It is already midsummer. Although it is located in the north, it is still hot and hard to wait. Only the lush Wansui Mountain can slightly resist the scorching sun.

Chen Hong hid under the shade of the trees and listened to the endless singing of cicadas above his head. He turned his head impatiently and scolded, "Everything is quick, the emperor is coming soon."

The eunuchs who were sweating profusely around him, and the guards accelerated their movements, but they had little effect. There were many plants, trees and trees in Wansui Mountain, and countless cicadas were counted. Where could they be caught in a short while?

After a while, it was dusk and a breeze blew by. Only then did Chen Hong accompany Emperor Longqing to climb the mountain and sit down in the pavilion.

"Have you come yet?" Emperor Longqing was listless and took the soup bowl and took a sip. "The smoothie was delicate, was it purchased from the restaurant?"

"The emperor, I just delivered it, but it was not a restaurant, but a small kitchen in Suiyuan." Chen Hong said with a smile: "Mr. Qian brought it with him with a bamboo basket."

"It's better to enjoy it only." Emperor Longqing glanced at Qian Yuan who was walking over, "Go and bring a bowl of lily and tremella soup."

Chen Hong smiled and walked out of the pavilion quickly but was pulled by Qian Yuan and joked.

"My minister Qian Yuan pays homage to Your Majesty."

Emperor Longqing was surprised to see the joy that could not be concealed on Qian Yuan's face, "Get up, it's not a ceremony in the palace."

Three days ago, Ningbo's tax and silver accounts entered Beijing, and the court praised Hu Yingjia's ability. There was a lot of disputes in the cabinet, but Emperor Longqing knew very well that the one who suffered the most was Suiyuan, Qian Yuan... Why did he look happy today?

“Meow, Meow.”

A small black cat came out from the feet of Emperor Longqing. When he saw Qian Yuan jumping to the side, a five or six-year-old boy followed behind and yelled.

"Don't chase, don't chase!" Qian Yuan followed in a hurry, "Prince, the more you chase it, the more you run, the more you run. The dried fish I sent last time, bring it..."

Emperor Longqing looked at this scene speechlessly. After a while, Qian Yuan came back with the black cat. The prince followed him and tried hard to reach out to touch the black cat's head.

"Zhancai is really a childlike heart."

"Hey, Your Majesty is afraid he will forget it..." Qian Yuan said resentfully: "Last time Xiaoxiao Hei ran around in Wansui Mountain, causing the prince to fall..."

"Uh, then Zhan Cai was impeached by the censor Kedao." Emperor Longqing couldn't help laughing, "Which is the disaster, the prince did not fall, but he just couldn't catch the kitten and was so angry that he cried."

"Next year's birthday, I'll change to something else..."

"Pony, deer, rabbit..."

"Your Highness, don't come up with bad ideas." Qian Yuan looked helplessly at the little boy with expectations, "It's better to give you a boat next year."

"Boat?" Emperor Longqing asked in surprise: "Is Zhan Cai trying to seek impeachment?"

The prince is only over five years old, so it is easier for something to happen when he goes to the boat to get water.

"Oh, I asked my friend in the south to send some shells to stick them into a boat, so big..." Qian Yuan laughed, "I'll give you one at that time, I'll give you one. Oh, I'll have a good time."

"You are polite, Lord Qian." Chen Hong put the soup bowl on the stone table, "This is his special instruction."

"Your Majesty love..." Qian Yuan took a sip and nodded, "It's light and relieve the heat, sweet and delicious, and it's suitable for hot summer drinking. Fortunately, this is Your Majesty's kitchen, otherwise it will be miserable if you go out of the palace."

Emperor Longqing laughed, "Since the 35th year of Jiajing, Qian Family Restaurant has been unique in the capital. Tonight I will let you taste the craftsmanship of Xiyuan kitchen... Don't worry, if you don't stay overnight, your backyard grape shelves will not fall into the grape shelf."

"Thank you for your kindness..." Qian Yuan squeezed out a bitter face, "But it really doesn't work tonight, it won't work... My wife was diagnosed with pregnancy last night."

"Oh, such a coincidence?" Chen Hong, who was standing beside him, said intrigue: "Concubine Shu was pregnant last night."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." Qian Yuan smiled and bowed, muttering in his heart, Concubine Shu was the Empress Dowager Li from the original time and space. The Li family who was sent to the palace by him in this life could not escape the inertia of history.

"Hey, I have the ability to show my talents." Emperor Longqing also said with a smile: "No wonder Zhan Cai is so happy today. He is also planning to make a ship with shells. This is for the unborn."

"Yes, my wife is not feeling well..." Qian Yuan paused and said seriously: "I have made the dishes myself and put them in my mouth... I laugh at you, what am I laughing at!"

"Hahaha……"

Chen Hong, who was standing beside him, just covered his mouth and laughed secretly, while Emperor Longqing laughed so hard that he fell, "Zhancai, Zhancai, really deserves his reputation as a tiger!"

Qian Yuan looked disappointed and thought that this matter could not be spread today... Xiao Qi was quite a traitor on his way to Beijing, but this time he really didn't.

After drinking dried lily and tremella soup in two sips, Qian Yuan coughed twice, "Your Majesty gives you a generous gift, why would you give me a bowl of tea?"

Emperor Longqing pointed to the soup bowl, "Mung bean soup, tremella soup is not enough for you to drink?"

"But I haven't had tea for a long time." Qian Yuan sighed, "I guess it's your Majesty..."

Emperor Longqing calmed down his smile, squinted his eyes and looked at Qian Yuan, then ordered: "Chen Bao, go and pour two cups of Longjing in Mingqian."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qian Yuan bowed and thanked with a smile.

Tea has been passed down since ancient times, but all tea cakes were used in the Tang and Song dynasties. It really conformed to the habit of drinking tea in later generations. There were many famous teas in the Ming Dynasty. However, over the years, Longjing has surpassed all the heroes and is known as the "No. 1 tea in the world".

Everyone knows that in addition to tribute to Mingqian Longjing every year, most of the Mingqian Longjing is sent to Suiyuan, and Qian Yuan only gets used to Mingqian Longjing.

To a considerable extent, this also represents the attitude of the Zhejiang officialdom toward him. From the earliest Hangzhou prefect Hu Zongxian to later Zhejiang governor, the Zhejiang governor from Hu Zongxian to Wu Baipeng and then to Tan Lun, the Mingqian Longjing, which has always been the case.

Even Hou Ruliang, the current governor of Zhejiang who has been in Zhejiang for more than two years, has never caused trouble in such trivial matters.

But this year, there was no one or two before the Mingqian Longjing entered Suiyuan.

Does this mean that Suiyuan's influence in the southeast is gradually fading... Emperor Longqing was also thinking about this issue. Relatively speaking, he would rather see Suiyuan control the Southeast Tax Silver.

Unfortunately, Emperor Longqing relied on Gao Gong more and did not want to anger Master Gao for this incident, resulting in a fierce conflict between the two. This is also why he criticized Hong Hu Yingjia as the prefect of Ningbo a few months ago.

From the earliest governor of Zhejiang to the later two governors of Zhejiang, to the three prefectures of Taizhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo, Suiyuan is now the only one who has to do business in Zhejiang's business, but does not have much power.

Emperor Longqing thought for a long time before speaking: "In Zhancai's opinion, can Hu Yingjia take on a great responsibility?"

Qian Yuan keenly realized that Emperor Longqing's attitude towards Hu Yingjia was a bit complicated. On the one hand, he recognized the other party's ability, but on the other hand, the court situation was complicated because of his strong ability.
Chapter completed!