bookcurios Chapter 226: Inviting people to join the gang
Chapter 226: Inviting people to join the gang
What Zhao Fangyu handed to Princess Hua Luan was the fragrant dew from Nanzhao.
"I bought the goods from the Yang Family's scented dew shop. I thought they had figured out how to make scented dew."
Hua Luan's heart moved, and she raised her eyes, hearing the unusualness in Zhao Fangyu's voice.
The round fan in his hand fluttered lightly, and even the half-dead lotus flowers in the pond outside looked a little lonely.
It was only then that the Grand Princess realized that the place chosen by Zhao Fangyu to receive guests was extremely good.
Outside was a pond of dying lotus flowers. She was talking about the lifeblood of the Yang Family's Xianglu Shop at this time. It was really...
Hua Luan's eyes moved slightly, and then she looked at Zhao Fangyu's hateful look, and for a moment she couldn't figure out how much truth and falsehood Zhou Qinghe's actions were.
"What are you looking at, aunt?"
Hua Luan lowered her head and smiled faintly, looking at the half-rolled fragment that Zhao Fangyu had placed on the stone table. She picked it up and took a look. It was a half-finished collection of poems, which recorded the poems written by Zhang Yingying, the evil spirit.
"Look at how good you are, no wonder the second brother is so distressed."
Hua Luan did not respond to Zhao Fangyu's words, and Zhao Fangyu was not in a hurry either. He slowly put down the perfumed dew. The mouth of the bottle of perfumed dew was open, and the fragrance was blown away by the wind.
"Aunt, please don't tease me. The prince in our family is the most difficult to serve."
Zhao Fangyu had something else in mind. After saying this, regardless of what Hua Luan thought, he changed the subject and invited Hua Luan to have dinner in the banana garden.
"A lot of crabs were sent from the farm, each as big as a plate. Let's steam some for Aunt to enjoy."
"I don't like these things. Please help me share some of them."
With Hua Luan's status, what good things had she not eaten? It was just a crab as big as a plate.
Unexpectedly, when we arrived at the place, this small banquet was set up very beautifully. The open space in the middle was covered with a soft carpet, and the carpet was placed on a short but wide and square table. On the table was a circle of snacks and fruits, and there were two bottles of fresh osmanthus and hibiscus.
Princess Hua Luan counted them and found that there were exactly seven osmanthus flowers.
The homonym means that the husband is prosperous and the wife is honored.
For a moment, I was not sure whether Zhao Fangyu wanted to go against the Yang family or Zhou Qinghe's intention.
Everything Zhao Fangyu said and did today carried a subtle meaning, and Hua Luan felt that there was a deeper meaning behind it.
When Zhao Fangyu knocked on the silver bell beside the table, the clear sound of the bell reached the door, and someone immediately went to pass the message.
Crabs as big as a bowl are steamed in a small steamer, which can hold one crab in a basket. Crabs can be steamed and eaten in many different ways.
Crab roe soup dumplings are not uncommon, but people in Beijing don’t often eat them because it’s troublesome.
Some people who don’t know how to eat soup will even have their mouths burned by the soup in the soup dumplings, making them look ugly.
The vegetarian steamed dumplings that Zhao Fangyu ate came from the same basket as the soup dumplings.
There is a little bit of golden chicken soup in it, and the taste is not bland at all.
The eldest princess didn’t usually like soup dumplings, but when she saw that Zhao Fangyu’s soup dumplings were small, with paper-thin skin, and seemed to contain only crab soup.
The little maidservant beside her was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with two braids standing on her head and a very beautiful pair of hands. She served Princess Hua Luan at meals and opened crabs for the eldest princess.
Zhao Fangyu couldn't eat crabs, so the kitchen prepared some warm and nourishing dishes. Seeing that Zhao Fangyu was eating slowly, the eldest princess gradually lost interest in the food.
The two looked at each other in silence and ate their meal slowly. After the meal, Zhao Fangyu took the eldest princess to take a bath in the hot spring at his home.
It is artificially heated, so you don’t have to travel thousands of miles to a village outside Beijing if you want to soak in a hot spring.
The eldest princess felt so comfortable that she wanted to take a nap in the hot spring.
The original subtle emotion was now reduced to just a sigh for Zhao Fangyu.
Although she knew that Zhao Fangyu wanted to use her as a scapegoat, after such a treat, the subtle emotions in her heart completely disappeared.
"Is there something strange about the fragrant dew you just mentioned?"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Fangyu said, "It's nothing. Auntie, you should find someone to massage you. It will be just as comfortable."
Princess Hua Luan: "..." Hey! How can a little girl like you keep people in suspense like this? !
Zhao Fangyu just wanted to try to get the eldest princess to join the group. After all, she was a member of the royal family. With her around, everything would be a little easier. But if she wasn't there, it wouldn't matter. He just had to keep it a secret in private.
"It's just a small business. Auntie doesn't like these things. I'll just do it myself."
The eldest princess thought that Zhao Fangyu already knew how to make the perfume in the Yang family's perfume shop, which meant that she wanted to steal the Yang family's business, so she reminded him: "The third brother and the Yang family have lost a lot of money. You are trying to steal someone's wealth now, but have you thought about the future?"
Young people should not ignore things just because they are angry.
"Think twice before you act, or you may regret it for the rest of your life."
Zhao Fangyu's eyes were half closed, and her curled eyelashes were like a butterfly flapping its wings about to fly.
"Regrets are inevitable. As a young man, if you don't even have the courage for a moment and are depressed all day long, what's the point of living like that?"
"Don't worry, auntie, I won't do anything rash."
When Zhao Fangyu said this, Hua Luan knew that she was not just speaking on a whim.
Thinking back, he laughed, "That's right, you and the Yang family don't just get along today."
Yang Xiaofei did such a shameful thing. No matter what the truth is, those people were sent out by her in the final analysis. They had shady purposes and were stupid, bringing shame to the whole group.
How big a commotion did Zhao Fangyu’s incident cause?
The Yang family is as quiet as a chicken today because of the relationship between Zhao Fangyu, the victim, and the Yang family that cannot be revealed to outsiders.
Previously, the Third Prince's wife was as stupid as a pig, and she set fire to Zhao Fangyu's teahouse out of jealousy. Now that the Third Prince is idle at home, who knows if the Third Prince's wife will go crazy again and hire someone to kill?
Zhao Fangyu is best at doing business, so it is understandable that he suppresses the Yang family in business.
"If I don't answer you, who else will you look for?"
Zhao Fangyu wanted to recruit people into his gang, and it was obvious that he was looking for someone to back him up.
Hua Luan wanted to see what other cards Zhao Fangyu could play.
The next second, Zhao Fangyu's lips, as pink as peach blossoms in March, moved slightly, and she uttered a name that even Princess Hua Luan was stunned.
"Cui family, Cui Zimin."
Hua Luan was very familiar with the name of Qinghe Jun, and he was very successful in the court. How many women in the world would not be attracted to him?
Can Zhao Fangyu get Cui Zimin to join the gang?
"You and he knew each other before?"
Zhao Fangyu raised the corner of his lips, which shocked Hua Luan: "Aunt forgot that the Cui and Li families are in-laws."
What's more, this matter will only benefit the aristocratic family and not cause any harm, so he will not refuse it.
Even if there was no relationship between Shisiniang and the in-laws, Cui Zimin would not have given up such a good business.