MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 48

Yu Wenlan couldn't hear the system's voice, so at this time he only heard this sentence—

"Yanglou Street, Ruyifang, the famous duck shop."

"???"

Duck store?

She just finished eating grilled chicken, does she want to eat duck again?

... I don't know what kind of ducks are sold at the Ruyifang?

Roast Duck? Roast duck?

Or salted duck?

Can ducks be famous?

Many questions flooded Yu Wenlan's mind, but at this moment, she heard a series of clicks from Yan Shu's heart—

[Sure enough, the pinnacle of a woman has to be a princess! This f*cking man can cut whatever he wants, and he can eat ducks and ducks at will, which is still the top card! I really envy the dead man! ! 】

"???"

He couldn't help raising his eyebrows secretly, it was just eating a duck, why should he be so envious of Yu Wenyan?

He then asked, "Aren't you full yet?"

At this time, Yan Shu was looking at the direction where the eldest princess drove away, full of envy, and just murmured casually, "No, the concubine is already full."

Tsk, my stomach is full, but my eyes are still hungry.

I really want to go and see what the duck shop looks like...

Even if you can't eat it, it's okay to look at it...

Yu Wenlan who was listening silently, "..."

It's just a duck seller, why don't you go if you want? Why is it so pitiful?

He simply took the initiative and said, "I heard that there is a good duck on Yanglou Street, do you want to try it?"

Well, in order to enter the palace to be with him, she had been separated from her family for so long, it was indeed not easy.

So after listening to the feelings in her heart just now, he decided that from now on, he will take good care of her, even surpassing her father, so that she will have a solid sense of security.

After feeling so emotional, Yan Shu stared at him with wide open eyes in surprise, and stammered, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty said... Mo, could it be a place called Ruyifang?"

[Does he also know that it is a duck shop? ? ? 】

Yu Wenlan nodded lightly and said, "It seems to be called this name."

Cough, even though I just found out, it's not too late now.

So he added, "If you want to go, I will take you there."

It's just a family that sells ducks, so what's so unattainable?

But seeing that she still looked surprised and cautious, "I think I want to...but, but... can I go as a concubine?"

Tsk, the duck there is something she can taste casually...

Yu Wenlan frowned and said, "Why not? Let's go now."

After finishing speaking, he actually pulled her out of the private room, went down the stairs and boarded the carriage on the side of the road, gave instructions to the driver, and went straight to Yanglou Street.

~~

As the wheels rolled all the way, Yan Shu was excited but also somewhat suspicious.

—The emperor actually wanted to take her to the duck shop? ? ?

No matter how you think about it, it's incredible.

Tsk, isn't this about fishing, and when we get to the place, see if she will be dazzled and ignore him?

Yu Wenlan who was listening silently, "???"

Why would she think so?

It's just to eat ducks, and I still worry about being ignored by her?

But having said that, it wasn't once or twice that she fooled him for food...

But it doesn't matter, as a king, how could he care about his own woman because of such a trivial matter?

It was just food, and he was her husband.

Thinking so, in the blink of an eye, I have arrived at the place.

The two got out of the car and landed, only to see that there was indeed a restaurant by the side of the road, with three big characters hanging on the door, "Ruyifang".

Looking at it again, I felt that the exterior looked very magnificent, and it was obviously much newer than the shops next to it.

Yan Shu was very excited.

She has been curious about the place for so long, and today she finally came to find out! !

If you can come to such a place once in your life, what more can you ask for! !

Yu Wenlan said in her heart, this restaurant seems to have been open for a few years, but it can actually make delicious food that can stand in the capital?

You know, those famous shops often have dozens of hundreds of years of inheritance.

but…

Perhaps there is some exclusive secret recipe here?

In short, since it is here, let's try it first.

Thinking of this, he stepped into the shop with her.

Looking around after entering, Yu Wenlan was a little surprised—

It turns out that the decoration in this store is even more gorgeous than it looks from the outside.

It can be said to be the most special restaurant among the restaurants he has ever seen.

—This store is not full of tables and chairs like the restaurants next to it, but potted green plants are everywhere, surrounded by rockery and flowing water. There is even a wooden pavilion in the center of the store.

There was a man stroking a lyre on his head, wearing a white robe, fair skin, hair loosely draped behind his back, and his eyebrows and eyes were quite feminine.

Yu Wenlan raised an eyebrow secretly.

——This was the first time he saw someone playing a lyre in a restaurant, and it was still such a man.

But looking around again, I saw some tables and chairs around the pavilion, all surrounded by special carved wooden railings, and gauze curtains were hung on the wooden railings, so people could only vaguely see the figures of the diners inside, but could not. clear appearance.

However, there are occasional people who come out of it, and they are all a man and a woman.

It's totally different from the diners in other places, who are in groups of three or four, or sitting around with seven or eight people, and there are lively fights and wine fights.

Those women were all wearing veils or curtains, so they couldn't see clearly, but no matter how tall, short, fat or thin, they were all very gorgeously dressed.

But the men who accompanied him were all in their early twenties, and they were all strong and tall...

Especially... There is also a strange aroma floating in this store, obviously there is no aroma of food.

Yu Wenlan frowned.

—Why is it so strange here?

Then she looked around and saw that Yan Shu was looking around through the curtain with her eyes wide open, and she kept tsk-tsk in her heart, 【So this is the duck shop! This environment is really good! ! Look at how well designed this private room is, no one can recognize anyone, it can protect privacy! 】

Yu Wenlan, "???"

What is "privacy?"

I haven't been able to figure it out yet, but I heard her say, [tsk tsk, these guys really have good figures too! It is worthy of being second to none in Beijing! Huh? There are actually aliens? 】

Aliens?

Yu Wenlan followed her gaze, and sure enough, she saw several men walking around in the hall, all of them had tall eyebrows and deep eyes, and their hair color was slightly brown.

He couldn't help but think of the man beside Yu Wenyan just now...

Suddenly, I vaguely felt that something was wrong.

——This place is some distance away from the Fanbang Posthouse on Mashi Street. How could there be so many foreigners here?

He was suspicious, but he saw a man in the store passing by the two of them, he stopped to look him up and asked, "New here?"

Yu Wenlan was stunned.

newcomer?

The waiting room here actually greets guests like this?

But before he could speak, he saw the other party sizing Yan Shu up again, and then smiled with him, "You are lucky to be able to serve this lady today."

After speaking, he entered a partition with railings.

Yu Wenlan, "???"

What do you mean by that?

He was frowning, but he heard a woman's voice behind him—

"This is not bad, what's the price?"

Immediately afterwards, another bloated, half-masked woman came up to him with a feather fan, and looked him up and down with her eyes.

Another woman hurriedly followed up and said with a smile, "I'm afraid this young man is not from our shop..."

As he said that, he sized him up, and suddenly his eyes showed surprise, "Although he is not of a different race, this figure and appearance are really rare to stand out..."

Yu Wenlan, "???"

... These two people dare to comment on him like that? ? ?

But at this moment, Yan Shu stood in front of him and said very bluntly, "This is my girl's man, stay away."

As he spoke, he took off the veiled cap on his head and put it on his head.

Yu Wenlan, "???"

And then, I heard the fat woman shaking the feather fan laughing, "This girl, since there is a man, what are you doing here? Could it be that she is here to show off? Well, you make a price and take your man Lend me a night."

What? ? ?

Make an offer?

Lend him a night? ? ?

How dare this woman do that! !

Yu Wenlan was getting angry, but Yan Shu said again, "Stay away, don't even think about my girl's man!"

After speaking, he pulled him up to go out, and said, "Let's go, this place is not suitable for us."

Unexpectedly, he raised his foot, but the woman said again, "I don't like it? How about it, I will offer you a price, how about five hundred taels of silver? The top card in this store is only six hundred taels, and I don't want him to pay you a thousand taels." All night, as long as two hours, I will return it to you, how about it?"

After the words fell, Yan Shu paused.

Yu Wenlan, "???"

What does it mean,

Shouldn't she be doing it for money...

Fortunately, she just turned her head and sneered at the woman, "I'm so short of five hundred taels of silver? I'm dying of laughter! Even fifty thousand taels is impossible!!"

As he spoke, he still pulled him out.

Yu Wenlan breathed a sigh of relief quietly, feeling as if a boulder had fallen to the ground.

However, the fat woman behind her still didn't give up, and snorted again, "Looking at your young age, you still have a big tone! Since you don't sell it, what are you doing here with a man? Are you making others greedy???"

Then he said to the woman who was following him, "You Ruyifang is really getting more and more outrageous! You agreed to let me come and see Zai'an, but you asked him to be called out by others to play with me?" ?”

The woman in the store hurriedly said with a smile, "Zai'an is going to accompany the eldest princess tonight. You don't know, who in the world would dare to **** someone from the eldest princess? You must calm down."

Yu Wenlan paused upon hearing this.

Princess?

It turns out that the man of the foreign race beside Yu Wenyan just now is also here?

At this moment, the woman in the store said again, "We have several handsome guys here, I'll call them all out, you can choose whatever you want."

The fat woman snorted with little interest, "It's just that they are all vulgar fans."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw a tall man coming down from the second floor and said, "Madam, who are you talking about as a vulgar fan? I haven't seen you for a few days, and Yi Cai can't catch your eyes anymore?"

The fat woman glanced at him, but squinted her eyes, and snorted, "You bastard, I thought you were going to stay in Yangzhou and never come back."

The man named Yi Cai smiled again and said, "But I was delayed on the road for a while, isn't this here?"

After saying that, he stepped forward and hugged the woman's waist, and went up to the private room on the second floor with her.

Yu Wenlan, "..."

Seeing this scene, no matter how stupid people are, they can understand where this is.

He glanced at Yanshu through the curtain, and said meaningfully, "So this is not a place to eat."

So this is what she called... "duck"?

She actually wanted to come to this kind of place? ? ?

Unexpectedly, Yan Shu said with a face that had nothing to do with her, "That's right, I don't think it's like a place to eat at all. My husband must have made a mistake...Let's go first."

As he spoke, he continued to drag him out, tsk tsk in his heart, 【God, the emperor actually thought this was for eating? ? ? No, no, hurry up, hurry up, stay a little longer and tell him to be bad, it would be bad. 】

Yu Wenlan, "..."

Will he imitate those men who sell their looks? ? ?

Unexpectedly, the two stepped out of the store, and before boarding the carriage, Yan Shu hurriedly pulled Yu Wenlan to the side in the dark.

It seems to be hiding from someone.

Yu Wenlan then asked, "What's wrong?"

But she saw her pointing at a woman who just got off the carriage by the side of the road, and said in a low voice, "That... seems to be the Ankang County Lord."

What?

Mayor of Ankang County?

That is, the eldest princess' daughter?

Yu Wenlan hurriedly took a second look.

But he saw that although the other party was wearing a veiled hat, his figure really looked a bit like his cousin.

Seeing her landed, five or six young men came out of the store to greet her, calling out one after another, "The county lord is here."

Yu Wenlan, "..."

Really healthy.

She actually came here? !

One must know that she is not like Yu Wenyan who has divorced Zhao Chengwen, she still has a husband! !

…

~~

On the way back to the palace, Yu Wenlan kept thinking about this matter with a sullen face.

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but sneer and said, "There is such a place in the capital!"

——He remembered that when she took her out of the palace for the first time on the Shangyuan Festival, she mentioned this place, but at that time he only thought it was far away from him, but he didn't expect to actually step in today.

It's fine to step in, but the fat woman just wanted to pay him to go...

It just doesn't make sense! !

Yan Shu glanced at his expression quietly when she heard the words, and thought for a while, "I thought it was a restaurant, but I didn't expect it to be such a dirty place! It's really disgusting!!"

But I couldn't help but tsk tsk in my heart, [those men's bodies and appearances are really good, no wonder they can stand in the capital. 】

Yu Wenlan, "???"

What is "okay?"

Could it be that he was moved? ? ?

He raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "You like it there too?"

"No no."

But seeing her shaking her head like a rattle, she said with a serious face, "Why would my concubine like that kind of place? The moment I entered just now, my concubine felt creepy!"

But he said in his heart, 【Tsk, this is a woman who likes it, after all, no matter how tall, short, fat or thin, as soon as she enters, she will be surrounded by beautiful men and call her dear, how warm and confident she is! ! 】

In short... probably like men like to visit brothels.

Yu Wenlan, "???"

What, that kind of guy can be called a handsome man? ? ?

He couldn't hold back and asked again, "Do you like the man over there?"

But she immediately shook her head again, "How is it possible? How can those vulgar fans be compared with His Majesty? The only thing I have in my heart is Your Majesty!"

Yu Wenlan, "..."

Are you complimenting him?

But why does it sound so awkward? ? ?

At this moment, Yan Shu asked him again, "Why did Your Majesty take the concubines there? How did you know about this place?"

— Tsk, even if he mistakenly thought it was a place to eat, where did he hear it?

You know, this Ruyifang is a secret that only exists in a few circles of ladies in the capital!

It's too strange that the majestic emperor knows, isn't it?

Yu Wenlan, "..."

He couldn't say that he heard it from her heart, so he had no choice but to say, "I also heard it unintentionally..."

Yan Shu, "???"

Overheard?

She thought to herself, could it be from the ministers?

That's not right, if those old-fashioned ministers know that the place is specially for women's entertainment...

Tsk, such a violation of patriarchal order, it's no wonder they had to immediately report to the court and razed Ruyifang to the ground!

Yu Wenlan felt hehe.

Yes, he wants to send someone to raze that disgusting place right now!

How dare you ask him how much? ? ?

It just doesn't make sense! !

~~

After returning to the palace, Yu Wenlan immediately sent Jin Yiwei to investigate the Ruyifang.

About the evening of the second day, Jin Yiwei came to report, "Your Majesty, I found out that Ruyifang was originally opened by a businesswoman surnamed Ji three years ago. It was originally an embroidery workshop and sold jewelry by the way. It was used by her to curry favor with the powerful family members of the capital. After gradually gaining fame, this businesswoman spent money to hire various young men to start her current business."

Yu Wenlan asked again, "What happened to the aliens in the store?"

Jin Yiwei said, "Because the customers in her store have more and more picky tastes, the businesswoman went to the border to recruit a group of men of different races, mostly from Dangxia and Rouran. On the surface, they are no different from those men in the past. , are all to please women and make money from women.”

But Yu Wenlan frowned and said, "Those people are strong and don't look like ordinary people. Continue to investigate, especially the one who recently dated the eldest princess... what's his name Zai'an."

Jin Yiwei should be right away.

~~

At this time, the Empress Dowager's Thousand Autumn Festival is approaching day by day.

In the past few days, many families of princes and princes from other places have come to Beijing one after another to congratulate the Empress Dowager.

Some people with high status entered the palace to meet the queen mother in advance, so Yan Shu, as a concubine in the harem, was fortunate to accompany the queen mother to meet many faces.

Most of the people came, the queen mother was indifferent, with only one exception.

That is Mu Yunying, the old lady of Zhenhaihou Mansion in Mingzhou.

I heard that Mrs. Mu and the Empress Dowager are friends of Jinlan, and they would travel thousands of miles to Beijing every year to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday.

And the queen mother will definitely receive her in person, and even stay in the palace for a while, which shows her affection.

However, Yan Shu originally thought that the other party was a gray-haired old lady, but only after meeting her did she realize that this old lady was only in her early forties, very young.

—It turned out that her husband died early, and later the eldest son succeeded to the Marquis position after getting married and became the new Marquis of Zhenhai, so she was respected as the old lady of the mansion.

At this time, meeting her surprised eyes, Mrs. Mu stepped into the Ci'an Palace and saluted everyone in the palace first.

"The minister's wife sees the empress dowager, and sees all the ladies."

The Queen Mother hurriedly laughed, "Get up quickly, you and I don't need to perform such a grand ceremony."

Even the self-proclaimed "Aijia" is useless.

After the words fell, he even stretched out his hand to help Mu Shi himself.

After seeing Yan Shu looking at Mu Shi in surprise, the queen mother smiled again, "Look, your title of old lady scared them all."

Yan Shu hurriedly laughed, "What the Empress Dowager said is that the concubine did not expect the old lady to be so young."

After the words fell, Concubine Zhou quietly rolled her eyes at the side.

— This Li Yanshu, in order to curry favor with the Empress Dowager, even Mu Shi praised her so much, she is really thick-skinned!

Of course, with the Queen Mother present, she only dared to mutter in her heart, but no one heard her.

After hearing Yan Shu's words, Mrs. Mu also laughed and said, "Ms. Yi Concubine has over-rewarded her, which makes my wife feel ashamed."

As he said that, he called to the 12-year-old girl behind him and said, "Xiang Wan, why don't you come to see the queen mother and the ladies soon?"

It turned out that this was Mu's adopted daughter, named Ni Xiangwan.

——I heard that Mrs. Mu, who had been a widow for many years, was offering incense for her deceased husband in the temple one day. When he came down the mountain, he saw a baby crying in the grass by the roadside. His husband's family name was Ni, and he named him Xiang Wan.

At this time, hearing what the adoptive mother said, the adopted daughter of the Ni family should be the one who stepped forward to salute a few people, "Xiang Wan pays respects to the Empress Dowager, and pays respects to all the empresses."

The queen mother sighed, "Is Xiang Wan so tall? Come quickly and ask Ai's family to take a look."

The girl from the Ni family should be, so she took a few steps forward.

The Empress Dowager held her back and looked at her carefully, then nodded and said, "It's really getting more and more beautiful. Good boy, it's not easy to come all the way with your mother, please sit down and rest."

After finishing speaking, he asked the palace servants to go to the excellent West Lake Yuqian Longjing, and the chestnut cake, lotus paste cake, cloud cake and other desserts that were made this morning.

This level of enthusiasm is obviously different from others.

Yan Shu saw it, and asked the system in a low voice while eating snacks, 【The empress dowager's personality should be difficult to be so enthusiastic about others. Did this Mrs. Mu save the empress dowager's life? 】

System, [Almost, the Empress Dowager and Mrs. Mu grew up together, and the friendship is indeed deeper than others. Back then, the Empress Dowager’s son-in-law was seriously ill, and there was no good doctor in the capital. After hearing the news, Mrs. Mu found a secret recipe and brought it from Mingzhou. It was sent all the way to the capital. Although it didn’t come in handy in the end, it also comforted the queen mother. After the death of the eldest son of the emperor, Mrs. Mu left her family in Mingzhou and stayed with the queen mother in the palace for two full months. It can be said that the queen mother Mrs. Mu is a very important reason for being able to survive. 】

Yan Shu couldn't help nodding when she heard the words.

Indeed, it is really impossible for ordinary friendship to come to the capital to deliver medicines in person.

Especially when the Empress Dowager was about to lose her son-in-law, the late Emperor loved others, and the future of the Empress Dowager was uncertain.

System, [That's right, so the Empress Dowager wanted to make her son a duke, but the Mu family insisted on refusing it, which made the Empress Dowager pay more attention to it. 】

Yan Shu, 【Aside from other things, Mrs. Mu is a truly wise person, no wonder she can be good friends with the Queen Mother. 】

At this moment, the queen mother asked the girl from the Ni family, "Xiang Wan, how is the Ai family's palace?"

Ni Xiangwan smiled and said, "With so many nobles in the palace, it is naturally the best place in the world."

The queen mother said again, "Since that's the case, this time I will ask your mother to go back to Mingzhou by herself. Would you like to stay with Ai's family?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but pause—

The Queen Mother said so...

Could it be that you fell in love with this little girl? Do you want to stay by your side to grow up and then send it to the harem?

But the little girl from the Ni family said, "Thank you, the queen mother, for your kindness. However, there are several concubines in the palace who accompany the queen mother, but the mother only has the little girl to accompany her. If the little girl stays, the mother will be lonely, so the little girl is still with the mother." Go back to Mingzhou and come to visit you next year."

Mrs. Mu also laughed and said, "The Empress Dowager thinks highly of her. If she really stays, you will regret it within three days. It's like something naughty all day long."

After the words fell, the queen mother also laughed, "It's just to tease you, this is your heart, how can the Ai family be willing to take it away? As long as you remember to come back every year to visit the Ai family."

As he spoke, he specifically told the little girl, "Even if you get married in the future, don't stay too far away from your mother, or she will miss you to death."

The little girl from the Ni family replied yes with a shy smile.

Hearing this, everyone dared to believe that the Queen Mother was really just joking.

Yan Shu also sighed in her heart—

It seems that the queen mother really loves her best friend, otherwise, if she insists on keeping this little girl as her pawn, Mrs. Mu can't refuse.

However, the relationship between the adoptive mother and daughter is too good, right?

This little girl from the Ni family was raised so pure and innocent, which is obviously the result of her adoptive mother's love.

And Mrs. Mu looked at her in the same way that other mothers looked at their own flesh and blood, full of pampering and doting.

At this moment, the system said, 【Hey, that's her own flesh and blood. 】