Prince Consort

Zhao Chongzhao was very happy recently. With his unremitting efforts, Zhao Ying was finally willing to summon him.

Zhao Chongzhao felt joy in his heart.

Even though Zhao Ying didn't give him a good look at all, Zhao Chongzhao was still silly for a long time.

After returning to the East Palace, Zhao Chongzhao approached Zhang Dade: "Is there anything interesting recently?"

Zhang Dade said: "There are indeed interesting things, Your Highness, my younger brother opened a new restaurant called Jinyulou."

Zhao Chongzhao raised his eyebrows.

He glanced at Zhang Dade: "Xiao Dezi, have you also learned how to use public affairs for personal gain?"

Zhang Dade hurriedly said: "Your Highness misunderstood, the interesting thing I want to talk about is related to the Jinyu Tower, so I brought it up!"

Zhao Chongzhao raised his chin, signaling Zhang Dade to continue.

Zhang Dade said: "General Changsun and Uncle Guo fought in the Jinyu Tower, and I heard that the Jinyu Tower was almost smashed!"

Zhao Chongzhao became interested: "Forget about the eldest grandson, how can uncle fight with others?" In my impression, my mother's elder brother is a character like a wild crane, who never fights with others.

Zhang Dade said: "Because Jinyulou has a kind of wine called Shaochun, they all like it very much, but Jinyulou only sells [-] cups a day, and you are not allowed to take it away, you can only drink it on the spot! But this wine is very delicious. Every day when the sale started, there were people guarding it, and more and more people guarding it every day!"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "This is interesting, your brother is a man with ideas."

Zhang Dade said: "How can this be my elder brother's idea, it's—"

Zhao Chongzhao's eyes lit up: "It's Sanlang's idea, right? I don't have time to leave the palace for a while, let's go, let's go find Sanlang!"

Zhao Chongzhao led Zhang Dade to Xie Zean's house in a hurry.

Xie Ze'an has already bought two adjacent houses and divided them into a front yard and a back yard.He went to Ren Yazi and bought a few long suits, and he was responsible for taking care of the house. The small house was more popular than last time.

In just a few days, the whole yard looks completely new.

Xie Ze'an was teaching boxing to a group of little radish heads in the open space in front of the yard. Even though he was only a half-grown child, he actually put on the posture of an "old coach" and stood there with a straight face to teach them.

Zhao Chongzhao stepped up and shouted: "Sanlang!"

Xie Ze'an turned his head and greeted with flattery: "His Royal Highness is coming!"

Zhao Chongzhao said: "You really have a leisurely heart."

Xie Ze'an said: "Your Highness laughed, I am a little tired from reading, I just come out to exercise my muscles and bones."

Zhao Chongzhao nodded, and happily went straight to the point: "Sanlang, you made that Jinyu Tower again?"

Xie Ze'an said: "It must be the great virtue talking nonsense again? I don't have that kind of capital. Brother Zhang did it."

Zhao Chongzhao said firmly: "You came up with the idea."

Xie Ze'an patiently explained: "It's an old store over there, and it originally sold wine and food, but after the old owner died of illness, the brothers fought, and a good store could not be opened in a few days. Brother Zhang has already sold it. After that, when I came to Beijing, it was already renovated and ready to open, and I just came up with a few small ideas to add to the icing on the cake."

Zhao Chongzhao didn't care so much, and said enthusiastically: "Go, take me to have a look."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Xiao Dezi is quite capable."

Of course Xie Zean responded with a smile.

The three arrived at Jinyu Tower soon.

The Jinyu Building is built by the water, with large and wide windows on all sides. It happened to be a sunny day, and the whole building looked extremely bright, with the golden sunlight falling on it, which really felt like a "full of gold and jade".

Taking a closer look, a row of young men in uniform uniforms were standing at the door, welcoming people with smiling faces.

Zhao Chongzhao said, "This must have been thought up by you, Saburo."

Xie Zean smiled.

A waiter came up to greet them, warmly led them in, and asked as they walked, "Is the little official here to eat or buy wine this time? Do you want an elegant room?"

Zhao Chongzhao said bluntly: "You can also buy wine when you eat, so you can eat outside. There are so many people." He just came to watch the excitement.

Xiao Er did not despise the three of Xie Zean because of their young age, and swiftly led them to a table by the window, saying: "Little officials, you came at a coincidence, and someone just finished eating, or else you have to wait for another table." It's free." As he spoke, he took out a square board with a menu on it, "Little official, take a look and see what you want to eat."

Zhao Chongzhao felt that it was novel, and said, "You all let people watch it for themselves?"

Xiao Er replied nonchalantly: "You can also report the name of the dish directly, as the petty official likes."

Zhao Chongzhao looked at the elegant and delicate "menu" over and over again, and finally looked at Xie Ze'an with a smile: "Sanlang?"

Xie Ze'an said, "I asked a few painters to help me write it."

Zhao Chongzhao's skills are not bad, of course, it can be seen that the words on the "menu" are different from the usual ones.He asked, "It doesn't look like it was written with a brush, and it doesn't look like it was written with your pencil."

Xie Ze'an said: "This is written with a quill pen."

In order to control the size of the menu, he specially gave the painters "induction training" and taught them how to use quill pens.The so-called quill pen is just a little treatment of the goose feather, and it is directly dipped in ink to write. The main purpose is to save trouble, effort and money.

Painters in this era generally only have business during the New Year and holidays, and they usually live a tight life. When they heard that Jinyulou had such a job that was settled on the same day, they readily accepted it.They have painted for most of their lives and have a very solid foundation. Most of them learned to write "hard calligraphy" with a quill pen before the opening of Jinyulou.

By the way, Xie Ze'an handed over the task of drawing advertisements to them.

Fortunately, Jinyulou has to sell a lot of goose meat every day, and it really can't find so many goose feathers to consume.

Xie Zean briefly introduced the quill pen to Zhao Chongzhao.

Zhao Chongzhao was speechless: "Sanlang, how can you always come up with so many strange things?"

Xie Ze'an said: "It's about saving costs. Only poor people rack their brains to save money."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "Bring me some quill pens later, Ning'er will definitely like them."

Xie Zean nodded.

Zhao Chongzhao ordered a few dishes according to the menu, and was about to drink some tea to moisten his mouth, when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the door.

Zhao Chongzhao likes excitement the most, so he immediately turned his head to look.

I saw a woman who was only about 28 or [-] years old walking in, wearing a crimson pomegranate dress, with beautiful eyebrows and a bit of fiery sharpness, which made people dare not look directly at her pair of extremely beautiful eyes.

The so-called dazzling light probably refers to this kind.

Her arrival instantly silenced the entire Jinyu Building.

Zhao Chongzhao was not quiet at all, he shouted in surprise: "Auntie!"

Xie Ze'an secretly said "what a coincidence".

How many people can make Zhao Chongzhao call aunt?This is probably the eldest princess.

He waited for so many days without seeing anyone, and he didn't expect to come here with Zhao Chongzhao today and run into him directly.

Although they just had a face-to-face meeting, Xie Ze'an has already confirmed that the rumors are wrong.

Abandoning wives and children is true, but it is false to be tricky and jealous.

Such a woman does have the charm to make men obsessed.After seeing this flame-like beauty, how can other women see it again?

What's more, it's a poor wife who has been forced by poverty to spend her whole day wearing a cloth skirt without makeup.

And how could such a woman be jealous of someone?

Whether it is based on her background or appearance, she has the capital to look down on most people.

Not to mention that there is a heroic spirit and indifference between her brows that is different from other women.

Xie Ze'an obediently walked behind Zhao Chongzhao and greeted him.

When the eldest princess saw Zhao Chongzhao, the condensed expression on her face melted away, and she said with a light smile: "A few days ago, I heard that you were studying hard in closed doors, so I knew it was unbelievable."

Zhao Chongzhao yelled that he was wronged: "This is the first time I have left the palace in the past few days!"

The aggrieved and serious look made the eldest princess laugh, and raised her hand to pinch Zhao Chongzhao's chubby round face.

Zhao Chongzhao's eyes were full of tears, but he didn't dare to run away.

Xie Ze'an: "..."

here you go!He wanted to do this for a long time!

Probably because Xie Ze'an's eyes were shining too abruptly, the eldest princess' eyes fell on him.

Xie Ze'an quickly suppressed his schadenfreude smile, and obediently stood aside.

The eldest princess asked: "Chongzhao, is this your new friend?"

Zhao Chongzhao happily introduced to the eldest princess: "Yes, aunt, this is Sanlang. Sanlang has many ideas, and he came up with many new things in this Jinyu Tower!"

The eldest princess looked at Xie Ze'an with a pleasing expression: "It turns out that he is still the little boss of Jinyulou."

Xie Ze'an said: "It's just an idea, not a boss."

At this time, the sales time of "Shaochun" is about to start.

A well-trained waiter carried an exquisite long table in the center, and maids in long emerald dresses came in one after another carrying a tray, and there was only a thin porcelain cup in the tray.

"Shaochun" is contained in a thin porcelain cup.

The porcelain cup is as white as jade, and the burning spring is clear and translucent.

People are beautiful, wine is even more beautiful.

Not to mention people who are good at drinking, even Zhao Chongzhao, who usually doesn't drink much, became excited: "Is this Shaochun? It must be delicious!"

The eldest princess' eyes fell on Xie Ze'an.

Xie Ze'an's goal has actually been achieved, but he doesn't mind taking this opportunity to build a good relationship with the eldest princess.He smiled: "Your Highness, please follow me upstairs."

Zhang Dayi had rushed over a long time ago, and when he heard someone report that Xie Zean led people into the elegant room, he immediately asked someone to fetch the best "Shaochun" and brought him into the elegant room himself.

When Zhang Dayi came in, his eyebrows were pleasing to the eye, but the eldest princess didn't notice him.Zhao Chongzhao had met Zhang Dayi, and he smiled and asked Zhang Dade: "Xiao Dezi, is this your brother? I should remember correctly."

Zhang Dade was flattered: "Your Highness has a good memory! This is my little brother Zhang Dayi."

The eldest princess moved her beautiful eyes slightly, looked at Zhang Dayi and asked, "You are the owner of the Jinyu Building? You are young, and you are capable."

Zhang Dayi looked ashamed: "I felt the same way before I met Sanlang, but after I met Saburo, I didn't dare to think so."

The eldest princess looked at Xie Ze'an.

Xie Ze'an hadn't humbled himself before hearing Zhao Chongzhao say: "Of course! Auntie, let me tell you that Ning'er has met Sanlang too, and she likes the pencils that Sanlang made. I'll send someone to give it later Let me show you! By the way," he picked up the "menu" on the table, "and this one, what kind of quill pen is used, it's fun!"

Seeing this, Xiao Er, who was standing by the side, quickly took out a few advertisements, and handed them over graciously: "Young official, please have a look, and this one! This is called an advertisement, an advertisement, which means to spread the word! Take it!" You can get a [-]% discount for eating with this advertisement, and only pay [-]% of the money!"

Zhang Dayi scolded dumbfoundedly: "Don't interrupt your nobleman's speech!"

Xiao Er quickly shut up.

Zhao Chongzhao had never seen this ad before, so he took the eldest princess to study it with great interest.

Xie Ze'an has been observing the eldest princess from the side, and soon discovered the gap between Zhao Chongzhao and others.Zhao Chongzhao was surprised when he saw everything, but the eldest princess was different—it was the same novel thing she saw, but the eldest princess just took a second look and didn't show much surprise.

Recalling the situation when he met Princess Yan Ning, Xie Ze'an felt that this was the bearing of a royal.

Zhao Chongzhao is definitely an outlier!