Chapter 99 Lotus and Lotus

After several turns, there was a big lake not far away. There was still a late blooming lotus in the lake, an exquisite warm pavilion, and three facing water. Nanning stood at the door of the warm pavilion and let Li Xiaoyao enter the warm pavilion.

Su Zicheng is already in the warm pavilion, looking at the late blooming lotus flowers in the lake with his back, a moon-white gown, a sheep fat jade belt, and a long jade stand. Is that the so-called jade tree facing the wind? After Li Xiaoyao looked more, Su Zicheng turned around when he heard the movement. Li Xiaoyao smiled clearly and looked at Su Zicheng's face. He didn't look so good, and there was a trace of fatigue in the gloom. Li Xiaoyao had a trace of doubt in his heart. Why did he return to this Kaiping Mansion? Isn't this Beiping in the hands of their brothers? Su Ziyi, the eldest prince, is in charge of internal affairs. He is in charge of foreign wars. When he returns to Kaiping Mansion, it should be easy and have a good rest. According to what she heard, there is no reason for the two brothers to disagree? Alas, no matter what it is, once it touches the royal family, there will be no common sense!

Before Su Zicheng could speak, Li Xiaoyao also stood in front of the window, looked at the lotus flowers in the lake with amazed faces, and whispered, "It's really rare to see such lotus flowers in the lake at this time!" Su Zicheng turned his head and looked at Li Xiaoyao, who smiled as bright as a lotus after the rain. His tense mood inexplicably relaxed, with a smile on the corners of his mouth. He turned his head to look at the lotus and didn't say anything. Li Xiaoyao held the window lattice, looked out and turned his head to ask, "Is there a lotus root under this lotus flower?"

Su Zicheng was stunned by Li Xiaoyao's question. He only looked at the lotus. He really didn't know about this lotus root. In a moment, he turned around and looked at Dongping, who was standing next to him. Dongping took half a step and lowered his hand and replied, "Go back to the fifth master, there is lotus root."

"That's a good thing! At this time, the lotus root is all old. It's better to dig it out to make glutinous rice lotus root, and drizzle it with some osmanthus nectar. Li Xiaoyao was salivating. The folding fan in Su Zicheng's hand stopped in mid-air and looked straight at Li Xiaoyao. For a moment, she didn't know what to say. It turned out that she looked at the lotus flower and thought of glutinous rice lotus root.

Dongping looked at Su Zicheng. Su Zicheng raised the folding fan. Dongping simply answered and was about to go out. Li Xiaoyao stopped him and ordered, "It's better to use glutinous rice soaked. When cooking, put sugar osmanthus in it, come out and slice it while it's hot, and drizzle it with a little osmanthus nectar." Dongping wrote it down one by one and retreated. Su Zicheng raised his eyebrows and said, "This is the way to eat in Taiping Prefecture."

"Did you eat it when you went to Taiping Mansion?" Li Xiaoyao seemed to ask casually, and Su Zicheng said, "I heard that it is a seasonal snack in Wu Gong, and the palace's people like this. Li Xiaoyao looked at Su Zicheng, hesitated for a moment, and swallowed her words back. She shouldn't ask about Princess Funing. In fact, she didn't have to ask. Poor that real proud daughter of heaven, I don't know where she has been buried now. Alas, what about Princess? He also made sacrifices and sacrificed those ambitious sacrifices.

Su Zicheng pointed to a folding fan and motioned Li Xiaoyao to sit down. He also sat down. Li Xiaoyao picked up the ordinary tea in front of him and took a sip, as if he remembered something. He quickly put down the cup, stood up and bowed solemnly to the end. He straightened up and looked at Su Zicheng and said thanked, "Thank you. The village outside the city is excellent. There is a mulberry behind The woods are particularly rare. They have been settled. The eldest brother and the others are going to leave for the Huwei Army early tomorrow morning. Mr. Fan will accompany them and manage the documents. The eldest brother's words are worse.

"That's good. I've told you that the village belongs to your brothers and sisters, so that taxes and labor can be exempted and the future life will be better." Su Zicheng smiled and motioned Li Xiaoyao to sit down. Li Xiaoyao sat back. Several young maids in green quietly put seven or eight kinds of snacks. Li Xiaoyao looked at it carefully and turned to look at Su Zicheng and asked, "Is this Fengle Building the best restaurant in Kaiping Mansion?"

Huh? Even so." Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoyao. There must be a later story behind this. Li Xiaoyao looked at the seven or eight appetizing snacks. He picked up his chopsticks and reached into the plate before thinking of Su Zicheng. He quickly smiled and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome. Eat it."

Su Zicheng laughed. While laughing, he looked at Li Xiaoyao, who was tasting the dishes of snacks one by one, and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'll taste it."

"How about it?"

"No, if I open a restaurant in Kaiping Mansion, the business will definitely be good!" Li Xiaoyao put down his chopsticks and looked at Su Zicheng say seriously. Su Zicheng closed the folding fan and looked at Li Xiaoyao in surprise and asked, "Are you good at cooking?"

"I'm not fine, I can't. I can eat. I'm looking for a few spiritual chefs, and I'll just point to them." Li Xiaoyao said calmly. Su Zicheng smiled halfway and gradually looked serious. He looked at Li Xiaoyao and said, "You have to invest a lot of money in opening a liquor store. There are more than 60 large restaurants in Pingfu, and eight of them are official camps, and Fengle Tower is one of them. If you want, you might as well choose one or two to give advice. If it's good, you can get dividends."

"Compare with those 60 companies, how is the business of these eight official liquors? Which is the best restaurant in Kaiping?

"In the middle, the best business is the Changqing Building in Dongcheng, which is the property of the Duke of Cao. Today, Duke Cao is the eldest brother of Cao Guifei." Su Zicheng said in detail. Li Xiaoyao blinked his eyes. It turned out to be the property of the Duke of Cao. In addition to having a noble concubine, the Duke of Cao also had a princess daughter-in-law. The eldest son of the Duke of Cao married Su Zicheng's sister Yinghui Princess Su Yuru. Li Xiaoyao looked at Su Zicheng. Even if he had the capital, it was also difficult to open this wine shop. In addition to the eight official business, the rest of these 60 families are afraid that they all have *.

"Okay, the business is the worst." Li Xiaoyao simply agreed, and Su Zicheng smiled and nodded the table: "Among the restaurants in Fengle Building, the most elegant and quiet in Kaiping Mansion. This was the first garden used by an old prince for retirement. Since its opening, business has not been much good. From tomorrow, it will be in charge of you for a year. If the business has improved, it can achieve three better achievements than now. In this extra dividend, I will give you 70%!" Li Xiaoyao looked at Su Zicheng and suddenly smiled. He looked at him with a smile and asked, "You opened this Fengle Building?"

"No! This is an official camp, which was opened in the year when I was in charge of the household department. Su Zicheng was a little embarrassed by Li Xiaoyao's smile. Only this girl dared to talk to him like this. Doesn't she know that he is Jun and she is a minister?

"Do you like such quiet elegance? This is a wine restaurant. Come to have fun and find a lively place. Such a quiet and elegant way, the business of the wine shop will definitely not be good!" Li Xiaoyao said rudely. Su Zicheng exhaled and looked at Li Xiaoyao angrily. Li Xiaoyao stopped talking, watched the girls in blue withdraw the snacks, served hot dishes, looked at the hot dishes on the table attentively, motioned the girl to take a crab brewed orange in front of him, tasted it, slowly tasted it for a moment, nodded and praised. He said, "The taste is very good. This cook is good." With that, he turned his head and looked at Su Zicheng and said, "Eat, you're welcome. Eat this crab brewed orange first. You must eat it while it's hot."

Su Zicheng exhaled and motioned the girl to take the orange. As soon as she took a bite, Li Xiaoyao asked casually while eating the crab and asked casually, "You were in charge of the household department? What year is it? How old were you at that time? Su Zicheng was eating crabs, staring up at Li Xiaoyao and didn't answer. Dongning swallowed his saliva, came to Li Xiaoyao's side, and said in a low voice, "Fifth master, don't say anything." Li Xiaoyao suddenly realized and agreed repeatedly, "You're right! At present, it's time to bury your head in food. It's too wasteful to talk!"

Su Zicheng choked on his throat and kept coughing. Li Xiaoyao looked at him without saying a word. Su Zicheng rinsed his mouth, drank two mouthfuls of tea, looked at Li Xiaoyao and said, "You should study the rules well." Li Xiaoyao nodded without saying a word, picked up what he liked to eat, and went to eat his own.

Not much, the two had dinner. The girl withdrew the dishes and brought tea. The two turned to sit in the eaves porch outside the house. The lake was almost equal to the eaves. The afterglow of the sunset had dissipated. In the middle of the lotus leaves, there was a light lit up, and the surroundings were quiet and peaceful. Li Xiaoyao leaned back of the chair and did not say anything for a long time. , it's not like a wine shop, but the back garden is almost the same.

"I was 14 years old when I was in charge of the household department. The eldest brother said that he wanted me to know the firewood, rice, oil and salt of Beiping, so he asked me to go to the household department." Su Zicheng continued what he had just said. Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at him and said, "14 years old? So small?"

"It's not young. My eldest brother went on an expedition with the army when I was ten years old. When I was a child, I got sick as soon as the wind blew. The eldest brother said that when I was a child, I took more medicine than rice. In the year when my mother died of a sudden illness, I was too sick to get out of bed. Later, I met my master and took care of my body and bones, and then gradually became stronger. The eldest brother asked me to take charge of the household department, and later He followed his eldest brother to Beining. The expedition to Beining was the most difficult in those years. Su Zicheng's voice was full of bitter pain. Li Xiaoyao turned her head and looked at Su Zicheng with pity. His half-brother, the third prince Su Zixin, was ten years old this year this year. His mother passed away, and the new queen and the young and beautiful Guo were carried into the palace. The young Guo Queen was the same age as Su Ziyi. When she entered the palace, she only counted Nineteen years old, which is really the same age as water and flowers. The royal inauguration ceremony is complicated and lengthy. That is to say, the bones of the Empress Xianxiaoci are not cold, and the emperor is busy establishing a new queen. Alas, it is said that the emperor and the Empress Xianxiaoci are as affectionate, and it turns out that it is nothing more than that.

"For good, it's all over." Li Xiaoyao looked at Su Zicheng and whispered. Su Zicheng looked at the light lotus in the lake and sighed heavily for a long time. Li Xiaoyao didn't know what to say for a moment. His sigh was heavy and not easy. Li Xiaoyao looked at him, thought for a moment, and whispered, "If I miss my parents, I will go to the temple. Shangzhuxiang, every time I go, I think I must complain and cry again, but when I kneel in the temple, I don't want to say a bad thing. I always think they can hear my thoughts. If they only say those difficult things, they must be worried and sad. It's even more difficult for me to think of them. Oh, alas!"

Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoyao with a sad face and was about to speak. Li Xiaoyao sighed again and then said, "My parents are looking forward to the good of their children. The more comfortable they are, the better they are. In order not to make them sad, I have to live a good life, eat, drink and have fun, and not wrong myself." Su Zicheng was told by Li Xiaoyao that he couldn't laugh or laugh. He didn't know what to say. This sounded like a joke, but if you think about it carefully, isn't that what his parents' hearts are like?