Li Wei was riding a horse to Fudong Street. There were already gongs and drums in front of the new shop, and the sound of firecrackers were heard, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder. A lion dance team invited by Gu Ying was flying up and down. The people around him were cheering loudly. Several guys were carrying plates to savor cakes in the crowd, causing a group of children to jump and follow him.
Gu Ji Pastry Shop seems to be doing well. Some people in Beijing who have been to Suzhou recently know the reputation of Gu Family Pastry. This is second-most importantly, it is able to open a shop in the prosperous area of ​​Fudong Street, which is itself a golden sign.
The shop was filled with noise, and nearly a hundred customers who wanted to buy half-price cakes were crowded together. Gu Ying helped deliver goods in the shop, sweating profusely and didn't see Li Wei coming at all.
Seeing that they were busy, Li Wei turned around and came to the pencil shop next to him. Compared to the pastry shop, he liked this pencil shop more. This was a new thing he invented. More importantly, the boss and shopkeeper, Qianqian, he felt that this small shop seemed to be his home.
There are not many customers in the pencil store. Most of them are young women attracted by the bright colors of the store. They are surprised by the novelty and practicality of the pencils, and they have selected their favorite pencils.
Li Wei was moving to the store and smiled at Qiuyue in the store, saying, "Give me a jade linglong!"
Yu Linglong is the most expensive pencil, wrapped in jade, with a ruby ​​inlaid at the end of the pen, which costs 200 jin. Not only did Qiuyue startle Qiuyue was shocked, but even Qianqian, who was sorting the goods, stood up. When he saw that it was him, Qianqian said angrily: "I said that some prodigal son was so generous, it turned out that the boss was here."
She saw Li Wei standing in front of the store again. Several women who wanted to buy pencils were so scared that they didn't dare to come forward. She quickly smiled and said, "Come in quickly, you are blocking it, scaring all the guests away. I'll prepare food for you."
"Okay! I'll come in through the back door." Li Wei was about to leave, but seemed to hear someone calling him. He turned around, but saw Zhu Quan at a glance. He was standing across the street, holding his fists to him.
Li Weizheng has a very good impression of Zhu Quan, not only because he sent the shop, but because he appreciated himself. He was just a small family, but Zhu Quan had a unique vision and made friends with him. He also received the prince's permission in advance and did not make things difficult for him. It was this feeling of being valued by others that made Li Weizheng feel grateful.
He was about to cross the road, but Zhu Quan waved his hand at him and pointed to the sky, saying that he had no time. Li Wei was understanding, so he stopped and bowed to him, thanking him for supporting him.
Zhu Quan blinked at him, then got on the carriage and quickly left Fudong Street. Li Wei was watching him walk away from the carriage before entering the shop through the back door.
The pencil shop is separated by wooden boards and is a long and narrow space, which only allows four people to stand side by side. The shop is divided into two with a curtain in the middle. In front is the shop, behind is the rest and inventory office. Against the wall is a row of shelves with various pencil stocks. On the opposite side of the shelves is a small table with a stool in front and back. It is the day of the summer, and the small shop looks particularly hot.
"It's a little narrower here, just sit obediently and don't move."
Qianqian opened the curtain and came over, took out a bowl of iced mung bean porridge from the food box on the ground and placed it on the table, pursed her lips and said, "Drink it quickly! I don't know if it's still cold."
Li Wei wiped the sweat from her face, touched it with the back of her hand, and the hands were cold, so she pushed the bowl to her and smiled: "I'm not hot, you drink it!"
"Qiuyue and I both drank it. This is for you, so don't be polite."
Qianqian brought the bowl to him. Li Wei was smiling and picked up the bowl, "Gudu Gudu!" and drank the mung bean soup. He wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and exclaimed that he was happy. Seeing that he was drinking sweetly, Qianqian was happy and said, "I'm going to drive you away after drinking it. It's too hot here. You go home and rest first."
Li Weizheng also felt that the shop was really too hot, so he said, "Why don't I go and buy some ice cubes! Put it in the shop to cool down."
Qianqian waved her hand quickly, "No, this place is narrow, and it's also a bit of ice to get in the way, and the ground is wet. I don't like it. In fact, it's still cool in front of the store because I'm here."
Qianqian said and drove him away. At this moment, Qiuyue in front suddenly said, "Young Master, someone is looking for you."
Li Wei was lifting a corner of the curtain and looking out, but he saw a few people standing outside. He stood up suddenly. The one who came outside turned out to be the prince Zhu Biao.
He hurried out of the back door and quickly walked to Zhu Biao to bow and salute, "Sir, please see His Highness the Crown Prince."
This was the first time he met Zhu Biao after returning from Longmen Station. Although he had not met, Zhu Biao kept in touch with him through various channels. He smiled and said, "I heard from my seventeenth brother that your store opened today, so let's take a look."
"Your Highness, this is my cousin's store, the Gu family store that Your Highness has helped in Suzhou. I'm actually here to help."
"It turns out that Jiangnan No. 1 cake has also come to the capital."
Zhu Biao smiled, and he turned around and waved his hand. A young man in gorgeous clothes came up. He was about thirteen or fourteen years old. His eyebrows were pretty, but his head looked a bit flat, like half of the moon.
"This is my son Yunwen. I will take him out to inspect the people's situation today. If you know you are here, I will come to see you."
This young man turned out to be the famous Emperor Jianwen later. Li Wei was solemn and bowed respectfully to him, "See the little prince."
The Zhu family members were trained by great scholars since childhood, and they all knew literature and politeness. Although Zhu Yunwen was young, he was old and did not have the airs of a royal family. He bowed deeply to Li Weizheng and said, "I have heard my father mention Mr. Li many times. When I see him today, Yunwen is very honored."
Seeing that his son was sensible, Zhu Biao caressed his son's head kindly, pointed to the pencil shop and smiled at Li Weizheng, "The princess also has such a pen, which is very convenient. Yun Wen has always wanted one. I will bring him here today, one is to see you, and also want to buy a few pencils for his son."
"Why didn't your highness say it earlier?"
Li Wei immediately asked Qianqian to take out a few of the best Yu Linglong, Xingyue and other pencils, handed them to Zhu Yunwen and smiled and said, "You can use it as long as you don't have it. I have everything here."
At this time, Zhu Biao looked at Guo Qianqian deeply, smiled at Li Weizheng meaningfully and said, "I heard from the princess that this is your pampered sister, her surname is Guo, right?"
Li Wei seemed to hear something from Zhu Biao's tone. When he saw Zhu Biao looking at Guo Qianqian again, he felt quite moved, and immediately understood. Needless to say, Zhu Biao also guessed that Guo Qianqian was Guo Heng's daughter.
"Your Highness, my sister has encountered ups and downs since she was a child. I just hope she can live a peaceful life without any further setbacks."
"I understand your hard work, I don't know anything." Zhu Biao replied with a smile. Seeing that there were many people next to him, he pulled Li Wei aside and whispered to him: "Have the emperor summoned you recently?"
"Report to Your Highness, there is no one for the time being."
Zhu Biao let go of his heart, and he pondered for a moment and said, "I am very worried that the emperor will ask you about the letter. You have to remember. The content of the letter is Lan Yu asking me to plead with the emperor for him and ask him to go back to the North and fight against the Beiyuan. There is also the letter that said I asked you to burn it. Do you remember?"
"I remember it." Li Wei was hesitating and said, "But I am worried that King Yan will have a copy of this letter. After all, his people have obtained this letter."
Zhu Biao smiled slightly, "You don't have to worry about this. Without the original, he would never dare to take out the copy unless he wanted to seek death."
After pausing, Zhu Biao turned to the topic today and said, "Do you know that Lan Yu's son was executed?"
Li Weizheng nodded, "Commander Jiang had already told me in the morning."
"Then what do you think about this?"
"This incident reminds me of the emperor's order to kill the son of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong. This shows that the emperor is almost unable to bear it anymore to Duke Liang. Killing Lan Chuo is just a temptation, and Duke Liang's fate is worrying!"
Zhu Biao sighed, and he also realized that this was something that his father had planned for a long time and tested Lan Yu's reaction, but Lan Yu seemed to be ignorant and still has not come to the capital to apologize to the emperor.
Li Wei and Zhu Biao were discussing Lan Yu's affairs here, while Zhu Yunwen was choosing pencils one by one in front of the store. Although Guo Qianqian had no good feelings for the Zhu family, the only prince she did not dislike. She treated Zhu Yunwen, who was the same age as her very kindly.
Seeing that Zhu Yunwen was quite interested in those gorgeously decorated pencils, she advised him: "Young Master, pencils are practical. These pencils and jade inlays have lost the practical use of pencils. I suggest you choose ordinary camphor wood pencils with patterns. If you like, I can also help you engrave your name on the pen."
Zhu Yunwen had already picked a few good red sandalwood pencils. When Qianqian advised him, his face turned red. He put down the red sandalwood pencils, took a few more ordinary camphor wood pencils, and whispered: "Thank you for reminding me, it's not right for me."
Seeing that he was polite and obedient, Qianqian felt a little fond of him, so she took a piece of white paper and a pencil, and smiled at Zhu Yunwen, "Write down your name and I will engrave it on your pen."
Zhu Yunwen hesitated for a moment, took the pencil, and wrote down his name on paper as if he was holding a brush: Zhu Yunwen.
Seeing that his pen was quite interesting, Qianqian couldn't help but chuckled. She picked up the carving knife and carved three beautiful small characters on the pen: Zhu Yunwen.
"Give it to you!" Qianqian handed him a few pencils and said with a smile: "There are a total of four hundred cents."
Zhu Yunwen's face turned redder. He hurriedly touched his body for a long time without a penny, and then said to the guard next to him: "Do you have money? Lend me four hundred penny."
Qianqian couldn't help laughing, "I was just talking and playing, how could I really want your money? In that way, my brother would scold me to death."
"No! How could I ask for it for nothing?" Zhu Yunwen put the pencil back, but he couldn't bear to let go of the pen engraved with his name, so he murmured: "Or, I'll just take one!"
Seeing that he was honest and serious, Qianqian quickly explained: "I won't give you expensive pencils for your own good. Don't think I'm stingy!"
Zhu Yunwen quickly bowed and said, "Miss is right! My grandfather often taught me to be frugal and prosperous, but I actually forgot it. I am really ashamed. If it weren't for the girl's reminder, I would have made a big mistake."
Qianqian pursed her lips and smiled softly, "You are talking too seriously. A pencil cannot bear such a heavy responsibility."
Zhu Yunwen was surprised when she heard her word "王子" and looked up at her, but saw Qianqian's pretty and sweet smile. Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at her, and secretly warned herself: "Don't look at it if you are not polite."
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Don't look at it if you are not polite!’
The prince Zhu Biao and Li Wei were talking for a while. Seeing that it was too late, he was about to ask his son to return to the palace. At this moment, a sudden chaos occurred not far away, and countless people ran towards this side in horror, "Run quickly! A frightened horse rushed over."
The people around the door of Gu Ji cake shop suddenly fled in all directions, and more than a dozen lion dancers also hid in the cake shop.
There was a chaotic sound of horse hooves from afar, and more than twenty knights were surrounded by one person, and they were very arrogant. They rushed around the streets, whipped left and right, and scolded loudly, not caring about the lives of the people at all. Although there were only twenty people, the impact was like hundreds or thousands of cavalry entering the city. The man in the middle was about fifty years old, tall and burly, with bronze skin, deep wrinkles on his face, and anger that could not be concealed in his groggy eyes.
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Chapter completed!