Traveling through the ancient times

In Kyoto, the envoys of Tuge Kingdom officially entered the city. Tuge Kingdom has a small territory and a small population, but the people of Tuge believe in the supremacy of force and everyone practices martial arts. They also relied on their good relations with Dongyi Kingdom to avoid being swallowed up by other countries. Therefore, Tuge tried his best to make friends with and curry favor with this powerful backer.

This time, the leader of Tuge Kingdom sent an envoy, who, in addition to paying tribute, also sent his seventh prince Adamu to ask for marriage in order to deepen the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The seventh prince presented tribute to Tu Ge and asked the king to marry the princess. The king said that Princess Jinse was still young and had not yet reached the age of marriage, so he arranged for the marriage of Princess Changning to the seventh prince of Tu Ge.

Although she was not a princess, she was a county princess personally arranged by the King of Dongyi. As long as she did not return empty-handed, the King of Tuge would not blame her. The Seventh Prince of Tuge had no objection and thanked the emperor for his grace.

The news was passed back to Marquis Mingyuan's mansion. For Princess Changning, it was like a bolt from the blue, but she did not dare to openly defy the order and refuse the marriage. As soon as Marquis Mingyuan returned home, Princess Changning begged him to help her cancel the engagement, but the imperial edict had already been issued in the hall, so he could only accept it.

Princess Changning made a big fuss at home. Marquis Mingyuan and his wife also knew that their daughter's heart belonged to the Third Prince. But in the hall, the king said that he would grant Changning a marriage, and the Third Prince did not express any opinion, which was enough to show that the Third Prince had no interest in Changning.

Although they were reluctant to let their daughters marry far away in another country, since this was the will of the king, they could only persuade their daughters to wait for marriage.

The wife of Marquis Mingyuan could only prepare the dowry for her daughter as soon as possible, and when the seventh prince returned, they would go to Tuge together to get married.

Since the chief envoy who received the Tuge delegation was Marquis Mingyuan, the Seventh Prince of Tuge also took the opportunity to meet Princess Changning. Princess Changning saw that the Seventh Prince of Tuge was humble and polite, and looked decent. Since the marriage was a foregone conclusion, she had to suppress her reluctance and accepted it reluctantly.

The Tu Ge delegation stayed in Kyoto for more than a month and then set out to return home, with Princess Changning going with them.

After more than a month, Nianchuhua's parents finally arrived. Five or six horse-drawn carriages, carrying all of Nianchuhua's family belongings, came directly to the yard from the back door.

Hua Ling, along with a few maids and coachmen, spent more than an hour moving all the things on the cart into the house.

Nian Dali and his wife and Nian Shiwei looked at the big house and the maids and servants in the yard, and once again marveled at the ability of Nian Chuhua.

With my family around me, painting at the beginning of the year suddenly didn’t feel so busy and tiring.

Nian Dali helps to oversee the decoration of the shop every day, and Luo Shi also helps with the selection of materials and cooking.

Another thing worth being happy about is that, not sure if it was an appointment, Jiang Ruixue and the two brothers Lu Mingqian and Lu Mingcheng also arrived in Qunan a few days later.

Several people gathered in Chushouhua's new house and raised their glasses to congratulate Chushouhua on moving into a new home.

After that day, several people became frequent visitors to the Nian Mansion. Nian Chuhua took out the hot pot base that she had figured out during this period, and cooked hot pot every day, asking these people to help taste the flavor. If they felt that something was missing, she would add it and cook it again the next day until all of them were satisfied.

The shop was newly decorated and tidied up, and the "Laweizhai" painted at the beginning of the year officially opened for business.

The first floor is for hot pot and barbecue. Since the hot pot is cooked with charcoal, it needs to be ventilated in time, so the hot pot tables are placed in a circle along the windows. Guests who eat barbecue sit at the regular tables and chairs in the middle of the lobby.

The second floor is divided into two sections, one for skewers and the other for private rooms.

Taking into account that some guests want to eat but don’t want to cook it themselves, Chushuhua prepared cold pot skewers, which can be cooked in the kitchen and served on the table for immediate consumption. The private rooms offer both hot pot and barbecue skewers.

On the first day of opening, they offered a new store promotion at the beginning of the year, with a 50% discount on all items for the first three days. Because this way of eating had never been seen before, this hot pot restaurant had many people just watching the fun, but very few people actually went in to eat.

Nianchuhua also knew that new things always need a growth period, so she was not in a hurry. Her friends would naturally come to support her, and Nianchuhua thought that they were the only ones there!

Unexpectedly, near noon, Governor Zhou came with his wife and daughter to congratulate him. Classmate Wang from the academy also came with his family. Several classmates who were on good terms with Nian Chuhua also came to show their support.

Some officials and merchants who wanted to curry favor with the governor, seeing that Lord Zhou and his family had gone there, also went in and ordered a few dishes to try.

It became lively for a while. Nianchuhua was very grateful to these friends who came to support her. No matter why they came, Nianchuhua accepted the favor and asked the waiter to give each table a large cup of freshly squeezed juice for free.

With someone taking the lead, more people followed and came into the store, wanting to try these new things.

A variety of hot and spicy dishes, paired with the special iced milk tea made at the beginning of the year, make people linger in the aftertaste.

After that day, word of mouth spread and the fame of Laweizhai spread.

Some people like this unique way of eating and invite friends to come back to eat. Some people listen to friends' recommendations and come here to try it out.

In short, for a while, Laweizhai became the most popular shop in Qunan City.

If business is good, it is natural that it will attract the envy of competitors.

One day, a man and his friend came to Laweizhai to eat hotpot. Not long after the meal, the man broke out in rashes all over his body and was extremely itchy. He kept shouting that he was poisoned by the food he ate and that Laweizhai wanted to kill him.

Qi Muhe heard the noise and hurried over, pushing aside the crowd to observe the man's condition.

The man was lying on the ground shouting that he was in pain, saying that the spicy food had poisoned him. Logically, as a companion, seeing his friend eating together in this situation, he should have anxiously helped him find a doctor to treat him in time.

However, the people at the same table with him were not anxious, nor did they say they would find a doctor for treatment. Instead, they just made a fuss with indignation on their faces, saying that Laweizhai was trying to kill people for money. Seeing this, people around them began to question Laweizhai.

Qi Muhe tried to calm the people around him and asked his men to call for a doctor, but they said that they were going to kill people and why did they call for a doctor...

Nian Chuhua stood on the stairs on the second floor and watched what was happening below. She had some guesses in her mind, but she still had to wait for the doctor to see her before she could be sure.

"Please don't worry too much, everyone evacuate. This young man might have eaten something and has a food allergy, which is why he is like this." Nian Chuhua walked over and gently comforted the people around him.

A waiter called out that the boss was coming, and he parted the crowd to make way. Nianchuhua walked up to the man and squatted down to observe his situation carefully. The man avoided her eyes and did not dare to look directly at Nianchuhua. Nianchuhua knew that she had guessed right.

People around were looking at Nian Chuhua curiously. They didn't expect that the owner of Laweizhai was such a young girl.

Seeing that Nian Chuhua was just a teenage girl, the people sitting at the same table with the man laughed in their hearts, "You said she was allergic, so he was allergic? He himself said he was poisoned, so isn't he poisoned?"