Strange love across time and space

The concubines in the palace heard that the emperor was fond of playing cards and mahjong. In order to cater to the emperor, they all started to learn it. The king of Jin had already asked carpenters to make a large number of playing cards and mahjong, and gave them away at once. Go to the palace and sell them. , a deck of playing cards, five taels of silver, a deck of mahjong tiles, ten taels of silver. Although the price is not cheap, the concubines are not short of money, and they all spend money to buy it.

The fourth prince became busy now, because he was the only prince who had not established a palace outside the palace alone, so the task assigned to him by King Jin was to wander around the palaces of the concubines in the harem every day and teach them poker and mahjong. How to play. The fourth prince ran for four or five days in a row before he taught all the concubines. They all lost a lot of weight. Little Dengzi said with distress.

"It's a good thing that our emperor doesn't have many concubines in the harem. If he were like Emperor Taizu, the body of the Fourth Highness would be too much to bear!"

The fourth prince took a sip of tea and nodded in agreement.

"Who says it's not the case? I originally loved playing poker and mahjong, but this task given to me by my third brother is too torturous. Now that I see poker and mahjong, I feel like vomiting!"

Since the concubines learned to play poker and mahjong, they originally wanted to please the emperor, but they all became addicted to playing. Not to mention pleasing the emperor, they even forgot about the daily intrigues and just gathered in twos and threes all day long. We played cards together, and when there were not enough people, we directly grabbed the maids and nuns around us to make up the numbers. The entire palace entered an unprecedented harmony, and Concubine Xian also rarely relaxed for a while. Since taking over Feng Yin to take care of the Sixth Palace, she not only has to Handling various affairs in the palace, as well as dealing with minor conflicts and intrigues among the concubines, things are better now. There is peace in the palace, and Concubine Xian's impression of Su Qing has improved a lot! Nanny Wei next to Concubine Xian said with a smile

"Mother, it seems that this thing developed by Ning'an County Lord is very popular. It won't be long before everyone in the capital will be able to play it."

Concubine Xian nodded, "Yuan'er said that he wants poker and mahjong to spread in the capital, so we have to help him."

Therefore, Concubine Xian asked Aunt Wei to inform each palace that the time for family members to visit the concubine in the palace would be increased from once a month to four times a month, and the time for each visit would be increased from one hour to three hours. In this way, the concubines were very grateful to Xian Fei. When their parents' family came, the concubines taught them how to play cards and mahjong, and everyone chatted about home affairs while playing cards.

It didn’t take long for poker and mahjong games to become popular among the elite circles in the capital.

Su Qing's Shuxin Teahouse also has an extra shelf for playing cards and mahjong tiles. In addition to ordinary wood ones, there are also jade ones. Of course, the price of jade is definitely much higher. Some of these cards are for tea guests to play, and some are for sale.

For a time, in the teahouse, in addition to the sound of people talking, there was the sound of mahjong playing.

Although Shuxin Teahouse charges by the hour, many people are still willing to spend the money because it is too cool inside the teahouse. Although it is more expensive than other teahouses, there are many rich people in the capital and they are not short of these few taels of silver. Other teahouses would be reluctant to use so much ice every day. In addition, the cakes in Shuxin Teahouse are also unique in other teahouses, and there is an endless stream of customers coming to consume them every day.

Seeing that the teahouse business was getting better day by day, Jiang said cheerfully

"Oh, my daughter is so capable! If she opens a teahouse, she can do better than anyone else's business! I'm almost overwhelmed. Rui'er, after Dingxiang comes over, I have to let her help my mother take care of the business. You young people are so stupid. Good job, Ding Xiang is smart and capable, she can definitely help my mother share a lot of the burden!"

Su Rui was happy in her heart, but she still told Jiang

"Mom, we have to agree in advance that when Xiangxiang and I get married, you can't leave all the business to Xiangxiang, don't burden her!"

"Ouch! We haven't even gotten married yet, but we're here to protect you!" Su Qing teased with a smile.

Su Ruixian glanced at Su Qing, "Do you think Xiangxiang is just like you who dances with guns and sticks every day without any trouble! Xiangxiang's body is not as strong as yours!"

"What? I'm strong? Su Rui! You actually use the word strong to describe your own sister?!" Su Qing pretended to be angry.

Jiang kicked Suri

"You brat! Can you use words! How thin has your sister become? How can she become stronger?"

"Mom! I'm just making an analogy. What I mean is that Qingqing is in good health! I don't mean to laugh at her!" Su Rui quickly explained.

"For example, you can't change the words! If your sister takes your words to heart and goes on a diet to lose weight, I can't forgive you!" Jiang said angrily.

"Okay, okay! Stop arguing, Rong'er. Dingxiang is a sensible and filial child. He will definitely help you take care of your business after entering the house. Rui'er, don't worry, your mother likes Dingxiang so much, so she won't be tired. It's her! And Qingqing, it's a good thing to practice martial arts with Phantom. A little kung fu in a girl can save lives at critical moments. Even if there is no danger, it's good to keep fit. Dad supports you!" Su Qixuan advised in a good-natured way.

Su Qing asked Jiang again

"Mom, how is the business of our ice-making workshop recently? Are there many people coming to buy ice?"

When this was mentioned, Jiang became even more excited

"More! Of course there are more! Ever since the news about our ice sales was released, more and more customers have come to buy ice. Mainly because our ice is half cheaper than other stores, and the ice making workshops are almost overwhelmed. I’m still thinking about adding more manpower.”

"Mom, don't increase the manpower. Summer only lasts for a few months. Once the weather cools down, no one will buy ice cream. I'm also planning to develop several fruit smoothies and sell them in the teahouse." Su Qing said.

"Fruit smoothie?" Jiang asked in confusion, "What is that?"

"It's a cold drink to relieve the heat. When I make it tomorrow, I'll give it to my parents to try first."

On the second day, Su Qing placed several prepared fruit smoothies in front of Su Qixuan, Jiang Shi and Su Rui.

"Everyone, try it! How does it taste? Give me a review!" Su Qing said with a smile.

The three of them looked at the contents of the three white jade bowls on the table with blank expressions on their faces.

Su Qixuan asked

"Qingqing, what are these made of?"

"This is watermelon smoothie, this is grape smoothie, and this is peach smoothie!" Su Qing pointed to three bowls of fruit smoothie and introduced, "In each bowl, there is crushed ice, fruit cut into small pieces, and then Add honey and milk, and a bowl of ice-cold and delicious fruit smoothie is ready! But this ice is not the kind of ice in our workshop. That kind of ice can only be placed indoors to cool down. My edible ice is made first. Boil the water, let it cool down, then make it into ice, and finally break it into pieces before eating. If you use the cooled ice directly, you will have diarrhea."