[Qing] Tuan's favorite gluttonous little prince

After entering the milk tea, Nalan Caiwei was stunned: It's too...smooth and delicate, right? !

It's not that she has never drank Mongolian pot tea, but it is salty and she doesn't like it at all.She also asked her servants to make sweet pot tea, but it was nothing compared to this one!

Before drinking this milk tea, who would have imagined that the drink can also have a smooth taste like silk, which is simply irresistible.

The rich milk aroma and tea aroma are perfectly combined, and it seems to have a special burnt aroma, which tastes wonderful.

Surprise was revealed in Nalan Caiwei's eyes, she couldn't hold it back, and took another sip after another.The slippery and sweet feeling made her feel extremely comfortable.

Soon, the half-foot-high teacup bottomed out.It was only then that she realized that she, like the other people opposite, looked like a hungry ghost.

When they looked up, everyone looked at her with a half-smile, "Is it delicious?"

In fact, they all want to sarcasm, oh, it turns out that wolfing down is the manner of a lady?

However, no one dared to be so provocative, and they were all very polite.

Only a young lady from Niu Gulu's family gave a 'tss'.

Nalan Caiwei's ears turned red with embarrassment.

Although no one laughed at her openly, everyone's expressions gave her a feeling of 'watching a good show' and 'ridiculous'.

Nalan Caiwei originally wanted to boast that this milk tea was indeed superior, but in the end it was embarrassing, so she snorted coldly.

"Grandma just drinks it when she's thirsty, and this shit is worth your praise for flowers? You haven't eaten anything good, have you?"

Everyone: "..."

After saying this, Nalan Caiwei felt comfortable, and wanted to continue criticizing, Miss Niu Gulu spoke.

"Since that's the case, Ms. Nalan must not like these desserts anymore? Then don't put them in front of you."

As she said that, with one look at her, a little girl cooperated and took away the snack plate in front of Nalan Caiwei, "That's right, sister Nalan, I haven't eaten anything good, so let me eat this snack." .”

Nalan Caiwei choked.

But in order to maintain her dignity, she could only say disdainfully: "Take it away."

Unexpectedly, smelling the aroma of those desserts, she was already hungry, and now she was taken away to eat, she was really depressed to death!

Everyone laughed and changed the subject to discuss the wonderful taste of bread and desserts.

"I know that there used to be a chef surnamed Wei in the palace. The pea yellow that he made was really unique. I was lucky enough to eat it once when I was a child. I can't forget it for ten years. I didn't expect that the pea yellow that I ate today seemed to be better than Wei Da's. Is the cooking delicious?"

"You remember correctly. Don't you know that after Chef Wei resigned, he worked as a chef in Tianxiang Building outside Zhengyangmen. My mother often asked the maid to buy his family's pea yellow. It is really not as good as today's Xianpinju cooks delicious food."

After being told by the two, everyone took the pea yellow from the plate to eat.

"The entrance is clear and cool, very refreshing."

"The taste is more delicate than that of Tianxianglou, and it tastes so sweet."

"Well, although that's not an accurate description, I really can only think of 'bingqingyujie' to express how it makes me feel."

Nalan Caiwei was articulate by what they said, and the feeling of hunger came up again and again. This is really a kind of torture!

Ms. Niu Gulu had another question: "Haven't you guys eaten any good food?"

Although he didn't say it to her, it was clearly a sarcasm!

Nalan Caiwei couldn't sit still, she stood up and said angrily: "Are you here to enjoy the flowers, or to grow fat?"

Saying that, he greeted his maid, "Help me to enjoy the flowers."

As everyone knows, no one cared about her anger at all, but took advantage of her words and grabbed food.

"Sister Nalan is right. You, Wulanzhu, have gotten a little fat recently. Let me eat that plate of biscuits for you."

Seeing the ladies playing around, Nalan Caiwei almost vomited blood, but she could only maintain her nobility and glamor and went to admire the flowers alone.

At noon, when the ladies left, almost everyone bought a lot of desserts and snacks.The milk tea couldn't be bought because there was no packing container, and someone asked the maid to go back and buy it again.

Except Nalan Caiwei.

Although she drank a large cup of milk tea, she still felt empty in her stomach and was uncomfortably hungry. She had criticized the food of this restaurant, but it was not easy to pack.

Before the flower viewing party ended, she found an excuse and left for lunch.

Yinqi also thought she was quite 'tactful', because he didn't intend to sell it to her.

Wu Lanzhu waited for everyone to finish shopping, and packed a lot of bread and snacks.But the total amount of consumption is still less than 50 taels.

However, she felt that the 50 taels was very worthwhile. She saved face and enjoyed the delicious food and beautiful scenery.

When the noble ladies returned home, they all shared desserts with their family members, and praised the milk tea and precious chrysanthemums.Before noon, someone came to book a private room for the afternoon with money.

There are only two time slots in the afternoon, but there are four people who came to book.

Yinqi originally planned not to hold the flower viewing party tomorrow, but thinking that the cost of the garden has not yet been paid back, he decided to hold the flower viewing party for three days, just enough to recover the cost.

perfect!

In the afternoon, it was a gathering among the noble ladies. They came to admire the famous chrysanthemums, but they were limited to the delicious milk tea and desserts. When they left, they once again drove the sales of Xianpinju.

Yin Qi peeked a few times, and saw a familiar person in the crowd.But after all, he is only over three years old, and he doesn't take special care to remember people with ordinary looks, and he can't remember who is who for a while, so he forgets it in a blink of an eye.

Because it doesn't matter who it is, the important thing is that the one he has seen must be the wife of a dignitary, Fujin, that is a rich person, and his target customer.

At sunset, Suo'etu quietly came to the store from the back door to ask to see Yinqi.

Seeing the desolation in the courtyard, he took the initiative to ask: "Does Fifth Prince need any help? I can ask Madam to help you spread the word."

"No need, no need," Yin Qilian waved his hands, and then said vigilantly: "Didn't Er Niang say that my identity is kept secret?"

"I didn't tell the rest of the family. Only Chang Hai and I know about the Hesheli family."

"That's good. I have a good business. I don't need your help."

After sending away the dubious Suo'etu, Yinqi bounced back to the palace.

He packed several desserts from the shop and asked the little eunuch to deliver them to the Palace of Compassion, the Palace of Kindness and the palaces with children.

Originally, Kangxi was not optimistic about Yinqi's opening of a shop, and today he specially sent guards out to observe secretly, and then came back to report several times.

Unfortunately, the first time I went there, the guard saw that there were hundreds of people entering the store, but none of them spent money to buy anything, and they all left.

The second and third time I went there, I could only see that the door was deserted, there were almost no customers in the store (during the reserved period), and the full carriages parked not far from the door were ignored by them.

Kangxi always felt that Yinqi's store could not be opened, but he didn't expect that it would close down on the first day?

Hearing that Yinqi was busy when he came back, he asked the guard to see if Yinqi was crying.

The guards came to report, saying that Fifth Prince was in a good mood, and even sent a large bag of desserts to all the palaces.

It can't be sold, so I have to buy it myself and give it away?

Kangxi thought again.

After waiting for a long time, Yinqi did not see him bring food, Kangxi couldn't sit still, and called Liang Jiugong to ask: "Did the fifth elder brother send someone to clean the palace?"

Liang Jiugong's forehead was sweating: "Report to Lord Long Live, maybe it will be delivered in a while."

Kangxi stood up abruptly, "Go, go and comfort that little bastard."

Liang Jiugong: "..."

This new 'nickname' is really unique.

When Kangxi came to Qianqing Palace, Yinqi and the queen were eating.

Although it has lost the freshly baked aroma, you can still smell the aroma of bread and biscuits when you get close.

"Greetings to Khan Ama!" Yin Qi looked natural, even showing a bit of joy, not like a business failure.

"How is it? How was the business on the first day?" Kangxi asked with a smile.

Yinqi: "It's pretty good, but I haven't paid back the money yet."

Sure enough!

Kangxi comforted him, "Don't worry, take your time."

Yin Qi: "Okay!"

Seeing Yinqi chatting with him and eating desserts with his small mouth, Kangxi was hungry.

He also reached out and took an egg tart to try. It was not as good as Yin Qi's craftsmanship, but it was pretty good.How come no one buys it?

Is the price set high?

Kangxi hesitated to speak, but finally swallowed back the words he wanted to guide him.

Let him suffer a little loss first, so that he will understand that what the adults teach is right.

"Khan Ama, how can you eat dessert?"

Kangxi was slightly startled, "Why not?"

"A few days ago, you drank my bird's nest syrup, didn't you say that you don't want to eat any more sweet things?"

Kangxi: "..."

Yinqi: "You are not joking."

Kangxi: "..."

In a flash, Kangxi took the egg tart in his hand and put it into Yinqi's mouth.

In just a few days, "Xianpinju" has gained a good reputation among the female relatives of dignitaries and nobles, and everyone praises it.

In the latest issue of "Beijing Weekly", a scholar even wrote an article, full of praise for Xianpinju's pea yellow.

The business in the store is getting better and better. Desserts are packaged and sold out one by one, and some people bring their own containers to buy milk tea and drink it back.

When ladies and wives meet and talk about Xianpinju, if you don’t know it, then you will be left behind!

Haven't been invited to Xianpinju Flower Appreciation Party?Then there may be a problem with your popularity.

Two days later.

Sure enough, Yin Qi made back the cost, he immediately asked the shopkeeper to close the garden, and sent those precious and delicate chrysanthemums back to the palace.

But there are still people who come to place a deposit and want to reserve the venue to enjoy the flowers.Of course Yinqi ordered the shopkeeper in advance to refuse all of them.

Er Niang asked him if he wanted to keep the garden?Was rejected by Yinqi.

He opened a store to sell gourmet food, and he couldn't put the cart before the horse.

Some slaves were unable to complete their errands, afraid of being punished when they went back, so they relied on the power of their masters to try to force the shopkeeper to soften, but the shopkeeper said very stubbornly: My master has a stronger background.

Now, someone is going to find out who the shopkeeper is relying on?

In the end, it was found out that on the opening day, someone saw Suo Xiang enter Xianpinju through the back door after closing.

Then someone deduced that the noble son was Suo'etu's youngest son, four-year-old Le Erqi.

Suo was quite useful, and he was backed by the Hesheli family and the queen. Everyone really couldn't afford the crime, so they all died down.

Everyone is afraid of Suo'etu, except Mingzhu.

Mingzhu was once privately called "kaleidoscope" by the courtiers, and any disturbance inside or outside the court could not escape his eyes and ears.

I heard that Shichahai has opened a dessert shop, which has been very popular with ladies and wives these days.He was not interested at first, but Fujin Aixinjueluo found him.

"I heard that there are extremely valuable chrysanthemums in that store, including 'Shuai Banner' and 'Phoenix Wings', but I don't have the chance to see them. It's a pity. Lord, I also want to invite my close friends to enjoy the flowers. You have a lot of friends, can you help me talk about it?"

It was only today that Fujin heard about that shop, and it was too late to book a private room.

At the beginning, Fujin's words were very polite, but after Mingzhu didn't respond, his ears were pulled.

"Tell me! What good is it if I marry you? Even such a small request is perfunctory to me? Do you know that the Fujins gathered together today, and they mentioned Xianpinju, but I didn't know anything about it? How embarrassing it is ? I must book them out once to save face!"

"Hey, hey, Fujin has something to say..."

After being ordered to die by his wife, Mingzhu had no choice but to go and do things for her.But before going to the store, he also got the news that the owner of Xianpinju was Suo'etu's youngest son.

He came to the door in person, but unexpectedly, he was rejected by the shopkeeper.

"Oh my lord Mingzhu, it's not that the villain doesn't give you face, it's because the chrysanthemums have already moved away. This flower viewing party can't be done!"

"Where did you move to?"

"This villain really doesn't know."

Mingzhu didn't complete the task, so it is natural to imagine that when he returned home, he would not be able to bear Fujin's 'gentleness'.

I can only hope that the food here is really as delicious as in the legend, and I can comfort Fujin a little, "Give me five servings of the best food in your store."

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper apologized with a guilty smile: "I'm sorry, Master Mingzhu, the little master has ordered you not to do business with the Nalan family."

"what?!"

Mingzhu is now more certain that this shop is run by that dog thief Suo'etu!

Feeling angry, and just in time to be bullied by Suo'etu in the court hall, Mingzhu immediately ordered someone to smash the store.

"Master Mingzhu, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

"You insulted the imperial court official, and the official smashed the store, so I will spare you, hum!"

Mingzhu flung her sleeves away, listening to the shattering sound of glass behind her, she felt relieved.Only the Hesheli family can afford to use such a large piece of glass as a counter, huh, how rare?

……

Xiumin knew that the store was smashed before Yinqi, and she was still a little dazed, "Tell me, who smashed it?"

Milk tea: "It's Master Nalan Mingzhu."

Milk Tea told the whole story exactly, and said: "Master Mingzhu seems to have misunderstood, the store is owned by Suoxiang."

Xiu Min sneered, "If it's Suo Xiang, he can smash it?"

Because she knew that the Hesheli family was ruined by Suo'etu in history, Xiu Min never let Suo'etu get too close to the prince, and she was also lukewarm towards him.

The courtiers thought they were at odds, so Mingzhu never had to worry about the queen and the prince when facing Suo'etu.

But she and Suo'etu are in the same spirit, how could they really be at odds?

"What should I do, Empress Dowager, do you want to tell Brother Fifth?"

"First……"

Unexpectedly, before Xiu Min finished speaking, Yin Qi's voice was heard: "Tell me what? Hey, milk tea, why are you back? Something happened in the shop?"

What a smart kid.Xiu Min let out a breath, thinking that she couldn't hide it anymore, she asked Milk Tea to report the matter to him again.

I thought Yinqi would be furious, wronged, and sad, but he was quite calm, "Have you calculated how much money you lost?"

"Not yet, the old shopkeeper is still cleaning up, so I will go back to the palace to report."

Yin Qi nodded, explained a few words to the milk tea, and asked the guards to escort her out of the palace and back to the shop.

Seeing Yin Qi's performance, Xiu Min was somewhat surprised: "Why are you so calm?"

As soon as the words fell, Yin Qi sobbed and threw himself into her arms. Although he did not shed tears, his voice was aggrieved, "Emiang, why are there so many bad people in the world?"

"Eh?" How did this involve the whole world?

Only then did Yinqi tell what he had seen and heard in Xianpinju a few days ago, one was the old lady, the other was Nalan Caiwei, and the arrogant and domineering Pearl today.

Xiu Min didn't expect Yin Qi to meet so many things and people in just a short time after opening a shop.

She hugged Yinqi and sighed: "Yes, there are all kinds of people in the world. Only by making yourself stronger can you not be bullied."

"How does Qi'er become stronger? Is it to grow taller and practice martial arts?"

"This is one aspect..." Xiu Min took this opportunity to teach him some principles of life.

The next day.

Many noble ladies in Beijing sent people to buy desserts, but they returned empty-handed. When they asked them, they replied that Xianpinju was smashed by Mingxiang.

On the door, it was written in black and white: "The store was smashed by Nalan Mingzhu and closed down." '

What the hell?

Ming Xiang is in his forties, how could he do such frivolous things?

Everyone was amazed, but thinking of the contradiction between Mingxiang and Suoxiang, they felt it made sense.Everyone was afraid of being affected by Chi Yu, so they didn't dare to do anything to Ming Xiang.

It's just that after a few days, Xianpinju seems to have no plans to reopen.The ladies and wives in Beijing are not happy anymore!

This is great, within a few days, Nalan Mingzhu was enlisted in more than a dozen books in the court.

Although the charges were all minor crimes that were not serious, Mingzhu was stunned because some of them were still his people.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows on the dragon seat, and asked with a smile: "Mingzhu, are you offending the heavens and the people?"

At this time, Suo'etu did not add insult to injury, and followed the principle that silence is golden.

Kangxi clicked on Suo Ertu with the enthusiasm to watch the excitement, "What's Suo's opinion on this matter?"

Suo'etu replied: "Your Majesty, I believe that whether the participation of the ministers and workers is true or not needs to be verified, and we should not draw conclusions too early."

Kangxi narrowed his eyes, "Suoxiang is right, Mingzhu, I'm waiting for your explanation in the Hall of Qinzheng!"

With that said, he announced his retreat.

Seeing that the emperor is very satisfied with Suo'etu's performance, Mingzhu only thinks that Suo'etu is a treacherous old fox!At a time like this, pretending to be a good person to win the emperor's favor?

After the court, Mingzhu caught up with his colleagues and asked why everyone was targeting him?

Colleagues unanimously gave reasons: "You smashed Xianpinju, Madam (Fu Jin) has deep grievances."

Pearl: "???"

Mingzhu couldn't believe it, but everyone's answers were telling him that this ridiculous reason was actually true!

Mingzhu is so angry, Suo'etu has really pissed him off recently!

He didn't go to Suo'etu to reconcile, but went to see the emperor first.

When he finished explaining the reason why he was so insulted that he smashed the store in a hurry, thus offending Suo Xiang, and being avenged by him, he saw the emperor's expression was very strange.

"Did you really smash Xianpinju?"

"Wei Chen was also short of breath..."

"No wonder." Kangxi thought of Qi Er's performance these past few days, and he was indeed a little depressed. Now he finally knew the reason, and it was strange to see that Mingzhu was pleasing to the eye.

"Your Majesty, what's the reason?"

"It's nothing."

Kangxi endured it, and decided to finish asking what he wanted to know first: "You mean, Xianpinju's business is very good, and it is very popular among officials' wives."

"Yes..." Although she didn't know why the emperor asked this, Mingzhu answered truthfully.

Kangxi pondered for a while, "I order you to ask the boss of Xianpinju to forgive you for this matter. As long as he is willing to forgive you, I will treat it as if I never received these notes."

Mingzhu felt both flattered and aggrieved - isn't this asking him to apologize to Suo'etu?

He could already imagine how Suoetu would take the opportunity to ridicule him.

But the emperor had a decree, so he had to obey.

Who knows that Suo'etu actually said that the store doesn't belong to him? !

yes!It's not his, it's his son's.

treacherous!

Mingzhu smiled hippie and lowered her posture, "I really know that I was wrong, please tell the little boss, I am willing to compensate for the broken things, and compensate for the losses in the store in the past few days."

Suo'etu didn't agree, just said: "Mingxiang is indeed rich."

Still not satisfied?

Mingzhu gritted her teeth and said, "How about this, I will let Fuzhong visit Xianpinju every day for a year, how about it?"

"Hey..." Suo'etu sneered, "You have a good idea. When Xianpinju reopens, your family will also be blacklisted."

Pearl: "..."

That's right, he almost forgot why he smashed the store.

Suo'etu: "Well, I'll help you tell the little boss and ask him to set a compensation amount, and you can pay if you want, how about it?"

"……Can."

……

In fact, the interior of Xianpinju has been redecorated, and some disadvantages when it was not in operation have been improved. By the way, the price has been adjusted back, and it can be reopened at any time.

Before, they could earn at least a hundred taels of silver every day, and they hadn't opened for several days. Both the old shopkeeper and the milk tea were depressed to death.

Yinqi is full of confidence: "What's the rush? You don't need to work, but you can still get double income, isn't it good?"

"Double?"

"Yes, if I don't ask Nalan Mingzhu to double the compensation this time, I won't open the door!"

When Suo'etu sent someone to deliver the message, Yin Qi counted the loss and turnover, doubled it, and reported a figure of 200 taels.

Mingzhu delivered the money to the store in person that afternoon, and said that she would apologize to the little boss face to face.

"We don't know each other anymore. In the future, we can turn hostility into friendship and make friends, okay? After all, in this world, there are many friends and many paths."

Yinqi, who was listening in the backyard and knew that Mingzhu regarded him as Suo'etu's youngest son, said, "Yaoshou, the big-tailed wolf wants to trick the children!"

milk tea:"……"

The old shopkeeper was in charge of sending messages to the two.

Mingzhu saw that he came out by himself not long after entering the backyard.

The old shopkeeper's face was flushed, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he conveyed Yinqi's words to Mingzhu: "Our little boss said that Master Le Erqi wants to ask you for help."

"Huh?" Did you really agree?

Mingzhu secretly rejoices, the child is really cute and easy to deceive, much cuter than that dog thief Suo Ertu!

The old shopkeeper: "From now on, Master Luerqi and Mingxiang will share the blessings and share the hardships, and what's his is yours!"

Mingzhu was delighted to hear that, children are so easy to deceive.

The old shopkeeper: "His father is your father, and you will call Suoxiang your father from now on."

Pearl: "???"