After a whole day of building momentum, Baiyun Tower's prestige in the imperial city has reached a peak.
No matter they are dignitaries or ordinary people, they are all proud to have a hot pot meal.
However, although the hot pot tastes great, the price is still out of reach for ordinary people, so soon only dignitaries came to dine.
Seeing that sales began to gradually decline, Xu Que once again asked the shopkeeper to go out and speak out.
Imperial City, Tianxing Tea House.
This teahouse is a rather special teahouse, and the guests it receives are all talented people, beautiful ladies, or relatives of the emperor.
Since Xuanyuan Wanrong came to power, the power of the relatives has become stronger and stronger, so now half of the people in this building are related to Xuanyuan Wanrong.
At this time, a scholar was telling the story vividly.
Everyone around him sat around him and listened attentively.
"It is said that before Yue Lao went to heaven, there was a woman in love with him in the mortal world. Unfortunately, humans and immortals cannot love each other, and the two are destined to be separated."
"So Yue Lao thought, what can I do to bring this woman to heaven?"
"Finally, he came up with a way, which was to send the fairy energy in his body into the woman's body. As long as the woman has his fairy energy in her body, she can be taken to heaven by him."
"But there are regulations in the immortal world. Immortals are not allowed to directly transport immortal energy into mortal bodies. This is against the law... well, it is against the rules of heaven."
"So Yue Lao thought hard for a long time, and finally he came up with a way."
At this point, the scholar stopped talking, but picked up the tea cup and took a slow sip.
The surrounding audience suddenly became anxious and began to urge.
When everyone was almost done waiting, the scholar spoke again.
"So, Yue Lao made a hot pot, using the best elixirs and herbs in the immortal world, and ate the hot pot with the woman."
"When eating hot pot, Yue Lao transferred his immortal energy into the hot pot. Because it was covered by the immortal energy of the immortal medicine, the immortal energy he conveyed would not be discovered by the fairy world."
"The woman took a bite of hot pot, and she was overflowing with fairy spirit, fairy spirit, and fairy spirit... In short, the woman immediately became a fairy on the spot, and she and Yue Lao stayed together and flew together."
"From now on, the two of you will be together day and night in heaven, holding the red thread for lovers in the world and bringing you marriage."
The scholar folded the folding fan and said with a faint smile, "From then on, there was a legend left in the world. If a man really loves a woman, he will treat her to the most expensive hot pot to prove his sincerity. The moon in the sky saw , I will understand your thoughts, and your red thread will be tightly entangled, and we will never be separated forever."
"This is an allusion that hot pot lasts forever!"
After the words fell, the surrounding audience showed expressions of sudden realization, and the woman among them even had a peach blossom look on her face.
"Oh my god... this is so romantic. It turns out there is such a sad and beautiful love story between Yue Lao and Matchmaker." A woman's eyes were filled with tears. She was so moved that she grabbed the man next to her and said softly, "Husband, you will also treat me to the most expensive hot pot, right?"
The man coughed slightly: "No... this story is not sad, and they didn't say that the woman was the matchmaker..."
"What do you mean? Are you unwilling to treat me to the most expensive hot pot?"
"No, I didn't mean that..."
"Then why didn't you agree immediately! You just don't love me anymore!"
"Ah this..."
With this precedent in front of them, the women in the teahouse all turned their attention to the male companion next to them.
Some men showed thoughtful expressions and asked proactively: "Sir, is the hot pot you are talking about, the Zhatian Gang Haidilao hot pot that just appeared recently?"
The scholar raised his eyebrows, shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, but according to the records in the legend, the two things seem to be quite similar. I'm afraid... that the Zhatian Gang Haidilao really hides this love hotpot? Maybe."
Subsequently, the story of Yue Lao began to spread throughout the imperial city. With the help of interested people, almost everyone agreed on the truth.
Only those who have eaten the love-making hot pot from Zhatian Gang Haidilao are worthy of being called the couple of true love!
Suddenly, a huge crowd of people rushed straight to Baiyun Tower.
The shopkeeper of the hot pot restaurant refused to let go at first. It was not until the current empress, Xuanyuan Wanrong's nephew, showed up that the shopkeeper came forward to speak out.
"Everyone, my Zhatian Gang Haidilao's True Love Hotpot only sells a hundred copies a day, and one portion costs 10,000 silver. If you can accept this price, you can come in."
Ten thousand silver!
This price immediately scared off many people, including many young scholars who came here because of its reputation.
Only the children of high-ranking officials have the capital to enter it.
But this is just the beginning...
In the palace of the prime minister of the current dynasty.
The prime minister sat in the courtyard, looking at the files and thinking about how to deal with the recent emptiness of the treasury.
The prime minister's wife came over, glanced at him, and said in a sinister tone: "I heard... Zhang Shoufu took his wife to eat Zhatian Gang Haidilao's True Love Hot Pot today... "
The prime minister frowned and stroked his beard: "It's just a rumor. Why follow the trend?"
"Okay, you old fool! I knew you didn't love me anymore!" The Prime Minister's wife's expression suddenly changed, and she scolded her angrily, "I've been with you for so many years, and now you don't even want to have a hot pot meal." let?"
"Hey, madam, what are you talking about..."
"I know that you have been thinking about marrying a concubine recently. Why don't you look down on me now? Huh, as expected, men are all virtuous!"
"Hey... eat, my husband will take you to eat."
This kind of scene also happened in other palaces of the imperial court.
Although 10,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, for these powerful adults who have been officials in the government for many years, although it is a bit heartbreaking, it is worth the effort for the sake of family harmony.
One hundred portions of True Love Hot Pot sold out quickly, and the single-day sales instantly rose to one million taels of silver!
A few days later!
When he went to court, Xu Que ordered all the millions of taels of silver to be carried to the court in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
The white silver rolled down to the ground, almost blinding everyone's eyes.
Shocked the ruling and opposition parties!
"No, take it, one million taels of silver for the military." Xu Que yawned, feeling a little sleepy.
I've been pretending to be a scholar these past few days, going around telling stories to people, but I'm very tired.
The general trembled with his hands and knelt down in the main hall with a plop, his eyes filled with tears: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xuanyuan Wanrong was also shocked: "Where did you... get so much money?"
Xu Que glanced at her, with a mean smile on his face: "Did you think before that even if my restaurant really sells hot pot, it would be impossible to sell it for one million taels of silver?"
"Yes... none of your business. I'm asking you where you got so much money?"
Xu Que's eyes were deep and he said meaningfully: "People who are in love have no brains..."