Chapter 344 Wu Mei? Wu Zetian?
Gongsun Helan was very disappointed.
Because when the prince came down, the woman who was following him was not Yu Zhang.
The lively princess who used to love fun and liked to run around seemed to disappear suddenly. She hasn't heard of her coming out again in nearly three months.
Therefore, when the prince arrived and the banquet began, Gongsun Helan was listless and looked like he was not close to him. She drank a muffled wine next to Liu Yiu. The merchants next to her seemed to have heard of his bad reputation, and no one dared to come and provoke him.
Liu Yi was very interested in the woman next to Li Chengqian, because from the beginning of entering the venue, Liu Yi noticed that the woman was staring at her all the time, with appreciation and curiosity in her eyes, and she also had some disbelief.
Is it a princess? a maid? a princess? a princess?
Liu Yi drank the wine and looked at the woman again, guessing the identity of the woman in her heart.
Judging from her appearance, she should be less than sixteen years old. She looks very charming. She looks very pure and like an ignorant girl who is ignorant. However, from her smart eyes that she would turn from time to time, Liu Yi could tell that this was a very thoughtful woman.
I don’t know whether it was intentional or ignored, when Li Chengqian arrived, the people next to him did not introduce the identity of this woman to the dozen merchants on the fifth floor. Perhaps they were disdainful to tell them, but Liu Yi saw that a hint of contempt flashed in their eyes when Li Chengqian and the woman came in.
The merchants were low, and since there were wise monarchs like Li Shimin who strongly advocated business and business, they still could not change the status of merchants in the eyes of these noble scholars and even civilians.
If it weren't for the order from Li Shimin, I think this Li Chengqian would definitely not be there tonight, right?
Liu Yiu took another glass of wine and looked at the woman beside Li Chengqian again. She was now very well-behaved and sat beside Li Chengqian, looking like a little bird, but her eyes were inadvertently retaining all the businessmen upstairs.
"Does Mrs. Ren know who the woman is next to the prince?" Liu Yiuan raised his glass and signaled to Ren Gu who was sitting near him, and asked her softly.
"What? Mr. Liu is moved?" Ren Gu also raised her glass and touched Liu Yiyi for a while, looked at Liu Yiyi jokedly, and said, "But Mr. Liu came to ask me, but he asked the wrong person. The little woman had just arrived from Jiangnan, so how could she recognize so many people? Especially this is still a person in the palace?"
"If Mr. Liu really wants to know, you might as well go and inquire with President Sang Yue or Sister Sang Yue. There are few things they don't know about Chang'an City." Although he didn't know the answer, Ren Gu still pointed out to Liu Yiyi.
"Brother, don't have to be so troublesome, I know." While Liu Yi was thinking about whether to satisfy his curiosity, Gongsun Helan, who had been drinking while drinking, interrupted: "That little girl is the qualifying princess concubine selected by Empress Changsun for His Highness the Crown Prince. She was the daughter of the former governor of Yuzhou, named Wu Mei by Empress Changsun, and is now very favored by His Highness the Crown Prince. If the eldest brother likes her, it would be better to give up as soon as possible."
"Uh? Wu, Wu Mei?! Cough cough cough..."
Liu Yi was choked, with drinks and Gongsun Helan's words.
Warrior Wu Meiniang, Wu...Zetian?
Liu Yiu was not surprised that Wu Zetian would appear. After coming to the Tang Dynasty, he had seen more celebrities, and he was not short of her.
However, what surprised Liu Yiu was why the "Zetian Great Sage Emperor" in history who first became Li Shimin's wife, then Li Zhi's wife, and then became many people's wife, but now he is hang out with Li Chengqian, who can't even fight with eight knots? And, is it that Wu Zetian's first cuckold was not given to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin's eldest son, Li Chengqian?
What's going on? Is history wrong, or is it because of his arrival that history has deviated from its original track?
Liu Yi tried hard to cough out the alcohol that choked into the trachea, and her face was flushed.
"Mr. Liu is okay?" He noticed the situation here in Liu Yi's place. Li Chengqian, who was sitting in the first place, kindly asked Liu Yi's place that among the people who were sitting tonight, the one who could make Li Chengqian like him was Liu Yi.
"It's okay, cough! It's Xiaomin's rude. Please don't blame Your Highness," resisted the urge to cough again, Liu Yi held his breath and nodded slightly and replied to Li Chengqian. At the same time, he was thinking in his heart that with Wu Zetian's ability and ambition, can Li Chengqian control her?
A little overwhelming.
Liu Yiuan looked up again at the pretty and well-behaved little girl beside Li Chengqian. He felt that for himself, for the second son of the Liu family, and for the descendants of the Liu family, should he have some contact with her in advance?
"Brother, just a little girl with a little background. Is it necessary to be so surprised?" After Li Chengqian and everyone's eyes dissipated, Gongsun Helan came to Liu Yiu again and said softly: "Wu Shiyu died two years ago. The descendants of the Wu family are mediocre and useless. There are no relatives to rely on outside. In my opinion, this Wu Mei, in the East Palace, may not be able to stay for a long time."
There are many people staring at the position of the Crown Princess. I can't say that Wu Mei, who is by the side of the Crown Prince, doesn't even know how to die. Although Gongsun Helan doesn't know all about the twists and turns of the women in the palace, he also knows one or two. The palace is not much brighter than the outside world.
"She? Will she stay for a long time?" Liu Yi looked at Gongsun Helan with some amusement. If even a woman like Wu Zetian could not stay in the palace for a long time, there would be no more women in the palace.
Liu Yiu still admires Wu Zetian, the only queen in Chinese history.
"My brother, there is a saying that is 'You should not behave like a person, and the sea water should not be measured'. This Wu Mei is far from as simple as you said and seen. If you have the chance, the Gongsun Mansion might as well have a good relationship with her." After all, it was his own brother. Liu You kindly reminded him, hoping that the Gongsun Mansion could make a good relationship with Wu Zetian, but looking at Gongsun Helan's appearance, it seemed that he was a little sneering.
"It's just a woman, my elder brother respects her too much." After giving Liu Yi such a response, Gongsun Helan started drinking another person.
"Haha, I hope." With a chuckling, Liu Yi looked at Wu Mei again, took a sip of wine, and said an irrelevant word to himself.
The banquet was held very well, and the dozen or so merchants who were sitting there were all people who could speak and had no time to be unstoppable.
However, Liu Yiu was not very interested in what they were talking about. He was mostly polite and rude words, so it would be better not to listen.
Originally, he came to Chang'an just to join in the fun. He thought that the "Qiubo Chamber of Commerce" was something similar to a market, and he came to the market.
Yes, he came to the market, but he didn't expect that the market was a little bigger and had been open for a longer time, which was very different from his original idea of staying for a day before leaving.
Fortunately, although the banquet was boring, the wine and dishes at the banquet were good, which was very good as those made by the chefs in the palace before, and very much like Liu Yi. So when the prince and the big merchants in the country were talking about this and that, Liu Yi was carefully savoring all kinds of dishes on his seat.
Elbows, tongue, tenderloin, duck skin, eels, ribs, all color, fragrance and taste are rare.
When it comes to eating, Liu Yi never knew what kind of politeness is. His consistent principle is to eat his own and let others see it. He had never been polite before when he was in the palace and in front of Empress Changsun.
Therefore, his belly is very open and he will naturally be very satisfying to eat.
There is also Ren You who is as enjoyable as Liu Yi. Although this little guy doesn't eat as exaggerated as Liu Yi, he even looks a little elegant, he is also a rank of people who are busy working hard.
Ren You usually has three major hobbies: divine horses, food, and beauty.
The divine horse is ahead, the food is behind, and the beauty is second. Therefore, when the food is right, even he has always been obsessed with it. Sang Yue, who is regarded as a fairy, has been forgotten by him. Both eyes are on the food in front of his seat, working hard to comfort his spleen and stomach.
So, during the whole banquet, Liu Yiu and Ren You were very eye-catching and special. The impression they gave people was that they were rude and had no future, as if they had never eaten anything in their eight lives. Well, although the wine and food on the table were really good.
However, out of politeness, no one stood up and said anything about them. At most, he just glanced at him and despised him in his heart. After all, with His Royal Highness present, even His Royal Highness did not say much, nor did they show any dissatisfaction. How dare they say more? Moreover, seeing that His Royal Highness seemed to respect the person surnamed Liu just now, they dared not be rude.
"I didn't expect that Mr. Liu would be so generous when he eats, well, bold," Seeing Liu Yi's wind blowing and clouds clean the things on the small table in front of him, Ren Gu couldn't help but look at her precious son. Compared to Liu Yi's, her son should be considered very polite, right?
"Food, color, and nature," Liu Yiuan slowly picked up a white cloth similar to a napkin next to the table and wiped the oil stains on his mouth. He smiled and said to Ren Gu: "Liu has always believed what the ancestors said."
"What Brother Liu said is so!" After hearing Liu Yi's words, Ren Youda felt like he was encountering a close friend. He raised his glass from afar and respected Liu Yi, which attracted Ren Gu's eyes to roll.
After eating and drinking, Liu Yiuan escaped with urine, prosecuted Li Chengqian and the merchant who was sitting in large numbers, and then slipped out alone.
"Mr. Liu!" Before Liu Yi could go down to the fourth floor, he heard someone shouting behind him, Ren You, the naughty boy who looked a little like him.
"Ren You, why are you coming out?" Liu Yi stopped and waited for him to get down from the upper floor.
"What are you doing when you have eaten and drunk?" Ren You said bluntly, then laughed with Liu Yi. To a certain extent, he and Liu Yi are the same type of people.
"The things here are good," Liu Yi patted Ren You on the shoulder and took him to a side window on the fourth floor to sit down. Looking at the brightly lit scenery downstairs, he said: "It should be all made by the imperial chefs in the palace. It is a rare delicacy. Those who don't eat it will be their loss."
"Yeah," Ren Youlian lit his little head and ordered: "There is no reason to just look at food at present? What's more, the dishes here are more delicious than those from our "Yiheju". It's rare for a thousand gold. If you can eat it for free, a fool will not eat it."
Ren You licked his lips. The wine and food made by the Royal Kitchen were not easy to eat.
"I heard that your Ren family is the one who is doing this hotel business. Why didn't you invite one or two imperial chefs to go back?" Liu Yiu turned over the tea bowl on the table, poured a cup of Ren You and himself, then picked it up and tasted it carefully, and drank a little bit of Maojian tea.
"Brother Liu said it lightly. Even if there are imperial chefs coming out of the palace, the big families and princes in Chang'an City are not enough to compete for each other. Where is our turn to invite them?" Ren You said a little depressedly: "In other words, if there are, if there are, we will invite them, and they may not be able to come. The eyes of those imperial chefs are very high. We have been operating for hundreds of years, and there are only less than five imperial chefs that can be hired before and after. Moreover, the closest one is a few decades ago. Now we have died long ago. If it weren't for the good wine of our 'Yiheju', 'Yiheju' would have closed the door long ago."
"Oh? That's it," Liu Yi chuckled and shook his head. He didn't believe Ren You's words. How could Ren You say so unbearable in a restaurant that has been operating for hundreds of years without falling.
Chapter completed!