When the meal was over, Liu Haojia's story was also finished. Emperor Wanli drank tea and said: "I don't know that you are quite capable. You actually pulled Gu Ningbo out of the house like this!"
Liu Haojia said flatteringly: "That's because the Holy Emperor is on the throne. Only the common people in Haiyanheqing in this world have the opportunity to perform! Otherwise, I'm afraid they won't even have the chance to fight for their lives!"
Emperor Wanli could understand this. After all, with so many honors and so few official positions, how could it be the Liu family's father and son's turn to lead the army? Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli said: "You have always called yourself a grassroots citizen. Could it be that you haven't even passed the Mengbu test?"
Liu Haojia smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't have the money to open the joints before, but now that I have money, I am busy practicing martial arts every day and have no time to promote this matter, so I have delayed it until now!"
Emperor Wanli nodded thoughtfully and said: "It was worth coming out today. I heard many interesting things and had a good meal! I will go back to the palace first. I will come and play with you when I have the opportunity to leave the palace in the future!"
Liu Haojia hurriedly got up and sent Emperor Wanli and the two out. It wasn't until he saw a large number of people surrounding the carriage and walking away that he breathed a sigh of relief! But he was very satisfied with how things turned out today! At least he was connected to Emperor Wanli, and he promised to come look for him when he goes out again in the future. This is the most important thing!
Emperor Wanli took his people back to the palace, and wanted to show off today's gains to Queen Mother Li. Little did he know that while he was eating at Shiweizhai, the palace had already received the news!
After all, there is no mother who does not love her child, fearing that he will be harmed! Especially a mother who has all the power in the world, she will naturally take special care of her son! Therefore, Emperor Wanli felt that he was playing freely outside the palace. In fact, his every move was reported to the palace.
At that time, Queen Mother Li was chatting with several palace maids, and then someone reported that Eunuch Chen Hong wanted to see her. Queen Mother Li said with a smile: "The news must have arrived that Long Live Master is outside! It seems that we encountered something new outside today. The news came quickly! Let him in!"
After a while, Chen Hong walked in and saluted the Queen Mother. Empress Dowager Li said: "Forget it, there is no point in visiting here all day long! Tell me, what new thing did Long Live Lord encounter outside?"
Chen Hong said: "Back to the Queen, today I went to Qipan Street! It was nothing at first, but today I happened to encounter one of the ten scenic spots in the capital, so I went to join in the fun!"
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said: "The Ai family knows the ten scenes in the capital, but I don't know which scene Long live the Lord encountered today!"
Chen Hong said with a smile: "It's Liu Haojia, the street cleaning tiger of Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion, who came out again today!"
The Queen Mother looked displeased when she heard this and said, "How do the people around Long Live Lord work as errands? How can I let Lord Long Live get close to such a playboy!"
Chen Hong said: "Madam, the people around Long Live Master just sent back news that there is still a hidden secret in this."
Empress Dowager Li said in surprise: "How could a dandy boy have any hidden secrets? If it weren't for the rule of not apprehending the public and not being investigated by the officials, Shuntian Prefecture should have been notified long ago to arrest him!"
Chen Hong said hurriedly: "I don't know what I know. Although Liu Haojia was domineering on the street, throwing things and smashing stalls, he never hurt anyone, and he still had some sense of propriety! And the most interesting thing is that all the things he smashed were given to him in the end. Money!”
Queen Mother Li was even more surprised when she heard this and said, "Did you pay back the money? What on earth is going on?"
Chen Hong said: "There is news from people around Long Live Lord that Liu Haojia is restrained by his family to study and practice martial arts every day. He can't stand up to his parents, so he has to go out to seek bad luck for those people! I'm afraid he will take advantage of those people. He was used as a punching bag, but he was afraid of breaking the court's rules, so he always paid him enough money behind his back!"
After speaking, Chen Hong also gave a rough overview of the whole incident, and finally said: "The main reason is that Gu Ningbo's mansion was really not worth mentioning in the past, so the slaves didn't pay attention, otherwise they would have known the inside story!"
Queen Mother Li laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "What an interesting little hozen! He has come up with such a way to relieve his boredom!"
After Empress Dowager Li listened to all the news in detail and knew that Emperor Wanli had followed Liu Haojia to eat at Shiweizhai, she smiled and said: "Chen Hong, I wonder if Liu Haojia did this to lure Lord Wan live to him?" ? This is not a smart approach!"
Chen Hong bowed and said, "This is what I think, slave! But you don't have to worry, there are so many people in the world who want to curry favor with the Long Live Lord, and he is not the only one! It's just that he can come up with this method." It’s considered a thought! As for whether this method is clever or not, it doesn’t matter! But in my opinion, using this method to put your thoughts on the surface is much better than others!”
Queen Mother Li nodded when she heard this. She is not afraid that her ministers have their own thoughts, because if they have thoughts, they can ask for them and they can be used by the royal family! She is worried about those who cannot read their thoughts because they do not know their purpose. So her expression softened a lot and she said: "That's true! It's just that I've heard of Uncle Gu Ning's Mansion several times, but I just can't remember it for a while!"
Chen Hong bowed and said, "Please forgive me. In a hurry, I only found out some recent news about Uncle Gu Ning's house. But for other news, I have already sent people to investigate. I think there will be rewards soon." .”
Queen Mother Li said: "Then tell me what you know now!"
Chen Hong said: "If we talk about Gu Ningbo's Mansion, the Empress may not know about it, but the thing that is related to Gu Ningbo's Mansion is Xuetang! In addition, the Empress must also know about Shiweizhai and Qingya Xiaozhu!"
After hearing this, Queen Mother Li sat up straight and said in surprise: "What's the matter? Are these things related to his family?"
Chen Hong nodded and said: "That's right, empress! The recipe for this snow candy came from Gu Ningbo's house. It was made and sold by Zhang Ji's people! Now many people in the palace are willing to eat snow candy, even the imperial kitchen makes it The dishes are all made with snow sugar! As for Qingya Xiaozhu, it was built by the wives of more than a dozen families, the biggest of which were several marquises! At first, these ladies were just looking for a place where they could happily relieve their boredom, but they didn’t expect it. It has turned into a big deal, and Gu Ningbo’s Mansion is the largest shareholder of Qingya Xiaozhu! During this period of time, Gu Ningbo’s Mansion has been very closely connected with the Xungui family through Qingya Xiaozhu, which is amazing!”
