Although the second floor is a private room, it looks very bright overall. It is surrounded by green plants, and even the roof beams are covered with branches. In this world where green plants are not yet used to beautify the environment, this is both innovative and gives this quaint house a spring-like feel.
Old Madam Zhu looked at her and nodded repeatedly. Although she was confident in her granddaughter, she could only feel at ease when she saw her with her own eyes.
The beads on the door curtain rang, and Madam Sun, supported by the Sixth Prince, walked out. The two old people greeted each other and leaned forward to greet each other. Madam Zhu said, "I didn't expect you to come, Shang Zhen."
Shang Zhen is Madam Sun's nickname. Not many people call her that now. She was stunned for a moment when she heard it, then she smiled and said, "It's been a while since I last saw you."
The two held hands and looked at each other, and there was no need to say anything else.
The others all greeted the Sixth Prince, who supported them calmly one by one. People who didn't know the situation thought he came with Old Madam Sun and were not surprised. The Sixth Prince also deliberately kept a distance from Hua Zhi, for fear of causing trouble for Sister Hua.
As the host, Hua Zhi knelt down and bowed, saying, "Everyone should be more comfortable today. The elders should each have one room, the brothers should have one room, and the sisters should have one room. What do you think?"
Which young generation would be willing to be under the supervision of their elders? Not to mention the children from noble families, even the six girls had eyes full of interest and were eager to try.
Madam Zhu also supported her granddaughter, so she seconded the proposal: "That's good, I just want to have a good talk with you, Shang Zhen."
Madam Sun smiled and invited, "Then shall we go inside?"
The two of them walked into the house hand in hand. Zhu Haocheng and the others smiled at each other and invited each other to go to another room.
Without the elders, the younger generations immediately became lively. Zhu Ziwen said, "This is quite relaxing. How about we go too?"
The Qin family and the Zhu family have always had dealings with each other, so the two families responded immediately. Lu Shuangrui, who had been instructed before coming, also readily agreed. Zhu Ziwen invited the Sixth Prince again, and Hua Zhi nodded to him implicitly. One of her purposes in organizing such a dinner was to let the Sixth Prince come into contact with them.
Since Yan Xi had that plan, it was obviously not enough to rely on only an outsider who was unable to move around.
She winked at Zhu Ziwen, who winked at her. A smile appeared in her eyes. She whispered a few words to Yingchun and turned to go to her uncle's room.
As Hua Zhi's uncle, Zhu Haocheng sat in the main seat, maintaining a very good atmosphere for his niece. As soon as Hua Zhi came in, three pairs of eyes fell on her.
Hua Zhi knelt down and bowed, letting them look at her gracefully, without showing any embarrassment at all.
"I now believe those rumors in the capital." Qin Gongyang smiled, with unmistakable admiration in his eyes, "It is indeed true."
It's more than just a rumor. A gambling game has already started in the capital, waiting to see who can get close to the beauty and win this prickly rose. It is said that many sons of noble families are involved. As an elder, Zhu Haocheng slammed the table when he knew about this, but there was nothing he could do. His grandfather is a high-ranking official, but there are also sons of noble families with higher status than his family. If he really competes with them, he will be laughed at.
But who would be happy to see their daughter being used as entertainment? It would be fine if girls also had the desire to compete with each other for beauty, but his daughter is clearly taking care of a whole family and lives more seriously than anyone else. It is really an underestimation for her to be talked about like this after dinner.
Thinking about what his second brother was busy with now, Zhu Haocheng sighed in his heart. No matter what, the Zhu family had to help and bear more of the responsibility.
Lu Boxi, the son of the Duke of Anguo, was also looking at Hua Zhi. The situation of the Lu family was indeed not very good, but if this matter had not been arranged by Gu Yanxi, he would not be sitting here today.
There have been people who wanted to surrender to the Lu family in exchange for benefits over the years. The reason why the Lu family did not accept them is clearly because they thought that the Lu family was not so poor that they needed to use the influence of the Duke's Mansion in exchange for wealth.
Although Hua Zhi's shop was a little special, it was not so special that he would look at it differently. What he valued was the middleman role played by Gu Yanxi.
This at least illustrates one thing, that his reclusive nephew is related to the Hua family, or Hua Zhi.
Rather than this business, he wanted to know the inside story.
Lu Boxi looked at Hua Zhi. Neither he nor his father believed that the child who was covered in blood and hated his father so much that he almost killed his father would let go of his hatred so easily. He and his father had always suspected that the so-called seclusion was just a cover.
Worship Buddha? He has a mother who has worshipped Buddha for many years, and from the few times they met, she did not sense any Buddha nature in her nephew.
If their guess was correct, he also wanted to let his nephew, who had grown up on his own, know that the Lu family was always behind him. And from the fact that he was the one who got involved in this matter, it could be seen that he had always known about the Lu family's situation and was now trying to help them solve it. Isn't this also his concern for the Lu family
Isn't it just to give the Hua family some protection? The Lu family gives it!
"Is there anything the Lu family needs you to do?" Lu Boxi asked directly.
Zhu Haocheng and Qin Gongyang were both a little surprised by Lu Boxi's words. They looked at each other, then lowered their eyes and drank tea.
Hua Zhi sat down at the bottom, as if facing a trial by three judges, but she was not at a disadvantage in terms of momentum. "Business is for money. The Lu family just needs to let people know that the Anguo Mansion is behind this restaurant, and not everyone can take a bite."
"That's all?"
"That's all."
Seeing that she was not trying to be stubborn, Lu Boxi nodded and said, "If there is anything, you can send someone to the Lu family to inform us at any time."
"yes."
Zhu Haocheng and Qin Gongyang understood that the Lu family was the backer that Hua Zhi had found. After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed suitable. Duke Anguo had retired for many years and seemed to have no real power, but Duke Anguo was an old duke's mansion after all. It was one of only two duke's mansions with the same long history as the Daqing Dynasty, and its network of contacts was deep and few aristocratic families could compare with it.
Moreover, Duke Anguo has a natural advantage. The royal family owes Duke Anguo a daughter. The emperor has been very caring towards the Lu family over the years. Duke Anguo's grandson is even more loved by the emperor. Even though he has been living in seclusion in recent years, rewards are still sent to the prince's mansion in an endless stream. The most obvious reason is that because the prince does not like Prince Ling, Prince Ling has not participated in the royal ancestor worship for several consecutive years.
Don't give face to the monk, give face to the Buddha. As long as the emperor is alive, no one can shake the status of the Anguo Mansion.
However, the door of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion has always been difficult to enter. No one knows how Hua Zhi got connected. Not only Qin Gongyang was curious, but even Zhu Haocheng looked at his niece a few more times.
ps: Every time after the script meeting, I feel that what I wrote is a piece of crap. Girls, please forgive my fussiness. If you don't want to wait, you can go back and read it. Do you remember the changes to the male protagonist's setting that I mentioned before? Now they are all synchronized. Girls can go and have a look, especially Chapter 155, where Gu Yanxi's identity as a prince is pointed out. The next chapter will be late, so girls don't wait.