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If not for the fact that their Su Family had increased, they would not have come to form a relationship with Yun Che.

And Su Zhiqi had been reduced to an official by the emperor ever since the last incident, and was now just a sixth stage main. The official rank was even a head lower than Su Zongwen's, and the discussions outside were extremely passionate, while Su Zhiqi was half dead from anger. He had planned for so long, and with great difficulty he climbed up to a high position to become a third stage official, but now, he was suppressed by Su Zhizhong's son?

The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became.

Su Family.

Su Yunyan and Su Qingyi were forced by Madame Chen to embroider flowers in the courtyard, while Ah Qiu went to Shen Zhu's courtyard to find out that she was about to go out.

Shen Zhu was initially worried about leaving the child in the courtyard for the servant girl to take care of. Since Ah Qiu was willing to help look after her, she would naturally be very happy.

Shen Zhu's personal servant girl was called Chun Cao, she had bought it from a man named Ya Zi a few days ago.

Shen Zhu saw that she was clever and reliable, and thus chose to stay by her side. After all, she was the one who picked them, and was better than the servants left behind by Old Madame Su and the rest.

Furthermore, Chun Cao's identity as an innocent person, although her background was very pitiful, she was absolutely loyal to Shen Zhu. This was what she truly wanted.

Those people left behind by the Old Madame Su, regardless of whether they were good or bad, their masters would only be from the third house.

"Madam, are we really going to bring a few more people with us?"

It was the first time Chun Cao followed Master out and he couldn't help but be nervous.

Even though the capital city was peaceful under the watch of the Emperor, he would still be surprised. What if something really happened?

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. I'll just take a look around." Shen Zhu smiled as he comforted her.

Although Chun Cao's heart was still a little unsettled, but she did not say anything more in the end. She was sold to a person's teeth by her parents when she was young, and also worked at a few wealthy families, only after angering the managers and mistresses until they were sold again, and transferred to Su Family.

She had learned to be cautious from the previous master, and the previous master had a very bad temper, she would always hit and scold the servants. To be able to meet such a kind master like Shen Zhu, it was all her fortune, and she had to perform well.

"Chun Cao, Yan'er and the rest like to eat the pastries from the shop in the north of the city.

Shen Zhu asked about the location of the Hundred Fragrance House and sent Chun Cao away.

"Yes, ma'am."

Although the North City Pu Zi was a little far from here, Chun Cao still replied to him obediently.

"Wait, that place is a bit far from here. You can go back to the mansion after you buy something. There's no need to look for me. I'll just go back by myself after I finish my business." Shen Zhu walked two steps, as if he thought of something, and immediately stopped Chun Cao.

"But Madam, you were alone outside …" Chun Cao hesitated to speak, and was a little worried.

"It's okay, you can go back after you buy the pastries. I'll take a walk outside, and I'll be back soon after I'm done. Besides, this place is not far from the Su residence, so I can go back by myself." Shen Zhu laughed.

"Yes, ma'am." Chun Cao could only agree after hearing her words.

Seeing that the person had left, Shen Zhu followed the directions and found the Hundred Fragrance House. The Hundred Fragrance House of the capital was much larger than the Clear Water Town, it was bustling with people coming and going.

Shen Zhu looked at the three big words Hundred Fragrance House on the signboard, as well as the decorating style inside that was exactly the same as Clear Water Town's. After confirming the location, he then slowly walked towards the restaurant.

Although it was not the meal time right now, people from Hundred Fragrance House were coming and going, and it was extremely lively.

The waiter at the entrance warmly invited the guests in.

"Waiter, I want to see your manager."

Shen Zhu was led into the restaurant, looking at the passionate waiter he directly spoke to him.

"Miss, do you have business with the shopkeeper?" The waiter shook the scarf on his head and looked at Shen Zhu with a troubled expression.

"Of course it's something important. I'll have to trouble the second generation to inform you." Shen Zhu nodded.

The waiter sized up Shen Zhu's dressing, and guessed that she must be the young miss of a rich family, so he immediately answered and invited her into the private room, then quickly ran to find the shopkeeper.

Not long after, a middle-aged man came back with the waiter. The two of them whispered to each other for a while before leaving. The middle-aged man smiled as he entered the room.

"I'm the shopkeeper here. May I know why Miss is here?" The middle-aged man spoke politely.

"I have some relationship with your boss, so I specially came here today. He said that he could find me by bringing this thing here, so I came here."

Shen Zhu took out his jade tablet and gave it to the middle aged man.

The middle-aged man looked at the jade medallion for a moment, then spoke in a more respectful tone: "So it turns out that Lady Shen is here to pay you a visit, please excuse me for neglecting Lady Shen."

The middle-aged man laughed and said: "My surname is Li and I am the manager of this restaurant. Lady Shen can call me Manager Li."

Shopkeeper Li politely returned the jade token back to Shen Zhu, rubbed his hands as he stood at the side, and laughed: "It's such a coincidence that Lady Shen is here, our boss has recently talked about a business deal, and is currently at the entrance of the stronghold. He will not be able to return for a while, but boss has already told me earlier, Lady Shen is here, if you have anything you need to tell me."

Shen Zhu kept the jade tablet, and spoke after pondering for a moment: "It's like this, the reason I came here today was to discuss reopening Yuzhu Pavilion in the capital with Boss Zhou, I wonder if Boss Zhou had given me any instructions before he left?"

Manager Li's smile froze for a moment, then he said apologetically: "Lady Shen, the owner has never told me before. Opening a shop is a huge matter, I can't make the decision, it looks like I have to wait until the owner returns and you can discuss it with him."

Shen Zhu nodded his head, and did not make things difficult for the shopkeeper, "Manager Li is right, but I wonder when Boss Zhou will return?"

However, I will send someone to deliver a letter to my boss tomorrow, I can help you ask around, but Lady Shen need not rush, I would like to ask Lady Shen to inform me of my lodging place, when my master has returned to agree on the time, I will immediately send someone to inform you. "

"Then I'll be troubling Manager Li. I'll be staying at the Minister Mansion located on the eastern side of the street. When that time comes, you can send someone to deliver the news to the Minister Mansion." Shen Zhu nodded, then continued to chat with Manager Li for a while, then decided to leave, "Since Boss Zhou is not around, then I don't have anything else to do, so I'll be going back first."

"Lady Shen, take care. I'll send you off."

Shopkeeper Li spoke out politely with a smile on his face as he sent Shen Zhu downstairs. Only after he saw him out did he turn around.

Regarding Shen Zhu, Zhou Muqing had already told him about it before she left, but she did not say that she was someone from the Minister Mansion.

Manager Li became even more respectful when he thought about how Shen Zhu was a person of Minister Mansion.

"Owner, is that the Lady Shen that makes our boss praise him endlessly?"

After the kitchen was done with its work, the head chef coincidentally came out to take a breath of fresh air, and when he walked out the door, he only saw Shen Zhu's back figure.

"Yes, that's her." Manager Li had a good relationship with the chef, so they chatted for a while.

"I think she's at most seventeen or eighteen years old. Is her culinary arts really that amazing?"

The head chef was rather famous in the capital. When he heard Zhou Muqing praise Shen Zhu, he had wanted to ask for a few pointers.

In the capital, there were many restaurants that were almost as famous as the Hundred Fragrance House, and inside, the head chef was also a top tier expert. He recognized that with his culinary skills, he would be able to defeat those people if he lost.

"Since you can get the praise of the boss, don't underestimate him. Maybe he really does have some ability." Manager Li seemed to be muttering to himself as he stared at the door, "Moreover, he's from the Minister Mansion."

"In the future when I have the chance, I will definitely meet her no matter what. I really want to see whether this silly little girl is truly capable or just boasting." The head chef muttered a few more words before going back into the kitchen.