After Feng Shuo and Jiang Yanyi exchanged a glance, they quickly lowered the curtains. His carriage was low-key and parked in an inconspicuous location, so no one noticed it.
Jiang Yanyi also knew that now was not the time to ask Feng Shuo why he came here. After Feng Shuo lowered the curtain, she took Aunt Guo and a waiter to the An Mansion's carriage, asked the An Mansion's servants to help Madam An into the building first, and then turned around and instructed the waiter:
"Go get a doctor!"
Mrs. An knew she was embarrassed. Seeing Jiang Yanyi coming over, she took off the handkerchief covering her mouth for the sake of decency and said, "Thank you for your kindness. There's no need to bother."
A front tooth was broken, and Mrs. An now speaks with a lisp. The fall not only broke a tooth, but also seemed to have severely injured her nose bone. Most of the blood on her handkerchief came from her nose.
Mrs. An felt her whole face was numb. She also injured her tongue when she hit her front teeth. Now she couldn't even move her tongue. Tears welled up in her eyes. If she hadn't considered the occasion, she would have cried out in pain.
If she fell in Jiang Yanyi's shop, she could still put the blame on Jiang Yanyi's antique soup shop, but this happened on the street, when she fell off her own carriage, so even if she committed fraud, she could not reach Jiang Yanyi's shop.
If she went into the store in such a miserable state and was seen by the guests at the banquet, she would lose all her face and dignity.
Mrs. An knew very well what kind of people those noble ladies were like. She didn't know how they might laugh at her behind her back. So when Jiang Yanyi suggested that she go into the store to rest and ask someone to call a doctor, she refused without a second thought.
Mrs. An was hurriedly put into another carriage by the An family's servants and returned home with Old Mrs. An, leaving only Young Mrs. An to entertain the guests in the restaurant.
Jiang Yanyi brought Madam An into the store, and the news of Madam An's fall was covered up. Except for the people who were outside at the time, the guests dining inside did not know that Madam An had made such a fool of herself.
Madam An wiped her eyes with a handkerchief at the entrance, and forced a smile on her face as she said to Jiang Yanyi, "The host has put a lot of effort into today's banquet. I would like to thank them. Please include the money for the opera troupe and the extra dishes when you settle the bill."
She spoke quietly but clearly.
Jiang Yanyi felt that Madam An was not as incapable of housekeeping as those women had said before.
She said politely, "Young Madam, you are right. It is thanks to you that you take care of our small shop business."
After Mrs. An returned to the table to greet the female guests, Jiang Yanyi sat back at the counter with a lot of doubts in his mind.
Chu Shubao was cracking melon seeds and nudged Jiang Yanyi with her elbow. "I just heard about this. Do you know how the An family's birthday banquet was ruined?"
Jiang Yanyi moved closer: "I'm listening, go ahead."
Chu Shubao said with a gossipy look on her face, "Mrs. An wanted to support her niece to be her son's concubine. Madam An seemed to be soft-hearted and refused to agree to this matter. Old Madam An was protective of her granddaughter-in-law. I don't know if Mrs. An was really sick from anger or pretending to be sick, but she made Madam An get up early and serve her in the dark for more than half a month."
"Later, when Old Madam An was going to celebrate her birthday, the old lady saw that Madam An was ill, so she asked her granddaughter-in-law to take charge of the household affairs. If Madam An could host the birthday banquet, then the power of the housekeeper would fall into her hands. Unexpectedly, on the night before Old Madam An's birthday, a rat got into the An family kitchen and ruined all the prepared dishes and meat. The An family had no choice but to temporarily outsource the birthday banquet to an outside restaurant."
Jiang Yanyi asked, "Could it be that Madam An asked someone to release the rat?"
Chu Shubao had a gloating look on her face: "It's probably her. No wonder she broke her teeth in front of Madam An's carriage. This is really a case of God watching over you!"
Chu Jiabao echoed, "It's a pity that she is a vegetarian and a Buddhist. She even dares to tamper with her mother-in-law's birthday."
She looked at Madam An Shao at the table and shook her head repeatedly: "Look at her daughter-in-law, she has a soft temper. I don't know how much anger she has to endure at home."
Jiang Yanyi also glanced over there, and quickly retracted his gaze: "This Madam An was able to arrange everything for the birthday banquet for the first time as a housekeeper, and she doesn't seem stupid. But if she doesn't stand up for herself in these household affairs, no one can help her."
There are several famous restaurants in Xizhou, and large banquets must be booked in advance so that the restaurant can purchase ingredients and prepare dishes in advance.
Ruyilou had just opened, and although it had a customer base, it had no reputation for hosting banquets. Madam An Shao was able to approach them directly because she probably knew that the Gudai Soup was easy to prepare, so guests could eat it right away when they arrived, instead of having to sit and wait.
With such judgment and decision-making abilities, if Madam An had a stronger temper, her mother-in-law would not have had the chance to cause trouble.
Madam An came along because she probably heard that Ruyi Tower was not well-known and thought that Madam An Shao was going to make a fool of herself here. She thought that if the matter got out of hand, Madam An would lose face and she might not like this granddaughter-in-law anymore.
By then, she would be accused of being unfilial and might even be divorced.
Even as an outsider, she could see all of this, and Madam An Shao herself probably knew what her mother-in-law was thinking.
Chu Shubao sighed and said, "If Madam An had married into an ordinary family, her life might have been easier."
The difference in family background sometimes brings not only differences in cultivation and tolerance, but also differences in ideas and ways of doing things. Mrs. An was directly promoted to this position. It is naturally not feasible for her to use her previous set of rules in a wealthy family.
Being always nice will make people think you are a pushover. If you want to calm people down, you have to show your temper.
As the sisters were talking, Aunt Guo came over and said, "There are two girls on the third floor who want to buy rouge."
When Chu Shubao and her sister heard that there was business opportunity, they could no longer sit still and went upstairs immediately.
Jiang Yanyi laughed and shook his head. He was feeling bored while roasting food on the charcoal brazier. He was thinking about bringing the cats from home over tomorrow when he suddenly saw a tall figure appear in front of the counter.
Looking at Feng Shuo's expressionless face, Jiang Yanyi finally remembered that she had forgotten someone again. She laughed awkwardly and said, "I thought you were just passing by."
Feng Shuo just looked at her without saying anything.
Just when Jiang Yanyi felt his scalp tingling, he said, "I want a private room."
The waiter thought that there was a new customer and hurried over to show Feng Shuo the way.
Jiang Yanyi sat at the counter for a while before going upstairs.
When she entered the room, she found that the waiter had already brought a pot of red soup to Feng Shuo. All the dishes were served, and at first glance, it was all meat, except for two plates of bean sprouts and tofu that were given away for free when the store opened.
"Why are you free today?" Jiang Yanyi pulled out a stool and sat opposite Feng Shuo.
Feng Shuo was dipping a piece of thinly sliced pork belly. He was using wooden chopsticks to move the well-defined slice of meat back and forth in the boiling spicy soup. From time to time, grains of cornel and Sichuan peppercorns were pushed up to the surface of the soup as the water boiled.
In the porcelain vase placed on the corner of the table, there is a branch of plum bud about to bloom. Because of the mist rising from the pot, small water droplets condense on the branch.
Feng Shuo put the cooked pork belly into Jiang Yanyi's bowl and did not directly answer her question: "I heard someone is here to cause trouble?"
After he said this, Jiang Yanyi understood.
He came here specially because he heard that someone came to her store to cause trouble.
Jiang Yanyi's dissatisfaction with the fact that he had concealed the fact that Xing'an Marquis wanted him to marry his daughter also disappeared. He picked up the pork belly in the bowl and ate it. "The troublemakers have been beaten away, thanks to the help of Xing'an Marquis County Master."
Plum Blossom Pork is commonly known as old meat slices. After being cooked in the secret hot pot soup base, the aroma of the soup base is fully melted into the meat. The tender taste plus the mellow fragrance of the meat slices themselves is truly unforgettable.
For Jiang Yanyi, the only flaw is probably that the dogwood is not spicy enough, making this red soup hotpot not authentic enough.
When Feng Shuo heard the words "Xing'an Marquis County Master", he frowned and said, "The people causing trouble are also Xing'an Marquis's people. Are they trying to direct and act in a play of their own?"
Jiang Yanyi, whose appetite was aroused by a piece of pork belly, was eating the second piece. She said, "I think the Princess Xing'an is quite straightforward."
Feng Shuo glanced at her and said, "No one would write their thoughts on their face."
Jiang Yanyi said in a chilly voice: "My Lord, why haven't I heard you say that Xing'an Hou wants to be your father-in-law?"
Feng Shuo heard the jealousy in her words and said, "He is now my godfather."
He recognized the Princess of Xing'an Hou as his sworn sister, which also raised the generation status of Xing'an Hou.
Jiang Yanyi wasn't jealous at first, but when he heard him say that, he couldn't help but chuckle, "After all the twists and turns, Xing'an Hou still took advantage of you in terms of seniority."
She scooped up the boiled pork belly, and found that there was no oil dip on her side, so she dipped it in Feng Shuo's oil dip.
Feng Shuo had just cooked a piece of meat for her. When he saw Jiang Yanyi put the meat slice in his bowl, he naturally thought that she was cooking it for him. The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, and he picked up the wood to enjoy it.
But Jiang Yanyi picked up the meat slices with wooden chopsticks, dipped them in the sauce, and then picked them up and put them into her mouth.
Feng Shuo: "...Is it delicious?"
Jiang Yanyi nodded without knowing why: "It's delicious."
The corners of someone's mouth slowly froze, and finally he decided to cook the meat himself.
Jiang Yanyi didn't quite understand. How come this man was fine one second ago, but acted like someone owed him money the next second
After eating some meat to fill her stomach, she remembered to ask the main question: "Did Madam An really fall off the shaft of the carriage by herself?"
It was too much of a coincidence that Feng Shuo was outside at that time.
Feng Shuo focused on eating the shabu-shabu meat: "How would I know?"
He was the one who did it, but he didn't want Jiang Yanyi to know.
Mrs. An was still talking nonsense after leaving Ruyi Tower. Old Madam An was hard of hearing, so she told the maid with disdain that the Ruyi Tower opened by Jiang Yanyi was no different from those brothels. Unfortunately, Feng Shuo heard it and taught her a lesson.
Jiang Yanyi was surprised and said, "Then this is really retribution."
Feng Shuo asked: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yanyi then told him about the immoral things that Mrs. An had done to her daughter-in-law, and also told him about the entanglement between An Yongyuan and the male and female protagonists in the original book.
On the night when she confessed everything to Feng Shuo, she briefly told Feng Shuo the general direction of the dynasty and the main characters in the original book. However, the present world had long gone off track with the plot of the original book, and many things could only be used as references and predictions.
"I think that if Madam An is well, perhaps General An can always be of use to you." Jiang Yanyi said.
Feng Shuo seemed to be thinking about something: "Yanyi, tell me, is there another person in this world who came here from another world like you?"
Jiang Yanyi held Mu Zhu's hand and paused: "Why do you ask this suddenly?"
Feng Shuo said: "A month ago, Madam An Shao accidentally fell into the lake, and it was Lu Linyuan who rescued her."
However, in the original book plot told by Jiang Yanyi, Lu Linyuan and Madam An Shao never had any intersection.
Before, Lu Linyuan had done the same thing as Jiang Yanyi many times before, as if he could predict some things. Feng Shuo had suspected this a long time ago, and now the matter of Madam An Shao made him even more suspicious.
Jiang Yanyi ate the hot pot tofu that had just been taken out of the pot without saying a word.
A month ago, it was just a few days before the Turkic prince escaped from prison.
Because Madam An is still alive, there is no plot where An Yongyuan imprisoned Jiang Yanxi
If Lu Linyuan went to rescue Madam An out of the desire to protect Jiang Yanxi, it seems to make sense.
But if Lu Linyuan was also wearing it, why would he do this for Jiang Yanxi? Moreover, the original book did not mention how Madam An Shao died, so how did Lu Linyuan happen to save her
Jiang Yanyi thought about Lu Linyuan's attitude when he first met him, and said hesitantly: "Lu Linyuan should not be a person from another world like me, but I can give him a try."
Feng Shuo only said two words, "No."
Jiang Yanyi looked at his face which turned sour instantly and said with a smile: "Are you still worried that there will be something wrong between me and him?"
Feng Shuo glanced at her and put a soft, boneless chicken claw in her bowl: "No means no."
The author has something to say: Feng Hanhan: No means no. (I’ll use food to shut you up)
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