Chapter 90 Flower Appreciation Banquet

"Xingzhu, make a good pot for Madam so she can use it to make cakes. Otherwise, if she uses the same pot for cooking and making cakes, the flavors will all get mixed up.

By the way, Master, I am not short of anything. I will order two pots made with the finest ore."

Lu Yuan instructed Xing Zhu.

The strong aroma of medicine blends with the taste of dessert and fried pork with peppers, and the three are perfectly combined together.

Lu Yuan felt that he had never been so bad in his life.

The wood he used for burning was carefully carved, so he couldn't be so careless about what he put into his mouth.

However, it is time for the Taoist priest to tell my grandfather to leave. It is enough for him to eat and drink for free in the Ning'an Palace for so many years.

He wasted so many medicinal herbs, it’s all money!
No wonder Xu Qiuyue’s martial arts skills are so high, it’s because of taking drugs.

If he could take pills like this every day, would his martial arts ability be bad? He would definitely be a peerless genius.

Maybe he can even surpass his grandfather.

No wonder Xu Qiuyue can still achieve such a high level of cultivation even though she cooks and makes medicine in the kitchen every day.

No wonder the osmanthus water tastes so good and has such good effects.

I'm afraid it's also a kind of elixir.

It's just that he doesn't know it.

He is too honest and only knows how to make money. He knows nothing about the things in the underworld.

After working hard for half a lifetime, I realized that mountains of gold and silver were right beside me.

It would have been better if he had worked with Xu Qiuyue to make the elixir earlier.

Not to mention the huge improvement in his cultivation, his physical weakness must have been cured long ago.

Others just think he is stingy.

But who knows how much his treatment will cost.

And his father only knows how to spend money.

I’ve only been to Yangzhou for a few days!

In less than half a month, I had already written three letters to him.

All of them cost money.

He also spoke very nicely, saying that he would be given dividends in the future.

Let him sell the shop in Taohua Town.

Yangzhou is Lu's father's hometown, and he never had time to go back before.

This time when he returned, he became the prefect.

There are also a lot of relatives and friends who come to visit.

This is what Lu's mother wrote in the letter to Lu Yuan.

It is naturally impossible to ask Father Lu to open a back door.

But Father Lu felt pity for them and wanted to let them start their own small business. As for the capital, Father Lu thought of Lu Yuan.

Since Lu Yuan planned to take the imperial examination, those shops were no longer of any use to him and it was time to sell them.

Lu Yuan did write a letter back, saying that if she really couldn't survive anymore, she could be arranged to go to Taohua Town and he could arrange for her to work in his shop.

After sending this letter, Father Lu never wrote to me again.

Obviously, those people were not living that miserably, and they were not willing to leave Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is a famous wealthy place.

The water in Yangzhou is also very deep.

To be honest, when he was in Taohua Town, Father Lu didn't have much to do.

But Yangzhou is different. First of all, there are various factions.

But there are still some corrupt officials there.

Mr. Lu can't tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes.

With his personality, he would definitely be very busy if he went to Yangzhou.

It's not just about being busy, there are also all kinds of open and covert fighting.

Emperor Sheng knew Father Lu's character very well. He sent Father Lu to Yangzhou without intending to let Father Lu have an easy life. He still remembered Father Lu, who had publicly written to the emperor saying that he was old and should not abuse the daughters of the common people anymore.

Since Mr. Lu likes to meddle in other people's affairs so much, he will let Mr. Lu meddle in other people's affairs to his heart's content.

If Father Lu could survive the attacks in Yangzhou.

That proves that Father Lu is a capable man and has the right to live, so what's wrong with him enduring it?

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Xu Qiuyue received an invitation letter from the Prince's Mansion.

Crown Prince Xuan Yi's newlywed wife Wenrou invited the women from various prominent families in the capital to attend a flower-viewing banquet.

Logically, such an invitation letter should not reach Xu Qiuyue's hands.

Because Xu Qiuyue married Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan is now a commoner, without any official position or reputation.

The Lu family is not a noble family and does not have any title.

The female members of the Ning'an Palace invited Xu Qiuyue several times, but Xu Qiuyue refused.

The reason was simple, she wanted to study with Lu Yuan, the imperial examination was approaching, and she wanted to take care of Lu Yuan.

But this time, Zhu Xing'er from Ning'an Palace came to invite her in person.

Zhu Xing'er is the legitimate daughter of the Prince of Ning'an Palace and the youngest daughter of the Prince's wife.

Since she came in person, Xu Qiuyue had to give her some face.

After all, she still has to stay in the capital.

"Cousin, the wife of the Crown Prince is the daughter of Grand Tutor Wen. She is well-read and very low-key. She is a very talented woman. We couldn't meet her before. Just give me a favor and go with me!"

"Xing'er, where did the Crown Princess hear about me? I am just a farm girl who has never seen the world. I can barely recognize a few words, let alone any talent."

Xu Qiuyue asked Zhu Xing'er.

She was a little curious because the Crown Prince's wife had no contact with her in her previous life.

However, Xu Qiuyue remembered that the Crown Prince's wife in his previous life was Wen Qing, the second daughter of the Wen family.

Wenrou was indeed quite talented, but she died early.

Now all this has changed.

Wen Qing has not married yet, and Wen Rou is still alive.

"The Crown Princess invited a lot of people this time. She and I have always had a good relationship. She heard that I have a cousin, so she wanted to meet you. This time she invited you to go with her. Cousin, you won't let me lose face in front of my friends! If you don't go, it will be a big disappointment."

Zhu Xing'er lied.

This time, it was Wenrou who took the initiative to ask her to invite Xu Qiuyue.

The news that Lu Yuan was stingy had long spread to the capital.

The Crown Princess was very curious about what Lu Yuan’s wife looked like.

After all, among the young masters of these aristocratic families, there is really no such weirdo.

When she was a child, she and Zhu Yuewen went to Lu Yuan's house to play together.

Originally, Lu's mother wanted Zhu Yuewen to marry Lu Yuan.

As a result, Zhu Yuewen was frightened by Lu Yuan's stinginess.

I packed my luggage overnight and returned to the capital.

The most important thing is that there are too many handsome young men in the capital.

Everyone feels stronger than Lu Yuan.

After all, Lu Yuan is just a businessman and doesn't want to be an official.

His status was a bit low. Although he could still become an official later, Lu Yuan didn't want to be an official at that time.

But I didn’t expect that Lu Yuan now actually wanted to be an official and started to study hard.

So Zhu Xing'er was very curious about how Xu Qiuyue changed Lu Yuan.

But she invited Xu Qiuyue twice, but Xu Qiuyue always used the excuse that she was accompanying Lu Yuan to study. She also had a temper, so she didn't invite Xu Qiuyue anymore.

But this time it was Wenrou who entrusted me with this.

Besides, she has not married yet. When the time comes, Wenrou can agree to her and help her find a good marriage.

Of course, Zhu Xing'er would not tell Xu Qiuyue this.

(End of this chapter)