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Chapter 487: The Restaurant Opens

What are you looking at? How do you look at the spiritual position?

Do you want to say it so penetratingly?

Shangguan Ruoli smiled dryly at the spirit tablet that seemed to have eyes and said, "Mother-in-law, your son is mine now. Don't worry, I will take good care of him."

The corners of Dongming Ziyu's lips twitched and he said: "Mother, you may not think that she speaks in a toneless manner, but she is a very kind person. I want to grow old together with her hand in hand, and we will not let her down in this life."

Shangguan Ruoli raised his eyebrows, was she speaking out of tune?

She's stating the facts, okay?

He coughed lightly and said: "Mother, if he doesn't leave me, I won't abandon you. If he doesn't let me down, I'd rather let the world down than let you down."

"Li'er!" Dongming Ziyu's eyes became hot and he looked like he was about to hug him.

Shangguan Ruoli didn't want to be lingering and affectionate with him here, so he quickly reminded: "Hurry up and offer incense to the queen mother."

Dongming Ziyu seemed to feel a little embarrassed to hug his wife in front of Queen Hao's tomb. He coughed lightly and said, "Okay!"

Pick up three sticks of incense from the incense table and light them on the ever-burning lamp.

Shangguan Ruoli also followed Dongming Ziyu's example, picked up three sticks of incense, lit them, bowed respectfully, and inserted them into the incense burner.

He said softly: "Shall we go visit the mother-in-law's grave?"

Although there are people taking care of it, Queen Hao's tomb must be cleaned, but as a son, the daughter-in-law should also take care of it.

Dongming Ziyu obviously didn't think of this. He was stunned for a moment and nodded.

Queen Hao's tomb is just a small earthen bag with not a single weed on it.

Shangguan Ruoli took a cloth and wanted to wipe the tombstone, but found ashes of burned paper money in front of the tombstone.

Dongming Ziyu also saw it and asked the gravekeeper who was following him: "What's going on?"

The steward guarding the tomb was also very surprised. He knelt on the ground with a bang and said, "My subordinates have neglected their duties. I don't know what happened. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Dongming Ziyu's eyes were cold, as if he was about to get angry.

Shangguan Ruoli said hurriedly: "This is at the back. Someone must have climbed over the wall. Fortunately, they are worshiping the queen and did not disturb the mother's purity. Just let them pay attention in the future."

She was also afraid that although Queen Hao had no burial objects, it would be a big deal if bad guys dug up Queen Hao's coffin and used it to threaten Dongming Ziyu.

The gravekeeper did not beg for mercy, but said with shame: "My subordinates have neglected their duties, please punish me!"

They also patrolled on time, but no one came after so many years, so they relaxed their vigilance and became lazy.

Dongming Ziyu didn't want to see blood in front of Queen Hao's tomb, so he said: "I will spare you this matter for now, but I won't do it next time!"

The gravekeeper kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. My subordinates will definitely fulfill their duties in the future."

Dongming Ziyu waved his hand, "Just step back."

After Shangguan Ruoli waited for the tomb guard to leave, he suggested, "How about calling in some normal guards?"

Dongming Ziyu nodded, "I will make arrangements when I get back."

When Mo Wen found traces of burning paper, he sent a few An-Yi people out to investigate.

When Shangguan Ruoli and Dongming Ziyu left the cemetery, An Yi came back.

The people did climb in from the top of the wall. There were two people, one was good at martial arts and the other was not. The footprints disappeared on the side of the road in the distance. There were carriage marks there, and the direction of the carriage was the direction back to the city.

"I found this on the grass on the road." An Yi held up a white mane in his hand.

Mo Wen took a look and said: "These should be the bristles on the fly whisk, used by the chamberlains in the palace."

The eunuch's whisk was mainly used to clean dust everywhere in the palace. Especially the eunuch who followed the emperor. Wherever the emperor went, the eunuch would use the whisk to sweep the stool where the emperor sat before allowing the emperor to sit.

However, later this whisk became a symbol of the power of some great eunuchs.

The highest-ranking eunuchs get white whisks, the general eunuchs in charge get black whisks, and those below are not worthy of it.

Mo asked: "This mane is white, and the only one in the palace who is worthy of holding a white whisk is Eunuch Zheng."

Eunuch Zheng didn't know martial arts, so he should have been brought here by someone who knew martial arts.

Shangguan Ruoli didn't understand this and asked, "Don't Taoist priests also use whisks? How can you be sure that they are used by eunuchs?"

Mo Wen smiled and said: "Taoist whisks are relatively short, and the colors are all primary colors, which are the colors they are made of. Such as horsetail, crotch tail, or silk hemp."

Shangguan Ruoli learned more knowledge and saw Dongming Ziyu frowning and said: "It must be the person who showed kindness to the queen during her lifetime. After hearing the news about the Hao family and the queen's rehabilitation, she came to inform and worship."

Dongming Ziyu nodded and ordered Mo Wenwen: "Go and check whether Eunuch Zheng has left the palace since he delivered the order yesterday and this morning."

Mo Wen said softly: "Yes!"

After giving the instructions, Dongming Ziyu and Shangguan Ruoli got on the carriage and returned to the city.

There was nothing to say all the way, but when we returned to Prince Xuan's Mansion, we received news that Prince Li had indeed borrowed grain from some aristocratic families, but most of them were not from the Jiangnan aristocratic family, but from the Qingzhou Feng family.

The Emperor Longyan was very pleased and rewarded King Li generously. He also gave the Feng family a plaque titled "The First Family in the World" and also gave some honorary rewards to the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Dongming Ziyu said lightly: "I didn't expect that the Feng family would get involved."

Shangguan Ruoli asked: "Would you like me to contact Feng Jinxing as Hua Xiaoyu and ask about the situation?"

Dongming Ziyu's face darkened, "No, don't worry about these things."

Feng Jinxing is as gentle as jade and unparalleled in the world. He doesn't want his woman to have anything to do with such a pretty boy!

Shangguan Ruoli didn't know his little thoughts and thought the matter was unimportant, so he put it down.

In the evening, news came from the palace that Eunuch Zheng had indeed left the palace in the middle of the night and had returned at the beginning of Yinshi.

Dongming Ziyu knew in his heart that Queen Hao should be kind to Eunuch Zheng. No wonder Eunuch Zheng always helped him secretly.

At that time, if Eunuch Zheng had not spoken for him in front of the emperor, he would not have survived.

He remembered this kindness and would repay it one day.

In the next few days, in addition to working hard to create villains, the two of them studied some military cases and modern policies that benefit the country and the people.

Soon, the restaurant jointly opened with the Fifth Prince opened.

I don't know what method the fifth prince used to coax the emperor into inscribing a plaque for the restaurant, hanging it at the door of the restaurant and covering it with red silk.

Because the publicity and momentum were well done, the door of the restaurant was crowded with people early in the morning.

The fifth prince also invited a gong and drum team and a lion dance team, which was even more lively and attracted many people.

It was Shangguan Ruoli's idea to hold a cutting ceremony, and he invited King Xuan and several high-ranking people in the capital to do the cutting.

They were sitting in a private room on the third floor of the restaurant, waiting for an auspicious moment.

"Humph! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have shown up on such an occasion!" Dongming Ziyu felt a little awkward.

Of those people on the three floors downstairs, some came to eat, and some came to see him. Didn’t you see the shining eyes of those older girls and younger wives?

They didn't dare to think too much about him, but they didn't usually have the chance to see him, so it was okay to take a look from a distance.

Shangguan Ruoli chuckled and said, "This is called the celebrity effect..."

Suddenly, she stopped talking and rushed to the window, staring closely at the alley in the distance.

There stood a woman wearing blue coarse cloth, with a pale face and green lips.

Shangguan Ruoli exclaimed: "It's Li Lanxin!"
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