Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

In the back kitchen of Fumanlou, Chef Li is busy, carefully putting the fried golden mandarin fish into a celadon plate, and placing the fish head on it to make a good shape.Pour the prepared sauce on top again, and a squirrel mandarin fish with delicious color and flavor will be ready.Then he said to a young boy who was waiting at the side with a towel on his shoulders: "This is the dish for Xuanzi No. [-] room. It's already ready. You can take it here. Be careful with your movements."

The boy replied immediately, carefully put the dishes on the tray, and left with them.

The boy had just left when he saw Fumanlou's shopkeeper Zhao coming in a hurry, raised his voice and said to Chef Li: "Brother Li, hurry up and serve up a table of your special dishes. There are distinguished guests in the building, so don't be rude. No. You don’t need to hide it today, just show off your housekeeping skills.”

Seeing that shopkeeper Zhao came over in person, Chef Li was taken aback for a moment, and then asked a little: "Shopkeeper, what kind of distinguished guest is here? Please come here in person." It's really not him It's too strange.It's that although their Fumanlou has a little reputation in Jinling City, it can't compare with Tianxiangge and other old restaurants with decades of history. Most of the people who come here are from affluent families. Ordinary people or merchants who do small business.The person with the highest status here is just the master of the government office.Now that shopkeeper Zhao can come here in person, it can be seen that the identity of the visitor this time is really extraordinary.

Shopkeeper Zhao has no time to explain so much to him now, so he just said: "Don't ask me about this. Hurry up and cook a few dishes that you are good at, that's the right thing to do." He told Chef Li a few words , and left in a hurry.

Seeing the situation of shopkeeper Zhao, Chef Li knew that there might really be a very distinguished guest in this building, so he didn't dare to say anything now?Immediately, he ordered the two sons who helped the cook, and immediately started to get busy again.

At this time, in the room at Tianzi No. [-] in Fumanlou, several people were sitting around and talking about things.Taking a closer look, it is not the fourth master Xue, the fifth master Xue and a middle-aged man who looks a little strange, but seeing that there is only half of the tea left in front of them, he already knows that they will sit here for a while up.

"Master Zhen, I still have to trouble you about this matter." But Master Xue Wu said so as he bowed his hands to the middle-aged man respectfully.There was a faint hint of flattery in his tone.

Master Xue Si also answered with a smile on his face immediately: "But. Uncle, we should ask for more help from our discussion. After the matter is completed in the future, it is absolutely necessary to give to Uncle. Thank you."

It turned out that this middle-aged man was Mrs. Xue Si's biological brother, Master Xue Si's eldest brother-in-law, that is, the father of the Zhen family who killed Xue Qiu, Zhen Yingchang.Although he is not from the direct line of the Zhen family, he is close to the direct line of blood. His father and the father of Zhen Yingjia from the direct line of the Zhen family are cousins ​​of the direct line.He is quite capable and has the support of the Zhen family, so his official career has been smooth and smooth, and he is now a Jinling Taoist guard, and he is a fourth-rank official.

Hearing Mr. Xue Si's words, Zhen Yingchang paused for a moment with his teacup in his hand, but he remained calm and said: "This is a bit polite. They are all from the same family. There is a family relationship, and mutual help is the right thing to do. There is no such thing as a gift." In fact, when he knew that Xue Jian was seriously ill, he had already coveted the huge property of the Xue family, but because of the Wang Ziteng's face is not easy to do, and there is no reason, so he can only regret it once in his heart.I don't want to, but now I have a chance.

Not to mention that he only needs to move his hands here, and he can satisfactorily solve the matter of his son killing someone because of jealousy. In addition, he can also get an extra thank you gift.Even if the things they planned failed, it was because of their Xue family's internal struggle, and it had nothing to do with him, an outsider.

He would not like to build a wall with two lights on one side.

Thinking of Zhen Yingchang's malicious sneer that lowered the corner of his mouth.

Master Xue Si didn't feel anything when he heard Zhen Yingchang's words?On the other hand, Mr. Xue Wu, seeing Zhen Yingchang's appearance of being so obedient despite being cheap, sneered in his heart, and lowered his eyelids to cover the fierce light that flashed in his eyes.If it wasn't for his heart that he really couldn't let go of the Xue family's huge family business, and he couldn't support himself alone, he really needed the support of Zhen Yingchang.Where would he agree to such a thing.

For the Xue family's property, he had already given up too many things, even the revenge of killing his son was forced to give up temporarily.Therefore, he must have the Xue family's property in his hands.

Out of the corner of his eye, it seemed that Master Xue Si and Zhen Yingchang were carelessly gliding past.After he got what he wanted...

Amidst their own thoughts, the three of them discussed and gathered together, and reached a consensus in this way.

It's just that they don't know that they have just negotiated the matter here and parted ways, but it's just too late to implement it.

Then they heard a news that made them feel headaches, stomachaches and all kinds of pains.

That means that Prince Yu is coming to Jinling. By noon tomorrow at the latest, the boat will arrive at the pier, and all the officials of Jinling City have already started to prepare.

Among the princes of the Supreme Emperor, Prince Yu is the most valued one today.

Speaking of Prince Yu, he came from a low family background, and his biological mother was just a maid of honor. Because of his beauty, he was seen by the Supreme Emperor once by chance, and he became a master and concubine Yan.It's just that Concubine Yan was born as a court lady. She has a stubborn nature and doesn't know the severity. When she was favored, she didn't know how to restrain herself. She offended many people. Later, when she became pregnant, she became even more insane and dared to challenge the then empress.Later, I accidentally slipped my foot, which led to premature delivery.Although she gave birth to the sixteenth prince, who is now Prince Yu, she herself died due to heavy bleeding.

Prince Yu was handed over by the Supreme Emperor to Concubine Hui, who is now the Empress Dowager, to be raised.

Because Prince Yu was born prematurely, it is said that there are still some deficiencies in the congenital, and his constitution is weak, and he almost disappeared several times.Fortunately, the Queen Mother took good care of him, and I don't know how many rare medicinal materials were used, so that he grew up safely.It is precisely because of this that although Prince Yu and Jinshang are not brothers of the same mother, they are not far from each other, and they are very close emotionally.

However, although Prince Yu is weak, he was born with intelligence. The reason why he was able to stand out from the crowd of princes and become a great treasure today is because of his ability, but there is also Prince Yu's help and assistance. .

Therefore, when they heard that Prince Yu was coming to Jinling, all the officials in Jinling naturally did not dare to neglect him.Prince Yu is Jin Shang's confidant, and now that he came here, although he said that he wanted Jinling to seek medical treatment to support his health, he knew that the reason was unreliable.But it's just a pretext.

As for what it is really for?I'm afraid only Prince Yu and His Majesty will know about it.

But even if he didn't know whether Prince Yu's visit to Jinling was for real or for other reasons.Even Prince Yu would not be negligent.

Because of Prince Yu's arrival, Zhen Yingchang became busy immediately.As for the things agreed with Master Xue Si and Master Xue Wu earlier, they had to be postponed.

This made Master Xue Wu only yell at home, not only Master Xue Si and Zhen Yingchang, but also Prince Yu.You said, when is the best time to come?Biansheng wants to come here at this time.Isn't this intentional to make trouble?But fortunately, he still has some brains, so he only dared to scold in a low voice at home, but he dared not say a word when he went out.

Different from Master Xue Wu's bad mood, Xue Baochai only frowned when he heard the news that Prince Yu was coming, "The action is really fast today." She asked Danqing to send a letter to the capital, how long it took before and after.It was just over a month.At this time, Prince Yu would have arrived soon.This fully illustrates one thing.Even when Emperor Zhengde received her letter, he sent someone over immediately, and when Prince Yu came over, he was also at full speed, without stopping for a moment.That's why it came so quickly!

This idea was originally Xue Baochai's own speculation, but in the afternoon of that day, when Danqing came back, she had already confirmed that her idea was correct.

Even though Xue Baochai knew that Prince Yu was coming, she only came thinking of him. If she contacted her immediately, she might be targeted by someone with a heart.After all, there are not a few people who miss Prince Yu.But Xue Baochai was a little surprised.She didn't hear until here that the ship had arrived.

In the afternoon of that day, she received a report from Danqing, saying that Prince Yu had asked her to meet her at the lake in the east of the city during the third watch tonight.

Hearing such words, Xue Baochai immediately raised an eyebrow.

This Prince Yu is also an interesting person.

Turning her head, she said to Yun Juan and Yun Shu, "Get ready what I told you. We'll meet Prince Yu tonight."

"Yes, girl." I don't know if it's because of an illusion, but I always feel that there is inexplicable excitement in Yun Juan and Yun Shu's tone.

Their performance made Xue Baochai, the master, couldn't help but sigh, wondering if there was something wrong with her training method.I always feel that all of her useful confidantes seem to be somewhat abnormal.