Chapter 382： Being watched again?

Chapter 382 Being targeted again?

The four of them really didn't move, they sat in the pavilion all the time, Mr. Rong kept observing not far away, and when he saw that nothing was going on, he left quietly.

An hour later, the Rong family's banquet began, and the four emperors were invited to the front.

The front hall of the Rong family is the square of the imperial palace, covered with pergolas, and the delicious wine and delicacies inside exude a burst of aroma.

No matter what, it is extremely exquisite!

The head of the Rong family, the father of Mr. Rong, finally met the ice sender.

I don’t know him, I really don’t know him, maybe he is really a passing tourist, just a businessman with some skills.

If you can avoid offending, then you won’t offend. It’s fine if you make friends with each other.

So he didn't come over to say hello, the four emperors arranged at a table with others, they didn't know each other, and nodded to each other.

The emperor looked at the food on the table, and thought in his heart that it was even better than what I ate. In the eyes of the Rong family, the golden autumn and the harvest season are their glory days, right?

It's really extravagant. After this table, there is no one thousand taels of silver.

Qiao Mai didn't think too much about it, he was about to eat it after the ceremony, and Yuan Jiaqi naturally thought the same way, so the couple were not polite, and ate with their cheeks aside.

Not to mention, this taste is really good, I haven't eaten seafood like this for a long time, eat it!

After a while, a large plate of salmon was served, raw, with some crushed ice on it. It seemed that they used this ritual thoroughly.

The guests screamed when they saw the ice and the salmon.

"Wow, Bing, the Rong family is really generous, this fish is so iced, it must taste delicious, come, eat"

Qiao Mai took out a bottle and poured a pill into the hands of the four of them.

"It's raw, I'm afraid your stomach can't take it, eat a piece of this first, this fish tastes very good, don't eat too much"

"My mother-in-law knows a lot"

Several people picked up one chopstick and started to eat. Before the second chopstick was used, the whole plate of fish was bottomed out. The queen blinked at Qiao Mai.

"Mother-in-law, let's make some dishes when we go back?"

"What's your request, Xiaocai, I'll satisfy you!"

The two interacted, and the people at the same table looked at them with contempt, and said in their hearts, let’s return a small dish, not to mention that this fish is from the deep sea, can you get this ice?

If you let them know that the ice was taken out by those present, they will not be forced in their hearts.

After eating, they saw someone leaving, so they left quietly.

They didn't add an inn, but took a sightseeing car and continued to stroll. A few people sat in the car drinking iced drinks, which was much more enjoyable than at Rong's.

"A branch of the Rong family is so grand, the family should have more money than the prefect of Wu."

"He is not the magistrate of Luzhou, otherwise, this banquet will be more grand, maybe gold can be made into dishes"

The queen's face was quite ugly, Qiao Mai saw the shop by the side of the road, "Dongzao, iron blood, stop!"

The car stopped, several people turned their heads, "Smoke House?"

"Do you want to go in and taste the taste of opium?"

Several people shook their heads like a rattle, "Is this tobacco shop open on both sides of the street like this?"

"From yesterday to now, I counted such dens, and there are no fewer than ten. One can imagine how many people smoke this drug"

The emperor's hands were tightly held together, "There shouldn't be any in the capital, right?"

"After all, it is at the feet of the emperor, and sometimes it is secretly, officials and officials protect each other, businessmen collude, interests are involved, all prosperity, and all losses. If the merchants and officials in Luzhou City form a network, this move will be very good."

"Then they must be eradicated, otherwise the entire Ming Dynasty will be poisoned by this drug. It doesn't matter if I lose a city, but I can't lose all cities."

"Well, make up your own mind, what my husband and I need to do, just hum."

"Don't worry, I will never be polite to my in-laws."

That night, Jin Longwei inquired clearly about the situation in Luzhou, and the emperor arranged arrangements in the guest house until late at night.

The empress has always been worried, although she said it lightly, but this Rong family is a branch of her natal family after all, broken bones and tendons.

If the Rong family did something to harm the common people, she would lose face as a queen.

The emperor still trusted her, "I will not accuse the Rong family of joint crimes, and whoever did it will be punished. If the main family in the capital is involved, I will not spare anyone lightly, but it does not involve innocent people."

"The emperor is tolerant to the Rong family, and the concubines are extremely grateful."

"I hope the Rong family in the capital doesn't get mixed up. The complexity of Luzhou City is even worse than that of Liangzhou. If it's not handled properly, there will be a sea of ​​corpses and blood."

"so many people?"

"Yes, I really did what my mother-in-law said, officials and officials protect each other, and businessmen collude, just to earn more money."

"Is the emperor going to do something?"

"Not yet, the garrison outside the city may be bought by them. I want to mobilize the soldiers from Nanguan, first take down the garrison outside the city, and then investigate all the officials and merchants in the city."

The emperor sighed, and lay down next to the queen.

The next day, several small stalls suddenly appeared outside the Yingbin Inn. Qiao Mai looked at it upstairs and thought it was ridiculous.

"Sir, we are being targeted again"

"How do you see it?"

"Look below, those peddlers seem to be yelling and selling, but their eyes are staring at the inn from time to time."

"They want to find out about us?"

"It's my fault too. Make some ice cubes. It's true. I was spotted by a group of flies."

"Although news about Liangzhou prefect's dismounting has spread, we have always kept our travels with the emperor secret. Although they know that the emperor is going south, they don't know the route."

"As long as you have a brain, you are always on guard. It seems that I still need to step in."

"Leave him alone, wait until the emperor asks for his wife."

The husband and wife were chatting, and the emperor and empress came here feeling bored.

"You two are so leisurely"

"Just woke you up?"

"Well, I arranged to deploy the Golden Dragon Guard last night"

The emperor tapped the table with his fingers, and Qiao Mai put a bottle of cold drink in front of him.

"The most important thing is to get the ledger of the smokehouse. People like them usually keep two ledgers, one clear and one dark,"

"Well, Jin Longwei has already gone, and I asked them to investigate, the home of the fifth son of Luzhou, and their family business. As long as they are famous here, I will not let them go."

"Are you still going out?"

"I won't go, I'm not in the mood, it's hard to catch my breath on such a hot day, and I don't know how they live here"

"Used to it"

The emperor looked at Qiao Mai with complicated eyes, "Mother-in-law, when this case is over, do you still want to take action to destroy all the poppies here?"

"No problem, leave it to me"

At this moment, a guard held a letter in both hands, came to the front of the house and knocked on the door.

"Come in"

The guards took the letter and handed it to the emperor respectfully. The emperor burst out laughing after reading the letter, and hurriedly handed the letter to Qiao Mai first, even the queen uncovered it.

"Mother-in-law, take a look, you are going to be a grandmother soon"

Qiao Mai looked at the letter with a smile on Mimi, "Finally something good happened, congratulations to you too, you are going to be grandparents"

"Haha, same joy, same joy,"

The queen took the letter and read it, and immediately forgot the Rong family's unhappiness, "It's just over a month ago, so you need to pay more attention."

"As long as the prince doesn't take concubines and no one competes for favor, there will be no accidents in Ling'er's body,"

"Haha, with a mother-in-law like you, he can only have Linger in this life."

"There are many women in the harem, so there are many things, and there are endless dirty tricks. Presumably, in the dark, the emperor's heirs have been raped many times, and the prince is just one case."

"There is no way. In order to continue the bloodline, even so, the royal family will arrange for women to enter the palace."

"Do you know what this is called?"

"What?"

"Stallion, boar!"

(end of this chapter)