Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

a few days later.

The emperor of the dynasty worked hard to govern and worked hard, so according to Tiancheng's rules, he still had to go to court even during the daytime on New Year's Eve, and only the party at the beginning of the new year could officially rest and take a bath.

However, considering the absent-minded appearance of all the ministers who were on vacation, the emperor didn't say much in the court hall. He only asked them to briefly report on their duties one by one, and then waved his hand and announced the dismissal of the court, making them happy. Go home for the New Year.

The last court meeting of the year needs to have a beginning and an end. Although it is not the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, Ming Tan has still arrived at the Tai Chi Hall.At this moment, she was yawning, stepped out of the palace gate together with Ming Jing, tilted her head and said with a smile: "What's the matter, it's New Year's Eve, is Third Brother still going back to the Palace for the New Year?"

Hearing the playful tone of the other party, Ming Jing raised his eyebrows, turned his head and smiled at his younger sister, "Then Tan'er, tell me, if I don't go back to the palace, where should I go?"

"It's not that Kunning Palace can't accommodate you, so don't leave."

Ming Tan bent his eyes, and mercilessly exposed her third brother's shortcomings: "The palace is empty, you are a loner, go back and drink the northwest wind? Why don't you stay with us in Kunning Palace to watch the new year..."

"Third brother Mo Dang doesn't know, you are persuading me to stay now, but you will definitely leave the palace again in a while, and go to Lin's mansion to find that young lady and don't come back until evening." Ming Jing snorted softly, squinting his eyes She also confronted her sister tit for tat, "You girl is full of calculations, after all, you just want me to relieve your boredom by spending time with your mother!"

"...I don't have the heart of a villain!"

Ming Tan stuck out his tongue without confidence, and choked back: "The mother is accompanied by the concubine Yi, and even the emperor is too lazy to talk to her, so she still needs you to accompany her to relieve boredom? Sister, I just see you as lonely and helpless, and I feel sorry for you. It’s really a dog who bites Lu Dongbin and doesn’t know a good heart!”

Ming Jing raised his eyebrows, and pretended to hit her in a feigned anger, "Are you going to scold her again?"

Ming Tan has been with her third brother for so long, so he naturally knows that the other party is not really angry, and while pretending to run away, laughing and laughing with her, they headed towards Kunning Palace.

However, before he had walked a few steps, he suddenly heard a voice from the side, shouting hurriedly: "Nine, Nine Princesses! Your Highness Nine Princesses—"

Ming Tan was called to stop, turned his head to look, and saw a fat figure running towards him not far away, wearing a black gauze on his head and an official robe of a crane patch, panting and saying: "Huh...huh...the minister has caught up with you!"

"Oh, Master Lu!" Ming Tan looked at the other party intently, and said with a smile, "It's really rare, you still take the initiative to find me?"

——The person who came was Lu Tiesheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ninth Princess' words were a bit yin and yang, which made Lu Shangshu scratch his head in embarrassment, and put on his usual bitter face, "Princess, don't bury the minister... In the past few days, you haven't even made a court call. I have been there, it really made me wait so hard!"

"Huh?" Ming Tan blinked in surprise, "What do you want from me?"

"Didn't I hear from Master Wen that the white girl who drew the map of the canal family just returned from Yuanzhou on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month?"

With anticipation in his eyes, Lu Tiesheng put up his sleeves and gave Ming Tan a deep salute: "All of us in the Ministry of Industry are waiting for Miss Bai to be free so that we can meet her and ask her how she has a way to get around. Such a fantastic idea! Alas, it's a pity that you haven't come to the court for a long time, princess, and my foreign ministers have no way to ask to see you, so today I have no choice but to stop you from asking..."

However, just after Lu Shangshu finished speaking with sincerity and eagerness for talents, Mingtan's expression paused, showing hesitation, and he looked even more embarrassed than the former just now.

"Lord Lu, since you want to see Miss Bai Lu, why don't you ask Third Brother to tell me in advance?" She sighed, waved her hand and said, "Bai Lu is not from the capital, but lives with her father in Chunzhou... Master Lu, it was a coincidence that you found her today, on the twenty-eighth day, I sent someone to send her back to Chunzhou, and I don't know when I will return to the capital."

Lu Tiesheng: "..."

How did Lu Tiesheng know that Bai Lu was from Chunzhou!Hearing the sad news at this moment, he was struck by lightning immediately, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he lost his voice: "How could it be so——"

"Oh, Master Lu, don't worry," Ming Tan stared at the other party's bitter face sympathetically, and spread his hands and promised, "After the New Year's Day, I will definitely bring Bai Lu back to the capital and take her to the Ministry of Industry as soon as possible, so that we can be with her." My lords, discuss the matter of building the canal together!"

"Okay, let's go," Lu Tiesheng smiled wryly twice, and said in a daze, "Your Highness the Ninth Princess..."

After the other party said goodbye and left, Ming Jing touched his chin from behind, looked at Lu Shangshu's lonely ghost-like figure with some surprise, turned his head and asked his sister, "How did Tan'er get on line with the Ministry of Industry again?"

"Of course it's because of my ingenuity."

Ming Tan grinned at him, and patted Ming Jing on the shoulder, "Oh, by the way, third brother, is your carriage still parked outside the palace gate? I'll requisition it first, go find Shu Rong to play, and let the coachman drive by himself later." Going back to the palace is..."

She arranged everything on her own, then waved her hand as a matter of course, and said goodbye to Ming Jing with a smile: "You, just go to Kunning Palace and sit down in peace, so that you can chat with your mother!"

"..."

Left alone in the same place, seeing his younger sister jumping away like a bird, Ming Jing sighed lowly, stretched out his hands to rub the center of his brows, and turned helplessly towards the direction of Kunning Palace.

This Tan'er was spoiled by them!spoiled!

……

"Oh, Princess Nine!"

After the gate of the prime minister's mansion was opened, Mrs. Lin almost laughed in surprise, and hurriedly took Ming Tan into the house, and asked warmly: "It's Chinese New Year's Eve today, why do you have time to go out of the palace? Is it cold outside, my wife to go How about getting you a hand stove?"

"The old minister greets the Ninth Princess, Your Highness is a thousand years old." Lin Xiang stood aside and gave Mingtan a deep salute. Although he also had a smile on his face, he did not forget the proper rules of respect.

"Prime Minister, madam, I wish you both a happy New Year." Ming Tan smiled slightly, reached out and handed the cloak that he had taken off to Lin Xun who came over consciously, turned his head and raised his eyebrows at the latter and said, "And Ah Xun, I also wish you a happy New Year's Eve—"

Lin Xun obediently took the cloak, curled his lips at her and said, "You too."

Today is the holiday, Ming Tan is rare and generous, and he doesn't mind Lin Xun's expression of reluctance. He just casually patted his shoulder and turned his head to look around, "Where is Shurong? Why don't you see her?"

As soon as the words fell, the door curtain leading to the inner room was lifted by a bright wrist, and a beautiful woman wearing a dark red short jacket stepped out from it.With a smile on her lips, she held a plate full of red plum sugar cakes in her hand, turned her head sideways, and showed a magnificent smile at Ming Tan.

"I knew His Highness was coming, so I specially prepared some snacks for you." Lin Shurong said softly, "Come here and have a taste?"

"Come on, come on!"

Ming Tan smiled like a candy cake, ran to the people in a few steps, and when no one in the room noticed them, he suddenly raised his head and quickly kissed Lin Shurong's cheek.

"Chirp!"

The latter was taken aback by her actions, and almost lost his grip on the flower cake. It took a while to wake up, and he turned his head and stared at Ming Tan reproachfully, "Your Highness!"

"Qingqing—"

The daring little princess showed no sign of guilt, but instead smiled slyly, "I wish you all the best in the New Year."

Lin Shurong raised her eyebrows, showed her face again, stretched out her hand to caress the top of the other's hair, and replied in the same gentle voice: "Your Highness, too. Everything is going well."

……

The remaining wax is more exhausted, and the dawn of the new year reminds me.

Faced with the risk of being scolded, Ming Tan reluctantly bid farewell to Lin Shurong after spending the whole day of the New Year's Eve in the Lin residence, and set off for the palace.

The New Year's Eve banquet was held on the first day of the lunar new year, but today's New Year's Eve had no rules at all. All the palaces would set meals to observe the new year, and some concubines even hung up lanterns in their palaces.On the way back to Kunning Palace, when Ming Tan passed a small palace room, he could clearly hear the sound of playfulness coming from inside, he couldn't help slowing his steps slightly, and smiled slightly.

"It's a great New Year's Eve," she said with emotion to Mallow, "even though there are many hardships and sufferings on weekdays, but between today and tomorrow, you can temporarily put aside forgetting and enjoy this moment of pure celebration and joy. "

"At the beginning of spring, everything is born again, which indicates that everything will have a new beginning." Mallow said with a smile, "No matter what troubles Your Highness has, you should put it aside for a while, maybe it will have something else. Is it a turnaround?"

"..."

Ming Tan blinked, looking at such a perceptive and clear mallow in surprise, and after a while, slowly raised the corners of his lips, smiled lightly, and nodded deeply at the other party.

"Yes, it's another new year, of course it can't go on like this..."

The two slowly walked through the winding palace road, and when they returned to Kunning Palace, the sky had already completely darkened, only the lights in the palace remained bright.

Ming Tan walked up the long steps, stepped into the hall, and saw three people not far away who were waiting for her to come back——

As Ming Tan expected, the Empress had a very happy conversation with Hua Rong. Not only did she not notice Ming Tan's return, she also completely forgot about her own son Ming Jing, leaving the latter to drink tea cup after cup. , looked like he was about to fall asleep, and his whole body exuded an air of boredom.

At this time, seeing Ming Tan's figure, Ming Jing finally regained his energy, squinted his eyes and stared at the unkind younger sister, and snorted softly: "Finally willing to come back?"

When he opened his mouth, the empress and concubine Yi also turned their heads when they heard the sound. Six eyes were fixed on Mingtan at the same time. Seeing the latter's scalp numb, he hurriedly begged for mercy: "There is snow on the road, and the carriage is not smooth. That's why I came back a little late..."

"Today is New Year's Eve, and even ordinary families have to be reunited together," the queen gave her daughter a reproachful look, pretending to be displeased and said, "Only you girl, you still choose the day to go out... You must have gone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to bother me again?"

"Ahem, the first and second palaces are full of miscellaneous things, I can't get away, and I won't see you for a few days... Queen Mother, please spare me this time, don't worry about it with my son."

Knowing that he was right, Ming Tan leaned forward, while holding the Queen's hand to plead guilty, while secretly turning his head to wink at the third brother, asking him to intercede for him.

Unexpectedly, Ming Jing could hold grudges very much at this time, just thinking that she had cramps in the corners of her eyes, not only did she not excuse her sister who robbed her carriage, but even scraped the edge of the tea cup with the tea cover, the old god added fuel to the ground: "You Chengri and Miss Lin are inseparable from Mengmeng, but it's only a few days, and they can be so anxious? I don't believe it."

"..." Ming Tan turned his head abruptly, and grinned at him, "Don't talk! I won't give you New Year's greetings tomorrow!"

Watching the siblings laughing and going back and forth, the queen and Hua Rong looked at each other, and couldn't help but smile in relief.

New Year's Eve reunion night, it should be so lively.

"All right, all right, let's go, how can I control you?" The queen stretched out her finger and pointed Ming Tan's forehead, let her go for now, and turned to Du Ye, "Since the princess is back, let Xiao Set up meals in the kitchen quickly, don't miss the time to light the lamps to watch the New Year..."

Before her words fell to the ground, she heard a loud laugh from the door of the palace. Someone stepped over the threshold and jokingly said, "I don't know if I'm lucky enough to be able to watch the New Year with you tonight?"

"—Father!"

Ming Tan's eyes lit up, he turned around, and he saw the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe, looking at them with a smile, raised his eyebrows at the queen and asked, "Can Zi Tong agree?"

"Your Majesty was joking," the queen said helplessly, "You are willing to come to watch the new year together. This is the blessing of Kunning Palace. Could it be that the concubine will drive you out?"

"Hahahaha, even if you want to rush, I will definitely stay here!"

The emperor waved his hand, looked at the scene, and suddenly seemed to remember something, turned his head to Sheng An and said: "Send someone to bring the 30-year-old Taihu Huadiao from the treasury. This wine is rather warm. It has the effect of relaxing tendons and activating blood, just enough for Jing Er and I to drink a few cups!"

Ming Jing smiled slightly, nodded his head and said: "Yes, I should accompany you."

In a few words, the atmosphere was just right, and the parents and children in the palace were happy and happy, but Hua Rong, the only outsider, lowered his eyes slightly, stood up hesitantly, saluted the emperor, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, empress, the weather is not good Good morning, the concubine will return to the palace first."

As soon as these words came out, the few people who were still joking were stunned, and turned their heads to look at her at the same time.The queen lost all her smile in an instant, and looked particularly flustered. She clasped Hua Rong's wrist firmly, and said urgently: "Ayu..."

The emperor also frowned, looked at the other party with disapproval, shook his head and said, "What are you going back for? Your palace is very deserted, and you don't even have any personality. How can it be as lively as Kunning Palace? — Just stay here Now, don't leave, don't think about it, today is the New Year's Eve, and I will be with Zitong to watch the new year later."

"A concubine..."

"It's okay, it's okay, the sacred order must not be violated."

The emperor stared at Hua Rong, seeing the faint uneasiness on the latter's face, so he could only add in a low voice: "What's more, this is what I owe you two, and you can leave it at ease." Come down."

"...Yes, my concubine obeys the order."

Hua Rong pursed her lips, sighed slightly, held the queen's hand instead, and seemed to whisper something at the same time, but Ming Tan didn't hear it.

Her gaze shifted, and she hurriedly glanced at the empress, concubine Yi and the emperor. She paused for a while, but she couldn't say anything.

——The emotional entanglement of the previous generation should not be meddled at will, let them solve it by themselves.

……

The small kitchen of Kunning Palace is considered top-notch in the entire palace, and it can compete with the Imperial Dining Room. The dishes prepared by the chef are rich and beautiful, full of fragrance, and just looking at it makes people move their index fingers involuntarily.

Several people took their seats one by one and began to eat.Ming Tan fell in love with the silk-drawn red sweet potato closest to her at a glance, and immediately stretched out his chopsticks to clamp it, and lifted it up, and several exquisite and slender sugar threads were immediately pulled up, dragging them long and thin; After it is enough, dip it in the clean water prepared next to it, the sugar strands will solidify and break immediately, and finally fall onto the delicate white porcelain plate, which is crystal clear and finely detailed.

On the other hand, the sweet potato itself, the golden sugar noodles are like glass, which is properly and flatly wrapped by the cook, reflecting the burning light of the lamp.The potato cubes produced in Kunzhou are darker in color, and they are displayed on the plate like rubies, intertwined with countless sugar threads.

In order to ensure that the silk can be pulled out smoothly, this dish is still hot after serving.Ming Tan picked up the sweet potato, carefully bit a small piece, suddenly felt sweet and fragrant, the angular glass of sugar noodles shattered in his mouth, turning into a stream of sweet water, making the sweet potato that was too dense and choking The taste is neutralized a lot and makes it more fragrant and soft. It goes from the tip of the tongue to the heart. It is a delicious dish that is very suitable for Chinese New Year.

"Since Tan'er sent a lot of red sweet potatoes to the dining room, I heard that all the palaces love to order this dish."

The queen also picked up a piece of red sweet potato, followed Ming Tan's example, put it in a small bowl over water, looked at it carefully and said, "It's the first time I try to make it in the small kitchen today, but I don't know how it tastes?"

"It's very sweet and delicious." Ming Tan said with a smile, "This sweet potato can be roasted, fried, boiled or roasted, everything is very delicious, but it's the best food!"

"Isn't this what Yuanzhou grows?" Even Ming Jing, who doesn't like sweets, tasted a piece and couldn't help nodding in praise, "Compared with rice and wheat, the taste is not much worse, no wonder Tan'er took a lot of money to taste it. Make great efforts to transplant plants from Kunzhou..."

"Besides, apart from the fact that this sweet potato is easy to survive, the biggest advantage is that it can easily satisfy people."

The emperor smiled, and looked at Ming Tan kindly, "Now that the imperial envoys have returned, I have rewarded them all, but you are the only one left behind—this time Long Lin strongly recommends Yuanzhou to plant sweet potatoes, but it helps the court establish You have made great achievements, how about it, what reward do you want?"

reward?

Ming Tan really didn't think about it.

Holding the chopsticks, she was stunned for a while, then shook her head and said: "As a child of the Tian family, Long Lin is supported by the people, and it is his duty to try to help the victims, how can he have the audacity to ask the emperor for rewards?"

"I want to reward you, and you didn't take the initiative to ask for it, so how can you say so brazenly?" The emperor asked persistently, "Gold and silver, houses and fields, doesn't it mean that Longlin doesn't have anything he wants? "

"It's... really not."

Ming Tan tilted his head and pondered for a moment, then put down his chopsticks helplessly, and spread his hands, "The gold and silver treasures that you, the queen mother, and the concubine Yi usually give me are already piled up in the treasury, and I can hardly put them down; As for the houses and fields, they are even more useless... Longlin has no shortage of housing now, and he has Chunzhou Huangzhuang under his name, what else is there for?"

She is really hopeless.

These words came from the heart, and the emperor obviously heard Ming Tan's sincere refusal.Although he wanted to reward his daughter, he couldn't be bothered to reward her with things that she really didn't need, so he sighed regretfully: "No matter what, Dragon Scale has made merit, and this is a sure thing. Since you can't think of anything to ask for now If you want a reward, then you owe it to the emperor first, and we can discuss it later!"

Ming Tan blinked his eyes, nodded indifferently, and said with a smile: "Longlin, thank you for your great love!"

——In such a conversation and laughing, without knowing it, the New Year's Eve dinner was happily halfway through.

At this time, at the Zizi stall where a few people were laughing and chatting, Du Ye, who was waiting outside the hall, suddenly knocked on the door and entered the hall, saluting: "Your Majesty, Empress, Rui Lanxuan's maid Ru Ling is seeking an audience outside, and she is here on the order of the Seventh Princess to deliver dishes to His Highness the Ninth Prince."

"Ah...cough, Seventh Sister?"

Ming Tan was stunned for a moment, put down his chopsticks, and said with a joyful smile: "It's hard for her to think about me this Chinese New Year's Eve."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and while nodding at Du Ye, motioning for the maid to enter the palace to deliver the food, he teased Ming Tan: "Hey, Long Lin is actually on good terms with your Seventh Sister? I seem to remember that she loves you the most." Clean, you often read books alone, how can you still stand your bluffing temper?"

"...Dragon Scale, what's the fuss!" Ming Tan rolled his eyes, and was about to seriously argue for himself, but Du Ye had already brought Ru Ling into the hall, and she had no choice but to return to the formal appearance of sitting upright .

"My maid, Ruilan Xuan Ruling, is a maid who serves the Seventh Princess. I greet Your Majesty, Empress Empress, Concubine Yi, Third Highness, and Ninth Highness."

The young palace lady held the food box, and met with a long ceremony in a proper manner, "The seventh princess thought of His Highness Ninth, and specially asked the maid to bring two New Year's Eve dishes made by the noble lady, congratulations Happy New Year's Eve."

Seeing Ming Tan accepting the blessing with a nod of his head, Ru Ling blessed him deeply again.Then he added: "Also, after Her Majesty Jing heard what His Royal Highness had done, she also added a dish of squirrel mandarin fish, and ordered her servant to congratulate the Empress on the New Year."

"Well, Mrs. Jing has worked so hard."

The queen nodded with a smile, and said to Duye: "Go and take out the pair of carved red agate jade bottles from the private treasury of the palace, and give them to the Seventh Princess and Mrs. Jing respectively."

"Yes." Du Ye promised, first took the food box in Ru Ling's hand, and went forward to arrange the dishes in person.

I saw that the food box was already filled to the brim. On the top was the squirrel mandarin fish with red sauce, in the middle was sliced ​​hibiscus chicken layered like petals, and at the bottom was a white and red sugar dumpling .When they were taken out of the box one by one, they were still faintly steaming, probably just out of the pot not long ago, so they hurriedly sent someone to Kunning Palace.

After setting out the dishes, Du Ye led Ru Ling back to receive the rewards, leaving only the three dishes placed in the middle of the table, filled with fragrance, the emperor couldn't help but praised: "This noble man is very good at choosing dishes, and he is taking more than one year after year." It means quite auspicious."

"Tangcheng sand balls seem to be a must-eat dessert during New Year's Day in the south, but I never thought that noble Jing would make them." The queen also followed up the conversation.

Rui Lanxuan does not have a small kitchen, if these few dishes were cooked by Mrs. Jing, it is presumably with the help of the stove in the imperial dining room...

As a dignified concubine, she is willing to cook herself, which is very thoughtful.

The few people knew this in their hearts, put down their chopsticks to taste it, and couldn't help sighing: "This squirrel mandarin fish tastes delicious, it has no thorns and is easy to chew, it is really very authentic."

"The concubine has long heard that Mr. Jing's craftsmanship is very good. It wasn't until today that she was lucky enough to taste it that she realized that it is true. I am afraid that even the imperial dining room can't compare to it."

"My concubine went to Huzhou with my grandfather when I was young. Tangcheng sand balls are a local New Year's snack. The Chengpi is thin and transparent. It's the same as the ones made by Jinggui..."

In fact, Ming Tan had already learned about Mr. Jing's superb cooking skills when he first visited Rui Lanxuan many years ago.

At that time, the other party seemed to have made a special trip to Yaohuaxuan where Concubine Ying lived at the time, and made a dish of hibiscus chicken slices for her and Ming Wei——

Memories coincide with the present, and in the blink of an eye, some thought seems to flash across Mingtan's mind, but it melts away like snowflakes in an instant, without leaving any trace.

A soft "ding" sound was drowned out in the conversation, Ming Tan tapped the porcelain plate lightly with the tip of his chopsticks, his expression looked a little dignified.

For some reason, she always felt that Mrs. Jing had no contact with Kunning Palace for a long time, and this time she suddenly took the opportunity of wishing the New Year to send food, there must be another deep meaning behind it.

However, Ming Tan really couldn't figure out what intentions the other party was hiding.

...Maybe I'm overthinking it?

She shook her head, took out a piece of hibiscus chicken with chopsticks, and put it into her mouth thoughtfully.

The first and second days of the Lunar New Year are the busiest two days in the palace.Welcoming good fortune and Najib, offering sacrifices to ancestors, annual banquets, watching a hundred operas, worshiping incense and praying to the gods... As a princess, Mingtan is naturally indispensable. He became busy with the emperor and became a spinning top. After falling asleep in the morning, I hurriedly scrambled out of the palace, and started a new round of eating, drinking and having fun in the outside world.

This time she didn't go to the Lin Mansion, but went straight to Fangji Street with a clear goal.

After rushing non-stop all the way to Shun'an Study, after being reminded by the staff, the shopkeeper Zhou, who was busy with accounting, hurriedly greeted him, and said pleasantly, "Miss Nine! Why are you free to come here today?"

"It's Chinese New Year, I'm here to give you red envelopes."

With a smile on his face, Ming Tan took out a bright red purse from his sleeve, which was full of silver, and his hands were still a little bit tight, and he handed it to shopkeeper Zhou: "It's been a hard few months, I wish you New Year's Eve!" Joy, prosperity, longevity and well-being."

Shopkeeper Zhou was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hurriedly held the red envelope in his palm, beaming with joy, and said, "Thank you, Miss Jiu! I also wish you all the best!"

There is not much silver in the red envelope, but it was given to him by the princess herself, and it is full of the noble air of the heavenly family!Shopkeeper Zhou immediately picked it up like a treasure, with a beaming face, and said to Ming Tan: "Miss Lin also came here before, but she came earlier than you, and she just went to the teahouse next door to sit for a while. Are you going to look for it?"

Ming Tan turned his head, looked at the endless stream of customers in the shop, smiled and waved his hands and said: "No need, you take someone to take care of the study, and I can go by myself."

The Shun’an Tea House connected to the study opened successfully years ago, and I heard that the response was extraordinary: on the first day of opening, people who came here for the name filled all the seats, and even the private room was crowded. Many high-ranking officials and dignitaries hired them—they all got inside information and came here specially for the Spring State Winter Tea. Zou Mingyuan, who was used to seeing big scenes, almost caught Zou Mingyuan by surprise.

You know, when President Ji Yu explained to him at that time, he only said that it was the business of the Nine Princesses for fun, and most of it would suffer losses, so he just had to do his best, but he didn't say that there would be such a scale and grand occasion!

A cup of winter tea is clearly priced at dozens of taels of silver, and there are people scrambling to buy it. How can I lose money here?

Even if Zou Mingyuan didn't do anything and just stayed at the counter to collect money, someone would take the initiative to stuff the money into his hands...

Looking at the world, could there be a better business than this?

Can't do it!

Zou Mingyuan's mouth twitched as he looked at the number on the account book that was enough to make countless merchants look straight. It's underestimating other people's abilities!

During the few days of New Year's Eve, not only the palace, but even ordinary people's homes are the busiest during the first and second days of the new year.Until the third day of junior high school today, most of them will choose to travel and play to relieve the boredom of staying at home for the first two days.

Similarly, the Fang Ji of the first lunar month is ranked on the first day of junior high school in Japan, but taking into account the customs of most people in the capital, it has also been changed to today.

Under the superimposition of the two festivals, the streets are crowded with people, and the doors of all businesses are wide open, and loud chants are heard from time to time, and the whole scene is overwhelmingly prosperous.

Wrapped in a snow-white cloak, Ming Tan stepped into the teahouse, and when she looked up, she saw that the room was full of guests reading or chatting in low voices. It was more orderly than she expected, presumably it was all thanks to the management of the shopkeeper Zou Mingyuan.

Behind the cashier's counter next door, seeing a girl in extraordinary clothes coming from the aisle of the study next door, the waiter's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurried up a few steps to meet him, smiling and saying, "Happy New Year, girl! Do you want to sit in the lobby or the private seats? You came just in time, there are still seats upstairs and downstairs, so you can just choose!"

The waiter's greeting was quite familiar, from the tone to the wording, it was very kind, as if the woman in front of her was not visiting for the first time, but a regular visitor who came to drink tea every day.

But in fact, the person standing in front of him was not an ordinary customer, but... the supreme chairman of this teahouse.

Ming Tan smiled inscrutably, and replied: "Thank you, but I'm here to find someone—a girl who looks like a heavenly man should have come to the building just now, and she looked at her in her twenties, I don't know if Xiao Er has any impression?"

Her description was really abstract, and there was no useful information except that the person she was looking for was very handsome.But this Xiao Er was obviously very enlightened. As soon as she finished speaking, he immediately slapped his palm, nodded repeatedly and said: "I know! I didn't expect that lady who was like a fairy descended from the earth to be the girl's friend? She has just He was brought upstairs to the private room by our shopkeeper Zou, please come here!"

Ming Tan nodded, and thanked him gently: "Thank you."

Shun'an Tea House has two floors, the first floor is the lobby, and the second floor has some scattered seats and private rooms.As soon as Ming Tan followed Xiaoer upstairs, he saw Zou Mingyuan waiting here.As soon as he saw Ming Tan's face, he hurried forward, waved Xiao Er to go down, and greeted with a smile: "I wish Miss Jiu a happy New Year."

Hearing that he followed shopkeeper Zhou's name, Ming Tan couldn't help but also smiled, and took out the red envelope from his sleeve, "The same goes for shopkeeper Zou, good luck during the New Year."

"Thank you Miss Jiu."

Shopkeeper Zou took the red envelope in surprise, smiled knowingly, and bowed deeply to her: "Miss Lin is already waiting in the private room, please come with the little old man."

Most of the private rooms on the second floor are cleaner than the lobby. Each room is decorated with gauze curtains, which can block the sight of outsiders even with the doors open. The details are very thoughtful.Shopkeeper Zou led Ming Tan around two turns, and walked all the way to the private room in the middle, finally stopped and said with a smile: "This is the room with the best lighting in our building. I heard it yesterday. He said that you and Miss Lin were coming, so I kept it specially just now. Miss Jiu, please."

Ming Tan nodded in satisfaction, and after thanking him, he opened the curtain and opened the door to enter.

In the house, after hearing the movement at the door, the woman who was born like a nine-day fairy turned her head, holding a teacup in her hand, facing away from the bright sky outside the window, she showed Mingtan a smile that was enough to make people feel happy. Her heart-pounding smile.

"Your Highness," Lin Shurong frowned, "Happy New Year."

The author has something to say: I wish everyone an early year!