When the meal was over, Liu Haojia's story was also finished. Emperor Wanli drank tea and said: "I don't know that you are quite capable. You actually pulled Gu Ningbo out of the house like this!"
Liu Haojia said flatteringly: "That's because the Holy Emperor is on the throne, and only the common people in Haiyanheqing have the opportunity to show their talents! Otherwise, I'm afraid they won't even have the chance to fight for their lives!"
Emperor Wanli could understand this. After all, with so many honors and so few official positions, how could it be the Liu family's father and son's turn to lead the army? Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli said: "You have always called yourself a grassroots man. Could it be that Lian Mengbu is that?
Didn’t you pass the test?”
Liu Haojia said with a wry smile: "I didn't have money to open up the joints before, but now that I have money, I am busy practicing martial arts every day and have no time to promote this matter, so I have delayed it until now!"
Emperor Wanli nodded thoughtfully and said: "It was worth coming out today. I heard many interesting things and had a good meal! I will go back to the palace first, and I will come and play with you when I have the opportunity to leave the palace in the future!"
Liu Haojia stood up in a hurry and sent the Wanli Emperor and the two out. It wasn't until he saw a large number of people crowding the carriage and walking away that he breathed a sigh of relief! But he was very satisfied with the development of things today! At least he was on the line with the Wanli Emperor.
, and he also promised to come look for him when he goes out again in the future. This is the most important thing!
Emperor Wanli took his people back to the palace, and wanted to show off today's harvest to Empress Dowager Li. Little did he know that while he was eating at Shiweizhai, the palace had already received the news!
After all, there is no mother who does not love her child, lest he be harmed! Especially a mother who has the most power in the world will naturally take special care of her son! So Emperor Wanli felt that he was free outside the palace
In fact, every move he made was reported to the palace.
At that time, Queen Mother Li was chatting with several palace maids, and then someone reported that Eunuch Chen Hong was asking for an audience. Queen Mother Li said with a smile: "It must be the news that Lord Long Live is outside! It seems that we encountered something new outside today.
Yes, the news came quickly! Let him come in!"
After a while, Chen Hong walked in and saluted the Queen Mother. Queen Mother Li said: "Forget it, there is no point in worshiping here all day long! Tell me, what new things did Long Live Lord encounter outside?"
Chen Hong said: "Back to the Queen, today I went to Qipan Street! It was nothing at first, but today I happened to encounter one of the ten scenic spots in the capital, so I went to join in the fun!"
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said: "The Ai family knows the ten scenes in the capital, but I don't know which scene Long Live Master encountered today!"
Chen Hong said with a smile: "Liu Haojia, the street cleaning tiger of Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion, came out again today!"
The Queen Mother looked displeased when she heard this and said: "How do the people around Mr. Long Live work as errands? How can Mr. Long Live be allowed to get close to such a playboy!"
Chen Hong said: "Your Majesty, the people around Long Live Master just now came back with news that there is something hidden in this."
Empress Dowager Li said in surprise: "How can a dandy have any hidden secrets? If it weren't for the rule of not apprehending the public and not investigating the officials, Shuntian Prefecture should have been informed long ago to arrest him!"
Chen Hong said hurriedly: "I don't know what the empress is. Although Liu Haojia was domineering on the street, throwing things and smashing stalls, he never hurt anyone, and he still had some sense of propriety! And the most interesting thing is that all the things he smashed were given to him in the end.
Money!"
Queen Mother Li was even more surprised when she heard this and said, "Did you pay back the money? What on earth is going on?"
Chen Hong said: "There is news from people around Long Live Lord that Liu Haojia was restrained by his family to study and practice martial arts every day. He couldn't stand up to his parents, so he had to go out to seek bad luck for those people! I'm afraid he would be taking advantage of those people.
He was used as a punching bag, but he was afraid of breaking the rules of the court, so he always paid enough money behind his back!"
After speaking, Chen Hong also gave a rough overview of the whole incident, and finally said: "The main reason is that Gu Ningbo's mansion was really not worth mentioning in the past, so the slaves didn't pay attention, otherwise they would have known the inside story!"
Queen Mother Li laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "What an interesting little hozen! He has come up with such a way to relieve his boredom!"
After Empress Dowager Li listened to all the news in detail and found out that Emperor Wanli had followed Liu Haojia to eat at Shiweizhai, she smiled and said, "Chen Hong, I wonder if Liu Haojia did this to lure Lord Wan live to him?"
?This is not a smart approach!"
Chen Hong bowed and said: "I think this is also the case, slave! But you don't have to worry, there are many people in the world who want to curry favor with Long Live Lord, and he is not the only one! But it's good that he can come up with this method.
It’s considered a thought! As for whether this method is clever or not, it doesn’t matter! But in my opinion, using this method to put your thoughts on the surface is much better than others!"
Empress Dowager Li nodded when she heard this. She was not afraid that her ministers had agendas, because if they had aspirations, they would be able to be used by the royal family! She was worried about those who could not see through their thoughts because she did not know their purpose. So her expression softened.
Many said: "That's true! It's just that I've heard of Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion a few times, but I can't remember it for a while!"
Chen Hong bowed and said, "Please forgive me. In a hurry, I only found out some recent news about Uncle Gu Ning's house. But for other news, I have sent people to investigate. I think there will be rewards soon."
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Queen Mother Li said: "Then tell me what you know now!"
Chen Hong said: "If we talk about Gu Ningbo's Mansion, the Queen may not know about it, but if we talk about Gu Ningbo's Mansion, it is Xuetang! In addition, the Queen must also know about Shiweizhai and Qingya Xiaozhu!"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li sat up straight and said in surprise: "What's wrong, are all these things related to his family?"
Chen Hong nodded and said: "That's right, empress! The recipe for this snow candy came from Gu Ningbo's house. It was made and sold by Zhang Ji's people! Now many people in the palace are willing to eat snow candy, even the imperial kitchen makes it
All the dishes are made with snow sugar! As for Qingya Xiaozhu, it was built by the wives of more than a dozen families, the biggest of which were several marquises! At first, these ladies were just looking for a place where they could happily relieve their boredom, but they didn’t expect it.
It has become a big deal, and Gu Ningbo’s Mansion is the largest shareholder of Qingya Xiaozhu! During this period, Gu Ningbo’s Mansion has been very closely connected with the Xungui family through Qingya Xiaozhu, which is very powerful!”