No matter how Meihua has rules, she is still a woman and an emotional person.
During the year of close contact with Liu Bancheng, she was a little impressed by Liu Bancheng who was willing to work hard and had a bit of a stubborn temper.
Therefore, he naturally helped Liu Bancheng, but the prime minister was very dissatisfied.
Because Meihua simply didn’t understand He Cheng’s attitude towards Liu Bancheng.
Liu Bancheng was recommended by Master Yao Qi. His identity is unknown and the details have not yet been found out.
In addition, the Prime Minister knew that King Liang was going to tighten the court's expenditure. At this juncture, he had already withdrawn all his people from the Xiangshan Hall, including Qiu Ye and Mei Hua. Meihua has returned from the position of chef to head chef.
He deliberately asked Liu Bancheng to take the blame and asked him to clear out all the rented houses in the back as soon as possible.
Especially the house in Naxiangguan.
Because the houses in that area are all rented for free, and most of the tenants are from the Liang family and the Empress Dowager Renxian's family, He Xiang wanted to take the opportunity to use Liu Bancheng, a "stranger", to forcefully clean it up, without fear of touching him. Contradiction, deliberately let this layer of skin peel off so that the imperial faction can ask for help from him.
Na Cheng thought that King Mu of Liang and Queen Mother Renxian did not come to him directly, but went to court together to give a memorial to He Xuan. The renovation and expansion project of Xiangshan Hall was forced to stop, and the food supply of Xiangshan Hall was cut off, leaving Xiangshan Hall to self-destruct. Self-financing.
When the first plan failed, another plan came up. I originally thought that I could use the Prime Minister's Dining Hall to raise the pot for the retainers who could not afford to work in the court, so I could only let them work for the king on an empty stomach, build up a momentum to put pressure on the King of Liang, and get privileged care. Thinking that with the help of Meihua, Xiangshantang's property was misappropriated to compensate Naxiangguan, and all the damaged back stoves were restored to use.
Not only that, but with the support of Meihua, Liu Bancheng began to organize the remaining employees to generate income independently, held wedding banquets, established a bakery, and dispatched chefs to cook stoves. After a few operations, Xiangshantang recovered and became prosperous. This was not the case. What is Prime Minister's original intention?
So he called Meihua over and kept a straight face.
"Prime Minister, if you have anything to say, just say it!"
"You, you! You girl, you are so mad at me!"
Seeing this, Mei Hua hurriedly stepped forward and supported the old man who was beating his chest.
In fact, the relationship between Meihua and the Prime Minister is relatively subtle, and not many people really know their details.
Speaking of plum blossoms, she was originally an abandoned baby picked up by Prime Minister He on a trip.
At that time, out of good intentions, He Xuan took the child back to the Xiangshan Hall, where he was cared for by slaves and raised until he was 14 years old. The plum blossoms grew up day by day, which made Prime Minister He happy.
One day, He Xiang took the initiative to invite King Liang Mu to his residence for a gathering, and "accidentally" discovered this girl.
At that time, Meihua was not fat, and she was innocent and cute, with big eyes and a high nose.
King Liang Mu was overjoyed after seeing it.
He has three sons, the youngest of whom was born to a concubine and was born with dementia. In his early 20s, he could not even speak a complete sentence.
He had a big head and only knew how to open his mouth to eat. A big living person turned out to be a useless person. When he thought of him, King Liang Mu felt panicked.
I often say it to my lips, saying whose girl can marry my third son. My old man has his head bowed and uses an eight-carat sedan to take her in personally. Give her whatever you want, give the moon to the moon, and pick the stars if you want them. .
Of course Prime Minister He knew the pain of King Liang Mu, but the He family and the Liang clan had always been at odds with each other. The reports presented by the Prime Minister were often attacked by the Liang clan in the court and overturned on the spot.
Although King Lao Liang knew He Xuan well at that time, most of his opinions were based on the interests of the country. At first, Lao Liang supported He Xuan against all opinions, but the clan forces headed by King Mu of Liang still united with Ren. The power of Queen Mother Xian's family co-operated to convince the King of Liang that an outsider should not be allowed to influence the development direction of the Liang Kingdom.
Therefore, Prime Minister He knew that in order to gain a foothold in the Liang Kingdom, in addition to being cautious, it was also best to seek a breakthrough with King Mu of Liang.
Therefore, when I saw plum blossoms being favored by King Mu of Liang, I naturally understood.
So she offered to send Meihua to the Liang Mansion to be his third son's concubine.
King Liang Mu was of course happy. After drinking a few more glasses of wine, he went back drunk, prepared betrothal gifts, and sent out invitations.
But just as the palace of Prince Liang Mu was decorated with lanterns and decorations, welcoming the bride and groom, and beaming with joy, the bride Mei Hua, who had been forced to make up, disappeared.
They had agreed to get married, but they ran away midway. To deceive King Liang Mu was equivalent to deceiving the Liang family members. This was the greatest disrespect shown by the Prime Minister's office to the Liang family.
King Mu of Liang used his power to threaten you, at least he would ask you to be dismissed from office, or at worst he would implicate the nine clans. In his eyes, the prime minister was working for the old Liang family.
Prime Minister He was so frightened that he sent all his servants with lanterns to search inside and outside Xuyang City all night long.
Finally, in a ruined temple outside the city, plum blossoms were found behind an inconspicuous statue.
At this time, Mei Hua was wearing civilian clothes and her face was as white as gray. She was far from the well-behaved elf like Xiang Shan Tang, a rich lady with no worries about food and clothing.
Mei Hua refused and was tied up by Wu Hua and dragged into the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The nanny forced her to touch up her makeup and sent two burly maids to escort her to the Liang Mansion again to get married.
Unexpectedly, people from the Liang Mansion came to the Prime Minister's Mansion again the next day to ask for plum blossoms.
Although Mei Hua was obedient on the surface, when he went to the church, the Liang family discovered that it was not Mei Hua but the tough maid who accompanied him to the church in his place, and Mei Hua had already disappeared.
While Xiang He sent people to look for plum blossoms, he went to the Liang Mansion with generous gifts to apologize.
From then on, the hatred between the Liang Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion became more and more serious.
But Mei Hua is, after all, the daughter she has watched and raised since she was a child.
The second time he found the plum blossoms, the prime minister kept insisting. As the prime minister of a country, he was led by the Liang clan. He was so arrogant that he gave up his family business for the Liang country and worked day and night. He devoted himself to serving the country and finally failed. Being accepted by the Liang family has instead formed a repulsive relationship. How many times have I wanted to give up this effort? I have soldiers and food, so why not?
When he thought of these, he was afraid of himself. How could he have such an idea that he should kill them all.
Therefore, I still convinced myself to work hard to expand the camp, strengthen the power in Liang State, and finally seize the initiative.
So much so that when Lord Yao wanted to build a health hall last year, he did not participate directly but sent Liu Bancheng to help him complete it. Xiangshan Hall funded a birthday banquet for King Liang Mu and established connections. All these were arranged by the prime minister.
The purpose was to let Mr. Yao take the lead and set an example. He knew that breaking the main road of Xuyang City was a national taboo, and the New Liang Kingdom was in the way of the project approved by King Liang Mu, so he did not directly deny it.
However, Xiangshantang also wanted to reform the Yangshengtang. With the support of Queen Mother Renxian, King of Liangmu, the new King of Liang issued the first ban in his life.
The idea of building an alliance of interests went bankrupt.
The prime minister looked at the girl in front of him, and Mei Hua lowered her voice.
"Prime Minister, I know that by supporting Liu Bancheng, I made my own decision and made you unhappy!"
"However, Liu Bancheng didn't take a penny from you. He started to generate income by himself. Seeing that Xiangshantang has been re-established, the family's financial resources have become stronger. You should be happy."
"Otherwise, the thousands of people in our family will really drink the northwest wind."
"In addition, Prime Minister, haven't you seen that after our family posted an advertisement for recruiting chefs for training in the past two days, more and more people have come to study here, and there is a sea of people in front of our house."
The prime minister raised his head, straightened his beard, and listened to Meihua's words with joyful expression,
"Besides, you don't know, there are more and more chefs coming to learn from Yan Country, Mo Country, and Ze Country."
"What, foreign countries are also signing up to study. Which country has the most?"
"Of course it's the Yan Kingdom. Isn't Liu Bancheng from the Yan Kingdom? There must be many people who defect to him!"
Prime Minister He's eyebrows stood up when he heard this, "Meihua, I'll come back to you later. You must go back now and cooperate with Liu Bancheng to check the identities of these scholars from various countries. You must find out clearly. Understand some of their previous resumes , pass through the sieve one by one, just in case something unexpected happens.”
"Is there any problem?" Meihua asked.
