a concubine in the Prince Duan's Mansion. If you really want to compare, the girl from the Yin family has more advantages.

Therefore, the Yin family is very confident.

It was the Su family that was at a disadvantage. Their business was being divided up one after another. Everyone in the Su family was inevitably a little anxious, but they just couldn't find a solution for the time being.

After all, the Yin family is not a small family, and some methods cannot be used against them.

They wanted to compete fairly, but they lacked strong bargaining chips. It was under such circumstances that Su Zhe's roast duck restaurant opened, giving the Su family a big surprise.

Gu Huanxi did not go to see the grand occasion on the opening day. She asked Hu Yingjie to send a congratulatory gift and listened to his description of the occasion when he came back. It was an unprecedentedly grand and lively occasion with a huge crowd of people. Even the bailiffs of Jingzhao Prefecture were dispatched to maintain order.

There is no need to explain the charm of roast duck. The aroma is not something that everyone can resist. Especially compared to mutton, roast duck is more in line with the eating habits of Beijing residents. Therefore, compared with mutton, roast duck is more competitive.

In addition, Su Zhe was good at operations and management, and had solid connections in the business world. Soon, he stole the limelight from Taihe Building.

Taihelou was not to be outdone and immediately followed up with various competitive measures, with endless tricks behind the scenes, competing with the Su family.

So, the two families started competing with each other in full swing.

Each of them has the support of the prince behind them, and they are afraid of each other, so they have not resorted to any extreme means for the time being. Otherwise, if the two families fight too hard, the princes will be implicated, and the scandal of the brothers' discord will be unable to be covered up.

However, they restrained themselves, but someone tore off the fig leaf.

The cause was not competition in the business world, but the kidnapping of a daughter of the Xiao family during the Lantern Festival. At that time, Deputy Commander Xiao arrested human traffickers on a large scale, causing panic among the people, but the mastermind behind the scenes was never exposed.

There were only some vague speculations.

Deputy Commander Xiao turned a blind eye and chose to stop due to various concerns. However, if he wanted to keep the peace and play deaf and dumb, his words would not count.

When Jingzhao Prefecture was trying a case, they asked a lot of questions and unexpectedly gained something, which involved the human trafficker who kidnapped the daughter of the Xiao family.

In fact, those human traffickers are not professional kidnappers, but people pretending to be them.

After the interrogation reached this point, Jingzhao Prefecture Yin Qiao Hong immediately realized that he had been plotted against and had become a gun in the hands of others. He acted decisively and sent the news to Prince Duan's Mansion.

Whether to get involved and fish in troubled waters, or to stay out of trouble and watch the fight, needs to be decided by Prince Duan.

Prince Duan made a decision without much hesitation. He would not help either side, but he could add fuel to the fire and reap the benefits.

Qiao Hong understood what was going on, and when he interrogated him again, he became biased. After unraveling the mystery, he finally pointed the finger at the Fourth Prince, Prince Qi.

Speaking of which, Qiao Hong also has the surname Qiao, but he supports Prince Duan, and is not in the same camp as the Qiao family behind Prince Qi.

The Qiao family behind Prince Qi is headed by Qiao Nan, who used to be the prefect of Qingzhou. Because of his poor disaster relief performance, he was transferred to other prefectures. He did get a high grade in last year's performance appraisal. If he persists for a few years and makes achievements, he will most likely be transferred back to the capital.

The person in charge in the capital now is his eldest son, Qiao Huaijin. It is worth mentioning that although Qiao Huaijin did not follow Xu Huaiyi and others to the battlefield in the south to be awarded an official title based on military merit, he also entered officialdom. He had originally planned to take part in the military examination, but after the news of Xu Huaiyi and others being awarded official titles reached the capital, he could not wait any longer and went through Prince Qi's connections to join the Imperial Guards. Coincidentally, he joined the Yulin Guard, which Xu Huaiyi was planning to join.

However, Qiao Huaijin had no merit and relied on Prince Qi's recommendation, so his official position in the Yulin Guard was not high, only an eighth-rank official.

Qiao Huaijin was not discouraged. He worked very hard in the Yulin Guard and was determined to gain a firm foothold before Xu Huaiyi returned to Beijing. It would be best if he could lay down some foundation, so that the two of them would not be too far apart in the future and could never sit at the same table again.

He actually worried less about the affairs of Prince Qi's Mansion. It was not that he didn't want to be in charge, but there were some disagreements between him and Prince Qi.

When Prince Qi was a prince, he was relatively cautious and was willing to discuss matters with Qiao Huaijin. The Qiao family was his most valued supporter and they had always had a close relationship. However, everything slowly changed after he was crowned king.

Prince Qi was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He had many more adventurous ideas and no longer thought twice before taking any action. The worst thing was that Qiao Huaijin could not persuade him anymore. If he talked too much, Prince Qi would even give him a bad look.

Later, Prince Qi won over a group of people to work for him. In addition to the officials in the court, there were also staff talents found from various places. There were more people to help him with advice, so he had even less use for Qiao Huaijin. In addition, with the Yin family as his money bag, Prince Qi became so arrogant that even Qiao Huaijin was terrified.

The more he feared something might happen, the more likely it was to happen.

When he heard that the daughter of the Xiao family was kidnapped, he vaguely guessed that it was Prince Qi, but he also held on to a glimmer of hope and did not ask. It was not until the news came from Jingzhao Prefecture and various clues pointed to Prince Qi's Mansion that he could no longer deceive himself.

What made him most uncomfortable was that the Qiao family was involved in this matter, and he didn't even know it.

He was the one who had the final say in the Qiao family in the capital, but Prince Qi kept it a secret from him and asked someone from Qiao Huai's branch to do the job. How embarrassed was he?

Something had happened and he couldn't just ignore it. When he went to the yard of Qiao Huai's house, it was already in chaos.

The Jingzhao Prefecture didn't care about Prince Qi's face at all and came to arrest people openly.