After dispelling the strange suspicions of her father and mother, Su Qingluan's life returned to normal. Su Ji and her family were busy every day, and occasionally visited Liu Yun's parents' house, which was busy and fulfilling.
It's not that she has nothing to talk about, but Su Qingluan feels that she can't control everyone's mouths, as long as the people close to her don't care, and as for other passers-by, as long as they don't talk about her In front of her, she acted as if she couldn't see or hear.
On this day, Su Qingluan went to Hongfu Building as usual to deliver a new recipe to Shopkeeper Liang - considering that Hongfu Building has enough special dishes, Su Qingluan has rarely done the job of selling recipes in the past year or two. , but there are two or three new dishes a year.
But just like that, she saw that shopkeeper Liang, who always liked to dress up festively and favored bright red and purple colors, was actually asking the waiter below to buy some plain clothes.
"Uncle Liang, have you changed your gender?" Su Qingluan was a little surprised, "Why have you started to adopt a reserved style?"
Shopkeeper Liang shook his head, looked at Su Qingluan and pointed to the second floor: "Let's talk upstairs."
Although Shopkeeper Liang was still smiling and welcoming guests from all directions, Su Qingluan looked at him with a little worry in his eyes, and her heart sank: Could it be that something happened to Shopkeeper Liang's family? Speaking of which, Uncle Liang still has an octogenarian mother at home. Could it be that...
While Su Qingluan was thinking about how to say this, shopkeeper Liang had already ordered the neat waiter to prepare tea and snacks, so Su Qingluan followed shopkeeper Liang to the second floor with some anxiety.
Shopkeeper Liang still chose the room closest to the back with a view of the backyard. When the two of them sat down and the waiter closed the door and went out, Su Qingluan lowered her head and looked at her nose, drinking tea and tasting snacks. After all, shopkeeper Liang didn't speak. , she can't open her mouth rashly, can she?
After Su Qingluan drank a cup of tea and ate another snack, Shopkeeper Liang sighed: "This world is going to be difficult..."
Su Qingluan's eyes twitched, and she unconsciously put down the snacks in her hands: It turned out that shopkeeper Liang was "preparing for a rainy day."
In fact, she didn't hear the news at all. After all, there was still business to be done in the capital.
Although the old emperor who is now in power was not in good health in the past two years, because of the people vying for power in all aspects, but at least the old emperor's cronies are still there, so he will not completely lose control of the situation.
Although this old emperor is not a wise emperor, at any rate, if the imperial government can be relatively stable and unified, the society will not be too turbulent - after all, a fatuous emperor is much better than a leaderless court.
Because there is no leader, the people will only become worse than death and live in dire straits.
But in the past year, especially in the past six months, news has spread from Jingzhou that the old emperor's health is really about to fail. Even more pessimistically, whether he can survive this year is a big question.
Therefore, as the old emperor became increasingly frail and unable to control power, the people below him became more and more arrogant in their fights. They went from poking at each other secretly to stumbling upon each other, to taking the fight to the top, openly and openly. shelf.
Of course, there is no freedom of speech in this era. You can talk about royal-related topics in teahouses and restaurants at will, otherwise someone will invite you to drink tea every minute. However, there are still news of this kind flowing out from various channels, and the increasingly chaotic situation in the capital can well prove this point.
Su Qingluan understood why shopkeeper Liang sighed so much.
Every autumn and winter, especially in autumn, because of the "Autumn Examination", candidates passing through Lefeng Town rushing to take the exam are like crucian carp crossing the river passing by Lefeng Town.
So every year around this time, as the largest restaurant in the town, Hongfu Tower makes a lot of money - especially after Su Qingluan "tested his skills" at Hongfu Tower, many people deliberately took a detour to see Hongfu Tower. How good is Lou's food? Otherwise, if he fails the exam this time, it will be a few years before he gets another chance.
But now that the emperor is seriously ill, and he is the kind of "severely ill" who can go to see his ancestors anytime and anywhere, and it is difficult to return, the autumn examination will naturally be temporarily suspended. Even if the emperor is in trouble, it will be suspended for at least three months. Within this period, all entertainment and leisure activities may be banned across the country.
Although Hongfu Tower is not as eye-catching as the fireworks in Liuxiang, it is still a place to "eat and drink". I am afraid that if the old emperor who is currently reigning dies, shopkeeper Liang and Xu Yuanwei will be "unemployed" for several months.
Su Qingluan's "Su Ji" here is fine. After all, it only deals in food. It can't be that the whole country can't eat because of the emperor's death, right? So the impact on her store is not very big.
It's just that some planned activities that were particularly big in the past may have to be postponed or canceled if the old emperor really dies - after all, selling food is selling food, but while selling food, they also sing, dance and play music. If you play the guitar, you will be a living target.
Su Qingluan didn't know how to comfort shopkeeper Liang, so she could only advise: "Uncle Liang, just think of it as a long vacation for yourself. Why don't you stay at home with your aunt and your family?" He paused and whispered again. He added, "Difficulties are temporary and will eventually pass."
Shopkeeper Liang sighed and nodded: "That's all we can hope for. I don't know what will happen to the nine sons of Long Sheng..." As he said that, he shook his head.
Shopkeeper Liang's voice was very low, but Su Qingluan understood what he didn't say: With such a mediocre emperor and ministers with their own evil intentions, what kind of virtue can these princes be?
It is said that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and mice are born to dig holes. How can such an unreliable old emperor's son be so good? When I think about it this way, I always feel that the people of this dynasty have no bright future...
Su Qingluan couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth: "Uncle Liang, what if, what if there is someone who can 'come out of the mud and remain unstained'?" In fact, although she said such words to comfort Liang Youdao, she didn't believe it.
"There is a single seedling that did not come out of the 'silt'." Liang Youdao muttered something vaguely, but Su Qingluan didn't hear it clearly.
But soon, Su Qingluan also learned about this single seedling that "did not grow in the mud" - it is said that the current Emperor Mingde is aging on the throne, but he clings to the throne and refuses to The old emperor who passed away still had a treasure left in the ocean among the people.
It is said that the prince was very brave in his early years because he fought all over the world, but it is said that he died in battle. Unexpectedly, the prince was seriously injured but survived. He only suffered a serious head injury and could not remember who he was.
However, the old man in the palace accidentally discovered that there was someone among the people who was very similar to the late prince. After many investigations, he turned out to be a dragon son!
There are many versions of the rumor, some are reliable and some are bizarre. Taken together, the only common information is that the prince lost his memory and lived among the people. He was found by chance, but has not yet returned to the palace.
The people are the most enthusiastic about this kind of bizarre royal gossip, which spreads a lot, but Su Qingluan's idea is: return the pearl...brother?
