The emperor was deeply moved. It was good to have such a son by his side.
He clapped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work."
The Seventh Prince smiled and said, "It's not hard."
The emperor quickly waved to Eunuch Zhang and asked him to give some silver coins and treasures to the seventh prince.
The seventh prince left the emperor's palace with the reward, and then returned to his own palace. After thinking about it, he felt that the shopkeeper Du he met that day seemed a bit familiar, especially her three children. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that she was. Where have I seen it?
He couldn't sleep because of this matter, so he took some silver and secretly left the palace and went to a wine shop at night. ?.?????.???
The wine shop is newly opened, and the proprietress's surname is Duan. I heard she is from Qingzhou Prefecture.
The seventh prince has always loved wine, so he came to this new wine shop and wanted to try it.
This Lady Duan used to be a maid in Zheng Zhifu's family in Qingzhou Prefecture. Later, she was redeemed by her parents who wanted to sell her to an old man in the capital as a concubine.
She came to the capital in a carriage, and didn't know until the day of the ceremony that she was going to marry an old man in her sixties.
Later, she knocked out the matchmaker and wanted to escape from the marriage. She accidentally bumped into Zhou Feng on the road. Zhou Feng had seen her in Zheng Zhifu before. Seeing that she was from Cheng'an County, he gave her a handful of money and let her escape. Married, and then opened a wine shop in the capital.
After the wine shop was opened, Madam Duan discovered that Zhou Feng had not returned yet, and she had written a letter to the Zhou Mansion yesterday.
After Du Wanchun received it, he sent someone to the wine shop to tell Mrs. Duan that Zhou Feng would come back some time later.
In order to express her gratitude, Mrs. Duan sent several bottles of wine to Du Wanchun early in the morning.
It's a coincidence that Mrs. Duan's business has been getting better and better since she gave away a few bottles of wine.
No, even the seventh prince came tonight.
Madam Duan immediately took out the fine peach blossom wine she had brewed.
The seventh prince drank more than ten cups in a row while smelling the fragrance.
When it was about to close, two little girls came begging.
Mrs. Duan quickly took out a few coins from her arms and handed them to them, and hurried into the house to get some food.
"Take all of these."
Mrs. Duan said softly to the two children, her eyes full of distress.
In the past, she did the same thing when she went to work as a maid in the prefect's house.
The Seventh Prince watched silently, and for some reason, maybe because he drank too much tonight, he realized that the young lady in the wine shop was really good-looking, and she was extremely beautiful under the moonlight outside the window.
His heart was pounding and the wine in his hand spilled unconsciously.
Madam Duan walked up to him and said softly: "This guest, please give me your wine."
The seventh prince immediately came to his senses and put down the wine glass in his hand.
He deliberately changed the subject and said, "Where were those two little beggars just now?"
Mrs. Duan wiped the table with a handkerchief, "I went home. Their home is nearby, but their parents died young and only a disabled grandfather is left."
The Seventh Prince lamented, "Then how did they survive?"
Mrs. Duan brought him another bottle of wine, "I survived by relying on our neighbors."
The seventh prince listened to her words, but his eyes always fell on her face involuntarily.
His heart beat faster and faster.
Seeing that he was lost in thought, Mrs. Duan quickly asked: "Sir, doesn't my wine taste good?"
The seventh prince quickly looked away, nodded and said: "It tastes good, it tastes good."
Mrs. Duan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
The seventh prince asked her, "Where are you from? I don't think I've seen you before."
"I'm from Cheng'an County," Duanzi replied.
The seventh prince muttered something under his breath, "Why does this county sound so familiar?"
Madam Duan smiled and said, "Shopkeepers Zhou and Du of Zhoujia Rice Shop are also from Cheng'an County."
The seventh prince suddenly realized, "That's it."
Madam Duan asked again: "Does your guest know Shopkeeper Zhou?"
The Seventh Prince shook his head, "I don't know him, I've only seen him once or twice."
After he finished speaking, he was about to get the wine bottle, but his hand accidentally touched Mrs. Duan's hand, and his face turned red.
